Maya Banana

Earning money has never been this easy

2012-03-05T19:33:00.000+08:00

That's the top of our fridge. Very neat and organized.

Found this treasure this morning at the top of our fridge. That's just the tip of the iceberg. More trash in front of the TV (orange peelings, candy wrappers, peanuts, plastic, etc.) on a plate and empty water bottles.

Lesson learned:
A: Don't let the boys stay up more late than you.
B: Increase the fine to 200 pesos.

Which one's better?

Can I pull these off?

2012-03-04T23:00:00.000+08:00

Some wedding stuff...

Nail art from Bridal Snob

Very nice dress from Bridal Snob

Hair dos I would love to try

Something I'd probably do, too.

I love the pink shoes!

This gown is really fab, fits the classy wedding so right!

Hugo and The Three Muskeeters

2012-03-03T23:00:00.000+08:00

My mom calls us vampires or aswangs (monsters, creatures of the night) because of our habit of staying up so late watching DVDs. Aj and I arrive home at around 10:30 PM, five to ten minutes to change and fix the table for dinner, then another 30 to 45 minutes for dinner (maybe 45 minute to an hour for me), so we're done before 12 midnight.

We used to spend hours watching series, movies, or cartoons every night. But because of a couple of things, we don't watch that much like we used to. Why?

1. We've ran out of series to watch (still waiting for new episodes of HIMYM, The Big Bang Theory, The Walking Dead, CSI, Hawaii 5-0, Grey's, Modern Family, Supernatural, Justified, Ben 10, Doraemon, Mr. Bean, TMNT, JL, The Spectacular Spiderman, X-Men, etc.).

The Big Bang Theory / Justified / Hawaii 5-0 / HIMYM / CSI: Las Vegas (Season 12) / Modern Family / Supernatural / The Walking Dead
Photos From: Google!

2. Our internet connection's great now, too! So instead of watching DVDs, Aj and I take turns playing online! He plays PB (Point Blank) and I play, well, Cityville!

3. Our suking tindahan of DVDs takes longer time to produce clear DVD copies these days (yep, pirated DVDs!)

So last weekend, Aj was still playing and I don't have anything else to do so I searched our DVD box for something to watch while waiting for my turn. Good thing I did! I watched "The Three Musketeers" and "Hugo". I would have never watched these two if I wasn't too bored. I've seen many remakes of the first one and the trailer of "Hugo" didn't appeal to me that much.

I was clapping my hands from start to finish of (well, sort of) "The Three Musketeers" and I freaking cried with "Hugo". Is there something wrong with me?! There probably is. I still loved both movies.

Coco Martin!

2012-03-02T23:00:00.000+08:00

Just when I thought I'd never be late for work again, Coco Martin decides to have a shooting in Alabang. Great.

The other side of that footbridge was filled with people, too!

Alabang is not a place you'd like to be at anytime of the day, especially at noon. It's unbelievably hot all year long, it's full of cars (private and public), full of people, full of everything!

They were shooting right in the middle of the road while people filled the streets. Yep, I was sitting at the front passenger seat of the Jeepney.

I forgot to take a photo of MTMBs (local traffic aides). Traffic is sure at its worst if you see three or more of them on the road.

The worst part of it all, I didn't even see Coco Martin in flesh while my colleague (Tiny Bebels) got a photo (and she wasn't late!).

Goodbye Feb. Hello March!

2012-03-01T23:00:00.000+08:00

Feb was quite a good month for me. Nothing very unfortunate.

The best valentine's day so far, I bought a nice necklace online (which I now use as my ID lace), I started using Mary Kay products, a hundred bucks from Aj, and our free juice!

Well, I didn't bag the perfect attendance. I was late for one minute on the 28th because I decided to drop by BDO and deposit money for my dear cousin. I miscalculated the time and left the bank late. I ran from Honda Alabang, all the way to the office; it took me 6 minutes and 24 seconds. I almost cried that day but I was too exhausted.

That's how much I covered on the 28th.
I could have taken a ride on the Jeepney and probably saved more time but I didn't think of that at that time. Stupid.

Two months caffeine, soda, and tea free! I'm not enjoying it by the way.

I don't think I've lost any more weight but I don't think I've gained any either. Not bad especially now that I'm fond of Mini-stop and 7-11 food again.

I was also able to spend some time at the salon; got my nails and hair done.

I still haven't bought stickers, a phone case, and screen protector. My via tumbler is still broken and I'm still lagging on a lot of posts! Wow and I thought I was productive for February!

