Monday, December 14, 2009

be back in 2010

Posted by kai at 2:55 PM 2 comments
I'm pretty sure these coming days will be a very very very busy day for us! Shopping here, there and everywhere... busy looking for great finds haha! So, i'm sure i won't be able to update you guys here... for now. But i promise to be back in January 2010 :-D with our Happy Holidays! :-)

Advance Happy Holidays to all of you!!!! See you next year! :-)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

free blogspot template

Posted by kai at 10:09 AM 0 comments
If you're like me that need change and you are looking for a free template for your blogspot, you can check these free blogspot templates out :-)

Enjoy! :-)

Friday, November 6, 2009

my energy level

Posted by kai at 9:16 AM 0 comments
Your Energy Level is Moderate




For you, life is all about balance. You keep active, but you rest a lot too.

You have enough vigor to get everything done... with a little left over for some fun.


You find that you have plenty of energy, as long as you give yourself time to recharge.


But if you don't take care of yourself, you notice that your energy levels really plummet.

What's Your Energy Level?

Saturday, October 31, 2009

cibo! cibo! cibo!

Posted by kai at 8:35 AM 2 comments
I never tried eating at CIBO until today. Because, we are expecting some rewards for working hard, we agreed to have a lunch out at CIBO Rockwell. Of course i invited hubby over for him to have a taste too (sweet wifey right? lol! just say yes please :-D)

Me and hubby ordered their pasta. Farfalle Alla Veneziana for me and for hubby....hhmm.... i can't really remember lol! It tastes good though! We'll be making our version of it soon and will name it pasta ala cibo :-P

We hope to get more rewards like this. *burp*

Monday, October 26, 2009

an ordinary day

Posted by kai at 5:23 PM 0 comments
I do not have interesting things to share this month. Not so much happenings from home and in the office. Except that, i had conducted a "joke time" basic training on a web based application in our office. I need to do it for my performance evaluation.

The real joke was when i asked a friend-officemate's feedback on the training and she said, it's like attending a stand up comedy show lol! Am i that funny or i'm too nervous? hehehe! At least i'm done. I hope nothing like that in the coming days :-P

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

cut it short

Posted by kai at 11:26 AM 0 comments
Part of Filipino culture is to believe in the old saying/tradition/practices. And one of those so many beliefs is the only allowed time for the baby to have their haircut. We are not allowed to cut their hair until they turns 1. And because Macey is 1 year old already, we went to Cuts and Tots Trinoma for her 1st haircut! Yipee!

Busy watching Barney while kuya's cutting her hair

oooppppsss... behave baby! look at mommy :-)

konti na lang :-)

there! clean cut :-)

Because Macey look like a baby boy with her new haircut, i have tried some of her ate Micah's baby headbands to see if it fits her. And this one's my fave!


I was able to capture the hair cutting ceremony lol! I have the after look.... and what's missing???? Damn! I should get baby's hair! Now what? :-(

Sunday, September 13, 2009

celebration!

Posted by kai at 11:15 PM 0 comments
Finally! Today is the day! This is it... judgment day of how mommy organizes an event so well :-P

We will be heading off to Dad's Megamall later. I hope i will still look good in the pictures even if i didn't have a well rested sleep *urk*. I've been working with the signature frame design til 2 am, adjusting each and every single layer's resolution :-( I missed considering the resolution while doing the layout, sorry, just a newbie :-(. I just hope this time, later, it'll be better :-D

Goodluck to us! Ooooppss... it's raining! I hope it stops hours before the event :-(

Whatever it will be, i promise to share some party pix :-)

Friday, September 11, 2009

happy day!

Posted by kai at 2:09 PM 0 comments
Our Macey turns 1 today :-). Eventhough we will have the grand celebration on Sunday, September 13, we opted to still prepare some party foods today. I just don't want this day to end just like that because it's really her special day :-)

We just had pansit bihon, barbeque from inengs (yummy!) and pizza donut from go nuts donuts :-) Bawi na lang tayo sa Sunday! hehehe!

looks delicious... well, totoong masarap :-)

pizza donut from go nuts (kunwari cake :-D)

this is our all time favorite! :-)

and the birthday girl... bruha look hehe!

Have a big time celebration on Sunday baby... We love you so much! mwah mwah!

Friday, September 4, 2009

cake details

Posted by kai at 3:30 AM 0 comments
I need to visit Kitchen Krafts to finalize the cake details. I'll try to visit them later after office... shoot! i need to leave early to be there before 7pm...

