I am a bit weary today :( It is fiance's first day in Lipa, Batangas. He was assigned to a new position in their office and he will be working in their Lipa site for the next 9-12 months. It is actually his first time to leave home so I am a bit worried even if I know that he can handle himself very well. He has a free housing for the next two weeks and he will be staying at the staff house provided by his office. He called this morning and said that the house is really big and that he was by himself :( I was actually teasing him that he is scared of "mumu" but truth is I am very uncomfortable to hear about that, I just pray that he gets a restful sleep today. This is really a big sacrifice for him. I was initially unhappy about his company's offer but I know he is positive about this promotion and that he has good plans for our future family so I am just here to support him on that. We had to sit down and talk about the set-up though. This is not easy for me because I am never a fan of long distance relationships as I value both quantity and quality time so much. The maximum time that I allowed him to work far is one year and I told him to work on a transfer back to Manila and he agreed. This promotion/transfer is just his initial step for a better and more fulfilling position in their company. I trust him on that.
I hope I can go with with him next week to help him find a place or a room to rent. The adjustment is really a big sacrifice for him. I know how much he is used to his sleeping in his room, his bed and everything else inside his comfort zone. Lipa, Batangas is just a two-hour drive from Manila but I don't want him to risk driving back to Manila everyday especially he will be working graveyard. So we decided that he get a small room for himself where he can sleep during daytime and take a shower. He plans to go home Wednesdays and weekends.
I just pray that things will work out and that this is just a phase in our life that we have to go through. I don't want him far from home- this is what my heart honestly feels, but I don't want to be selfish nor I don't want to be a hindrance to his career plans neither. This is definitely not easy for us both especially that we are supposedly just about to be starting our life together. Nonetheless, I am here to support and guide him. I know God has plans for him, for us and for our future life together.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Our little boy's Math subject is getting complicated so I am trying to look for ways to make learning easier and fun for him. I'm glad I found this. This multiplication site has ways for both parents and teachers to make multiplication learning less complicated. Last night, I was considering Math Coach, a tutorial center on the 2nd floor of our building in Katipunan to further help Kyle with his Math reviews. Good thing I found this site today! This will really be helpful to both Kyle and me :)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
cupcake craze
My friend Tricia ,who is currently based in Ilocos came to visit Manila last weekend. We watched Avenue Q play Sat afternoon then we went to Serendra @ The Fort for Tricia to see the place & try out Sonja's. She's been craving for it when she came across a number of blogs about these cupcake craze...
This tiny restaurant gets really packed.. the cupcakes are a bit expensive (around Php80/pc) actually but I read in one of Sonja's interviews that she uses imported French Brand ingredients and that is the reason why her cupcakes are a little pricey.. Hmmm, tasted it finally! And the verdict? good enough for a once in a while treat.:)
(7/22) with my high school friends, Tricia & Naomi outside Serendra.. :)
Must loved. Perfect for my afternoon tea. Tricia found the cupcakes too sweet but they were just perfect for my type of dessert :)
Must loved. Perfect for my afternoon tea. Tricia found the cupcakes too sweet but they were just perfect for my type of dessert :)It was my first time to try Sonja's also. Too bad Jp & Kyle wasn't with me at that time :( I'm sure the boys will love the cupcakes also! I plan to go back with them soon :) This is one of the rare times that I went to try out a new restaurant or food without Jp. We go together most of the time because this is one hobby that we enjoy doing together.
Naomi & Tricia tried Chelsea for early dinner but I was a a bit unhappy about their service. Duo & Portico pa din talaga ang the best! :D Nevertheless, I am happy for this very quick but productive & memorable get together! :)
Sonja's is located at SERENDRA, Fort Global City.
Naomi & Tricia tried Chelsea for early dinner but I was a a bit unhappy about their service. Duo & Portico pa din talaga ang the best! :D Nevertheless, I am happy for this very quick but productive & memorable get together! :)
Sonja's is located at SERENDRA, Fort Global City.