Anyway, March is looking nice! Julian and Jewel's graduating this month. Plus, we have lots of celebrants in the office.

So definitely not a perfect attendance again for this month 'cause I'll be filing for two leaves. I'll be busy preparing for the two graduations and for the birthday celebration at work (my group's assigned to take care of the event and we haven't decided on anything yet!).

My goals for this month are pretty low and unimportant actually:
1. No lates.
2. Visit the salon twice.
3. Top QA scores.
4. Save at least 3k.
5. Watch 10 movies.
6. No caffeine (decaf coffee is okay!), tea, or soda.

How was your February?

Free Juice! Wait, what?

2012-02-29T23:00:00.000+08:00

Just a typical afternoon at work when our Operations Manager, Sir Ryan asked me where everybody is. Sure thing, the floor was empty. He said he'll give whoever comes to him first a gift! He was holding a box (like that of a DVD player?) and since I was the only one there, I'd get it! Euke and Jen emerged from the door leading to the comfort rooms just a few seconds after the announcement was made.

Anyway, inside the box were ... Drum rolls please! Powdered juice from Tang! Our OM decided to equally divide the contents to everyone on the floor: teachers, writers, himself, and TL.

Each got 6 packs of these

Very nice, right?

Until someone asked us to look at the expiration dates.

My phone's crappy camera.

I have six packs of three's! Minus the pineapple. Orange + mango all night long!

Parlor day

2012-02-27T23:00:00.001+08:00

I don't know why I'm reminded of girls with excessive make-up whenever I type or write "parlor day". Maybe it has something to do with "foundation day"?

My Sunday was very well spent. I was able to to everything on my to-do list and those are:

Clean our bedroom
Go to the salon
Watch movies, and
Skip fast food

Too bad Aj got bruises on his right leg during a basketball game and he had to pay for the salon. Good times!

Oh, and I learned from Jhen (who took care of my mani, pedi, and foot spa) that I have a mole on my left foot! I would have dozed off if me and my sister weren't chatting. The place, the songs, the massage, everything was soporific! I can probably do these stuff by myself, but it's just nicer when other people do them for you.

That's my newly discovered mole! And that's Jhen. I think she's quite pretty!

Jeepney Thrills: Singleness? Doubleness? What???

2012-02-27T23:00:00.000+08:00

A girl sitting across from me is talking on her cellphone loud enough to be heard by everyone inside the jeepney:

Girl: How can I marry, if I'm not singleness? Yes, that's why. I can't marry because I'm not singleness.

Then she added that 'fixing' her problem only costs 10, 000 pesos. I hope she's talking about annulment and I hope she's right about it.

Aj's tocino!

2012-02-26T19:36:00.000+08:00

Fried rice and fried eggs please!

Where's the rubbing alcohol?

He could have gotten more bruises on the right side of this leg if he wasn't wearing any pads.

Happy Monday to me!

2012-02-20T23:32:00.001+08:00

I was slowly losing my head while reading a manual for an activity tomorrow (grammar stuff, instructions on how to properly "proofread"/mark an essay, etc.) when the phone rang. Up to now, I couldn't tell which one of the two phones we have on the floor is ringing unless you pick one up and be able to talk to someone on the other end. Anyway, I missed the call and for some reason checked out the missed-call list and decided to call back the most recent number. It was from the front gate and they called to ask if there was a "Maya de Castro" in our department. "Me! Me! Me! That's Me.", I told the lady guard quite stupidly. She said I've got a package!

My online purchase has finally arrived! Wootwoot!

Tina said that it looked like a pack of plastic (those used for making 'ice'?) when I showed her my package.

My first _______ this year:

online purchase
bought accessory
necklace after the one I always wore (given to me as a gift by an aunt) was nabbed at Buendia in Taft
most expensive accessory (won't be the last definitely)

Thanks Giftsahoy!

Haircut like a boss!

2012-02-20T23:00:00.000+08:00

He's showing off his pink tongue.

"My fries are sour?!" -- Julian
"Chicken mushroom pasta?! -- Me
"Why are you taking photos?!" -- Aj

(late post, yes)

We're not fans of malls because 1) too tiring, 2) too expensive, 3) too expensive, 4) too tiring. After getting their haircut, we had lunch at Jollibee to try out the new Chicken Mushroom pasta.

Never again. Back to the good old spaghetti.

100 pesos from Aj!

