Freebies

Learned about this freebie through someone else's blog and then visited the website to register, got the coupon on my email and then headed to a National Bookstore of my choice to claim my freebie. Post-it's are love! Visit this website to register. I want more of this freebie!

Ienne's

Powerplant Mall's baker fair is love! I always get to discover good pastries. Two Friday's ago, I made a quick trip to the mall to buy some groceries and found some really yummy cupcakes I brought back to the Condo to give to my Aunt but I ended up eating both. I think no amount of weight loss pills would work on me since I'm such a sucker for sweets.

I bought vanilla and red velvet. Cupcakes were so moist and really yummy. I guess I'm still lucky I don't have extra set of hands to carry a dozen of this cupcakes.

Shoe Shopping

I planned on taking a nap for an hour or two but shoe shopping has prevented me from doing so. I didn't have the intention of buying new shoes. I'm on a shopping ban but I can't help myself from buying Naot shoes. I would have to say that it was i have to buy it on first sight feeling. I just knew had to put it on my cart and click on the check out button. Good thing they still have it on my size.

It's such a cutie right? Perfect to wear with shorts or jeans! I know, I'm trying so hard to justify my purchase. Teehee.

Vacation

I love vacations, who would not? Just a last month, T and I had a grand time in Cebu and then Boracay. We didn't even want to go back to Manila anymore. But of course, we had to. This early, we are already planning for our next getaway. This is to happen in January and if things go as planned, we'll go to HK and then Cebu. We are to attend a wedding in HK and will take this as an opportunity to take a vacation. I'm still on the look out for "promo" tickets or we might end up using his mileage points from PAL. I'm not so keen on booking anything this early as plans might still change. I have done my research already and so looking forward to this trip.

In the near future, we hope to take a family vacation in El Dorado Seaside Suites – Riviera Maya. We have heard so many good reviews about this resort and we are have promised ourselves that this is on the list of resorts to visit for us. I love planning vacations and travels with T and so does he that is why we already have a list of places to visit.

We work hard, we play hard. :D

I Won!

In celebration of Kikay Exchange's third birthday, they had a birthday contest on their website. All one has to do is to leave a comment on a certain post. I have been trying for the longest time in winning something from this website and finally I did. Im so happy since the last time I won an online contest was when yen gave out a Belle de Jour planner on her website.

To my surprise today, I got an email from Jill asking for my address since I won. Here's what I won...

I won not just one but five tubes of this wonderful lipstick. That's a lot especially for someone who hardly wears lipstick.

Thanks to Kikay Exchange for the wonderful gift and for starting my week with some good news. I pray and believe that this week is going to be a really good one.

Bindi @ 11 months

My little niece is turning one in less than a month. I got to see her again the other day and everytime I see her she just gets bigger and bigger. Here are current pictures of the little princess...

Everyone is now excited as the little girl turns one.

Stress!

I honestly don't need any extra stress right now. Im in the middle of a review for the biggest and toughest exam I have to take. I had to quit my work from home job to concentrate on review and then now Im being asked to do a business plan. I knew it was something I won't be able to do and there was no way I could do it but I had to help out and Im glad I was able to come up with a great solution. Instead of stressing myself and working my a@s off, I suggested that they get business plan writers. For one, they have experience in doing a business plan and we can just help with the review and revisions but the writers would do most of the research. Good thing my dad agree to it so now Im off the hook.

Home Sweet Home

My mom's sister arrived from the US last week and before heading to Dumaguete she stayed for a week here in Manila. She had errands to do in Makati and she didn't want to stay here in QC so she decided to rent a condo unit in A. Venue Suites. I stayed with her for the whole week so the QC girl was a Makati girl for a week. The condo she rented was fully furnished but since we didn't like the hassle of cooking, we always ate out. Good thing the condotel is right beside a mall so we had plenty of options.
I missed home cooked meals but had trying out new restaurants too. If you happen to be near Makati Ave, you might want to go to A. Venue and try the restaurants Fluke and Foccacia. Foccacia for their pizza's and pasta. Fluke for the close to home food they serve. They have really good mini burgers, tacos and other rice dishes. Got to try Botongs also and OkiOki. All the time I was there I was thinking I'ld need fat burner pills with all the eating I was doing. Good thing I brought a swimsuit so I was able to do some swimming to burn all those calories.
I'm now back at home and eating what home cooked meals. Hopefully, I get to continue with my "diet".

