My new addiction

I have been very busy lately because of school and work and I really need a diversion to keep me sane. Aside from the games that I have on my Iphone, this is one of my latest addictions:


I just finished harvesting my potato field and my corn field and tomorrow I think I am ready to harvest my rice field. Yup, I enjoyed the life of being a farmer now. LOL. And I love it every time I sold all my goods in the market place.

I created a facebook account months ago but it is only last week when I started to get really addicted with it. My cousin invited me to join her in Farm Town and since she was at our house last weekend, she gave me crash course on how to play the game and since then I got really hooked.

I am now classified as Level 6: Adept and my ultimate dream is to be able to buy a small house that I can put up in my lot. But I don’t think I will be able to do that real soon as the small house cost 70,000 coins which means I need to do a lot more plowing, planting and harvesting so I have to go now as I have to tend to my farm so I can buy my dream house in Farm Town.

They Moved

And so I got a moving announcement card from my friend in Boracay in my mail today similar to this one:
I did not even know that moving cards exists until I received one today. Good thing I received my friend’s mail as I am planning to send my birthday gift for her today via courier. If not for this card, I would have sent the package to her old address and I would just receive the package back because it has a wrong address.

That is the reason why my friend took the effort of sending this announcements moving card to all his friends and relatives to keep them updated of their latest address. Since her husband moves from one city or country to the next because of his job, they have to constantly update their friends of their new address. Good thing she found an online site where she can order Announcements Moving Cards so she doesn’t have to worry in producing the cards every time they move and all that is left for her to do is mail the cards to all their friends and relatives.

Birthday Gift

My cousin will be celebrating his birthday this July. We know that he loves to read books and he would really enjoy it if he will receive another set of books but we feel that we should give him something different than what we usually give him.

I know he is into karate and airsoft too and so we thought of giving him a new aeg airsoft rifle. He told me that he wanted to buy a new rifle but his savings is still not enough to afford a new rifle. So I have talked to my other cousins and I showed them the site where I saw really affordable airsoft rifle and they even ship it on the same day via FedEx.

I checked the site and I found different types of rifles so I just have to show it to hubby (who knows a lot about paintball and airsoft) so he can help us decide which he think is the best airsoft rifle for my cousin. I am sure he will be really thrilled when he opens our gift.

Weekend Snapshot # 38 - Triple Treat

Last June 20, our whole family went to Tagaytay for three reasons:

1. My brother’s birthday treat to us
2. Father’s Day Celebration
3. Ocular inspection for the wedding reception venue of my brother

We left Manila around 10 AM and we had some minor boo-boo on our way there but we reached Leslies around 1 PM just in time for late lunch. My brother ordered a lot of sumptuous food that we even have left over for dinner.

After lunch, we went to Sonya’s Garden which will be the reception venue for my brother’s wedding to do some ocular inspection. He wanted to show the venue to my uncle as they can’t decide if they need to hire an event stylist or not for their wedding. All of us agreed that the natural beauty of Sonya’s Garden is enough already for the perfect effect that they want for their wedding.

Of course, a trip to Tagaytay will not be complete without letting Bela go horse back riding so this is our last stop before heading back to Manila.

LES Merit Award

Every year, our company hosts the “LES Merit Awards” where they give recognition to outstanding performance of locally engage staff for the fiscal year. Any local employee can be nominated for the award and it is up to the Awards Committee to receive all nominations and evaluate who excels among all the nominees.

For this year, guess who received the top award? It is Me. LOL. Actually it is not just me but the award for this year was given to the Admin group who handled the office renovations. I was part of that group and our role was to make sure that all IT equipments and voice and data drops will be installed with minimum down time during the renovation. Remember those months when I am always working late and I am even working on weekends. Well our efforts paid off since our efforts have been recognized by our boss who nominated us for this award. (Actually the award is just an icing on the cake since all of us were already happy with the OT pay that we received. LOL.)

I really don’t have any idea that I will part of the awardees this year. If I only knew I would have brought my digital camcorders to capture the moment so I can proudly show it to Bela and Howell. I really owe it to them because they have been very understanding and I never heard my husband complain even one single bit if I have to spend some time away from them to work and for those late nights that hubby has to wait for me while I work overtime since he doesn’t want me to go home alone specially that it is late already.

To the ADMIN gang (Peewee, Brian, Karlo, Melanie, Marlon, and Michelle) congrats to all of us. And of course the cash prize that we will be receiving will be allotted for one of our Friday lunch. (I bet it will be a grand celebration).

Scary A(N1H1) Virus

Have you heard from the news that the first Asian who died from the AN1H1 virus was a Filipina. If I remember it correctly, she is a 43 year old Filipina. DOH doesn’t want to disclose her identity but she is from Manila, married and she has a son. Apparently she went home on June 19 feeling tired and I think she had a fever then she died a few days after.

