10 things i miss right now…

1. 8-hrs of sleep. working on a 6am schedule, kulang na lang lagi ang tulog ko. my sked’s supposed to be from 6am to 4pm, 5 days a week (compressed workweek). nasusunod ba yun? lately, hindi. most of the time, i’m at work from 6am to 6pm, or later than that. kaya nga wala na kaming QT ni hubby. pagdating ko from work, i’ll eat dinner tapos, tutulog na. i don’t even watch tv anymore.

2. ice-cold beer in the company of friends. medyo matagal-tagal na rin ang huli naming pagkikita ng mga kaibigan ko (mga december pa yun). we couldn’t work out our schedules eh. my friend rhods’ rest days are mon/tues. shempre naman the rest of us have work on those days. kaka-miss mag-inom kasama ang mga balahura kong kaibigan. kala ko nga last thursday baka pwede kaming mag-couples man lang. but my other friend redj said she’s out-of town daw. work-related. haay.

3. comfy pants. lately lang, napansin ko, sumisikip na ang mga pantalon ko. oo. it’s a sign na tumataba na ako. i have two options para ma-resolba ito. one is to buy new pairs of pants (na magastos, besides ano naman gagawin ko sa mga luma di ba?) and the other —- exercise. madaling sabihin, ngunit mahirap gawin. i didn’t even consider dieting. wala yun sa bokabularyo ko. masarap kumain. i thought i was blessed kse kahit gano kalakas kong lumamon, di ako tumataba. i guess some good things never last. pinagbabayaran ko na yata lahat ng katakawan ko nung medyo bata pa ako.

4. divisoria — ewan ko ba kung baket, pero gusto ko lang namimili sa lugar na ito. kaso mo, wala na ngang panahon. plus, wala na rin naman space ang closet ko for newer stuff. at least nakatipid ako di ba.

5. yaya’s cooking. hindi naman sa sinasabi kong hindi masarap ang pagkain sa bahay namin. pero nami-miss ko ang luto ni yaya talaga. siguro blessing in disguise na rin. kse kung hindi baka mas tumaba pa ako ngayon.

6. wearing flip-flops. bawal naman kse sa work. so yung mga flip-flops, tsinelas at sandalyas, naco, inaagiw na sa shoe rack.

7. the beach. i need a vacation. badly. i think.

8. cafe breton’s vesuve. parang nagc-crave ako neto. tsk. salungat ang sked namin ni hubby. di ko maaaya mag-breton (the nearest one is in paseo sta. rosa) spontaneously.

9. FBM (full body massage) — ahhh, just thinking about having one makes me wanna go to the spa immediately. kaso, oras. oras ang wala ako. tsk tsk.

10. long warm baths — dahil early ang pasok, i set my alarm at 345am (in time for my 6am work sked). kaso i keep on snoozing kaya mga 430 na ko minsan nagigising. ang resulta, speed ligo lagi. once or twice a week na nga lang ako nakakapag-hilod e (yes, yung bato ang gamit ko. i grew up using one. yun ngang panghilod ko sa bahay ngayon eh kinuha ko talaga sa bahay namin—bahay ng nanay ko pala). tsk tsk. laging dali-dali sa pagligo para di ma-late. haay.

2 months AWOL

more than 2 months pala akong walang post. sa sobrang ka-busy-han, di na ko nakakapag-update. mas nagbibisita pa ako ng blogs ng iba kesa mag-update dito.

hindi ko akalain na mawawalan ako ng araw ng pahinga. kung ang diyos nga daw may linggo para mag-rest, pwes, ako nawalan ng restday.

sabi ko nga sa mga kasamahan ko sa trabaho, nagpapasalamat naman ako at hindi ako napasama sa mga taong nawalan ng trabaho. truly, i’m soooo grateful at hindi kami mashado apektado ng nauusong recession na yan. pero naman… yung 7 araw isang linggo kang nasa trabaho? naman. ang parang nagiging restday ko lang eh kung galing akong night shift. saturday night papasok. tapos pagdating naman ng monday morning, 6am ang shift ko. ang ganda ng work sked ko di ba?

today is the 1st chance i got na magkameron ng rest day. mabuti pa nga ang mga tao namin, may rest day sila. kaming mga bisor, sus, nawalan ng pahinga. we worked out our schedule at hindi na fixed ang rest day namin, pero at least may rest day na kami. nagpaparinig nga yung isa kong kasama. he was supposed to attend a wedding (nung isang tao namin). ninong kse sya. he wanted to swap rest days e. kahapon sana yun. kaso mo, may project ako na hindi ko matatapos by thursday. kaya kelangan kong pumasok ng friday.

sabi ko: sorry but i wouldn’t give up my restday para maka-attend ka ng kasalan. pasensya na talaga.

he of course understands (plus palagay ko may excuse na sya, kse hindi pa sya nagkaka-chicken pox and the groom got it mga 2 weeks ago).

i’m glad and sooo happy may rest day ako. pero ang downer???

hubby has work today. tsk tsk. si alanis lang ang naririnig ko ngayon… haaay.