Monday, September 24, 2007
for my jp :)
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You are the air I need to breathe
You are the river of life inside of me
You are the half that made me whole
You are the anchor of my soul
chorus:
You strong when I am weak
You are the words when I can't speak
You never fail to see me through
That's the love I found in you
You are my shelter from the storm
You are the road that leads me home
Baby, with you here face to face
I know I've found my place
Bridge:
Once in every life
You find the one that's right
When you say forever it's true
That's the love I found in you
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
The bed that we bought last week for our soon to be home will be delivered in 2 weeks. Self-confessed excited we are, Jp & I scheduled a run to the mall last Sunday to check out some sh
eets, beddings & comforters. We first went to Living Well - Podium to buy these pillows that I saw months back. The brand is SLEEPCARE. These are hypo-allergenic & aroma therapy pillows. We went to check out sheets & comforters. Jp & I agreed to have earth-color motif for our room. We'll play on browns, tans & beige colors. Not too masculine, not too feminine. We also agreed to use curtains instead of blinds for a more relaxing ambiance. xx
Of course these aren't the actual pics yet :D These are just a few of our inspirations. I will post actual photos when were done fixing the room :)
One last comment : magastos pero masaya!hehe!:D
eets, beddings & comforters. We first went to Living Well - Podium to buy these pillows that I saw months back. The brand is SLEEPCARE. These are hypo-allergenic & aroma therapy pillows. We went to check out sheets & comforters. Jp & I agreed to have earth-color motif for our room. We'll play on browns, tans & beige colors. Not too masculine, not too feminine. We also agreed to use curtains instead of blinds for a more relaxing ambiance. xx
Of course these aren't the actual pics yet :D These are just a few of our inspirations. I will post actual photos when were done fixing the room :)
One last comment : magastos pero masaya!hehe!:D
Sunday, September 16, 2007
my boys enjoying Toytown Shopping :)
Weekends are very special to me because I get to spend time with my family. Like what I usually label my posts : weekends are NO ORDINARY DAY for me.
RED KIMONO
(above photo) me & fiance with my mom, tita mao (jp's mom) & my brother mico. Dinner night before tita mao's trip for US. We will miss you Mader! :)
Dinner at Red Kimono, a Japanese restaurant in Silvercity (they have a branch at The Fort also!) The food is really good. They have this eat-all-you-can promo @ Php485/head. Super sulit because the menu is really good. The gyoza, spicy teka maki, yakitori & japanese beef fried rice are really yummy!
Jp & I are planning to bring his cousins next weekend :)
Friday, September 14, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Something to share :) This is fiance's serious addiction next to basketball. So with that, we had to make a room for his dvd collection when we redesigned the family room (used to be patio a.k.a. storage) in his house. I am so happy how this thing turned out. This used to be his storage for shoes, but since I requested that our shoes should be kept and not displayed, he then decided to think of something to maximize the space. Jp designed this dvd shelves. It's overlapping and you can move the front shelf side by side. And guess what? we tried to save by using the old materials of the shoe cabinet instead of buying another batch of woods to use for this.
I could've taken a photo of the old storage/shoe cabinet. This makeover is very successful. Very artistic my Jp :) Isa palang yan ha! We are still working on the other renovations. So happy!
I am really enjoying the stress of slowly building our home. Exag! mas excited pa ko sa pag-fix ng house than the wedding preps hehe :D Every weekend, we try to visit HOME stores and depots. Last weekend, we ended up running to this sale in OUR HOME (Vira Mall) than the shops and malls that we usually go to. It was really worth it.We just bought our new bed for our soon to be nest ;-) I will post home shopping updates/photos soon...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
another Galileo Enoteca Experience
Monday, September 03, 2007
Fungolf
We had our annual Fungolf Tournament last August 20, 2007 at the Tagaytay Highlands Ineternational Golf Club. This is our company's annual treat to the bosses of our top clients. Our simple way of thanking them for their continuous patronage. I had to work even if the Philippine Government declaired that the 20th was a special non-working holiday. Part of my job as Business Development/ Marketing of our company is to handle events. Both stressful and fun.I get to go to places and meet different kinds of people from the industry. From staff to the big bosses. This actually is one privilege that I am both thankful & grateful of. I am truly thankful that I was given this kind of opportunity in my career life.
