Week 4: Akiro's Birthday

The youngest among the three kiddos just celebrated his first year being alive. He hasn't been christened, yet. No godmothers/fathers. Poor little boy. However, he has his awesome aunts and uncles, and their friends to celebrate his birthday the awesome way. So what we did was to cook few dishes, (enough for the family and some friends), and sing him the best birthday song ever.

There were no games just like the usual children's party. But I can see on his eyes that he feels that there's something special with that day. He's so happy, giggling and running around the house. He's happy seeing different faces in the house. Surprisingly, a lot of food in the table and everyone's present. When we sang the birthday song, he happily stares on our faces and claps his hand.

You know, these simple things make him feel special. We don't usually equate simple to special, but I guess this is something that we need to learn and appreciate. Even now that we are not kids anymore. I don't know how to explain it, but not all the best come in a special way. Sometimes, the simplest is the best.

Simplicity. Why I Love Weekends

Week 3: How about Chinese New Year?

On Friday afternoon, Andrew fetch me from work. He came early to join me for late lunch, since my lunch buddies (Jacq & Diane) were both out of the office. He's always there to save the day!

On Saturday, I stayed at home. All my siblings were out somewhere, and I am left with household chores plus baby sitting to the kiddos. It's fun though, having enough time to bond with niece and nephews, 3x disaster at home.

On Sunday, my cousins came over. We've never seen them on holidays, so they decided to spend a Sunday with us. My preggy cousin is not really huge for a 6-month pregnant woman. We grilled fish, and nanay cooked tinola for lunch. It's a happy lunch for everyone. We prepared banana split for snacks. The ladies got toe nails done. It just happened that our cousin, Joseph, also arrived. Mini reunion with cousins, it is.

And how can I forget. We have this extra rest day because of Chinese New Year. I really wonder why we celebrate CNY here in the Philippines. Do chinese celebrate our New Year in their country? Anyway, no problem with that. I-just-wonder. Besides, the Chinese community here is getting bigger, I think. Big companies are mostly Chinese-owned, great investments, job opportunities to every Filipino. And I have Chinese friends, too! Well, Kung Hei Fat Choi to everyone.

I thank every Chinese for giving us one more extra day to spend with family and friends, one day to rest and relax, one day to skip from work, and one more day to celebrate how happy it is to live.

Family. Friends. Why I Love Weekends.

Week 2: Roses and Rosary

It's Friday the 13th last Friday yet I was amazed by the people's positivity. In the office, everyone is uber excited for the kick-off party of our department. So, no one cares if the day is going to be in chaos, unlucky, ruined, messed up or anything negative--a perfect day to celebrate our first year anniversary.

Definitely, this entry is all about our anniversary and not about the party.

So, I didn't attend the company party. After shift, I went straight to Market! Market! to meet Andrew. I know he's been there for more than an hour, and there's no reason for me to stay longer in the office. Though, I really wanted to see Kaite (an officemate) perform. When I finally reached our meeting place, which is in front of the fountain as he requested, I'm surprised not to see him on our favorite spot. Annoyed, I called and texted him, only to find out that he's there, right behind me holding a bouquet of white roses. Awww... Just imagine my heart melting down. I am trying really hard to hide my smile, but there's no way I can help myself. Maybe I am overreacting, but to tell you honestly, this is the first time I received a bouquet of roses from a boyfriend. Plus this act is not so Andrew. *giggles*

We took a walk to Highstreet together, holding hands. We had dinner at Friday's. We didn't talk too much, but we stare at each other's faces most of the time. I find it weird that way because we don't usually go out to dine, with white roses on my hands. I feel like a celebrity, really, with all the people looking at me and my flowers. How we celebrated our anniversary can be as easy as that but the "main event" happened on Sunday.

What to do on a Sunday? We travelled to Manaoag, Pangasinan to attend the holy mass there. Manaoag church has been very sentimental to me. It will always have a piece of my heart. I took him there to formally introduce him to God. Our anniversary is like a thanksgiving for both of us. It is not really easy to keep a relationship that long. And I thank God for guiding us, and keeping us both tough to every challenge we had. I am happy with His presence in our relationship. I can say that the connection we have is not that easy to break.

Roses. Love. God. Why I Love Weekends.

Week 1: Rainy Sunday Marathon

Why rain on a SUNday? Anyway, I still enjoyed the day. Kiddos are not around, no one to bug us while using the laptop, and most importantly no one to cry for candies. Waahhh, ultimate rest day for us at home. So what we did today was to watch movies online. Who were present? Me and bro Marvin, my boyfriend Andrew, my sis Aga, and some friends from the neighborhood. A friend craved for Sopas, he bought the ingredients and I cooked it for everyone. Perfect for the weather.

First on our list is the REAL STEEL. Yeah. Too late for me. I remember last year I was dying to see this movie, but the circumstances won't allow me to. So today, ACHIEVED! It was awesomeeee!!! And sorry for the super late reaction. But hell, yeah, it's indeed awesome. Next on our list is the WRONG TURN, and hey it's a wrong choice. It's so brutal. I can't even stare on the monitor for more than a minute. All of us decided to close it and go on with the next which is IN TIME. I've seen this before, I liked it so I watched it again.

While waiting for the movies to buffer, we play Tetris Battle. It's a Facebook app. All of us take turns, and it's so addictive. We pray for more energy, we change accounts, and we don't know whose account we are using, win or lose, we don't care. Hahaha. We just enjoyed every 2-minute game we have. And it's really perfect for a rainy day like this.

Movies. Why I Love Weekends.

Finding A New Place

My Wordpress account has been suspended. That's my dilemma.

I've been browsing the internet for the solution for three days now. I've read related posts about suspended accounts in Wordpress, and I got the idea that maybe I've posted an entry which violates the Terms and Conditions of the site (or maybe not). So I mailed the support team, and hopefully before the week ends, I'll be able to recover my blogs.

Wordpress, Facebook and Twitter are my virtual paper and pen. Since I started working, I haven't done any writing using a piece of paper or my favorite pen, except for the notes on my planner of course. So, I can't afford to lose my accounts on any of those sites.

And I found this, blogger or blogspot. Most of my friends' blogs are from here. I am trying my luck to start a new blog using this site. Or just in case I'm not able to 'unsuspend' my Wordpress account.

So, hello BLOGSPOT! I hope you can forgive me for talking too much about Wordpress. Let's be friends.