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 more 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.

 

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mr & mrs antuken

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

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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.

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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.

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thanks for the time

hubby and i went to the mall last sunday. ang pakay ko? i need to find a plastic measuring cup (yung tipong pang-liquid) that i need for the office. i went to 2 malls a few weekends back at wala akong makita. so i tried another mall naman. ayun, nakakita rin kahit papano. not exactly what i was looking for pero pwede na.

after that, he asked me if i wanna windowshop for a watch. (mahilig talaga ako sa relo noon, pero nang nauso ang celfone, at nasira na ang iba’t-ibang relo na naipon ko through the years, medyo nawala na ang hilig ko sa relo) my aussie boss actually commented once that pinoys don’t wear watches daw. i told him, we do. but since we always have our celfones with us, we’d rather look at the time in that, rather than buy expensive watches (oo na, marami nang murang relo ngayon. na pag naubos ang battery eh mas mura pang bumili ng bago kesa bumili ng bagong battery).

we went in one of the shops na puro relo ang binebenta. although, di ko na matandaan ang pangalan. una kong nilapitan yung rack ng seiko. ewan ko ba, parang bata pa lang ako, yun talaga yung tumatak sa isip ko na matibay. kse my mom & dad have this his & hers watch na gustong-gusto ko nung bata ako. i wanted sana yung kinetic nila. kaso di ko mashado gusto yung mga designs na naka-display. next tumingin ako dun sa rack ng anne klein. ay dai, meron akong type na isa talaga (too bad, di ko nakuhanan ng pic). kaso kung yun naman ang ipapabili ko kay hubby, nahihiya naman ako at feeling ko eh medyo pricey ng konti. so curb ng excitement sa pagbili.

umalis kami dun ng wala akong napili. tapos napadaan kami sa department store ng SM. ayun, may mga relo na naman. so pasok ulet. may nakita ako na mejo gusto ko. kaso feeling ko malaki mashado yung face for my arm. patpatin kse ako, kaya feeling ko hindi bagay. magaling si saleslady. she told me to try it on. sabi ko, wag na. we were just looking (and had no intentions of buying — pero shempre, di ko sinabi yun). mapilit. isukat ko raw. so sige sukat. eto ang sinukat ko…

type… pero dahil red ang fave color ko. yun ang sinabi kong gusto ko. kaso yung red kse hindi two-tone ang face. tapos sinabi pa ni saleslady na mas maganda raw etong isang ito. kse ang red daw medyo namimili ng kulay. (na sa totoo lang, keber. eh sa red ang gusto ko eh!) hubby said mas bagay daw itong cream/beige na strap na ito sa akin. sabi ko, sige.

si saleslady, aba may comment pa na: pwede nyo i-installment ma’am.

sabi ko: aba, hindi pa kami bibili. (kay hubby) bibilhin mo na ba? saka na pag di mo ako kasama. para pagdating ng pasko, mejo surprised ako kunyari.

hubby: hindi, sige, kunin na namin miss.

hmmn. nasa spending mood si hubby. which is so rare, so who am i to argue di ba? hehe.

we paid for it at the counter. at nung nakuha na namin, sabi nya: dati ko pa sinasabi sayo na bibilhan kita ng relo di ba? di ako makabili agad kse baka hindi mo gusto yung mapili ko. hindi yan ang christmas gift ko.

naman. what else can i do but kiss him sooper thanks di ba? at ngayon, everyday, after i come from work and slide next to him in bed (night shift ako, day shift sya), i kiss him good morning and tell him thanks for the watch. sabi nya nga. one thanks is enough. i don’t need to thank him everyday daw. eh sa happy ako sa bigay nya e. hehe. tapos, after nun, tutulog na ako at sya naman eh babangon para pumasok. haay. (i’m actually thinking of buying the anne klein watch as my christmas gift for myself. pero saka na. pag may natira sa pera ko after ng shopping for my pamangkins and inaanaks)

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happy birthday mom!

isang quickie post for my mudra. i already elaborated here how great my mom is. kaya lang, i’m flying off to manila with her twin sister. ang mudra ay humahada ngayon sa ny, kaya kami na lang ni ninang ang magse-celebrate. hehe. happy birthday mom! have fun in ny with mitzi and tito boy. balita ko nag-blow ka na agad ng cake mo sa ngayon. hindi ka naman excited at jan eh sept. 25 pa lang? hahaha.