2012-02-18T23:00:00.000+08:00

HOUSE RULE #1: No smoking inside the bedroom. Fine 100 pesos!

He was claiming that Paolo (his brother) was the culprit. All the more he should pay up!

Hmm... What to do with 100 bucks?

Alone time on a Friday night

2012-02-17T23:30:00.000+08:00

I never thought I'd enjoy being by myself on a Friday night.

Julian's already asleep with Mama Baby and Aj's outisde (Ku-bo is considered outside) drinking with some of his basketball buds. After watching "Bubble Gang" (No Boy Pick-up and Mr. Assimo!), I figured it's time I catch up on some of the movies I downloaded several weeks ago. I wish I had some egg salad, too.

I can't remember the last time I had some "me" time.

Tending my Cityville while watching "Hitman" with a cup of Kisses ice cream (and a fluffy pink blankie!)

I should do this at least once a month. A nice whole body massage wouldn't be so bad, too.

P.S. Everything was fine until I started missing the two boys.

MORE ABOUT EGGS:
Perfect fried eggs
Eggs Florentine
My new love, poached eggs!
Scrambled egg toast
Egg sandwich!

Heart's Day: Daday, Aj, and Julian way

2012-02-15T23:00:00.000+08:00

This year, I've heard more people talk about how they hate February 14 because it's one big cliche than those who are excited about it. Me, I don't hate it, there's just no reason for me to like it either. Four or five years ago, I would have probably thought of girls carrying roses and teddy bears lame but today I was pretty happy to see a lot of couples out on a date.

Aj and I are not very good with romantic dates. Porkchop at Tuding's, burgers, Ministop or 7-11 deli, fishball, anything inihaw, or anything from a fastfood chain makes us happy. Last year, we tried our luck at Shakey's (as it was the only joint 10 minutes away from home, serves pizza, and wasn't too packed). It would have been a nice night if the food wasn't an hour (or so it felt like) late or if we weren't seated at the corner next to a messy table.

I really wanted to make something nice out of Valentine's day but I figured, the more I planned it, the more effed up things are. So I sent Aj a text that I want him to give me flowers (real ones and not the rolled-up red thongs) and chocolates. He didn't reply so maybe he wasn't into the idea so much.

There were flowers, brownies, and other heart-shaped stuff being sold at the quadrangle of our office so I bought a long-stemmed rose as we were heading out. I met Aj at their office, like we usually do and what a surprise he got me: a dozen roses and a box of chocolates! He gave them to me 'casually' and fortunately, I managed not to squeal or jump on Aj.

For dinner, we grabbed some double cheeseburgers and fried chicken at McDonald's. Aj bought some ice cream while I was waiting for our orders to arrive. At home, I was setting up the table while Aj was changing his clothes when Julian came and handed me a small white card. It was the cutest and sweetest Valentine's card ever!

Dozen roses + McDonald's + Chocolates + cute card = L O V E
Photo from: Burger-McDonald's website), the rest-from my BB's cam

Good food, sweet surprise, cold dessert, cute card. The best Valentine's day I've had so far.

Mary Kay junkie

2012-02-13T23:00:00.000+08:00

I finally got my Mary Kay products! My cousin took charge of my mini-makeover last week and I loved the results so I ordered some of her products. If I had the money to buy the products I want, I would probably bought everything in the brochure! Of course I don't have the money so I settled for the "starter kit": a cleanser (bar), an anti-aging moisturizer, liquid foundation, and concealer.

Can't wait to try them! Let's see if there'll be improvements after two weeks. This set cost me around 3, 600 pesos! My most expensive purchase on skin care products and make-up ever! I've been an Avon and Maybelline girl for as long as I remember so this better make me goddamn pretty. For skin care, I haven't really tried anything fancy but I've been using Dove, Olay, or Nivea for quite a while now. I told myself that I'll start ~~splurging~~ investing on really nice products and start seeing a derma soon (yikes!) for that nice skin I want.

Wish me luck!

Makeover from Balobo!

2012-02-09T23:00:00.000+08:00

(Another long due post. I've posted this photo in facebook and thanks to all those who liked it and posted some nice stuff, too.)

I know that my cousin Freagn is into beauty stuff but I never thought she'd be so serious about it (she's taking make-up classes!). Anyway, she came over to our place last Sunday to introduce me to some good stuff.

She started with cleansing my face, moisturizing after, trimmed my brows, scrubbed my hands, then a mini-makeover!

