On losing weight...

I may not be very vocal about it but it bothers me that my weight has been suffering from yo-yo syndrome since I got married. I would lose and then gain everything (or more) after a few weeks. There was even one time I asked our internist to prescribe me with the best of the diet pills she can recommend. She obviously declined (or I wouldn't be complaining here, would I?) explaining that my excess pounds can be shed by exercising and eating the right diet, and reasoning further that she doesn't consider me fat. I look in the mirror (naked, of course) and I just have to disagree. Oh I hate my big bones, really, my wide hips and fatty thighs and love handles as well! But I can't stop myself from eating too much plus the fact that I stopped going to the gym at that time.

Then comes the OB who suggested that I lose a little bit of my excess. Now she's talking! :) Her pep talk was all I needed. What better push would there be than telling me losing weight will help me conceive, eh? So I went back to the gym and really watched what I eat. And now...

I AM ONE POUND LESS THAN MY PRE-WEDDING WEIGHT (at 119lbs)!!!

Happy, happy. It has been a journey. I still need to lose about 4-6lbs to reach my ideal weight. I've been steadily losing about 2lbs a month (4lbs in January because I got sick) and I'm crossing my fingers I can keep it that way. Yay! :)

Layout Share

I finished two (YAY!) layouts yesterday (one I started doing two weeks ago and one from scratch). LO36 is for our Sixth Hunnyversary while the next one is my take for the Kaya Challenge 10. Visit my playground so you can leave me some love :) And remember, there will be a poll towards the end of the month, so I'll probably be needing your votes, LOL!

Digital Artist Magazine February Issue is now available! I'll say it here again: Yummy stuff! :) I posted the details and screenshots in the other blog too :)

Business Opportunity

On February 5, I went to visit my old High School in Manila through the invitation of my former Bio Teacher and Club Coordinator (I was her President). It has something to do with meeting the PAASCU panel for the school accreditation. Turned out they wanted to have a dialogue with some of the Alumnae and I went to represent the mid-90's batch. LOL, I feel old, gawd. I asked Tanya to come along coz Miss Tina said they need more volunteers, the more the merrier. I was supposed to take pictures to show you how much my school has changed but I was still feeling so sick that time that I was not able to do so. A lot has indeed changed, infrastructure-wise! There's nothing much to share about the dialogue since the parents were the ones who mostly held on the mic, hehe. But one thing's for sure, the school's essence haven't changed since we left in '95. The teachings about Ora et Labora and Social Responsibility are still there. That makes me so proud to be a Kulasa.

Anyway, the point of this entry is actually what happened after that meeting. I received a text message from Tanya the other day asking if I would like to invest in a business. I asked her if there is a feasibility study already but she replied none yet and that it was just an idea she had. A new business venture would be a nice change for me but I worried how much investment she was thinking (we are financially-shaky at the moment). Ideas started to run in my head. Would be need big cash? Would we need tools like bpm? I must be crazy to think about these things this early because Tanya said she's just thinking about a small-time business with an investment as much as Php5000 (less than $100!) only. LOL! To say that I was relieved to hear that is an understatement. Hehe. So now, we are doing some research and then we will discuss it further when we meet again on March 17 (a dinner date with Ms. Tina since we ran out of time when we visited the school). I'll breathe until then :)

12th Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

My first out of town trip for the year! Some of the E's and my two brothers trooped to Clark Field, Pampanga on February 10 (last day) to witness the take-off of very colorful hot air balloons. We also witnessed some aerobatics and parachute jumpers. We left early, as in early. I was awake by 230am (actually didn't sleep because I wanted to finish reading HP5 hehe) and then we were off by 3am.

We got to Clark just after 5am and there were already a lot of people that arrived before us. By 530am, the shootingfest began ;)



The rest of my shots are here while Ane's shots are here. I was using the Lumix while he practiced with the D40 (which has no name yet!). I haven't uploaded the "people" shots yet, hehe.

We started to get restless by 9am because it was getting hot and the time was like moving so slow. If we weren't there, I would have been still asleep by that time LOL! We decided to leave around 11am and had lunch at Teriyaki Boy in SM Clark (So CRT, don't worry, you didn't miss much on the "lafang" factor...LOL!). We thought we needed some caffeine fix but decided to just go home.