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bagong videoke na hindi pala

i went to raon last saturday. alone. to ask if they have an updated cd for my videoke player. naco, tulad ng nabanggit ko na, mic-hugger ako during videoke nights.

i actually wanted a july wedding last year. kse my mom’s sister was in the country (she lives in LA). at kukunin ko syang ninang. plus another friend of my mom’s was in the country too (she’s from holland naman). eh ninang ko rin sya. kaso hubby’s lola died april last year. so ang plans of getting married in july eh talagang na-erase. bawal daw kse chorlva eklat.

sa frustration ko. i bought a videoke player. sakto kseng ang tito ko (who was from canada) was in town and bought a player. nung bumibili ang tito ko, kinakantyawan na ako bumili. kaso mo ang classic line ko then was: sorry my money’s tied up. alam mo na, ikakasal. pero maganda rin at nainggit ako sa tito ko so sabi ko sa kuya ko, tara, mag-raon tayo. bibilhin ko na yung videoke player.

pagdating ko last saturday, naco, parang na-disorient ako. kse nung nagpunta kami dun last time eh may dalang caroo. this time eh commute ang beauty ko. very easy. take a bus going to buendia/lrt. get off at lrt. take the lrt and get off at carriedo. tapos lakarin going to raon. pagbaba ng quiapo, hala, di ko maalala. tapos ang major factor pa eh i totally forgot the store’s name where i bought my videoke player from. so ikot-ikot muna ako. i was trying to remember the facade nung tindahan na binilhan ko.

nakita ko naman sya after a few minutes of roaming the streets. hahaha. i asked agad kung may bagong cd. tinanong ako kung anong model. patay. di ko tanda. buti na lang tinext ko ang pinsan kong si dada (nasa kanila kse at hiniram nya a couple of weeks ago — videoke everyday ang inaanak kong si tisha). ayun, i showed the saleslady (na sheila nga pala ang name) the text. sabi i need to upgrade my player daw. kse yung mga bagong labas ngayon eh meron nang live feature. di raw magp-play sa aking player. dalhin ko daw dun at ia-upgrade nila. shempre hindi free. sus. eh sabi ko saka na. bumili na lang muna ako ng bagong cd.

i asked kung magkano na lang ngayon ang videoke player. 8500 daw. (hmp. 10k bili ko last year!) pero iba na ang itsura nya. mejo makapal na ang itsura. yung nabili ko kse, parang tipong dvd player lang ang itsura. pag sinumpong ako, bibilhin ko yung amp, para lalong maganda ang boses ko gamit ang videoke player. (and note the words na ginamit ko: lalong maganda —- meaning maganda na sya talaga) hahaha. mangarap.

at ngayon, i can’t wait for saturday to try it. magdamagang kantahan na naman ito. hahaha.

da: wag kalimutan ang videoke player ha. pack it the way i did. videoke player, connectors, remote and songbook in the striped black bag. microphones on the black bag with orange ribbon. wag gayahin si hubby na kinalimutan ang remote nung last time na nag-videoke tayo ha!

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daily dose of laughter

badoodles, naco, sinabi ko sayo talagang crammer ako. up to the last minute tsaka ako sasali sa project lafftrip laffapalooza mo. i so wanted to join agad pagka-post mo. kaso mo, naisip ko antagal pa ng deadline. di ako sanay na anlayo pa ng deadline eh tapos na ko. major crammer ako eh. sabagay, if i voted then, iba na magiging boto ko sa ngayon. eniwei, heto na ang mga blog na talaga naman nakakapagpatawa sa kin…

(actually, kung hindi naman ikaw ang may pakana nito, ikaw ang namberwan. kaso mo nga ikaw, so di ka na valid na kandidato—- at hindi paninipsip yan ha)

1. sino nga ba ang una? sa totoo lang mahirap pumili eh. pero top na siguro sa boto ko ang greenpinoy.com. baket kamo? mababaw lang naman akong tao e. pero sa kanya, talagang humahagalpak ako ng tawa. ang nage-enjoy pa akong isa eh ang interaction ng mga readers nya. mantakin mong magkameron ng forum ang mga tinatawag na “greenies”. pero sa totoo lang, mas nakakatawa sya sa personal.