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like what i said in my previous post. scheduled VL ko yesterday & today. i treated my family to dinner last night somewhere in atc. a few weeks ago, i’ve been contemplating on where to celebrate my birthday. will it be in an asian seafood restaurant or american resto. whenever we’d dine out, i’m always thinking of my mom’s twin sister. she doesn’t like american food. she doesn’t like steaks, burgers, etc. what she loves is pinoy food. sinaing na tulingan, adobo, etc. so i was leaning on the asian seafood restaurant rather than the american resto. she gave me the answer a few days before my birthday. she said she also liked the american resto because the food there was great. so american resto it was. i had reserved for 21 (yes, that’s how many we are!) but my MIL’s having difficulty traveling due to an operation she had about a year and a half ago. so they begged off (we just had lunch delivered at home as my treat for them).

here are most of the gifts i got (ninang & da’s gifts, and monet & jay’s also, i failed to take photos of, sorry…) —-

we started off with some appetizers first while waiting for the others to arrive. da’s family had to wait for the end of color coding before they could leave their condo. monet & jay were coming from makati.

then each one of them ordered what they wanted… here are some of ‘em…

kujules and kuya jayvee each had the cheeseburger (which i think is gigantic!)

monet and da each had this garlic chicken pasta primavera (which i liked, but needed a little more salt or cheese, for my taste)

ninang, mark, joan and dino each had the Jack Daniel’s porkchop, which according to mark is good (feels like steak when you slice it. hehe)!

hubby & i shared this sizzling chicken & shrimps (the mashed potatoes were gone before i remembered that i haven’t taken a photo of it yet).

mom had the same. i didn’t get to take photos of what kuya keats, ves, rach, deedee, tito greg and jay had. they were at the end of the table. hehehe. but if i remember it right, i think rach had the mushroom chicken and mushroom something… hahaha. the kids had the kiddie fingers. deedee ordered this after her meal…

i love their oreo madness but since everyone was full and i couldn’t finish one by myself, i didn’t order it anymore (which i really regret, tsk.). after the meal, while we were walking to the parking lot, everyone was asking me how much i spent for the treat. i told them nothing. i got a bonus last month and i told them i’d rather share the blessing with everyone than keep it to myself. i always wanted to eat in that resto with the whole family. usually it’s just some friends i’m with. or with my hubby. it’s a different experience when you go out, eat a lot, with a big family. i think i enjoy the food more. hehe. thanks for everyone for celebrating the night with me. and for all the great gifts you gave. what’s next? we’re waiting where joan, mark and tito greg will treat us. they’re april celebrants too. the lowdown of the night? hubby took out the scale when we got in. i tried and looked too (haven’t weighed for a long time) and here is what it was…

the last time i weighed i was just 96… and now it went up to 102. need to exercise, hubby said. although i’m still underweight. exercise to be fit is what i need, i think. not to lose weight.

bakasyon

i’m off for about 11 days! ansarap.

scheduled VL (at the start of the year, we give a VL planner, ilagay mo dun when you’d take your leave credits, and we call it scheduled VL) ko today and tomorrow. tapos weekend. walang work. the rest of next week, shutdown ang plant where i work cause of major repairs that will be done on the floors.

parang ang haba. baka tamarin na ako bumalik sa trabaho a. hehehe.

hopefully on the 7th & 8th eh wala pa rin akong work. hindi pa kse sure yun e.

all i know is, i’m getting bored waiting for hubby to get home. we’re having dinner later with my family. i’m sure magpapakabundat na naman kami.

the boat is sinking…

i’m feeling swamped lately. di ba obvious? di nakakapag-update dito. my boss resigned a couple of weeks ago (i didn’t like how it happened) and we miss her. mahirap pala mawala ang boss. dumadami ang kailangan gawin.

isipin mo naman, i’m here in the office 10hrs a day, monday thru friday. tapos, ang bagong plant manager namin wants us to be present too when another operation is ongoing (na dati naman hindi namin pinapasukan). kaya naman pati weekends ko dito na rin ako nabuburo.

i don’t like the set-up, but what can i do? mag-resign?!? at san naman ako pupunta. haay. sa mga ganitong panahon, hinahanap ko talaga ang trabaho sa gobyerno. you don’t work on weekends, tapos you work an 8-hour day lang. sabi naman ng nanay ko, mababa naman ang sweldo. i answered her: di ko naman pinangarap yumaman. ayoko lang maging mahirap.

sabi ko nga sa colleague ko, buti na lang wala pa akong anak. pano na kung meron? anong quality time pa ang mas-spend ko with them if ever di ba? i used to enjoy it here. kaso parang unti-unting nawawala ang fun at enjoyment sa trabaho ko. how do i get over this?

truth or lie! (borrowing sweet’s line sa showbiz central)

angel tagged me. and so did damdam. any 10 things about me, 9 truths and a lie. go figure which is which.

