WHATEVER!

My Entry for SuperBianca's 7th Anniversary

2010-09-06T08:33:00.000-07:00

I grew up around the usual broken family drama all my life. From my grandparents, our relatives and down to my parents. That environment on its own pushed me to grow up and be mature enough to take care of myself and my brother. With less adult guidance during my adolescent years, I exaggerated on the thought of "living life to the fullest" and even worst, I got pregnant when I was 15 and gave birth on my 16th birthday, sweet! :)

I had to stop school to take care of our baby, in the setup of living with my in-laws. After two years and when the father of my child finally graduated college I went back to school, as a senior. Being a teenage mom was my deep dark secret back then since we decided not to tell anyone to prevent the expected discrimination. I was living in two different worlds for a year. I was a homemaker/teenage mom at home and my usual competitive senior self in school. After graduation I got accepted in UP for the course of my choice which was Theatre Arts, but on the other hand I was also offered a Tesda Scholarship for any two-year technical course. My priorities in life by then have changed, I pushed through with the scholarship and gave up my dream since all I wanted that time was to be able to graduate and land a job to support our child. But despite taking a course I never even imagined surviving, I had the most out of my college life, graduated with flying colors from both academic and co-curricular. :) I signed a job offer as a Technical/Customer Support Representative a month before graduation, I was 20 years old. Got married with the father of my child when I was 21, I became a Trainer when I was 24, and like you, I am 27. :)

We now live a simple yet, we can say, comfortable life. I have my own career while the man in my life for the past 12 years now, runs a car business with his family. We have our own home, drives our own car, and our 11yo daughter is now in 6th grade at a Catholic school near our place. The experience I had did not just teach me a lesson, it's life changing, literally and figuratively! (LOL) Life's good. Sometimes it's just all about our attitude towards it. Like what Charles R. Swindoll have written, "attitude is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it". I can absolutely attest to that. You are welcome to visit my blog/site to see for yourself. :)

My Home Online

2007-10-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

Continue reading my mind on my Multiply.

It has everything from my photo albums, blog, reviews, videos, music and more!
See you there! ^_^

Blogger for 3 years...

2007-09-20T05:36:00.000-07:00

I was reading Bianca's blog yesterday morning. One of her past entries was about her Blog's Anniversary, where she gave her readers a chance to ask her a question which she answered one by one on a separate entry. Then I just remembered, it's September! My Blogger just turned three years... :-)

I remembered to visit my very first blogsite, which I haven't visited or updated for quite a while now, and I noticed how much my attitude towards blogging has changed for the past year. I was chatting with my girlfriends Joi and Nel that time, then I told Joi that I think I am no longer into blogging as I was before and she's one of the reasons why, ha! ha! On top of that, ever since I underwent a hardcore Voice and Accent Training in the company, actually twice now, I got confused and I got really conscious to blog, thinking that my VA trainers and co-trainees will 'PEG' me here, ha! ha!

Blogging for me all started when I stepped in to the corporate-world-of-unlimited-access-to-high-speed-internet three years ago. ;-P I met this girl who was already into blogging, and I guess becoming her friend requires being hooked to blogger as well, while the rest is history. :-D

I was so into blogging that time where I actually see to it that I update it AT LEAST once a week. I used to blog every friday but there came a time where I'll write an entry on the beginning of the week, save it as a draft, update it everyday and publish it by the end of the week. It just feels good knowing that someone somewhere actually is reading it and I love the way I kinda let people into my life by reading my thoughts and experiences on this online diary I have. Then Friendster started to have it's own blogsite as well so I thought, just to be consistent, I will cc my posts there. After a year of having my blogger account came Multiply. I was so happy with this site because aside from allowing you to post unlimited photos and videos, you can also blog there, upload music, write a review, add friends, and everything I can basically do with my blogger, friendster, photobucket, flicker, youtube and freeweb accounts all combined!

Now, as the years go by, I got tired of updating the online accounts I have and started to just stick with my multiply. And even if there is now an option to sync blog entries from blogger to multiply, I loved the rest of the other options multiply offers with regards to blogging. I came to realize that my only reason why I am keeping my blogger account was because of it's value for me... this was the first home of all my thoughts put into words... At the same time, I'm not into blogging that much anymore...

Since my best (blog) friend Joi moved to another company last year, I no longer have a friend by my side reminding me to update my blog, haha! But really, aside from that, I think since I had a career move in the beggining of the year, my attitude towards work has changed too. I mean, access to everything online is still there, especially now that we're using this genius iMac, but I think now I am more serious when it comes to work, I am now more focused on what I am doing since I'm working on achieving "a goal". Before, work for me is just play, and the best part of it is that you're getting paid and since I got used to what I was doing so much, it was just easy for me to update my blog and take in calls at the same time, chat with my seat mate.

I sign up for online accounts left and right just so I am updated. I am everywhere online, try searching for 'nicoledgoddess' in google and you'll get close to 600 results, try yahoo, you'll get 1,200 plus! My expression that goes "my life is an open blog" slowly became for real. And the sad part of it is the more you let people into your life, THE MORE THEY WANT! I started to have invalid accounts to websites I don't even visit, and the spam, around 30% of the messages I receive on my email accounts everyday is junk! And the worse part of it, there are people who think that they know me so well just because they read my blog. There are even times where I'll see people buying the things I want, doing the things I planned to do and going to places I'm planning to go, because I blogged about it and apparently they read it! How pathetic!!!

Well, I really have gotten so tired about the bad side of blogging. I then decided to just blog when I feel like it, like right now. haha! So in celebration of my Blogger Account's third year anniversary, I'm giving this blogsite a permanent rest. Since I know I won't be able to "take care" of it anymore, I decided not to update this blogsite from anymore and just stick to my multiply.

Three years of being with me through tough, crazy and happy times, my blogger I thank you. I know that if the time comes where I'll need something to write down my thoughts with you'll still be there for me... Happy Anniversary and goodbye... :-)

!!!!!

2007-08-13T05:27:00.000-07:00

My friendster account was hacked! My about me was wiped out, almost all of my photos on the profile was deleted (one was left), my shoutout was removed and 16 of my friends who has an apostrophe (') on their names was deleted. So guys, in case you no longer see your name on my friend's list, I didn't delete you, just add me again. I'll try to just track you back one by one but I need your help.

Whoever did this, God Bless You!!!

Goodbye ...

2007-05-08T01:40:00.000-07:00

[warning: long entry!]

While the rest of the people from the bloggin' world has declared their New Year's Resolutions, and while everybody had told all their stories for the have been year 2006, the bloggin' addictus me who used to publish her have been, to do's, plans, right now, future, adventures, dreams, shopping and food escapades etc., as often as she can, has been quiet for some time now, for some strange reasons. Guess what, I can no longer hold my silence. The sadness of the word goodbye that I've been keeping to myself for a while is something that I think, I am now ready to share. I've actually started writing this entry months back, but it's just now that I felt ready to publish it.

I know that it might not be a surprise for you anymore, since I think the news of me moving out of EarthLink WebHosting in PeopleSupport, my second home for the past three years of my career, has been roaming around for the past few months already. Yes guys, that company where I lived 9-12 hours of my life a day, 5 days a week, for close to three years of my life is now on my dearly past. Maybe people from my workplace already saw this coming since last year. I've been holding on since I started being left behind by my friends, Pakko and Wacks in 2005, and Joi on June 2006. It was a good thing I was a part of the team ever since it started so all of the people there are like family to me and that made the adjustment much easier. I've been keeping to myself the struggle I was really feeling inside for the last year of my stay there. 2006 was really a challenge I may say. I didn't want Carlo to start asking me again to quit the job and I avoided the "I told you so" comment from my friends, especially those who were aware of what was happening around. I loved the people I worked with so much. Even those that I know I hate, really. They were the reason why I stayed and hoped for some changes for the better, but until the end, there was none.

One day when I can't sleep I thought about my stay there in PS. I remember that I was half happy and half scared back the time when I learned that I got the job and I am to start on March 15, 2004. I was still in College then and school won't be officially over in two weeks. I had to transfer to the night class to be able to attend to my training in the morning. Days go by and as I started to learn a lot of things I never even thought I'd be interested about, the fear was replaced by excitement and happiness each time I am to go to work, each time I am at work. Months go by and as I do my best to be a wife, a mom, a family, a friend, and a career woman all at the same time, for some reason I never get tired and I just kept going.

After about less than a month of taking calls I was offered by my supervisor then (Mommy Irish) a spot on the line up of what we call "Tier2". People who'll be responsible for taking "supervisor/escalated calls" and stuff like that. I refused. I was so agressive then that from the start I was eyeing for a supervisory position and I didn't thought that additional responsibilities was the key to that path. Months and years pass by, still no promotion. I am such an achiever so I started to get tired of what I was doing just because I oh so mastered it already. Some people even say that I can take calls even when I'm asleep! I admit during that time I am not happy with what I'm doing anymore and the only thing that kept me going to work are the people I work with that I love who I know believes and cares for me. When I said that 2006 was really a challenge, for me it really was because I almost gave up, well, yeah in the end I actually did.

It was September of last year when Carlo said that he might get the Store Supervisor promotion by summer of 2007. That time I knew it was like a sign from God that it's time for me to move on. I know that I've worked as hard as I can but it just strucked me that I will never get promoted because I can't be a drinking/smoking buddy for "them". That time I realized all the flaws that I've been trying to ignore just because I love the work and I love working my a** off. Talent, hardwork, loyalty, commitment and whatever it is I can offer is nothing especially if some people are aware that I can be better or let me say I am better than them! That is the sad truth on the account I lived and left. And until know I wonder why it took me almost three years to get to realize that.

During that time I started looking around for other options that might give me more opportunities I deserve. I planned my silent exit from work by going on vacation leave after Christmas. I did a lot of thinking and finally decided to leave the company a month before my third year anniversary with them. Since my resignation, I've been to the office just twice and made sure that I didn't encounter anyone really close to me. Morning was the best time just because there were just a few of them on the floor. It's not that I'm avoiding any ambush interview but I know that it'll definitely be harder for me if I get to see them, my family for years and bid goodbye. I just told myself that maybe, my official goodbye to them was when I handed my holiday presents to everyone a couple of days before Christmas. Technically, my last day "at" work was on the 31st of December because on that day, I took my last call.

I've been out of the company for more than three months now, and I'm proud to be able to survive the "leaving your comfort zone" struggle that they call. Everyday I still think and imagine on what could've happen if ever I didn't actually left, maybe this, maybe that. I miss everything about my previous work. I miss the workload (the company and the account that I'm working with now is just so darn easy!). I miss getting 40-60 calls on a regular day where 8 out of 10 customers are irate! (haha!) I miss invalid escalations, invalid SRs, update trainings, team buildings, parties, and all the activities where people from our team are always well dressed!(really!) I miss eight hours of non-stop Jabber. I miss site downtimes. I miss troubleshooting Trellix, FrontPage, Outlook, and hearing customer's rant, wanting to speak to Gary Betty! (haha!) I miss the floor, our office. I miss the feeling of being at home where you see people walking in bedroom slippers, wrapped in blankets and borrowing each other's pillows. This might sound funny, but I miss "7th floor", haha! (Robinson's Summit Center) I miss the way people hates going there because they'll smell like used cooking oil in minutes but they still do just because the cafeteria simply got almost everything we might need and want. I miss Makati. I miss the place where almost everything is accessible 24/7. Taxi, ATMs, MiniStop and 711 are everywhere; Starbucks almost in every builing; a wide variety of fastfood and delivery even in midnight; and a few blocks walk away from Ayala Center! Working in a city like that makes life much more easier! haaayyy ...

But the people I worked with were the ones I missed the most. I regularly check their multiply sites for new pictures and read their blogs for updates. I miss the times where we just laugh our hearts out of anything, making fun of wrong grammar, pronunciations and stupid customers; Ordering food from whoever we feel for the night; walking two blocks to get McDonalds, three blocks for KFC; Hating Clark for being such an a**, loving Lowell for being the master, and wondering what Mike E.'s mood for the day is, haha! Bus rides, MRT, Videoke, Valero Cafe, and all the things we could do for bonding; EOP, Clean desk policy, no mobile phones and gadgets on the floor, and the rest of the other regulations we hate and disobey whole heartedly, haha! I could go on and on but I know, it will not make any difference, I can never bring the good old times back anymore. Even if we all know that we hate each other at times and that there were issues between power trippers at the management team; the gap between Tier2 and Tier1; and the rest of the other issues we had for the past years, in the end, we still stick to being together, we are one family, we care for each other.

There's a saying that the only constant thing in the world is change, it doesn't make any sense for me before, but as I started the new year, 2007, a lot of changes in my life took place and now I get to realize, yeah, maybe change is the only constant thing we'll have in our lives. Whether for the better or not, we have to have them, we have to face them. There are lot of things that I have wanted to do to be able to express how grateful I am to the company who sheltered me, the account who tolerated me, and the people who loved me for the past three years, but I did nothing and left. Despite the reality that I had tons of negative reasons why I left, yes, I am still grateful.

So to everyone, thank you. Thank you for the experience. Thank you for the friendship. Thank you for everything.
I'll see you around. Ü

I'm good!

2007-01-30T01:05:00.000-08:00

It just hit me that my last post was last year, exactly a month ago. Yeah, I know you guys, my co-bloggers out there might really think the "This is so not her" thing, haha! But the reason why I haven't been online as often as I used to was because I was on a "real" vacation! Wohoo! I had a vacation from work so I also had a vacation from instant messaging, from spamming your e-mailboxes, (haha!), from blogging, from online reviews, from multiply, from youtube, from blogger, from friendster... A vacation out of the internet world. I just had to check them once in a while (like in three days) or I'll get sick. Hahaha! Kidding...

So, what's up with me the past month or so... I already updated my multiply site with photos and some kwentos so just go check it out. Well, the reason why I had to have this vacation of some sort, aside from the holiday season of course, was because I was advised to give my voice a break, I had to take medications for it and it does include/require less talking. In other words, I can't take calls for two months. Gee ... I used to be able to do Mariah's Whistle but now, I suffer from soar throat almost every month! So I just realized that yeah, maybe it's just about time to listen to the doctor. Ü

I didn't really expect to have a full vacation though, since, knowing me being addicted to being busy; I took it as an opportunity for me to do the things that I've been wanting to do last year. Attend to some affairs with family and friends; Ran errands at home, organized the house from the furnitures to the paperworks to the appliances we've been trying to purchased that now we were able to. I was able to finally finish watching the second season of two of my favorite TV series (LOST and Desperate Housewives). I was able to run through Nianne's books and toys and finally decided which ones should be donated/disposed. I was able to go out on dates with Mahal anytime he wants. etc. etc. I just think that I was able to accomplish at least 70% of my "to-do's" already without abusing my voice. Haha! The major thing on my list that I haven't done yet though, was getting a TIN ID, SSS ID, and a Driver's License! God bless me for driving without license for two years now! Haha!

To be honest, now that I've been on leave for exactly a month, I'm going crazy already! Hahah! I dunno. I just feel sometimes that being at home all day, whether or not I was able to do tons of things and stuff, I still wanted the way it was when I was really "working" on a "real job". I just realized how bored I will be by the time Carlo and I have our second child. Since we decided that I'm gonna have to quit my job after giving birth to take care of the baby until he ("HE" talaga oh! hahahah!) starts Preschool, just like what we did with Nianne. Now I'm starting to think of some business which will keep me away from "going crazy" by then (hahaha!), to keep me still productive even at home, which will not require so much time than what I have for our kids. But hey! This is just another one of my crazy thoughts of mine guys ok! I am so not pregnant! haha!

Alright, time to go back to my vacation mode now. Take care everyone! See you around! (^_^)

Everyone: How are you?
Me: I'm good! Ü Thanks for asking ...

Happy New Year !!!

2006-12-30T08:08:00.000-08:00

Wishing you and your family a fruitful, prosperous, and a blessed year, 2007.
May God be with you always. Love life and stay happy.

Happy Birthday Dad!

2006-12-08T05:58:00.000-08:00

before the end of 2006

2006-11-24T05:04:00.001-08:00

You are a Performer!

(Dominant Extroverted Abstract Feeler)You are a PERFORMER (DEAF)— personable, self-assured, and excellent under pressure. You are extroverted and strong-willed, which, in combination means you are good with people and aren't willing to let opportunity pass you by. Congratulations. I'm sure all the peons you've stepped on never saw it coming and didn't feel a thing. You have formidable creative talents, and you often follow what your heart tells you instead of your logical mind. Your exuberance can earn you many friends and admirers, despite your ambition, or it can intimidate the less confident into keeping their distance. It's also possible that you're Madonna.

Check out yours here.

Happy Weekend!

(^_^)

SE on 007

2006-11-18T10:57:00.000-08:00

We just saw the latest sequel of 007, Casino Royale, and to be honest with all of you guys, I enjoyed the film not because it's been a while since I last saw James Bond and his stunts, but because I love the way they actually featured various Sony Ericsson phones on the film. Well of course the film was produced by Sony Pictures so SE phones will definitely be a part of the production, but the way they actually make them visible on each scene, plus they featured most of the coolest units there, is the part that Carlo and I really loved.

We've been SE users for sometime now so forgive us for being biased. We just love their unique design, cool-funky features, plus the fact that they're being manufactured by one of the leading companies in the field of technology, Sony, merged with one of the leading company in telecommunications, Ericsson, what more can you ask for? ;-P I remember that Carlo's first ever mobile phone was a one-liner Ericsson which I already forgot the exact name of, he switched to using a Nokia 6150, then a Nokia 3510, but he was never satisfied, until I got him an SE S700i as an early Christmas present last year (please don't remind me of my stolen p910, please!). And now, he's been eyeing that K800 since the beginning of the year, and after seeing Casino Royale, he said that the silver Limited Edition K800 is not worth the wait (even if it's set to be released anytime soon) so I'm getting him a black k800 by next week, ha-ha! I'm just wondering if it's really waterproof ... ;-P

Let me just play a little game and see if I was able to identify the phones featured on the movie right. I'll try to enumerate the model units used by the characters ...

James Bond = K800 (limited silver edition)
Vasper Lynd = M600 (I like this phone but it doesn't have a camera)
Solonge = W810 (the camera of this phone rocks! Mic have it)
Mathis = K700
Mollaka = T68
Alex Dimitrios = W300 (the black one which looks really cool!)
Mr. White = Z520
Airport Bomber(I dunno his name) = K608 (a 3G phone)

These are just the ones that I can recall, just feel free to correct me in case I got some of them mistaken since that's one of the reasons we have a so called "comment box" ha-ha! By the way, you can check out my full review for the film here.

Have a great weekend everyone! =)

The fake me!

2006-11-11T08:12:00.000-08:00

It's just one of those forwarded text messages we regularly receive, but this time, it requires other people to participate and it's really fun. I spent an entire day (or two) laughing my heart out of all the replies I received. So, let me just go ahead and share some of them with you all, here it goes ...

"What if one day, may dumating na fake na NICOLE, how would you know na fake sya?"
Give me 3 facts, Don't break, it's fun! =)

Ces said:

she hates cooking.
she never blogs, not even once.
she doesn't share a birthday with her daughter and grandma. :-)

Joi said:

ask her to cook.
say "dude, Oh my God!" with feelings!
ask her what her ultimate favorite movie is. (it's titanic guys, just in case, ha ha!)

Sybil said:

she's not loud!
she doesn't say "Oh my God!"
payat sya! bwahahahaha (this part's included guys, seriously, ha-ha!)

Erin said:

pag hindi glamorous.
pag hindi nakakatawag pansin.
pag hindi ako pinapansin kasi hindi kilala. Ü

Karen said:

Panget.
Boring.
Walang sex life hehe. (oh no! ha-ha!)

Cecil said:

her english is bad.
"high" AHT.
doesn't have a friendster account or a blog. am I not so right? ha ha! (you got it! ha-ha!)

Nel said:

silent-type.
nag-iiwan ng tira. (food)
hindi palaban.

Popin said:

may mataas na AHT.
malungkot.
hindi nangbabati. :-)

Aleck said:

fake na Nicole would be quiet and pa-girl.
if she's not makulit, it's fake.
I'll let her say the phrase "you're so good!", pag iba pagkakasabi, fake na Nicole yun.

Mic said:

di nag-iinterrupt pag may nagsasalita.
di nya expression ung "Oh my God!"
doesn't talk about her family every hour. - ayos ba? (ha-ha! ayos mic!)

Nice answers guys! ha-ha!

Anyways, FYI for the people from outside the Call Center world, AHT stands for "Average Handling Time" for calls. For example, you took 45 calls a night, 5mins. AHT. And in case you still don't get it, ask any of your friend from the same field I am to explain more further/go into details. ;-P

What about you? How would you know if it's a "Fake Nicole"? Ü

The DepartedS

2006-10-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

It's the time of the year again ...

Where some people are excited about since it's a holiday or sometimes, a so called long weekend. Where some people are all headed to their respective provinces. Where you'll see a lot of people on the cemetery. Where some people are busy doing some cleaning or make-over on their loved ones' graves. Where some people are busy taking advantage of the season for a simple business, whether it's selling food, candles, flowers, or cleaning tombstones. Where you might see one of your old classmate or your long lost friend. Where flowers are double and sometimes triple than their regular prices. Where candles are all over the place, different colors, different forms, and for some reason, they're all expensive. Where food, balloons, toys, and everything you can buy inside the cemetery are all over-priced. Where traffic in the city is unbelievable. Where you can't bring your car inside the North Cemetery. Where you can't even park your car (figuratively) near the North Cemetery. =( And a lot more things that we don't have on regular days.

It's the time of the year where we all pay respect, visit and offer some prayers to the departed ones, as part of the tradition that we all grew up with, and just because these people once became a part of our busy lives. So, no matter how we celebrate it, either the All Saint's or the All Soul's Days, the only thing that matter is we still remember them and we would like to make them feel special that day in our own way. So for all of us who will be going to these sacred places, let's just take the necessary precautions needed, bring enough food and medicine to be sure, take care of yourselves as well as those people with you and belongings. Have a nice weekend! (^_^)

electronic mail

2006-10-20T09:04:00.000-07:00

I love receiving emails. I dunno ... whether it's a "real" email message, a forwarded message, etc. I love them all. The fact that these people actually got my email address listed on their address book, or they thought that I might like, laugh or hate the message they just received that's why they forwarded it to me, or for whatever reason, the bottom line is, they remembered me, they care. The reason behind me saying all this crap about email is because I saw this blog post of my colleague/friend Jade, and it's all about "stopping spam" or something. Well, I agree with the part that spam is really annoying and all that, but these emails (or jokes) that we forward got nice intentions. Information, laughter, or just simply saying HI to the recepient.

