I think i'll print this in a big canvas and post it in thehouse... made this just this afternoon...

camera

I guess i really have to accept the fact that the camera does not love me as much as I love it. 

 I mean I love taking photos but seems like the camera don't love taking pictures of me.  I rarely find a good photo of myself.  And my sisters and my husband will agree to this.  There maybe some pictures where I look good but its either  blurred or out of focus.  Just like he samples below:

Oh well, I love being behind the camera anyway!  So i'll just stay there. :-)

                                            

FIRST

Been meaning to share this since the employee sale post. The dress from the sale is the dress i wore during the Tomas Morato Cocktails.  I'll post another entry about this.

The theme for the Rustans Fresh Tomas Morato was "FIRST".

And I have a couple of "firsts" as well:

1.  For the first time in 6 years, after 5 store openings, (Shopwise Araneta, Shopwise Antipolo, Shopwise HP, Shopwise Sucat and Rustan Fresh Cebu), the Tomas Morato branch opening is the very first one i attended where in I did not take pictures.  I told myself, "this time, i'll be a guest.  

2.  First time that I actually dressed-up for the cocktail party. I usually jsut wear

 something corporate or in extreme cases, a costume (HP opening motif was retro,

 and hell yeah I wore a retro outfit)

during the HP opening circa 2005

Me and Cheryl during Tomas Morato cocktails

3.  First time that I did not buy anything during the private shopping for VIPs.

4.  First time that I did not report for the first opening day to help out (bagger, customer service personnel, pager, etc).  For a lot of reasons, 1) it was my bday; 2) i was sick; 3)my husband wont let me out of the house. 

Days before the opening ofcourse was hectic including waking up and being in the far northern manila as early as 5am for pep rallies and other store preps.  And up until now, even a week after the event, i'm still sniffing and coughing and sniffing and coughing...

There is indeed, always a first time for everything.

Top 10 Pinoy Desserts:

Ang 10 sa paborito kong panghimagas...

1.  Minatamis na  saging (samahan pa ng gatas at yelo!)

2.  Barquillos

3.  Sagobe (saging, sago, gabi, at bilo bilo na hinaluan ng ube para maging purple ang kulay, sa ibang lugar, ginatan ang tawag dito)

4.  Palitaw

5.  Sinukmani (malagkit na kanin na niluto sa panutsa)

6.  Tira-tira (titirahin talaga ang ngipin mo sa sobrang tamis nito)

7.  Sapin-sapin 

8.  Sago't Gulaman

9.  Leche Flan

10. Pastillas

Anu pa?  isip pa kayo!! 

Marumi para sa LP

Duming umaabot hanggang ilong! Heto si Taal, ang aking anak, habang ninanamnam ang sorbetes na tsokolate.

Magandang araw sa lahat! 

Employee's sale

If there's anything i love aboutworking for this company , its the EMPLOYEES SALE!  I just got an email about an employee's sale for one of our sister company'swell-known signature brands.  The sale is running from today up to Thursday.  And its strictly for employees only.  Its only from 9am to 6pm! And each batch only have 20 minutes to shop.  Wow! that's gonna be hard! But i hope all worth it. 

I just hope i get to have the time to check out the items.  Office hours kasi...

Curious? Here's a clue: the "brand" starts with the last letter...

8 in 2008

Ada's 8th birthday today.  And i feel bad that i ahd to work.  But I rpomised to be home early.  Sabi nya "may araw pa?".  Yes Ada, I will get out of here ASAP.  

Gave her 4 gifts this morning.  And tomorrow, we will buy her Sanuk.  Weird coz she don't want any party.  She said she'll just wait for her Daddoo so we can eat out and celebrate. 

That's my girl.  Tipid di ba!

Kinagisnan para sa LP

Mahilig kaming kumain. 

Obvious ba?!

Yan ang kinagisnan kong pamilya.  

Mahilig kumain. 

maingay. 

magulo. 

masaya. (nga ba?!)

Mukha naman eh. 

when house wares turn to gadgets

Check this out! Seems like our thoughts some 20 years ago are all becoming reality...

Remember that exercise you had in school, maybe grade 1 or 2, when the teacher asked everyone to think of their own futuristic gadget?  And everyone's "invention" seemed too impossible to exist.  I remember mine, a pillow that plays music.  Yeah I know, how simple! But it  sounded high tech then.

Anyway, here are some stuffs to check out.  Found this thru stubmleupon site. 

