Summer Kiddie Fun

It was just 2011. There was Christmas then New Year's. January came and go, as well as Chinese New Year. And now, it's already March! March 7 it is. Where have all the days gone? The'yve gone so fast. It's Nikki's 8th birthday tomorrow.

*Natawa ako sa sarili ko. Umiral na naman ang you know. I tried to spell out 8th in words - eigth. I told myself, parang mali. Sige, eighth na lang. Parang tama na, pero parang mali pa din. Sige, 8th na nga lang. Best in Spelling pa naman ako nun. Chos! ;)

Happy birthday, Nikki. You're 8 years old na tomorrow. You literally are a big sister now. I love you Mahal!

In a week or two, school year is almost done. One last school event, Recognition Day, and it is official, bakasyon na! I've been asking Nikki what she would like to be busy with this summer vacation. She attended a month of ballet classes 3 years ago and never came back. I asked her if she would like to do ballet again. She said no. Among her most feasible choices are guitar and drums lessons, swimming and tae kwon do. She may take swimming lessons but not here in Baguio. She has to stay with her Mama Shirley, Elmer's mom, in Pangasinan where there are a lot who give swimming lessons, if she chooses that. I have not heard of anyone giving swimming lessons here in Baguio except for one who does it in Asin but Asin is, to me, very very very very very (exaj lang) far from the city proper. Oh, and Hotel Supreme pala. But I'm not sure if they do it every year. So far, I think, she favors tae kwon do. I'll see if she changes her mind soon.

Good Food In Baby Showers

Traditionally, baby showers are attended by both men and women with the intent to share ideas and wisdom on becoming a mother and parenting to the mother-to-be. In the Philippines, people are not accustomed to holding baby showers when possible. This is more common in Western countries.

I have not been to a baby shower until last Saturday. My good friend Mona, who got married to Carl, had a baby shower. Carl is a Brit so it's understandable why merong baby shower. They're expecting to give birth with JK on March 17 through CS. They do not know yet its gender but they already have a girl and a boy names ready for it with initials JK. I asked but I forgot what JK stands for, for either gender.

Mom again-to-be Mona

Me, My Very Dependable Sling Bag (Hides my "abs") and Mona

US TV Shows That I Love

Photo Credit: clipartof.com

 There were a lot of American TV shows/series that I watched since I learned watching them, and some of them I still watch today. There was Prison Break, the first US TV series that I got super addicted to 'though Seasons 2 and 3 got crappy when there was athe Am,erican TV writers strike in, was that 2007 or 2008? But I think all US TV series that time were all affected. I still loved it. I thought the writers could not make the plot any more interesting and thirlling so they decided to end it in Season 4. Yeah, I know there was Smallville even way before Prison Break and pardon me because I have not watched a single episode of it until now.

My Project 365+1: February Update

Just a little recap on My Project 365+1 and the most recent update prior to this one.

Where have all the days gone? They've gone so fast. Today is March  1 and in a couple of days is Nikki's 8th birthday. OMG! Nikki's grown up so fast. (Pansin ko lang, everything's so  fast. lol) Ano kayang slogan namin sa 8th birthday ni Nikki? Nikki turns 8 on March 8. Bongga! Leche, korni. 

Enough with that. After all, this is post about My Project 365+1. Here's what I had for February.

My Project 365+1: February

Testing: One, Two, Three

Photo Credit: hustla.pl

Yay! This is my first post here in Blogger. Wrong. I had a blog site here. Which. I. Deleted. Which I mentioned here about deleting it. But before I deleted it, I had the chance to import то Multiply the very few posts that I had. Later on, I again found myself (like October 22, 2011 to be exact) that I wanted to switch back here to Blogger. I realized or 'di ko lang napansin, that Multiply is more into online selling of products. It is, to me, not a good spot to make a blog. I felt so sad that there was no Import option from Multiply back to Blogger. I still feel so sad. Sо sо sad. Multiply, to me, is not a good spot to make a blog.

Anyhow, I'm excited to again start a blog here in Blogger. So moving forward, ang gagawin ko na lang 'pag nag-post ako sa Multiply, copy ko na lang dito sa Blogger. Antrabaho! Pero keri lang. Good luck to me!

Still enjoy reading my posts in Multiply.

Ciao! ♥

Update: Gumagana na ang cross-blogging ko between Blogger and Multiply. Tagal ko nang tina-try, hindi gumagana. So hindi na ako mahihirapan na magma-manual post on both sites. Yay! ^_^

We'll Come Back To You, Manila

Educational trips, often called field trips, are now a part of most schools activities. My school in elementary and the same school where I attended highschool (oh yes, that's 11 years in OLSHA, now OLSHCO), never had any field trip AT ALL...or that's as far as I can remember. I guess the school already had enough activities for the whole year kaya hindi na maisingit ang field trips. My brother still attends the school. He's now in 3rd year high school. Last time I heard, may field trips na din sila. Bongga! Baka nga hindi lang uso nung time namin.

Now that I'm 20-ish and have two kids which one of them already goes to school...okay fine, nahinto ako sa compound statement na ito at nakalimutan ko na ang thought na isusulat ko dapat.  

