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Vicki made me take this yesterday and as much as I love this song…I don’t know…
Your Love Song Is |
 Yellow by Coldplay”Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah they were all yellow” You’re so in love, it’s like a drug. |
My first cooking lesson is now over. IT WAS GREAT! I loved the adobo I cooked and and and it was unbelievably easy. Wooohooo
I know I know the name sounds funny, but it’s a fun fun fun software. Kinda like Twitter but better!! Check it out…I’ve been plurking since last night and I love it so far here’s my personal plurk
My grandmother is an excellent cook. Her dishes are literally to die for. I have decided to make her teach me how to cook everyday Pinoy dishes.
My cooking experiments have been quite successful and I think it’s time to take this cooking thing to the next level. My first lesson will be this Wednesday, she’s teaching me how to cook adobo. Here’s our schedule:
Week 1 - Adobo
Week 2 - Mechado
Week 3 - Beef Steak
Week 4 - Pochero
Week 5 - Nilaga (yes this seems simple but I’ve tasted too many nilagas which tasted like Water)
Week 6 - Lechon Kawali (Ruy’s crazy over this)
Week 7 - Escabecheng Tagalog
Week 8 - Frying 101
Week 9 - The Art of Using the Pressur Cooker
Week 10 - The Turbo Cooker
Week 11 - Sinigang
Week 12 - Morcon
I can’t wait!! By the way, she doesn’t know she’s going to be teaching me all of this, right now she just thinks she’s teaching me adobo this Wednesday. =)
Yes I admit I am a procrastinator. Can you believe that after all this time we still haven’t moved to our house? We’re just missing curtains and some storage stuff but we’re almost set. It’s not like moving with be difficult, we won’t even need to get the moving services of professional movers. We just need our own hands and feet to move, yet we still haven’t.
Why?
I honestly don’t know. I think the entire meaning of the move scares me. Or maybe I’m just lazy.
Jen never fails to surprise me. She always always always has something new up her sleeve. i never know which of her plans will push through and which ones will pop up. Dynamic doesn’t even begin to describe her. From her Las Vegas travels to her trip to Ohio. To her moving from one state to another. Next thing I know she’s asking me about Europe. WHAT? Where did that come from? Apparently she wants to move back to Manila but Eric is not sold on the idea so she wants to compromise by moving to Europe. Wow…hahaha.
Pardon the cheese:
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart
(chorus)
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That shes my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes
cause Ive lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where theres no second chance to tell her how I feel
I sometimes forget to do this. Let me correct that statement, I forget to do this often….yup more often than not.
I am so excited, Ruy and I have a project coming up. We’re going to be planning and researching and saving. I am not going to spill the beans but I can tell you that it would entail looking at cheap hotels and affordable flights.
I think it’s about time we did this. We haven’t done this since getting married and I think we deserve it. I could very easily plan the whole thing but I want it to be a joint project. Something we’ll do together from start to finish.
Wish us luck!
I was walking from National Bookstore back to work when I saw this guy wearing a shirt which says “Like what you see? Wait till you meet Mini Me” and then there’s an arrow pointing down there.
I was disgusted beyond belief. What was this guy thinking? I am a big fan of funny t shirts but theres a line that should be drawn between funny and disgusting. I guess what made that shirt bad is the wearer…that guy was gross. Hahaha
“(If you seek wisdom), do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” ~Matsuo Basho
Wow. What a revolutionary way of thinking, amazing considering how this person lived thousands of years ago.
Mwahahaha
This test is spot on!
Your Personality Cluster is Extraverted Thinking |
 You are: Organized and logical - a master at puzzles Competitive in almost any arena of life Objective when necessary, but passionate about what you truly love Intolerant of excuses and incompetence |
Thanks Litzie for this one.
~Start Copy~
Here are the Rules:
1. List the things that make you Happy and those that make you Sad.
2. Add your Blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other Blogs.
3. Tag other online friends you know.Toni’s Attachments, Cecile2’s-Small and Simple Things, Lara’s Pinay dot US, Lara’s My Blog Entry, Lara’s Byaheng Pinay, Living A’ La Mode, Bits and Pieces, My Life in this Wonderful World, My Online World, Ozzy’s Mom, Me,Myself+2, Kidd Designs, Fun|Fierce|Fabulous, Eds Mommy Life, Just Me.. Eds, My Precious Niche, I Am Mommy, All About The Memories, Enchanted Play, Just My Scrap, My life is Peachy , Celebrating life , belly, baby and beyond, All Things Me, Feels Like Home, A Day of Play, Because Life is Fun, Tints of My Heart, My BIG Picture, Tailgater Network, Merger Guru, Beauty and Madness Wordpress, Beauty and Madness, Feeding my Baby, A Taste of Married Life, YOU
What Makes Me Happy?
~Andrea
~ Money!