But Sec. Duque said that she did not really died from A(N1H1) since she had a heart attack. But her brother just requested that she be tested for the virus since she showed symptoms of the virus and it was confirmed after that test that she is infected by the A(N1H1).

A lot of private schools also cancelled classes and most of them will resume class come July because a number of their students have been tested positive for the virus. We should be really vigilant and be extra careful especially for those families with kids like us. We already took the extra precaution and all of my family members have been vaccinated with the flu vaccine already. Although this is not for the Swine Flu, but our doctor said that at least we have a stronger immune system against flu compared to those who don’t have the vaccine. Also, we always make sure that we have our daily supply of Vitamin C. I ordered this from Allegro Medical (they sell all kinds of medicines and health products, including maternity care or urological supplies like foley catheter). I setup an auto re-order policy from them so I am sure that we get our daily supply of vitamins every month. Also proper hygiene is also the best way to prevent the virus.

Hope the A(N1H1) pandemic will pass. May we all stay safe and healthy.

Weekend Snapshot # 37 - @ Sky Garden, The Block & Trinoma

Have you been to the newly built Sky Garden at SM North Edsa. We were there two weeks ago because I was searching for a kid’s apron for Bela. My cousins need to go to Trinoma so we just decided to go there instead of going to Makati.

I love the look of the Sky Garden. Bela loved it too since she enjoyed playing with the abstract structures (I am not sure of the right term to use here. LOL) thingy that you can see everywhere along the Sky Garden.

We went to Trinoma after exploring The Block at SM North Edsa. This is the second time only that I have been to this mall. The mall is really nice since it is big with lots of shops (from low end to mid end) but it is so crowded. I still love the relaxing feel of Robinson’s Place. LOL.

Mine, Mine, Mine

I know, I said that I won’t be making any major purchase since I am saving up for our August trip, but I just can’t really resist it.

My sister got this Coach Scribble shoulder bag from Faye.


Faye was really nice since I was just referred by Peachy and she offered me the same terms that she offered to the other girls in Twitter. So I inquired if she has a sling pack and lo and behold, she has one.

I also like the sling pack from Glo’s site but the one that Faye is selling is cute too and since my sister is getting an item from her, I figured that it will be a savings for the shipping if I ordered from the same person so I just got the Sling Pack from Faye too. LOL. It is a need you know since I need a small bag to put my money, credit card and passport when I travel. Don’t you agree girls?

So I have the bag, all I need is a Schengen Visa. LOL.

Pictures snagged from Faye's site.

My Granny's Birthday

On June 30, it will be the birthday of my favorite grand mother. My parents were both working and since I am the first grand child, my grand mother was the one who take care of me. If I remember it correctly, I used to sleep at their house until I was five or six years old and it took a while before my parents was able to convince me to sleep at our house.

My cousins and my siblings are already planning for something on her birthday. She will turn 84 by the way and she is even healthier (no high blood, good cholesterol and sugar level) than her two daughter (my mom and my aunt). We are thinking of ordering food and just have the celebration at home and we will just have videoke or we might go out and eat at our favorite restaurant in Dampa.

But I am sure whatever will be our plan, my grand mother’s only wish is that all of us (when I say all, I mean all her kids, her grand child and her great grand child) will be present on her special day. But I am sure this won’t be a problem because we never miss any of her birthday and we always try to make a little extra special.

Aside from the party, I am also thinking of getting her a present. I know how much she loves jewelry so I am looking for discount costume jewelry from Holsted Jewelers. I saw their set savings collection and they are all classy and fashionable (yet affordable and of high quality) which I think my grand mother will really love.

Expect to see pictures of her party here in my blog next week….

3x Thursday: 04/30/y2k+9: Randomness

1. What's the weather like today? Describe it. It was sunny when I came to work this morning but the sky is dark now and looks like it is going to rain.

2. Did you/are you going to do anything productive (sure, it's relative) today? What did you/are you up to? Yes, I need to finish a number of my tasks online and finish my first case study for IS 201 (Computer Ethics).

3. Do you need to make some phone calls or send some emails to people that you haven't heard from lately? If so, who? Here's your reminder to do it! Yes, I need to email my friend who lives in London to ask her about something.

Shopping for Bela

I got a list today of the things that Bela needs to bring to school next week.

1. Health kit which includes extra clothing (shirt, shorts, socks, diaper), hand towel, bar of soap, 8 rolls of tissue paper, 2 boxes of tissue paper, powder, placemat, alcohol, apron
2. 4 pcs of 1x1 pictures
3. 2 pcs recent 3Rs
4. 1 pc Family picture
5. 1 pc baby picture

I am so excited since I have a reason again to go to the mall and shop. LOL. I already asked Kelly (thanks girl) on where I can buy an apron and she said I can found one in Toy Kingdom. I am just not sure though how much it is. I checked from Amazon and it is priced at $18. If only I knew before hand, I could have order it from Amazon in advance.

