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• Grudges
• Putting profit before people
• Crabby People
• Waiting for change to happen
• To wake up in the morning with regrets

It's my 2nd time I drove alone in the freeway. yipeeee!!! It's a accomplishment for me since I was scarred to drive in the freeway because the cars drives so fast. Finally I've already overcome my fear. I'm now confident to go out, drive and go where ever I want :) Well, I'm not yet familiar to the highway and gps navigation is my best buddy nowadays :) But our old gps needs an update, it can't locate the new roads and establishments in the area. I was in Bestbuy earlier but I though of reading gps reviews first before buying a new one :)
Have a nice day everyone!!:)

I would like to thank all who joined my very first contest :)Thank you! For those who wish to join you still have 10 days and win these cool prices!:)
see the mechanics here :)
Good luck!:)

Need another coating.
After, this room catches our visitors attention =)

My husband suggested to have a personal touch, my photos printed and put it in a frame. It was taken from different beaches in the Philippines :) It is a very special photos because we spent a long weekend there :)
A bamboo blinds & shades will complete the look :) I'm still convincing my husband to buy that blinds but as expected he said no, hahaha I understand ;) we don't have enough budget for the home improvement until next year :)
How do you like the look?:)

Hey hey hey! I'm still alive!:) How are you?:)

I've been busy on my offline life. I have so much things to do so little time!
Anyway, I was talking to my grandma earlier and she was telling me about this hydroponic systems. It is a method of growing plants using nutrients solutions, in water without soil. She loves plants and I think this method will work with her because we don't have a backyard back home :)
By the way, I would like to thank all my online friends and bloggers who joined my very first blog contest :) Thank you thank you!:) Because of this, I thought of having another contest again :wink wink: I'm still finalizing the mechanics and prizes :) Stay tuned!:)

The summer is almost over... so tomorrow and the coming days will be a super hectic for me and for my husband cause we have so many things to do :) Plus, I have so many projects on my goal list for 2010 to work on!:) The job and school hunting thing should be prioritize, the school opening will be in two weeks time so I have to be hurry. Anyway, I got a call from my Aunt, she told me to check this Blue Advantage card for my grandma. She's planning to visit us next here and we though of getting her a health insurance while she's here is a good idea. I can't wait to see my grandma!:) I miss her so much!:)

To my dear readers and lurkers, thanks for dropping by I appreciate it! :) See you around ;)

We went to the outlet earlier :) It was kinda crowded, most of them were teenager with shopping bags, getting ready for the school opening. There was a huge SALE banners in the windows of the shops which was so hard to ignore! But I controlled myself and just went to two shops. I returned some stuff that I bought the other week because I realized that I don't need it now :( I really wanted to keep them but there's no enough space in the closet *sigh* Anyway, after two hours of scanning, I grabbed something for myself again sssshhhhhh My dear husband was not with me then so I had a chance to bought it! Don't worry it was a good deal!:) It was as good as the deals on netbooks that I saw in the other shop which I'm pretty sure the students will not resist!;) I'm still hiding it in the other closet, I hope my husband will not see it or else I'm in big trouble! hahaha

We attended a mass and we headed straight to the restaurant :) I'm loving our place!:) The Church and the restaurants are less than a mile from our home. Imagine how convenient it is?:)
Anyway, we just celebrated my birthday with a simple dinner :)

I will be sharing some photos taken from my birthday dinner in my next post :) And one more thing, I got a call from my husband, where having a short vacation - finally! :) Our briefcases have to be ready and we'll be flying in two weeks time :) yipeeeee!!! I'm very excited!:)

I’m back and swamped with off line and online work. I have a lot of things to accomplish this week. My fashion blog is not yet up and the photos are still unedited... I got tons of kalakals to share too!:) Well, my fashion blog will be up by end of the month - promise!
How's your weekend? Mine was fantastic one!!:) My husband took an off yesterday so it was a long weekend for us ;) He drove me to the outlet without whining and brought me to Nordstrom Rack which just less than a mile from our home :) I went home with some loots :) Some are for my friends and a new pair of flats for me!:)

