Beauty School

I've been surfing a lot the past few days. Looking for things for the house, things for "tornado", and a lot of other stuff. Good thing is I have not really bought anything :D I also have been taking the chance to look at cosmetology schools in Wichita as a cousin back in the Philippines has been thinking of attending classes there. It looks really promising and I think it's something she'll need and enjoy. Now the only thing she needs to do is to save up for it and find time to fly here in the US, drop everything she is currently doing back home and enroll. That's not going to be easy though.

Studying

I need to go back to reading. I have not been doing so well in making sure I get to read my books and that is something I really need to do. I know that by the last quarter of the year, that is something I won't be able to do. I remember talking to my cousin about schooling the other week and it has been hard for her since she really wants to attend a cosmetology school in North Carolina but schedule is not allowing her to do so. She has 3 kids and just taking care of the kids keeps her really busy during the day. She is hoping that in 2 years when her kids are bigger she can finally realize this dream. She got married after she finished high school so going to schoold is really a goal for her. I'm sure she not only wants to do this for herself but also for her family. I'm just happy she knows how important this goal is for her and that she's really determined to achieve it whatever it takes.

I Love You Saturday

Today was a busy day since T's Aunt and her family in town for a week long vacation. It was my first time to meet them and this morning we went to San Juan Capistrano and then we will meet them again for dinner tomorrow. We had a wonderful late lunch at Ruby's. We almost missed on seeing this restaurant as we got confused of how to get out of Mission's San Juan Capistrano. They surely need better exit signs as the one they currently have are not good. You can hardly see them!

Anyhow, even with the little hassle's we still had a wonderful lunch and then after our late lunch we went to the cemetery. T and I were thinking of going to my Uncle's house to watch the Pacquiao fight with them but we were both tired so we just decided to go home. Luckily, I got to find live video streaming of the fight online so we still got to watch it without paying for PPV. It was a boring fight but I'm still happy Manny won. I sure hope he doesn't for the congressional seat at Sarrangani. After the fight we had burrito for dinner.

Perfect Saturday!

It's a Funhotsummer

My cousin Mica had a hosting gig last Sunday at SM Annex and we tagged along. It was an event for Sunsilk and their guest was Gerald Anderson. This is actually a series of events to be held at all SM malls. Ther first one was at SM Megamall with Jericho Rosales as guest. Next I heard is going to be probably with DingDong Dantes.

It was a fun time with the family and the cousins. Of course, cute Bindi was there too and I had a great time playing with her. She had the time of her life looking at the different colored light bulbs by the stage.

weight loss

cousin-in-law B has been fat since birth. well, that's what we tell him. he has always been on the big side. after B and cousin J got married, he has gotten bigger and bigger. we always tell him to lose weight for health reason. he loves playing basketball but has been having difficulty running and playing. he then realized that he has gotten so big already and that he really has to lose weight. he started excercising late last year. he walks one hour in the morning and another hour in the evening. he has not eaten rice and to help speed up his metabolism he has been taking diet pills. to date he has lost 80 pounds. even with the christmas season and all the parties, he has still managed to lose weight. his target is to lose 40 more pounds. he is happy with his weight loss progress and everybody has been really happy for him.

cab guard

toto strikes again! my cousin toto loves his truck (a sport trac) like his children. they live in bacolod but goes to manila if their is a car show. anyhoo, he has been bugging me to order an accessory for his truck. he saw cab guards. he has been wanting to get one but couldn't see the exact design he likes here in manila. he wants me to order it for him online. i told him that the cost of shipping would be really expensive but he is willing to pay for it since the design is something that he really likes. boys will be boys.

one of my cousins made this. cute diba? christmas 2005 theme was red and green. 2006 was red and gold. for this year we haven't decided of what the theme is. i need to come up with one already as i have to text everyone to make sure they could prepare. any suggestion? with only 12 days before christmas, i need help!

spending the holidays

as the manila based tuano side of the family is to celebrate christmas here at our home, the LA based tuano's are to make a trip to Las Vegas for the holidays. how i wish it was the manila based going to Las Vegas but that would be wishful thinking. tito majal has made reservations as early as last month as Las Vegas Hotels are usually booked during this season. of course they want to make sure they get a good accomodation so they had to book early. they are to watch the Cirque du Soleil show and the kids and kids at heart are all excited even if this is actually not the first time they are watching.