1. ang tawag saken ng iba kong tita at tito nung bata pa ako eh si “kilometrico”. i know it shows how old i am, when i say that it’s a brand name of a ballpen. baka yung iba jan, hindi pa narinig ang brand na yun. pero baket nila ako tinawag ng ganyan? sabi nila i once cried daw from bicol to batangas non-stop. cause i wanted something and my mom couldn’t get me whatever that was that i wanted (i was too little to remember). ngawa raw ako ng ngawa. pamula nun yun na ang tinawag nila saken. buti na lang na-outgrow ko yung nickname na yun. pero nung bata ako, talagang ganun ang style ko ng pag-iyak. ubos na ang tears pero ang sound andun pa rin. kaya naman bwiset na bwiset ang mga kuya ko dati pag nagta-tantrum ako. o sya, sige aaminin ko na. i was a brat (i still am, i think. hehe).

2. i’m a lolo’s girl. sobra. my lolo had 10 grandsons before i came. 4 from my tita baby, 2 from my ninang prency, 1 from my ninang (who isn’t really my ninang but we call her that), my mom’s twin sister and 3 older brothers. kaya nung buhay pa ang lolo ko, i could get away with anything. my mom would reprimand me or spank me and when i start crying (out loud so lolo could hear), he’d go to me and tell my mom “o sya, tama na yan.” and always defend me. hehehe.

3. nung kinder ako, inggit na inggit ako sa mga kaklase ko. kse di ako makabili ng junk food or softdrinks sa canteen. ang baon ko kse laging 2 pesos lang. hindi pa sapat para makabili ng chippy man lang. when i grew older, nalaman ko na 5 pesos pala talaga ang binibigay ng nanay ko na baon. dos lang ang binibigay saken ng inay (my mom’s mom) at ang tres direcho na sa bangko. kaya feeling ko, deprived ako nung bata. (yung savings nga pala sa bank, di ko natikman. ewan ko kung san napunta. ginastos ata ng mommy ko. hahaha)

4. never ko na-experience maligawan. sa buong buhay ko 2 lang naging boypren ko. isa nung college at yung isa eh itong napangasawa ko. (although, ang alam pala ng nanay ko isa lang naging boypren ko — si hubby na yun) at sa parehong yan, hindi ako niligawan. parehong kaibigan ko muna sila. sa una, sinabi lang na “i like you, do you like me?” natameme ang promdi self ko at ayun, kami na. sa pangalawa, kung di ko pa sinunggaban, di aamin na type din pala ako. kaya wala ako maipagmamalaki sa mga magiging apo ko na great & sweet love story namin. tsk.

5. nung college, thursday nights were gimik nights. ano nga ba ang gimik namin noon? punta sa mga tambayan or sa may vetmed, magcha-charades habang nagiinom. at dahil may curfew ang dorm namin ng 12mn (oo, mala-cinderella ang drama namin noon), malimit we’d stay up till 5am (yun ang oras na nagbubukas ulet ang dorm) tsaka uuwi. one time, early natapos. trobol kami ng mga kabatch ko (4 kami na same dorm ang tinitirahan). sarado pa ang dorm. ang plano, magpa-cute sa guard. baka pagbuksan. around 3am ata yun, nasa gate na kami. tinatawagan si manong guard. ngunit mukhang tulog. pano ba ang pwede naming gawin? yung bakod ng gate may space bago yung ground. eh hindi namin magising-gising si guard. wala na kaming magawa, nag-crawl kami para makapasok. ang masaklap mo, when it was the last person to crawl, biglang si manong guard: “at ano’ng ginagawa nyo diyan?!?”. huli. buti na lang charming ang mga kasama ko. ayun, di naman naisumbong sa dorm manager.

6. nung hs, muntik na akong mapatalsik sa dorm ko. oo, as in kick-out. ang reason, lagi daw ako nagru-room hopping. o, e ano naman ngayon? sa nasa ibang room ang friends ko e? buti na lang magaling magpa-langis ang nanay ko. ang style, laging binibigyan ng regalo si dorm manager. hehe.