Basically, i need a 2 layer cake with 3D topper... not so big, just enough for tasha and uniqua 3D topper. The colors should match backyardigans color (which includes orange, yellow, fuscia pink, blue, green... what else?) I also need mini cuppies with character topper.

Here are the sample backyardigans cake designs i've researched so far... Can we mix these details for Macey's cake? lol!
My idea of the cake topper :-) Why? Because for me Tasha represents Micah and Macey is Uniqua! :-D

I love this design! So extravagant looking :-D Because of budget constraint, i will just copy other cake design details :-)

Simple 2 layer cake i like :-)

I wish i know how to bake too! :-) Maybe someday... *wish* *wish* *wish*! :-D

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

my first DIY :-D

Posted by kai at 1:58 PM 0 comments

I'm proud to present my very first project for my baby :-) i can do it pala hahahaha! Now i'm confident :-D Sayang! I wasn't able to do the same with Micah's party :-(.... Bawi na lang si mommy baby :-)

Cute d ba? hahahaha! I really love my work :-) I have to start working on the signature frame :-)

Sunday, August 23, 2009

black wedding?

Posted by kai at 12:50 PM 0 comments
Got this from a friend... i love the idea! :-D it's so unique!... but a bit scary.... here's to share some pix :-D


Their wedding invite

They say that the ceremony took place in Paco cemetery... scary!

Guests

Candles...

Reception menu :-D

Cool!

Wanna know the couple behind this idea????? Presenting!!!!!

It's Jay of Kamikazee and his wifey!

Cool isn't it?

Saturday, August 22, 2009

revolutionary years

Posted by kai at 10:42 AM 0 comments
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1950's, 60' s, 70's and early 80's !!

First, some of us survived being born to mothers who did not have an OB-Gyne and drank San Miguel Beer while they carried us.

While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine, ate isaw, and didn't worry about diabetes.

Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints, pati na yung walker natin, matigas na kahoy din at wala pang gulong.

We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin lang), and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala pang preno yung bisikleta.

As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats (yung JD bus na pula), or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts (ngayon lahat may aircon na)

Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer day was considered a treat. (ngayon hindi na nakakakita ng kalabaw ang mga bata)

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle purchased from 711 (minsan straight from the faucet or poso)

We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate rice with star margarine, drank raw eggs straight from the shell, and drank sofdrinks with real sugar in it (hindi diet coke), but we weren't sick or overweight kasi nga ......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso, habulan at taguan.

No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys (yung bearing ang gulong) or plywood slides out of scraps and then ride down the street , only to find out we forgot the brakes! After hitting the sidewalk or falling into a canal (seweage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the problem ourselves with our bare & dirty hands .

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround stereo, no IPOD's, no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, no chat rooms, and no Friendsters. ...... ...WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to actually talk and play with them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no stupid lawsuits from these accidents . The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words..masakit ba ? pero pag galit yung kalaro mo,,,,ang sasabihin sa iyo..beh buti nga !

We played marbles (jolens) in the dirt , washed our hands just a little and ate dirty ice cream & fish balls. we were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.

We had to live with homemade guns " gawa sa kahoy, tinali ng rubberband , sumpit , tirador at kung ano ano pa na puedeng makasakitan. .pero masaya pa rin ang lahat.

We made up games with sticks ( syatong ), and cans ( tumbang preso ) and although we were told they were dangerous, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay.paminsan minsan may nabubukulan lang.

We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them to jump out the window!


Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't pass had to learn to deal with the disappointment.. Wala yang mga childhood depression at damaged self esteem ek-ek na yan.. Ang pikon, talo.


Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang mga bata, hindi para makialam at makipag-away sa ibang parents.


That generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, creative thinkers and successful professionals ever! They are the CEO's, Engineers, Doctors and Military Generals of today.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way.

You might want to share this with others who've had the luck to grow up as real kids . We were lucky indeed..

And if you like, forward it to your kids too, so they will know how brave their parents were.

It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree, doesn't it?!


PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age).

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

update! update! update!

Posted by kai at 9:35 AM 0 comments
A month to go before our Macey's grand day! Whew! This is tiring yet, i am enjoying the preparation and stuffs. I even consider venturing into this kind of business, event specialist / party planner whatever you may call it :-D... but again... HOW? hahaha! I always have this HOW thingy... :-P

Anyway, here's the latest update for Macey's first birthday celebration:

Party theme:
- Backyardigans!!!!

