Got this from ALPHA, Thanks dearie.
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
~Mildred B. Vermont
this year's mother's day is really special to me because for the past 1 year and 2 months, I have been a fulltime mom. 7 months with a yaya and 7 months, all by myself. I'm glad I got this job.
a candid photo of my mom and Ethan at his Christening
one of my favorite photos of me and Ethan, during our San Francisco vacay in October 2007 (magkamukha kasi kami dito)
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
~Mildred B. Vermont
this year's mother's day is really special to me because for the past 1 year and 2 months, I have been a fulltime mom. 7 months with a yaya and 7 months, all by myself. I'm glad I got this job.
a candid photo of my mom and Ethan at his Christening
one of my favorite photos of me and Ethan, during our San Francisco vacay in October 2007 (magkamukha kasi kami dito)
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I survived my midterms! One with flying colors and the other with an okay grade. Now, I am feeling the stress coming out of my system. I can't even put myself to blog but I need to post this video that my Kuya sent. My brothers are not really showy with their emotions but you know that they have been always there to protect me, especially my eldest brother. He makes sure that my parents, Dico, me, Titan and Ethan are always okay. He would give and do anything for all of us. Kuyang-kuya talaga! He can get mushy at times especially on occassions such as Mother's day but makes sure to inject a little humor in his every mushiness.Watch this video he sent me with his mother's day greetings. A MUST WATCH! hahaha! This is really awesome, I have probably said half of this to Ethan and he's only 3 LOL!
This weekend snapshot was taken last Sunday when hubby and Ethan were resting under the tree after their tiring football game.
Sometimes, homesickness is still making me sad and all. I miss my family soooo badly...and my friends terribly! Anyways, Ethan never ceases to amaze us. He's getting more matured everyday so even with some tantrums on the side, who wouldn't enjoy his company. Last friday, after a tiring day from work, hubby was a little bit grumpy. He went straight to the dining table and had his dinner while I entertained him with stories. On the other hand, I can see Ethan getting a big glass from the dishwasher (to begin with, that is not his glass, but I just observed and did not scold him), then he took some ice and water from the fridge water dispenser and went straight to the dining table and gave the water to his baba while saying this: "Tired Baba, water from Ethan, Love you!". Oh my goodness, nagkatinginan na lang kami ni Titan! He really is a 2.11 months old sweet, adorable boy! I remembered when he was barely 1 year old, he would get his baba's slippers when he gets home. That made our weekend!
Sometimes, homesickness is still making me sad and all. I miss my family soooo badly...and my friends terribly! Anyways, Ethan never ceases to amaze us. He's getting more matured everyday so even with some tantrums on the side, who wouldn't enjoy his company. Last friday, after a tiring day from work, hubby was a little bit grumpy. He went straight to the dining table and had his dinner while I entertained him with stories. On the other hand, I can see Ethan getting a big glass from the dishwasher (to begin with, that is not his glass, but I just observed and did not scold him), then he took some ice and water from the fridge water dispenser and went straight to the dining table and gave the water to his baba while saying this: "Tired Baba, water from Ethan, Love you!". Oh my goodness, nagkatinginan na lang kami ni Titan! He really is a 2.11 months old sweet, adorable boy! I remembered when he was barely 1 year old, he would get his baba's slippers when he gets home. That made our weekend!
I still can't put myself to finish my Polaroid School Paper due in less than 24 hours!!! I made the Abstract and the Conclusion, but the frikkin' body and the framework, can I skip those parts? I have another one which is due by Friday plus 6 chapters of book to analyze. So this is Graduate School, huh? Hee! Anyhoo, I tried to entertain myself after finding inspiration HERE and I was definitely entertained by this LOL! I miss all my gayfriends!
When I left Manila, I had so little time to attend the numerous send-off dinners and surprise parties that was showered to me by my friends. Up to now, I am emotional when I blog about them. So, you may notice that I did not blog at that time, it was too emotional to blog these send-offs. As I was deleting files in my inbox yesterday, I noticed that I haven't shared yet this wonderful Surprise Farewell video given to me by my Embassy of Canada friends, a blog-moment worthy. My wacky and very pretty friend Ging spearheaded the making of this video. I can't count the number of times they threw surprise parties for me: all of my birthdays, bridal shower, baby shower, etc... I practically grew up in the company of my loving friends at the Canadian Embassy. The day they told me that they were preparing for a farewell party, I told them not to bother, I was too lonely to say goodbye! But of course, they insisted. It was (as usual) a full production farewell party held at Red Box with more than 25 people who came. In the middle of our videoke, this video was shown. I was really surprised and touched. I am sharing this video to everyone, who says you cannot mix true friendship with work? I am missing them sooo much and I know it would be hard to find equally loving and thoughtful colleagues who turn real good friends. Make sure to finish till the end as the funny parts are on the latter part. Enjoy! Turn on your speakers.
I was having a busy but boring weekend. After baking 2 pans of Crema de Fruta, I was ready to finish my last Sophie Kinsella book in between housechores and watching AUGUST RUSH dvd with hubby, which I would highly recommend to every flickwhore out there. It is by far the most genius and most intense romance movie I have ever watched for the past 12 months! Grabe ang intensity, as usual I cried at the ending and had goosebumps just by listening to the movie's soundtrack. So same old weekend routine when all of a sudden, I received this surprising YM SMS from my bestbud. She has been my buddy for 7 years, we see each other everyday and practically do the same thing together! We know each other's family, we were like family to each of our families, redundant ata yun! hahha! Basta we were really tight not to mention that we live in the same neighborhood and up to now even I am so far away from her, she still has connections with my family and our family pets LOL. Their toy poodle was recently mated with ours which I found out from mommy. And if there's one person I absolutely miss back home, it's her. (she doesn't want to mention her name here LOL! she said I can blog about this happy moment but no names haha!) Picture how close we were, just imagine your life with someone you spend every single day and when you left and led a new life, you're no longer part of her routine. I even spent most of my day time with her than my son and hubby. She was my partner in everything for the past 7 years. We know each other's topak, moodswings, etc...So anyways, going back to her SMS, which made me and hubby stopped what we were doing last Sunday morning, she announced this: "EM! May Boyfriend na ako, Kanina lang!". It was so simple and yet so funny and so exciting! This was such a big news from her. She was the type who would shy away from boys and so she never had a boyfriend since birth and now she's 29! She is so timid yet so charming that any boys should have noticed a long time ago. It's just that from among the barkada, she is naive one when it comes to romance and love. She said to tell the full details when our other barkada goes online. After spending about 30 minutes or so figuring out why we can't see each other on the YM conference, we all decided that she just tell me the story one on one. YM Conference sucks sometimes. Oh my, I can't helped but be protective of her new relationship, I was like her big sister interrogating her with all the details. But as a proud friend and someone who knows her inside and out, I know she chose the right man and she made the best decision. I don't have any teeney weeny bit of doubt on this decision of hers.