7. isang beses, after ng gimik naming magkakaibigan, hinatid ako ng college friends ko sa swimming gimik ng officemates ko. so mejo senglot na. pero sige, gimik pa rin. pagkatapos ng ilang minuto, binalikan ako. mag-gay bar daw kami. 2 cars kami nun, mostly girls. except for 2 guys (asawa ng friend at friend ng friend). nagulat ako at walang covercharge. kaya naman pala e pag-upo mo pa lang 5 bottles of warm beer agad ang ise-serve sayo. good as ordered na pala. pagtingin namin sa stage, may mga guys na nakahilera gumigiling-giling. may mga damit pa. after some time, nasusuka na ako (hindi sa show kundi dahil laseng na), so nagbanyo. paglabas ko, wala nang mga pants. at ang suot? white, shiny, spandex na cycling shorts. kadiri ang itsura. hahaha. inom inom, nood nood. after some time, banyo na naman. paglabas ko, wala nang saplot. meron na lang bandanang animal print na gamit pang cover sa cuteness nya. kaso laseng na talaga ang lola nyo. nag-aya nang umuwi. on the way home. pinagalitan ako ng mga friends. kaya daw sila nagaya dun para naman makakita ako ng cuteness ng lalaki (ahm, ako na lang kse ang virgin sa barkada ko nung panahong yun, hehehe). useless gimik, wala rin ako nakita. hahaha.

8. nung 2nd yr hs, dahil ang upd eh walang pasok pag wednesdays, lagi kaming tumatambay ng sm north edsa, in the hopes na makita namin ang mga crush namin (sila ang mga seniors nung freshies pa kami, at bale freshies na rin sa diliman). how pathetic di ba? ginagawan pa talaga namin ng paraan makalabas ng campus. kami kseng dormers eh bawal lumabas without a gate pass signed by the dorm manager. buti na lang meron kami friends na magaling mag-forge. hahaha.

9. when i was working in mandaluyong (circa 2003-2004), nagulat na lang ako when after eating breakfast, bigla na lang ako kinantahan ng mga AMTs ng happy birthday, out of the blue, eh hindi ko naman sila kilala (well, i know one of them kse sya yung nakaka-interact ko sa work). ang nakakatawa mo nun, it wasn’t even my birthday. yung kantang yun ang nagsimula ng pagiging benya ko with them. na kinagulat ng mga regulars (i was part of the QA team, ang AMTs manufacturing). kse wala raw girl na nagiging close dun sa mga yun. ano daw ginawa ko. baket ako? i didn’t do anything. pamula nun, malimit na kami gumigimik nung mga yun. even when i wasn’t with the company anymore, minsan nagte-text din sila na may gimik sila near my place, sama daw ako.

10. hubby and i’ve tried all the positions illustrated dun sa gift ni mommy kengkay na the complete idiot’s guide to super charged kama sutra. para magka-baby. successful ba kamo? sad to say, hindi pa. nakakaaliw din basahin itong librong ito. dito ka nalaman na isang term pa pala for the female genitalia ay yoni. tawang-tawa ako. kse i used to know a guy in college na yoni ang name. hahaha.

there, it took me awhile to finish this post. i won’t be tagging anyone. this tag has been around a while already. luma na kung magta-tag pa ako. but anyone’s free to do this tag if they want. iwan lang kayo ng comment if you did, para mabasa ko rin at makapanghula rin which is which.

aquarius

The sun/moon influence offers a slight reprieve from the recent glitches, but while travel plans are fabulously aspected for today, bear in mind that tomorrow may bring a few hiccups directly related to travel. Use the day to undo a negative impression, to volunteer an explanation and to generally make some metaphorical repairs!

Your Compatible Sign today for
Love: Aries

That’s today’s horoscope of an Aquarian. What’s the basic profile of an Aquarian? Here:

Progressive, original, idealist, altruistic, issue-oriented, charismatic, up-to-date, visionary, humanitarian, personable, imaginative, generous, inspiring, practical, congenial, casual, open-minded, amiable, inventive, off-beat, but can be rebellious, eccentric, thoughtlessness, contrarian, childish, aloof, uninvolved, obstinate, antisocial, unconventional, impressionable

Why do I bother? No reason. Natawa lang ako kse talaga namang ang ka-compatible daw for the day (Love) is an Arian. So bale pwede magpalit pala. Depende sa araw? Hehe. Bukod dun, baket pa ako natawa? Kse Arian ako. O eh ano namang koneksyon? Si Mr. Antuken Aquarian. So talagang perfect na kaming dalawa ang compatible today. Kse birthday nya ngayon. So ibig sabihin, di ko dapat painitin ang ulo nya. Pagsilbihan ko sya. Sundin lahat ng kagustuhan nya. Hehehe. It’s not as if umiinit ang ulo nya. Bihira yun. Between the two of us, I’m the move volatile one (duh! aside from the obvious na ako ang babae,  major moody ako). Why did I include the basic personality of an Aquarian in this post? Sobrang natawa ako kse kasama dun yung anti-social. I’ve been telling him since time immemorial that he is anti-social. Sa family gatherings (family ko), tahimik lang yan. Sits in one corner. Dun nga sa monito namin last christmas, his monito had a little hard time trying to describe him (that’s what we did before revealing). Ang sabi, he doesn’t really know him much. Even my friends’ initial opinion of him was tahimik daw. Which they say is perfect kse nasakop ko na raw yung share nya sa kaingayan ko. Hahaha.