2. pangalawa na ang walang kakupas kupas sa kasungitang si mighty jon cabron. antipatiko ang dating ng entries nya pati na rin ang comments, pero sa kada bibisitahin ko sya, susko, hanga ako sa humor ng entries. actually reality with a touch of humor ang pag-classify ko sa blog nya. minsan, nakumentuhan na ako ng kasama ko sa trabaho na para daw akong baliw. totally quiet one moment tapos humahagalpak ng tawa the next second. eh nakatingin lang naman daw ako sa monitor. what can i say? funny is synonymous to jon cabron.

3. ang puno ng ka-hada-han (hahaha). ang palasyo ng reyna elena. queen of social climbing to the highest level ito. truliling enjoy ako bumisita sa blog nya. very generous at truly funny sa personal rin. nung una, naririnig rinig ko lang sya. pero ngayon kasama na sya sa mga lagi kong binibisita. tamad nga lang mag-kumento minsan. pero aliw na aliw ako sa kanya.

4. ang walang kakupas-kupas sa kaseksihang si sexy mamaru. isa sa mga una kong naging blogging friend. actually, sya ang kauna-unahang blogger na na-meet ko (except for those related to me, shempre). i never thought na petite sya. kahit sa personal susko, enjoy kasama. yung mga posts nya minsan (ay malimit, pala) malimit may mga censored words, pero keber, talagang aliw ako bumisita sa bahay nya.

5. ang blog na hindi nakikita (invisible daw kse). mahaba kalimitan ang mga posts nya. pero wag ka, aliw talaga akong magbasa ng posts nya. pati mga pagsagot nya sa mga comments ng readers nya, naaaliw ako.

baket naman kse 5 lang dapat. mahirap na proseso ang pagpili ng 5 funniest blogs ha. marami pa akong gustong idagdag. kaso mo magiging void ang votes ko kung sosobra.

baket nga ba ako sumasali? dahil ba sa nokia n70? hindi, kse ganun ang binigay ng opisina namin sa akin (ang bait ng company na pinagt-trabahuhan ko ano?). dahil sa cybershot? naco lalong hindi. mabait ang pinsan ko, niregaluhan na nya ako ng digicam nung kasal ko. dahil sa salaping pa-premyo? hindi rin. masaya na ako sa estado ko sa buhay ngayon e. although being 15K richer is not bad. hehe. o, eh baket nga ba ako sumasali. wala naman. suporta lang sa isang kaibigan. pareng badoodles, kung iba nagpasimuno nito, baka di ako sumali. pero dahil malakas ka saken. eto na ang entry ko.

dapat sa 20 ko pa talaga ito gagawin. kaya lang busy ako sa 20. baka makaligtaan ko. 😉

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a time to relax

mahilig ako magpa-spa. kaya ang swerte ko when my batchmates from the frat & soro gave us a gc at sanctuario spa as a wedding gift. perfect sana kse lover’s delight ang package. kaso, my hubby’s not too fond of it eh. makilitiin daw sya. i originally invited my mom to go with me sa spa thingie na ito. kaso mo lumipad sya at naglamyerda sa ibang bansa. eh baka kako, mabuntis ako eh di ko na magamit ang gc so i invited my friend na lang. payag naman si hubby. so i called them up one day and set an appointment. eto ang package…

Lover’s Delight

Sensual packages for honeymooners or couples who simply want to enjoy the Sanctuario Spa experience together. All packages include use of the aquaria, and free-flowing organic tea. Reservation is recommended. All packages are for two people.

Prices do not include the price of massage oil. You need to either provide your own oil or purchase from our special selection of massage blends.