Let's not bore you with what she used (not yet because I'll have to try them first if they really work wonders) but here's the finished product:

I took photos right after she finished doing the make-up but the photos' quality wasn't that nice so this is me--oil, sweat, and all-- after we went to SM (and played virtual bowling at Tom's word with Julian).

I loved the products right away! The moisturizer was really light and non-greasy. She used a matte liquid foundation (we have the same shade!) which blended just right with my skin tone and it wasn't heavy on the face. The concealer was nice (a bit like what I'm using from Maybelline). It wasn't too heavy on the eyes 'cause that's where I usually put it and it doesn't cake up. I'm not a fan of Mascaras as they're such a pain to remove at night. The eyeliner stick wasn't too impressive. I prefer the felt-pen type from Maybelline that's like a cross between a stick and a liquid liner, doesn't smudge and easy to apply.

The best part of it would be what she did to my brows! She painted me new brows! It's the one thing I can't do myself and I felt like a totally different person after she's done. I'll definitely learn that.

It was a nice to see her again after a long while and I think we both enjoyed our "kikay" time. Plus she convinced me to buy some of the products she's selling. So excited!

What do you think?

Tapa Express

2012-02-08T23:00:00.000+08:00

I forgot to take a picture of what the establishment looks like and where it's situated, but if you're from Bilibid (yep, that's where I live!) Tapa Express is probably the third business who occupied the spot (I forgot what was there before the meat shop, then Tapa Express) or the fifth?

Anyway, the spot has some sort of bad luck if you ask me. Why would businesses keep on closing if there's none?

One night we decided to grab some dinner from Tapa Express. The first time we bought food there was okay, nothing bad, nothing special, just okay. But our purchase that night was really awful.

Tocilog for me and Julian. Tapsilog for Aj.

I thought Julian was just full that night and being 'maarte' again because he refused to take another spoonful. I found out why when I dove in the bowl. It sure tasted like dead person's meat (it was that bad!).

I even sent my sister these photos and we both thought they're delicious. 7-11's preservative-filled-and-suspicious-looking version is even better!

Back to Tuding's and Pampanga's Best!

Wedding gown designs

2012-02-07T23:00:00.000+08:00

... for my sister by Coca Couture.

First design.

Second design.

My sister's getting married this year on December. She's been talking about it as far as I remember but the real stuff (contacting suppliers, signing contracts, making down payments, etc.) started early this year.

Me and my sister are really different when it comes to things like this; she's going to have her dream wedding while it's not even on my bucket list (and I have a four-year old kid with my boyfriend for five years). Ever since they (my sister and her fiance) included me in the email thread for their wedding (by the way, I'm the maid of honor so I guess it's a must that I'm in the loop), it got me looking around the net for wedding stuff (invitations, gowns, themes, reception ideas, dresses, giveaways, etc!).

What do you think of the designs? I still can't picture what she'll look like in any of them.

How does if feel like wearing a 65-thousand-peso gown? I hope if freakin' feels goddamn awesome!

I'll probably never know what it's like. Or I can borrow the bride's gown after the wedding then I'll tell you.

P.S.
I didn't ask the designer if it's okay to publish her designs here but my sister said they're actually hers now so that's my go signal. I didn't ask my sister though if it's okay to mention how much her freakin' wedding gown costs (65, 000 pesos!!!)! Well, still posted it!

Grumpy Julian is Grumpy

2012-02-06T23:00:00.000+08:00

We spent Sunday afternoon at SM Tunasan. Paid bills, bought some stuff, ate, and played.

He's incredibly pissed whenever the puck shoots in his lot. He'd rather play alone.

It must have something to do with whatever's on the TV.

We love him when he's like that, annoyed at something really petty.

Happy Birthday Jorlie!

2012-02-02T23:00:00.000+08:00

When: January 30, 2011, Monday

What: Jorlie's 35th birthday (according to Joe)

Where: A Plus conference room (where else?)

Happy birthday Jorlie!

A super pretty heart-shaped cake from Euke, KC, and Jen / The birthday gel with Jen / Party people! Or not? Hungry people! / We love pizza!

*Photos taken using BB curve 8520 (can give you really nice photos if you have the right lighting) and cake photo from Euke.

We love birthdays! Free food! Well aside from that they're a really good break from daily tasks and we can goof all we want in the conference room. Good times.

Thanks for the food Jorlie. Happy birthday!

It's more fun with Manang!

2012-02-01T23:00:00.000+08:00

NOTE: This is not a sponsored post by Manang. Everything and anything we ate were all paid for by us.