Kaya siguro walang saysay o hindi namin sine-celebrate ang Valentine’s Day. Pamula nung naging mag-boypren/gelpren kami hanggang sa ngayong mag-asawa na kami, Feb. 14 is just another day. Kse prior to it, nakapag-selebra na kami.

What do we plan to do today? Ano bang mapa-plano namin? I’ll be getting off work in about a little over an hour. Add an hour to that for me to get home. Shempre, wala akong kwenta. Malamang matutulog lang ako the whole day. He asked me to take the day off. Shempre, dahil start of the year pa lang hinihingan na kami ng VL (vacation leave) planner, na-schedule ko na yun.

Hopefully I won’t be such a sleepyhead today and try to get up early. In time to help him and his mom prepare for tonight’s dinner. He invited a few relatives and a few friends over to have a little celebration. In the 5 years that I’ve known him, this is the first time that he’s celebrating it with other people (aside from his parents & I). I’ve been asking him what he plans to serve (food), and all he keeps telling me is that everything’s been taken care of. So okei, I’ll probably just be decorative later. Hehehe.

Antuks, I wish you wonderful things for 2009. Hopefully, we won’t have any major fights – petty ones are welcome cause making up after’s good. I wish you good health. May whatever it is that’s been bothering you for a while now be nothing (go see a doctor!). May we have the enthusiasm to work out together (pareho tayong tumataba, hehe). And I wish you’d have the best day today ever! Happy birthday and always know that what I feel for you’ll never wane. Probably it’ll get more intense. hehe. Labyu.

mr & mrs antuken

cheesy? hahaha. i don’t care. happy anniv skut. much love.

more about “mr&mrs antuken Video“, posted with vodpod

one year and counting…

time flies, they say. and it goes by so fast esp. if you’re doing a lot of things. work has kept me busy lately and posting stuff has been limited. blog visits included.

flashback: jan. 19, 2008 — woke up to a drizzly day. not the kind of weather i hoped for at all. not with something big happening. but the older ones say it’s a sign of blessing. the events were a big blur actually. the photographer & his crew arriving early. me getting dolled & dressed up. going to ninang rose’s house for the photo-op. the drizzle didn’t go away at all. by the time the ceremony was over, it was raining. we didn’t get to shoot as much shots as we wanted. it was night time when the ceremony finished. i should’ve opted for an earlier mass. hugs, kisses and congratulatory greetings. envelops handed to me. photo-op again, this time with the guests. a little dinner, toast, cake cutting, flower throwing, garter tossing, a few speeches and that was it. wanted to spend more time with our guests & relatives, but i was fetched by my “new” hubby’s aunt. it was time to go. before leaving, mom asked when i’d visit them at home. and i was specifically told that i can’t. not in the next four days. good thing we were off to palawan in a couple of days.

return to: jan. 19, 2009 — morning kisses from hubby. he told me that he was off to get the car tank filled up. was still too tired to wake up. woke up at around 9am (yes, i am a majorsleepyhead) – not my usual waking hour. i usually wake up in the wee hours of the morning to get to work. but today, i was on leave. and so was hubby. i did a little laundry after breakfast. took a bath and got dressed. hubby & i planned to spend the day in tagaytay. try to experience how cold it would be out there (the past days were really cold). i was used to having the air-con off after passing through santa rosa. the air’s usually much cooler than the air-conditioning. but the windows of the car are having some problems. so we couldn’t roll them down. initially we wanted to try antonio’s. but my older brother had been there with his wife before, and i’m not so sure if i could appreciate what they serve. it’s a little pricey plus, i’m not much of a fan of veggies. or organically grown stuff. we cruised through tagaytay, trying to pick which place to eat. we ended up choosing gerry’s grill. not your usual place to spend an anniversary, i think. it’s more of a place to dine with your big family or with a group of friends. but i didn’t mind. not at all. first, i wasn’t feeling that good (suffering from the dreaded, all-time dreaded dysmenorrhea), second, i’m not the usual “chocolate-flowers-candle-lit dinner for two” type of wife.