DE LUXE PACKAGE
(1 ½ hours)

Aromatic Floral Bath and massage of choice in our couple’s room

nasayang yang free-flowing organic tea na yan saken. i don’t drink tea.

my friend & i first met up at shangri-la mall then took a cab to get to the spa. trobol pa nga kse along the way, the cab we got kept on overheating, so pinalipat pa kami ng cab. dun pa sa lugar na sobrang di ako pamilyar. ayos lang din naman kse nakakuha naman kami agad ng pamalit na cab. when we got there, shempre they gave us sarong/keys/slippers. we changed into our swimsuits para ma-sample-an ang jacuzzi.

we were late for our appointment kaya we had to wait for our masseuse. the water was warm. and invigorating because of the strong current. there was this couple on the other jacuzzi na sooper sweet. inggit na inggit kami sa girl kse her stomach was sooper flat. pretty girl too. nahiya tuloy kami mag-disrobe ng friend ko kse, i for one eh aminadong butete tiyan. hehehe.

the staff at sanctuario was very accommodating. after a while they called us up to take a shower daw and then floral bath na.

hay naco, lumabas na ang pagka-kulot ng hair ko. i initially didn’t want to go in the tub. aba, feeling ko lulutuin ako at gagawing ulam. i called one of the staff and asked her to adjust the water temp. tinuruan nya ko at nagdagdag lang ako ng cold water. tapos lublob na at nagbabad hanggang maging lola fingers na yung mga daliri ko. miya-miya ng konti, tinawag na ulet para mag-rinse at massage na raw (my favorite part). etong part na to, hindi ko na nakuhanan ng pic. we brought our own massage oil (ito kse ang wedding favor ng ate ng friend ko during her wedding) and after about an hour, ayan, feeling lamog na talong na kami (exaggerated way to describe it, of course. besides, i wouldn’t know how a lamog na talong feels like, hehe). we changed into our street clothes, pero shempre, i didn’t fail to take a pic of this notice na nasa locker.

sososyalin pa naman ang place. minus sosy points talaga! after we gave our tips, larga na ulet. pero posing muna near/above the fish pen.

then off we went to search for cafe breton along the streets of malate (i used to frequent the branch at nakpil when i was younger, pero nung oras na yun, di ko matandaan kung anong street nga ba sya located). nung hindi namin makita, i asked one of the manongs along the street, sabi matagal na raw nagsara. so nag-rob’s place na lang kami. we were busy deciding on where we were going to eat. laking tuwa namin when we saw a cafe breton there. yey! pasok agad kami and when i sat, di na ko tumingin sa menu. i always order the same thing at breton. one extra mild chili vesuve please! (it used to be without tomatoes, when i order it, but i’m slowly learning how to eat vegetables, although technically, sige, hindi sya gulay, kaya no more without-without eklat) importante talaga yung “extra mild” kse kung hindi, naco, sobrang anghang ng vesuve. eh hindi ako mashadong mahilig sa maanghang e. sa kagutuman ko, i totally forgot what my friend ordered. hehe. inulan kami nung pauwi na. pero okei lang. i had a shawl with me at pagkatapos ng lafang, uwi na kay hubby. a perfect way to end a totally relaxing day. 😉

pero shempre, this is all thanks to my kabatches: chrissy, nadj, eds, bel, ruth, bags & francis —- sooper thanks! this is one of the best gifts i got! (sinolo ko talaga ha, di mahilig si hubby eh, sorry)

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palawan experience

as early (or should i say, as late?) as december, i was scouting for places that we could go to for our HM. i didn’t look outside of the philippines because i wanted to explore our islands first before venturing out of the country. besides, my passport’s expired already and i thought it would be wasted if i renew it and after a month or two, have it renewed again (change of status, name, etc.).

top choices were bohol and palawan. so i searched the net and we finally decided on palawan. this was a last minute decision, we decided i think 2nd week of january already, when i booked our tickets. good thing PAL had tour packages that were really affordable. Cebu Pacific had some too but I wanted to use the new airport (which wasn’t really that new), so we chose the package offered by PAL.

We could have had a better time if it wasn’t raining so hard. When we got there, we took the city tour first. But it really was raining so hard, so we didn’t enjoy it as much as I think we were supposed to.