I got this email from my kumareng Ces which is all about "why we forward jokes". This one applies whether through email or sms for me. Well, the real thought of the story goes like this ...

... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain.When you are very busy or when you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.To let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send youa smile ...

See, so I guess forwarded messages aren't bad after all. Sometimes, it is other people's way of saying HI, you are being remembered and I hope you'll laugh the hell out of this message or something. But again, spam is still spam, ha ha ha! Anyways, check out this email message I got from my good friend Mic, totally hillarious!

MGA BAGONG SALAWIKAIN

Ang buhay ay parang bato, it's hard.
Better late than pregnant.
Behind the clouds are the other clouds.
It's better to cheat than to repeat!
Do unto others ... then run!!!
Kapag puno na ang salop, kumuha na ng ibang salop.
Magbiro ka na sa lasing, magbiro ka na sa bagong gising, huwag lang sa lasing na bagong gising.
When all else fails, follow instructions.
Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, lumaki sa ibang bansa.
To err is human, to errs is humans.
Ang taong nagigipit ... sa bumbay kumakapit
Pag may usok ... may nag-iihaw
Ang taong naglalakad nang matulin ... may utang.
No guts, no glory... no ID, no entry.
Birds of the same feather that prays together ... stays together.
Kapag may sinuksok at walang madukot, may nandukot.
Walang matigas na tinapay sa gutom na tao.
Ang taong di marunong lumingon sa kanyang pinanggalingan.... ay may stiff neck.
Birds of the same feather make a good feather duster.
Kapag may tiyaga, may nilaga. Kapag may taga, may tahi.
Huli man daw at magaling, undertime pa rin.
Ang naglalakad ng matulin, late na sa appointment
Matalino man ang matsing, matsing pa rin.
Better late than later.
Aanhin ang palasyo kung ang nakatira ay kuwago, mabuti pa ang bahay kubo, sa paligid puno ng linga.
Kapag maikli ang kumot, tumangkad ka na!
No man is an island because time is gold.
Hindi lahat ng kumikinang ay ginto ... muta lang yan.
Kapag ang puno mabunga ... mataba ang lupa!
When it rains ... it floods.
Pagkahaba haba man ng prusisyon ... mauubusan din ng kandila.
Ang buhay ay parang gulong, minsan nasa ibabaw, minsan nasa vulcanizing shop.
Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan ... sapul.
Try and try until you succeed... or else try another.
Ako ang nagsaing ... iba ang kumain. Diet ako eh.
Huwag magbilang ng manok kung alaga mo ay itik.
Kapag maiksi na ang kumot, bumili ka na ng bago.
If you can't beat them, shoot them. (Nalundasan)
An apple a day is too expensive.
An apple a day makes seven apples a week. (really expensive)

ha! ha! ha!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

xoxo!

(^_^)

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2006-10-17T13:10:00.000-07:00

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The Recipe for a Happy Marriage

2006-10-05T12:38:00.000-07:00

The simpliest Recipe for a Happy Marriage is here.

I can't wait!

2006-10-05T06:12:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to see these films!
check out the previews here.

lazy mode

2006-09-21T07:44:00.000-07:00

... I've been oh so lazy since the beginning of the year
... I've been oh so lazy to update my blogs
... I've been of so lazy to upload photos
... I've been oh so lazy to update my online photo albums
... I've been oh so lazy to download and transfer music on our new mp3 player
... I've been oh so lazy to update my friendster account
... I've been oh so lazy to check and update the rest of the other online networks I'm a member of
... I've been oh so lazy to read my emails and clean my mailboxes
... I've been oh so lazy to forward or send or reply to emails (sorry \/)
... I've been oh so lazy to shop, or even go to mall for a walk (believe it or not)
... I've been oh so lazy to write a review for some great movies we saw these past months
... I've been oh so lazy to write a review for all the tv series I just finished
... I've been oh so lazy to gather and submit my requirements for my new phone
... I've been oh so lazy to get a new phone
... I've been oh so lazy to hunt and grab a new tv set
... I've been oh so lazy to travel
... I've been oh so lazy to meet up with friends and catch up (tsk tsk tsk)
... I've been oh so lazy to talk, and write, and read (this is so not healthy!)
... I've been oh so lazy to complete my credit card application
... I've been oh so lazy to get my SSS card
... I've been oh so lazy to get my driver's license
... I've been oh so lazy to a whole lot of things actually

... I've been oh so lazy, this is so not me ...

I need to start working on things. A lot of things.

When I die ...

2006-09-05T04:57:00.000-07:00

from
JOI's blog

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

50 Gifts for a Happy Marriage by Carlo and Nicole Cadiz

2006-08-18T06:40:00.000-07:00

1. Start each day with a kiss.

2 Wear your wedding ring at all times.

3. Date once a week.

4. Accept differences.

5. Be polite.

6. Be gentle.

7. Give gifts.

8. Smile often.

9. Touch.

10. Talk about dreams.

11. Choose a song that can be "your song."

12. Give back rubs.

13. Laugh together.

14. Send a card for no reason.

15. Do what your spouse wants before being asked.

16. Listen.

17. Encourage.

18. Do it the other's way.

19. Know your mate's needs.

20. Fix his/her favorite breakfast.

21. Compliment your partner twice a day.

22. Call just to say, "I love you."

23. Slow down.

24. Hold hands.

25. Cuddle.

26. Ask your spouse's opinion.

27. Show respect.

28. Welcome each other home.

29. Look your best for your mate.

30. Wink at each other.

31. Celebrate birthday in big way.

32. Apologize.

33. Forgive.

34. Set up a romantic gateway.

35. Ask, "What can I do to make you happier?"

36. Be positive.

37. Be kind.

38. Be vulnerable.

39. Respond quickly to your mate's requests.

40. Talk about love.

41. Reminisce about your favorite time together.

42. Treat his/her relatives and friends with courtesy.

43. End flowers every Valentine's Day and anniversary.

44. Admit when you are wrong.

45. Be sensitive to your mate's sexual desire.

46. Pray for him/her daily.

47. Watch sunset together.

48. Say, "I love you" frequently.

49. End each day with a hug.

50. Seek outside help when you need it.

... It works for us, hope it does with you too! Ü

Thanks dad!!!

2006-08-08T06:11:00.000-07:00

I just got my dad's birthday present which just arrived last weekend ...
Hah hah! It's a JVC Digital Video Camcorder!

Shukran Gazillan dad!
(Shukran Gazillan = Thank you very much in arabic)
;-)

Thank you so much dad! It's been 23 years and you still spoils me like your old little "daddy's girl"! Well, I will always be one. I love you so much! Hope to see you by the end of the year! mwah!

Tho it didn't arrive just in time for Nianne's birthday party, that's fine, I love it! =)

Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary!

2006-07-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

It's been two years since the happiest day of our lives. I've been Mrs. Carlo Cadiz for two years now and loving it so much. I've been blessed with a great, loving husband and our relationship just gets better everyday. I even think that we're actually sweeter than we were eight years ago, hahahah!

This year, just because of the unpredictable weather, we were just home the whole day watching Romance Films, hahahah! We were awake the whole night of the 30th watching All About Love (yeah, sounds crap but the film was actually nice) waited until 12midnight and greeted each other Happy Anniversary! =) We slept after an hour, woke up at 6am, had breakfast and prepared Nianne for school. Then we watched Walk the Line, which was nice as well. It was based from a true "love" story by two popular singers back on the 50's and 60's. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash, and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter. After that (since we are vampires who gets sleepy during the day and the ambiance of the rain's just irresistable) we slept until before dinner time. We enjoyed my yummy beef sinigang for dinner, brought Nianne to sleep and left to see the last full show of Click at Glorietta 4. We were at the mall an hour and a half early for the LSF so we were able to stroll around and got some gifts for the birthday kids this week. Carlo was even hesitant at first, telling me "hey, it's our wedding anniversary and you still can't stop thinking of other people", hahahah!

At the movie house we saw Serena Dalrymple, the former child star, and I can really say that she's the simpliest celebrity I saw with her hair tied-up, her cotton jacket and her rubber shoes on, it's just a movie anyways and I think that she's just being her simple self. I even asked Carlo to take a picture of us and as useless, he refused and gave another one of his hillarious comments ... "wag na, tao rin yan, mabaho din ang utot nyan!" hahahah! I told you guys, if you think I'm funny, you ain't seen/heard nothin' yet, hahah!

Going back to the film, We loved it. It was actually the first time that Carlo agreed to watch a romantic comedy on a movie house (I think, hahah), and I was really happy to know that he enjoyed and loved the movie as much as I did. Adam Sandler is just The Man! He's one of the actors that I really don't get tired of watching, over and over. The story was one of a kind (well, almost), minus the "everything was just a dream in the end" concept, but I must say, they did a great job since we really didn't notice. The story was about family, how and what if there was a universal remote control who can control the entire universe and your entire life. The moral lesson of the film was just perfect for what Carlo and I are celebrating today, Family Comes First. No matter what you do, never set aside your family or worse, never let your job win over your family since family is the most important thing in the world. We all don't want to miss anything right? Even if the time comes where we no longer have our job and everything, we still got our family left so treasure them.

So us, Carlo and I, no matter how busy and sleepless our work can be, we are proud to say that we never priorotize work (or money) over our precious daughter and her needs. From being there on her first day, week, or month in school, to being there on every school program/meeting she have, to preparing her and bringing her to school, to listening to her stories and thoughts, to reading to her to bed, to giving her everything we can, to taking care of her and loving her and everything about her, whether it's good or bad, we are always there for her, she knows that and that's all that matters.

Eight years of being together, loving each other, two years of being married, and blessed with an adorable daughter, now that's what you call a happy family. Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary Mahal! =)

taken @ Nianne Carla's 7th Birthday Party!
for more pictures at the party, click here

P.S.
Let us share two things we learned after being married for two years, check out Our Blog. =)

And mahal, I have something for you, click here. =)

a homework!

2006-07-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

Instructions:
Name ten of life's simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick ten people to do the same.
Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.

1. Everything about my Family. the best husband in the world, everybody's dream daughter, a smart mom, the greatest dad, loving grandparents, a thoughtful brother, two sweet sisters, my amazing relatives and my in-laws. The people behind a successful and happy me. Life isn't just life without them. =)

2. Being with my Friends. my childhood friends, my friends from grade school, high school, college, work, and all over my entire 23 years of life, they all make me laugh, cry, be proud of who I am and what I can. They make me realize things that I sometimes don't even know about myself. It doesn't matter what we do or where we go for as long as it's with them. I'm so blessed to a have a really huge circle of friends. =)

3. Homemaking. All of it, decorating, cleaning the house, scrubbing the walls, polishing the floor, sanitizing the bathroom, living in the kitchen, washing the dishes, organizing the closet, dusting the ceiling, taking care of my husband and child, etc, etc. I'm just one of those people who's into household chores since childhood so having a family on an early age was never a problem. I love it when I get my hands dirty and tired. =)

4. Cooking. My family and friends can attest to this. I can prepare an entire full course for an occassion, I can cook for an entire day, I can cook all my life. This is one thing I can really do without feeling tired and sorry about, seriously.

5. Work. The office is like my second home and the people are like my extended family. The friendship, the love and respect people around give me is just priceless. It's really an honor to have a mother image, being called "mommy" by more or less 100 people. My work just made me go back to my old achiever self again, made me realize that it is really more fulfilling to be more than just a plain housewife, and never regret any moment of it. =)

6. Theatre and Music. I just think that I am born to be on stage. To my former teachers and classmates, go tell them why. Hahahah! And if there's really one thing that people won't be able to take away from me, aside from my education, it's my talent. Being on stage with all the the lights, the lapel, the mic, the script, the role, the performance and everything, oh how I miss all of them ...

7. Good Food/Drinks. Yes, not just food but good food. From the amazing Chocolate Buffet at the Peninsula Manila, to the yummy buffet (breakfast, lunch and dinner) of Rafael's at the Holiday Inn Galleria, to pasta, pizza, calzone, anything grilled, Red Ribbon Ube Cake, Jamaican Beef Patties, Kenny Rogers Muffins, Dulcinea Churros, Yoshinoya, kebab, shawarma, palabok, french fries, fruit pies, cinnamon rolls, tacos, beef pares, muncher green peas ... ok, I can really go on ... hahahah! And again, from Strawberry w/Java Chips and Marshmallow Frappuccino, to Cinnamon Streusel Latte, to Melon Shake, to pure Orange Juice, Red Iced tea, Buko Pandan Juice, Frozen Margarita Lime, sub0, Nescafe Coffee, ice-cold water and a lot more ...

8. The NET. Email, IM, bloggin', websites, online photo albums, online shopping, and anything we can basically do online except message boards, sorry. I'm just not into making and finding friends online, it's like announcing yourself anonymously. I use the net to keep in touch with family and friends, knowing that in a way I am close to them is more than just a pleasure for me. =)

9. Shopping. Whether it's in Power Plant, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Market!Market!, Robinsons, SM Department Store, SM Hypermarket, Shopwise, Greenhills, 168, Tutuban, Divisoria Mall, Muñoz Market, and any other Tiangges or Baranggay Bazaars, and even online, sale and good buys really make me love life more! ;-P

10.Life's Blessings. God has been so good to us these past years. So I don't really have simple pleasures in life since everything that God is giving me are more that what I actually ask for, I always say that, I know. And altho I can really get everything I want when I want them, even for no reason at all, I choose not to. I would like to set an example to my daughter that happiness in life is not all about the things you can buy or get, it's all about how you were with other people, and how they see you as a person, which will reflect on the love and respect you will receive in return ...

Now, I'm taggin': Dad, Kevin, Iris, Rochelle, Ces, Aleck, Grace, Karen, Abbie and Josie!

And for those who wanted to answer as well, feel free to do so. Just leave the links of your blog on my comments box for me to see yours too! Happy posting! =)

... Gwennie dear, I'm soooo sorry ... I just saw it last night. Anyways, homework done! =) ...

Go Katie!

2006-07-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

OMG! My favorite actress is the new face of (one of) my favorite line of clothing! WOW! I mean, I really can't explain how delighted I was when I saw her billboard a while ago ... haaaaaaaayyyyyy ...

Go Kate!
I love your movies, I love your talent, and now, I love your style! =)

Me @ 23 ...

2006-07-24T13:59:00.000-07:00

You are a City Girl!

Whether you live in the city or not, you've got the heart of a city girl.
You're up on the latest trends - what's hot in music, food, and fashion.
And you love to be on the go. Your perfect day is filled with tons of fun.
Your perfect guy is a city guy, so head to LA, NYC, Sydney, or London to find him!

What Kind of Girl Are You?

You Are a Normal Girl

You are 40% Good and 60% Bad
Sure you've pulled some bad girl stunts in your past.
But these days, you're (mostly) a good girl.

Are You a Good Girl or a Bad Girl?

You Are Glam Sexy

You live for flaunting your sexiness, and you totally work it.
Why not? You've got the goods - you might as well use them.
You're 100% woman, and you never go out without looking your best.
After all, you never can tell when you might bump into Mr. Perfect!

What Kind of Sexy Are You?

You Are a Natural Beauty!

You're the kind of beauty that every guy dreams about...
One that looks good in the morning - without a stich of makeup
That's doesn't mean you're a total hippie chic though
You have style, but for you, style is effortless

What Type of Beauty Are You?

People Envy Your Ingenuity

You're a person with unique ideas, big plans, and a zany outlook on life. Many people look to you for inspiration.
People envy your creativity and "who cares?" attitude. They feel very ordinary next to you - and they usually are!

What Do People Envy About You?

Happy Rainy Birthday to Me and My Daughter!

2006-07-22T23:01:00.000-07:00

Another year has been, and at last, the birthday party that Carlo and I has been planning since last year has come to a success. Despite the rain and shine weather that day (literally guys, it will rain for about 10 minutes and shine for about an hour, then rain again, and so on), we have more than 50 guests and the kids really enjoyed themselves even if the place was actually wet.

Nianne really had a great time. This was actually the first time that we had a "real" children's party with all the food, balloons, games and goodies for her and now she wanted to have one annually, good luck! hahah! But of course, the best part of the party she enjoyed was opening all her presents. =)

I would like to thank all the people who made this party a success. My mom-in-law who took care of the pasta we served, my mom who took care of the sorbetero which was enjoyed by all the young ones and the young once =), my mahal who actually served as my driver during the preparation and the host who took care of the guests and all their needs while I was busy with the kids and the games, my superYaya who is really wow, despite her petite body, I can't really think on where she actually got all her energy that day, running back and forth to the venue and our house, carrying all the food and stuff with her, grabe! hahah, nahawa na sa level ng energy ko, hahahah!

And of course thank you so much to all those kind people (together with their umbrellas, hahah) who attended despite the unpredictable weather, thank you so much guys. You made us realize how blessed we are having all of you as family and friends, thank you. We are just the luckiest family having a huge circle of friends with all of you on it, salamat, salamat! =)

Thank you as well to those who remembered and greeted me and my daughter that day. That altho you guys have your own busy lives, you wrote us, called us, IMd us, sent us cards, SMS, messages, testimonials, emails, etc., all of you really made this birthday celebration of ours complete, thank you.

And of course, I would like to thank our God Almighty for giving me and our family a fruitful year. All the blessings he gave us has been more than what we actually asked for, he's really great. I know that the reason behind all the rain yesterday was because it's a sign that he was giving us a better year, hahah!

Haaaaaayyyyyy ... I can now sit down, take more sleep, get back to work and give time to myself now. Tho I wasn't even able to wear earings, I wasn't able to fix mine and Nianne's hair, I wasn't even able to wear the shoes I was planning to, my nails were done so I know, I looked good on my 23rd Birthday, hahahah!

And to my daughter, who will together with my grandmother, Lola Yvonne (yes guys, all three of us have the same birthdate, it runs in the family as they say, hahah), forever share the same Birthdate Anniversary with me, I love you so much sweetie! I honestly don't mind sharing this big day, yearly with you, and I will never get tired of making you happy and giving you everything that your dad and I can, since you, in your own special and sometimes, unbelievable ways, always makes me and your dad smile, be proud that we have you as a daughter, and never regret any of the seven years that we have been with you. We love you so much and you'll always be our little princess ...

Happy Birthday to me and my daughter! And again, thank you so much everyone!

I remember, after the party, mahal said ...
"ang galing mo mahal, pwede ka na talaga magtayo ng events organization"
hah hah hah hah!

Happy Birthday Mahal!

2006-07-10T20:43:00.002-07:00

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

23 things I want @ 23!

2006-07-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

Ha! Ha! Since my birthday is coming next week, and I've been pre-occupied with work and preparations for some events this month, like carlo's birthday, nianne's birthday, plans for our 2nd wedding anniversary and a lot more at the side, I just wanted to think about myself for a few hours and think of the things I actually want. We'll since I'm turning 23, here are 23 things I want for birthday... And altho I can technically get 'em all myself ... maybe I just wanted to give you guys an idea! hah hah hah!

So, to my dad, mom, bro, family and friends from here and abroad who regularly reads my blog, you guys don't need to ask me anymore, they're all here ... well, almost! ;-P
(in no particular order)

1) Sony Ericsson Z800i - since I just lost my lovely P910i two months ago ... I decided to just get this. The problem is, I can't find a brand new one, or even a second hand which is still in very good condition. So if there's anyone who can show me where to get one or buy me one, heheh, kidding! Just go tell me guys before I end up having the razr v3i (which is my second option) next month. =)

2) Samsung Digital Camcorder (SC-M110S) - I love this one! It's small, light, and it's a video recorder, voice recorder, MP3 player, still photo camera, and web cam all in one! cool! ... dad ... if this ain't the one that you already got me, that's no problem ... hahah! =)

3) Sony Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera (DSC-T7/S) - this is the coolest digital camera that I ever saw and held so far. 5.1mp is just enough for me, it's so thin that i can almost break it in half (hahah), and the screen size is just perfect, love it! =)

4) MAC G4 iBook - I just hope that the 15" version of it is still available. I heard that MAC now only manufactures the 13' ones and it's black, I didn't like it. =(

5) The Yoga Booty Ballet Workout Program - since I miss dancing, I need some exciting exercise and I find belly dancing boring already, I really wanted to try this one. So if there's anyone who can tell me if there's some place where they offer this workout, or if you can enroll me na rin, hahah! Or if you can get me the DVD set, mwah! =)

6) DVDs - a dvd copy of any of my favorite movies which I do not have a copy of yet (titanic, armaggedon, legally blonde 1&2, charlie's angel's 1&2, and I am Sam), or any of my favorite TV shows (season 2 of the following: desperate housewives, lost and prison break). I promise to lend them all to you after I finished watching 'em, and oh, pirated ones will do! =)

7) Magazine Subsciption - One year (six months' fine :)) subscription for any of my favorite magazines: Good Housekeeping, Mega, and Preview Magazines. I got some of their old issues so in case you need them for reference, they're all open for everyone. =)

8) Spa/Salon Packages - any spa or salon will do, I can try any treatment, I will surely appreciate any package. hahah! =)

9) Max Factor Nailfinity Nail Polish - these are just the most gorgeous polishes ever landed to my nails. And since I only use either red, black or french tips, you can give me any of those colors (including the colorless) or the whole set. =)

10) Muncher Greenpeas - yes, I always crave for these. I consider them as my healthy junk food. So if you can give me a supply of them, wow, that'll be a treat for Carlo and me! haha!

11) Potato Chips with Adobo Flakes from Top your Chips - they used to have a stall in SM North EDSA near the Cinemas on the food court side, but it's now replaced with some popsicle something ... I miss this ... I even go to the mall sometimes just to get them. =(

12) Starbucks Glasses - the six-piece summer collection one. It comes in three colors, yellow, orange and green (I think), and they're all inside a plastic carry-bag. The last time I saw them was summer of last year and unfortunately, Carlo don't have any idea on when will they be available again.