To my bestbud: I am really really happy for this new milestone in your life, I-journal lahat ng 1sts sa relationship na ito LOL! Kelangan lang pala mawala kami nina Mishel at Val sa tabi mo. Regards to Getty and I hope to meet him real soon!
one of our sabog pictures!
To my bestbud: I am really really happy for this new milestone in your life, I-journal lahat ng 1sts sa relationship na ito LOL! Kelangan lang pala mawala kami nina Mishel at Val sa tabi mo. Regards to Getty and I hope to meet him real soon!
one of our sabog pictures!
Our 1st sight of Spring Virginia Tree. The sweetest and coolest tree in our backyard.
How was your Holy Week? Would you believe, I only realized that this week was holy week when a friend asked me last Thursday what I was going to do on Easter Sunday! I have been really busy despite the fact that I know last Sunday was Palm Sunday. I have been eating pork and have been binging on my favorite chips and ice cream tsk tsk. So the least I could do for some fasting was not to log on my beloved HP the whole day of yesterday (OPPS below is a backentry LOL!). I hope that compensates my eating of pork sinigang, bicol express, and barbeque on a good friday. We have no biggie plans on Easter except to go to the Church and bring Ethan to the park. Holy week here is very normal. You don't see tv channels shutting off or having their shows with lenten-themed shows(save for TFC), hubby and the rest of the family went to work. It was a normal week. This is how it is here. they say.
This Easter will truly be one for the books. Hubby and I have renewed our faith because faith and prayers were the most important things we clinged on the past months here. Praying together everynight most especially on thursday when we say our St. Jude novena has been an after-dinner-date for us. We got the biggest good news on Easter month and we couldn't thanked God enough. We know that we are slowly getting the life we've dreamed of. How about you? Have your prayers been answered? If not, just keep praying, He always gives the best answers He can on His Own Time.
To greet everyone the most Blessed and Refreshing Easter Sunday, here's hubby's and my favorite Bukas Palad song/prayer. Enjoy the rest of your Easter Celebration. May God always reign in our hearts in time of sorrows, in time of success.
Dearest Lord,
Teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as I should:
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labor and ask not for reward,
Save that of knowing that I do
Your most Holy Will.
As I have mentioned in THIS ENTRY, springtime is slowly setting in. Although, they marked March 21 of this year as the 1st full day of spring, March 20 is when Equinox happened or the day when the rays of the sun changed it's direction at the equator. Time flies so fast, I've arrived here in Autumn, then spent my 1st white Christmas and now it's Spring! A few more months and I'd be celebrating my 1st year here. The changing of seasons has been teaching me a lot of things as well, not to fret (i am the biggest worrier you'll ever meet LOL!) on small nor big things as they will pass quickly with answers you've been waiting for just like the 4 seasons we have here.
So far, I am loving spring here. I can finally take out my sandals and havis and those flowy short dresses I have kept for 2 seasons that past. On the other hand. Hubby and I have already kept those thick winter jackets and trenchs! But most of all, Ethan is the happiest with this change of season. He has been spending time under the sun, lying on the grass, smelling the flowers, catching the butterflies and giving me every flower he sees blossoming infront of him. I am REALLY loving our new life here. Sometimes, I am teary-eyed with so much happiness whenever I see my boys laughing their hearts out over some game they just played. It's just my 5th month here and so far, this new place is my HOME, I proclaim from this day on. No homesickness to date. I am loving this completeness feeling I have. Have a fun spring to everyone especially to the east coasters who have spent sooo much time indoors during the winter!
So far, I am loving spring here. I can finally take out my sandals and havis and those flowy short dresses I have kept for 2 seasons that past. On the other hand. Hubby and I have already kept those thick winter jackets and trenchs! But most of all, Ethan is the happiest with this change of season. He has been spending time under the sun, lying on the grass, smelling the flowers, catching the butterflies and giving me every flower he sees blossoming infront of him. I am REALLY loving our new life here. Sometimes, I am teary-eyed with so much happiness whenever I see my boys laughing their hearts out over some game they just played. It's just my 5th month here and so far, this new place is my HOME, I proclaim from this day on. No homesickness to date. I am loving this completeness feeling I have. Have a fun spring to everyone especially to the east coasters who have spent sooo much time indoors during the winter!
As I mentioned in THIS ENTRY, I need to set aside my being a make-up artist for now until I have finally adjusted with my new life here. They say it is on your 3rd year of migration that you can say that you have been fully settled down and never wanting to come back from where you came from, probably just some visits but not come back and live your old life. Whoa! 3 years?! I can't wait that long! Last week, I received this email from a client who lives in the same state as where we are(click email/picture to enlarge), although it is still 3 hours drive to get to the venue of the wedding, I am very much tempted to take it. And then, yesterday a friendster message was sent to me by a highschool classmate whom I haven't seen nor speak with for more than 12 years asking me for some make-up advices and tips for her wedding. Apparently, she has been following both of my blogs and have seen pictures of my works. I feel elated with that friendster message, click picture to read the message. It dawned on me that I miss doing shoots, makeovers, wedding make-ups or chatting with my make-up artists/friends or simply conceptualizing a shoot with the creative teams I've worked with! But I am not ready to start my make-up career here just yet, not now, I am clueless with the local make-up service rates here and I left more than half of my make-ups including my traincase in Manila. All I have are cosmetics for my complexion, my precious brushes and the gazillions of falsies which I bought before I left. I was told false eyelashes are way way expensive here. Titan was supportive about this new client, (thanks mickee for the referral! truly appreciate it and thanks mama mee for telling me it's 3 hours drive away from us LOL!). Hubby and I had a lengthy discussion about it last night, he would be my driver afterall. We have decided to decline this client for now. It isn't just the right time, I am not ready yet.