with Reggie, our FUNGOLF Mascot
With the Fungolf team (l-r sherwin, sir bob, me, ms dolly, tin and jiggs)
Our Big Bosses, Mr & Mrs Mamaril during the ceremonial
Tag Team , both Kristine. we've been partners in crime for a couple of months now.working well somehow :)
Friday, August 31, 2007
It was sad that I was not able to blog lately. I was never this busy. My wedding is in 4 months and I have so many things to work on. I am just so lucky that my fiance and in-laws are very helpful and so at least I really get some pretty good help from everyone. :)
For the last four weeks, my days were moving so fast. My weekends were never enough for the supposedly rest & quality time with my family (super bitin talaga!) and my weekdays were literally tiring. I was appointed for a number of new challenging tasks in the office- side by side with my usual events & marketing projects. And so i've been working my ass off everyday to survive. Apart from that, I have have some tutor sessions with my Kyle when I get home after work.. and to include,me as the daughter, ate, fiance, in law and friend...are duties to attend to as well...
There were days that I was already crying to Jp because I was getting really overwhelmed with work and responsibilities. I used to think that my friends who used to experience this were just being too emotional... I guess, at some point in your life you will really experience this feeling. TIRED. In exchange of good things that happen in your life... comes sacrifice of course. You get a god job, then you must work hard enough as well. :) The good part is I have so many things to smile about everyday. Happy thoughts... as I always call it.
For the wedding preps, me and fiance are almost 3/4 done. This is really fun and exciting! I can't get enough of the thought that we will be together as one soon. We can't wait to have our own family. Last two weekends, Jp & I went to check out some furnitures and things for our future crib. We went shopping for some home accessories. We bought new pillows for our newly constructed family room. Kyle has never been this excited . We designed a separate area where we transfered the tv, sound system, dvds and playstation. It was my idea to have a separate family room because I don't want Kyle and our future kids to have the tv & computers inside their rooms. Discipline lang ba :D I want them to have some real quiet time when they are inside their rooms already. I'll post the photo of the family room after the weekend. Jp designed this very maximized shelves for his collection of dvds. Kid's room is done. We're planning to start filling it up in the next few months. This is both exciting & stessful! I dont know kung pano ko hahakutin lahat ng things ko when we transfer to our new home.. struggle talaga! I am actually thinking of giving up some of my things. Anyways, I will be starting a new life na din naman.... :p
Gotta go! Incoming emails flooding my outlook already! More more stories when I post again hopefully tomorrow. I have a lot of worth-keeping events in my life that I feel I need to share.. So... Till then! Ciao! :)
For the last four weeks, my days were moving so fast. My weekends were never enough for the supposedly rest & quality time with my family (super bitin talaga!) and my weekdays were literally tiring. I was appointed for a number of new challenging tasks in the office- side by side with my usual events & marketing projects. And so i've been working my ass off everyday to survive. Apart from that, I have have some tutor sessions with my Kyle when I get home after work.. and to include,me as the daughter, ate, fiance, in law and friend...are duties to attend to as well...
There were days that I was already crying to Jp because I was getting really overwhelmed with work and responsibilities. I used to think that my friends who used to experience this were just being too emotional... I guess, at some point in your life you will really experience this feeling. TIRED. In exchange of good things that happen in your life... comes sacrifice of course. You get a god job, then you must work hard enough as well. :) The good part is I have so many things to smile about everyday. Happy thoughts... as I always call it.
For the wedding preps, me and fiance are almost 3/4 done. This is really fun and exciting! I can't get enough of the thought that we will be together as one soon. We can't wait to have our own family. Last two weekends, Jp & I went to check out some furnitures and things for our future crib. We went shopping for some home accessories. We bought new pillows for our newly constructed family room. Kyle has never been this excited . We designed a separate area where we transfered the tv, sound system, dvds and playstation. It was my idea to have a separate family room because I don't want Kyle and our future kids to have the tv & computers inside their rooms. Discipline lang ba :D I want them to have some real quiet time when they are inside their rooms already. I'll post the photo of the family room after the weekend. Jp designed this very maximized shelves for his collection of dvds. Kid's room is done. We're planning to start filling it up in the next few months. This is both exciting & stessful! I dont know kung pano ko hahakutin lahat ng things ko when we transfer to our new home.. struggle talaga! I am actually thinking of giving up some of my things. Anyways, I will be starting a new life na din naman.... :p
Gotta go! Incoming emails flooding my outlook already! More more stories when I post again hopefully tomorrow. I have a lot of worth-keeping events in my life that I feel I need to share.. So... Till then! Ciao! :)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
rain please..