13) Waffle Maker - Nianne, Carlo and I just love waffles! So now I wanted to learn and make one myself at home, you can be a part of it if you can get me this, heheh. =)

14) Personalized Charm Bracelet - I want a chain bracelet, with the letters of my name as it's charm: N-I-C-O-L-E. I saw one already, even with the same name, I just didn't know where that girl actually got it. =)

15) Magic Sing (international edition) - do I really need to say why? hahahah! However, the WOW Philippines Edition is just not for me, sorry. =)

16) Foot Spa Device - I actually wear slippers 70% of the time, and I really think that my feet are just oh so exposed to all the stress, dirt and all. And since I have no time for foot spa sessions anymore (something I get for about once in three months nalang, grrrrr) I would love to treat my feet for a spa whenever I feel like it. =)

17) GoodHousekeeping Cookbooks (volumes 1&2) - I failed to get a copy of these two. I remember that they only costs around Php150 each ... tsk tsk tsk ...

18) a Beige Low-cut boots - it should be beige, low-cut/ankle high, pointed, with about 3 inches heels. I seriously couldn't find one! Get me a 9 please. =)

19) Guess Shirt - the most gorgeous shirt I saw in my entire life. which is of course, something that wasn't available locally. So cousins ... hahah!

20) The devil wears Prada - I just think that this will be a book worth reading for. I'm curious about it so if there's anyone there who got one, can I borrow? Or since it's my big day, a pamana is much more like it! :-P

21) a car - ok, I just realized that I got tired of the daily commuting drama. so, fine! I'll eat my words now, I no longer love commuting and I'm starting to hate it! the best solution is a kia picanto! :-P

22) MYMP's cd - the two (or three, or whatever) disc package one. I just love their music!

23) an electronic toothbrush - a nice, heavyduty, rechargeable electronic toothbrush! We already tried the once from watsons, nianne just broke it and it eats battery like there is no tomorrow! gosh! We just need one that's heavyduty and is NOT battery-operated. =)

Well, tho I got tons of things more in mind, I'm just turning 23 so 23 things should be enough for now, hahah!

Call me pathetic, I don't care! It's my birthday, it's my blog, and I'm entitled for wishes. =) I'll post another wishlist after my birthday. And I promise to put "unpathetic" things this time. hahah!

Happy Birthday Super Goddess! mwah! =)

(*_*)

knowing myself more

2006-06-17T11:44:00.001-07:00

It's a quiet, cold weekend again. So I tried to get to know myself more =)

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen
Or lend a shoulder to cry on
You're there through thick and thin
Many people consider you their "best friend"!

What Kind of Friend Are You?

You Are 80% Happy

You are a very happy person. Generally, you
feel content and that all is right with the world.
Occasionally, you have a down day - but you have the ability to pick yourself right back up.

How Happy Are You?

Your Luck Quotient: 81%

You have an extremely high luck quotient.
Not only do you consider yourself lucky, probably everyone you know does too. But you're smart enough to know that you've mostly made your own luck. By being positive, open, and flexible, a lot of luck has come your way!

How Lucky Are You?

All American Kid

Popular but not plastic. Athletic but not a jock. Smart but not a brain. You were well rounded and well liked in high school.

Who Were You In High School?

goodbye?!?

2006-06-09T04:28:00.000-07:00

If you were to choose, would you rather stick to The Habit, or go for The Dream?

changes ... changes ... I have to decide by Monday, help me.

we should have four kids!

2006-06-04T08:53:00.000-07:00

Joi and I took a cab home yesterday. It's Joi and Raymund's first wedding anniversary, and she was instructed by her dear baby to be home by 4am sharp, that's why. What's so funny about this ride is the driver. He was so kulit, telling me stories about him, his family and kids especially.

The conversation started after dropping off Joi on their place, the driver asked me if I'm still single, and I told him, not anymore, I'm happily married blessed with an adorable daughter. He laughed and said "ang hina naman ng darling mo!" hah hah hah! Then he said he have four kids, well, they're literally no longer kids since his eldest was 35, his second child is 33 and his twins (yes, the youngests are a twin) are 27. He said that he intially had a problem with his eldest son who was involved into drugs on his college years. Altho now he's ok, he doesn't have a job and his wife had to make a living for the family. Manong said he's so lucky to have such daughter-in-law, who has enough love for his son to tolerate such behavior. His second son was a good one. He's married now and is a regular employee of Citibank. The third son (one of the twins, and yes, it's a boy and girl twin guys =)) is doing good as well. He's with Tower Records (since he loves music so much) and is earning well for his family. His youngest (the other twin) which is a "she" is working as a Computer Tech in Taiwan right now. He is so proud of her, not just because she's the only one left single in the family, heheh, but because she's the most achiever among his four kids. Manong said that even if his eldest child is a failure (in his own ways), he still got the other three. So he told me, I should have four kids as well, it's an ideal count.

As I stepped out of the cab and said goodbye to the manong, it made me stop and think for a moment. Sorry guys but I really can't imagine our life like: Carlo, me, Nianne and another one, two or three! We were so used to having, being and thinking of each other, when there was a point that Carlo and I doesn't consider having another child anymore. Nianne is just so special. She was there when her dad and I started to live on our own. She was there when we struggled through life's challenges, as a parent, as teenagers, and as individual people. She was there as we grow up and achieve our goals. I really think that we might play favorites in the long run, whether it's for Nianne or the other. I'm scared.

Mybe the manong is right. Having four kids is a good idea, even two. I have read a lot of stuff about family issues and alike, and even according to my clan's own experience, it's better to have an even that an odd number to avoid the so called "middle child" between siblings. But for Carlo and I, we'll have a boy in three years time. =)

If it's a boy, it'll definitely be: Carlo Wesley A. Cadiz Jr. =)
And if it's a girl, it'll be: Naomi Charlize A. Cadiz, nice! =)

I remember when I had my interview for the Team Supervisor position, when I got home that day Carlo said "siguro naman pag na-promote ka na pwede na tayo mag-baby ulit noh" ... OMG!!! I really felt guilty! You mean all this time I was the one who wanted to put the "baby thing" aside for the mean time??? No way! hah hah hah!

Why Me?

2006-05-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

This summer, there are already two occassions that I really felt bad, stupid and sorry for myself. I hate it!

Around a couple of weeks ago, I almost lost my ATM card on a China Bank ATM machine near our place. That night (or should I say morning), Carlo fetched me at the office at around 3am. We headed home and dropped by the bank to check for salary. When I got the receipt and saw my current balance, I left the machine, got back the car and went home. Yes, the ATM card was left at the machine, and since the program is still asking "Do you want another transaction", there was no buzzer to remind me about the left card. That day, I did my regular routine of catching sleep, cooking, prepared Carlo's pack lunch, did a little reading with Nianne, and went off for work. When I got to the the train station, I opened my wallet and saw that something was missing, a red card that is usually the third on the arrangement, that's when I realized that it was missing, and thought of the possibility that it might have been left at the machine I last went that morning.

It's a good thing that Carlo was assigned at Starbucks Congressional Avenue, near our place, and near to where I currently am, the train station. I was trying to reach him while I was on my way to their store. I told him the problem and said that we need to rush to the bank and hope for good news. When I got to their store, he adviced me to first check the car for the possibility that the card might be dropped inside, but it really wasn't, I knew it really wasn't. So he took his 15 minute break and we headed to the bank which was just about 2 blocks away. We got there around past 5pm, it's a good thing that there was an ongoing party since iT's the birthday of an employees. I asked the guard on duty and explained to them what my current scenario is. The guard consulted their manager and found out that my card was recoved by the guard on duty that morning. God Bless Him! I submitted all of the identification cards I have with me, just to prove to them that I really do own the card. Then they let me in, had a little talk with the manager, signed some log book and got my card back.

To that "manong" who is the most honest person I've encountered so far, thank you very much po! May God Bless you and your family. Despite the fact that he could've just used the card (since the pin was already entered to begin with) for any personal reason, he still stood behind his honesty and principle. I salute you sir! I felt bad that I wasn't even able to meet you and thank you personally, but either way, you will always be with my prayers and that good deed of yours is something that me and my family will never forget.

Now, this morning, just around a couple of hours before my shift ends, my cell phone was stolen. Yes guys, the phone which I just purchased on January 2, 2006, used for barely four months is no longer with me. I remember that it was my last break for the shift, around 1am, I left my phone, together with my bag and wallet (as I always do) at the left side of the computer monitor on my workstation. I stood up, pushed my chair back and had a little glimpse towards my phone and to where it's at. I then realized that maybe, that was the last time I saw my phone, a glimpse which simply means goodbye.

During my break, I, personally didn't notice anyone or anything unusual on my station, or maybe because I really wasn't looking. When I got back after my break, I didn't know it yet, or should I say, I really don't know if the phone was still there, until I remember to check on any messages or missed calls, and saw JUST my wallet. I checked on my bag, the phone was not there either. The first thing that came to my mind, is that maybe, one of my friends just made fun of me, kept my phone to scare me and all, I was wrong. It was really missing, It was really stolen. I still try to think that I can still find it. We tried calling it, but all we hear is a busy tone. We digged all over each other's workstations and stuff, nothing was found. We informed the security department of the incedent, and they immediately conducted a search among belongings and amoung us, still, negative.

The whole time I was able to compose myself just to avoid making a scene at everybody's expense, it's my fault afterall. But when I got home, Carlo was on the living room waiting for me, and sincerely listened to my story and all, I wasn't able to help it, I broke down and cry, it was the first time since the incedent happened that I felt good when he comforted me. I then realized how much of a loss it really is. I realized that there's really nothing more I could hope for, it's a freakin' mobile phone you can dispatch in minutes. And more, it's a Sony Ericsson P910i for pete's sake! Who wouldn't want that?

It was so disappointing that I lost the phone that easily, without even being able to fight for it. I really feel so bad becase one, the money I used to buy the said phone is money from sleepless nights, thousands of phone calls and unquestionable hard work! Two, I have been using that cell phone number for two years now. Three, there are more or less two hundred contacts listed on my phonebook, which I really can't think of the most effective way to start gathering them again. Four, I have around 1000+ sms saved on my inbox, plus some pictures, and video which I know, is now impossible to retrieve. Five, I lost tons of important information such as passwords, confirmation/reference numbers, reminders, to-do lists, my calendar and everything on it! And above all, I lost something which is really so helpful to me and my super busy life. It's more than just a PDA phone as I always say, it's a Smart Phone! It got all the features I could ask for a phone, and even more. It has everything I have in virtual format.

I learned that in life, you really can't have the best of both worlds. Once you thought that you already have everything you could ask for, God will give you such challenges where you would feel that you can't pick up yourself anymore and move on. For the past few years, He have been giving us continuous blessings left and right, it's just now that I was, again given something that will make me feel extremely sad and cry myself to sleep. I know that some of you may say that I'm over-reacting, but guys, I don't deserve this. I have been good towards everybody in the office, they even see me as a mother of the team and calls me mommy. I never had any cold blood with anybody and never had any issues whatsoever. I am a good christian. I don't envy anyone, I don't consider anybody an enemy, and I really can't remember an incedent wherein I actually hurt someone or something, for me to be punished of such thing. I really can't understand why.

So, to you who I consider family and trusted so much for the past two years, Good Luck! I am sure that God will definitely do the work for me. Enjoy the phone, I hope you can take good care of it the way I did. And in case there's anymore conscience left on your soul, you can still give it back anytime! Or if it's not too much to ask, will you please send me all of my stored information on the phone like contacts, passwords, etc. My email address is listed there as well. If you want, I can even exchange the whole complete package that comes with the phone directly from it's box and give it to you, seriously. I just really need to have all those information back badly.

I've written a lot again. I know that it's summertime and we're all having fun and all but I just need to vent this out. I'll write something light and fun, something about our summer escapades and stuff when I got back on shape. For now, I'll first try to catch my breath and wipe the tears.

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2006-04-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

I might not be able to update my blogger as much as I do for my Friendster blog for some restriction issues ... Well, we are using Maxthon Browser in the office (the latest version of MyIE) and blogger just won't work properly on it. So for the meantime, check my friendster blog for updates, news, happenings and stuff ... take care!

http://nicoledgoddess.blogs.friendster.com/whatever_in_friendster/

2006-04-15T04:32:00.000-07:00

Two years ago when I started working ... my colleagues kept on asking me if I have a Friendster account. Well, I've heard about the said network since 2003, but since I was just so busy with college and taking care of my Carlo and Nianne, I was not a member until April 15, 2004.

One of my officemates, Baby Manahan, sent me an invitation to join Friendster on March of 2004 and I decided to open an account a month after that. I have learned and discovered a lot of things then. I didn't met people and make friends thru it, since all of the people on my friends list are people that I really know and am acquainted with. I was able to learn about these people's favorites and interests, and discover a lot more stuff that were usually not being discussed, or were never known between us and our friendships. I was able to get in touch with old friends I've never seen for a decade now (friends from Grade School), and realized that me and my "ex" can still be friends even through this simple deed of having each other as a friendster! ... hah hah hah!

For some of the others, friendster is just one of those things they do and surf online. But for me, it's been a great bridge to connect to people I know and know them better. I've been with friendster for two years now, and no matter how much pictures they allow you to have, now matter how many times they change their theme, and no matter how many upgrades and updates they'll have in the future, I am here to stay. Happy 2nd Anniversary my friendster! (^_^)

lat month ...

2006-04-12T04:39:00.000-07:00

I really am so tamad to update my
blog lately. Maybe it's just because of the unbelievable heat which results to
sleepless "days" that even the air conditioner can't fight the
striking light of the sun. Or maybe just because I am really hating my new work
schedule so much that I can't make myself focus and write ... haaaayyy ... it's
been some time since I last posted and the first paragraph of this is all about
ranting ... not good! hah hah!

Anyways, last month was all about
celebration. Some of our family and friends has graduated, while here at work,
we celebrated our second anniversary and was awarded as the Call Center of the
Year for 2005! Kudos for all the hard work, overtime, sleepless nights and all
that we all have contributed for this success. Everybody sure deserve it! Good
luck for next year. (*_*)

EarthLink Manila - Call
Center of the Year (2005) Victory Party

March 12, 2006

Coco Cobanna Grill, Rockwell, Makati

ally, joi, me and my cowboy hat =)

Ok, don't get me wrong. We
were not awarded as "Call Center of the year" amongst all of the Call
Centers here in our country, no. We are awarded as the Call Center of the year,
amongst all of the Call Centers all over the world who handles EarthLink
accounts. (for those who are not with the call center industry, sorry for the
terms, just email me, or post your questions on the comments part, hahah!). And
among all of them, PeopleSupport/EarthLink Manila won
the prestigious award. Because of this, EarthLink
management was just oh so kind enough to throw a party for us, the people behind
the success, in celebration and in gratitude for all the hard work we've shared.

We arrived at the place
around 8pm, and as usual, our team was the first few people who arrived at the
place. There wasn't any formal program at all, but food and drinks are
everywhere. Since Joi had a shift that night, we had to leave by 11pm. That was
after having crispy pata, calamares, cheesesticks with wasabe
sause, sizzling prawns, sisig, and a glass of Frozen Margarita Lime.
(^_^)

Again, my Congratulations to
us, EarthLink Manila for everything we've done for
the team and it's success, keep up the good work!

EarthLink
WebHosting Team 2nd Anniversary

March 25, 2006

Carafe, Splendido Suites

1-me, joi and rye (lasing na, hahah) 2-The
Var! 3-gwen, joi and me 4-the newest batch, Batch 14!

The party was held on a
little bar/cafe at the ground floor of Splendido Suites in Makati. When we
arrived, I really thought that the venue wasn't nice until we got to the private
function area that the team had rented for the event. It was really cool! It got
literally everything that the team wanted for a "real"
party/celebration, after all, we deserve all of it, hahah! The room has a bar, a
stage, a videoke area, some couch, chairs and tables to make us
comfortable, a DJ booth and restrooms, all on the same room! We all loved it!
The stage was perfect for the program we had (kudos to Kiko
and Joel for doing a great job as hosts, you two
have a future believe me, hahah!). The entire place was just enough for everyone
to sit and enjoy their drinks and meal, and the videoke room was just the
best! hahahah! We were all able to sing our heart out and try to beat each other
on high notes and scores! The food was nice too. Although it's just unusual that
everyone thinks that all the food were spicy except from the rice, hahah! All in
all, the party was the best party (so far) the team has ever attended. And to
the management, especially to Myke Solis who was
the punong abala for all these, I salute you guys! Sana ganito lagi!
hahahahah!

And to the rest of the team,
it's been two years, yes. Two years of working, being employed, paying taxes and
sleeping during the day. Two years of friendship, laughter, tears, hello's and
goodbye's, two years of being together. I feel so blessed that the Lord made it
possible for me to meet and be with all of them, all of you guys. You were no
longer JUST my colleagues, you are my friends, friends that I wish I've met
earlier in my life. We have come a long way already. Seeing how much our client
have given us all the work, the entire account, the trust, nothing compares to
the talent every single eRep have and shared. Thank you for hanging on,
thank you for always being there, thank you for all the love and respect you
guys have for me, you're mommy (^_^). Thank you for always making me feel so
secure at work, for making me feel special and important for the team, and for
making me a part of each and everyone's lives. I love you guys! Mommy will
always be here for you. mwah!

Iris'
Graduation Lunch

March 31, 2006

Aristocrat Restaurant

1-Iris, the graduate 2-the family
3-the graduate with her proud brother and adorable niece (^_^)

My sister-in-law, Iris, graduated
a degree on Bachelor of Science in Nursing last March 31st. We really felt bad
upon finding out that we can't attend the graduation rites since there were only
two seats available per graduate. Her boyfriend was even left waiting outside of
the PICC, sad. Anyways, The program itself started around 7 in the morning. Iris
was, unfortunately, late so she wasn't able to join the march. It
lasted for about four hours, and just when the program was about to end, my
mom-in-law called us and asked us to follow them at the Aristocrat Resto' for
Iris' Graduation lunch so we did. We arrived at the place around past 12 noon,
and it's just annoying that the sun is so up and hot outside, while it's kind of
freezing inside the place. It's a good thing that food was served right away so
Carlo didn't complain at all, hahah! We were done eating after an hour and a
half, just took some photos and asked some help from the waiters who, obviously,
are not ok with the fact that they have to take pictures of some of the
graduates and their family, the quality of the middle picture above is a proof,
sorry. All in all, the lunch just went fine, it's just that Christopher (their
elder bro) and his family wasn't able to make it, anyways, there's always a next
time. =)

And to my dearest/one and
only sister in-law, Congratulations to you dear, we've already said it and I'll
tell you again, We are sooo proud of you. Nursing is a tough course and
finishing college itself is a tough challenge but you made it. Good luck on your
upcoming board exams, enjoy all those series that I have been lending you, and
drive safely, I'll show you how to park back ways next time. hahahah! luv yah!

Kevin's
Graduation

April 1, 2006

RMCHS

1-the honors and their medals 2-kevin and
mama with Mayor Belmonte 3-the graduate

My brother dear Kevin said
goodbye and thank you to High School last April the 1st. And although he made me
an official photographer for the event and took 50 photos all in all, I didn't
mind, to think that my brother really made us proud. He was awarded 10th
honorable mention, and 7 other special awards, out of 1,500+ students in their
school. That day was really special for him. It's just so unusual that he was so
happy, happy enough not to think that it's basically the last day that he and
his classmates/schoolmates will be on the same ground, their school. I can see
that he got tons of friends as well, and like me, he was as well considered
"popular" in school since left and right, he says hi and take pictures
with them.

The program started around
2pm. The honors and their parents/companions are required to march down the
aisle one by one so we did. The opening remarks delivered by the Salutatorian
was really great, I loved it, I was asking for a copy of the said speech and
will definitely blog that soon for everyone to see. =) Congresswoman Nanette
Castello-Daza was there and gave a message, as well as Hon. Mayor Feliciano
"Sonny" Belmonte (guys, I got a chance to shake his hands twice, hahah!
pathetic me!) and he seems so nice and simple. I'm not really into politics, but
after that day, I realized that I like him ... hahah!

After calling out the names
of the graduates, after all the awards has been given, they ended the day with
the graduation song, and after that, they played the traditional "farewell"
song, and you may laugh at me, but I actually cried. I just realized that high
school was really the best part of a person's lifetime. These are the years
where you'll basically learn everything in life. This is the time where you meet
friends that will be with you forever. I am just so happy for my brother for
having a great high school life.

To all of the graduates of
RMCHS, whether you're with the DOST or not, congratulations to all of you and
may you have a successful life ahead. To my brother, good luck to you too and I
love you soooo much!

Kevin's
Graduation Dinner

April 1, 2006

Dencio's

1-kevin and me 2-kevin and nianne 3-kevin and mama 4-mahal,
nianne and me

Right after the graduation we
were all starving already, hahah! And since Carlo is so curious about Dencio's
Sisig, we went there and had dinner. I love dining at Dencio's, aside from the
known fact that their food is good, they got reasonable prices as well. So
there, we had some Tanigue, Crispy Pata, Talong Chips (my favorite), Sisig and a
fruit platter for dessert. We bought home pasta for my lolo, aunt, and the house helps.

By the way, in case you'll be
dining at Dencio's and you got a Metrobank Credit Card, use it and get a free
sisig! (",)

Happy
Birthday Mommy Edith !!!

April 2, 2006

Spring Deer Seafood Restaurant

1- angel, pepper and rose 2-nianne,
mahal and aunt marie at the back 3-iris, mommy, and some friends

My mom-in-law celebrated her
birthday with a huge lunch meal served for the entire family and some friends at
Spring Deer in Timog, Q.C. Her age is something we can consider a secret for
now, hahah! nah ... the truth is, we're not really sure. Iris and I even debated
on how old she really is later that day but wasn't able to get the right info in
the end. =)

The food at the said resto
was just yum! Imagine seafood cooked in a little bit of eccentric way. Carlo
just loved the prawns wrapped on some special breading with a sauce that is made
out of milk and spices, cool! I felt bad that I really wasn't able to enjoy the
food that much (I wasn't even able to order a nice drink *sigh) just because the
whole time, I was worried about the other lunch celebration we were invited to,
where of course, we weren't able to come.

To our dear mommy, Happy
Happy Birthday to you. We know that you'll have many more birthdays to come so
for now, we just wish you more happiness and security all for the coming years.
We'll always be here for you and we love you so much. Thanks for everything.