Kwek-kwek, banana que, turon, lumpiang shanghai, lumpiang toge, nilagang mais, biko, spaghetti, palabok, siomai, carioca, and pancit malabon. I hope I didn't miss anything!

Manang's the man! Any food that is not from our canteen is probably better, except for my (probably Andrew's too!) favorite bagnet! I've heard about Manang's but was too lazy to walk from our floor to her spot. I finally got the chance to have a taste of her food when we had our two-week (9-day) training. It was held at the newest building in our compound and is just a few steps away from Manang's spot!

I tried the turon (my favorite), lumpiang toge, lumpiang shanghai, carioca, and banana que. What makes Manang's food a hit? Sulit! The food is cheap yet delicious. The only drawback is that she doesn't sell any drinks, so you can bring your drinks to Manang's, take your food and eat somewhere else, or eat slowly and try not to choke. Oh and Manang is available between 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (you're lucky if she stay 30 minutes more but that's really rare).

What cafeteria/canteen stories do you have?

We won!

2012-01-27T23:00:00.000+08:00

Our two-week eight-day training ended today with a tiring amazing-race-inspired activity, a discussion about the future tense, a 'that is taboo' game, a group activity (how to teach certain topics without using a list of words), and good food!

I didn't really mean to bore you with how our training went (that's for another day) but I didn't want this blog to become an album of what me and my family or colleagues eat.

I wish I could post more pictures of the group during the training but I'm afraid that'll cost me a memo so I can only post a few.

At first we were like...

That's Eli (black polo), Mirelle (purple shirt), Andrew (covered by Mirelle), Julz, Billie (purple shirt), Jen (pink shirt), Euke, (red shirt), Kriska (well part of her).
Exhausted with the race earlier.

Then boxes of pizza came!

Left to right: Mirelle, Kriska (there!), Marie, Tiny, Joe, Jes, Mommy Grace, Euke. Oh and Jen's the one doing the peace sign.

P.S. That race I mentioned earlier? We won! Great job Red team! Thanks Ms. A for the uber delicious prize.

Joe, Mommy Grace, Me, and Euke

From Ms. A. Thank you so much!

Check: Journal!

2012-01-25T23:00:00.000+08:00

Better late than never they say! My January list is one item lighter.

Ignore the ugly fingers on the photos.

I like notebooks, journals, planners, pads, diaries, etc. I don't collect them but I make sure that I have one somewhere near (in my bag, in my room, on my desk at work). When I was younger, I used them as diaries: where I pour all my angst and emotions, ask stupid questions, create impossible scenarios, draw random stuff, plan my life, curse at people to death, paste pictures, etc.

During college, it became my scheduler, notepad, a to-do list, a log book of really nice stuff that people sent me through text or something I heard or read, a collage of magazine and newspaper clippings, a doodle pad, and a place for really random things.

Now, it became one of those things that keep me sane. My journal keeps me in line: I write down what I've eaten, how much I've spent, stuff I have to buy and pay for, my daily and monthly goal, new words I've learned or have to learn, funny or really mundane stuff people said, things I have to look up in Google or what I should post here, awkward stuff I did during my classes, questions I wasn't able to answer or rules I couldn't explain well, how much I weigh, what time I arrived in the office, the list really goes on.

I really wanted to use just one particular kind of notebook (so that they'd look neat when you store them away) but I always end up liking one notebook after another. I always consider the price and the quality of the paper. For the past two years, I've been keeping a steno pad instead of the usual notebooks we know. I still have one now (for taking down notes during meetings and training) but I decided to get a 'real' journal so that it wouldn't be easy for me to just dump it anywhere when it's completely filled-out (I have no idea where I kept my old journals or notebooks).

For 2012, I promised myself that I'd be better at documenting and storing stuff. And I'm starting with my journal. Have a look at my very first Starbucks planner! Yey! Finally! I've been wanting to have one ever since but I didn't want to spend that much money just for a journal but hey, I'm writing my history here so why not splurge a little bit? It's cute, eco-friendly, the pages are really smooth and nice to write on, and it comes in a really neat pouch. I wish it was a bit bigger though. I like that the pages are bare so I can buy cute stickers and design each page the way I want. Coolness!

My pen writes really smoothly over the pages so I've got the pen issue covered. Now, about those stickers ...

P.S. Thanks Jenny!

Xin nian kuai le!

2012-01-23T18:19:00.000+08:00

I hope my pinyin's correct. It means, "happy new year!"