after our lunch (there was a couple who spent their reception at gerry’s too while we were eating, hehe), hubby asked me where i wanted to go next. i had no idea. all i wanted to do then was lie down and ball-up like a fetus. i was having the worst case of dysmenorrhea then. didn’t get to appreciate all that we ordered. mango salad, grilled squid, fresh lumpia, LK (i think it’s hubby’s fave. hehe). i slept in the car and woke up in calaruega. i was feeling a little better because i popped in some painkillers before we left gerry’s. a little tour in the place. a few shots here and there and we were off to batangas. bought a few goodies at good shepherd first before going to mom’s place via the bitukang manok (we call it our short-cut in going home from tagaytay).

we spent a few hours at my mom’s house before heading back home. surprise of the day was i got a bunch of roses, white roses, as i got in the car. i had a small bag that i was going to return to my mom after our tagaytay trip, and hubby told me to put it in the trunk. i told him i could easily throw it in the back seat and when i did, i saw it. he said that when he told me that he was getting the tank filled up, he was lying. he really went to the shop to buy them for me. hmmn. unexpectedly sweet of him. but, like i said, i’m not that kind of wife. so it was no biggie. after a really non-eventful day, we both spent a few hours talking in bed first before going to sleep. i asked him what he wanted for his anniv gift and he told me he didn’t really want anything yet. he asked me what i wanted and i told him to just save up, not give me any gift for our coming anniversaries, cause what i wanted, still want, is a little expensive. i want some jewelry. diamonds are a girl’s best friend. hehehe.

here are a few photos. my feeling lousy wasn’t evident at all. hehehe.

bed-weather day again!

anlamig na naman. you could hear the wind from my room. this month has been the coldest month the philippines has experienced ata. nami-miss ko ang araw. laging cloudy. sobrang hangin. eh lamiging tao pa naman ako. ansarap lagi magbabad sa kama. kaya buti na lang walang work today. pero shempre, may mga chores din naman kelangan gawin. kaya di pa rin makapagbabad sa kama. besides, ang aga umalis ni mr. antuken para pumasok sa trabaho. 530am. parang lumamig bigla yung bed kaya gumising na rin ako. kumain ng agahan. ibinabad ang mga lalabahan. at natulog ulet. hahaha.

gumising ng maliwanag na. pero wala pa rin ang araw. nakakatamad maligo. malamig kse. kaya nga nung kinasal kami, ang unang-unang purchase naming mag-asawa (from our nest egg money) eh water heater. tulad ng nasabi ko, lamigin ako. ayoko ng malamig na tubig pag naliligo. gusto ko lang ang malamig na tubig kung iinumin ko. otherwise, ayoko ng malamig na tubig.

tinext nga ako ng nanay ko. tinatanong kung ano raw plano ko ngayon araw. kung uuwi daw ba ako sa kanila. umuwi daw ako at baka makapaglamierda kami. sinabi ko mimya konti. sa totoo lang tinatamad kse ako maligo pa. at kumilos. although tapos ko na ang labada ko. malapit nang magtanghalian. makapaligo na nga siguro.

welcome 2009!

it’s another year. ang iba, pagdating ng bagong taon, nagse-set ng new year’s resolutions. ngunit, hindi naman ako nausuhan nun, kaya wala rin ako nun.

lately, hindi na ako nakakapag-post. the corporate audit we had (at work) at the start of december took all of my extra hours. mabuti naman at we passed that audit. plus, puro mga party party party. sa office we had 2. and both times, ni hindi lumapit ang anino ng pangalan ko pagdating sa raffle.

ano nga bang nangyari ng nakaraang taon saken?

una sa lahat, nagpakasal na kami ni mr. antuken ko. nagliwaliw sa palawan at sumubok gumawa ng baby. ngunit di successful.

nagsawa na nga ako sa mga tanong ng kaibigan at kamag-anak ng: “ano may laman na ba yan?”

walang pagkakaiba rin naman ang sagot ko: “wala pa e.”

ni hindi ko ma-experience ma-excite, kse laging on the dot ang dating ng aking dreaded bisita (dreaded kse laging parusa ang dysmenorrhea ko!). nang masabi ko yan aloud, aba tinesting agad ako ng nasa itaas. na-experience ko rin ma-delay. shempre, excited ang lola nyo. after a week, na-kumbinsi ng isang officemate na mag preg test. sabi ko ayoko at too early. okei lang daw at sya daw 1 week delayed, nag-test eh positive na. so go, bumili ng kit. kinabukasan, nag-test. positive ba? shempre hindi! kung positive yan, matagal ko nang nai-kwento. hehe.

pangalawa, na-meet ko ang kaisa-isang reyna ng blogosperya. sino pa nga ba? eh di ang reyna elena. uber generous ng isang ito. too bad i didn’t get to see her when she came back a few months back.