Ssssshhhhh my husband didn't know that shoes is for me!:) I took the photo inside the Nordstrom Rack, at first I was kinda hesitated to bring out my DSLR because I know there are
security cameras around the store :) But still - I did!:)
By the way, my very first blog contest was started already and still on going :) I'd like to thank all my friends and bloggers who participated :) I really appreciate it!:) Good luck to everyone!:)

I already mentioned in my previous post that I'm planning to go back to school. I've been searching for a good school for two weeks now - most of them were offering an online classes and I was surprised to learned that there's an Online Elementary Schools as well. I've visited four of the schools and I was thinking to get an Associate Degree in Web Design but when I learned how much it will cost I changed my mind hahaha I'll get a Certificate Program instead besides I already have a degree so taking up an Associate Degree will be a waste of money for me :) I'm eying this Training School that accredited by Adobe Inc., I already contacted them and I'm hoping to get their answer by next week :) That's it for now folks!

By the way, I will be posting the details of my blog contest in a while :)

Happy weekend everyone!:)

I'm giving away 2 Kate Spade Kikay Kit and a Fossil Ladies Chronograph watch to the lucky readers and online friends :) This contest is open to International readers too!:)

What I'm giving away:

1. Subscribe to my feed via email located right side bar (REQUIRED) - 1 Entry
2. Blog about the contest along with the Prizes {You MUST include the Prizes and My link}- 5 Entries
- If you have multiple blogs, much better. Each blog post along with the Prizes -5 Entries.
3. Leave a comment in this post telling me what you did and give me the link of the blog post. 1 Entry.
4. Comment to any of my post. From August 8,2010 to Sept 8,2010 and you’ll have 1 entry each comment.
-Make it sure it's at least three word ! LOL And NO SPAMMING, PLEASE!

The Contest Ends on the 8th of Sept 2010 so if you wish to participate you must enter before that date. Winners will be announced on Sept 18,2010! The winners will be picked through Random.org!

Enjoy and Let’s have some fun!:)
NOTE: All comments will manually approve :)

I'm a certified personal shopper hahaha I love this job!:) Weeeeee!!!:) My friends found nice goodies at buy.com earlier. From Apparel & Shoes, Baby items, Cameras, name it they have it :) My friends are very excited for the Labor Day sale and since some of their relatives will be in town so I will be sending their stuff through them :) Anyway, I found a very good deal of camera and camera lens in their website. I'm planning to buy a new camera or a lens since I sold my Canon 24-70mm L lens last year. I'm eyeing for Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens,Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens or a new body - Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera. I want to buy it but not this year, maybe next year :) These things will be added in my wish list :)

So, life has been busy and tiring but I make sure that I have time to the things that matters the most... my family and friends :) I'm not always online lately... I'm too busy of a lot of things - job hunting, household chores and school hunting. Yes, I'm planning to go back to school but I'm not sure yet, we have to check our finances first. So the Orlando vacation that my husband and I were planning has to wait. We have to set our priorities or else our finances will be in trouble... Our priority now is for me to go back top school - again. I already have a degree and this associate degree that I'm eyeing will be the key to have a good career :) I hoping that this plan will push through :)

We had a very relaxing Sunday afternoon.... Facial and foot spa in the comfort of own home, thanks to my dear husband for the good massage :) I love it!:)

Anyway, August is my birth month :) As I mentioned in my previous post I will be having a blog contest. Do you see the top commentators widget on my side bar? It's just part of it - will post the mechanics soon!:) Stay tuned for great surprises coming your way!