~ Andrea’s developments, milestones
~ When Andrea runs to me and grabs hold of my legs as if she doesn’t want to let go.
~ My team
~ My boss
~ My work …naks
~ My family (immediate and extended)
~ Time for relaxing
~ Trufettes de France
~ Caramel Ice Cream
~ Haagen Daz Strawberry Ice Cream
~ M Cafe Sunday Brunch…to die for!
~ Beautiful Office Supplies
~ Cleaning my house
~ Great books
~ Thought provoking songs, books, sentences, statements
~ Nice chat with friends
What Makes Me Sad?
~Stink
~ Dirt
~ Andrea getting sick (thank goodness this hasn’t happened)
~ When bad things happen to good people
~ Lack of control
~ Knowledge of impending doom
~ Corruption
~ The fact that I might have to leave the country just to have the best possible life for my daughter.
~ Death
~ My phone with all of Andrea’s pictures and videos getting stolen.
~ Stupidity and incompetence.
This is Andrea’s new favorite shoe. Ain’t it cute? It’s a gift from her Ninang Jen and it’s obviously so comfortable. She can run, climb, walk for hours wearing this and you won’t even see any marks on her feet.
I wish I had shoes this comfortable but unfortunately my feet look awful when wearing crocs. I was almost certain that for grown women, the words comfortable and beautiful well never be used together to describe the same shoe. It’s a pleasant surprise for me to see these shoes called Beautifeel shoes which are both comfortable and pretty. Nice huh?
I have often demanded that Andrea and I undergo DNA testing to prove that I’m really t the mom. =) I look at her and I just see Ruy and I ask myself where did I go? Looking at this picture I finally see myself. Those are my ears, my deep set eyes and my cheeks….yey I’m really the mom!
It’s actually with her attitude and demeanor which absolutely confirms that I’m Andrea’s mom. If you can see how she stares down people when she’s annoyed, or how she looks blankly at someone when she’s bored with that person…it’s so me I’m telling you.
The path we take to avoid our destiny is usually what leads us there.
Thought provoking isn’t it? I have seen this happen to myself one time to many yet I have never gotten around to putting the experience into words. It took one movie about a Panda who is destined to do Kung Fu to remind me of this.
The concept of destiny both intimidates and comforts me.
The idea of something encompassing that dictates my future regardless of what I do is overwhelming. It also makes my day to day decisions and plans seem like a complete and utter waste of time.
It also is comforting to know that there’s a bigger purpose for my small actions. It’s nice knowing that every single thing happening to me, be it good or bad, has a purpose. It all makes sense somehow.
Hi guys, I’m back after a loooong break. I will be updating my blogs soon, meanwhile I have to get to work….later!
P*tang*na.
Someone swiped my phone while I was manning the jobfair booth. I was in the middle of texting Ruy, someone wanted to ask for flyers, we ran out, i turned to get it and when I looked at my phone it was gone.
All of Andrea’s baby pictures, all my memories, gone. I want to die. I seriously do.
Contrary to what people might think…I don’t like attention. I don’t like being photographed, I don’t like videos of myself and I don’t like drawing attention to myself.
For some weird reason my company has repeatedly thrust me in situations I am uncomfortable in. Last year it was a 2 page article in a magazine about me, and 15 minutes ago I was interviewed for a short clip on TV. Yes, me sans make-up and with extremely messy hair. AAARGH
What next? A movie?
*sigh* be still my heart
(With music from The King and I)
“Whenever I feel afraid,
I whistle a happy tune…”
Yup, I was whistling a whole lot last Thursday. I had a meeting with the company CEO the next day and I was beyond nervous. I really hadnothing to worry about. I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do behind the scenes and on the stage. I’ve kept everything that’s supposed to be kept, I’ve said everything (well almost everything) that’s supposed to be said. I shouldn’t be nervous. But NO…I was nervous.
I hate going to meetings unprepared, specially if these meetings are with the company CEO who I only get to really talk to around once or twice a year. The problem is, this CEO rarely gives an agenda for our meetings, and when he does…you only stick to it for around 5 minutes.
It’s vital to be ready for anything and everything.
“Just for him!
Though the man may be
My Lord and Master,
Though he may study me
As hard as he can,
The smile beneath my smile
He’ll never see “
He told me he was very pleased with something I recently did. I said thank you but my face remained blank. He stared at me for a really long time trying to decipher what I’m really thinking and feeling. I was inwardly rolling my eyes. There’s no way he will be able to tell what’s really going on in my head. I have mastered the blank expression I use in meetings. I only show emotions I want to show….nope, there are practically no slips here. Ruy can attest to how good I am with my blank and stoic emotions.
Some might wonder why I choose to keep my expression stoic when the statement was good….because it can’t always be good. If he sees how I react to a good statement and compares to how I would react to a negative comment…then I become too transparent…and that’s not good. I loose my calm and logical demeanor. I like hearing everything he has to say first…then stewing over things for days and weeks…before I show emotions.
