Breaking dawn

Sunday was the most hated day of my boyfriend, Tristan. I don't understand the reason but he hates it. So to patch things up, we decided to eat together and spend the rest of our night together. 

I prepared a dish for him, its "Ginisang Munngo" (Mung Bean stew) nad he wished to have  a pork dish Toppers in Mnistop. So I bought him because he never had an appetite since last night. 

I love mung beans stew!

Pork toppers in Ministop

After we eat, we decided to go to SM Sucat to watch Breaking dawn part 2! We went out to unwind and to patch things up again. All relationships have its ups and downs anad have it's story to tell. Let's just say that we need to revive the relationship that will soon to be flushed in the drain if we will not do something about it. 

So we bought the tickets first in the cinema and roam around the mall. We checked several stores for clothes, shoes and gadgets. I have fun doing the groceries. I love to watch him carry the basket and decide which is which to buy. I'm imagining him to be included in my future. I want him to play a major role in my life: my partner and the father of my children. 

Twilight Breaking dawn part 2 will really play a big role in my memories, our memories together as a couple. 

Here are some shots of the night:

ticket for two: Breaking dawn part 2

Come! let's eat Takoyaki! =) yummy!

waiting for his turn to punch for the groceries 

Yes, we are in the long night now.. and I guess we too will have our own breaking dawn. Lets cherish and love each other more. =)

will make my self heal

Today, I went to the office feeling soo sick. Im sick, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I was sent home because I need to rest; yes I need to rest for the mean time while Im figuring thinkgs out.

Physically -- embraced my self with the killing side-effect of Cefuroxime; nausea struck me really hard and it brought tears to my eyes. The anguish and pain that Im on pushed the management to decide to send me home. 

Emotionally -- I need to thank my boyfriend, Tristan for everything he've done for me. Yes, It's been a big day last Saturday, but still trying to work things out for the betterment of both of us. I want to hug him so tight. I want to embrace him but this is all I am right now. I trying to heal; trying to be a better person. I dont want to see him cry again, it breaks my heart. I'm loving him the best way I can, but the hung ups of my past screwed me up. Hope this new chance for both of us to start all over again will be for lifetime.

Spiritually -- I almost forget the only One who never left me regardless. 

This is my third day of healing. please pray for my recuperation. 

Wanna die yah! I'm soo sorry. =(

Damn guilty!

Today is a very tiring day for me. Im trying to catch up for everything; work, finances, relationship and career. Since I am on a tight budget, me and Tristan decided to pack our lunch everyday for us to save money atleast. We dropped by to the nearest 7/11 store in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
A ate lasagna and he ate wrap. We had banana and chocolate chip for our dessert. After discussing few things, we decided to go home. We parted our ways when I rode the jeepney going home and he headed towards his way too. 

While im on my way home, we exchange text messages. We talked abt what happened for this day. I vent out on how I felt when he waited for me outside the restroom. The intention for me became different because of the issues we had on our relationship. Im trying my best to make-up, honestly. I dont want to be on someone else's shadow. I dont want someone holding my neck; i want to do my own thing.. i want my freedom. I have this thinking that when you're in a relationship, both of you should grow together. But what he did earlier seems different. Is he on a paranoid-mode again?? Im trying to be honest and trying to build the relationship again, but why on earth this is happening?!! It feels like i was been robbed with my freedom. I changed my number twice, changed my phone and i think the last resort would be to destroy my phone. I gave him a duplicate key of my locker because I trusted him. I dont want anyone breaching my privacy, but he did. Not just once, but thrice. He told me that he trusted his heart to me but I hurted him. I trusted him, but he hurted me too. We're no different. I just did a graver sin but were the same. He used my past to hurt me, all the things that could break me. He threatened me about what he can do so that all I could feel is fear. I love him. . but Im trying to understand and convince my self that these was all because of madness.

Im thinking, were just on a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship but he's already behaving like this, how much more if we're already tied in marriage? What else can he do? I love him so much. But are we still in a healthy relationship? Im sooo damn sad. ='( 

There's a lot going on in my head and i keep texting him. I got no replies. I thought he was mad at me hat's why he's not replying. I know that man, he used to rebutt to almost everything I say especially if it was about him. I texted him... still no reply. Then i felt that there's something going on to him, I became worried. Then he texted me that the jeepney he's on was robbed; good thing he alight immediately on that vehicle. I felt sooo worried and guilty about all the things I said to him. I love him so much and I dont want to loose him. </3 Thank God that he's safe and sound.