Food and Venue:
- we have already reserved Dad's Megamall for Sunday, September 13 @ 3:00pm
- we also opted to get their venue decoration service, less hassle for us :-)

Invitation
- c/o mommie

Prices, Pinata, Pabitin, Lootbags, Tarpaulin
- done buying these stuffs. we only have to wrap the prices, put candies and coins in the pinata, and so on...

Dress
- since there's no costume for her party theme; we just follow the Backyardigans color!
- we shopped at Periwinkle for the kids' dress, yellow dress for ate and pink for the celebrant :-)
- daddy will just wear something blue and mommy... still undecided! hahaha! it's either pink or green :-D hehehehe!

Photographer
- Cute Prints
- i always wanted to get Ging Lorenzo's service, but damn! she's always fully booked... :-(
- i visited cute prints multiply site. the pix are good and the package is not bad :-) let's wait and see :-) i hope my decision is right hehehe!

Videographer
- booked for Digitaljuice's service, they're also our videographer during Micah's first birthday. I love their work, really!

Cake
- ordered from Kitchen Krafts :-) yum! will have to visit them one of these days to finalize the design :-)

Host Magician
- booked for Richard "Poncho" Buligan - so excited with the ventri show :-D

I also love to have the following stuffs for Macey's part ----
- Backdrop
-Bubble Show
- Face Paint
- Ice Cream cart
- Standee
----
but i have to ask for hubby's permission :-D and of course, check on the budget... anyway, it won't hurt if we can't have these. It's just an addition. It's nice to have but the party will still be a success (*hoping*) without it :-D

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

feedback pls...

Posted by kai at 6:26 PM 0 comments
Sharing this article i got from kiddieparty.ph while looking for a good Host Magician. Enjoy reading...

Feedback Please...

Whenever there is a parent looking for party venue or suppliers, the usual line that i hear is "feedback please". It is common for a lot of people to always ask around first before dealing with a supplier. That is why we have a category in the forum called "Supplier Feedback", where anyone can rate a specific supplier's products or services.

Each time someone leaves a feedback, comment or opinion on a party supplier, it helps out parents make their decisions on who or which supplier to book for their party. This feedback system also helps out suppliers validate how good their products are or the services they provide. And for those not so good feedbacks, the suppliers have a chance to find out how they can improve.

However, what is good for one is not always good for everyone else. There might be a parent / client who is satisfied with the service of a party supplier, but others would think of it as only substandard, and they would say that there are others who are better. That is why the Supplier Feedback in the forum doesn't just allow for a rating to be made but it also allows forum members to tell a story of what happened and give specific details on the supplier rating given.

If you previously used a party venue or party supplier or maybe you attended a party and have something to say about them, please feel free to make your own comments. And if you are a party venue or party supplier, you might want to ask your clients to leave some feedback here at kiddieparty.ph so that others may know about you.

The ratings/feedback given by forum members on party suppliers is their own opinion and not that of kiddieparty.ph. It is still best for any parent/client to verify with others regarding the information they gather.

Happy planning!


*** I find kiddieparty.ph website a big help on my preparations. And oh, they also have the Supplier's Directory for your reference :-)

Friday, July 24, 2009

i am talented

Posted by kai at 5:58 PM 0 comments
Your Hidden Talent is Your Imagination



You are both very knowledgeable and creative.

You tend to be full of new ideas and potential - big potential.

Ideas like yours could change the world, if you build them.

As long as you don't stop working on your dreams, you'll get there.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Macey's turn

Posted by kai at 5:15 PM 0 comments
I've started planning for Macey's first birthday, and below are what we wanted... for now... for her big day :-) Let's start from what is really needed.

Venue and Food
- Dad's Megamall
- Max Tiendesitas

Party Theme:
- Backyardigans
- Baby Princess
- Sesame Street (Elmo)

Cake and Cuppies
- French Kiss - i always wanted to have them as our cake supplier, good feedback and of course i want to try :-D
- Kitchen Krafts - our ever reliable and tested :-D

Host Magician
- hhmm... i still don't know who. It will still depend on their rate and budget hehe!

