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MARCH 8 (THURSDAY) is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!

for your info
The United Nations began observing International Women's Day, March 8, in 1975 - the International Women's Year.

{ girlfriends! it's officially our day tomorrow!=) }

in.yo cuisine

I fell in love with this place at an instant. It is situated at Esteban Abada -the road parallel to where I live in Katipunan. I was curious when I first saw the restaurant opened.I wanted to try it! Good thing, it was my fiance's birthday the next month (december) so I brought him there for dinner on his special day :) Surprise! Surprise! :) He initially thought that I prepared something for him at home since I asked him to drive the car going to my place .

This is me and my fiance on his birthday at in.yo cuisine
December 14, 2006

The interior of the place alone was already a surprise to me and Jp :) Very good food also! The service is excellent and the owner-chefs are very hands-on! Price is reasonable enough because of its big serving :) Jp and I wasn't able to accommodate their desserts in our stomachs anymore after the main course hehe! I will definitely go back to the place for another good food experience!

IN.YO FUSION CUISINE
66 E. Abada St., Loyola Heights, Quezon City (behind Katipunan Avenue)
You can call 09209607202 for reservations :)

wives alert!

tin.nina.ina
taken on 02/18/2007 @ magallanes
nina's birthday celebration

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Norah Jones'- NOT TOO LATE album, now out in the market!

I am a NORAH JONES' fan for the longest time now. Her first two albums "COME AWAY WITH ME" (a gift from an ex) and "FEELS LIKE HOME" (mom's gift to me) was one of the cds constantly played in my cd player (no ipods/mp3s yet at that time!), pc and even in the car when traveling. Her voice is very smooth and relaxing. I just love the way she plays her music...soothing... !

It was March 2005, when she was in Manila for a live performance. Jp surprised me at that time with a concert date @ the Big Dome!:) love!love! :)


Most played in my ipod:
Don't KNow Why
Nearness of You
Come Away with Me
Sunrise
What Am I to You
Turn Me On
Cold Cold Heart

catching-up dinner with friends from college
February 28, 2007 - Cena, Greenbelt,Makati
(l-r) pam,kaycee,moi & marielle

@cuzin' nomer (a.k.a. starskyhutch)

this is a clip from the ym conversations I had with my cousin earlier :) its been years since I last spoke to him. Literally... I had to hybernate, live life, get hurt and grow up...

tiN: hehe ...parang di ako... tumatanda na rin kasi ako kaya may sense na
starsky hutch: u know what, life has done so much for u. it's not been that much long pero u'v grown so much. i'm happy that through all this, u'v overcome everything and look at u know. so much strong, and able to face anyone with a chin up attitude. i;m wishing u all d best. sana eh, this time around, u'll be happy with every decision u make. stay strong. keep up.

www.annegeddes.com
ANNE GEDDES desk calendar!!!

a gift from Tita Miriam :) She is one of Tita Mao's (my fiance's mom)
very good friend. I finally met her when I went to SIN for my business trip.
Nice and Cool! Literally COOL!

Five Balls

A lasting lesson in Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas is the story of five balls. Life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. This balls are work, family, health, friends, and integrity...

Every day you keep them all in the air...

Then you come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back....

The other four balls are made of glass...

When dropped, they will probably shatter...

Some points to ponder...

Your Power Color Is Magenta

At Your Highest: You energize yourself and push others to suceed. At Your Lowest: You feel frustrated and totally overwhelmed. In Love: You are suprised by who you attract. You're a love magnet. How You're Attractive: Open and free spirited, people want to explore the world with you. Your Eternal Question: "What is my next source of inspiration?"

I'm up to something! Sshhh! :D

I went to hord some books the other day!!!
I'm excited to read em'!:)

OUR PINK SALT DINNER

Our personalized post-valentines dinner catered by PINK SALT (chef couple Nikki & Aji)food was very gourmet and the presentation was great! .It was some kind "i-feel-guiltyruining-the-food-presentation" type of feeling. hehe! Nevertheless, our stomachs were much more important I guess :) It was past 8pm when we started our so-called dinner date. Jp & I along with his couple-cousins (Jovi & Ina / Ponch &Nina)were all in our very comfortable dressy attire. We had the dinner set-up at ate Ina's house this time.And to add more romance in the setting,a solo guitarist ( i forgot his name,s0o sorry!) was with us to play loooveeey songs :)

OUR MENU : APHRODISIAC PALETTE
(perfect for the love month!hahaha!)