Have a nice day!:)

I was cooking last night when my husband found the paper bags that I was hiding inside the closet hahaha He asked me if these bags are mine, I can't deny it so I said "yes". As expected he wants me to choose just one bag! Yes one! Why I couldn't keep them all? I love them all! :)
Its so hard to get into buy and sell business, especially if you’re maliciously addicted to bags! It's unhealthy for your business and for your wallet as well! hahaha I need to obey my husband or else I will be grounded to shop.
So I need to choose just one bag... I need your help folks, which one?:)

Last night, I was watching the old episode of "Sex and The City", the four girls - Carie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda were having their usual catching up dinner when suddenly I miss my friends back home :'( I miss having dinner and catching up with them... I miss watching movies and having coffee with the girls... And I just wish they just a few miles a way so I can go out with them anytime I want... but we're thousand miles away :'( Going out with my friends was in my system until I moved here. My life totally turned around 360 degrees. My bestfriend was really surprised when she knew that I'm staying at home - she was not used to it. Well, priorities changed most especially when I got married - but I'm loving it.
Thank God we have nice and true friends here. At least missing my friends back home will be lessen each day, most especially now that we have friends living in the same City. We could hang out more often :) Anyway, just sharing some photos with my girlfriends :) Special thanks to my shopping buddy Ila for the delicious dinner :)

Tomorrow, I have to get up early. I need to finish the household chores early so I could have a lot of time on job hunting. Wish me luck!:) Ta!

Thanks to my friend Ils for convincing me to put up a fashion blog :) Now I'm convinced!:) It will be up next month :) To give to a preview of my fashion blog, we did a little photo shoot at the Gazebo near our place :) While our husbands were having a small talk, Ils and I were doing our thing :) Here are some of the photos :)





Tops : Kashieca
Skirt : Tommy Hilfinger
Shades : borrowed from my friend Ila
Photos taken by Ila (thanks girl!)

I've been busy last weekend and I almost forgot to post the photos of my shopping loots :) As I promised here they are :)
BCBG Gladiator Hills, my very first Tory Burch flats (I love this flats!)
Bass slip on, Kate Spade bag and Cole Haan black leather convertible bag :)

I know, I've been telling you that I'm doing my best to save some money, yes I've been saving and I think it's about time to reward myself. With all the stress that I've been through... I think I deserve these :) And besides It's an advance birthday gift for myself :) I might change my mind and if that happens, for sure I will sell some of the bags to my friends hahahaha Let see ;)

Sharing our latest "family picture" hahaha :)) Nope she's not our daughter, she's our inaanak ;) This little girl never fails to put a smile on our face.
Feel na feel ang pagiging mommy hahaha :)) Family picture daw hihihi
This precious little girl gave us the opportunity to be her parents even for a couple of days. Thanks to our friends for choosing us to be her babysitter. The happiness that we felt was priceless!
For the first time, I saw my husband very happy while playing with a baby :) He even went to the office late just to play her. Iba talaga nagagawa ng baby :) And we believe our very own baby is coming soon!

I got some personal loots too :) I tried to avoid to shop but the deals were really irresistible :) I want to share the photos to you but I need to go now. We have to wake up early tomorrow because we will be attending a mass before we go to the Barbecue party. The mass will be officiated by the healing priest, Fr. Joey Faller :) Good night everyone!:)
Happy weekend everyone!:)

I'm looking for a unique wedding cake toppers online for a friend when I noticed that a week's time from now, it will be my birthday month. The year of the Tiger -2010 have been so kind and generous to us. We are blessed for so many things and I thank the Lord for that :) I thought of sharing our blessings to you :) I will be hosting a contest next month and I hope you will love the prizes :) This is my way of sharing our blessing and thanking my online friends, readers and lurkers!:) Thank you!:) I will post the mechanics a week from now and be sure to come back here to check it out ;)

My friend Ila and her husband picked me up yesterday, It was a shopping day for the ladies!!!:) weeeeeee!! It feels like heaven!:) This time, I got two stuffs for myself and the rest were kalakal :) The prices was really irresistible and was really a steal! I got home with 4 paper bags!:)

My husband and I found an affordable and authentic Thai restaurant near our place. We started to love this restaurant a few months ago and we eat there almost every week!:) Our love for Vietnamese food fade away and we fell in love with this irresistible Thai Food :) We told our friends to try it and they love it too!:) My friend Ila tried to cooked a yummy Sticky rice with Mango and I thought to try it at home as well :) I found a very reliable authentic Thai food recipe online :) I just have to adjust the recipe according to my taste :)
Here's the Recipe :)

Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups uncooked sticky rice
* 2 cups water
* 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
* 1 cup white sugar
* 2 pinch of salet
* 1/2 cup coconut milk
* 1 tablespoon white sugar
* 2 pinch of salt


Directions

1. Combine the rice and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil; cover and reduce heat to low. mix it once in a while. Simmer until water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
2. While the rice cooks, mix together 1 1/2 cups coconut milk, 1 cup sugar, and 2 pinch of salt in a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil about 2 minutes remove from heat and set aside. Stir the cooked rice into the coconut milk mixture; cover. Allow to cook for 50 minutes, mix it once in a while. Taste it to check if the rice is already cooked.
3. Make a sauce by mixing together 1/2 cup coconut milk, 1 tablespoon sugar and 2 pinch of salt, to a boil.
4. Place the sticky rice on a serving dish. Arrange the mangos on top of the rice. Pour the sauce over the Mangos and rice, then it's ready to serve :)

Enjoy cooking :)

1. Delicious coffee in the morning :)
2. sold items!:)
3. An email from a friend - sweet!
4. Not too hot weather!:)
5. I found nice blogs to follow ;)
6. A hug from my husband :)
7. I'm glad I didn't buy the Tory Burch sandals that I saw yesterday at Nordstrom rack even it's 60% off! :) Well, I'm thinking to back again later to check if it still there :) If it does, it means it's for me :)
8. A nice shirt from Nordstrom rack - It's a steal!

Have a nice weekend!:)

Hello! I got new goodies again :) Here are the photos :)

Before I look for an affordable Magenta 108R00724 toner for my friend's colored xerox machine, let me share this recipe with you :) I got it from a friend who loves to cook and a great cook as well :)

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter or you may use corn oil
1 clove of garlic, chopped
1 pc onion, chopped
1 kilo chicken breast fillet
1 pc potato, peeled and cubed
1 cup chicken stock
1 pc carrot, peeled and cubed
2 to 3 pcs chorizo bilbao, sliced
1 140-gm can vienna sausage, cut crosswise into 4 or you may use smoke franks sausage
1/4 cup green peas
1 150-gm can button mushrooms, halved
1 can of Campbell's cream of mushroom
1 200-gm can all purpose cream
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 cup of water


Procedure:

In a skillet, melt margarine (or you may use vegetable oil) saute garlic and onion, after 3 minutes. Add the chicken and potato.Mix well, let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add the chorizo, sausage, green peas ,carrot, mushrooms. Mix well. Put the cream of mushroom and stock let it simmer until the chicken and vegetables are cooked. Put all purpose cream then season it with salt and pepper. Let it simmer for 3 minutes and it is ready to serve :)

***You can also transfer this into a baking dish and top with slices of bread and grated cheese. Bake until cheese melts and bread is slightly toasted.

Happy cooking! thanks!

Last night, I did my usual rounds on my friend's blogs. I was surprised to learned that my BIL's wife is 6 weeks pregnant! Yes she's pregnant! They are also trying for more than a year now :) I could imagine the happiness of this couple felt when they learned the good news.
My BIL didn't inform us yet so my husband was also surprised when I told him about it last night, he's very happy for the great news. Well, two babies are on their way,my SIL who is 5 months pregnant and Jean who is 6 weeks pregnant :) I know most of you are curious on how does I feel when I learned the news. Honestly, I feel a little envy because we've been trying for 2 years now. But I always look at the bigger picture, with all the blessing that we are receiving, I don't think I have be envy :) Who knows, I might announce the good news next month ;) We're praying!:)
Got to go I need to check this testosterone booster for my brother, he's very curious about this :)
Have a nice day! Bye!:)

