On Car Bike Racks

We were on the road one day when we saw a car with bike racks similar to these thule ski racks. I told Ane, maybe we should install bike racks on Nicki. What for, he said? Nothing, I just find them errrr cute. LOL. That was a joke of course because Nicki is a compact car…and we don’t ride a bike to begin with. Oh, the conversations we have during boring drives. ;p

Busy for the next SY

Our school will be in it’s third year this coming June and as early as now we are preparing for the opening of classes. I’m not really hands-on when it comes to the daily operations but I try to be available as much as I can, even remotely. I also try to give inputs when necessary. For example, although we are not yet due to change classroom furniture, I would suggest virco school furniture when we replace the wooden ones, things like that. For now, we’re busy with enrollment and preparing the materials and the classrooms.

In N Out in Manila?

Yes it’s true! The famous burger is in Manila…but only for today! If I knew about this earlier, I would have dragged Ane to BHS. But then again he just ended his two-week vacation from work so he can’t possibly go on leave today. I don’t know why they’re here but I‘m guessing a local company is thinking of buying the franchise and they would like to feel first if people will bite. I heard this “feeler” was a success because supplies ran out immediately.

Maybe we can expect a store here soon?

I am on the fence about it though. I am excited that In N Out will possibly be made available here, because I already miss eating it (the last time I had one was when Mom hand-carried a box of burgers from San Francisco, in 2009 [?]). But making it that accessible to me? That kills the excitement, me thinks. Just like Krispy Kreme and Ihop.

Lesson not learned?

It happened once, with coffee. And it happened again today, with water. It seems like I never learned my lesson the first time, that hubby was so annoyed I spilled on my laptop again. Yes I promised I won’t place any liquids on my table where I work, but I broke that promise yesterday (and for weeks hence). It was an accident, but I still felt so bad about it. Good thing, my laptop was not seriously damaged, unlike that one story I heard that he had to get a replacement sanyo battery from thomasdistributing.com after spilling soda on his unit. Hubby said I should really be thankful because he won’t replace my laptop anymore if I break it due to carelessness.

There’s no excuse anymore if it happens again.

Funny

I saw this image once again and I still find it funny:

Image from one of the pages in FB. It’s in Filipino but explaining it will kill the humor. But I will explain for my English-speaking readers (as if I have any LOL). The tortoise is challenging the hare, who gets to go home first. When the hare agrees, the tortoise promptly pulled his extremities in. The hare says a bad word. :D

Speculoos

You can’t help but get curious when you see one thing over and over again. It doesn’t help that people are raving about it online. I wanted to try Speculoos Cookie Butter since the week it made the rounds in Instagram. But when I found out that a jar sells for p525 (about $13), I had second thoughts of course. Is it worth it? And then someone mentioned that in the US, if you buy it straight from Trader Joe’s, a jar is only $4! Surely, I will not buy that p525 anymore right?!

And then…Tadaaaa!

I emailed my sister about a week before their flight to Manila and now I have four jars of Cookie Butter! :) My verdict: Yes, it is yummy (and I refuse to share them LOL) but it’s not something I would crave all the time and definitely not something I’d buy for $13!

Goodbye Havs?

I used to own at least fifteen pairs of Havaianas. And I got them all in a span of one year. Yes I was buying at least one pair per month back then. I only stopped buying when we learned we were pregnant for the first time. Now, I’m down to three or four pairs, I think. The others already snapped from wear and tear. Ane told me I can only buy a new pair if I’m able to use all of my pairs again. Now that moment is looming, given that my pairs are dying, I’m having second thoughts about it. I’ve been looking at best selection orthaheel shoes for a week now. Should I stay loyal to Havs? Or should I take another route this time? We’ll see.

A little Love…

Someone shared this video in Facebook and I just had to share it here too. Apparently it's Liberty Mutual's full commercial in 2011. I think it is well made, the point coming across. Sometimes we don’t know if little acts of kindness make a difference but they do. So never stop being kind to anyone. One way or another, it will come back to you.

"If you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own."

 

Backpacking in Ireland

I finished watching the movie Leap Year the other night…Here’s a screen cap of that scene after Declan said,"I don't want not to make plans with you. I want to make plans with you.” Awwww, so sweet.

The movie made me want to pack and explore Ireland. I guess that statement shows how much I loved the movie! I thank my friends for recommending this movie. Here’s another quote from the film that I love: “May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you. Cheers!”

If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it already! :)

Happy New Year!

First post for the year! I hope you all had a blast during the holidays. We were busy the last two weeks of 2012 and we’re just getting back to our old routine. That explains the short break from blogging too. I’m actually having a hard time getting back on track but slowly picking up.

Anyway, cheers to the new year! I wish for a better year for all of us!