Tivoli Garden Residences

Around 2 weeks ago, I with a few friends got to go to our friends new home in Mandaluyong. This friend of ours is getting married in Sept and the first ever investment they made was to buy a condo unit. The property is developed by DMCI and it' called the Tivoli Garden Residences. I have been seeing this property being constructed since I do have relatives living near the area and at first I thought it's not so good of an idea to build condo property there because of the location. But DMCI impressed me because the property was really nice. My friend got to move in already and they hired an interior designer to help them with their new home. They have decided to keep the ceramic tile of the living room area though but the for the rooms they had it changed to wood flooring.

Their unit was perfect for a couple who is just starting a family. The skylounge on the penthouse was really nice too as it had a view of Makati. It was at the skylounge where they had the party as the unit was to small for every one to fit in.

Pardon my ugly photos. Congratulations R&R!

Gold

I was looking at our bank statement and have realized how little we earn from bank interest. I don't think it would make much of a difference if we just keep the money in a safety deposit box inside the house. Well, another reason for that is that we don't really have much in the bank ;)

If you think about it, investing in a foreign currency is not that good either. With the worldwide recession, you don't want to be caught with money in a currency that has lost it's value overnight. If you really think hard and well about it, the best form of investment right now is gold. Im no smart pants when it comes to investments but just by reading business newspaper and researching deeper into the value of gold, even a 5th grader could tell you that it's the wisest investment to make. I remember our Pastor in church even mentioned it.

I would have to look into how much it would cost to buy gold right now and if we do have enough funds to invest on them I would need to make further research about it but I know that if I could come up with a good proposal the T would not hesitate and agree with me that investing on it is way better than keeping money in the bank.

Dalagita

Went to Glorietta with family last Saturday and our little Bindi had a grand time trying on dresses at Zara. She's not even 2 and she loves staying at the fitting room already. She loves looking at image. Their was this one dress that my Aunt made her try and she was crying when we were trying to take it off. Bindi is really a mall rat. She is so used to the mall already and we got to try her walking wings too. she loves walking and can now walk for around 10 steps without anybody holding. I was able to capture it on video and I'll try to post it soon. If your my friend on FB you'll find her video there.

She's such a big girl already!

Coffee

Reading and studying makes me super sleepy. If I try to go answer a 100 item quiz, not even half way through the quiz I start to get really sleepy. For this reason, I have started drinking coffee. I like the flavored coffee the most though. I've been trying to stop myself from heading to starbucks (too expensive!), so everytime I go to the supermarket I try to look for different coffee brands and flavors. On a quick trip to the grocery this week I saw a new coffee by San Miguel.
It says it can boost memory, improve stamina and detoxify the body...will see all about that. So far, the taste is ok. I can't say yet if the said "perks" from drinking this coffee flavor are true. Will finish the box and then will see if it does improve my memory. I need all the help I could get with that.

Just Another Saturday

All I can remember that I would need to do today is to study. How boring right? Everyday for the coming weeks that's all I have planned out. Well, I am going out later in the afternoon with the parents and meeting up with my cousins and cooter but that just about it. When I get home, it's time to hit the books again. Last night though, I was side tracked from all the studying. I feel guilty for all the time spent surfing but then again it was a good time off the books. Everybody is getting sick and I just thought of looking for the best and yet affordable health insurance. So many options online but you really have to be careful with signing up with an insurance company and make sure that they'ld provide you with the best coverage.

Need to get off the internet now and go back to do some reading. I hope to have some fro-yo later as reward for myself.

Happy weekend everyone!

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.

