Christmas lights are blinking!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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Labels: Christmas
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Labels: books, Khaled Hosseini, review, The Kite Runner
Relocation
Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Books, books, books!
Four books! And not done yet book shopping?!? You bet Ane almost had a heart attack when he learned about my latest purchases. He'll get over it, hehe.
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Labels: books, Khaled Hosseini, Neil Gaiman
Hoodia, anyone?
Friday, September 28, 2007
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Labels: health concerns
Comedy Bar & Tagalog jokes
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Hoping for better service.
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Labels: rants
Techie stuff that amaze me and LO share
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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Labels: layouts, rants, raves, techie stuff
Teck or teak
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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Labels: funny
Avenue Q..take two!!!
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Labels: Avenue Q
Gift recycling
Sunday, September 23, 2007
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Labels: musings
Dropping in.
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Missing the Movies
Friday, September 21, 2007
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Labels: blog tales
Avenue Q, Amici, Three-day malling and a new book
Thursday, September 20, 2007
And then there was a booth to buy the program, the button (Team Kate), and the pink shirt that says 'It sucks to be me'. Teehee. Mitch and I wore our shirts to the badminton later that night.
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Some of us braved the heavy traffic just to eat at Amici de Don Bosco in Makati. One question: Why didn't I discover this place earlier? I was missing a lot! I had an order of Lasagne (too rich but yummy yum yum!) and their thin crust pizzas are to die for (wow, exagg). Never too full, I had some mint chocolate chip gelato for dessert. I brought home some chocolate covered cream puffs, hihi.
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The next day, the brothers and I were in Glorietta after mass (ane had work). We had a little bit of weekend money to spare but for the first time, we did not splurge on food! We had a simple lunch at Kaya (beginning to be a fave!). We did buy a pair of Havaianas each (yay!), a CD for Li'l Bro, shirts for the two of them, and I got Ane and myself a book each. We capped the day off with Starbucks caffeine fix each, the usual thing we do before going home on days like that. We didn't go straight home, we delivered a Bizu cake to our wedidng Ninang in Greenmeadows because it was her birthday :) The brothers were supposed to bring me where I can ride an FX to work but since Ane was out at 6pm (ordinary time 830pm), I waited for him and we went to the garden together.
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On Monday, we were up early again. We drove my FIL to his HQ in Libis. It was also important that we start the day early coz we had three banks to go to. It gets crazy every Monday not to mention that the 15th fell on a Saturday. After dropping FIL off, we grabbed some breakfast and our bank hunt started afterwards. We started along EDSA, then in Mandaluyong and finally finishing it off in Makati. We should have gone directly to Makati as the bank rows along JP Rizal are the ones that didn't have long lines. Sheesh. Then off we went to Mall of Asia to have Ivy, my laptop (yeah, I just gave it a name!) serviced at Lenovo. Just before we left for our vacation, I noticed an ugly vertical line on the monitor. I was resigned to it not being fixed anymore but Ane insisted that Ivy is still within the three-year warranty. I was corresponding with the technician last week and he assured me that if we go on Monday, the parts will be available. Why MOA, you ask? Well I already had a problem with the laptop six months after it was purchased and it was fixed in G3 but that outlet closed down this year and the person who fixed it is already assigned in MOA so obviously, we'd want him to take care of my problem once again. So anyway, Ivy now has a spankin' new monitor and am grinning from ear to ear :) The service and labor were free. To show our gratitude, we bought some coffee buns and cheeserolls from Delifrance :) I brought the boxes back to the store and it makes me happy to see people smile at me :)
Our MOA adventure didn't end there. It was still too early to go to Greenhills to fetch li'l bro. We grabbed some lunch at David's Tea House. The food seemed expensive but since the servings were big, it was alright. We weren't able to finish everything, so the food was wrapped and later was on the hands of the sampaguita boy (who has no feet and has only one arm, no kidding!) on the intersection of Ortigas and Granada. I swear, he smiled! My heart ♥ goes to him. :) We didn't leave MOA right away, as there was a lot of time to spare strolling. And stroll we did. We were looking for a sturdy table to place our CPU on (so it doesn't sit under the table) but in vain. But my Ane bought me a collapsible study table (so I can use Ivy beside our bed)and a table lamp (so I can use the desktop even if Ane is already asleep at night).
I was supposed to play that night but my legs were about to give up on me after two days in the mall! (Hi Donna! You weren't jinxed, dear, heheh, hope to play with you next monday!) Ane still played and he brought me Buco juice that night :)
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Can you believe that on Tuesday, we were at the mall again?!? This time, it was SM North/The Block. We finally found a nice table (and within budget, hah!) and later we did some grocery shopping for the garden. I went to work while Ane went to his Badminton Training. :)
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The book that I got on Sunday is the book the my sister recommended. It is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It talks about a Bengali couple who migrated to the United States and their two children were born there. It talks about the struggles they had to go through and teaching their children the Bengali culture even if they are half a world away from their roots. But it proved to be hard for Ashima and Ashoke since their children grew up in the harsh realities of their surroundings. The story focuses on Gogol, their first child, who felt imprisoned by his own name. It is a good read. I'd recommend it as well. I finished reading it on Tuesday evening.
