Time Management

It's Friday and for goodness sake it's already semestral break but the level of my busyness is still the same like on regular school days. I'm really looking forward on the upcoming long weekend and for me, that will officially start tomorrow noon.Yey! (since I still have halfday of work)

Although for today, I allotted time to visit, read and drop a comment on my daily reads from my favorite mommy bloggers. Kase love ko kayo lahat.xoxo.

Anyway,  for a quick post and to update my blog, here's something I got from one of my fb friends this morning regarding Time Management.shoot sa banga, this is what I need right now.

 

Di man tayo magkakilala but I have to thank you Becky Higgins for these useful tips! :)

If there's one thing that I learned on her note, that is to stay focus and stick on my goals. Priority is the word. Time is gold so I have to spend it wisely,and yes family will always be my TOP priority.ayt?

Happy Friday, enjoy the long weekend! :) 

BooBoo Night!

Trust your Instinct.

  

That little voice that nudges you when you're stuck between two choices? It's real.

But in my case last night,  I failed.tsk,tsk! :(

It's around 11:00 pm, Xian is already dozed off after watching his favorite cartoon,so I lay down beside him after I texted hubby my goodnight message.

But as the saying goes,mailap ang antok.

I'm thinking if I'll just lay down in bed and be still and just mentally count sheep to lull me to sleep hoping that they'll take me away to dreamland soon or my second option which is to get up from bed and have something to do to mentally wind down time.

So to keep myself busy, it's either a good book or do something else. My initial plan is to read a book but on the second thought I changed my mind so I decided to pull out the laptop to transfer the recent photos from my camera's memory card. Since wala din lang naman akong ginagawa, might as well do things to make me productive di ba? Sayang ang time.

at sa kasamaang palad,yun ang pagkakamali ko...

A couple of seconds after I inserted the memory card,because of Xian's sudden movement (he's probably dreaming, and I guess in his dream he's an Azkal player) he accidentally kicked the laptop in our bed which resulted to my damaged memory card!!! 
Initially after that, I tried to insert the memory card to my camera keeping my fingers crossed that it will still work but unfortunately di na sya marecognize because may natanggal sa SD card. 

My goodness! kaloka di ba? Alangan namang sisihin ko yung anak kong mahimbing na natutulog at walang kamalay-malay.

 I can buy another memory card anyway, I'm just thinking of the recent pictures of our school activity, recent family celebration plus a lot of Xian's pics and other pam-blog photos. Now I can relate to Michi's experience. Good thing lang that the 1500+ photos stored in my memory card (tamad kase ako mag-delete)  are already safe in my external hard disk. 

As fast as that,I lost all the pictures and it's all because of me.haaay buhay!

And what about the unaware "culprit"?

 

 

Is it a coincidence that he's fond of his toy camera?  at megawatt smile pa!

The Jollibee Magic

This will be one quick post! <parang coffee break lang.lol>

I was busy finishing today our department's report for this semester when I received a call few minutes ago from my Inay because the little man wants to talk to me daw. I'm still having a conversation with her when I heard Xian on the background pleading Inay to pass the phone to him with matching "please Inay..." According to Inay, the little man urged her to call me just to talk to me and remind me of his pasalubong. Xian reminds me of my childhood memories. Like mother, like son. ay anak nga kita.hehe!

Xian loves their burger and fries,spaghetti and chicken and shanghai rolls. He just love Jollibee!

 

another Jollibee favorite, it's indeed a kid's happy place!

I miss you baby love, Mommy is coming home soon with your favorite Jollibee food later :)

Craving for Burger

Been craving for Hungry Hippo's burger yesterday so after office hours I went to where their store is located a couple of blocks away from our building. If you're a burger person like me, probably you had a taste of their tasteful burgers. I love their cheeseburger and BLT with cheese at a very affordable price. As far as the taste goes, it does fare better than the burgers from Jollibee and McDonald's (well at least for me and my taste buds) What I also like about their burgers is that it was wrapped in aluminum foil to keep them warm especially when I order it for take-out.

It's been 3 months since I last had their burgers, (Trivia: it's one of my favorite food when I was pregnant with Xian)  Imagine the feeling of dying craving to taste a particular food  only to find out that they're not available, well in my case they're closed and undergoing store renovation. Pasensya naman di ko alam, iba kase way ko pag pumapasok and lumalabas from work that's why I'm not aware.

 photo source: image from Google

 photo source: image from Google

Because of disappointment I wasn't able to inquire to the people present that time when are they going to operate again. *Sigh* Hopefully soon!