Party Dress
- Will still depend on the theme

Invitation, Loot Bags, Prizes, Pinata, Pabitin
- I'll try to do the invitation to have some personal touch (so arte! hehe), all other stuffs of course from our Divilandia supplier :-)

Did i miss anything??? I still have 2 months to think and prepare right? :-D

Saturday, July 4, 2009

happy birthday Micah dear :-)

Posted by kai at 3:02 PM 0 comments
Sharing with you our celebration a while ago :-)

As
planned, we went to Manila Ocean Park to meet the sea/ocean creatures and had a family dinner and cake blowing at Dampa Seaside Macapagal :-) yummy yum yum! :-D

Sorry for the pictures lowtech ang camera :-P
 
Welcome to Manila Ocean Park :-)

 
It's my 3rd birthday today! ^_^

 
 
Meet Nemo and friends....


 
This is funny! LOL! It's really made for them! :-P

 
Loving the mermaid! She said... "i want to be a mermaid too mommy!"


A view of sunset just before we left the park... wish i had a better camera *sigh*

She's really a picture addict... Posing while waiting for daddy to pick us up at the park's entrance :-)


Finally! Dinner at Dampa! Yummy! Look at her, she's enjoying her Red Ribbon's Oreo cake! *sweet*



Today, i hope you had a blast my dear. I know simple things can still make you happy. And still my forever wish is for you to have all the best in life. I can't always give what you want but i'll try and do my very best for you to have a happy childhood.

Happy Birthday my dear Micah. We love you so much!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

apple pie.... hhmmm....

Posted by kai at 4:46 PM 0 comments
You Are Apple Pie


When you're stressed out, you crave the company of those you love.

Your comfort food is likely to be something you cook and share with others.


In fact, stress often causes you to cook like crazy... even when you're not hungry.

Taking care of people often wears you down, but it's also the thing that energizes you.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

on scrapping

Posted by kai at 4:18 PM 0 comments
I bought so many scrapping materials way back in 2006, after i gave birth to our eldest daughter. I wanted to document her first years but i failed haha! First, i find it hard to layout an interesting and cute design... Damn, it's complicated for me! :-D And eventhough i bought a scrap paper with printed designs already, i find it boring to just paste the pictures there hehe. That's why i admire thea for being talented and artistic! *clap * clap *clap ;-) and all hopes are high that someday... when i eventually bumped into "scrapping driver", i will be able to do my own designs too :-)... someday....

Thursday, June 4, 2009

micah's birthday plan

Posted by kai at 3:46 PM 0 comments
Micah is turning 3 on July 4. Since it's recession and Macey will be having her first birthday on September, it's expensive and not practical for both of them to have a grand birthday party. Obviously, Micah will just have a simple celebration and Macey will be having a big one, reasonable enough because it's Macey's first :-)

I'm planning to just have a visit at Manila Ocean Park where the kids will surely enjoy plus it's an educational trip, as they'll be able to see different kinds of water creatures up close and personal. And then, have a simple family dinner (plus the in laws of course) somewhere :-)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Liv Tyler.... who?!

Posted by kai at 2:57 PM 0 comments
You Are Most Like Liv Tyler


“I don’t want to spend so much time obsessing about myself.”


Saturday, May 2, 2009

destination on my list

Posted by kai at 1:55 PM 0 comments
Would you believe that i've never travel outside Luzon? I only saw great places like Boracay, Bohol and Palawan in pictures.

I remember before we got married, me and hubby always wanted to travel around Philippines and have a compilation of it. It's funny that we only got to see Puerto Galera. Far beyond compare to Boracay haha!

I'm hoping that soon we'll be able to travel more and be able to see beautiful places with our excess baggage.... our angels :-)

Our destinations list:

Boracay
Bohol
Palawan
Laiya Batangas
Puerto Galera
Cebu
Caramoan
Pagudpod

Have a safe trip everyone! ;-)

Friday, April 3, 2009

Holy Week Plans

Posted by kai at 11:10 AM 0 comments
It's been years since hubby's last visit to his mother's hometown in Bicolandia. He always tells story of his childhood experience there. And i can see how he misses and excited to be back there once again.

I'm hoping that our plan spend this coming holy week there with the whole family will happen. No more Bagasbas tales for me as i will soon meet the famous Bagasbas in person. And i'm hoping too, that since we're already there, we can also visit CWC and Caramoan!!! Exciting right? :-D

But of course, we will still observe the holy week tradition, which is the essence of the season.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

summer time wish

Posted by kai at 10:47 AM 0 comments
Summer time once again! woohoo! Time to go to beaches, wear sunnies, swimsuits, apply sunblock lotion and what else?.... To much imagination about the ideal summer getaway but, will i ever feel that fine sand once again???? How i wish....