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There, if you got this far, I salute you! My eyes are hurting and I am hungry. Hehe. TTFN!
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Labels: Avenue Q, books, everyday, The Namesake
Illogical fears.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
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Labels: life musings, phobias
Feast One Hundred-Sixty (3)
Friday, September 14, 2007
When was the last time you visited a hospital?
About two weeks ago. I accompanied hubby to see a doctor for some tests :)
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how ambitious are you?
Salad
Make a sentence using the letters of a body part. (Example: (mouth) My other ukelele tings healthily.)
Main Course
If you were to start a club, what would the subject matter be, and what would you name it?
Lumberjack Club! It's a game in PSP that some of our friends got addicted too! We can even have tournaments for this hehehe.
Dessert
What color is the carpet/flooring in your home?
Grab the feast here.
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I feel old.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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Blankets
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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In the Bag
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Trip to Avenue Q
Sunday, September 09, 2007
There are rave reviews of the show, from those bloggers who were invited to watch the final dress rehearsals on Friday evening. The Bachelor Girl (Lorna Lopez) provided us with the links to these reviews. I also swiped the image above from her blog, I hope she doesn't mind, hehe.
Notes from the Atlantis website:
"AVENUE Q, the phenomenally inventive musical that combines people and puppets, is about real life. It's about finding a job, losing a job, learning about racism, getting an apartment, getting kicked out of your apartment, being different, falling in love, promiscuity, avoiding commitment, hangovers, Internet porn and discovering the world. It has music and lyrics by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez and a book by Jeffy Whitty. It won three Tony Awards in 2004 including Best Musical. AVENUE Q is directed by Bobby Garcia and Chari Arespacochaga, Sets and Costumes by Mio Infante, Lighting Design by Jay Aranda and Puppet Design and Execution by Samuel Fuentes and Marvin Choa based on Rick Lyons original Broadway designs. It runs from Sept 7 - 23 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati.For tickets call Atlantis Productions at 892-7078 or Ticketworld at 891-9999. "
Oh my! Can't wait for September 15 to arrive :)
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Labels: Avenue Q
Leak.
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Labels: house
Baby Blues
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Just wanna share with you some of the amusing things I heard this week, on Babies:
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While bloghopping, I came across a mother (Marj), also a doctor, who went to see one of her patients just before getting admitted to the hospital for labor. She even did her rounds prior to her trip to the labor room. Dedication! :) She did give birth hours after that.
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A Senator's wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, after seven years of waiting. Bliss!!
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A young local actress, Camille P, admitted that she is 4mos pregnant. Her manager said that her ward is young (at 22) and the pregnancy was unplanned. She fled to the US and will stay there until she gives birth. If it was unplanned, why engage in unprotected Pre-marital s*x in the first place?
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Nature has a funny way of teaching lessons. Those who doesn't want kids get pregnant so easily while there are those who after so many failed attempts (like us) aren't blessed yet with a child. Those who can't afford to give shelter, much more enough food to all their children, have more than six kids (side: I have an uncle who has TEN kids and figured he has one too many AFTER the tenth kid was born! duh?!). While there are some who are capable of raising kids (financially, emotionally, physically and psychologically) miscarry or lose the child after birth. We are so ready yet God is telling us to wait. As a friend once told me, "Be patient, maybe your angel is also still waiting in heaven to be dispatched." Funny way of putting it, huh? So wait it is. :)
Give-aways.
Friday, September 07, 2007
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Labels: gifts
My loot.
I bought these (online! hehehe first time!) using some of my earnings from blogging. Imagine Ane's surprise when he saw the thick bubble envelope thinking that I only bought a magazine. Hehe. Of course he can't do anything about it anymore especially that I didn't use his credit card to pay for those. And he'd probably roll his eyes once he finds out that I bought these kits too:
Impulse! But my purchases are yummy looking. I haven't been scrapping but I figured purchased kits will inspire me. Hehehe. And the books? I can keep them anyway. I love books. However, I should really stop myself from buying online impulsively, no matter how 'addicting' it could get. I should save the money for a new camera. Teehee. ;)
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Labels: books, digiscrapping stuff
Apprehended.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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Labels: lawbreaker, rants
Today's lessons
Sunday, September 02, 2007
- Pay attention. Listen.
- Be patient.
- Say sorry if a mistake has been committed. And mean it.
- Do not shout.
- Be grateful.
I am hurting because I let myself be hurt by things I should have controlled in the first place. Tonight, I feel like I am really a bad person, that even if I was brought up to be good (heck, I've learned the lessons listed above not from school but from my Mom), I've let myself be bad. Gets? Sigh. If only *this* person will stop making our lives miserable, then probably I'll be alright.
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