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.:)

Months of ym messages and were finally here! :)

(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 :)

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.

for my jp :)

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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

save the date

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 sheets, 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

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 :)

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Friday Gateway

Dinner @ Superbowl Gateway, Ever-loved DQ, Fully Booked (09/14/07)

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...

I am watching this with highschool friends on the 22nd :)
I'm excited!

another Galileo Enoteca Experience

falling in love over & over :)

GALILEO ENOTECA
Calbayog corner Malinao Streets
Mandaluyong City Philippines
Tel. Nos.: 719-1038, 534-4633, 532-0482
www.galileoenoteca.com

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 :)

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! :)

I've gone MIA... I'll update soon...

PROMISE...

it rained...

thank God, it poured...

it will be busier in the next months to come. five months to go before my big day...

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...

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, gh
our 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

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! :)

Can I just cry my heart out and scream????!

I am very tired working today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanna go home... rest... and sleep!!!!

Please.... :(

movie date

I'm watching this with Jp and Kyle this weekend!
It's a date!:) Can't wait! :D

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/

Cupcakes from Go Nuts Donuts

Look at what my mommy brought home for us yesterday!:)
Cupcakes from Go Nuts Donuts!

I guess they got threatened because everyone's into Krispy Kremes already so they came up with these variety of cupcakes to gain back a market share perhaps.
Mom brought home a box-of-6 for us to try with our brewed coffee at home.

Exciting Flavours of this new craze are as follows: Hazelnut Crunch,scream Cheese,
Strawberry Shortcake, Double Choco, Mexican Mocha, Fruit n Nut, White Chocolate Crunch,
Buttercrunch Toffee, Danish Buttercake, Cookies' n Cream, Chocolate Peanut Butter,
Chiffon Rosette, Marshmallow Cream,German Chocolate, Dulce de Leche, Godoe.
It's the Go Nuts Donuts Cupcake Pledge!