Second day, we took the Honda Bay tour c/o the hotel that we got (Legend Palawan) — a tour of the islands/island hopping. The islands were really beautiful, but it was raining so hard that instead of having it the whole day (which was what it was normally), we cut it short to about after lunch. It was difficult to snorkel while it was raining. The water got a little blurry/murky. We were with a couple of sexy English girls in this tour. Lunch was included in the tour also. At the hotel, I kidded my hubby on why he didn’t talk with the English girls. I told him he was being anti-social again. And I actually thought his answer was cute. He said he thought I would get jealous if he did. Hahaha. (i don’t think I’m the jealous type though)

We weren’t decided on whether we would take the Underground River tour. First, I think I’m a little claustrophobic and second we really didn’t want to go touring if it was raining again. We’d rather spend the day in bed. Hehe. But the tour guide told us that a trip to Palawan wasn’t complete if we didn’t go to the Underground River. He said that there were a lot of beaches in the country and it was better to go to the Underground River than island hopping. When we got back to the hotel after our Honda Bay tour, we heard other tourists say that it was really very sunny at the Underground River. So we finally decided to go there on our third day.

The fourth day was spent shopping in the public market (prawns & tuna), for our trip back to Manila was at 1030 in the morning.

We really felt it was ‘bitin’. Mr. antuken actually wanted us to go back in the summer but I’ve used up all my leave credits.

Wana see how much fun we had?

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10 days & counting

Haay. I’ve been terribly busy the past couple of weeks talaga. Tying up some loose ends for MY BIG DAY. 😉

I only have a few little things left to take care of.

 My mom’s really been a big help. Sobra. I never imagined that she’d go with me to divi, commute, to buy some last minute stuff. And we ended up buying our wedding favors there too(I was still undecided up to the last minute). Which were a little bulky (but not that heavy). We ended up paying for the 2 seats taken up by the boxes in the FX that we rode on going back to Buendia.

I took some pictures but I’ll try to post them soon.

Right now, I’m busy trying to look for good deals for our HM trip. We’re thinking of Bohol or Palawan. But I think Palawan’s winning. 🙂

Haay. I’m soooo excited!

(to my blogging friends) Sorry I haven’t done much visiting lately. Will try that after all the fuss has died down. 😉

It’s actually funny. I gave out most of my invitations over the weekend (and the past week). Most of my friends commented/asked if this was what I really wanted. If I was really decided on doing this. And I wondered why? Why do they keep asking me that? Do I look reluctant? Do I look unhappy?

I’m actually a little scared. Scared of the unknown. Scared of the future. Scared of being answerable to someone else. Scared of doing wifely duties. Scared of many things, really. But I’m thinking, what I’m feeling is normal. Isn’t it?

Eniwei, just a little over a week to go! And I can’t contain my excitement.

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merry christmas everyone!

haven’t done much blogging lately. was a little busy doing some wedding preps. and because last week was the last production week at work. the whole week was spent doing, aside from the usual monthly reports, year-end reports too.

plus, was busy doing some last-minute shopping. i have quite a number of inaanaks, and because i think christmas really is for kids, i really make an effort to buy gifts for them & my nephews & nieces too.

i really don’t recommend last-minute shopping. aside from the really long lines at the cashier, the traffic is really really really terrible. good thing i don’t drive, or else, i think i’d really hate christmas. hehehe. i spent the weekend at the mall. last saturday, after work, i want to makati to buy gifts. and last sunday, to get the polvoron i ordered from sexy maru.

even if it was a very tiring weekend, and my feet were really killing me, i wouldn’t mind repeating the same experience. 🙂

i used to do my christmas shopping early, but this year, i got delayed, due to i don’t know what reasons. hehe.

well, merry christmas everyone!