3 days after the meeting…I’m softly whistling another happy tune. *sigh* This is tough.
While shivering in my shoes
I strike a careless pose
And whistle a happy tune
And no one ever knows,
I’m afraid.
While the entire world collectively groans “I hate Mondays” I am singing a different tune. I LOVE MONDAY MORNINGS.
I love the fact that Ruy drives me to work every Monday.
I love going to work really early (I’m in by around 8am).
I love being the first person in my office.
I love the alone time and the silence.
I love how productive I am when I’m all alone.
I love the long working day (I usually stay in the office for 11-12 hours)
I love love love love my Monday Rush…
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula”. And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, “L.A.”
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third largest city.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life.”
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1″ encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who’s that playing the piano on the “Mad About You” theme? Paul Reiser himself.
The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The name for Oz in the “Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Our house has been a series of sudden decisions. It started when I decided that the room was too small for me and that since I had no plans of having a baby any time soon, then we should only have one room.
Then I got pregnant, so in the middle of constructions we turned the living room into Andrea’s room.
Then I bugged Ruy about having a dirty kitchen. I cannot stand the small of frying fish inside the house and I really wanted to keep the interior of the house as clean as possible. A big chunk of money was then spent creating a wall, to cover the back area of our house to create a little area for our laundry and our dirty kitchen.
This basically removed all ventilation coming from that area. Ruy was cooking 2 nights ago and he was sweating like a pig. We don’t have any space for electric fans there so I guess we’ll have to make do with portable fans.
Ruy turned 3-0 last Friday!!! Woohooo….I can now tease him about us being in 2 different decades…hehehe.
Ruy was being a pain…he wouldn’t tell me his wishes and his goals. Grrr…
WARNING: SERIOUS FEMALE TOPIC, IF YOU’RE EASILY GROSSED OUT DO NOT READ.
I cannot believe how heavy my menstrual flow is. AAARRRGGGHHH. I feel weak and I feel like I’m about to pass out. The OB gave me some pills to trigger my period so I can start with my hormonal therapy. She basically wants to make sure my body gets rid of all the waste/junk in my system before the therapy…and my body is now happily obliging…much to my own detriment apparently cause I feel HORRIBLE now.
I look back at the last year and I can safely say that it’s one of the, if not THE, most difficult year of my life. It’s been crazy, challenging, hard. I have often felt so drained and frustrated and distraught.
I was somehow able to make it through the storm that was my 25th year. I can’t help but feel proud of that simple fact. I’m still here, I didn’t give up and I still have the people around me who really matter. I think that somehow makes the year almost a success right?
Another success? Andrea!! Every single thing she does makes me beam with pride. I can’t believe one small human being can make me feel that much pride, happiness and love….
I’m getting mushy, I better stop.
I’m so happy. I spent a big chunk of the weekend reading. I know some people would find this boring but it was wonderful for me, I can’t believe I was able to read that much over the weekend. Due to the amount of time I spent reading I was able to finish my 10th book.
Can you believe that? It’s just August and I only have 2 books left to complete before the year ends.
I also spent a considerable amount of time last weekend in our new house. I spent the entire Saturday morning there chopping and cooking. This was followed by washing and cleaning. Then for around 30 minutes I just sat on the couch and relaxed. You won’t believe how much I’ve been dying to have that chance to sit on a couch and relax. I’ve barely had the chance to do that in the past couple of months (years even).
Then of course there’s Andrea. I would always try to take her with me when I go to the house. It’s our little bonding session. She was so behaved because she saw a spider…no she wasn’t afraid of it…she was mesmerized. She stood under the spider for a good 3 minutes. She then ran to me screaming “mommy…” and then she said “no more” while making the spider gesture with her fingers.
Good times.
Ruy has a huge and ancient Desktop computer which I call Dino behind his back. I have suggested getting a laptop to replace this Dino but he refuses. I don’t know why he’s so stubborn about this doesn’t he realize that Dino catches a whole lot of dust? I’m seriously looking into viewsonic monitor to at least replace the monitor. That should free up a lot of space don’t you think?
Saw this picture in Post secret I love what it says: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PICTURE
I spent a considerable amount of time in our new house this weekend. I have told you guys in the past how in love I am with our lights in the sala and kitchen. I have also bought this BEAUTIFUL light for Andrea’s room.
Our room is a different story altogether though. I can’t get over how ugly our lights are. It really frustrates me that it’s our room that has no aesthetics when it comes to lighting. I promise not to spend money this month but I’m so tempted to look at the different fixtures from maxim lighting.
Should I? Hmmm
Can you believe it? It’s only August and I’m only 3 books away from accomplishing my new year’s resolution….wooohoo
Your thoughts become who you are…
I know this but I seem to have forgotten this lately…
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