Going back. Nikki already goes to school here in Baguio. She's in Grade 2 na. (Akalain mo 'yan? May Grade 2 na pala ako.) When she was in Grade 1 in OLSHCO din, I didn't let her join the field trip na. Kasi Zoobic Safari sila noon e nakapunta na kami dun before. Just last week, they had a field trip. Some time late last year, nasimulan ng pagplanuhan ng school ang field trip na 'to. Since first time ni Nikki um-attend sa school niya ngayon, plus the fact na wala akong idea how field trips are done, wala din ako idea how the school does it every year. Every year daw kasi nila activity ang field trip. So, join si Nikki this time. Manila tour daw. Whatever.

I'm not sure if keri lang yung bayad. P4,000+ for two na 'yun - student and guardian. Swak naman sa day off ko so ako ang kasama niyang guardian (angel :P). One day tour, including the travel time? I thought it was gonna be so tiring. And I thought right. Despite all the puyat and pagod na inabot KO, kasi si Nikki naman ay pagod lang, sarap ng tulog niya sa bus kasi may dala kaming blanket and pillow and all. Going back. Despite all the puyat and pagod na inabot KO, I have to admit na nag-enjoy ako more than Nikki did. Andami kong additional knowledge na nakalap. Bits and pieces of knowledge lang about Manila na hindi ko alam before. Like --

Tara Lets!

I have been so into reading travel blogs lately.

As 2012 entered, I started to have this feeling of the need to be somewhere this year that I have not been to before. Almost everyday I've been thinking about travelling. This time, I am gonna make it happen with or without anyone with me. I realized that my plans of travelling before were never realized because I didn't want to travel alone. But these travel bloggers whose blogs I've been reading/following a lot lately, inspire me so much. Some travel alone, backpacking as they call it. There's also this thing they call budget travel. Which is true, really true. I don't want to spend too much on accommodation because I'll be out of the hotel room almost the entire time.

One of them even said in her blog that there's no reason why one cannot travel. Time, money, <insert reason here> are not acceptable reasons why one cannot travel. And I realized, that's so true. People say "If there's a will, there's a way." So I am making a way. I am gonna make it happen. In fact, I've made my first step. Secret muna.

It's More Fun in the Philippines. I like. I support. So, in the meantime, I'm moving away from the idea of travelling overseas. I gotta familiarize myself first pa sa do's and don't's ng travelling by doing it first sa domestic travels.

Plus, I found this site. And I'm making this as my inspiration. Look naman kasi how pathetic mine oh? 

My Lakbayan grade is D!
How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!
Created by Eugene Villar.

Okay, I'm back to travel blogs reading.

Ciao! ♥

  

Valentine's Day Is Not For Every Couple

Valentine's day is overrated. Yes, I said it. It really is! (Or at least in my opinion). Because for most (read: people like Elmer and me), it's just an ordinary day. Elmer and I have the same belief that Valentine's day (with all the usual romantic stuff like dinner dates and chocolates and bouquets of flowers and heart-shaped whatever) is only for new couples, for highschool puppy lovers. Ganyan kami ka-kill joy ni Elmer pagdating sa Valentine's Day. 

I think one's fondness towards the celebration of this day is indirectly related to one's age. I'm just saying na as couples age, iba na ang trip nila sa pag-celebrate ng mga occasions like Valentine's day. How are we gonna spend this day? Wala. May work kami pareho at super baliktad ang sked namin. So wala lang. Just an ordinary day. But I'm still planning to cook something later, like spaghetti. Birthday party lang ang drama.

The Inescapable Appearance of White Hair

Some people have said that white (or grey) hair is a sign of wisdom. Is it true? Maybe. Maybe not.

My thought -- As people age, white hair begins to appear.  It's naturally inescapable. Thus, white hair does directly mean old age. But as people age, they experience a lot of things, interact with people, travel to different places and so on. These things teach people to learn from them. Learnings are acquired and accumulated as people age. There's a saying, experience is the best teacher. So at old age, wise na wise na talaga sila lolo at lola. Bongga!

My first white hair appeared I don't remember when. I think it was when I was in college. As I brushed Elmer's hair today, I noticed a strand of hair stood out among the rest. White hair! I told Elmer about it and he  refused to believe that he already had a white hair. At exaj sa reaction  si kuya, "May puti na ako?! Alisin mo, bilis!" Spell arte much.

Spotting For A Spot

Mohammed once said (no, not to me ^_^), "Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled."

Ouch! I feel so dumb, stupid, moron and all now. Yes, you got it. I am one of the (sooo) many Filipinos who are not privileged (time-wise, budget-wise, convenience-wise) to travel a lot, or next to not at all.

Earlier last year, I planned of going to Hong Kong as my first destination overseas. It never happened. Later last year, I again planned of going to Singapore. It never happened. Sometimes, I would feel like the right timing would never come.

Before 2011 ended, I told myself that whatever happened, I would go somewhere in 2012. I thought of, again, Hong Kong. I've always wanted to bring Nikki and Calli to Disneyland. Then cross over to Macau. And because Elmer and I are celebrating in August our 10th year of being together, we agreed on being somewhere we've never been and doing something we've never done before, preferrably without Nikki and Calli. He said we'd just plan another thing for all of us some time. (But I've already planned of going to Star City+Manila Ocean Park+MOA or Enchanted Kingdom+Tagaytay this summer vacation with Nikki and Calli.)