With the launch of my beauty blog which I talked about HERE, at least I can express this other side of me. I will be of glad to help anyone who wants any kind of advice from me (wag lang tungkol sa pera LOL!). And to top it all, I am going to recommend a lot of new make-up artists in the Philippines. There are a lot of them whom I personally know, so brides-to-be who are still emailing me, asking for my rates etc... can decide from my list of referrals. I just hope to be able to launch the blog this week. I really hope I have enough time to do it tomorrow and thursday.
And to Shynn, my highschool classmate, I am going to reply to your message soon. Thanks for coming to me for make-up tips, I love giving tips and some skin care reminders for brides to be. I am no expert on this field. I just love what I do. It is really hard to set aside your real passion, but when you think of your family as your 1st priority, you know you are on the right track.
Hubby has been constantly reminding me of important things other than blogging LOL! And it finally dawned on me that I really have to take special and urgent attention to the list below. I have barely a month before my SCHOOL starts and barely 2 months before our target date to accomplish all of these. I still haven't figured out how I would juggle home, Ethan, school (hopefully online, crossing my fingers!) and BLOGGING, of course. And yes Hubby expects me to research on all these, present it to him (in an excel or powerpoint pa!), sit down on it, discuss and come up with our choices and decision next week, hopefully. I am making this list for myself before Hubby lost his patience on his procrastinator wife, that's me PRESENT!
BLOGOSPHERE TO DOs:
1) Finished Bloghopping. I am already on the letter "K" of my blogroll, naku! Turuan niyo na kasi ako mag feeds, bloglines etc... LOL! Paumanhin even on a weekly hop, I can no longer cope my wednesday bloghopping commitment.
2) Complete my walang kamatayan Vegas Vacay entry, baka nga abutin na ito ng 2009! This week promise, I meant this coming week.
3) Upload photos on my Multiply, Fotop and Facebook accounts: Washington, Vegas, Send offs, Local travels, Shoots etc...And then make back-up CDs.
4) Launch my beauty blog. Wala na ngang glitch, di ko pa rin nagagawa.
URGENT TO DOs:
1) New Apartment, move. Utilities checking.
2) After checking apartments, look for Ethan's school nearby and enlist him in Pre-K 3 for September classes. (Yes we are 90% decided to put him to school)
3) Check with DMV for my driver's license!!!
4) Start packing.
5) Check with Strayer University (yep that's where I am taking my Master's Degree), what else I need to do.
6) Open another bank account here, this time joint account.
7) Make a list of things to buy for the new apartment.
8) T mobile, At&t, verizon etc...
9) marami pang iba naku!
With all the TO DOs listed above, this is one thing I would like to procrastinate forever LOL! (read: I'm Freaking out with the thought of DMV's Written and Actual Tests) I know I know driving here is a basic and important necessity! Hay naku!
BLOGOSPHERE TO DOs:
1) Finished Bloghopping. I am already on the letter "K" of my blogroll, naku! Turuan niyo na kasi ako mag feeds, bloglines etc... LOL! Paumanhin even on a weekly hop, I can no longer cope my wednesday bloghopping commitment.
2) Complete my walang kamatayan Vegas Vacay entry, baka nga abutin na ito ng 2009! This week promise, I meant this coming week.
3) Upload photos on my Multiply, Fotop and Facebook accounts: Washington, Vegas, Send offs, Local travels, Shoots etc...And then make back-up CDs.
4) Launch my beauty blog. Wala na ngang glitch, di ko pa rin nagagawa.
URGENT TO DOs:
1) New Apartment, move. Utilities checking.
2) After checking apartments, look for Ethan's school nearby and enlist him in Pre-K 3 for September classes. (Yes we are 90% decided to put him to school)
3) Check with DMV for my driver's license!!!
4) Start packing.
5) Check with Strayer University (yep that's where I am taking my Master's Degree), what else I need to do.
6) Open another bank account here, this time joint account.
7) Make a list of things to buy for the new apartment.
8) T mobile, At&t, verizon etc...
9) marami pang iba naku!
With all the TO DOs listed above, this is one thing I would like to procrastinate forever LOL! (read: I'm Freaking out with the thought of DMV's Written and Actual Tests) I know I know driving here is a basic and important necessity! Hay naku!
Today is probably one of the best days of my stay here so far and the most memorable to boot. I got the biggest and happiest news this afternoon and was jumping up and down,
Mark this day, March 11, 2008. The start of best days and new beginning! God continues to amaze us with His plans which are far better than our own!!!
Today, March 9 marks the anniversary of the effectivity date of my resignation with my former employer whom I stayed for almost 7 years.(which reminds me I should be sorting out and posting pictures for the many send-offs I had and some entries about them) It was exactly a year ago when I made that big decision to give up my happy diplomatic career which offers so much comforts in my career life. For more than 10 years since I started working (aged 18 as a partime research associate from where I took my internship then decided to take some banking position and eventually took this diplomatic mission career shift), I never had bum years or days. You could just imagine the big transition and adjustment I made when I quit my job and decided to be a fulltime mom. The feeling was liberating! I never imagined I could do SO MUCH MORE when I left. I took a short course and had some time sorting pictures, and important stuff (including my life!) where I couldn't squeezed in between my work and family. I realized that I could be anything and everything and SO MUCH MORE. I discovered that after all those years, that job was TOTALLY not for me. But as they say, experience is the best teacher if not the worst.
What do I miss?
THE WORK? Absolutely not. My POS+ gadget. maybe. The sound was addictive and had me going.
THE SALARY? A little bit, but with this little racket I have now, I am enjoying more than what I have been earning there and is also tax free. Money is just money. Follow your heart and not your wallets'.
THE PERKS? What perks? LOL.
THE CONTROVERSIES? Naku, I am sooo glad I am out of it. Hahaha Life is good so far! NO STRESS! I have been a better person without the plastics, the competition brouhahah, the two-faced cliques just so they can kiss ass! Get over it guys, there is SO MUCH life has to offer outside the corners of the embassy.
THE ROUTINE? Yes, I miss the shuttle rides, the elevator rides, the mc do deliveries, my lunchmates, the cleaning people (they're the people I missed the most!), my bosses who have nothing but good appraisal words for me, the meetings, the window people, our clients and their antics, ang mga afam, the parties and food, the admin people, my trade friends, the immigration colleagues etc... I MISS THE ROUTINE and the people I spent my everyday work life with. Come to think of it, I spent more time at work than at home eh, during those 7 years.