(sexy mama, twas really nice meeting up & hanging out with you. anytime you get lost in the jungles of luzon, give me call)

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my night with chuckie

it was my boyf’s xmas party last night and he invited me to come. i really wanted to kse he & some of his officemates joined the battle of the bands contest. i haven’t seen him play, kaya naman in-effort ko talagang pumunta kahit may nilakad pa ako sa ortigas that day. plus i wanted to meet some of his officemates too.

pagdating dun, may parang caravan ng chuckie (the chocolate drink). he asked me if i wanted a cup. i declined. major busog pa ako sa lunch na kinain ko. i had a burger at wham! that afternoon. while working at a pharma company in mandaluyong kse a few years ago, dun kami malimit kumain. at parang na-miss ko. kaya naman kahit hate ko kumain mag-isa. i went and had a burger & fries at wham! ay, half a burger lang pala. di ko naubos eh. i only ate about half of the burger. i got the other half ‘to go’.

the usual group presentations*raffle*production/intermission numbers happened. while waiting for my boyf’s band’s turn to play, i took a trip to the restroom. pagbalik ko, i saw chuckie being surrounded by kids of different ages. eh ang cute nya kse naka-santa outfit. pagbalik ko sa table namin, nagpa-cute ako sa boypren ko & asked him to take a picture of me with chuckie. pinagtawanan ba naman ako. para daw akong bata. well, i might be older than him, pero yung inner child ko ay hindi pa nawawala. hehe. eto ang kinalabasan…

suya pa nga ako sa dalawang kids kse sinira nila yung moment ko with chuckie. hehe.

my boyf’s band won 2nd place nga pala. hindi ko mashado na-enjoy ang performance kse busy ako nakikikuha ng video. stage girlfriend. hehe. pinakamalakas ata ako mag-cheer eh. 🙂

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eto mga lab ko (tag)

dhez tagged me last week, kse may katagalan daw ako mag-post, para daw may mai-post ako. sorry dhez, this is kinda late. i’ve been busy at work kse we had a bfad audit today, so last week, i was busy reviewing things at work to see if there’s anything that needs to be done before today. eniwei, the tag is a handwritten post. supposedly about things i’m addicted to. i’m not really that addicted about these stuff so i modified it to luv na lang. things i love… (nagamit ko pa tuloy ang sobrang lumang pad, tipong 15 years ago ko pa ito nabili, hinalukay ko sa baul ko)

1. matching undies – eto talaga, mahilig ako dito… sobra… malimit nga, i don’t wanna leave the house kung hindi matching ang undies ko… hehe… nasabihan na rin ako na tigilan ko na raw ang pagbiling mga ganito at andami ko na raw… etong nasa pic ay ilan sa mga favorite ko. the louder the colors/print, the more it attracts me to buy it… 🙂

2. books – these are the books on my bedside table right now… before i go to bed kse, mahilig ako magbasa… kahit mga tipong isang page lang per night…

3. dvds – these are some of my favorite dvds (movies), karamihan din sa mga dvds na nabibili ko (boss edu, wag ka magalit, pero mga pirata itetch), hindi ko pa napapanood… mommy ko ang nanonood sa mga to… pero definitely ang mga series, naco, mina-marathon ko talaga yan (like gilmore girls, prison break, csi, grey’s anatomy, house), nasa hiraman pala ang mga namention kong shows ah… hmmn, kelangan pala i-remind sa mga nanghiram na isoli at baka di na bumalik saken… i would’ve loved to get a hand on pedro almodovar’s works, kaso yung nakita kong dvd, walang english subtitle… spanish, french at german lang… sus, neither of which ay kaya kong intindihin… subukan ko siguro tumingin ng orig nun… meron ba kayo alam mabibilihan ng mga dvd ng old movies? wag ebay please at wala ako alam sa pag-purchase ng mga stuff online (hehe)

eto pa ibang dvds ko…

yung mga bags, hindi ko na na-picture-an… ayoko kse istorbohin ang mudra, manggugulo pa ako ng cabinet eh baka bigla akong mabagsakan at matabunan. oo. ganun kadami ang mga bags namin. i said namin, kse bags ko at ng nanay ko yun. isasama ko pa rin sana ang shoes, kaso ang hinihingi lang naman talaga eh 3 bagay… nilabag ko na nga ang rules at ginawa kong apat. sorry, kung sino man nag-start ng tag na ito, hindi ko mapigilan ang self na mag-break ng rule eh. hehehe. etong mga bagay na love ko, in no particular order yan. i just numbered them pero it doesn’t necessarily mean na yung #1 eh ang bagay na talagang kinaka-adik-an ko…

hmmnn, whom to tag??? now i wanna tag jeck, drew, angel, and… kanino pa nga bang handwriting ang gusto ko makita… eto na lang muna… 🙂