Well, that's it for now guys.
I still have tons of planning to do, since it's summer time and we had to go to
some places with some family and friends. And just because Nianne's 7th birthday
bash is two months from now, I got to finalize things before it's too late
(",) Anyways, for more pictures of the events mentioned above, click
here.... See you at the beach! (*_*)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!

2006-02-07T06:57:00.000-08:00

ok ... this post is
really/extremely/super late ... hahah ... since the christmas season gave me a
tight sched, considering that i was even sick the whole christmas week until new
year ... i just simply wasn't able to force myself and finish this post.

oh well here it is ...
what i've basically done ... but not all of it ... the christmas season ... =)

Starbucks Team Commonwealth Christmas Party

November 16, 2005

Giligans, QC

clockwise from left:
jackie, irene, kat, che, ayen, elaine, vanessa, clark, mark, my carlo and marvin

for more pictures, click here

Christmas Party with Friends @ our place

December 17, 2005

our place

me, kris, arah, sander, bry, and my carlo

for more pictures, click
here

it was just a simple dinner get together with some of our friends (who were able to manage to come that night, hahah!). it's just sad that some of our friends got other engagements that night like another party or work, so just few of our friends are present there.

it's potluck so everybody got some food to share for everybody. it's just so funny that chicken of two forms were present, we got roasted and fried, hahah. i cooked some beef with mushroom and
of course we hosted the rice. wacks and cess brought roasted chicken while the others brought kfc and a chocolate cake from goldilocks.

we had dinner, shared stories and laughed on some old memories we all have. we just wish we could do this more often guys ... we miss you!

PeopleSupport Christmas Party 2005

Play Underground, P3 PowerPlant Mall, Rockwell

December 18, 2005

PeopleSupport Christmas Party 2005, Play Underground, PowerPlant Mall Rockwell

for more pictures, click here

the party formally started at 6pm but i arrived at the place around past 8. the place was cool but i really don't think it fits for a company christmas party but atleast, people had fun! (well, peoplesupport is always unique that's why ... hahah ...) people can do wall climbing; the grand finals for our company's own "PeopleSupport iDoL" was held; laptops, ipods and digital cameras were given out at the raffle; heavy cocktail was served by Seafood Club (Red Crab) and Heaven n' Eggs; the PS Dance Club showed some dance moves ... etc ... etc ...

it's just too bad that our team didn't enjoy the "standing/crowded party" that much so we just decided to go some place else ... heheh ... brats!

WebHosting Team's Christmas Party "kinda"

December 18, 2005

Ratsky's Malate

right after the company christmas party at rockwell, the team decided to go someplace else and enjoy a party of our own. we went to Ratsky's Malate and partied the whole night long.

a band named S.P.I. was in-charge that night at it was sooo cool! our colleagues car and kiko even got a chance to sing on stage! (click on their names to see the video!) we were on the dance floor for about three hours ... imagine that i had to remove my heels ... hahah!

and joi just had to took a picture of it ... hahah!

all in all ... we had a great time ... we just hope we could do this more often ... really...

party!!!

kabay, isay, me, sybil, kiko and joi's hairdo, hahah!

for more pictures, click here

Nianne's
Class Christmas Party @ School

December 21, 2005

Siena College, Q.C.

nianne with some of her classmates and Teacher Nida
Cruz|

for more pictures, click
here

the party was just held at their classrooms, pupils are all in their best
party-casual dresses and are all looking sooo cute. the food is pot luck, so
everyone brought a food to share with their classmates. there were a lot of
food. enough to even feed all the children under Siena's foundation/program ...
whatever you call it. hahah!

the children presented
three dance numbers, and played some parlor games at the party. candies and
chocolates were given away as prizes for the winners. the kids really had a
great time. and even if it was just a simple gathering to celebrate christmas
together, their way, the spirit of the christmas vacation and the gifts are the
most that they loved. =)

Merry
Christmas !!!

Our
Merry Christmas

the 23rd

before having to
celebrate christmas with my family, me, joi and mic had breakfast at starbucks a
couple of days before christmas, december 23. that served as a simple christmas
celebration for the three of us who had been great friends in the office for a
while now. these two people has been my great buddies, thanks guys ... i love
you both!

joi and me

for more pictures, click
here

the 24th

on the christmas eve, we
had dinner at my mom's place around 8pm. a simple dinner get together with me,
carlo, nianne, my mom, my brother kevin and my sister alexa. we exchanged gifts
afterwards and my mom just loved the starbucks planner we gave her! my sister
was so happy with her set of hair accessories, and a pink hello kitty bag
personally picked by nianne. we were all laughing about how huge my brother's
feet are, thinking that the bench slippers i gave him was sized 12! the biggest!
hahah!

even if me and my family
just went through a lot throught the years ... i love them ... and we're still
here, happy ... together ...

me, kevin (my brother), mom, nianne, carlo
and diana (my sister)

after having dinner at my
mom's place, we went to my in-laws house and spent christmas eve there as usual.
we wasn't able to attend mass before midnight since the amount of people at the
church where enough for us not to be able to get inside.

we had dinner again and
exchanged gifts around midnight. the kids were all excited about their presents
while the rest of us were just surprised of the gifts we received. the simple
celebration we had ended around 2am. we went home and slept with happy hearts
who felt the real meaning of christmas. =)

the 25th

we spent the whole
christmas day with my aladin family at my lolo's place. we had lunch there and
some of our relatives and family friends were there as well. unfortunately we
didn't had much fun since my lolo during that time was still ill. it's a good
thing he was still able to manage to east with us at the dining table despite
his condition.

my dad called us from
saudi, as well as tito jesse from australia. christmas would be better if they
were here i know, but atleast we get to celebrate with them still, even just for
a little of time.

after dinner, we went back
to my in-laws house to check on our friends waiting for us there. we had a
little exchange gift for the kids, since albert's daughter was there as well.
the kids are really enjoying their gifts and all!

ralph, angel, nianne and lalaine

the 29th

we had lunch at tita
imelda's place on the 29th. tita imelda is actually one of our ninangs on our
wedding. we even call his husband now "Attorney Ninong" hahah! the
food was really good, personally prepared by tita mel as usual. i actually
thought that they have hired a caterer since the dining area has this long
table, simply decorated with a nice cloth and the food were all served on nice
stainless dishes which all looked nice.

i'm so excited about the
upcoming family reunion, which will again be held at their home. tita mel just
makes a perfect homamaker! =)

Happy
New 2006 !!!

how we
celebrated the new year ...

we first had a simple
dinner at my mom's place before new year's eve. then we spent new year's eve
with my in-laws at their place like we used to. fireworks are all over the
place. everyone just played with them for about three hours. food were
overflowing. as the tradition goes, the table should filled with food, all
lights should be open, kids should jump by midnight ... all of those were
actually being practiced by the family, every year, ever since. but what we
enjoy most during occasions like these, is the bond that the family share and
the happiness that the new year just brought ...

1) nianne with her ninang iris and daddy

2) nianne with her ate angel

the next day, new year's
day, we first had lunch at my lolo's place with some relatives and friends,
while we had dinner at our Auntie-Ninang Lizzie's place in lagro. we wasn't able
to attend her christmas party last december the 23rd so we made sure we made it
this time. the food was prepared by her family and the party was hosted at their
lovely home. the guest enjoyed some drinks, especially singing on the videoke
machine ... hahah ... here are some photos taken at the party ...

1) me and mahal

2) angel and lorraine ... tripping! =)

for more pictures for the holidays, click
here

another year has been for
us everyone. and whatever it is that awaits us this coming year, i wish you all
good health, security and happiness, not just through the year but through the
rest of our lives. have a prosperous new year everyone! may God bless you and
your family ... always. (".)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

2006-02-06T13:05:00.000-08:00

The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Another fantasy movie
based on a book ... series of books actually. The lion the witch and the
wardrobe is the first book of Narnia (that's according to my bookworm friend joi=)).
And although as I've always say, I am not a fan of reading books, neither a fan
of any of these fantasy flicks, but I did saw the movie just because it's a
night out with some dear friends, hahah! It's a good thing Nianne loved the
movie so that's fine.

It's me, Nianne, Wacks, Ces, Joi and Joe, at the PowerPlant Mall in Rockwell,
last full show, around 10pm last January the 15th. I really expected that the
movie would be boring and all that ... same as the "no climax - no
ending" drama Harry Potter Movies has ... I was wrong.

Narnia is different. It
gave me the origin, the reason, the climax, the ending. I totally got the
concept and it was well done. Nianne was actually planning to just sleep at my
lap, but she just can't get her eyes off the screen for the next scenario.
Awesome.

I love the lion. I actually ended up planning to get a lion for a pet when we
got home, hahah! I really think that the production really focused on making the
lion oh so perfect and amazing. Although on some scenes, I the computer graphics
where really obvious, as the colors where brighter than the lighting the
characters have. It's a good thing the actors really did a great job so all in
all the lacks all appeared unnoticed.

All in all, it was a great
film. One of those that people won't get tired of watching over and over again.
One of the type of films our local film industry should try to consider as
something they should learn to do in the future ...

Christmas in the air

2005-12-22T12:44:00.000-08:00

i haven't blog for a while now ... i miss this ... hahah!

well this was just due to the very busy schedule i have for the past weeks ... or i should say ... month. the month of december, christmas month ... shopping month. the season were people, like me are busy shopping for gifts and attending christmas parties left and right.

with regard to the gifts, i'm through ... haaaaayyy ... at last. i'm finished with the list, the shopping, the wrapping, and almost done with the giving ... hahah! it feels so good to be able to give something for everybody, especially the kids! (",) it's just so weird that each year ... our list of gifts are getting longer and longer, but it's fun! hahah!

aside from the gifts, i've been busy with christmas parties and they're all full of fun and laughter. i apologized for the parties where me and my family were not able to attend ... we'll make up to you guys, promise!

so ... some highlights first and get ready for a long detailed post later! hah hah!

12/07 : i got my 13th month pay, hah hah hah!
12/08 : my dad just turned 45 ... sorry dad, it's not a secret anymore, heheh!
12/10 : went to greenhills and started our christmas shopping
12/12 : my brother turned 17 and he's now 5'9" ... OMG!
: went to tutuban to finish shopping for gifts
: i managed to mail the christmas cards, finally!
12/13 : i officially became a gift wrapping machine !!! seriously!
12/16 : done wrapping 200 gifts, literally!
12/17 : attended Cobe's (a family friend) 5th birthday party! (for pictures, click here)
: Hosted a Dinner get-together/Christmas Party with friends @ our place
12/18 : PeopleSupport Company Christmas Party @ Play Underground Rockwell
: partied all night with colleagues @ Ratsky's Malate! wahoo!
12/20 : Exchanged gifts with colleage in the office, thanks zai, my monita! (",)
12/21 : Nianne's Christmas Party @ school with classmates ofcourse ...

and in advance ...

12/23 : Company Christmas Party of our auntie ninang's Basic Insurance Company
12/24 : Christmas Eve with my in-laws @ their place
12/25 : Christmas Day with my Aladin Family

it is definitely a busy month/season for me guys ... sorry blog ...

stay tuned for the detailed one!

Merry Christmas People! I love you all!!! mwah!

Happy Birthday Brother dear!

2005-12-12T05:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday my dear Brother Kevin!

Ate loves you sooo much!!!

even if you're now 4 feet taller than me ...

(guys ... he's 5'9" and he's 17!)
Thanks for always being there for me and my family ...
Stay gorgeous! mwah!

Happy Birthday DAD!

2005-12-08T06:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to the best dad in the whole world!

I Love You
sooo much

Thank you for everything
Thank you for being my father
...

sickness ... not again!

2005-12-07T13:31:00.000-08:00

the goddess is sick

but is still smiling

(",)

blog week 159

2005-11-29T07:46:00.000-08:00

last week ...

i just attended work for three days this week
i had four days off! =)
nianne and i had shopping and some mom-daughter bonding the whole thursday afternoon (*_*)
finally, a day of rest and relaxation ... friday! aaaahhhhhhhh ...
went to wack's birthday bash and cess' baby shower last saturday!
attended baby ian's christening (my nephew-in-law) last sunday ...

a birthday bash/baby shower

it was our friend wack's birthday last saturday, november 26, happy birthday dear! but aside from his birthday celebration, he planned a surprise baby shower for cess and their baby halo (Havannah Loren), who's coming in a month time. yes, the baby shower was supposed to be a surprise, but unfortunately, cess knew about it already a few days after wacks decided and started planning the event, so it's no longer a surprise ... hah hah!

we arrived at their place around 8pm, and found out that joi and joe got lost actually ... hahah ... you guys are so funny. we had some isaw for appetizer, then had some pasta, beef kaldereta and chicken afritada for dinner. beer and stories were overflowing, we really missed wacks so much. we were planning to go to Star City or something, that's why we were supposed to leave the place around 10pm. unfortunately, one of wacks' visitors arrived and brought a magic sing! OMG! so whatelse, we sang our hearts out for about an hour or two, until we got tired and just asked cess to open the presents for baby halo, since it's their baby shower that night as well. we gave baby halo a pair of pink baby shoes from chicco. joi and joe's gifts were as cute as well, too bad that nianne's too old for those stuff, hah hah!

we left their place around midnight. dropped joi and joe at ayala since joi had to attend to another party, and joe have to do some stuff in the office. we really had a great time.

happy birthday baby wackie, we miss you so much here at work. take care of yourself, expecially your family. we'll always be here for you guys. i'll always be your "mommy nicole" no matter what. good luck to you and cess. you guys are very lucky to have halo! we're very excited to see her grow up and befriend with nianne and pj! heheh. thank you for everything dear. we love you! mwah!

(clockwise from left)
cess (with baby halo inside =P), wacks the birthday boi, me, my carlo, joi, joe and nianne
... friends for keeps ...

for more pictures, click here

baby Ian's christening

my nephew-in-law, Ramon Christianmar Reyes-Cadiz got baptized last sunday, November 27. the ceremony started before 4pm, which was held at the Parish of the Heart of Jesus and Mary (somewhere in south triangle, qc), and the reception was held at Max's Restaurant in Roces Ave., QC.

it was just a simple and solemn ceremony, with the family, some close friends and the godparents. there was a little baptismal room at the back of the church (exclusive for baptisms) that could accommodate just a few people just to maintain the solemnity of the sacrament. baby ian was so quiet and behave the whole time, he was just asleep actually. heheh ... it was just a little funny 'coz the priest was arabic so he's some kinda eating his words, hah hah ... i'm so bad. the ceremony just lasted for about 30 minutes so we left the place before 5pm.

we headed to Max's Restaurant in roces (nice place) for the reception. it was an early dinner so bunch of food were served for around 50 guests. there's the restaurant's famous fried chicken, soup, shanghai, pancit, and some veggies with beef. it was a simple get together for the family, some of them even just saw baby ian for the first time that day, he's three months old now.

we gave him a baby bath set from enfant. i have to think of something literally useful that's why, heheh ... carlo wanted to give the little baby boi a huge box of huggies diapers (useful enough, heheh), but i really think that it's kinda stupid ... hah hah hah! at least we got something better than that!

welcome to the christian world our dear baby ian. we haven't had a baby in the family for six years now so your arrival really brought joy and happiness to all of us. your tito carlo, me and ate nica wishes you all the best that life could offer. be a good son to your parents, a great brother to your kuya rap, and a loving ian to everybody. we'll always be here for you! mwah!

baby ian on his mom's arms, his kuya rap, a ninang at the back and the priest
for more pictures, click here

a busy week it was but i had lots of fun and was able to accomplish lots of things. christmas is just around the corner so maybe the next few weeks would be spent for preparation and shopping and all that ... bye for now everyone, but let me be the first one to greet you an early ...

Happy Christmas! (*_*) mwah!

current life ...

2005-11-22T21:31:00.000-08:00

... ang aking buhay ... hindi lang puro hanapbuhay ...
(*_*)

blog week 158

2005-11-21T06:26:00.000-08:00

nianne and her twin sister, asthma =(
nianne had one of those asthma attacks again for about three days. this required her to skip school last wednesday ... tsk tsk tsk ... not good. she now have a new pedia-pulmo doctor (pediatrician-pulmonologist), we just hope she's as good as her previous one. and i just hope that this season of colds and sickness will end soon. haaay ...

it's a date!
i had a date with girlfriends joi and nell last friday. we watched harry potter and the goblet of fire at greenbelt 4 over some corndog and popcorn; window shopped for some unreasonably expensive bags in prada and alike; had dinner at shakey's, and talked for about two hours. we were supposed to have had our nails and hair done but since i had work that night, it was rescheduled.

and lastly ... i had to go to work last sunday ... sigh ...

harry potter and the goblet of fire

2005-11-20T00:47:00.000-08:00

harry potter and the goblet of fire

this was just the second time a saw a harry potter movie. i haven't red any of it's books and am not a harry potter fanatic to begin with, but i enjoyed it. the first harry potter film i saw was the first sequel, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone. it was really nice and the effects were amazing. and since i don't really enjoy these type of fantasy movies, i didn't like the story well, but the way they delivered it was really good.

harry potter and the goblet of fire was the fourth book, and is the fourth sequel of the movie series, which means, i already missed two parts. the movie has it's own story to tell so i didn't felt lost in track at all. it was extremely better than the first one, effects, character, story wise. i liked this one more. the effects they've used have improved a lot, all it takes is some smoke effects and the animation is no longer obvious, it appeared so real. the character's have improved a lot as well. they're more attractive now, hahahah ... the three lead characters are no longer kids and you can really see how much they've grown up. i can really attest to the very big difference, since i've watched them the first time.

the new characters in the movie did a great job as well. the twins (they're cute), the reporter/journalist (she's so funny), and i love harry's love interest. (be reminded that i'm not a fan so please don't ask me to enumerate their names, hahah ... ) i realized that the production is trying to get an "asian beauty with a scottish accent", that's why our Heart Evangelista did auditioned. (unfortunately, she only got the asian beauty part so she was not good enough for the role, heheh).

the story is really interesting. why in the world would you allow your child to join such a tournament where it could be the reason for his death! i mean ... in the movie it was shown that every single student would like to be part of it, and that it's an honor to be called a champion for the tournament (one of the players), but you can actually die in there. really weird. and i didn't really enjoy the part where they have introduced the so called "demon" who came back to life ... something ... i dunno, maybe it's just because i don't really like fantasies. all in all, the movie appreared so nice, kudos to the characters, the people behind the production, the director and cinematographer, the script writer, and of course, the author of the book. it's a great film and people are going crazy over it, hahah ...

after watching the film i realized that maybe i should really read the book to understand the debates on "how far/close the movie is with the book" thing. however, it's a movie guys, if they are going to film a copycat of the book and give every single thing that it says, it might be boring and less exciting don't you think? (*_*)

blog week 157

2005-11-14T23:19:00.000-08:00

random stuff last week

... at last, after like a year in the making, my new baby is now available to the public, click here ...
... i had a hard time finding a change for 500 peso bills ... sigh ... this is for a week guys!
... everything is down, outage is all over, do your job people!
... 212 calls for the week! i definitely need a vacation ...
... i'm currently addicted to kfc's chips n' dips, no idea why
... finally, stored value (mrt) tickets are now AVAILABLE ... finally ...
... i knew it, SEp910i is really better than SEp990i ... i'm now decided. =)
... i had severe colds, so i was out of my headset last friday =(
... yeah ... sam milby is really cute, but carlo cadiz is really gorgeous! hahahah ...
... carlo was on the morning shift ... and i missed him ... (^_^)

me and my carlo ... happy =)

blog week 156

2005-11-07T04:42:00.000-08:00

a day with our departed loved ones

we have spent a whole day with my late lola nena in himlayang filipino last monday, october the 31st. we know that all soul's day is actually on the 2nd of november, but we prefer to go to the cemetary earlier than the feast day to aviod huge amount of people, trash, traffic, etc.

we traditionally visit carlo's late dad and grandparents on all saint's day, but for this year, unfortunately, carlo, nianne and i were not able to join the family since carlo's schedule didn't allow us to. so for the first time in fourteen years, as carlo had described it, he dreamt about his dad ... we'll definitely visit him soon, very soon.

we used to visit my great-grandparents on all soul's day, but since both of us have work that day, it's rescheduled as well.

trick or treat

nianne attended the trick or treat party at our subdivision on monday night after dinner. the kids gather on one place, then all together they walked around the subdivision, knocked at the houses chanting ... trick or treat ... candies and chocolates and, well, junkfoods were all over. some of the kids were afraid of the dogs, some cried because they were left behind, but all in all everyone was just oh so delighted and not scared.

the children came in cute costumes of course. the others came in scary stuff with all those blood effects and masks, but we decided to make nianne beautiful than scary so she came as a princess. there was a party after the trick and treat thing, jollibee chicken, and fruit juices were served. the girl who came in a darna costume, and the boy with the vampire get-up, won as best in costumes. while nianne won as best dancer (whatelse!) along with two other kids.

the children went home with some giveaways and a lot of treats with them. but the best part of it was, the kids went home with a huge smile on their faces. this was nianne's first time and she was very happy. see you next year!

1- nianne, during the party; 2- nianne before the party; 3- princess nianne; 4- trick or treat!

Fennela Mae Nisperos, CPA

one of my childhood friends, mae, a graduate of accountancy in UST, passed the 3 (three) board exams for accountants two weeks ago! take note that this is her first time to take it, we're so proud of you dear! you're now a Certified Public Accountant, can i hire you? hahahah ... kidding!

her parents hosted a thanksgiving celebration, lunch time last saturday, and the best part of that day was, i got a chance to see my lifetime friends and even got to talk to them for four hours! wow! i really miss these girls ... i've known them all my life, they're like my friends since birth and we really treasure the friendship. what's so cool about us is that, altho we don't see each other that often, when we get to gather for a specific occassion, we just talk and exchange stories that as if we were together everyday, nothing has changed. and it's so funny to reminisce the old times, where we get to talk about those days when we were still small and playful, it's really refreshing. i really hope we can do this more often girls. and i love you all! mwah!

friends ... since birth

curiosity = coincidence

2005-11-04T03:25:00.000-08:00

curiosity = coincidence

the internet really has everything. do you agree? although sometimes it's so odd to find out that things can never be original, not even ones identity or name.