flowers

my second cousin is to get married on the 27th of december and my dad is one of the sponsors for the wedding. my tita dropped by the house last night and told us that they are neck deep with the wedding preparations. one of the hardest they had to deal with were the flowers. my tita had a flower shop but she had to close it when they moved to the states. so you could just imagine how particular she is with the flowers. she has not found a florist that could meet all her demands so she's to arrange all the flowers for the wedding. she just decided to get wholesale roses for my cousins bouquet,that of the entourage and for the decorations. she says it will take a lot of work but since she only wants the best, she has to do it herself. in fact they have saved money also in doing this. the flowers are to be delivered the day before the wedding and she has hired 2 other people to help her with it. she says it does not matter that she is dead tired on the day of the wedding as long as my cousin has beautiful flowers on her wedding day.

adult diapers

when my wowo got sick, my aunt in the states would send my wowo's medical supplies which included adult diapers. i remember balikbayan boxes from the states filled with diapers. when i had my clinical rotation at a geriatric unit, diapers were heaven sent! it really made our work so much easier. at least we just needed to make sure our patients are wearing their diapers and pray that they don't do anything other than peeing and we would have a worry free day. thank God for diapers!

boracay day 3

we didn't really do much on our third day in boracay. we had breakfast, we went shopping for pasalubong, went back to the hotel and then left the island at 1 in the afternoon.

check-out of the hotel was at 11am but they gave us late check-out until 1pm. our flight back to manila was at 4pm but we decided to just have our lunch at a restaurant near the airport. good thing we decided on doing so because we found a shop near the airport that was selling piyaya. not just you ordinary piyaya but a flavored one. pineapple, mango and strawberry. sarap!










for photos of our last day in boracay, click here.

mortgage life insurance

i was chatting with my cousin earlier and she mentioned that she recently bought a mortgage life insurance. it was the first time i heard of such so i had to ask her to tell me about it. she bought a condominium unit which is set to be completed in 2009. she is still paying for the said property and will pay for it for the next 15 years. the mortgage life insurance is to pay off her home mortgage if she was to die unexpectedly. i was at first shocked but later on realized she did the right thing. she says that just in case anything happens to her she would at least be assured no one gets burdened by her home mortgage. i never realized such insurances are already being offered. weird but it does make sense.

credit card

i first had a credit card when i started working. it was tough. credit cards spelled temptation. especially during the first month that i had my first credit card, i went shopping. shopping for things i later realized i didn't even need. after getting my first bill though, i so wanted to cut my credit card in half. i later on learned to control myself and use my credit card wisely.
banks are now offering Credit Cards For College Students. my aunt who is at LA actually got one for my cousin who is studying in san francisco. since my cousin is leaving alone and is far from the family, my aunt got him the credit card for emergency purposes. you'll never know when you'll need one.

dead tired

i have been busy since saturday. my sister is to go back to the states by thursday morning so we are trying to make the most of the days she is to spend here in manila. we went to the mall saturday morning and then met up with the cousins saturday evening for a night out. we first went to cena and then the idea of videoke came up so we went to music 21 in jupiter. after which, no one wanted to go home yet so we went to starbucks greenbelt. went home around 2am already but it was all fun!

group picture

sunday was spent at the mall again. i wanted to buy a new pair of havaianas but walang size. went to crocs (mary jane's) and was thinking of getting a pair but it felt so big naman. not meant to be.

i was planning to do some studying monday but a dinner was planned with family friends so i had to help with the preparations. we again went to the mall to buy some groceries. it rained during the dinner but super enjoy pa din since we have not seen them for a very long time. reunion talaga! some of the guests left early since the kids had school but a few stayed and chikahan till 3AM.