The joys of being a stay-slash-work-at-home mom is truly rewarding that no biggie career promotions nor positions would ever compensate the time I spend with my son 24/7, but I definitely miss this group of people whom I call family and is still is. My MG family. Somewhere in my heart, you are there forever etched. I grew up with all of you, (grew up in a sense, I became matured with you guys) you were there in every milestone in my life with an ever-prepared surprise party or what-nots to prepare me for every step I took. (READ: 6 birthdays I had was filled with your surprise handa and gifts, SURPRISE bridal shower, Wedding, SURPRISE Baby Shower, Ethan's Christening, Ethan's Birthdays, SURPRISE Red Box Despedida, SURPRISE AVP etc...) Which If I could sum up the expenses you spent for all these parties, It may total to Mother Michelle's 1 month salary. LOL. But, like I always say, money is just money what's more important were your efforts and thoughts. I often wonder why I deserved people like you and people like you treating me this way, making me feel really special.
I really miss you guys! No matter and wherever we may be, I am forever grateful for being there at the HR's office, in that table where I signed my acceptance letter for the position they offered to me because what truly matters up to this day is not the prestige the Embassy marked in my Resume but I found the best barkada I could ever have in my working life. Who said that we cannot mix friends with work, doesn't know the true MG barkadahan! Let me leave you with this song OLD FRIENDS by EBTG, which I dedicate to this group of crazy gals and gays whom I call family. I can't barely finish listening to this song, I crumble with tears everytime I do.
I MISS YOU GUYS and I LOVE YOU! Happy anniversary to me and Val for being who we are now.
What do I miss?
THE WORK? Absolutely not. My POS+ gadget. maybe. The sound was addictive and had me going.
THE SALARY? A little bit, but with this little racket I have now, I am enjoying more than what I have been earning there and is also tax free. Money is just money. Follow your heart and not your wallets'.
THE PERKS? What perks? LOL.
THE CONTROVERSIES? Naku, I am sooo glad I am out of it. Hahaha Life is good so far! NO STRESS! I have been a better person without the plastics, the competition brouhahah, the two-faced cliques just so they can kiss ass! Get over it guys, there is SO MUCH life has to offer outside the corners of the embassy.
THE ROUTINE? Yes, I miss the shuttle rides, the elevator rides, the mc do deliveries, my lunchmates, the cleaning people (they're the people I missed the most!), my bosses who have nothing but good appraisal words for me, the meetings, the window people, our clients and their antics, ang mga afam, the parties and food, the admin people, my trade friends, the immigration colleagues etc... I MISS THE ROUTINE and the people I spent my everyday work life with. Come to think of it, I spent more time at work than at home eh, during those 7 years.
The joys of being a stay-slash-work-at-home mom is truly rewarding that no biggie career promotions nor positions would ever compensate the time I spend with my son 24/7, but I definitely miss this group of people whom I call family and is still is. My MG family. Somewhere in my heart, you are there forever etched. I grew up with all of you, (grew up in a sense, I became matured with you guys) you were there in every milestone in my life with an ever-prepared surprise party or what-nots to prepare me for every step I took. (READ: 6 birthdays I had was filled with your surprise handa and gifts, SURPRISE bridal shower, Wedding, SURPRISE Baby Shower, Ethan's Christening, Ethan's Birthdays, SURPRISE Red Box Despedida, SURPRISE AVP etc...) Which If I could sum up the expenses you spent for all these parties, It may total to Mother Michelle's 1 month salary. LOL. But, like I always say, money is just money what's more important were your efforts and thoughts. I often wonder why I deserved people like you and people like you treating me this way, making me feel really special.
I really miss you guys! No matter and wherever we may be, I am forever grateful for being there at the HR's office, in that table where I signed my acceptance letter for the position they offered to me because what truly matters up to this day is not the prestige the Embassy marked in my Resume but I found the best barkada I could ever have in my working life. Who said that we cannot mix friends with work, doesn't know the true MG barkadahan! Let me leave you with this song OLD FRIENDS by EBTG, which I dedicate to this group of crazy gals and gays whom I call family. I can't barely finish listening to this song, I crumble with tears everytime I do.
I MISS YOU GUYS and I LOVE YOU! Happy anniversary to me and Val for being who we are now.
Oh my goodness, this incident scared the sh*t out of me. With all the sun that has been showing up lately, yesterday was gloomy! The temperature was even back to 30s, really cold. When I saw the rain, I immediately ran out to get my delicates in the backyard (yes, i still hang clothes here, my precious delicates!). I passed through the big sliding door which is the nearest door in the backyard, not counting the garage door. Ethan followed me of course, but it was raining so hard that I shouted to him while carrying him inside not to follow mama outside. I remembered I halfly-closed the sliding door, my instinct said that Ethan WILL lock me out, but I denied my instinct and instead preciously focused my attention to my precious delicates! Then voila, he locked me out in the cold and rain. But what worries me more is the turkey that I was boiling in the kitchen! I should have closed it in 5 minutes or less since the water is like 2 inches or less in volume. You know what this connotes=FIRE!!! I was ready to be the woman spidey and climb up our bedroom window which I do not lock always, thanks heavens! But that window is sooo high that even with a ladder, I could not reach it. I tried to stack up monoblocks but still hindi pa rin abot! I tried talking to Ethan to slowly open the sliding door, but knowing that THAT sliding door double locks are so complicated for a toddler to open it back (may combination kasi). I tried opening up all the windows in the 1st floor but I can't. This time my fingers and toes were already freezing and I am soaking wet! I was running back and forth, to and fro, with wet jacket, plush slippers and jammies. Ethan on the other hand, was waggling his toungue out and clapping his hands alternately, he seemed to be like watching some kinda freak cartoon show on Nick Jr. Then, I remembered, Ethan knows how to unlock the main door (both the lock and the upper bolt!), I tried my luck and ran to the front yard and rang the doorbell. Buti na lang smart kiddo ang anak ko, I was trying to talk him out that he needed to open both the lock and bolt! Ayun after about 15 minutes, I heard him pulling one of the dining chairs so he could open the upper bolt. This time my heart was pounding really hard! He knows 911 but doesn't know how to dial the numbers yet and even if he knows, you know how EXPENSIVE these 911s are. I got in the house after more than 45 minutes and I was too shocked to scold him. I just hugged him instead and told him never ever to do that again as mommy scared the sh*t out of her, I didn't mention the sh*t word though!