Hopefully I will be able to finish all my paper works tonight so we can go out and hit the mall tomorrow. We need to do our grocery also since I have been postponing to do it because hubby and I are both so busy finishing all our tasks for school.

Tempting....Perfect

My best buddies from work already purchased their tickets for one of the best Tennis Showdown this year between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras at Cotai Arena in Macau. For days now, we have been exchanging emails and they have been convincing me so Howell and I will join them in this trip too. I would so love to go because I enjoy their company so much so I am sure this out of the country trip will be a real riot.

But as much as I want to purchase our tickets also for this tennis match so we will be seated beside my friends so we can enjoy this tennis match together, I can’t give them my answer yet as I am still waiting for Hubby’s confirmation for his training in Germany. And if I will go with hubby, then I don’t think we will have a budget for this trip to Macau.

Plus we are also planning for baby number 2 this year after our Europe trip (if it will push through) so we want to prioritize a romantic cancun vacation over Macau. Who knows, maybe Baby # 2 will be made in Riviera Maya. LOL. But that would be nice – white sandy beaches of Riviera Maya, a relaxing ocean view from our bedroom, a relaxing time at the artificial river….Perfect, just perfect….

Stemulite

When was the last time you had a work out and did not have a hard time recovering from the fatigue cause by working out? Or when was the last time you had a full restful night sleep? Wouldn’t it be nice to experience these? I admit that I and my husband have a very busy lifestyle. Sometimes we only have three to four hours of sleep per day because we have to attend to a lot of things like our responsibility at work, at home, at school, plus we both have our sideline too. I really miss those days when I was still single and I was still studying and I don’t have to worry about other things as long as I did well in school.

And now that hubby and I are entering another adventure when we decided to go back to school this semester, we will need all the help that we can get to survive. So I have been doing some reading and I discovered Stemulite. What is good with Stemulite is that it is an all natural product so we don’t have to be worried of any side effects. I viewed the testimonials of Stemulite users and it really helped them enhance their brain function which helps them to cope with their day to day activities. Even if they have a busy life, they still feel rejuvenated which gives them the energy the next day to survive another busy and toxic day.

I just finish reviewing the tasks that I need to accomplish this week (which includes hundreds of pages to read for my school paper, plus hundred word essay to post in our virtual classroom discussion board and add to that my responsibility with my daughter and I have to attend a parent’s orientation at her school too this week). Just thinking about all of this makes me feel tired already so I better purchase Stemulite soon to help me get through my very busy schedule.

Senti

Yup, I am feeling a little sentimental since I already requested for my SMART line to be disconnected. I have been using that number for more than seven years, I think so it was really difficult for me to let go of it. But like what hubby is always telling me, it is just a number, just a series of random digits so I should just let go. LOL.

Anyway, I already texted all friends in my contact list and hopefully they got my new number. If you did not receive a text from me, let me know so I can send you my new number.

But anyway, because I switch from Smart to Globe, I was able to get an E71 unit which I was able to sell to purchase an Iphone. (Read my blog about it here). And I just added a little cash, and I was able to buy a second Iphone for hubby (which by the way is his long time dream since he wanted to store FPJ movies in it so he can watch his idol anywhere he goes) as our advance Father’s Day gift for him. So I guess we are both happy.

By the way, here is our picture at Mann Hann restaurant after I picked up my E71 from Globe. Bela also did some toy shopping at Toy Kindom and DVD shopping at Astrovision so look how happy she is.

Travel Plans for 2009

Were you able to catch Philippine Airlines promo again last week? Sadly for me, I did not even tried checking it out because I can’t make any travel plans yet until we have news regarding Howell’s training this August (I have blog about it here).

You see, if I will be coming, then this is the only travel that we can afford for this year. (Though I haven’t made up my mind yet if I can really leave Bela for two weeks to travel with hubby). So I can’t make any other travel plans unless I am really sure of our travel plans this August.

But I have some options in mind already:

Option A: We will leave Bela and we can finally do a Euro tour which is really my big dream.

Option B: I will not go with Howell when he goes to Germany and we can just go to the US with Bela. We can either go to Los Angeles since my friend is already expecting that we will pay them a visit any time soon and we can take Bela to Anaheim Disneyland and Universal Studios which I think she will really love. Or we can go to North Carolina and visit hubby’s friend there who promised to take us to one of those Outer Banks rentals which is one of their favorite if ever they want to go on a very relaxing vacation.

This I think is the best option for us since our airfare is almost covered by our mileage plus we don't have to spend on hotel accommodations since we will be staying at our friend's house and we don't have to worry about visas because we all have US visas already.

Option C: I want to go on an Asia Cruise with hubby and Bela. This is something that I wanted to try too and since Bela will be turning 4 this year, I think she will be able to appreciate this cruise plus we can visit 3 countries in one travel.

Option D: I will just use the money to buy 3-4 LV bags…LOL.

What do you think guys?