With my fiance :) My favorite person to dine with. We are to conquer
the best restos in town! ( as long as its near our area :D)
My eating partner and my dessert buddy!:)

Trying a chef-for-hire dinner at home was an experience. Away from all the traffic hassles going to the restaurants in Makati or Fort, we were able to manage & celebrate v-day at home romantically :) plus good company as well! :)

ben-INIS-simo

Yes , you read the title right... we were INIS! You see, Jp gave another effort to make V-day special apart from our planned "post-valentine dinner with his couple-cousins". My fiance took a day off from work and asked me to have dinner with him on V-day last Monday so I went to check out some restaurants near our area (will be coming from work so I opted not be caught up in another traffic). I chose benissimo... near... the place looks intimate and I heard food was good (according to rein). So I made the reservation 3 days before v-day and I even asked them to fax me their offer for valentines... specified the seats, etc.

Hmmm...

When we entered Benissimo, I was already frustrated with how rowdy the place was. The music was so loud and so the guests had to make their voices louder for them to be heard. ( c'mon its valentines day, you should have played a soft music instead!) waiters... just about 4 of them so definitely not enough to serve everyone. I told Jp "kawawa sila". Some of the guests (including us) were pissed already because their orders were not yet taken. I refused to be mad because if I do, for sure Jp will be pissed also. So I really tried to be patient as much as possible. Finally , I was able the attention of one lady waiter. So she took our orders REALLY FAST... which frightened us both. "Nakuha kaya nya?"

We waited....

And waited...

For another 30 minutes or so...

one hour...

Its almost 9:30pm when the waiter came with our appetizer- but oh my! they gave us fresh oysters instead of the baked oysters that we ordered. Ok, wrong one so we had to wait again... Soup was not served, salad was not served nor our drinks... we gave up...

I told Jp that we rather leave because 1) I am really hungry 2) That one really got into my nerves already 3) Place wasn't very valentin-ey at all... I told Jp its ok that we eat in a fastfood, I don't mind anymore.

We the went to the cashier and had our orders canceled while the rest of the people were looking really pissed already. I cant afford to spoil the whole night for that one. The lady in the cashier just said that the kitchen wasn't able to accommodate all our orders. Oh my, I said, they could've have the soup and salad served! We were there 8pm and its almost 10pm!

And I really don't get it. They offered a valentine special set meal and the food were not ready?

So there, we moved to RECIPES instead. Oh...dinner! We were so hungry...

We had to laugh it off instead.... Jp said "buti nalang engaged na tayo!" "kundi baka awayin mo ko!" "at buti nalang ikaw yun nagreserve at di ako! kundi maiinis ka na naman sakin kasi palpak!"

We drove home and a bouquet of flowers was waiting for me when we reached the house... I handed him my gifts and I told him " because of the hassle that we had to go through tonight I got you a spa treat baby!"

...and he loved the dice btw!

I am a CARAMEL MACCHIATO addict! certified!
I heart!:)

love 'em dice =)

Look what I found!:) Ooh so purrfect for a v-present :)
And yeah, for two people soon to be married also! hahaha!

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How would a post-valentine dinner be like? :)

Specially catered by PINK SALT.

Extraordinary and special...

chefs-for-hire-kind-of-"dinner-date"...

excited :D

Getting Jp the perfect gift for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries etc., has always been a challenge to me. No, not that my man is picky but because of me always wanting to surprise him the best way I can :) For the past years... I, most of the time just hunt for a perfect resto where we could dine and celebrate the occasion. I must say that I was always successful because he appreciated everything from the food , service to ambiance and....he was always thankful at the end of the night. I am inspired and I am always excited in doing the resto research as much as I am excited in seeing him at the end of a day's work. For about 3 years now, I still want to surprise him and try new things with him.

I planned to surprise Jp for Valentines :) We've been eyeing Solemates Wellness Center in Eastwood City for quite sometime now but because of a very busy work schedule we haven't had the chance to go and try their service.:(

last weekend.. had to sneak.. for some GC's!

A colleague, Aleth & Jeff said their Thai Reflexology was great. According to them it is more than relaxing because the foot massage is actually better than a regular body massage. "papatulugin ka talaga!"

Hmmm, it for us to find out :)