This is a lesson learned for me: Do not judge a person easily, we never know what they are going through. ='(

I want to have an inspiration to close a Sale today. I really need one. Lord, please help me. ='(

Cleaning up the closet for you

This day seems to be one of the most stressful day of my life. I am eating my lunch earlier before I go to Tristan's place when suddenly my mother opened up something to me about my twin sister. She said "I checked her room and the room was full of clutters. So I cleaned the room, I saw her bag and I learned that your sister's salary is *5000 pesos each month. She never told me about this. And I learned what are her expenses every month. She's paying for her medical for 800Php but then im wondering because the company is gvign HMO cards to cover it. She never enrolled me and your father to HMO, so to whom does this medical fee is for? Maybe she's dating someone. Maybe it's the girl that she's with when she visited Laguna and Palawan?!"
I suddenly lose my appetite upon hearing this. I know she breached the privacy again of my twin sister. It happened to me before so I know how it feels and how know how much my sister will be disappointed and how stressful this news will bring her. So I finished my plate, took a bath and texted her of what happened. There's a heartfelt exchange of messages between the two of us; i really know what's her situation is and where she's coming from. I waited for her text messages when she came home but no messages at all.
By the way, this was also the day when Tristan and I heard a lady humming but its only the two of us in the room and the day that he felt that his room was soooo cold (AC room) but the feeling of something creepy was present, he even had a goosebumps and the feeling was very negative and sad.

Paper mache

I'm rushing right now to be on track because of all the changes that will happen this January 2013. There's no clear explanation from the agency what should be done on this; I read the article online and it clearly states that the documents should be send by the school or the institution itself. Good thing that my analyst (jen) called quickly to explain that she needs to scan the documents first, send it to their partner agency in Canada, and from that point we can sort things out. Though it's not a huge step, atleast, there's some improvement though.

I'm hopeless; burdened with a lot of things that I need to do. But Im still grateful to Jesus who's giving me the inspiration to continue. =)

No matter how you feel, get up and dress up!!!

Today is a "Dress up" day for us because the Operations Manager told us that a client will visit our site. Everyone was dressed up the way they wanted (just make sure that you look a little bit formal). This day becomes the "Fashion day" for all the advisers and for the whole site as well.

Even if your happy, delighted, excited, depressed, down, fed up, fucked up.. whatever you feel.. always get up and dress up each day. The world will still continue to revolve and life will still go on. So you need to handle yourself better and live your life the way you should be. 

other shots:

Tristan, Anna, Geno and Bryan

anna and shiela

taken at: Northgate Cyberzone
             Alabang Muntinlupa
              Philippines

Tricycle driver's story

I'm on my way home yesterday from work and I need to ride a tricycle going home. The other tricyle drivers told me to just use a sign language since the driver is mute. I understand the situation. I pitied the driver and felt a huge shame on my self because earlier that day I was ranting about how small my salary is. 

When it's time for me to alight the vehicle, I thought of giving him a tip. When I ask him something, he's not responding; only to find out that he's also deaf. =( 

I pitied him to be honest; but i pitied myself more because I'm looking for something that I dont have without appreciating the things that I already have. I realized that there's a lot of people not complaining about their situation because they're happy with what they have. I looked on his face and I see how hard he work just to earn something for himself and for his family. I tried to compare the amount of my wage per day to his earnings for that day; I bet that mine wil be higher than him but then he's still the happiest person between the two of us because he's happy and satisfied with what he have. It's not about the how much money you have in your pocket that matters.. it's how grateful and contented you are with what you have.  

 

Im here in my workplace, feeling sleepy and lazy because today is the first time that I will work on Sundays. =(
Im on 45-minute one-on-one coachinbg with myTeam leader.
I cant help but clsoe my eyes.. sleepy-head.
I'm now sitting beside my collegues.. while were checking my blogs online. =)

Filipino children's party: what does it look like?

When we talk about children's party, we always think of balloons, party hats, candies, cake and ice creams. The theme might be heroes, marvels, hello kitty, cars and other children characters that you might think of.
But what if the theme of the children's party was: Filipiniana's style? How will it look like?

This was not the typical children's party that you can see celebrated at the street; this was more sophisticated compared to others. 
The party was done at the Clubhouse of Lindenwood Residences in Susana Heights, Muntinlupa City on November 10, 2012 around 4PM in the afternoon.

The location has a swimming pool at the back refreshed with the scenery of trees and a cool breeze.

The venue was decorated with all Filipino signatures like delicacies, barong tagalog, saya, etc. It's like a Barrio fiesta all fitted in a small place together.

This is a native decoration at our table

other native products that you can see around the venue

Tray made of Yantok

Muslim suit for women

Filipino delicacies near our table

yummy Filipino food!

The party started immediately when the celebrant and her mother arrived at the venue. They're like princess and queen when they arrived. 

Here's the kiddo party of Yanna! =) I took a lot of shots all around the place. The best thing about this party, was the language should be in a complete Tagalog language but since the kids was not used to Tagalog, almost everyone was forced to speak in English especially the Magician who entertained the whole audiences.

Yanna was running around a children's chair while holding a cotton candy on her hand

The kids were having fun playing with the Magician during this time. There's a lot of children's games that the kids enjoyed.

There were 3 songs that was been prepared by the Family and sung by the birthday celebrant (Yanna), mommy, Jordan and Tristan. 