we already planned on going to 168 tuesday morning so even if we lack sleep, we woke up early since we wanted to go to 168 early. buti naman kasi konti pa lang tao when we got there and we got to enjoy 168. after 168 we (me and my two sisters) went to greenhills. after greenhills, parang di pa kami napagod we went to SM north edsa. my sister had to buy polvoron. i also finally had my ears pierced! i have an ear piercing na but i had another one added. super sakit ha! they told me it was not painful, but it was. super love my piercing, will take a pic soon.

tomorrow another dinner is scheduled at dampa. hopefully, i get to study in the morning till afternoon. i promise to lock myself in a room after my sister leaves. i need to study badly!

finally a bar!

my cousin had their house in tagaytay renovated. part of the renovation is having a bar. we love drinking sprees. well we have not done this lately but at any chance we get we always spend night outs drinking. we went to their house already and the bar is beautiful. he got a really good deal with the bar stools which compliments the whole look of the room. we are all planning to head to tagaytay on the first weekend of december. that is something to look forward too.

boracay day 2

i planned on waking up early to catch the boracay sunrise. of course in my 3 days of stay in boracay, i was not able to do so. teehee.
to be honest, i do not have anymore kwento's to share since most of the time spent in boracay was by the beach, eating, watching live streaming of pbb at the hotel room (hahaha!) and sleeping. funny that i brought a book to read but i was not able to read it. i finished reading the 2 magazines that my sister brought though (goodluck na lang sa akin!).







i saw this kid around 5 in the afternoon...super natawa talaga ako!







and a stay at boracay will not be complete without this...



more boracay day 2 pictures posted here.

honda cars

when the idea of buying a new car, my dad and sister immediately went to honda cars in search of the perfect car. the red corolla that my sister was using was to be sold and in replacement a new car was to be bought. of course my sister was super excited. who wouldn't be? they immediately got honda car quotes and then compared it to the price that other dealers and car manufacturers were giving them. for the honda city that my sister wanted and comparing it to models of almost the same kind with other manufacturer's the honda car price was the most reasonable that they got. this is the first time we got a honda for a car and so far so good. maybe we should sell the van and get a crv soon, too.

boracay day 1

boracay is love. i don't think i will ever get tired of going to boracay. our flight was at 6:30 am, meaning i was up as early as 4am and was at the airport before 6am. checking-in was a breeze. the plane is a 30 seater plane but on our way to bora, 10 passengers lang kmi. they told us we were to board at 6:15, and we did. flight was on time. they all had to seat us at the back of the plane, which was ok naman. the plane trip was good and fast. we were at caticlan by 7am and was at boracay island before 8 in the morning.

the boarding pass

boarding

kmi lang passenger

from caticlan to boracay island

we stayed at la carmella de boracay. even though check-in was at 2PM they already gave us our rooms (yehey!). hotel was ok. after we settled in our rooms, we immediately went around. we went to the house first of my sister's friend. tapos we headed over to jona's for our fruit shake fix and breakfast. yum-o! a boracay visit would never be complete talaga without jona's! we went to a store after to buy bottled water and then headed back to the hotel. my dad, mom and my ate peach were sleepy so they spent the afternoon sleeping. i went to the beach with my other sister to enjoy the sun. i didn't go to boracay to sleep!

mommy while waiting for our rooms

on my way to jona's

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

my cartunista goes to boracay

having fun under the sun

im burned baby burned!

somewhere in station one

we missed on having lunch that is why we had a really early dinner at 5pm and then went around again. went back to the hotel and went out for some drinks at juice at around 8pm till midnight. more day one boracay pictures here.

a spooktacular event!

we had a halloween party last saturday (10.27.2007). it was super fun! unknown to family and friends, my ate came home from the US. she was suppose to go home for christmas but since she was not allowed to take her vacation come december, she decided to come home october instead. everyone came in costumes! it was a super successful party.

tetet and me

mica,tetet,and me

group pic one

group pic two

more pictures posted here.

moving out!

my cousins are moving to a new house. they are actually moving from california to colorado. they have acquired a lot of things already and have decide to just bring most of their stuff with them instead of buying new furnitures for the colorado house. i could only imagine how tedious the move is going to be. not only tedious but stressful also. they have gotten the services of International Movers to help them move to their new home. they are getting the same company they got when they moved from florida to california a few years back, so they are pretty much confident everything will proceed without major problems.