Well, since there's not much calls here in the office and i got tired of browsing and reading the same sites, i played with some search engines and look on weird coincidences i found out of my curiosity...

first, I tried searching my name in friendster, Nicole Cadiz, and guess what, there are three (3) Nicole Cadizs on the results ... how funny

then I tried searching CarloNicole (which is basically the name on our joint friendster account) and there were two results ... now this is getting to be weird ... I mean ... our so called "loveteam" is not even original? OMG!!!

And the last one was really scary. I tried searching Nicole Cadiz in google and yahoo, and the first result that came up is about a certain Nicole Cadiz who died tragically on 2001!!! Check it out!

http://www.dropzone.com/news/AcampoSkyDiverDiesinJump.shtml

it was really scary. I really used to check search engines, and it always gives my site or blog as the results when i type in my name, but when I tried it this time, the very first result was something else and it was sooo scary. I dunno. Maybe I'm just paranoid or over-reacting of some sort, but knowing that there's a "dead Nicole Cadiz" already, is really disturbing ... And guys ... FYI, that's not me ok! Hahahah ...

I WANT THIS !!!!!

2005-11-02T23:10:00.000-08:00

i want this ...

i am not a born "gadget" geek and i don't think i will be anytime soon, i'm not even a fan of mobile phones and all those stuff ... but guys ... i want this one ... can somebody give me an idea of it's cost and availbility ... please ... i really want this ...

sony ericsson P990i

blog week 155

2005-10-31T04:20:00.000-08:00

some highlights on each of the so called DAYS of the week

Monday
- had dinner with wacks, cess and joi at pizza hut
- was able to confirm something that made us breathe better

Tuesday
- had breakfast with some colleagues at jollibee
- had a serious talk with a colleague/friend sy on our way home

Wednesday
- had breakfast at my in-laws house
- accompanied my lolo to his regular eye check-up
- had lunch with the family at kfc

Thursday
- had breakfast with joi
- was brought by carlo to the office since i'm dead lazy for work
- had dinner with joi and nell at nell's pad

Friday
- had breakfast with joi and nell at Starbucks
- carlo asked our helper to leave for good ...

Saturday
- finally, i had relaxed, day in - day out

Sunday
- brought nianne to Kids@Work for some play
- had lunch at greenwich
- spent the whole afternoon walking around the grocery store
- had a dinner celebration in my in-law's house for my sister-in-law's 20th birthday

some things that annoyed me for the week

... i was late for work, four consecutive days. if not for an hour it's for two!
... i was sick the whole week but had to still drag myself to work BY CHOICE! ok!

my asthma was killing me
my cough was unbearable
my colds are hopeless

... i only had three to four-hour sleep a day (oh no, not again!)
... i am on the search for a new helper again, SOS!

comments are back!!!

2005-10-28T10:29:00.000-07:00

comments are back!!!

a whole new comments page is available people!!! check it out!

special thanks to HaloScan! (",)

blog week 154

2005-10-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

nicoledgoddess.blogspot.com @ 1

my blog turned 1 last october 18, 2005. i officially have started posting stuff to my blog on that day, tho some of the dates show that it's back in september ... a runtime error has occured that's why. hahahah!

well, since it's my blog's birthday, my gift for her is a new name, a new template, a new title and a new character and i love it! special thanks to my friend joi, who extended an extra effort to look for a skin that will fit my blog's personality. and in the end, this was my choice and it's nice. she actually ended up changing her blog skin as well, to the same concept as mine, just on a darker side, hahah! thanks dear! mwah!

we're still in the process of trying to figure out how to make the comments link work so stay tuned ... for the meantime, use the tagboard! =)

we'll be missing you friend ...

one of my bestfriends here at work is leaving for good. HE is one of the bests the company/team ever had. being able to win almost all of the client's stuff because of his dedication to his career is just one of the proofs that HE IS GOOD. he's one of the my reasons why i'm still with the company as of today, despite of all the tempting offers for me outside this company, same field of work or not. he is a true friend, not just for me but he had became a friend to carlo and nianne as well. a family friend. he was always there for me. from getting me coffee to driving me home when i'm not feeling well. come to think that he lives in Las Piñas, he drives all the way to qc whenever i ask him to. he's a good man. he loves his colleagues, he loves his friends, he loves his work, he loves the company, he loved everything for almost two years now, but the end has entered the picture.

we'll be missing you our dear friend. thank you for everything. for all the patience, the concern, the laughter and the food we all share. hahah! you'll always be my baby wackie and i'll always be your mommy nicole no matter what. take good care of yourself, cess and baby halo! my family will always be there for your family for keeps. good luck on everything, i know, you will go a long way. i love you dear. mwah!

fight, manicure, testimonial

carlo and i had a petty fight before i went off to work on tuesday night. so instead of going home, i spent sometime with my dudie joi and pampered our nails at Going Straight on wednesday morning. And you know what carlo did to make it up with me, he made me a testimonial in friendster on thursday morning. it was sooo funny. even if his testimonial was so barok with all that gramatical error and stuff, as he said, it was from the bottom of his heart. hahahah! i love you mahal, and yes, i will never leave you ... (^_^)

nianne's first ever severe asthma attack

nianne had a severe asthma attack on wednesday night. we needed to use a nebulizer (instead of her ususal inhaler) to ease the pain. we really pity her. she needed to skip school on thursday and friday, and missed 3 quizes due to her condition. that was her first time to experience an asthma attack that bad and we were so worried. i had to be absent from work on thursday to be able to monitor her breathing and medication. thank God she's ok now. and we really pray that this will be the last, if not, we hope that the next would not be worse ...

what's new with me @ PS

we have a new policy in the office. it's called the "Clean Desk Policy". employees are now assigned with lockers wherein they have to keep their stuff inside, including our bags, before entering the floor. the policy was kinda odd at first, but then we have to get used to it since we don't have any choice. we just hope that this policy will really result to a better peoplesupport that's why we're all willing to cooperate.

new schedules are now set to take effect on october 31st. it's a good thing that eventhough i have a low priority number, 22 out of 40, i was able to get a schedule that i want, thank God.

finally, i already got my new and updated company ID card. now, it indicates my updated name, home address, phone number and "person to notify in case of emergency" stuff. finally. special thanks to the admin people who processed this. may god bless you all!

joi and i went to the new PeopleSupport Center building to get our new IDs. and we were so amazed with how cool and beautiful our own building really is! we were like staring at each other, smiling, speechless with all the things are that are infront of our eyes that morning. wow is the right expression. imagine a building corner ayala, buendia and amorsolo streets in makati. and that almost everything is just at the groundfloor within your reach. mercury drugstore, mcdonalds, kfc, yellow cab, starbucks, kameraworld (and more) all in one spot! great! this just made me so much more proud that i am a part of the said company. what a blessing ...

A Gift for My Blog

2005-10-19T22:06:00.000-07:00

A Gift for my blog ...

... a new title
... a new template
... a new character

guys ... please welcome ... Gorgeous Goddess ... (^_^)

WHATEVER! turns 1!

2005-10-18T14:11:00.000-07:00

wow, my blog just had her first anniversary! i can't believe that it's been a year since i've started this online diary thing. at first it was really oh so awkward to basically tell stories about me, my activities and stuff about people i know, without even knowing who would get to read it, and what would be their reactions ...

oh well. it ended up well and i'm so proud of it! keep on bloggin!!!

blog week 153

2005-10-17T04:35:00.000-07:00

life gets better and brighter ... (^_^)

lolo's brighter eyes
remember that my lolo had underwent an eye cataract surgery around a month ago, well, we had his regular follow-up with his doctor last tueday and was advised that he's getting better each time. good! we were advised that all of his medicines, which is basically all those eyedrops he had been dealing with for the past weeks, would be his last. meaning, once he had consumed all those, he's through. what a relief! god is really good! praise him!

and my lolo is obviously better now. he can open his eye already, it's not that red or watery anymore. and he's no longer dizzy when he walks, and can now eat as much as we do, hahahah! i'm so thankful that my lolo's back to his strong self. he really don't deserve these hardships because he is just simply a good man. and we love him. =)

2nd Level National Autocross
we watched the 2nd level national autocross held last saturday, october 15 at the sm fairview parking lot. two of carlo's friends from the Kia Pride Club Philippines were participants, topy and joey. and of couse, as usual, these guys won first place on the respective levels they have competed with. these guys are good! so good! and of course we were there to support them. well, carlo was actually there to help on the maintenance of the cars being used at the race. it was a nice, successful event and were looking forward to seeing these guys compete on the finals. =)

Happy Birthday!
my bilas, rose reyes-cadiz turned 27 last saturday, october 15. it was just a simple dinner held at their place, and it was just carlo's immediate family who came. fyi: she actually have a twin sister who is as well having a celebration at their parent's house and apparently, the visitors are there so the party is literally there, hahah! the best thing that happened that night was when we actually saw the new baby in the family ian! and i even got a chance to carry him, while carlo took a picture of him while i held him on my arms. he's so charming! this is just the second time i saw him since he was born and it's so amazing how he actually got that big in less than two months! cool! we just hope to see more of him more often. we really hope so ...

and again ... if ever you get to read this girl ... happy birthday to you! another year has been. i salute you for being a great mom to rap and ian, a loving wife to per, and a caring rose to the rest of the family. i would like you to know that i really miss the old times. when we get to chat the whole day and blabber on stuff from non-sense to serious matters. thank you for teaching me how to play tongits, for making me laugh while playing under the rain, for showing me how to wrap lumpiang shanghai practically, and for just being there for me and my family in your own ways. i just think that time has changed and people change as well. i really miss the old you ... i miss the good times ... i hope we can still catch up. however ... i wish you happiness and security all the way ... mwah!

by the way ... hope you like our present! =)

a candle holder from regalong pambahay (we got her the blue one)

twister fries are back!!!

McDoncalds Twister Fires are back and i can't get enough of them. this is a product of the store which is actually seasonal ... so my current ultimate wish is for mcdonalds to make this product available the whole year round, please ...

that's it guys ... hope life would be better next week! (^_^) take care you all! mwah! i have to go get more twister fries! Hah Hah!

blog week 152

2005-10-10T04:14:00.000-07:00

lolo's fast recovery

my lolo went out of the hospital last tuesday afternoon. according to his doctors, he had a mild stroke affecting the left part of his brain, ang his sugar level (something) just went down, or it totally dropped, which leads to him being some kinda paralized for about two hours. we were all worried. he needed to stay at the MICU of the CMC for almost two days. and what's worse is that we can't be with him, we can't see him unless it's within visiting hours. all in all, he was in the hospital for three and a half days. thank god he's better now. i really feel like he's getting worse if he's away from home.

Wednesday Meetings

last wednesday, we had the worse team meeting with our supervisor. imagine this:
.... we have been asking and waiting for this for the past MONTHS now
.... he agreed, but would like to conduct it on a freakin' bar, over some bottle of beers
.... after a few words of issues and complains, he left us and smoked outside
.... then he came back, threw his so called agenda written on a piece of trash paper on the table in front of all of us
.... and he walked out, never came back
.... that night, he talked to us as normal that as if nothing actually happened

and you know what we all did, we immediately arranged a meeting directly with our Team Manager at Starbucks and it lasted for three hours. Good Luck to the so called supes ....

sore throat

lack of sleep + stress = sore throat
six days and still counting.
it hurts. aaawwwww ...

shinning saturday = sick sunday

after shift last saturday morning, we watched our team's volleyball game and it was awesome! of course they won, we're like ... great right? heheh. after the game, we went to robinson's place pioneer and had lunch at chowking. well, the others had their lunch there but since joi and i wasn't that hungry for a real meal yet, i asked her to get ice monster instead.

it was joi's first time and her reaction was sooo funny. hahah. she was like ... OMG ... ang sarap nya ... hahah! i've never seen her that amazed and satisfied over some food. it was really funny. she was sooo quiet while she munch over each mallows and cookies on fine crushed ice. hahah. dude, ang cute mo! hahah! ;-P

then we went to sm megamall and saw dubai. after the movie, i bought siomai and empanaditas, pasalubong for carlo and his family, then went home.

i was dead tired when i got home. the traffic in EDSA was hopeless so instead of taking a cab, we had no choice but to ride the mrt. haaaay ... that night, i got sick.

i was sick the whole day last sunday, i wasn't even able to eat lunch and dinner, i was stucked on the bed, i wasn't able to attend mass, i wasn't able to bring nianne to kids@work as i promised, not even at the mall for some ice cream or something, and worse of all, i wasn't able to enjoy my restday much. *sigh.

well, next week will definitely be better, i assure myself. (",)

happiness behind struggles

2005-10-05T00:35:00.000-07:00

despite all those strength draining, eye drying, mind drowning, heart breaking problems i had last week, there were still some occassions that i attended, which made me smile and be happy even for a moment. so for those of you who thought that i'll go on suicidal soon, this one's for you all! :-P

NINA Live! The Concert
october 1, araneta coliseum, with guests Nyoy Volante and South Border

you heared it right people, i was there. even if they ran out of the patron seats tickets and my ticket reservation has been forfieted already, i went ahead and watch. i was at the upper box B and was alone, so what! i enjoyed myself and that's all that matters!

one word to desribe the concert, it's GREAT! i love nina! i love her talent, i love her music, i love her revivals, i love her fashion statement, i love her attitude, i love her all in all. she's got everything. well, almost. hahah. she's beautiful, she's talented, she's smart, she have a career. the only thing that i think she's missing is a love life. well, if for her, this profession is her love life, good for her. i just think that she and nyoy are really bagay. heheh.
the concert didn't really started as on time, it started around past 9pm, an hour after the scheduled 8pm. God really loves me, i just arrived at the venue 10 minutes before the show actually started. hahah! people started screaming when nina's songs we're played in medley- instrumentally, while there's a video of her pictures and music videos and "the makings" of them were playing at the huge white screen, which also serves as the background of the stage. while these were all happening. nina was actually in the middle of the crowd, walking on the aisle to the stage like a real princess, giving those people a chance to take a picture of her, as she sings her first song let me know. people just can't get enough of her. her bouncers were really scary, and they're big, hahah.

after her first song, she shouted ... "good evening araneta!!!" ... and the people just went wild. at that point, i really felt the fullfilment and the overwhelmed feeling nina felt that night. she just can't stop thanking the people and saying thank you, and thank you, over and over again. haaay.

after a couple of more songs, she introduced her new guitarist jerome, who performed an exhibition with his guitars while nina changed to his second wardrobe. she was wearing an aqua blue dress with a pink see thru robe at first, then she changed to a yellow shimmering dress which looks more sexy. after around three songs, nyoy volante entered the scene. they sang the closer i get to you with all the choreography and acting and teasing and all those funny stuff. they're sooo cute. after that, nina left to change clothes again, while nyoy was left to sing two songs for the crowd. after that, nina came back, now wearing a very beautiful pink gown and they sang i finally found someone. it was so beautiful, the most beautiful rendition of the song i've heared so far. after the song, nyoy left, leaving the crowd asking for more of him.

then nina sang a medley of the songs written by her favorite song writer (forgot her name). after that comes south border. they're awesome! i haven't seen them perform live in front of me for years and yet they still rock! they had a song with nina, then nina left to change again. then they sang our wedding song! rainbow! and the people are just singing in chorus, it was sooo great! after the south border stint nina had a few more songs, then sang, oh well, everybody's waiting for it. love moves in mysterious ways. i really felt that love was really in the air. and to end the night, her last song was i love you goodbye.

overall, i enjoyed myself and the concert was the best! i was able to record the whole scene while south border sang rainbow, and i was able to caught nina singing love moves on video! hahah! the production was good. altho they didn't even had a theme or any design on the stage, not even any efects of some sort, nina's talent shined so much that night. and again, i love her! =)

Anne and Jhot's Wedding
October 1, Pako Park, Ibarra's Garden

before the concert, carlo and i attended the wedding of tita rea's sister anne to her long time boyfiend jhot, at the pako park. it was my first time to see and step at the said park, and it's one of those historical places you'll always be amazed of. there was a fountain at the middle of the place which is so romantic. i know that it's actually a cemetary, but there's this little chapel (which is airconditioned) and that is where the wedding was held.

it was just a simple yet solemn ceremony. and i really can see the happiness behind anne's smile. she walked down the aisle with tears and the reaction of her mom was just funny. hahah! you know parents! anne was wearing a striking white gown, and her groom was wearing a black tuxedo, they look so nice together. the women on their entourage were all wearing beautiful gowns in moss green, and the men were all in barong tagalog. the entire wedding ceremony was so organized, everyobody cooperated and were all well disciplined. when the priest gave the queue, the couple sealed a very warm and sincere kiss ... haaay ... can i get married again? hahah! kidding!

reception followed at Ibarra's Garden near the pako park. the place was really nice. imagine a miniature of the fernwood gardens in qc. altho carlo and i didn't enjoy the food much, hahah! we're sooo bad! tsk tsk tsk. we needed to leave just right after we were done eating, hahah! we had to rush to nina's concert at araneta that's why. but then, it was a beautiful wedding.

congratulations and best wishes to the newly weds! may god bless you and your future family always!

Alexa's 1st Birthday
October 2, Jollibee Pako Manila

my sister alexa celebrated her first birthday last sunday. and though she's so sick and my dad's not here to celebrate with us, it was a successful party. there's not much kids around, so as usual, nianne won on almost all of the games, hahah! carlo and i played to some games as well, but carlo actually participated on 4 games, hahah! he's really a child by heart, and he's not a "kill joy" that's why. the party just lasted for two hours. food, gifts, balloons and toys were all over the place. it was fun.

Happy Birthday to my dear sister Alexa. We love you sooo sooo much! mwah!

it was a busy weekend for me as usual. things are all starting to go back to normal again. my lolo went out of the hospital yesterday, and he's better now. thanks for all of your prayers. keep on smiling! (",)

blog week 151

2005-10-03T03:50:00.001-07:00

imagine this:

... i only had a total of 10 hours sleep the entire week.
... the pain of my urinary track infection is killing me.
... i have been crying every single day.
... our househelp is now starting to abuse our kindness.
... nianne failed two major subjects in school this first quarter.
... i had a huge fight with my mom, so ...
... i had my first official NCNS (no call, no show) record from work.
... my lolo had a mild stroke on the night of my late lola's birthday, so ...
... i had to go undertime an hour after my login.
... the Capitol Medical Center has the worse customer service i've ever deal with so far, they're useless!
... my sister alexa was sick, so sick on her first birthday party.
... carlo and i have been dealing with these weird arguments, due to lack of quality time for each other.

all of these happened on a single week and yes, i am still alive. guys, please pray for me ... i need it.

blog week 150

2005-09-26T23:02:00.000-07:00

this is a week of mixed emotions, goodbyes, being upset, and unexpected purchases ... here's why

Monday Goodbyes

goodbye daddy. just for the mean time. my dad left the country on monday morning. he is now back to the dessert and heat of saudi arabia. we'll definitely gonna miss you dad. the hug he gave me when we brought him to the airport almost brought me to tears. i actually cried after sending him a text message when he was about to go on aboard. this is one of the best time i had with him. everything will be different now, i'll not be seeing him for over a year again. *sigh* i'll miss you dad ... we will ...

goodbye nina live concert. i have been looking forward about this one for over two months now. my friends here in the office have confirmed that they can come and watch with me, but two weeks before the event, by the time that we were about to buy tickets already, they backed out. financial issues for the two and some family matters for the other, haaay. i was so upset about it, i was so depressed, i even cried. you know the feeling when you're really looking forward/excited about one thing you've been waiting for for over two months, when you even got to the point wherein you're willing to sacrifice a wedding that you're supposed to attend, when you even make yourself extra busy just to forget the wait for the much awaited event. haaay....

i may sound over reacting to you guys, well i don't care, you have no idea how bad this really is to me. i can't ask carlo to accompany me to the concert since he'll be representing our entire family to the said wedding. i know that i won't be able to ask another friend of mine to watch with me on this short notice, and as if i can manage to watch the concert alone then go home, walk in the middle of freakin' cubao after the concert at 1am or even later.

ok, i'll stop and just forget about it. as my husband said, he'll just buy me all the albums of nina, including the dvd of nina live, and will even sing the songs if i wanted him to. now that's funny, hahah! but the more realistic thing he said about this, is that maybe it's really not for me. meaning, God might be saving me for something, and that definitely it's for my own good after all, so i might as well attend the wedding instead. well, maybe.