And oh! It was nice seeing BC (the blockmate who named me Kaje) and meeting some of his "cutie" friends ;)

Nothing much

I am starting to really annoy my husband.

I am having a hard time expressing what I think and what I feel that he is getting frustrated. Poor him. Sigh. Let's just say that my EQ is at an all-time low these past few days, and that's all I can say.

I dragged myself from bed this afternoon (yep, you read it right, afternoon!) because I needed to do some Rotary stuff. Tomorrow is a regular meeting day and I can't possibly cram doing the bulletin tomorrow since I have an appointment at three pm. I was multitasking -- finding readings on market research (helping someone with something), laying out the bulletin, checking my feeds...that I finished just in time for dinner at 930pm (Hubby came to pick me up) and half of the 2nd to the last episode of TARA2. Sometimes, all I really need is to keep myself busy. Give me something to do!!!!!!!!!!!! (my "konsensiya" tells me I should really be starting on our wedding album but I have lost my mojo :( )

The weekend is almost here. There's a trip on Sunday. Maybe I should already feel excited?

p.s. I know this is one so-so entry. forgive me. told yah i'm weird.

Let's get this out of the way *wink*

I'm still not feeling that well. But I feel I am getting there soon. Sigh, I so hate to take meds (on top of my workup meds!).

I just have to post this, which I should have done sooner than today (got it Monday morning). Pardon the shots (and the messy hair!)...

We went to Quiapo on Monday morning (too early in fact! the stores were still closed, ugh) even if I was still sick. The possible explanation that I didn't really touch it until tonight (after I pushed myself to announce it already!) is that I still feel bad (physically and emotionally). If this was a newborn child, you'd probably think I'm suffering from post-partum depression, hah! Not dwelling too much on that though. I'll rest tonight and let's see what happens tomorrow. Can't play with it yet though coz I'm probably commuting to Bulacan. And and and can you suggest a name we can lovingly call it?

There. I owe you the rest of the kwento of our Nikon D40 plus that entry on Aoili (long overdue) plus my trip today to my old high school with Tanya plus why I haven't been blogging lately (clue: I'm 'Potterized' all over again, currently in Book5).

TTFN!

Sixth Hunnyversary

Yay! It's our sixth Hunnyversary today. We didn't plan on anything, just texted each other. Corny, noh? :) We are not the romantic mushy cheesy type to begin with so that's perfectly okay with me. We celebrate our love everyday anyway. Yihee. I started a layout the other day but was not able to finish it because I got sick today. Hope to finish that soon.

Anyway, I changed my banner today since the love month also starts today :) Credits in my profile at the side bar. :P

Under the weather.

I planned to play last night. I actually went to the courts and meet my playing buddies. But I felt tired and had this dry and scratchy throat. I played three games at that was it. My third game didn't make me sweat eventhough I had a good run. We went home and I felt hot. I was able to take a quick shower and then took a tablet of Neozep to arrest whatever it was coming.

I slept and woke up with this pain in my legs and heavy head. Could it be flu? I cancelled all of my activities today and stayed home...actually stayed in bed (oh, how I wish our mattress here in QC is different, I want something that is more conducive for resting). I had a capsule of Alaxan during lunch today (no available Bioflu) and it helped a lot. Tonight, I'll take more Vitamin C (with lotsa water) and another tablet of Neozep.

Oh, I really hope tomorrow is a better day.

Awards overload :)

Yenny gave these to me :) Thanks sis! Talk about getting overloaded with awards, LOL! :P

Is this our new house?

My sister and her husband, with J tagged along of course, would once in a while check out real estate. They are actually more keen on checking out model townhouses near where they currently live. It is a nice pasttime, really. Hubby and I found one model house (we checked out two models while we there) that we would like to "copy" when we start building our own home.

The point of this entry is not about that model we wanted. :) Anyway, J is so used to come along with his parents to these nice homes, thinking that they're buying a property soon. So one weekend, my sister and her husband decided to spend the night in a hotel in downtown SJ. They got this big room and upon entering with their small luggage, giddy with excitement, J asked "Is this our new house?" So cute, eh!? He actually thought they moved out, LOL! Kids say the cutest things! :)