Hay naku kung sa pinas ito nangyari, kakatok lang ako sa mga kapitbahay at marami ng tutulong sa akin! Dito either wala kang kapitbahay na matino or walang laman ang bahay na katabi mo! We stopped putting a spare key under the mat in the front door because of some break-ins in the nearby village. This is definitely one for the books! tsk tsk.
Hay naku kung sa pinas ito nangyari, kakatok lang ako sa mga kapitbahay at marami ng tutulong sa akin! Dito either wala kang kapitbahay na matino or walang laman ang bahay na katabi mo! We stopped putting a spare key under the mat in the front door because of some break-ins in the nearby village. This is definitely one for the books! tsk tsk.
This was what transpired on hubby’s birthday last February 25. While people were rallying in Manila, we were having a quiet happy celebration of his 31st birthday in the suburbia land.
>>>24th
I put Ethan to sleep as early as I could to finish the AVP surprise I was doing for hubby. I had no gift for him as I had no time shopping alone, we always go out as a pack and would always watch what each of us would bring to the registrars/cashiers’ end. Hubby arrived a little after 10pm, I literally slammed my laptop down so he couldn’t see what I was cooking for him. Expectedly, being the selfless person that he is, he arrived with a gift for the little boy, hence these photos and entry. I told him I had a lot of pending OPPS and that I'll be sleeping really late, thanks for my understanding hubby, he slept ahead of me. I started doing the AVP seriously at around 11pm. I was literally buzzing my technical people in YM (read: abie, mel, leah, tin etc…) asking them about slides, music, and moviemaker. With the gazillion of photos I had, it took me no more than 5 hours to compile everything. In between, hubby was waking up asking me what time I will be sleeping with him, I managed greet him with a kiss. For the 1st time in many years, we were celebrating his birthday together, last year, he was in Chicago, the other year, he was in Cebu and in previous years, he was either in Iloilo or Bacolod. By around 5am, I was ready to convert it to a movie, my laptop hanged on me, SH*T!!! Everything got busted!!! I restarted it and left nothing but a decision to make the photo slides in the very Jurassic site of slides.com tsk tsk. But with more than 100 photos, the system was hanging every 5 minutes or so whenever I was putting on the captions. I gave up at 6am =(((
>>>25th his birthday
Obviously, hubby and the little boy woke up ahead of me, I was groggy by the time they were both awake. As soon as they woke up, I told him that I made an AVP surprise but it was messed up, it was supposed to be playing to the tune of “What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong” (his favorite song) 1st thing in the morning when he wakes up. He said it was okay and that he was happiest since all 3 of us were together on his day and that itself made him complete (mush mushyness LOL!). I showed him this instead, a VERY unedited slides.com slides (you can try scrolling down your mouses in the lower part of the video to see the unfinished caption.) Sheeesh kainis talaga! Lesson learned: never cram a birthday surprise!
At lunch, we had pancit, cake and some other fattening food that day. Obviously, he left for work after lunch. I managed to sleep the rest of the afternoon. I realized, we don’t have a picture together, so here’s the only picture I took of the birthday boy with the best birthday gift he could ever have, that being with his son.
AGAIN, to stripe:
Happy happy 31st Birthday to my Husband who tries to make my son and my life as comfortable as he could, he thinks of himself always as his last priority in life, for a baba/papa who knows nothing except shower the boy with lessons, love and of course toyssss, for a selfless person who can’t say NO especially when it comes to his loved ones, for an in-law who loves and adores my family sooo much, especially my mom, for a friend with an old soul, good vibes and good communication skills and drinking habits LOL!, and lastly, for the chickboy who never ceases to amaze me with his goodlooks, charms and you know what else follows after that LOL!.
ETHAN and I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH! We appreciate all of your hardwork, patience and selflessness. Looking forward to celebrating more birthdays with our family and most especially with our future APOs.
Love, yellow.
25.02.1977
…on to part 2!!! (yes there is LOL!)
>>>24th
I put Ethan to sleep as early as I could to finish the AVP surprise I was doing for hubby. I had no gift for him as I had no time shopping alone, we always go out as a pack and would always watch what each of us would bring to the registrars/cashiers’ end. Hubby arrived a little after 10pm, I literally slammed my laptop down so he couldn’t see what I was cooking for him. Expectedly, being the selfless person that he is, he arrived with a gift for the little boy, hence these photos and entry. I told him I had a lot of pending OPPS and that I'll be sleeping really late, thanks for my understanding hubby, he slept ahead of me. I started doing the AVP seriously at around 11pm. I was literally buzzing my technical people in YM (read: abie, mel, leah, tin etc…) asking them about slides, music, and moviemaker. With the gazillion of photos I had, it took me no more than 5 hours to compile everything. In between, hubby was waking up asking me what time I will be sleeping with him, I managed greet him with a kiss. For the 1st time in many years, we were celebrating his birthday together, last year, he was in Chicago, the other year, he was in Cebu and in previous years, he was either in Iloilo or Bacolod. By around 5am, I was ready to convert it to a movie, my laptop hanged on me, SH*T!!! Everything got busted!!! I restarted it and left nothing but a decision to make the photo slides in the very Jurassic site of slides.com tsk tsk. But with more than 100 photos, the system was hanging every 5 minutes or so whenever I was putting on the captions. I gave up at 6am =(((
>>>25th his birthday
Obviously, hubby and the little boy woke up ahead of me, I was groggy by the time they were both awake. As soon as they woke up, I told him that I made an AVP surprise but it was messed up, it was supposed to be playing to the tune of “What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong” (his favorite song) 1st thing in the morning when he wakes up. He said it was okay and that he was happiest since all 3 of us were together on his day and that itself made him complete (mush mushyness LOL!). I showed him this instead, a VERY unedited slides.com slides (you can try scrolling down your mouses in the lower part of the video to see the unfinished caption.) Sheeesh kainis talaga! Lesson learned: never cram a birthday surprise!
AGAIN, to stripe:
Happy happy 31st Birthday to my Husband who tries to make my son and my life as comfortable as he could, he thinks of himself always as his last priority in life, for a baba/papa who knows nothing except shower the boy with lessons, love and of course toyssss, for a selfless person who can’t say NO especially when it comes to his loved ones, for an in-law who loves and adores my family sooo much, especially my mom, for a friend with an old soul, good vibes and good communication skills and drinking habits LOL!, and lastly, for the chickboy who never ceases to amaze me with his goodlooks, charms and you know what else follows after that LOL!.