'been wanting to blog about so many things but both time and workload aren't so cooperative...
so for today, i'll forget about my so-so rants & random thoughts...
this one's very alarming:
Most of us are probably aware of this news already. I can't help but feel alarmed and get affected by this. Yes, its been hot-very,very hot. The northern part (La Union area) of the Philippines is already experiencing drought. No rain for the past 2 months when in fact it should be the raining already...
Honestly, I used to hate it when it rains, more when typhoon hits our country. For one, I get hassled commuting to work. I'm worried about my Kyle getting wet on his way to school and getting sick after... and so with my 2 brothers who commutes to school also. I get worried for my Jp also, i'm worried about heavy downfalls when he's driving because he works at night which is already risky as it is..
Now, I am worried because it hasn't rained hard yet.. electricity fluctuating, water shortage, people from the provinces threatened because they depend on their farms for their living.
What is happening?
Let's try to conserve water in our little means...
Let's pray for rain...
so for today, i'll forget about my so-so rants & random thoughts...
this one's very alarming:
Most of us are probably aware of this news already. I can't help but feel alarmed and get affected by this. Yes, its been hot-very,very hot. The northern part (La Union area) of the Philippines is already experiencing drought. No rain for the past 2 months when in fact it should be the raining already...
Honestly, I used to hate it when it rains, more when typhoon hits our country. For one, I get hassled commuting to work. I'm worried about my Kyle getting wet on his way to school and getting sick after... and so with my 2 brothers who commutes to school also. I get worried for my Jp also, i'm worried about heavy downfalls when he's driving because he works at night which is already risky as it is..
Now, I am worried because it hasn't rained hard yet.. electricity fluctuating, water shortage, people from the provinces threatened because they depend on their farms for their living.
What is happening?
Let's try to conserve water in our little means...
Let's pray for rain...
Sunday, July 29, 2007
for my jp :)
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Very Special Love
I never believed in love
I was deceived by love
I never had much luck with lovers before
And I couldn't compete
I seemed just part of the street
To be walked on by everyone but then
Then, I found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
And I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go
You're not like the rest
I know you're one of the best
You give more than you should and take nothing in return
Stay always with me
And I always will be
The one person that you can count on always to love you
And I found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
And I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go
And I Found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go
xxxx
w fiance jp, taken @ chillis, ghour work weren't so friendly & cooperative for the past 2 weeks.
fajitas, chilli cheese steak and margaritas and oh..our conversations
'just enough to forget about stress
my comfort :)
a very SPECIAL LOVE that I found
Friday, July 27, 2007
tin's current mood/random thoughts
for the past months: wedding preparations, career plans, dream destinations to invade in the future, travel plans, wishlist, life after my wedding, health, kyle :D
for the past weeks: upcoming movies to watch, books to read, workload,finances,
weekends (hehe), office re-org, life xx..
for the past days: ratatouille, tutor kyle for 1st quarter exams, grey's dvd (must finish),
chilli's, m.gladwell's book, coffee & yummy chamorro cookies from mom-in-law, payday :D
today: workin on a saturday :s i'm excited to go home, yipee!
HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE! :)
for the past months: wedding preparations, career plans, dream destinations to invade in the future, travel plans, wishlist, life after my wedding, health, kyle :D
for the past weeks: upcoming movies to watch, books to read, workload,finances,
weekends (hehe), office re-org, life xx..
for the past days: ratatouille, tutor kyle for 1st quarter exams, grey's dvd (must finish),
chilli's, m.gladwell's book, coffee & yummy chamorro cookies from mom-in-law, payday :D
today: workin on a saturday :s i'm excited to go home, yipee!
HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE! :)