MRTuesday

the mrt gave me a h*ll of a problem on tuesday, well not just me but most of the passangers around 7pm that day as well. one woman there was even screaming at the supervisor who were with us on the train that time, saying that they should fix their system, that they're all stupid.

it all started when the ONLY escalator on the station was not open to the public due to some "sorry for the inconvenience" fixes. so the line to the ONLY elevator in station will take you forever to catch a train. and upon the arrival of the train, if you're standing at the spot which will allow you to enter the last door located at the end of the train (gets?), the guards wil ask you to use the other doors since the end of the train is closed, and being used in the scheduled collecting of mrt cards from stations. haaay....

what i did was, when i saw the endless line in the elevator, i asked carlo to just bring me to the next station (gma) so he did. when i got there, the guy next to me, made the elevator go up to the 3rd floor, which happens to be the bridge to the other side which is not the bound that i'm going to take. so again, wasting too much of my time, we went down to 2nd floor and there i was rushing to find out that i still don't have a card, and guess what, "stored value not available" came up to my face, fine, tollerable. upon paying the ticket i purchased, here comes an empty train, but since the cashier took too much of his time giving me my change, the train left. ggrrr. so i waited, waited for about 10 minutes, until this train comes which doesn't even give me a space to step my foot on to it, it's whatelse, it's freakin' full! ok so i waited again, and this time, i got the "issue train", the one who has the end of it closed for the collection, and when i get to it, there's this lady screaming to hell, which is some kinda scary i may say, who kept on asking the supervisor when can she complain. haaay. and do you know what's the summary of all these, i'm 40 minutes late!

the rest of the week on html

it's as if i went back to college, doing html for hours, hahah. so pathetic. since there's not much calls in the office the past days, and since friendster had allow it's users to customize their profiles, i did work my ass out on some basic html for some simple animation on my profile, go check it out, click here.

and aside from that, i have been working on a new site which has it all. a journal, my photos and stuff about me (whatelse, hahah!). what's new about this one is that i will be posting some recipes and reviews on stuff categorized. i've been working on this for over a month now but due to lack of time and energy, it's still under construction. i'll get you updated once it's done ok. =)

my eyes are now "bleeding to death" due to that and my fingers just need a parafin wax, badly. haaay ...

sweet sms = S700i

well, there were still things that made me happy last week. a text message from carlo is one example:

.... i can't sleep, i'm thinking of you ...

tuesday night, around 10pm. seven years have been yet we still have the kilig factor. now, that's love. =)

what's so funny about this is what happens next.

on sunday, we went to greenhills shopping center to just window shop for some mobile phones, and just basically to have an idea of how much they cost or what are our possible options since we're planning to purchase one on january. well, by the time we decided to go home after over two hours of walking around, we passed by the new Globe Hub Store right underneath the building we parked, we saw this cutie s700i, which all of a sudden made us ask the people in the store if they accept visa debit cards, hahah, we're actually buying it already. they said yes but since we will be charged 8% interest, we ended up looking for the nearest atm machine. so there you go, carlo's plan of buying a new phone by january was moved last sunday. well, i wasn't even able to disagree with the idea since he has been oh so sweet towards me for the past days, hahah, may balak palang bumili ng cellphone, hahah!

carlo's new buddy! =) (click on the image to see overview)

while we were at the store, i'm like on the 50-50 state of buying one for myself as well or not. until this day, i'm still undecided on which one to buy that's why. i told carlo that i wanted the same s700i nalang but he just advised me to think twice, we could switch phones anyways. so, ok, i think i really will be getting that O2 mini instead, hahahah!

happy birthday ante!

a simple dinner celebration for my favorite aunt's birthday, ended our week. we were all laughing and all that and my aunt actually prepared all of our favorite food (pancit, dinuguan, menudo, etc.), she is sooo sweet.

we love you sooo much ante! happy birthday again. =)

Happy Birthday to my favorite Aunt! =)

2005-09-25T03:50:00.000-07:00

my favorite aunt is celebrating her birthday today, september 25. auntie elsa! happy birthday ante!

the reason why she's my favorite because she was just the only one around, hahah. all of my aunts were either in the states or in the province or someplace else so i don't get to be with them as often as i do with her. she takes care of our family well (aladin side). she is a niece of my lolo, first cousin of my dad so she's not even a "first degree" aunt but she loves us very much. she is with us all my life. she gave up her personal happiness, getting married is one, decided to live away from her family (who are based in pangasinan) and just stayed in our house to take care of my lolo and manage the house for years now. i salute her loyalty and sincerity.

she is the daughter my lolo never had and is more than a sister to my dad and uncle. she cooks d*mn good. she makes the best homemade suman (she cooks it and wrap it herself), and my favorite pancit canton and menudo. above all, she takes care of my lolo 24/7.

she is my aunt and yet she is a friend and even like a mother to me at times. we watch movies, go to the mall, and sometimes shop together. eating junkfoods together on the house garage with some stories is our usual bonding. i can tell her everything. and she's one of those people i consult on stuff, even personal issues and she listens to me. she laughs with me and is always there to make me feel better.

all i can say is thank you ante. thank you for not giving up on us and our family. thank you for taking care of us and for the love. thank you for your continous understanding. we love you. happy birthday, hope you like our gift! (",) ... it's marks and spencer hand and nail cream ...

movies 115

2005-09-21T02:03:00.000-07:00

movies we watched last week ...

the interpreter
(nicole kidman and seann penn)

a story about an interpreter for the UN who happened to hear a conversation about a planned asassination of an african leader. nicole kidman and seann penn were really good. this is the first time i saw a movie with this kind of concept and story, so cool. it's one of those one of a kind movies where the actors didn't fell in-love in the end, hahah. 10+ points! =)

save the last dance
(Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas)

the girl was dreaming to be a prima ballerina, while the boy is into hiphop. they met and fell in-love with one thing in common, they love dancing and they're both good at it. the movie was really an eye opener, with regard to father & daughter, mother &amp; daughter, black american & white american relationships and all that. all of the characters on the film has it's own story to tell, and they're all interesting. i looove the moves and all the choreography and all that, all of a sudden i missed dancing ... haaay! 10 points!

about a boy
(Hugh Grant)

a story about two "boys" actually. the first "boy" is a 12 year old student who had been through a lot on a young age. his mother had commited suicide, he is never happy in school, he thinks that his life is actually nothing. while the other "boy" is 38 year old bachelor, who actually think that every man is an island for he lives alone, and live life on his own. the way these two boys made a connection and happened to be a special part of each other life is where the story revolves. the movie was based from a famous book and i really think that the story is good. the characters were a little funny and they're all unique in their own way. 9 points!

blog week 149

2005-09-19T06:34:00.000-07:00

eye operationS
two people in our family have underwent an eye operation, my lolo and my sister alexa. my lolo's was for his cataract, while alexa's was for her eye holes above the nose which were not developed when she was born. i was like at the udmc 3 days on a row, i felt like smelling like hospital already, hahah. it's a good thing that both of them are good now, especially alexa, but of course, continues medication is a must.

my dad's dinner despedida
last sunday, we were at my dad's place for a despedida dinner. well, it's more of like a despedida party, coz people are like all over the house the whole day. =) food was just all over the place and everyone just enjoyed the time left for us to see and be with my dad on this vacation he had. we'll really gonna miss him ... so much. =(

sweet messages
i received an oh so sweet message from someone last week which really touched me. the message was from bernadette, a former classmate of mine during highschool days. she was really never a close friend of mine, but she sent me this in friendster ...

... lam mo u look so hapi wid ur lyf ryt now...bilib ako sau even b4.u r such a strong gurl...kht hndi tau nging supr close b4,i must admit dmi ko inadmire sau....U GO GURL!!! ...

thank you so much for the message dear, and as you've said, we were not that super close back then but you had find time to send me a very inspiring message such as this. thank you very much and good luck to you! =)

it really feels good to know that a person can be an inspiration to others. i feel so fulfilled. (",)

movies 114

2005-09-14T23:39:00.000-07:00

hey ... it's been a while since i posted reviews on movies i recently saw. oh well, it's been a while since i had a chance to see some movies over some weekend nights, that's why. ok, so here are the movies i saw last week ...

The Pacifier

(vin diesel)

this one's totally awesome, it's now on the list of nianne's favorite movies so we're like planning to purchase a copy for her soon. the story was nice. altho they have in some way related the story to the sound of music movie, it's like the modern day version of it that people were able to relate much more. it sooo cool! 10 points!=)

closer

(julia roberts, jude law, natalie portman, clive owen)

a story about two couples who had basically loved each other's partners. the story was a bit complicated, tho we know something like that really does exist. the characters being played by the actors are not even related, at all, so you'll like think on why did they actually bumped into each other's lives. roberts is a photographer, law's an author, portman's a stripper and owen's a dermatologist, cool! the only thing that i didn't like much about the movie is that the characters actually overused the word f*ck! and all they can think of is sex and all about it, sorry but i dind't like that part. the ending of the movie is something that i wasn't able to absorb as well. watch it and just try to explain to me what happened to roberts there ok, hahah. 8 points!

Miss Congeniality 2

(sandra bullock)

a follow-up to the success of miss congeniality. but this time, no more beauty pageant involve, but this time, showing her being an armed and fabulous FBI agent, the sub title says it all. in this movie bullock was paired with another good actress, regina king. their tandem was really cute, black beauty VS white beauty, king is really a great impersonator for tina turner, i love the production number, hahah! in this movie shows that two people, even from two different races, of two totally different personality, can be partners and great friends, wow.
10 points!

Casper meets Wendy
(hilary duff and casper)

another one of those casper adventure movies that's for the whole family to enjoy. but the interesting part about this one is that the character of wendy was played by the now so popular hilary duff, yes, that lizzie mcguire! this movie was produced seven years ago, so i think she was around 10 then, or something close to that, hahah. it's a good movie and casper is sooo cute as always, heheh. nianne didn't get bored so, 7 points!

Final Fantasy

carlo chose this one, and he didn't know that the charaters are not even humans, hahah. ok, it's a so called high class cartoons, but sorry, i was never a fan of these tyoe of flicks. 7 points for the nice effort and effects. i'm sooo bad ... hahah

Nasaan ka man
(claudine barretto, jericho rosales, diether ocampo)

another one of those local movies we can be proud of. the storyline was one of starcinema's one of a kind concepts. and i would like to salute the actors and all the production staff behind it. we should always make films like this, we really should. it's a story about three people who were adopted by two single sisters, who had loved them like their own ever since. two of the said orphans, barretto and rosales, fell in-love with each other. when apparently, ocampo also have this hidden desire for the girl, this is where the story started to be more interesting. the way the story actually ended was really unexpected, it's awesome. 10 points!

blog week 148

2005-09-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

an ear operation
my mother-in-law just had an ear operation last tuesday. it was an infection on her left ear that made her suffer for years now which made her decide about it. it was years when she cannot dip her head when she swims, she cannot take a bath without her earplugs, and that left ear is already deaf so she cannot use it for telephone conversations and alike. we visited her on wednesday morning and it's great that the operation was successful. she was so hungry craving for Jollibee Longanisa breakfast meal already, hahah. she was even taking pictures of her operated ear and all that. hahah. get well soon mommy! =)

lunch @ our place on Grandparent's Day!
it was Grandparent's Day last sunday, and since my dad haven't seen our place yet, we invited them for lunch. there was boxing during that time as well so my dad's attention was more on the fight than on the food. sorry dad, i forgot you're allergic to squid =) my lolo requested calamares, and out of my excitement to prepare one, i actually forgot that my dad has this slight allergy to seafoods so he wasn't able to eat those. it's a good thing we had beef so he's fine. hahah. my dad was just so happy to see our little home. and it really shows that he's so proud of me being able to design the house my style, which is lovely as he've said. =)

Happy Grandparent's Day to all of our grandparents! Lolo Eliong, Papa Ray, Lola Yvonne, Lola Hening, and to our late lolos and lolas, we love you all! forgive us for not being able to greet everyone in person, like papa ray, we even failed to call you, lola yvonne and lola hening, we're so sorry. well, it doesn't make us bad apos right? heheh. we love you all and thank you for all the love. greetings from me and my family. (",)

a horoscope ...

2005-09-08T04:28:00.000-07:00

i just saw my horoscope for today in friendster, and this is what it says ...

You're so good at taking care of others, but isn't it about time you put yourself first? Make a point of doing it -- otherwise it's all too easy to assume the position of martyr and secretly resent other people for not seeing your needs. Practice recognizing your own requirements and meeting them. Not only will this defuse any resentment, you'll actually be prepared to give more, and from a very genuinely generous place.

whoah! that strucked me ... it made me think about this trait of mine ... hmmmmm ...

blog week 147

2005-09-05T06:32:00.000-07:00

yes, we are not a perfect couple
i just thought of sharing this to you guys. carlo and i had a misunderstanding last wednesday, which lasted around 30 hours, hahah. it started because he has been so sarcastic when he speaks to me the past days. i understand that it's because he hardly sleeps and that makes him hot tempered of some sort, but i just thought that it's too much for me to handle already. i went to work without even kissing him goodbye, so he knew i'm mad, well actually, i'm hurt. he said sorry and texted ...

.... i'm sory kung ganun ako magsalita pagpasensyahan mo na ako. tinotopak na naman yata ako. sory. Happy 1 yr. and 1 month Wedding Anniversary. Luv u mama. mis na kasi kita eh ....

now that's something. it was actually the 31st of august. what i did was i went half-day at work and surprised him by arriving at their store to fetch him at 2am, hahah. i love you my sweetheart! =) it feels good to argue once in a while, hahah.

nianne's adjustments
since we had decided to just get a school service for nianne, it is really a huge sacrifice in her part. she had to wake up at four in the morning, do her routine before school (eat, bath, etc), stay at the school service and travel around the vicinity for two hours (since she is being fetched around 5am, and will arrive in school at 7), be at school for more than five hours and arrive home after an hour and a half after class, she is sooo tired of her schedule everyday. well, as we've explained to her. she's a big girl now, and if she wanted to have a baby in the house, she have to learn to make sacrifices for the family. i'm just so lucky that our daughter is a smart girl and that she loves school that's why everything is no problem to her. anyways, it's just seven months to go and we'll definitely transfer her to a better school.

PJ's christening
we attended PJ's christening last sunday at the sacred heart parish in makati. the ceremony was so solemn, PJ was so quiet and asleep. well, not until the priest poured the holy water on his head, he actually cried for some weird reasons, hahahah. and the priest actually called him Pakko ... hahah, so funny. the reception was held two hours later, yes, two hours later. so wacks, cess, joi and i went to glorietta first and had lunch at heaven n' eggs. and since the reception will be held on a park, joi and i were forced to buy some slip-ons in replacements to the heeled shoes we were wearing that time. haay. it was a potluck merienda reception at the San Lorenzo park (at the back of glorietta) and we actually enjoyed the relaxing feeling, smell and all that. it's been a while since i've been on a park to relax so it's nice. we headed home around 4pm.

welcome to the christian world PJ! and to the parents, pakko and toks, it's good to see you guys, kudos to the one of a kind baptism, we had fun. =)

finally, they met already
carlo and i had been together for more than seven years now, but it was just last sunday that his mom and my dad met in person. hahah, funny and weird. due to some circumstances and busy career life of those two people, it's just last sunday that they actually met over some dinner my dad prepared in their home, well, our home as well, heheh. it was cool, they shared a lot of stories already and acted that as if they've known each other forever. finally. no more strangers in the family. hahah.

whattaweekend!!!

2005-08-29T23:39:00.000-07:00

not one of my ordinary weekends ... here's why

my Mom turned 45
it's my mom's birthday last saturday, august 27. we weren't able to celebrate the event like we used to, since she has classes that day, which lasted until about 9pm, and carlo has work that night so we didn't eat out as well. she just bought some food for a simple dinner in her house, and i know that simply because the three of us, her kids are there with her, she's happy. we gave her a set of Magnolia Soap from Marks and Spencer, and reminded her that it's for bathing and not for display purposes, hahah!

and to my mom ... it has been 45 years since you were born. Athough we were never a perfect "mother and daughter tandem", i love you. and i wanted to thank you for everything that you've given to us. i'm sorry if i was never a "dream daughter" for you, it's just that i'm better and more than that as you've said. life is too short, i just hope that soon we would be able to do something about our differences. but then, i'm very proud to have a mother like you. i wish you all the happiness that you deserve. Happy Birthday.

our Tagaytay instant getaway!
we were really planning to just attend mass and eat out last sunday. but when i told my dad that we wanted to go to Tagytay, he agreed so we went. we left manila around lunch time. we went to tita rea's place in cavite to fetch her and alexa, we had late lunch there and the rain was really pouring out hard. we thought that the tagaytay plan will not pursue, but by the time we were about to leave, the rain stopped so we decided to go ahead.

it's drizzling in tagaytay and due to too much fog we wasn't able to enjoy the view. we just drove around and had snack at Bag of Beans Cafe, and the owner of the place, Chat, and my dad were actually acquainted, they're basically not friends but they know each other. we had some pasta (lasagna and puttanesca), their famous beef and gravy pie which is sooo yummy, and their oh so tempting Frozen Hot Chocolate. carlo was observing too much coz' he doesn't feel comfortable being on a competitor's place as he said, hahah, so funny.

after eating we went to the resthouse of our Lola Susan Meyer and the garden was really AWESOME! the place was really wide, surrounded with plants and beautiful flowers, flowers that were even from other countries, exotic plants and all that herbal leaves, they're all there. the place was really beautiful. see it for yourself, buy the August issue of MY HOME Magazine, the garden was featured in their My Garden column, that's how beautiful it really is.

to end it all, we dropped by some fruit stands to buy fruits and the famous Collette's (did i spelled it right?) for some sweets. we really enjoyed ourselves. everybody was like laughing and my dad's stories and jokes were non-stop. we're planning to have another out of town trip next week, and we're all excited about it! =)

another Cadiz was born
rose reyes-cadiz, my bilas (wife of christopher, carlo's brother, get that?!? hahah) gave birth to their second son last sunday, august 28, around 7am. we remembered that she should be due by september, it's a bit earlier than expected so the baby is still on an incubator, while his mom is still at rest, recovering from a cs session. we were planning to visit them by tomorrow, if schedule will allow then. we're all excited to see the baby! it's been six years since we had a baby in the family so it's so nice to have a blessing and joy in his character. according to my mom-in-law, the baby will be named Ramon Christian Reyes Cadiz, cool! ramon after their late dad which is the lolo, and christian after the father, christopher.

to our new nephew, we wish you all the best of everything. we'll always be here for you. mwah!

blog week 146

2005-08-29T01:44:00.000-07:00

life just gets better and better ... haaay ...

email is everything
the week started with huge amount of calls on queue due to the mailserver outage of our account. around 25 to 50% of our customer's emails just stopped working for some weird reasons. the issue was resolved on wednesday night but the queue just never stopped till friday. i really don't know why but for some people, email plays a big part on their business, or more than that, their life, that's why. tsk tsk tsk.

issues resolved
finally! we got a new househelp. her arrival and appearance was not really something that we have expected all along. but who cares! finally, the sleepless days, skipped meals and all that issue about taking myself for granted are all over. hopefully, enough sleep and meals on time will be back, and i can pamper myself now, hahah. by the way, thank you to everyone who helped me find a helper, who were also the people who congratulated me since i already have one, hahah! and aside from that, our issue regarding nianne's transportation to school have been decided already. carlo and i just realized that it will be more convenient for both of us, since were both working night shifts, and that since nianne is big enough to make sacrifices for the family, we just let her on a school service. she will be fetched at 5am everyday and will be home and hour and a half after class, but that's life. we're just lucky that our daughter is mature enough to understand that her dad can't afford 3 hours of sleep a day just to bring and fetch her to school so she understood, and she actually love the whole school service idea anyways so there's definitely no problem. haaay ... thank god...

insular life building got it's life back
have you guys seen the new Insular Life Building? (ayala cor, paseo de roxas, makati) it's awesome. sorry but when i started working in makati, it's basically one of the old and not so pretty buildings here in ayala, but look at it now. it was renovated, and was transformed to be the center of all the needs of people working around the vicinity. it got almost everything. imagine jollibee, delifrance, pizza hut, gerry's grill, yellow cab and starbucks all in one stop! it's like wow! awesome! and the best thing about it is that the said building is right beside ours, hahahah! love it!

call center of the month (july)
whew! EarthLink Manila (peoplesupport team of earthlink) ahem .. ahem .. is again awarded as Call Center of the Month for July! cool! we're sooo good guys! were unbeatable! i salute all of us! wow! well, as usual, yellow cab pizza and kfc chicken were all over the floor, yummmmm! keep up the good work guys! i'm proud to be part of this team! i really am! (",)

blog week 145

2005-08-22T23:01:00.000-07:00

mahal ko, i salute you!
my husband carlo just got regularized. congrats mahal, now you're paranoial about it has come to a good result, heheh. i love you my barista! keep up the good work! ;-)

nianne on letters, numbers and losing teeth, hahah
my daughter nianne just can't stop reading nowadays, i dunno, it's just now that she actually is fond of reading stuff, i mean everything, billboards, labels, titles, commercials, and just every single word that came accross her eyes, she tries to read it. it's just now guys, nianne just hates letters but when it comes to numbers, she just can't get enough of them. as early as 5 (years old) she can already count from one to a hundred, add and subtract, even fractions. but when it's about time for reading and writing, she hates it. well, all i can say is thank you God for knocking her head and making her realize that she's already in grade school and play is now the least priority, hahah. and by the way, she just lost one of her front tooth. she looks funny, but the story behind it is just funnier! she was eating popcorn one evening before bedtime, when she suddenly felt that her tooth just cracked or something, so she cried and screamed and called her grandma (her mommy edith, carlo's mom), and said that it really hurts (well i think she's just scared, heheh). so my mom-in-law just used the traditional thread and pulled her tooth off. it was really cute. now one of her permanent front tooth is starting to come out so we're all excited about it. ;-)

kevin on the UPCAT
i just had a nice conversation with my bro last saturday, while waiting for our dad, and he just told me stories about the upcat he took. as usual, the math part of the exam was just that simple for him, but he said that he wasn't able to finish it due to time pressure. and guess what, he wasn't really sure about the reading comprehension part of it. he's reasons, he is already dying to go to the restroom, hahah. i knew it bro, you hate english and i love english and you love math and i don't love math that much, that's life, heheh. good luck on the results, i know you'll make it! 'kaw pa eh mana ka sa akin, hahahahah!

Welcome to the Christian World Alexa! ;-)
my half-sister (my dad's child with his second wife tita rea) ALEXA just got baptized last saturday at the Sto. Domingo Parish, where apparently, me and carlo got baptized as well =). the event was just simple but well organized, the preparation for the gathering was well managed by my step-mom, naks, galeng. the ceremony was done on the little chapel they have designated to baptismals, and it's just the ninongs and ninangs who are allowed to enter the room, well, kevin and i managed to sneak in as well, heheh. it ended after an hour, then we headed to the reception, which was held at the chinatown's best food buffet in banawe st., qc, and the food was great! my sister received tons of gifts and nianne just enjoyed opening them all, heheh, well, we just thought a ten month old baby still can't so we let her did it. all in all, the event was successful. and to my sister alexa, yes, the message on your signature frame is sooo true, you're really my dream sister who came into reality. i'll always be here for you, be a good girl and always be a stand out like ate, hahah! ;-) mwah!

I ...

2005-08-18T22:55:00.000-07:00

I AM: a loving wife to carlo, a proud mom to nianne carla, and a special "nicole" to all of you!

I THINK: that life should be lived to the fullest, and greatest!

I WANT: to go back to school, and this time, be with the thing that i really love doing, and where i know i am at my best each time, theatre arts and music!

I WISH: that i would be able to achieve all of my dreams the right way on it's perfect time.

I FEEL: blessed, happy, loved, complete and fulfilled!

I LOVE: the life that was given to me, all about it!

I HATE: it when i got nothing to do, anything mabaho, and people who just can't manage their own business! please!

I FEAR: losing someone i love, even someone i just simply know.

I REGRET: those times when i let other people decide for me, and the fact that carlo and i just got married last year, we should've lived on our own since start, tsk tsk tsk ...

I ALWAYS CRAVE FOR: time, more time (it's never enough for me to be able to do the things that i need and want to), and sleep (i need this, and i think i really do, hahah)

I ALWAYS: think of other people's benefit first in everything i do.