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the week that was

mejo naging busy, kaya’t hindi mashado nakakapagsulat.kaya’t magk-kwento na lang ako nang mga nangyari saken nung nakaraang linggo.

sunday, november 18, umaga: nagising ako kse tumawag ang kuya jv ko sa kujules ko para sabihing pumunta sa bahay kse kailangan paliguan ang aking daddy. when i actually got out of the room, tapos na sya paliguan. dahil nga sa karamdaman nya, hindi sya kaya paliguan ng 1 tao lamang. i don’t get to interact with my dad much (see the things i miss about him). he doesn’t speak much either. mga words like na-na-na-na malimit ang mga nasasambit nya. atsaka ‘thank you’. at pag galit, nakakasigaw sya. pero yung tipong coherent words, words na nasasagot ka nya kapag kinakausap mo sya, bihira na mangyari yon. hindi namin sya mapapasok agad sa kwarto nya after nya maligo kse nililinis pa. so we kept him downstairs (sa taas ang kwarto nya). we tried giving him cookies para hindi mainip. my mom tried talking to him also. she asked if he still knows me (pointed at me). smile-smile lang sya. then mom said na ikakasal na raw ako. mamumulong (pamamanhikan) daw ang pamilya ng boypren ko samen later that afternoon. kung sasama daw ba sya? laking gulat ko kse sumagot sya ng: aba, shempre naman. it actually brought a few tears to my eyes. (ayan nasimulan ko ng senti mode)

sunday, november 18, tanghali – watched beowulf with my S.O. about 10 minutes into the movie, parang mejo inaantok na agad ako. hindi kse ako mashado mahilig sa mga ganitong genre ng pelikula. ngunit hindi naman ako natulog. verdict: hindi talaga ako mahilig sa ganitong klase ng pelikula. didn’t enjoy it much. pero, anseksi ni angelina jolie. (although cgi naman, pero im sure ganun talaga sya kaseksi, hehe) after the movie we went our separate ways. magp-prepare pa daw siya ng mga dadalhin nila later.

sunday, november 18, hapon – got home from the cinema around 345pm. 5pm daw ang dating ng pamilya ng antuken ko kse mamumulong na nga sila. pagdating ko, busy ang mudra. nagluluto. told her to stop what she was doing and get dressed pagka’t nagtext ang fafa, na on the way na sila. umiiwas sila sa traffic kaya’t dumating sila mga 430pm. so ang aking mapormang nanay hindi mashado nakapag-ayos. mejo masama ang loob at hindi na raw sya nakapag-make-up. ano nga ba ang ginagawa kapag namumulong? ang kabilinbilinan lang naman nila ang pagkaing dadalhin daw yung mga malalagkit para malagkit ang pagsasama. kalimitan, sa pamumulong daw ginagawa ang paguusap kung ano ang mga mangyayari sa kasal. pero dahil ako at ang antuken ko ay nasa edad na naman, kami na mismo ang nagplano. we just informed them what were the things we’ve decided on. anong date, saan, anong motif, pano ang expenses. mga ganung bagay. nung una nga sinabi ko sa nanay ko na wag na mamulong kse na-set na naman namin ang mga dapat i-set. sabi nya, ayaw daw naman nya na sa simbahan na lang sila magpangilala ng mga magiging in-laws ko. share ko na rin kung ano mga dinala nila. yan, nagpost na ko ng pic ng happy couple.

ang mga dinala nila: pansit, kaldereta, fried chicken, sinukmani (para malagkit nga daw ang pagsasama), sumang magkayakap (para lagi daw kami magkayakap), meron din ata salad. di ako sure. didn’t get to eat much eh. eto ang merging ng 2 families (mine wasn’t complete, dad wasn’t in it & my other kuya also, who had an important meeting with a client in makati).