ETHAN and I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH! We appreciate all of your hardwork, patience and selflessness. Looking forward to celebrating more birthdays with our family and most especially with our future APOs.
Love, yellow.
25.02.1977
…on to part 2!!! (yes there is LOL!)
bullets will do for now.
>>>It's funny because for the past 3 days, Ethan has been imagining as if he has a baby sister (mala-imaginary baby). They eat together, he shares toys with her, invites her to watch transformers, shares his blanket and brushes teeth with her. Kinda creepy, you might think. But actually he knows the concept of getting pregnant and giving birth. He has been constantly kissing my tummy every now and then and saying goodbye to his future sister whom he thinks is sleeping in my tummy, nakupo! Sensyales na ba ito na humihingi na siya ng kasunod? So last night, I was telling hubby all these things and he thought we think of a good name for Ethan's imaginary baby slash our future daughter. We have always wanted Ysobel as a name for a girl but we want a 2nd Christian name (such as Xavier for Ethan Xavier). I wanted Therese since Ethan starts with "E" that's my name initial at least for the girl it should start with a "T" for hubby's name initial naman. Isn't it so nice to name her Ysobel Therese? But for reasons only Baters aka Farah knows, I won't choose naming her after Therese. So any suggestions? Wala lang pampaubos oras lang.
>>>Oh my gosh! The 2nd episode of ANTM cycle 10 was sooo controversial, somebody quitted! Check it out later in my DETOUR BLOG.
why the picture? para basahin niyo and entry na ito dahil naintriga kayo sa pics LOL at oo mali akala niyo di po ako buntis, not in the next 2 years. toodles.
>>>It's funny because for the past 3 days, Ethan has been imagining as if he has a baby sister (mala-imaginary baby). They eat together, he shares toys with her, invites her to watch transformers, shares his blanket and brushes teeth with her. Kinda creepy, you might think. But actually he knows the concept of getting pregnant and giving birth. He has been constantly kissing my tummy every now and then and saying goodbye to his future sister whom he thinks is sleeping in my tummy, nakupo! Sensyales na ba ito na humihingi na siya ng kasunod? So last night, I was telling hubby all these things and he thought we think of a good name for Ethan's imaginary baby slash our future daughter. We have always wanted Ysobel as a name for a girl but we want a 2nd Christian name (such as Xavier for Ethan Xavier). I wanted Therese since Ethan starts with "E" that's my name initial at least for the girl it should start with a "T" for hubby's name initial naman. Isn't it so nice to name her Ysobel Therese? But for reasons only Baters aka Farah knows, I won't choose naming her after Therese. So any suggestions? Wala lang pampaubos oras lang.
>>>Oh my gosh! The 2nd episode of ANTM cycle 10 was sooo controversial, somebody quitted! Check it out later in my DETOUR BLOG.
why the picture? para basahin niyo and entry na ito dahil naintriga kayo sa pics LOL at oo mali akala niyo di po ako buntis, not in the next 2 years. toodles.
Lucky are the kids in tropical countries such as our beloved Philippines as they could play anytime they want outside of their houses. When your son began to wail, cry and shout all at the same time for a couple of hours non-stop because he wanted to run in the backyard and he doesn't understand that too much cold weather can get him and his mommy sick, what do you do? Give up and let him play outside. But you need to bundle him and yourself before he could play outside. This takes about 3 minutes or so. I miss the times when he just asked his yaya to accompany him in the park in our village back home in his sando, shorts and havis, then meet and play his plenty of playmates/neighbors.
he's happiest when I give in to his wailings
he wants some fresh air as he flies his helicopter (uh-oh i forgot to put socks, he's wearing 3 layers of tops and 2 underpants)
he's happiest when I give in to his wailings
he wants some fresh air as he flies his helicopter (uh-oh i forgot to put socks, he's wearing 3 layers of tops and 2 underpants)
My son is turning 3 on May 1 this year. If we were back home, I might have already planned his 3rd birthday party as his past 2 birthday celebrations were planned bigtime. But this year, I guess it would be simple. My dream of celebrating his 3rd birthday in Disney World might be postponed for next year due to some change of schedule and some prioritizing to do. We might just have a simple family party in our future apartment and probably we might treat him for a Chuck E Cheese's playdate. But, if I was to plan his 3rd birthday party, probably the theme would be TRANSFORMERS.
Here's reminiscing his past 2 birthday parties.
His F1-themed 1st birthday party at the Mahogany Place with Wanlu.
and his Disney Cars themed 2nd birthday party at his grandparents' house in Tahanan Village with Jollibee as his special guest.
Here's reminiscing his past 2 birthday parties.
His F1-themed 1st birthday party at the Mahogany Place with Wanlu.
and his Disney Cars themed 2nd birthday party at his grandparents' house in Tahanan Village with Jollibee as his special guest.
I just got off the phone some few hours ago with Baters aka Farah. I received a surprise call from her, well it isn't really a surprise as she texted me earlier asking for my landline and I was expecting for her call right away. I was too excited to receive a call from my closest girlfriends back home. She was the 2nd caller since my stay here (the 1st one, was from the 3rd member of our so-called powerpuffies friendship triumvirate, Blusum aka Stelz, which left me as Babuls lol! corny namin noh?). Just a backgrounder, the 3 of us were really close when we were on our 4th grade and went on to highschool together (but with different barkadas) and then we went on different colleges/universities. We were reunited during our 1st few years of work, especially when Stelz got an assignment in Japan. And our friendship has never been better, it just becomes deeper and deeper.
On to the phonecall. I think the phone just half-rang when I pick it up. I was too excited. I was even telling her that she made me happy for the whole month of February LOL! OA!. But I honestly felt extremely happy having that phone conversation with her. Her effort was greatly appreciated. Eventhough, it was short, I cherished every minute of it. hay naku!
We talked about our good old friend in highschool (whom is very close to both of us) who just gave birth and whose baby has some serious congenital diseaseS. I feel for her really as everything else in her life seemed planned and stable but you'll never know when you will be thrown the other side of the coin. It both made me and Farah realize how blessed we are as our family members are as healthy especially in terms of our children. I remember this saying about parents having special children that these parents should feel blessed to have special kids as they are actually especially hand-picked or chosen by God as He trusts them that they can take care of these fragile and special children. I will say a prayer for her baby tonight before I hit the sack. I wish I could hug our friend but knowing her and her hubby, they both will surpass whatever they are facing right now.