Some of my friends are getting ready for Christmas - yes, as early as now. They are started to buy gifts for their love ones. Most of them grabbed the opportunity of semi annual sale of designer stores from left and right. Of course I grabbed the opportunity too! I got nice deals and irresistible and eye candy purses! My loots are all for my friends', I'm their personal shopper and I love to shop for them :) That's a pretty cool job! Isn't it?:) I'm not getting tired to look for great deals and check every shops in the outlet. Walking almost 6 hours in different stores doesn't bother me. It's a good exercise and an effective fat burner as well :) Anyway, here are some extra purses from the loots :)

It's weekend!!! yipeee!:)
We don't have any plans for the weekend yet. All I want is just to stay at home, cook for my husband, watch a movie with him and go biking :) I want a very relaxing weekend in the comfort of our own home :) I want a stress free weekend for my husband since he's been very stressed at work. That's it for now, I'm off to my computer to check this online degree courses that I saw earlier. I've heard so many things about taking up online degree courses. I'm thinking to go back to school and take up an IT related course :) What do you think?:)
Happy weekend everyone!:)

I've been busy these past few days. My to do list has filled up! There are too many things to be accomplished within the week. I need to update my resume, look for a job, do the household chores, update my blog and a lot more. Looking for a job is really stressful! And because of this stress, I'm irritated and loose my patience easily. Also, some pimples are showing up! I tried to use some natural home remedy but I can't stop it, my back has acne scars :( My friend suggested that I should go to a dermatologist and ask for a back acne scar treatment. I don't know how much it will cost me but I'm willing to spend and save my skin from ugly acne scars.

I can’t believe it is already Thursday today! Days flew so fast and I haven't notice that I didn't post this photo until today :) How's you 4th of July? Ours was relaxing :) We celebrated the 4th of July at Treasure Island :) Just me and my husband. We went there to have a sort of out of town trip, it's like 1.5 hours drive from our place. We played bowling, swimming, black jack, watched the fireworks display and my dear husband played poker :) Well, he didn't win though hahaha but we enjoyed our stay their. We stayed there for 2 days and we were refresh! I'm looking for a Spa but the price didn't fit in our budget, It's expensive! hahaha :) We'll just buy a chair massager at Costco instead ;) For less than $100 we could have a message in the comfort of our own house -anytime ;)
After we attended the mass we went straight to our friend's house for barbecue party :) The party was fun and the food were great! The kids were running around. They are grew so fast! I had so much fun playing with them :)
Anyway, just sharing our latest photo taken from a park near our friend's house :)
See I gained weight! I can't stop it! :( My tummy is getting bigger and bigger :( I want the natural way, proper diet and exercise - biking or yoga would be nice. I don't want to take apidexin just to loose weight. Promise, on Monday I will do something about it. Let's see :) That's it for now :)
Thanks for dropping by :) Have a nice day!

Gardening in my own house :)

I'm inspired with my friend's house, she has a lot of plants inside their home. And it feels so homey and relaxing :) Remember the mini garden from my previous post? It's hers :) These plants gives me happiness :) I don't know why, but I love taking care of them :)
My husband and I went to Ikea to check the semi annual sale and to buy pots and plants two weeks ago, then we go back again there last weekend to buy more :) The pots and plants there were cheaper compared from Lowes and Home depot. Also they have this rectangular mirror that was on sale, from $149.00 to $49.00 it's a steal right?:) But when we're about to pay for it the barcode scanner didn't work! Too bad! I really like that mirror! We've asked for Ikea stuff's help but she can't fix it. So we've just decided not to buy it anymore because we were in a hurry because need to go to catch up for the mass. We got home with 6 pots, 6 plants and a decorative tree branches :) I'm happy with my loots!:)

Before I do my research about industrial supplies I think I have to post these photos :) Gucci outlet has a couple of new markdown bags :) The styles are very nice. Which one do you like? I love the first and last bag :) They are nice, aren't they?:)


As usual I can't have it but it's alright :) Well, I know they are readers out there that are still interested to see my kalakal, you may email me at happywife888@yahoo.com
Have a nice day everyone!:)