isa pa, nakilala ko ang mga greenies. i’ve been a fan of GP nung nagsisimula pa lang ako. being part of the greenpinoy family is so much fun. kahit kung tutuusin eh iilang gimik lang naman ang nasamahan ko. one major adjustment i had to make was cut down on going out. strict si hubby. sobrang major ito para sa akin. kse i never experienced it with my parents. nung miss pa lang ako, anywhere i wanna go, okei lang. this time, hindi pwede. lalong-lalo na ang mga last minute ayaan. asa ka pang makakasama ako jan. hubby doesn’t like it much pag sumasama ako sa kanila. hindi na raw ako dalaga. eh compromise na lang. pag mga lakad na di naman gagabihin, pinapag-paalam ko. pumapayag naman (although feeling ko napilitan lang. hahaha).

major adjustment din ang paglipat ko ng tirahan. wala na akong mauungutan ng: yay, ano’ng ulam? o kung ano pang paglalambing (read: katamaran) sa yaya namin (yaya talaga sya ng aking kuya — bulag na, for about 9 years na ata, i think). mabait naman ang in-laws ko. buti na nga lang. kse di ba, kalimitan ang in-laws eh mahirap pakisamahan. daw. swerte ako at wala ako nun. hehe. ang kapalit naman ng paglipat ko ng bahay, may katabi na ako pagtulog. kaya ayos lang. hehehe.

nakakatamad magkikilos ngayong araw. it’s a “bed-weather-day” today. yan ang tawag ko sa panahon na malamig. masarap humiga at magbabad sa kama. too bad hubby’s at work today. tsk tsk.

ang major p-project-in ko this year: gumawa ng baby. kaya kung may mga tips kayo diyan. i-share nyo naman. hahaha.

happy new year everyone!

merry christmas everyone!

a quick christmas greeting to everyone!

just had christmas breakfast with my in-laws (after the christmas mass). hope everyone’s going to have a wonderful and blessed christmas today! can’t wait for my nephews, nieces and godchildren para mamigay ng mga gifts nila (i love giving gifts to kids!).

kainis.

kainis lumuwas ng maynila lately. baket kamo? lekat na traffic.

gumising ka ng maaga para hindi ma-late sa training mo na sinabi sa ‘yong 8am ang start.

shempre, sumabay ka ba naman sa mga normal na empleyado. lunes. pamula calamba hanggang mantrade, nakatayo ka sa bus.

tapos pagdating mo sa opisina, 830am naman pala ang simula. pero ang tinext sayo ng organizer eh 8am. okei lang. may libre namang breakfast.

(pero bago ka pa pumasok, dumaan ka muna sa mcdo para mag-hamdesal with cheese at orange juice)

ayos naman ang training.

umalis ka ng office ng 5pm. lekat na traffic going to alabang.

ang haba pa ng pila sa van pauwi ng calamba.

nag-text si hubby ng: kumain ka na?

at nagreply ako ng: hindi pa

with matching text from hubby again: naco, eh di nalipasan ka na ng gutom nyan?

reply-an ko ng: nag-merienda ako before leaving the office

nakasakay ka na rin at long last.

at traffic??? asa ka pang wala nun. normal na yun ngayon. christmas season daw. anong koneksyon?

dumating ka ng bahay halos alas-diyes ng gabi. gutom na gutom at nagsisisi sa mahabang pila sa festival (di ka naka-singit dumaan sa kahit na anong fastfood para mag-take out).

bonus: walang pagkain. cute di ba.

ang drama ko: matulog na lang at nalipasan na ng gutom

nag-text pa ng: kumain ka na? (eh wala rin naman palang pagkain. akala ko naman, tinirahan ako. hmp.)

grrr talaga.

shempre, sira ang drama ko na matulog agad. may nagpa-party sa kabilang street at kumusta naman ang music nila? kahit mag-earplugs ka hindi eepekto sa lakas.

so shempre, ang drama ko sira. ano pa nga bang magagawa ko. eh di i-accept agad ang sorry nya kahit deep inside eh bwiset na bwiset ako sa kagutuman. grr.

(pero, nagluto agad sya ng food nung nalamang di pa pala ako kumakain. akala daw eh busog na ako sa meriendang kinain ko. —- hello! kelan pa ako nabusog sa merienda!)

lotsa goodies!

my mom arrived last sunday from the states. after 6 months of gallivanting in the different states of the u.s. of a. she finally came home. (hahaha, it wasn’t exactly gallivanting, exaj ko na yun) i think she finally missed us.

as early as 4am of dec 7, i was awake already. her flight was arriving at 545 and my brother told me that they were leaving the house at 430am. they were picking us up on the way to the airport (which didn’t happen. they left a little before 5am, i think). we got to the airport at around 530 (surprisingly, no traffic in slex) and when we called her she said her flight was early. that she got there around 5am, and that she was still waiting for her luggage.