Nice to stumble on some of these items and maybe bring it home...  Maybe in Taal's generation, these won't be so high-tech anymore.

salt and pepper mill suspended in mid-air

a digital pot that displays the soil's condition (temparature, humidity etc..), 

it even shows the plant's "moods"!

This one, i just like the over -all design.  Not so high-tech. 

But can you believe this costs US$595??

More items here

Shopwise Crazy Sales Week 6

Last crazy week for Shopwise 6-week anniversary sale! Best time to do your Christmas Shopping! Go to the Shopwise store nearest you to avail of these offers!! 

Branches:

Shopwise Alabang

Shopwise Vito Cruz

Shopwise Libis

Shopwise Araneta-Cubao

Shopwise Antipolo

Shopwise Harrison Plaza

Pinoy Top 10: PInakamagagandang Lugar sa Pinas (para kay Ana)

PINOY TOP TEN ENTRY: Hindi nakalista sa partikular na pagkakasunod-sunod.  Kung anu lang ang unang pumasok sa utak ko:

1.  Manila - Hahanap hanapin mo pa din ang polusyon dito.  Ang mga mini-stop at Starbucks na halos nasa bawat kanto

2.  Baguio - sarap matulog lang ng matulog ng matulog, syempre lalo na kung may katabi ;-)

3.  Vigan - ang mga lumang bahay at pagkain ng emapanad at longganisa!

4.  Pagudpud - halos 2 buwan din akong nanatili sa bayang ito.  Katahimikan at malinis na hangin. Plus the beach at mababait na tao

5.  Los Banos - my home away from home.  Walang katapat sa puso ko.

6.  Coron, Palawan - araw, isla, tubig, at buhangin. Hay, dito kami nag honeymoon ni mister

7.  Boracay - kahit sobrang commercialized na, isa pa din sa pinakamagandang isla sa balat ng lupa (at tubig)

8.  BF paranaque - dahil nandito ang halos lahat ng kailangan mo.  TUbig lang ang medyo wala. Pero malapit na magkaron! Yung iba may linya na ng Manila Waters. "Salamat kay PGMA at VP Noli de Castro sa pakikipagtulungan ni Jun Bernabe, magkakatubig na kami"  with matching poster ni GMA with the blue hart hat (or is it yellow?)

9.  Tagaytay - KAsalan 2007 venue.  :-)

10.  EL Nido - ito lang ang nasa lsitahan na di ko napuntahan pa.  Siguro pag yumaman na ko. pero maganda daw talaga dito eh.  Sana lang....

Questions from Bea

THE RULES: People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse. You cannot tag the person who tagged you. Continue this game by sending this to 8 other people.

1. What would make your day worse?

-the outcome of the on-going budget meeting

2. At what age do/did you wish to marry?

-i was planning not to actually, really... 

3. What's your all time favorite song?

-better days (dianne reeves) never fails to lift my hope up. 

4. Have you ever shoplifted? 

- yep. from the University Bookstore, takip ng ballpen

5. What are you doing right now? 

-having my afternoon coffee and taking a break from the morning's stress

6. Is there someone you're thinking of right now? Who? 

-yes, my husband who's ina far away island

7. When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do?

I go out and wish i can spend money.

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do? 

-pay all my debts

-give money to all the ones i love

-buy a house 

-read this post

9. What is your biggest fear? 

-losing a loved one

10. Is it okay to be numb? 

-sometimes it is.

11. How do you cope with boredom? 

-i imagine.


12. Is there someone you love who has hurt you in any way? Who? 

yes, there's no hurt if there's no love.

13. What is your ambition?

-to own a supermarket

14. If you have one wish, what would you wish for? 

a long vacation - same here.

15. Given a chance to make someone love you, who would it be?

-lewis hamilton (haha! crush ko sya ngayon)

16. Do you believe that dreams do come true? 

-maybe yes, maybe no. Its just nice to dream. sarap eh. no limits.

17. What would you do if your answer in #15 reads this?

nyek. as if.

18. Marry, boff, kill: Blair Waldorf, Regina George, and Sharpay Evans. 

-Mean Girls

-HS Musical

-dunno the others...

19. What songs would you like to be played at your wedding? 

-I wanted APO HIking Society, pero oks lang coz Makiling was there.. (haha)

20. When you die, what is it you'd like to be remembered for? 

-MAMA MIA, here i go again! my my how can i resist you!

-or "Ahpi's tipid tips"

TAG: Ibyang, Kei, Melan, Mike and Bloss

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