Thanks for the call Bats, you made me smile bigtime, that until now is etched on my face. Blusum said she'll call me this week! I am loving these overseas calls!
Here's one of our last pics together. Us with our kids, I semi-hugged her and Ethan hugged her Lizzie.
On to the phonecall. I think the phone just half-rang when I pick it up. I was too excited. I was even telling her that she made me happy for the whole month of February LOL! OA!. But I honestly felt extremely happy having that phone conversation with her. Her effort was greatly appreciated. Eventhough, it was short, I cherished every minute of it. hay naku!
We talked about our good old friend in highschool (whom is very close to both of us) who just gave birth and whose baby has some serious congenital diseaseS. I feel for her really as everything else in her life seemed planned and stable but you'll never know when you will be thrown the other side of the coin. It both made me and Farah realize how blessed we are as our family members are as healthy especially in terms of our children. I remember this saying about parents having special children that these parents should feel blessed to have special kids as they are actually especially hand-picked or chosen by God as He trusts them that they can take care of these fragile and special children. I will say a prayer for her baby tonight before I hit the sack. I wish I could hug our friend but knowing her and her hubby, they both will surpass whatever they are facing right now.
Thanks for the call Bats, you made me smile bigtime, that until now is etched on my face. Blusum said she'll call me this week! I am loving these overseas calls!
Here's one of our last pics together. Us with our kids, I semi-hugged her and Ethan hugged her Lizzie.
After bombarding you with series of paid entries, I might as well give you an update of me. Though, I still have 16 more backlog OPPS and it's just Tuesday, you know Wednesdays are for raining OPPS. I've had enough for the night as I have proudly grabbed my very 1st $50 dollar OPP! I never imagine paidblogging could be taxing at times, (lest, maintaining 2 blogs!) it has indeed become a career for me, I just turned 3 months last February 16 and I must say I did an excellent job in paidblogging. I could have started this way way earlier. But regrets are for losers. Hubby and my son learned to adjust with my so-called working hours at home. They really do.
>>>The reason for my less entries is I have been trying to sleep healthy meaning eliminating the insomniac in me. I have a recurring migraine caused by staying too late in the computer. As I have blogged HERE, I started a sleeping routine by sleeping at 9pm and waking up at 6am. But as predicted, I hate mornings and I ended up spending more hours in the bed! Sleeping early and not meeting my 0PPS requirement every night makes me cranky and doubles the migraine the following days. And so, I am back to my sleepless nights slash morphs into my insomniac being. Hence, the absence of bloghopping, but I promise to bloghop this week not later than friday!
>>>For some reasons, I have been helping hubby's Doctors-Aunts and Uncles slash our wedding godparents in their job search, they moved from Germany and Immigrated here. Unfortunately, both of them are so overqualified and they have been rejected by companies and universities for being very well-experienced surgeon and gynecologist. They have been using my laptop while I assist them in their online job hunt and this afternoon, they accidently tweaked some of the settings of my YM beta version(i think) and when I logged in, my YM just messed up. Only the YM vista is working but I just hate this version. So for everyone, who messaged me, I did not receive any. I'll try to download beta version again tomorrow. Hopefully it works!
>>>Lately, I'm just getting sick of all the networking sites, read: FRIENDSTER, MY SPACE, MULTIPLY, FACEBOOK (most especially). I don't know why, maybe nagsawa na lang ako. I feel it's very impersonal, I would still appreciate personal emails over testimonials and long conversations and hugs over looking at a friend's pictures. This Facebook is really getting into me LOL! I am thinking of cancelling my account. They have been emailing updates and friends requests, dati wala naman. Siguro dahil magdadalawang buwan na akong di nag checheck. I was hesitant to log in this morning coz I might be traumatized with the requests, and guest what, when I logged in, I got 521 requests!!!! And you have to ignore them one by one. MAJOR CHAKANESS!
>>>I so badly want to watch these 2 movies with my girlfriends back home, especially with my MG family. Movie life here sucks! boohoo! I miss all of you, sawa na ako manood ng DVD with Titan lol! I want girlfriends movie sidecomments naman and tsismisan after. Uwi na ko lol!
>>>and lastly, I have re-watched the reruns of ANTM Cycles 1-9 to get ready for the Cycle 10 which will premiere on Wednesday, February 20 woohoo!!! I missed my photoshoots everytime I watch ANTM. Hay naku! Senti senti. Read more as I blog it HERE!
>>>The reason for my less entries is I have been trying to sleep healthy meaning eliminating the insomniac in me. I have a recurring migraine caused by staying too late in the computer. As I have blogged HERE, I started a sleeping routine by sleeping at 9pm and waking up at 6am. But as predicted, I hate mornings and I ended up spending more hours in the bed! Sleeping early and not meeting my 0PPS requirement every night makes me cranky and doubles the migraine the following days. And so, I am back to my sleepless nights slash morphs into my insomniac being. Hence, the absence of bloghopping, but I promise to bloghop this week not later than friday!
>>>For some reasons, I have been helping hubby's Doctors-Aunts and Uncles slash our wedding godparents in their job search, they moved from Germany and Immigrated here. Unfortunately, both of them are so overqualified and they have been rejected by companies and universities for being very well-experienced surgeon and gynecologist. They have been using my laptop while I assist them in their online job hunt and this afternoon, they accidently tweaked some of the settings of my YM beta version(i think) and when I logged in, my YM just messed up. Only the YM vista is working but I just hate this version. So for everyone, who messaged me, I did not receive any. I'll try to download beta version again tomorrow. Hopefully it works!
>>>Lately, I'm just getting sick of all the networking sites, read: FRIENDSTER, MY SPACE, MULTIPLY, FACEBOOK (most especially). I don't know why, maybe nagsawa na lang ako. I feel it's very impersonal, I would still appreciate personal emails over testimonials and long conversations and hugs over looking at a friend's pictures. This Facebook is really getting into me LOL! I am thinking of cancelling my account. They have been emailing updates and friends requests, dati wala naman. Siguro dahil magdadalawang buwan na akong di nag checheck. I was hesitant to log in this morning coz I might be traumatized with the requests, and guest what, when I logged in, I got 521 requests!!!! And you have to ignore them one by one. MAJOR CHAKANESS!