Starting my "new year" right.

Porky / Phone / Sweet stuff!

Aj and I went to Festival Mall last Sunday to finish some stuff:

1. We had to cancel our Wimax application with Globe. We're surrounded by tall trees so the technicians couldn't get a spot where there's a good signal. They climbed up the roof but to no avail. Anyway, Aj figured that maybe I should just get a phone line after cancelling our net application and that's what I did! So now I have a new phone!

2. Because of #1, we had to apply for a net connection with a different provider, Smart. There were a lot of people in line when we got there so it took us a while before we finally got our turn (everybody's applying for an iPhone 4S!). The transaction was pretty quick though. We were gone in about ten minutes after we sat at the counter.

3. Get Julian's gameboy fixed. We bought a gameboy for Julian as a present last Christmas, but after a few weeks, the power switch wouldn't stay put so you can't open the console easily.

4. Change Aj's watch's battery. I can't recall when we bought our watches but I'm pretty sure it's within the last three months. His already stopped working so we thought maybe the battery's busted. When we got to the store, they said it's a machine problem so we'll get his watch back after 1 or 2 months. Great!

We were done at around 6 PM. I went home with a box of delicious donuts from Krispy Kreme, a new (and working!) phone, and Porky!

P.S. Porky's like those stress balls? Only nicer because his eyes pops out (they're actually call popeye's). I forgot the name of the store where we got it but it's at the ground floor, along the train. It's the same store that sells samurai umbrellas, ceramic cups, cool clocks, cute usbs, etc.

I've lost count

2012-01-21T23:00:00.000+08:00

My very first post this year was about a list of my goals for the month of January. In about a week's time, it's going to be over so I had to check how I'm doing so far:

Get a new hairdo (but no short hair!).

Lose 5 pounds (more is encouraged).

Buy a big journal and calendar.

No coffee, soda, and tea month.

Always have a tub of ice cream every week in the fridge (no coffee flavored ice cream!)

Go to the salon at least twice (body scrub and facial once).

Perfect attendance.

Have a total of 31 blog entries.

1. X - My hair's still a mess. I managed to have it trimmed a little bit though and went for a worthless hair spa during the second week of the month.

2. ? - I think I've lost some weight but I failed to document it because the weighing scale we have at home doesn't work anymore and I was too lazy to find another one.

3. ? - Bought a pad. January's almost over and I haven't decided yet on what planner or journal to get. For the calendar, no time to buy one.

4. ! - I'm 21 days clean!

5. X - It felt like a really good idea at the time I wrote this one down.

6. ? - Had my nails and hair done two weeks ago. It still escapes me why I didn't take a photo and bragged about my pretty nails. Will complete this one on Wednesday (payday!).

7. X - I'm still depressed over this one. I was doing pretty well, until today. I was late for 13 minutes. Why? Traffic along ATC was really terrible today but I was late because I couldn't get off the net playing Cityville.

8. X - Work was pretty packed during the second week of the month; we had training in the afternoon then classes in the evening. Why didn't I write at home then? Cityville time my friend.

For the eight goals I've set, I failed in 4 items already. I still have about a week to do item 1 and I have a pretty good feeling that I'll finish the other ones I haven't failed at yet.

Like what I said, it's been a very busy two weeks for me.

We started training again. Two different training; the first one didn't work out but the second one turned out really great.

Julian's right eye was bit by some insect and it got swollen pretty bad after two days. We were about to go to the hospital, have it checked last Friday, but the swelling was gone.

Last Sunday, we bought a laptop (took us 5 hours or so before we finally agreed on what to get).

We just finished watching Hawaii 5.0 (2 seasons) and we're currently watching Justified (2 seasons). Oh and The Walking Dead! Everybody's watching it. Everybody should watch it!

We'll probably apply for a Smart connection this Sunday because Globe did not work at home (even if they've put the antenna 20 meters high).

If ever you'll visit our house, please ignore the rotting smell. A big dumb cat died somewhere near the garage and we're not sure yet how many dead rats are in the sewers (I really think they're somewhere inside the bathroom walls, how they got there is something I could never explain). We placed poison somewhere in the kitchen and its first victim was a goddamn cat (the one that died near the garage?). We're not sure if they're all dead but they've been MIA for some time now. Disgusting? Totally. So don't visit us for the mean time.

Semo's really stinky but his Dad (Julian) thinks otherwise and he won't let us wash the freakin' whale!

Semo: Julian's baby