Birthday Gift

I had a very quiet celebration of my 32nd birthday. My SIL took me out to lunch and then I spent the afternoon with her and her kids. We then met up with T for dinner. T got me a wok and a sony network media player for my birthday gifts. I told him if this was his way of telling me that we should get rid of our cable tv already. I tried the media player earlier and signed up for hulu plus. It was ok. I didn't like that it had commercials though. I would try Netflix next after my free subscription with hulu ends. I told him that we should now get movie theater seats so that watching movies will be more fun. Maybe we should get a good popcorn maker too. :D

Bindi is 2!

Last Sept 11, my favorite little girl Bindi turned 2! She had an elmo-old school-swimming party and from the pictures posted by my cousins and sister the little girl surely had fun. I can't believe on how big she is though. She looks like she is 4!

This is my favorite picture of her taken during her party. I love her curly hair, sweet smile and cute dimple. Happy birthday Bindicooter! I miss you and can't wait to hug you.

Mommy's Birthday

One month of waiting is over for my family back home. The box we sent had arrived and it was just in time for my mom's birthday. She got her birthday gift days before her birthday. I'm glad she likes the gift we sent here. I also got her a wrinkle cream I found online. If anyone reading this is interested in getting one, just click here. I have not tried it but I have read very good reviews about it.
Anyhow, today my mom celebrates her ___th birthday. Again, I'm missing the celebration. I'm looking forward to calling Manila later though to greet here and talk to relatives who'll be celebrating with her. I will miss all the yummy food! This is the first time I won't be home to celebrate her birthday. This are the times I miss Manila the most.
I hope you have a happy celebration mom. We love you and miss you.

Random Stuff

>Our weekend was busy! We had to finish all the errands yesterday (Saturday) and then attend Isabela's 7th bday party today. It was a science themed party and it was super fun. I would have to say both the kids and the adults had fun. I love how simple children's parties are here. SIL had it at the park and just ordered pizza for everyone. Salad, fruits and chips was also served. Here is the invitation my SIL made for the party.

>The party ended at around 5pm and we ended the celebration by having dinner. We had to rush home after the party to start packing for our short vacation. Other than clothes we have to pack our camping gear as we will be meeting up with family at the end of the week for a camping trip. I already know this is going to be a fun but tiring week.

>I forgot to buy the IWC watch for our family friend over the weekend. I was suppose to buy it this weekend and then ship it to Manila but I totally forgot. No choice but to do buy it 2 weeks from now.

Online Shopping

My good friend from college is celebrating her birthday next week and since I was not able to get her anything for Christmas either I am now on full shopping mode trying to find the perfect gifts for her. Good thing their are now more choice with regards to online shops that are based in manila where I can buy her gifts and just have it sent to her house. That saves me a lot of money since I don't have to worry about shipping. I now appreciate online shopping more than before. I used to not like it since I end up missing the malls but I have recently appreciated it more simply because it makes things a lot easier.

Bindi is Turning 1!

Birthday party preparations for my niece bindi is in full swing. Our little princess is turning 1 already. How time flies indeed! Her party is going to be really simple but truly memorable for the baby who has been a source of happiness not only to her parents but to everyone around her. Her mom has already done a layout of the invitations and she is currently choosing between 2 layouts.

Both are so cute, right? Im going to their house tonight and Im looking forward to playing with cooter. Good thing I had to pick up some textbooks from their house that I need.

happy to be 29

i celebrated my 29th birthday yesterday. others would always lie about their age, but i won't. im proud to be 29 because i don't look like my age naman (and most of the time i don't act my age din. teehee!). i opted not to have a party (as what mica said, we are both saving up for the 30th!). i was just really planning to eat dinner out (with immediate family) but my relatives from my mom's side of the family came to our house before dinner and brought food so it was an instant dinner with the tuaño family. i had a special guest pa, si brian girrard!


i have a lot to be thankful for and a lot more good things are to come for this year i know. i have a lot of plans for 2008 but i will all leave it up to God. His will be done.

golden grace

my aunt celebrated her 50th birthday last night with a ballroom themed party at makati. traffic was not really bad. it was an hour travel from quezon city to makati ( not bad talaga, bec it could have been worst!). the party was super fun. it started at 7pm and ended at midnight. we all didn't want to go home yet but since almost everyone had work the next day (except for me!huhuhu) we just decided to have a continuation of the party on christmas eve. pictures are posted here.

something i look forward too....

my aunt does not look like she is 50, she looks young pa. mga 49 years old, teehee. we have always told her we will surprise her with a party when she turns 50 ( after my mom and tito sonny's surprise parties when they turned 60). but the surprise party won't work anymore so my cousins told her of the party and gave her invitations to give to her friends. im sure it's going to be super fun. im excited! shocks, i have nothing to wear. plus i need shoes!

baby clothes

julia ( my niece) is turning one and a she is going to have a strawberry shortcake themed party on saturday. i got her some baby clothes online. what they have are statement shirts. i loved online shopping for birthday present as i was able to customize it. you can get either a onesie, a short sleeve or a long sleeved shirt. the designs they have are really cute and funny. they even have onesie's for twins! super nice. i got 2 shirts for julia. one will serve as her birthday gift and the other as her christmas gift. at least one name has been crossed out of my christmas list. here's a picture of the shirt i got for her.

weekend

my weekend was fun!

friday:

with friends from school, we went to school to apply for transcript and diploma. i saw one of our professors and he congratulated us for passing the board. i told him, we (me and my friends) have not taken the board yet. haha!

after school, we went to gateway as we are to watch a concert that is sponsored by hope cigarettes. we had dinner first at pizza hut. then off we went to araneta coliseum. it was actually not a concert but their were performers. it was a grand raffle draw of hope cigarette. someone won 20 million pesos (one winner only) that night. we had fun as the performers were ogie alcasid, vhong navarro and a few other artists. no pictures though as no one remembered on bringing a camera.

we stressed out (secret on what this means, teehee!) after the concert and then we went to starbucks. was home by 2am.

saturday:

i was home the whole day and studied the whole day (boring!).

sunday:

with the birthday boy

the tuaño's

went to church at 8am and then went to alabang for TJ's party. had fun as usual. it was a costume party and the theme for the party was sports attire. went to the party as a boxer. look at my shorts! ginagaya ko lang shorts ni pacquiao (teehee)! more pictures posted here.

im posting a funny video my cousins told me about earlier. you must understand ilonggo though to better appreciate.

it's TJ's turn

after my sister's birthday party it's my nephew's turn. TJ is to celebrate his 9th birthday and my cousin mashy has started the preparations for his birthday. mashy has already made restaurant reservations and is now on the look out for party invitations. it's barely a month till his birthday but preparations are now in full swing. everyone is excited already and it sure is going to be fun.

a not so children's party

here is a sneak peek of my sister's birthday party last saturday. we had to come to the pary wearing our best "totoy" or "nene" outfit.

baby macy

drink muna ako milk

my crazy family

kwento and more photos to follow within the week.