Other shots during the event:

Ate Aika and Yanna

Yanna eating cotton candy 

Jordan, Aika and Jordan's nephew 

Tristan and me

And how did the party ended?, honestly I dont know. I left the event early that night. One thing is for sure, Tristan got the highest award that night for "Natatanging Binata 2012"!!! 

Maybe if I haven't left early that night, I could get the "Natatanging Binibini" award too. ^^

La Union, what's special about you?

Whenever my father tell us to go to vacation.. I know he have one location in mind.. LA UNION.
Besides from the reason that this is his birthplace and my lola and relatives lives here, one ride away from Baguio and Ilocos, the beach is near our place .. what else is there in La Union?

First thing that comes in my mind is to unwind at the beach. The wind blowing in your face, the smell of the sea, chatting with your cousins while drinking a glass of Coke. so refreshing! a break away from stressful work! 
A good time to reflect about everything... family, work, relationship, career. A time to talk to your Creator while appreciating what He did for us. =)

Here's a shot of the fisherman nearby that was captured by my lens. They have a humble way of living; and it reminds me of how simple life can be.






I enjoyed staying here at San Luis Del Mar Resort, in San Fernando, La Union. Captured the moments from the beach to the resort. =)

My father waving to me..  Hi papa! =)

cousins with Tita nhel

 Here's how it looked like. You can see that the beach is just almost beside the infinity pool. 

Second thing to enjoy in La Union is its food delicacies. I love to eat and planning to go back to Halo-halo de Iloko, The dramatic and cozy atmosphere of its restaurant is what makes it special plus their menus. I wont forget my Buko halo-halo on this place. Awesome!

halo-halo time with my cousins!

Look how sophisticated and ethnic they are. The art in the blood of Ilocanos runs in this place. Look how creative they are in this faucet! Whattalavatory!

Third, its the Filipino-Chinese friendship grotto situated in San Fernando, La Union. You can see the whole town of San Fernando when you visit this place. It is also called the "Lovers lane", there's a lot of couples that you can see here.. indeed "Love is in the air"

A shot of my twin sister, jennie, and my cousin Maimai! =)

Lastly, of course its the Ancestral home with my family and relatives. The joy that it brings to me cant be compared to anything else. Its the heartfelt smile and laughter that makes my stay, special. A little get together, affects my life a lot. Its not all the time they are at your side.

So I realized one thing, blood is really thicker than water. If you still have time to tell them 'I love you', do it now. We never know what will happen tomorrow. 

Buffet-style: Which is better?

There's a lot of restaurant here in the Philippines that offers buffet-style of eating. Some have more than 100 dishes to offer, but which factor will you consider most: the one who have a lot of dishes to offer or the one who can provide you the quality of that night?

For my 24 years of existence, this is the first time I heard two big restaurants that rival consumers in terms of its services (or maybe this is the first time I compared the services of restaurants). I had the chance to eat to a buffet-style dining but not this type of services.

For the two restaurants, i'll show you the pro's and con's of these two for you to compare:

One of the restaurants  I've been is, Vikings in Mall of Asia, Philippines.
This restaurant is situated in the right-most corner of Mall of Asia, over-looking the Manila bay and facing the BPO buildings in MOA. We celebrated the birthday of Darah and Tristan (hubby) last November 3,2012. Vikings offers 100 dishes in total. whoa! I bet you need to skip meals a day before you go, yeah?! The ambiance was so cozy, with sexy servants and you can see there's a lot of people waiting outside to have their chance for a table. 

Here are few shots of Vikings:

Table 324 -- here is were we sat

double celebration of Darah and Tristan =)

your birthday cake, from Vikings!

Inigo is sooo cute.. picture with Tito Buboy!

group picture while eating

Here are some of the shots of Viking's recipe

she's making a mango crepe for Darah! 

Yummy putobumbong and bibingka (only for Christmas!)

Mango crepe with chocolate syrup

Halo-halo section: Make your own halo-halo!

fountains! yummy!

different type of cakes to choose from

i liked the presentation, they're so cute.

 These are shot form other section: grilled section. I thought there's a lot of steaks here, but I only saw one. =(

Different type of grilled meat

Fresh tuna jaw

 And this is one of the eye-catcher for me: Eggs!

eggs with decorations =)

 One of my favorites: Shrimp tempura

Shrimp tempura and vegetable tempura

 However, we also tried to eat at Buffet 101 on the other side of MOA to celebrate Jordan's birthday (hubby's brother). It's the 5-star hotel atmosphere that caught my eyes the most. The place is so clean, the waitress knows the table specifically for you, it's very nice place. I love to eat here.. It's so romantic and lovely! 

 Jordan (hubby's brother) gave Aika (Jordan's girlfriend) a surprise!

Surprise birthday bash from Buffet 101's crew. 

Here's how the place look like:

Group picture (Chavez family) 

photo of how they arranged their salad area

take a look of how appetizing their food is..

pizza, burito, dynamite and fresh lumpia

steaks and pasta

blue lemonade to quench your thirst =)

To total it all, we love it here. We'll go back and recommend this place to others. =) Thanks Buffet 101 for making this night... special!

=)