I love Christmas! I've mentioned it on my blog before, Christmas is a big deal to me. Normally I set up the tree on November 30. In the past, it was the no classes/no work day I could set aside exclusively for decorating the house. This year, when we got back from Punta Fuego on Nov 4, the tree was already up, with a star on top, but no lights or ( Read more... )

When Mike and I were planning this trip, he said, we have about 2 weeks. Let's see more of the UK than just London. I'm like, Ok. He asked me if I wanted to go to Northern Ireland because he got to go there during his 3 month fellowship in Wolverhampton. I said, what will I see there? He said, well, the pubs are good. So I'm like, pass. How about ( Read more... )

I think before I get to the blow by blow photo journal, I should first tell the story of the run up to this trip. It was a bit stressful for me, more stressful than usual. Possibly because it's been two years since my last trip abroad and first time since getting married to need a Visa to go to our destination. The stress came from our visas not ( Read more... )

Today, September 21, 2010, marks the first year anniversary of the day we moved to our "new" house. It was a memorable date not only because we spent the entire day loading and unloading a truck three (or was it four?) times to move things and furniture from two households into one, but also because Mike bothered to consult his Chinese friends to ( Read more... )

So. I started christmas shopping last Friday at the Ayala Alabang Bazaar and was so bitin I had to go back the following day (kunyari to exchange something I had bought. Hehe.) It was a great bazaar cause it had a LOT of stalls and many unusual things. I had a hard time resisting the temptation to shop for myself. I guess I'm out of practice since ( Read more... )

I mentioned before that my boobs are gone. I can't seem to repeat that enough, especially since I stopped nursing much earlier than I thought. The night after Desi turned 1, she slept through the night and I didn't nurse. Which seriously depleted my milk, which meant that even if she woke up the following night, she had to nurse from the bottle or ( Read more... )

It occurred to me after writing my last entry, that maybe there is a Philippine Etsy shop but I just assumed wala and didn't bother to search for one. So I tried, and there's none. BUT there are Philippine stores in the Etsy site. They're not a lot, so the selection is limited. Nevertheless, I found some treasures, handmade in the Philippines, you ( Read more... )

I wish there were a Philippine Etsy site. Seriously. That world is so full of delicious prettiness, if there was one that had Filipino stores and crafts, I would be an avid customer, and would be extremely inspired to set up an Etsy store myself. I love how you can just have a couple of creative paper products and then, boom! You can put it in your ( Read more... )

Just when I said my new style is "Nanay Ka Na Hindi Na Teenager", I buy my self a shirt from Zara Kids.

Whut?!

It wasn't on sale but it was only 495. Pwede na.

There's this verse in the Bible about how branches that don't bear fruit should be cut away. Or was it fig trees? Henihoo, I'm cutting away branches. I will delete my Friendster account before the month ends ( Read more... )