Anzani

On our first night in Cebu, we visited a friend who just gave birth and then had dinner with 2 other friends after. T read of a Mediterranean restaurant that sounded familiar and then realized I have read Anton's blog about it a few months back. Since we wanted to try new things, We then decided to just have dinner there as it was really close to our friends house. A friend who was with us also had to drop a cousins house to drop off the the acne products we had to bring.

Anzani is a New Mediterranean Cusine restaurant located along Nivel Hills, Lahug ( I believe this is the same road that should lead you to "Tops" and it's near Marco Polo Hotel). The restaurant was beautiful, no doubt. I was really looking forward to a wonderful dinner. We asked a lady server of what their bestseller's are but she replied with everything on the menu was their bestseller. I was not going to buy that. Good thing, their was another server who was able to help us with our food selection for the night. The ambiance was really nice. Food was good. It was not something I will crave for our come back for but it was good. Servings were big so we decided to eat family style. But oh, let me just say the dessert was a disaster! I know it would be unfair to say that since we only ordered for one from the many choices they had but I just got to say that it was really bad for me. Sorry!

free appetizersflat bread (forgot what we picked but this had salmon)a pasta and chicken main coursesteak and pasta side dish for TAzani Bomb (but a big flop for me!)

Overall, It was a good dining experience. The place was cozy, nice and quiet. It was a wonderful way to start our 3 day Cebu visit and a nice way to end the evening.

Anzani, Cebu
Panorama Heights, Nivel Hills, Lahug
Cebu City, Cebu
(032) 2360097

Errands

Need to do some errands for my mom tomorrow. She has asked me to look for a dry shampoo or a no rinse shampoo and then to get some cans of duocal. She was suppose to buy this earlier but for some reason she forgot. We need to have the items shipped to Bacolod by friday.I did a research already of where I could buy them as I don't want to spend so much time looking for the said items. Good thing Allegro Medical has stocks of the items my mom needs and that would make things a lot easier for me. I have going out now a days as it more often than not rains during the afternoon. After the rains come massive traffic.

Cebu Part 2

Part 1 of my Cebu story is here.

One of the things I really looked forward to on this trip was the chance to experience the edge coaster. It was not hard to convince T that we go to crown regency and try the ride. We asked a friend of ours to join us in this adventure. It's truly once in a lifetime. We paid Php600 each for the entrance to go to the 38th floor, for one ride and for a buffet dinner. This was a really good deal already as the entrance and the ride would have cost more than Php600.

It was super fun and a must try if you are visiting Cebu. Next time I hope to try the skywalk extreme.

For more information about the Sky Experience, visit their website.

Kenneth Cobonpue

I saw this chair at The Tides hotel and both T and I loved it! It's a Kenneth Cobonpue piece under his chiquita collection. At first I thought it would not be comfortable to seat on this chair but I was so wrong.

It's 350 pieces of rattan poles on top of a polyurethane cushion inside a molded steel base. I really love this chair but Im guessing it could be a really expensive chair. I love how it feels when the poles sink softly when you sit on it. I wonder on how much this costs. I would love to have one or maybe two of this in the house.

Everything Online

Everything is now online...work, shopping, banking and schooling. university online is now available for those who are interested in taking up further education but do not have the luxury of time to go to school. This is good news to a lot of stay at home mom's or for those who are currently working but are interested in learning more and in growing more in their chosen field.

A friend of mine in college who has recently finished her graduate degree through this online university program. She first heard of it through a podcast and she was very interested since she was really bent on getting a graduate degree but had no time to go to school because of work and her family. She never really thought she'ld be given a chance to go back to school and right now she's just amazed because not only was she able to achieve her goals of getting a graduate degree but she was able to keep the balance of her family and career life.

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Threadless Shirts

I posted about a month ago the shirts I bought on sale over at Threadless Shirts. Those shirts I bought are my current favorite. I just wear it with shorts, jeans or mini skirt. Perfect to wear to the malls. They are super comfortable and cute. I was browsing their website right now check for a sale and I saw the following designs for their shirts.


Shirts that pay tribute to MJ. I want but they are not on sale and I promised myself to only buy when it's on sale so this shirts are for now only nice to look at.