me sandwiched between my mom's twin sister and my mom

we had breakfast at pancake house, petron-slex and got home before the manny-dela hoya game started (not the main event ha).

of course, all of us were excited to open her luggage (2 big maletas plus 1 big box) and see what pasalubongs she had for us. (not including the 2 balikbayan boxes that arrived before she did and she specifically told us not to open until she’s there to do it) my nephew yohan (who’s 5) was funny when he immediately asked her “mama” where his pasalubongs were. that was the first thing that my mom took out. she searched through her bags and looked for yohan’s toy first. when he got it, of course, he was so happy.

so one by one, we went through all the bags and all the boxes. and yohan squeezed through all of us, went near my mom and asked her: ” is there anything more for me there mama?” hahaha. i told him: “we’ll call you if you have anything more, go.” but he stayed in one corner and we all laughed again when, after a few minutes, he shouted: “there, that’s for me! i can see my name!”

i was amazed and asked my brother (his dad) unbelievably: “he could read already???” and my kuya replied that yohan knows how to read his name already. it was fun trying to fight off for the pasalubongs with my cousins. hehe. mom was talking non-stop since she got on the van until we left that night, after dinner, telling us all about the different experiences that she had. when we went there again last night, the stories haven’t ended. hahaha.

here are the goodies that i got…

dress, blouses, jackets, pants, etc.

towels, bracelet, socks, bag holder, digital picture keychain, so pink body mist (my #1 bilin), mittens, kitchen stuff

and of course i want to thank all our relatives in the states for all these goodies: patrick and mylynn for my number 1 bilin — so pink body mist from gap (can’t find one here), kuya lester and ate rachelle for the chocolate, my ninang chona for some of the clothes. and to my cuz’s gf, hazel for the bluegreen blouse and the black sando with matching bottom. and of course to my very wonderful and very generous mom who bought most of what’s in the pictures. we were actually asking kirby (my cousin) for the digital picture keychain

digital picture keychain

while chatting with him last week, he showed us this item, which wasn’t really what he was showing us, but samples of the digital frames that his mom was asking for. we begged him to buy one for us (one for his sister monet and one for me) but it showed that the item had no stock available online and that it wasn’t sold in the stores. he just laughed at us but i was so happy to see it in one of my mom’s luggage. we actually thought kirby bought it for us, but mom said she did. sooper thanks mom!

this is also one of the fine stuff that mom brought me…

bag holder

a handy bag holder. girls woud love this. i actually heard that this is available in one of the stalls in greenhills, but since i had no time to go there and shop for one, it was a good thing that mom brought some of these. you just put this on the table and it sort of works like a hook that could hold your bag (esp. when you’re out in a restaurant, etc.). hubby and i’d also like to thank tita marirose and her family for their belated wedding gift ($$). we don’t mind at all that it’s late.

aside from these stuff that mom brought, she said there are still boxes that’ll be arriving, hopefully before christmas, containing the bags that we are waiting for (still from our relatives). i asked mom to hold the opening of those boxes when i’m around. hehe.

before these frenzy, i actually got some stuff from my hubby’s aunt, who also sent a balikbayan box in time for christmas. she’s actually one of our ninangs during our wedding. she sent me these…

stuff from ninang yolly

i actually got more than my hubby. hehehe. to ninang yol, thanks so much for the early christmas goodies that you sent! see you next april?

what can i say? santa came a few weeks early at our house. hehehe. aren’t you just envious of me??? hahaha.

10 things that make me smile

na-tag ako ni damdam. ano raw ba ang mga bagay na nakakapagpangiti saken. well, heto sila in no particular order…

1. seeing old couples in the mall or in the cinema. tapos holding hands pa sila. tapos nagpapaka-gentleman pa si lolo at inaalalayan si lola. i remember nung hs ako we watched beaches (but i don’t think that was the working title here. basta ito yung movie ni bette midler and mary louise parker, tapos dito rin ginamit yung song na wind beneath my wings). SRO talaga sya. tapos there was this truly old couple na ganyan ang ginawa. can’t help but say “aaww…”

2. morning kisses from hubby

3. funny antics of my nephew yohan and nieces tish & sofi

4. putting my hand in one of the pockets of either my jeans/shorts or jacket tapos makakapa ko na may pera. naiwan pala noon at nalabhan na’t lahat, andun pa rin.

5. chocolate crinkles from becky’s kitchen. or max’s. or mernel’s.

6. wrapping gifts. and then giving them and seeing the joy in the eyes of the recepient.

7. back-rubs

8. bargain buys

9. the smell of old books (kaya love ko tumambay sa library. hehe)

10. solving a crossword puzzle.

(should it really be just 10? this list could go on and on… i don’t think i’d run out of things to put in here. hehe)