I AM NOT: who you think i am according to rumors and on what other people say, hahah! read the testimonials for a start, or better yet, get to know me!

I CANNOT: stop talking. sorry. :-D

I CRY: all the time (happiness, failures, hardships, movies, stories, other people's issues) i'm such a cry baby. huhuhuh ...

I SHOULD: learn how to get mad at people, and even fight back when needed. i just can't ...

I AM CURRENTLY: enjoying all the blessings from Our Father, loving life more and more each day. (",)

*this is a so-called "chain post". share yours, post it in your blog ...

blog week 144

2005-08-15T05:08:00.000-07:00

same thing: not much sleep; dry cuticles; endless househelp search; nianne still as a human doll; carlo has to spend more time with his mistress named espresso machine; and me; i need a vacation, please ...

sleep problems and the coffee after effect
i noticed that for the past weeks now, i will start to feel sooo sleepy after 1am, which is usually not the case. no matter how much cups of coffee i drink for the entire shift, it doesn't work anymore. =( during the day, i now manage to sleep from 8am to 2pm, which is around 6 hours, which is double the 3 hour sleep i have been struggling, so it's definitely better! but then, i will still start to crave for the bed after eating lunch in the office, and it's not good. i need to do something about this. . .

mom and daughter date
nianne and i spent some bonding time together last sunday. first, we had late lunch with carlo, but since carlo had to leave for his 4pm shift, nianne and i just decided to stay at the mall, do some little shopping and watch a movie. we just stroll around and bought some gifts for people. first we bought a baby gift set (powder, lotion, soap, etc) from enfant for my sister alexa's chritening on the 20th. then we bought a set of magnolia soap from Marks and Spencer for my mom's birthday on the 27th. then we bought a black polo-shirt from bench for carlo, i haven't given him a wedding anniversary gift, since after all these years, it's so hard to think of a gift that will surprise him, and at the same time, will be something he like or need. so i actually waited for him to say something that he want, in this case, he said he wanted to buy a black polo, so there. he liked it as usual, hihihi. then we watched ice princess over some fruititas melon shake and our favorite potato chips with adobo flakes in chezzy garlic sauce from top your chips. we went home around 8pm.

Ice Princess
a story about a teenager, who had decided her future over an entire summer period. she had to choose between a Physics Scholarship with Harvard University, and of course skating. her physics professor on her junior high gave her a chance to get a recommendation for the said scholarship, only if she can give him a good "phisical" research. and since she oh sooo love skating, she used it as the subject for her research, she used different computations and stuff, using the magic of physics to measure a skaters movement, grace and all that. then she just ended up enrolling herself to a course, got accelerated two levels, and just found out that her calling is really for skating. so after saying "no" to harvard scholarship, breaking her mom's heart, and working her ass out to pursue her training for skating, in the end, she was at her best with everybody by her side for support.

it was a good movie, another one of walt disney pictures that's why. the story line was something we can call original and interesting. the concept, and the idea of how a summer vacation can actually open you eyes to what you are really destined to be and will make you change your entire plan for life ... watch it!

after the movie, nianne just can't stop immagining herself skating, hahah. and she's really making me and her dad kulit about persuing the skating lessons she was supposed to have taken last summer, let's see! ;-)

Filipino ... Be Proud

2005-08-12T04:10:00.000-07:00

i got to watch a special episode of Mel & Joey (formerly Mel & Jay (channel 7)) last sunday. it's for their first anniversary special, which features filipinos living and working in san francisco, ca, usa. the stories and the people are really funny, and it made me feel mixed emotions, here are they and why ...

sad. some filipinos there are living alone, away from their friends, away from their family, away from their so-called home. i really felt sad about the fact that some people really need to sacrifice their time away from their family to earn a living. i know that we have a saying that goes "people can't live on love alone", but do you think life would still be good if you have all the money without your loved ones. i don't.

happy. filipinos are all over america. some of them actually have built and live their lives there for years already, even businesses. there are more than 10 jollibee stores all over san francisco alone, and it's funny to see the houses/ kitchens of the filipinos there, they got filipino stuff inside their fridge, even stuff that is not even available for purchase in their place. some of them got tuyo, buko pandan, daing na espada, bagoong, datu puti suka, and even tupig from pangasinan. it's really funny how filipinos can really find ways to get what they want, hahah. and it always depend on the need. one of them even have a tabo on her closet, hahah, really cute.

proud. there's one place in san francisco who actually have a mayor who is pure filipino, born and blood. sorry for not noting his name, but he actually have people working for and under him, some of them are even americans. he said during the interview that of course nobody can avoid intrigues and all that discrimination, but what can we do, filipinos are great, we can do things that some other people from other races can't, and there should be no problem with that especially if we're always doing a great job!

amazed. i love dory of finding nemo sooo much. my daughter and colleagues can attest to that. and i was really amazed to find out that the creator or the person behind the character is a filipina! (the charater, not the voice) sorry but again, i forgot her name, i tried to find it, but i wasn't able to, but still, she is a filipina. she studied in saint's scholastica and in the university of santo thomas, she sent some samples of her works directly to pixar animation and right after graduation, she flew there and worked for the said company. it's sooo cool and amazing and all that. i mean, the person behind the idea, appearance, the moves, the character of dory, was all from a young talentd filipina like her. she's an inspiration.

there are countless of reasons why we really should be proud to be a filipino. let me and the call center industry be an example for one. almost 80% of the customer service or technical support of some businesses on other countries are all outsourced in our country. why, one, of course, let's face it, it's definitely a good choice for them since the pay we get is just an ample amount out of the huge profit they will be getting from their clients, but two, let them face reality, we are good! agents for technical accounts are always at their best, meeting their set metrics despite the fact that training was just conducted for a couple of weeks. and why do you think filipino nurses are "in-demand" on foreign countries, it's because nothing can compare to the way filipinos love their work and the people they work to or with.

i know that there are so so so many issues and, ok, problems that our country are suffering from right now, but hey, life is good, and even out of this simple post of mine, i wish that some of us might start to think that the glass is really half-full. those filipinos abroad should serve as an inspiration to us, not to migrate, hahah, but to believe that we have all the reasons to go out, explore, and succeed, yet still proud to be pinoy! ;-)

Hahahah ... this is funny!

2005-08-12T04:08:00.000-07:00

and this is just one proof that i really oh so love this thing! hahah!

Which Finding Nemo Character Are You?
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blog week 143

2005-08-08T23:04:00.000-07:00

another week has been guys and it's basically the same thing. making myself fit to balance work in the office from work at home. still craving for some more sleep. missing the kind of weekend i used to spend with my husband before, it's really hard, i miss him sooo badly. and a lot more self issues that i could just keep to myself for now, hay....

I hate the Rainy Days
the rainy days just don't work for me, us, our family. i dunno, i just have this colds and flu (yes, i admit it now, this is no longer an allergic rhinitis, sipon na sya, isang malalang sipon!) which has been a pain on my nose, chest and head for the past couple of weeks now. imagine this, i work on a graveyard shift, i only have like three hours of sleep a day, and it's raining outside. (lack of sleep + rain = flu) i am actually drinking this freakin' vitamin c, and i really feel that my colds get worse each day as i take another tablet of it. hahah paranoid. well, anyways, aside from the colds, it's really hard to do the laundry, it takes forever before they are ready to be folded and kept. carlo and i were kinda considering the commercial laundry now, maybe next week. the third rainy issue was our dirty kitchen, it's always wet, and slippery and all that. i don't even feel comfortable cooking and doing stuff in there these times coz' it's freezin' cold out there. and most of all. during these rainy days, all three of us are at the risk to get sick and all that where it shouldn't be. so rain, rain, please, go away for now.

I can't get enough of my sister Alexa ;-)
she is now 10 months old and she's soooo cute. she's so sweet and cuddly to me and all that, i can't help but just carry her, and hug her around, and play with her, and feed her, hay. babies are just oh sooo nakakagigil! i honestly wanna bite her each time, heheh. i really miss those days when nianne used to be that small. hahah. but no, we're not having a new baby ok, not anytime soon! hahah!

The so called queue
we've been queueing for the past week. again. i've been handling like 50 to 60 calls a night and it's not a joke guys believe me! i can feel and taste blood in my mouth already, hahah. scary. well, looking forward to the upcoming holidays where we'll be enjoying the so called petiks, hahahah.

till next week guys. i know you luv me so help me find a helper soon! heheh.

blog week 142

2005-08-02T00:14:00.000-07:00

it's been a year since carlo and i got married, still haven't had enough sleep, in a way used to just taking a three hour rest each day, unintentionally skipping dinner every time, still can't find a way or should i say, still searching for the best time to go to the salon, goodbye Puerto Gallera Plans, and still looking for a househelp. haaay... what a so called life, yet, the marriage has been a year ... i'm happy.

MR. AND MRS. CARLO and NICOLE CADIZ turns 1
it's been a year. the memories of that very magical day, when we promised with each other to love and all that are still very much fresh in my mind. it's a very blessed year, although, the plans that we really have for our first wedding anniversay didn't happen, not even one of them, we had a simple celebration, and the fact that we are all together, we're happy. the day started when carlo sent me a message saying ... Happy Anniversary ... @ 4am. and the simple whole day celebration begun. well, as you all know, (well, that's if you've been reading this blog ever since) we were really planning to have a trip to Puerto Gallera. we been planning of going there even before, the wedding, hahah! well, that was after we've been to la union. since time didn't allow us to have a so called honeymoon, we just decided to celebrate our first anniversary there. out of the most unfortunate events, hahah, it rained, carlo's request for a two day restday was not approved, and i was not feeling well to travel so we wasn't able to go. however, we got plan B, go to splash island or 8 waves, but as said, it rained so it didn't happened as well. we decided to just buy all the food we wanted to eat that day and share a feast lunch with the three of us. heheh. we had a bilao of pansit malabon, a bucket of kfc chicken, some grilled liempo, lots of rice and soda the complete the drama. we had lunch at home, yum! then we attended mass in the afternoon, to the same church we had our wedding and nianne's baptism, then we just walked around sm north edsa to look for some good stuff from the sale. then to complete the day, we went to the grocery store, hahah, as useless. well, as simple at it may seem, we are together, we are very much blessed, and we are happy. it's definitely very much better than any out of town trip. =)

Not Just your Ideal MousePad
dad gave me a really weird/cute/ergonomic/unique mouse pad. he got it from saudi, its color is blue-green, kinda transparent and of an oval shape. but what makes her unique is its gel where you can actually put your wrist on as a support or rest. and it's gel, cute! heheh. anyways, thanks dad, you always got great ideas on stuff. i just wish it wont't be stolen or something here in the office.

Just in the Mood for Shopping this week
i bought a new pair of white flats from Sari-Sari Store, nianne had one from Little Ones by Celine, she also got some slippers from that store as well. Bought a pair of slippers for my sister diana, and a pair of little shoes for my sister alexa, same store. We bought a brown polo-shirt from Gingersnaps, a birthday gift for Ralph (my nephew-in-law), he's 7 now, celebrating his birthday today, happy birthday dear! got a blouse from nafnaf and kamiseta, and one for nianne from kinderbench. well, after shopping, we realized that we should've waited for the 3day sale of sm for the weekend, haay.

another week have been. i just realized that my energy were all drained from shopping to lack of sleep to doing the laundry and cooking. i urgently need a househelp, so guys ... please ... and i terribly need to go to the salon soon!

It's our first Wedding Anniversary!

2005-07-31T23:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Wedding Anniversary Mahal! Thank you for a wonderful year. I love you!

The reasons why I love you

2005-07-31T22:18:00.000-07:00

we often ask each other on why can't we think of concrete reasons why we have this so much love. well, i just think that there's an endless list of them so we can't think of the ultimate one. since we are celebrating our first anniversary as a married couple, let me give you a virtual gift that will make you realize how much you made me complete. the reasons why i love you, since you're always asking me about it, here are some of them! =D

... i love you because i met you on a very special day, Christmas! =)
... i love you because the first phone call you made was to greet me Happy New Year, it was midnight of the new year, 1998
... i love you because our first date was when you asked me to accompany you to the chuch and offer some prayers, that was your birthday
... i love you because you asked me to be your girlfriend on the right place and the right time, my hometown, the day after my birthday
... i love you because you always make me feel oh so special and important all the time
... i love you because you can manage to stay on the phone with me who knows how long from night until morning is up
... i love you because you tell me everything and you never keep secrets, just "white lies" which were all understandable, hahah!
... i love you because i can tell you everything. from family issues, to work related issues, issues with friends or other people, even our own issues.
... i love you because you listen to me.
... i love you because with us, there's always a story to tell
... i love you because you can drive 24/7 and still bring us home safe.
... i love you because i can go crazy on food from shomai to pizza and even manage to eat all of 'em inside the movie house with you
... i love you because you are proud of me, us, our family, and our life
... i love you because you sleep with a unique attire, hahaha!
... i love you because you never forget to put down the visor everytime i get in the car and the sun is up
... i love you because you always give me the ultimate body massage ever
... i love you because you are the one who change my clothes even if i'm asleep, anytime i forget it since i'm dead tired from work
... i love you because you're the one who puts lotion on my feet eveytime i forgot to, and on my back since i cannot reach it
... i love you because we always have lots of fun everytime we share the shower. wink*
... i love you because you always insist to wash the dishes and do the laundry because you wanted my hands to be oh so perfect all the time, hahah, this one's funny.
... i love you because nothing compares the way you touch my hand and face, anytime you just wanted to, out of no reason
... i love you because you never get tired of me, where it seems like you just can't get enough of me
... i love you because you spoil me, heheh.
... i love you because you make me crave for more of the coffee/frappuccino you yourself made
... i love you because you're the most georgeous barista i've met in my entire life! =)
... i love you because we laugh together, we sing together, we share a life together, we dream together.
... i love you because for you, nothing's more important than what nianne and i want
... i love you because you have given me the greatest gift a woman can have, an adorable child
... i love you because you gave me the life that i want, i wanted, and always wanted
... i love you because you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with me
... and most of all, i love you because you are who you are, a god's gift, the father of my child, my destiny, my love. everytime i share with you is a reason to live, dream, and be happy. i am so honored to call you my husband ... happy 1st wedding anniversary to us, and i love you again. (",)

there's a whole lot more, but we'll save the others for the next years ... =)

blog week 141 (part 2)

2005-07-26T23:17:00.000-07:00

Carlo and Nicole lucky @ 7!
carlo and i had been in-love for seven years now. we celebrated our anniversary of being together last sunday, july 23, yes, i actually said "i love you too" to him a day after my birthday! =) well, seven blessed years have been and we got forevermore to go mahal! still counting! i love you ...

Mr. & Mrs. Cadiz watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith. =)
we watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith last sunday. it's a good thing the movie's still being shown in SM fairview so we got to see it. three letters to describe the film, HOT! the movie, the story, the concept, the production, the locations, the scenes, and the actors are really hot! we enjoyed it, even nianne did! it's basically a story about two people, of the same field of work, who share the same secrets of who they really are, who had met, fell in-love, got married, tried to kill each other, but had chosen to just stay beside each other in the end, all because of the oh so called love! =) cute! i really thought that it will be an "action/suspense movie", but the story just surprisingly revolves and focused on the problem of the two as husband and wife. it was so true. three things: communication is the number one factor to make things work. being true to each other (since they actually have tons of secrets from each other) is the key to a so called commitment that both of you should share, and lastly, take it from me guys, a happy sex life is all it takes to keep everything all in place, hahahah!

My dad is back!
after a year and a half of spending time working on helicopters and driving in the desert, my dad is back home for a vacation. thanks for the necklace dad! mwah! outing na tayo! heheh.

blog week 141

2005-07-25T22:41:00.000-07:00

as usual as it is, mommy goddess is stucked at the kitchen, was in the grocery store for three straight days, and was forced to cook around 3 kilos of baked macaroni, hay... all of these on our birthday week. if you guys are gonna ask me for a wish for my birthday, i have always said that i really wanted a day-off! a real one! i was really planning to just spend an entire day at the salon, pampering my hair and nails, have a massage of some sort, but that thing was just re-scheduled for next week, hay. how i wish!

YOURS TRULY JUST TURNED 22 ...
belated happy birthday to me! i just turned 22 three days ago. hay, i dunno, i've always wanted to be 25, i was even pretending to be one, heheh. but really, i think that this year will be different. i really feel that something more special will happen, and that more blessings will be coming, and i'm just oh so thankful to still be here after 22 years of life. good luck to the coming days of being 22, and good luck to the coming years. (",)

OUR PRINCESS IS NOW 6!
all of you guys know that nianne, my daughter, and i have the same birthday, it's cool, and funny, hahah! i remember that it was around 8pm july 21st, six years ago, when my tummy starts to have this weird pain and all that. i was really telling myself that ... this is a false alarm ... this is still not it ... hello! i was like all prepared for a birthday bash the next day so bare with my reactions, hahah. well, then, around 10:10 in the morning, i gave birth to the most precious princess in the world, nianne carla! come to think that she's six now, hay. time is just so fast, so fast that i got to realize, she's already in grade school. i just wish her all the best. we love you sweetie! mwah!

A WEEK OF GOING TO THE GROCERY, COOKING, BLOWOUT AND FOOD!
i was in the grocery store for like three days last week. by the time i was about to cook and prepare some food, i just remember something that i forgot to buy the last time, hay. well, aside from that, i was like living in the kitchen for three consecutive days. i had to prepare some baked macaroni carlo and i gave to our respective colleagues as a "birthday blowout" (as they call it, heheh). then i had to prepare food for nianne's classmates for her simple party at their school, baked macaroni also and some fried drumsticks, not to mention that i had to pack some candies and stuff on loot bags as giveaways for the kids, and finally, for a dinner with our family on our birthday, we did a seafood motif, so we had: steamed tilapia in garlic- butter sauce, some calamares, shrimp with mixed vegetables and quail eggs, we had pancit bihon and some green fried rice (something i learned from grilla, heheh), then my mom brought some crispy pata and ice cream, and my mom-in-law brought a barel of chicken from kfc. hay, i'm not stressed for this week, but i'm definitely tired! thank God our birthday celebrations are all over. good luck for the next year, i definitely know now what to do to make things easier, hahaha!

THANK YOU
thank you to all of you guys who remembered me/my birthday. and those who took some part of their precious time to greet me, text me, call me, email me, send me a message and even testified thru friendster and my blog, and to our dear family who were there for our simple birthday celebration. thank you. thank you for the presents as well, especially those from my mahal, my mom, my dad, my lolo, and my mom-in-law, thank you very much! mwah!

AND AFTER ALL THESE, I GOT SICK ... ^sigh^
what a great way to start another year of life, i got sick and was trying to survive with a severe asthma attack, a clogged nose and some dry cough that is really hard to tollerate! i really think that i actually am experiencing their so called "pasma". because i was literally on fire, infront of the stove, cooking the whole day friday for 10 hours straight, then i took a cold bath afterwards, maybe that's why. then the colds were due to the allergic rhinitis i have for three weeks now, and then here comes the cough followed by the asthma, hay, whattalife! carlo brought me to the hospital on sunday night, i can't breathe at all and i have fever already. the doctor gave me two doses of nebules right away, who had diagnosed that my left lung is no longer functioning during those times, no air whatsoever, so i was like using just my right lung to breathe, cool, heheh. i also had my eye irritation checked and was given some medicines to take again, hay. i was advised to take a 2 day rest, but then i decided to just come to work, since i think staying at home, in bed, will just make these feelings worse.

so, here i am, as i write this post i feel better and better each time, heheh. till next week! (",)

blog week 140

2005-07-18T01:34:00.000-07:00

hey guys, it's been a very stressful week as usual, our birthday's like in four days time and i still have to figure out the best way to make all of our plans fit into our schedule. gosh. i'm kinda getting used to not having a helper in the house, having just 3 hours of sleep a day, and of spending my restdays with nianne during the first half of the night apparently. hay, i'm good. =)

WHAT THE H*LL IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY

last week have been a week of worries for us who is actually woking in Makati! there's a huge amount of people scattered all over ayala avenue, asking our president to resign whatever. without the consideration that aside from the mess they create each day, they're actually killing the businesses here, and gave us a hard time travelling for work. i had to meet up with joi each day, and take the cab from buendia to the office to avoid all the people protesting in ayala. hay. what else is coming in the future!

carlo @ 25!

2005-07-12T05:18:00.000-07:00

well, after breaking some of my nails, burning some skin, wrapping a hundred pieces of shanghai, slicing several vegetables and stuff, cooking the whole day, preparing the house and all that, carlo's party was finally over. hay. i can breathe now, hehe.

the last time carlo had a "real" celebration for his birthday, i guess, was around 5 years ago, before we had nianne. it's been a while and simply because we've been oh so busy with school, raising nianne and some other issues we had before, we always fail to celebrate.

this year, carlo turned 25. and since we thought that it's like a quarter of a century of his life, somewhat like a silver anniversary of life or something, we decided to throw out a simple dinner party. that day was the first time for some of our family and friends to see our place, and is ofcourse the first time for us to have a blowout in our home, of our own expense, and his first birthday with me being his WIFE =). it was really stressful and tiring but fun.

everything of course started on the planning and preparing. we thought that the food should be foods that carlo loves the most. so we had his all time favorite lumpiang shanghai, we had tacos, lechon kawali, crispy pata, his mom's classic spaghetti and our family's own recipe of menudo. then we decided on who to invite and on how are we going to make them fit in our little home, hahah! well, we improvised a dining table by using their pingpong table, and we borrowed some monoblock chairs from my in-laws house and our auntie ninang lizzie. we really planned to rent a videoke machine, but since we weren't able to schedule it early enough for the party, the karaoke concept was out of the picture.

it was really just a simple party, we basically just hosted our visitor's dinner that night, hahah. carlo was really surprised when i came out of the house singing happy birthday with a round sanzrival in my hand and a candle for him to blow, he said it was cute. eat, eat, eat, some picture taking before the visitors left, and then carlo and some of his friends just make kwento over some red wine and strong ice beer until around 2am.

thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us, you guys really made carlo so happy, feeling oh so special that day. and thanks for the gifts too! =)

and to you mahal, happy birthday, and enjoy the next 25 years (and more) of your life with me and nianne ofcourse. (",)

blog week 139

2005-07-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

this is the busiest week i've had so far this year. the highlight's actually the 25th birthday bash of my hubby dear, but everything was definitely not as easy as i thought it would be, hay!

i need a body massage, a hair spa, a foot scrub and a bubble bath under two shower heads, i feel so stressed.

still looking for a househelp and yet have decided if we'll get a school service for nianne or not. oh please ...