mon-wed —-> busy with work

thursday, november 22, early morning – sobrang lakas ng ulan. baha nga sa bahay namin. but i had to leave early to go to binondo to pick what foil color i want for our invitations (stamp printing). left around 615 am, got there before 8am. wala pang 5 mins, umalis na ulet para umuwi kse had to go to the church & fill out needed forms & attend a family planning seminar (FPS) required to get a marriage license. sobrang bagyo when i left, at mejo takot pa ako mag-commute kse baka baha rin sa manila (1st time to commute going to binondo). my mom accompanied me kse kesa daw mag-worry sya about me, samahan na lang daw nya ako, kse sanay sya sa binondo. naka-longsleeves pa ako na turtleneck. plus jacket ha. lekat, pagdating ng manila. mataas ang araw. had breakfast at mcdo then uwi na agad.

thursday, november 22, tanghali to hapon – got at the church around 11am. balik na lang daw kami kse magb-break na sila eh busy pa sila orienting a couple. mejo got worried kse the FPS was at 130-330pm. baka malate kami dun. nakaka-aliw din yung clerk who assisted us in filling out the forms. memorized nya everything written dun sa forms. parang robot, giving us instructions. andami rin pala kelangan gawin para makasal. interview with the priest, pre-cana seminar, marriage banns, need to attend mass for 3 consecutive sundays (eto nakakatawa kse may letter pa talaga addressed to the priest, kelangan mag-sign sya, parang nagcheck ng attendance). sa FPS naman, okei din. at first nga, sabi ng nanay ko wag na ko mag-attend. baka may kilala daw sila dun sa health center, hihingi na lang ng certification. i wanted to attend din. malay mo kse may matutunan ako. first agenda was the RA #something (was not listening closely). a policewoman gave the talk regarding domestic abuse etc. at mga pwedeng gawin ng babae if they experience physical,verbal or mental abuse. or sexual abuse also. then the discussion about the female reproductive system, etc. different types of contraception, mga ganung bagay. the nurse who gave the seminar asked us what marriage was. no one wanted to answer. someone said it’s the legality of being together daw. laking gulat ko kse sabi nya: ikaw ineng, sa may pinto (ako na nga yun), ano ang kasal para sa yo? walang maling sagot dito. naco. mejo di ko alam ang sasabihin ko. nasabi ko na lang na it’s a commitment between two people who love each other to stay together. tapos she asked: for how long? and i continued: for the rest of their lives. aba, feeling ko, isang batang nabigyan ng star ng teacher when she said: that’s the perfect definition. hmmn. may sense din pala akong tao. haha.

saturday, november 24, pa-gabi – went to the mananahi to take our measurements (my mom, mine & part of the entourage — not everyone could make it). i knew na what i wanted for my gown even before we bought the fabrics. nagtatalo na naman kami ng mom ko kse she wanted me to wear gloves. eh it’s so not me. sabi ko wala ako plano mag-gloves. mejo pissed off sya. pagbigyan na nya ko. kasal ko to. may ruling nga pala ang church na hindi pwede ang tube, spaghetti strap, halter, backless, assymetric tops. if we wanted that, we should have either a shawl or a bolero. mejo di pa ko decided kung anong style ng bolero ko (kse spaghetti strap ang damit ko) so i told her to leave it last muna. maghahanap pa ako ng design/style. tried on the veil. as usual, argument with my mom again. i wanted it kse na sooper simple. parang tipong pinatong lang sa ulo ko. ayaw nya. gusto nya parang layered. to add the effect of height daw. sabi ko, i won’t need it. konti lang kse ang tangkad ng boyf ko saken. here’s the fabrics we’ll be using…

after that, we went home. my cousin’s were here (every other weekend they spend it here) so we played poker. as usual talo na naman ako. bihira lang naman ako manalo. (before going to bed pala, watched prisonbreak season 3 and heroes season 2. imbes na magpahinga, nagpuyat pa panonood ng piratang american shows. pagbigyan nyo na. crush ko kse si wentworth miller at milo ventimiglia — nung gilmore girls days pa)

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