Ok, stop day dreaming kai! I'll say hello to summer time when i'm sexy once again lol!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Marriage

Posted by kai at 2:27 AM 0 comments
MARRIAGE

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce.. I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Dew. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company.

She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew.

When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce.

She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.

She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning.. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions.. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully..

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time.. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.

On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy.

I drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind...I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead.. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.

At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead.

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
A CHRIST-CENTERED MARRIAGE IS A MARRIAGE THAT IS SURE TO LAST A LIFETIME.
 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:6


aaawwww! this is sad :-( We should embrace what we have, it's our choice anyway. Strive to make the marriage work, dream together, work together to make it happen.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

countdown and preps

Posted by kai at 10:21 AM 0 comments
Oh my... time flies so fast. I did not notice our daughter's birthday coming. Micah the eldest will be having her 3rd bday party and Macey, our youngest daughter, her 1st bday party!...

So many things on my list yet little time to prepare. I better start working on this... bye for now, will update you later! ;-)

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

missing mom

Posted by kai at 3:12 AM 0 comments
It's mama's special day today. I hope she's enjoying her day as we usually do... having lunch/dinner with the whole family, malling, chatting, laughing trip, and shouting hahahahaha! She always shouts for my sisters to behave :-D

Whatever you are doing right now, i want you to know that we miss you so much!!! I wish we're there too. Maybe someday... let's see.

Happy birthday mom!!!! We love you so much!!! mwah!!!! :-)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

my day today!

Posted by kai at 1:32 AM 0 comments
Happy bday to me! Happy bday to me! Happy bday, happy bday.... Happy bday to me! LOL

It's my day and i expect everyone to be kind to me, specially YOU :-P wait until next week if you have something bad to say to me... haha! Just consider it as your gift to me :-D... not so hard to give isn't it? hehe! Thanks in advance! ;-)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

moms challenge

Posted by kai at 12:20 AM 0 comments
It's been 5 months now since i gave birth through C-Section with our second daughter (yes! i'm already a mother of 2! :-D). Since day 1 of being pregnant, it's always been my goal to loose weight and achieve my ideal vital stat, as fast as anyone could imagine, after giving birth which was never easy for me to do.

I gave birth to our eldest daughter through normal procedure and was able to lose weight... but that's after 2 years! Can you imagine that?! Haha! You see it's not that easy for me. I did every possible way i know i can do and afford. Because for someone who really wants to lose weight, will power and budget is necessary :-D. Budget for gym enrollment, weight reduction capsule, tea, lite food choices, etc... etc... When everybody noticed that change, just after a month... i got pregnant to our second baby girl... boom! I've waited that long, worked hard every single day, sacrificed not to eat much even it's my all time favorite food... and it's just a month for that hardwork to be taken away.... cruel world isn't it? Although i'm happy with our new angel, but it's painful to know that i'm now back to step 1 of diet 101 haha!

Darn! When will i ever cross out  this item from my to do list?!?!?!?!?! This is the real challenge for every mom who was never gifted to have that same figure before and after pregnancy. Any suggestions? :-)

Friday, February 20, 2009

THE ONE THAT GOT A WAY

Posted by kai at 4:32 PM 0 comments
I was looking for a discussion on blogging 101 when i saw this interesting article about love and choice. I hope this inspires you too :-)


THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal

In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with… and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it’s that person with whom everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter whom you’re with, it just doesn’t work. Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect; they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. It’ll work because it’s the right time and you’ll make it work. And it’ll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you’re single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter. All you know is that you’ve changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, “What if they were here today?” You’ll wonder, “What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?” That’s what the one that got away is; the biggest “What if?” you’ll have in your life.

If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that you’re already with the one you’re with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you’ll think about him/her every so often, but it’s alright. It’s never nice to live with a “might have been,” but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who’s already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple… find him, find her. Because the very existence of a “one that got away” means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got that one.

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from out of nowhere. You’d be surprised, you just might be “the one that got away” as well for the person who is your “the one that got away.”

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won’t make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it’ll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I’m thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, “Hey you, you’re the one that almost got away.”

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Whatever!

Posted by kai at 3:31 PM 0 comments
Finally! I was able to create my blog spot! Woooohooo!!!... Funny me :-))

Actually, i always wanted to start blogging but i have this BIG STUPID problem... HOW? Stupid right? Oh well, that's me :-) ... and i'm proud :-D

Ok... so here's my blog spot... so what's next? haha! Well, at least... i'm one step ahead :-P

Goodluck!!!! (**** talking to myself ****)
 

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