A REQUEST THAT WAS GRANTED

i actually requested for a schedule change, since i find my 10pm to 7am shift too late for me to be able to prepare nianne for school in the morning. i went straight to our team manager and asked him to change my schedule to 8pm to 5am, and guess what, i got it after a week, lakas! hahah! i'm just oh so grateful to him that even if he's still single and that he don't have a child yet, he understood my issue. thanks mike! ur the best! =)

THE MOST AWESOME STARBUCKS STORE I'VE BEEN SO FAR

i finally got a chance to visit carlo at his work in STARBUCKS commonwealth avenue. the store was really cool, i mean, wow! it's definitely the most awesome starbucks store i've been so far. tho my colleage sybil said it's 2nd to the most awesome for her and that i need to see STARBUCKS in intramuros manila and then tell, well, let's see. but their store was really cool, it's spacious and well lighted and the ambiance was really relaxing and all that, and of course mostly, carlo is the one who'll do my frappuccino and he do it best. hahah! there's just one word to describe what he's doing that time i went there ... petiks! omigod, i was really teasing him coz' he's just playing on the stickers you guys need to get that backpack, well, yes, he's just playing with those stickers, sticking them on tissues and stuff, hay! i just felt oh so proud of him after seeing him operate the espresso machine and how he actually interact with the customers, it's funny and he's really cute, hahah! i'll definitely visit him often now, and next time, i'll make sure he's not aware of me being there, hahah!

our birthday's in 10 days time. still deciding on wether we'll gonna host a dinner for our family at our place or if we'll just gonna invite them and eat out. we'll be bringing food for nianne's classmates and i'll be bringing food for my officemates if time will allow me tho. good luck to more stress ...

What Kind of Girl Am I?

2005-07-06T23:55:00.000-07:00

I am a hybrid of:
Girl Next Door
Progressive Girl
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blog week 138

2005-07-04T00:20:00.000-07:00

just another week of stress and distress. still in the process of looking for a helper that is yet to come, still on the process of adjustment with regard to activities in life, still missing my husband who is some kinda formulated to being a slave to the espresso machine, hay.

MY DAUGHTER IS NOT A DOLL!

i really wish that we have a choice. since we still haven't found a helper for the house yet, and nianne can't be left alone at night until carlo arrive by 4am, we decided to just bring nianne to my in-laws house and let her spend the night there for a couple of days. we were forced to just ask one of their drivers to fetch us around 8pm, bring all of nianne's stuff for school and to just let her came from that place before school for two days. it was really hard for me at first, since leaving her alone there, even if it's with our in-laws, it's really different since carlo and i weren't used to it, that not even one of us were with her, but do we have a choice. i really felt guilty about the situation, my daughter's not a freakin' doll for crying out loud! we're just oh so lucky enough to have a mommy edith and to have almost everyone in the house cooperate with our current situation. i just wish that this thing will stop and that everything will be back to normal soon.

FIVE DAYS TO GO

it's five days to go before carlo's 25th birthday bash. it's a good thing that i've started the preparation, i have bought 70% of the things needed for the food to be prepared already, but still there are lots of things needed to be done. first, we haven't made arrangements with the videoke machine rental, as well as the tables and chairs to be used, and we haven't informed most of the visitors we're expecting to come, we haven't setup the lighting we need outside the house, and i still need to finish all the stuff to prepare the house for the big day. and do you know why i really think that all of these are big tasks, it's because i'll be doing them all by myself! good luck! well, not until we have found a helper soon enough before sunday. hay!

'till here guys, i'm hungry ...

blog week 137

2005-06-27T00:30:00.000-07:00

i wasn't really in the mood to write this post. i know that any problem we have in the house should just stay inside the house and be as private as possible. but i can't help it, i need to burst out somethings inside me, thinking that i have no idea who will be reading this, if they really care or if they will rejoice to hell that i finally got a problem. damn ...

i love my work, i love our team, i love the company but i really really hate my supervisor!

i don't care if he even get to read this, since i know that he is aware that me and the rest of the team doesn't really like him being around, or doesn't really like him at all! he is a jerk! he's stupid! he's a social climber! he always pretend he knows everything but the truth is he know nothing! he's so so so yabang! he thinks that he can make everybody believe on what he say, well, except from me dear! you know what he do, he makes his own strategies, his own rules, his own procedures, he thinks that he's the best even if he's definitely not. you can never be sick with him, meaning, if you call-in sick for work, it's just a 2% mark that he's going to believe your reason! the only thing that will make him believe that you're ill is when you are about to be buried already! any question you ask him is a stupid question, as if the only person in the world who knows every damn thing is him, that you're so bobo and all that! the way he speak and the way he just simply deliver any word, either in writing or in person, is so unexplainably sarcastic all the time, he thinks that he's actually higher than the operations manager where of course he's not again! i hate him! it's a good thing that my former supe is working on some kinda adopting me to their team, since they are all aware that i will definitely not be as good as i was if my supervisor is this jerk! good luck to me.

i can't make up my mind on which schedule to get

i was so lucky enough to get a nice schedule for work on our latest shift bid, 10pm to 7am, saturday- sunday off, that was even my choice, meaning, i want it. but upon realizing that nianne's schedule for school is in the early morning already, i won't be able to attend to her and prepare her for school since i'll be home by the late 8am! at first i thought 8pm to 5am will be fine for me. but the problem is, the means of transportation for that shift was hopeless. it was damn traffic on my way to work, so i was late each day, and, carlo won't be able to fetch me from the mrt station by 6am, so i needed to take some fx cab and a tricycle on my way home, so my expenses for the fair are unreasonably doubled. hay. the 8 to 5 shift was really the shift for me i thought, but upon pondering more further, i realized that it's too early for me. leaving nianne at night by 7pm is really early, atleast with my currect schedule, leaving by 9pm would allow me to bring nianne to bed first and be secure enough to think that she's safe. tho i really really want to be there and be the one to fix nianne for school ... hay ... what do i do ... i need to make a decision soon. i'm so lucky that there is a way to fix my schedule depending on what i need but i'm wasting my time. hay.

i don't think we are destined to have a househelp

we have been living on our own for more than a year now. we have just decided to get a househelp when carlo accepted a job offer from starbucks and that was on the third week of may, remember. well, due to some more important responsibilities she has as a mother to her child, the said househelp needed to leave and just attend to her daughter. she officially left the house on wednesday, so that makes me and carlo turn to everyone asking if they have anybody to recommend as a replacement. we will no longer afford not to have a helper in the house since both of us are in the night shift now, nianne will be alone during the night until carlo arrive early morning by 2 or 4. we were able to borrow the helper that we used to borrow from my mother-in-law for a night last friday, but due to some unexplained reasons, she just said that she will never go back because she can't stand the job... oh ... ok. remember that we have borrowed her in the past and for just a single day, she needed to do the laundry, clean the house, the whole house including the bathroom, while last friday night the only thing she did was the laundry on saturday morning and that's it, then she'll say that she can't stand the job, carlo and i don't think so, even my mother-in-law. well, we think that it's because we failed to give her an allowance the last time, since she's used to receiving an allowance each time we borrow her, and this time, carlo said that we'll just give it (supposed to be) on thursday when we borrowed her again. oh well, the problem with me is my being extra kind to them. i am fond of giving them almost everything i see on my things, everything i think of without limitations, carlo said ... lumalaki ang ulo nyang mga yan ini-ispoiled mo kasi ... i duuno, i can't help it, but then now i realized that people are really abusive of whatever things you show or give them. better learn my lesson before it's too late. and i pray to find a better househelp soon, really soon!

i am now jealous of starbucks, pity me ...

did you guys know that i actually had my first ever restdays without even sleeping with my husband (and i mean sleeping alone ok!), he's at work. well it's not really that bad since i slept with nianne and he actually arrive home by 4am, but it's really different. i miss him. we used to have a routine each week, especially if it's my restday, we'll do all the grocery and stuff on a saturday, then well attend mass, see some relatives, eat out and shop on a sunday, we even do some movie marathon the whole night on those weekends, now, not anymore. his schedule in starbucks is really weird, it's different everyday. he can't even have the whole weekend as his restdays, well, not yet. i know. life needs sacrifices, we have to make sacrifices and we have to accept these sacrifices, it's all for the better after all. i'm just looking forward for his birthday next week, and of course, our simple vacation getaway by the end of the month. hay. i miss my barista, my mahal, my husband, my everything, i'll bite him when i got home, hahah!

Most Audible

i failed to attend the blowout party of EarthLink last saturday in Gilligan's Makati. but still i didn't miss the action. i was awarded as Most Audible from one of the fun awards given that night. maybe that's because of me being a loud mouth and all that, well, the truth is, i speak for myself and it's rewarding. (",) well, to those who voted for me, thanks guys, you're sooo funny! hahahah!

oh well, i feel better now. i really thought that it was really a bad week for me, but then it's still not. we can still manage. god is with us still so were definitely very blessed.

blog week 136

2005-06-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE WEEK

our househelp just had her regular day-off and went home on monday.she then announced her resignation in the middle of noon while carlo and i was sleeping. we were really surprised... what the ... what are we gonna do, how are we gonna go to work, are just some random questions that came to our mind upon hearing the news. it's really not acceptable at first but we ended up with the decision not to let her go unless she has a replacement. the problem she have is that there's no one to take care of her daughter and that she said, the father's already pissed with the situation of being the one in-charge of the child. well, that's their personal/family issue so i might not bother ask more details, but since we are also affected with that scenario, we should care. i'm just hoping that the househelp my colleague was talking about will arrive soon so that everything will be smooth before carlo's birthday party. . . sigh . . .

THE BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON

nianne is back in action, back to siena with a lot of adjustments and work out to do. first day of classes was supposed to be on monday, but since it's a declared no working whatever, first day of being in first grade for my daughter was on tuesday. well, carlo's car was affected by the color-coding scheme so we needed to avoid all those mmda's and policemen around when we brought nianne to school and back. then it's nianne's first time on a regular morning schedule, so she's some kinda new with all those flag ceremony and stuff, and she looks funny coz' she hates the sun, hahahah. it's a good thing we don't have a hard time waking her up or feeding her in the morning since she really loves school and she's always excited about it, but i pity her everytime she'll fall asleep inside the car on our way to the school, antok pa. her new teacher looks fine, but i hate the fact that theres 42 of them in one section inside one room! and their classroom's not even airconditioned, well, this is nianne's last year in siena so konting tiis nalang, hehe, they just don't know how to take care of thier students, they treat education as a business and not a foundation and we hate it! i just feel so blessed that nianne is a smart independent kid who can manage on her own so at least, i'm secure. good luck for this school year sweetie!

CURRENT ADDICTION

me and my friends here in the office are all hooked with the online game bejeweled2, you can play it online or download it thru yahoo games. for me it's like a stress reliever, i play it the entire 9 hour shift of mine, on a call or on avail, i play it. the best game i got was last weekend when i reached level 12 and i will definitely beat the highest score i got so far, 69,785, good luck to me!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

last sunday was father's day and it's a busy day for us since it's a sunday, redundant, am i, hahah, sorry. first, i made sure that carlo will have all of the stuff he wanted to eat the whole day, even if i don't like it, hehe. so when he got home around 5am, i prepared some pork siomai for his breakfast, then we had lunch at kfc (which is his life) before we did the grocery, and we had dinner in my in-laws house, where my mom-in-law prepared some home-made siomai and tocino, yumyum. carlo's father's day was really cool, and aside from the early father's day gift nianne and i gave him last month, we bought a white polo shirt from bench, something he can use as a uniform in starbucks, or maybe just because we wanted him to open a gift on the exact father's day, or maybe because we just want to, hehe. happy father's day to everyone! my husband, my dad, my uncles, my cousins, my lolos, my in-laws, my friends, neighboors, everyone! keep rockin' you daddys! (",)

blog week 135

2005-06-13T05:43:00.000-07:00

another week have been, and aside from being busy on preparing nianne's things for school and eating/ drinking frappe in different ways all week, there are some highlights as well.

THE SUMMER SICKNESS

three weeks ago, it was me, then the other week, it's carlo, then last week it's nianne. we rushed her to the emergency room of St. luke's Medical Center because her fever was at 40' last monday. the doctors checked her and had her blood checked, if ever there's dengue or something, but thank god all of the results were fine. we went home and she was well after 3 days. it's a good thing she got sick before the classes starts.

NEW SEASON, NEW SCHEDULE

it's time for another shift-bid here in the office. well, almost all of them have changed the schedule they currently have, while i chose to still have my 10pm-7am (sat-sun off) shift. it was funny because my so- called "priority number" was 31, guys that was out of 44. good luck to me. hah hah! well anyways, i still got the schedule that i want so why bother right!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE!

two people who celebrated their birthday last week, first is my brother-in-law, pepper, he's 27 now and is still cuddly, hehe! forgive us for not being there on the celebration. we just wish you all the happiness in life and more cars to come! =) second is pristina! the sweetie daughter of nianne's ninong JB! she's 3 now and she's getting prettier each year! we attended her birthday party in McDonalds in españa, and as usual, it's a children's party turned into an adults party thing again! hay! everybody just had fune playing all those parlor games and stuffs, while pristina and the other kids, especially nianne, enjoyed the prizes and gift items. until next year! hehe! well, happy birthday to you guys and just stay happy, all the time!

my new pet!

2005-06-07T22:55:00.000-07:00

blog week 134

2005-06-06T21:06:00.000-07:00

what a crazy week have been, mixed emotions and everything. hay!

I REALLY TRY MY BEST NOW NOT TO HATE THE SUMMER SEASON! gggrrr

remember that i was actually sick last month, guess what, it's carlo's turn! carlo went home really sick on monday night. after trying his very best to finish his 10 hour shift in Starbucks, he arrived home around 7pm with tears fallin' from his eyes saying that he can't stand it anymore. i was really worried, i first thought of skipping work to be able to take care of him that night so i did. i informed my supe and called forcedesk, my reason being that i have dysmenorrhea, sorry guys, but of course, the truth is, my husband was really really sick and i needed to attend to him. well, i prepared some nice dinner for him and gave him a sponge bath, but it doesn't work. at around 10pm, we decided to bring him to the hospital and be checked. he called and informed his supervisor as well that he won't be able to attend to work the following day, since it was confirmed by the doctor that his fever is a viral thing which was accumulated due to the colds he has for the past couple of weeks. we went home from the hospital around midnight, and i just had to wake him up every around 4 hours to take his medicine, and just gave him some iced sponge bath once in a while until he was able to get up and take a bath himself, that was on wednesday. well, whatelse, he forced himself and went back to work as early as wednesday, although he was advised to take a rest for about 5 to 7 days, he really loves what he's doing that's why. it's a good thing that he's well now. and i love him, hah hah!

well, after my husband, there goes my daughter. she got sick on saturday morning, which is really not a big question to us why, since we were all aware that she might have got it from carlo and i but d*mn, her temperature doesn't even go lower than 39' C, i hate it. we even brought her to the hospital on sunday night since her temperature was already at the 40's, but thank god everything was normal with all the tests that was done. i wish her well and i really pray she gets better before the classes starts next week.

ok, so don't blame me if i'm already starting to hate the summer season, due to all the sickness it gave our family just for this short period of time. anyways, i'm happy to be assured that next summer will be less worries and less illness, know why? read on ...

A CARRIER, THANKS DAD!

last friday, we finally purchased an airconditioner as sponsored by my father dear! luv u dad! we bought a 1/2 hp Carrier window type airconditioner, it's actually carlo's choice but oh well, he's the boss. hah hah! it has this special feature, the so-called 5 way filter, which will basically filter any type of dust, from human dust to house dust to animal dust etc... etc ... well, what's important is that the thing was able to freeze our room, hah hah! kinda cool! thanks again dad! =)

A JUNE BRIDE

last saturday, we attended the wedding of our dear friend joi, to her baby raymund! well, finally, and i'm so happy that it really happened guys, i mean, well, ok, i'm happy for you guys. i just wish you well, all the happiness and success as usual, less credit card bills and a life full of contentment and happiness. it's an honor to witness how you guys tied a knot, and it really flatters me when you asked me to sing one of your theme songs for your wedding, i really wanted to do it but i apologized, after taking 300 calls that week, my voice is so broken to even perform a tone as low as Fordham's version of the song. sorry guys, next time babawi ako pwamis! luv yah both, and just always put god as the reson for everything that you will do. i'll always be here, congratulations and best wishes again! mwah! postscript: enjoy that huge lamp from regalong pambahay! ingatan! =)

ok oh what a stressful and meaningful week it has been. need to go home now! (",)

blog week 133

2005-05-31T02:40:00.000-07:00

another week has been and as usual, there were a lot of things that happened and that was done.

BON VOYAGE ...

on monday, my youngest uncle (my mom's half brother), justine left for the states for good. well, imagine that he had spent his entire life here, he finished primary and seconday education here, his mom, relatives and friends are all here, his life was practically here, and then he woke up one morning, off to go to a whole new place with a whole new set of people and start a life there for who knows how. hay! at least, we all know that these are all for the better, so good luck to you tin! and we'll definitely miss you back here! mwah!

AN INSTANT PARTY!

there's something that we did look forward to when coming to work that monday night. our team, EarthLink Manila, won the Call Center of the Month Award, out of all the call centers out there, both from the Philippines, India, the States, etc. and aside from the award, the Vice President for Customer Support, Dhon Berryman, arrived to congratulate us, and to give us a simple party. it was cool, dhon was really funny and all, there were 25 barrels of KFC chicken, and 25 huge boxes of Yellow Cab Pizza, well, it wasn't a simple party after all, but everyone was really content and full after two pieces of chicken and two slices of pizza each, yum yum!

THANKS DAD!

from one of those email messages i send my dad every now and then, i told him out of nothing that carlo and i was planning to buy an air condition for some prevention purposes, and just because the summer heat in our country is just oh so hopeless that i even got sick two weeks ago remember? guess what, my dad just sent some money on my bank account for it. wow, i wasn't even asking for it dad, but thank you so much! you're really the best! hah hah hah! luv yah!

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES

first, the basketball league being held on the basketball court, literally infront of our house, is still on going. so that means, a non-stop noise, huge amount of people coming in and out of the village, and less sleep for me! gggrrr! second is that our PLDT phone line application is still on their so called "waiting for approval status". come to think that it has been a month since i applied for it. what the hell is that approval all about that it needed to take a month for an answer! third, there's a hude problem with our pipes in the house, so were like on the search for the plumber of the hour, anyone ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MERLY

a close friend of mine way back senior high, just celebrated her birthday last saturday. Merly Remolano, the youngest daughter of the owner of Ding's Lechon Baka and Catering Services, ever heared of that? anyways, there were some things that happened that night. first, it was raining so hard that carlo can't even drive properly. then, the road on our way to their place was flooded so we needed to take an alternate route. well, we got there around 10pm, so late for the 7pm schedule. but when we got there, i saw some of our former classmates, and one of them, victoria, brought her baby boy kyle with her, he is sooo cute. we ate the ever original favorite grilled baka she always have, and some other food they all prepared. my throat was just abused again, since merly's sister and their friends just don't stop asking me to sing some songs they wanna hear, oh you guys! well, we had fun and had much food, haha! happy birthday dear! enjoy your Magnolia Hand and Nail Cream from Marks and Spencer! mwah!

THE EARLY FATHER'S DAY GIFT

it's carlo's last week on training for Starbucks last week, so finally, he no longer need to go to makati this time, then to the store in commonwealth the other time. now, he will just be exclusive to the store so it's less travel and less stress for him, good! well, since father's day is in three weeks time, i asked him if he wanted the pair of nike slippers we saw at the mall as a gift, and he said that he would like to have a pair of shoes instead, oh no! what a spoiled bratt! haha! so we spent the whole sunday afternoon walking around the entire ayala center, from greenbelt 3 where we parked, all the way to the whole glorietta mall. he originally wanted to buy a black sneakers from lacoste he saw from my magazine. but after seeing how soft and "cheap looking" it is, he decided to get Dr. Martens instead. and that took him five hours to decide, take note! (men are really worse when it comes to shopping! joke! haha!) it was cute but the shoes just made me 4k poorer that day. well, for as long as my barista is happy, then there's no problem at all! Advanced Happy Father's Day Mahal! mahal ko ikaw!

that's it for last week guys. chao! (",)

mushy stuff

2005-05-27T02:17:00.000-07:00

they said ...

there's this forwarded text message that will make you ask your friends of one word to describe you, and of no reply will be a curse to your friendship or something ... well, i asked some of them and this is what they said:

cheska ---> caring (well, i am so to you baby chekai!)
dennis ---> intelligent (ha-ha-ha! this one's flattering!)
erin ---> confident (yeah, should be, haha!)
eric ---> confident (erin and eric are two different people with the same answer huh!)
rochelle ---> goddess (ok, that one's obvious! hahaha!)
roy ---> sweet (aahhhhh!)
janice ---> madaldal (so you can't think of a better one! hehe, at least you're honest)
pakko ---> thoughtful (this ones effortless for me!)
aleck ---> nice (nice! haha!)
iris ---> makulit, madaldal, masayahin, generous (well, my sister-in-law just can't think of one, and even thinks for more, hah hah)

well, thanks for the (not so) revelations guys. and for those who haven't replied yet, we still have 16 hours to go and save our good friendship out of the curse, hehe!

i am an Elm Tree ...

check out aleck's blog, check where your birthday falls on the options listed, it will tell you what kind of tree are you, and will give you a description of your personality. well, here's mine:

Jul 15 to Jul 25 - Elm Tree (my birthday is July 22 so i'm included on this block)

ELM TREE (Noble-Minded)
- pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, loudest demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humor, practical.

so true! don't you think? but there's some part that i object to
... loudest demands - ok, this is always for the good!
... tends not to forgive mistakes - well, i don't even care if someone commited any!
... likes making decisions for others - i'm just always for the better on the way i see things, and i only give opinions and definitely not decisions, it's always still up to them
... likes to lead but "not to obey" - hey! i'm obedient enough, and my parents can attest to that, hah hah! (",)