>>>I so badly want to watch these 2 movies with my girlfriends back home, especially with my MG family. Movie life here sucks! boohoo! I miss all of you, sawa na ako manood ng DVD with Titan lol! I want girlfriends movie sidecomments naman and tsismisan after. Uwi na ko lol!
>>>and lastly, I have re-watched the reruns of ANTM Cycles 1-9 to get ready for the Cycle 10 which will premiere on Wednesday, February 20 woohoo!!! I missed my photoshoots everytime I watch ANTM. Hay naku! Senti senti. Read more as I blog it HERE!
Finally, I have finished updating my little boy's milestones in this blog and I don't need to do some back entries anymore. All that's left in my to do list is update his WEB ALBUM.
The last set of milestones:
>>>Every little thing we do that seems to make him remember our daily routine back home he would aptly say: "mommy, like pines (for philippines)". For instance, if we popped some popcorn during our nightly DVD marathons, he would say that "like pines mommy, with daddy yo (referring to my dad), mamy tata (my mom), yayay, uncle (my dico)". As we do this all the time back home every night after dinner. aaaww! Even the kiddo is homesick.
>>>Let him name all of his toys/books and he can, then ask him from whom did it all came from, he knows each and every toy's giver. Even the store where we bought it. hee hee!
>>>Everytime he sees someone fat, he would shout "YAYAY TABA!".I know it's not nice to hear that hehehe. His loving yaya back home weighs 200++ lbs. We miss her. She's with my folks.
>>>He knows each and every gasoline station logos and instantly would say "Chevron, Shell etc... Pump Gas!". As well as the Logos of shopping centers: "Cosco, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us etc...".
>>>While at the kitchen, in between chores, this little boy would insist helping and would say to me "Help Mama, pls". Every kind deed you need to know, should be learned from a toddler!
>>>Oh did I mention before that he shouts: "Call 199 (for 911)" everytime his cars crash or a tire fell off?
>>>Since I tag him along in "The Shop", everytime we go there he would say to me "Ethan needs to work, buy cars kasi".
>>>We both have a portable and a centralized heater. One time, I saw him near the portable heater with an uncooked egg, when asked what he was doing, he said: "cooking egg for baba". His baba's favorite meal includes egg!
>>>Every slow songs he hears, he would associate it with churches and Jesus and Mama Mary.
>>>Whenever I go to the University to do some paperworks, we would tell him that mommy needs to pee and leave him in the Car with his grandma only. The 2nd time we went there, he said, "wiwi mama". But the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc... we were surprised when we heard him say "Not wiwi mama, go school mama", he is an eavesdropping toddler!
taken this morning, as soon as he woke up, he immediately looked for his favorite bread, pandesal
The last set of milestones:
>>>Every little thing we do that seems to make him remember our daily routine back home he would aptly say: "mommy, like pines (for philippines)". For instance, if we popped some popcorn during our nightly DVD marathons, he would say that "like pines mommy, with daddy yo (referring to my dad), mamy tata (my mom), yayay, uncle (my dico)". As we do this all the time back home every night after dinner. aaaww! Even the kiddo is homesick.
>>>Let him name all of his toys/books and he can, then ask him from whom did it all came from, he knows each and every toy's giver. Even the store where we bought it. hee hee!
>>>Everytime he sees someone fat, he would shout "YAYAY TABA!".
>>>He knows each and every gasoline station logos and instantly would say "Chevron, Shell etc... Pump Gas!". As well as the Logos of shopping centers: "Cosco, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us etc...".
>>>While at the kitchen, in between chores, this little boy would insist helping and would say to me "Help Mama, pls". Every kind deed you need to know, should be learned from a toddler!
>>>Oh did I mention before that he shouts: "Call 199 (for 911)" everytime his cars crash or a tire fell off?
>>>Since I tag him along in "The Shop", everytime we go there he would say to me "Ethan needs to work, buy cars kasi".
>>>We both have a portable and a centralized heater. One time, I saw him near the portable heater with an uncooked egg, when asked what he was doing, he said: "cooking egg for baba". His baba's favorite meal includes egg!
>>>Every slow songs he hears, he would associate it with churches and Jesus and Mama Mary.
>>>Whenever I go to the University to do some paperworks, we would tell him that mommy needs to pee and leave him in the Car with his grandma only. The 2nd time we went there, he said, "wiwi mama". But the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc... we were surprised when we heard him say "Not wiwi mama, go school mama", he is an eavesdropping toddler!
taken this morning, as soon as he woke up, he immediately looked for his favorite bread, pandesal
According to the news, March 21 marks the 1st day of Spring! I lavet! I just can't wait for this new season! Ang bilis ng panahon, I arrived during the fall and then winter now and then spring is coming soon. We all have a long list of where-to-go-during-spring as we have been locked up in the comforts of our backyards and the malls due to the cold weather. But I guess, spring came earlier than expected. The weather lately has been turning out great, we have been opening up our windows for some fresh air. On some days, we turned off the heater. And this morning as I was getting mail from the box, I saw some dandalions blooming in the frontyard! What a nice sight. Sorry babaw, I just hate the kalbo trees and dry leaves, it doubles my homesickness moodswings.
While hubby was watching discovery channel and it was about scubadiving, I was saddened. I badly miss scubadiving. I badly miss being under the water. I badly miss being in a complete solitude. I badly miss giggling all by myself after watching a funny creature crashed to another funny looking sea creature. And I regret not scubadiving with my closest friends Harold and Ging. Kelan kaya ako makakascubadive ulit? Some pictures of me under the water:
As soon as it snowed here, hubby asked me out for a DATE! Sabi niya patulugin ko daw ng maaga si Ethan then we'll have our alone time. We never really had an alone time outside of the house eversince we got here. Most of our dates were family dates, were Ethan was always in tow. We managed to sneaked out some time alone playing Xbox 360 or having wine and/or coffee downstairs in the wee hours, when Ethan is asleep. Since both of us were excited to play in the snow, we had a snow date. Our purpose was to make plenty of snowman for Ethan to see the next day. But we failed hahaha! Ang hirap pala gumawa nun especially if the snow isn't that thick. We were sooo kulit, we had 2 cameras and we stayed for like 5 hours from 10pm-3am. At first the snowball fights were still gentle pero ng tumagal, sakitan na talaga hahah! I admit I lost in the game and had to shout STOP several times. We were not in our proper snow outfit and I was bathing with snow all over my body. And worst, both of us were wearing crocs without socks! Just imagine that hahaha! We had a lot of p