 

Saturday Snapshots

I'm not kikay but I love seeing my nails with nail polish. a nice mani and pedi is one of my pampering session. Besides, typing away on the keyboard feels more fun when there's a flash of color! I especially like beige and happy colors. Actually the first time I put nail polish several years ago (I'm a late bloomer) is to keep me from biting my nails and eventually I love the result,that's the start of my love affair with nail polish and that's the explanation of my short nails.lol.

By the way I already set up our Christmas tree with the help of my two boys last Saturday afternoon although I'm thinking of adding more decors since I just recycled our decors last year (well except form the rice lights which we bought at Handyman last week) feeling ko talaga may kulang pa din that's why I'm not posting it yet. so anong connect ng Pasko sa kuko?

Here!

I don't know the name of the nail polish, I forgot to check the bottle but I love the hint of shimmer in my nails.very christmas-y!

Here's my little helper after our mini accomplishment, obviously happy with the result.

I know the set-up looks familiar from here, the only difference is that the little man beside the christmas tree is older. like what I've told you before I'll make this as Xian's yearly tradition of having a photo beside our Christmas tree.hehe! 

 

The Coke and Me

I'm a self-confessed COKE addict. I don't know since when. I cannot exactly recall the details pero malamang bata pa ko kase di ko na matandaan but since then, I'm hooked. For me,drinking soda is like drinking water. yes, ganun. I drink them everyday. Every time we dine out, a meal is not complete without coke. (Go large please!) Addict nga eh. Well, except breakfast syempre. Sobra naman kung pati morning coke pa din.

Kung may coke rehab siguro malamang pinasok na ko dun. Chos!

I'm aware that softdrinks is not good for the body, but I still drink them. So obviously nasa akin ang problema. Blame those coke commercials, tempting masyado!

 photo source: image from Google

eto pa:

 photo source: image from Google

That's why as much as possible we seldom buy at home and it's not included in our grocery list kase baka masanay din si Xian.sapat ng ako na lang ang coke addict sa pamilya, lagot ako sa tatay nya,tsk tsk!

Then I stumble upon this post regarding the effects of soda to a person's health.

 

Hala! I guess meant to be na makita ko yan. Wake up call for me. Kawawa naman ang heart ko, ang aking kidney, ang aking reproductive organ at kung anu-ano pa. 

When I was pregnant with Xian natiis ko nga coke cravings ko,although I drink sometimes pero moderate lang.mga twice a month. 

note to self: I.CAN.DO.THIS.AGAIN!  So dapat pala pregnant ulit ako? haha!

Seriously I should really watch my soda intake A.S.A.P! This is just a matter of strong willpower.

Good luck to me.

Xian, Mr. Rabbit and the Angry Birds

We spent our Sunday at my in-laws place, which is a 30 minutes drive from our place. Thanks to Expressway.

Aside from playing with his cousins which is a bunch of girls,  (Xian is the only boy na apo in hubby's side and the youngest too.) One thing that the little man look forward everytime we go there is his close encounter with the animals at my mother-in-law's backyard. It's good to know that he's fond of them. Ako kase never nagkaroon ng pet, well kung macoconsider na pet ang aso at pusa namin na pagala-gala sa bahay when I was a kid, well may pet naman pala ako.hehe.

Because  2011 is Year of the Rabbit,unahin natin sya.hehe,yun ang connect.

I asked hubs niece regarding the rabbit's name. 

Me: Jillian anong name nya?

Jillian: sya si Mr. Rabbit, Tita Joan.

 wow, ang cute naman. very unique!

 Xian striking a pose with the camera shy Mr. Rabbit

tickle-tickle Mr. Rabbit! <deadma pa din>

 trying to reach out... literally!

Anak,gutom naman pala eh. now close na sila.

HAPPY FACE =  feeling accomplished after feeding Mr. Rabbit 
(Ooooops, never mind his ponytail)
 

Now after Mr, Rabbit let's go to the Angry Birds. It doesn't mean that they're angry ha, ganun lang talaga tawag ni Xian everytime nakakakita sya ng group of birds. actually according to him, Rio is an Angry Birds movie and even up to now whenever gusto nya panoodin yun, he'll just say "Angry Birds" and gets na namin yun.Hehe!

 "The Angry Birds"

 Xian is asking me to open the cage para papakainin daw nya ang Angry Birds.haha! 

I'm still looking for his other pictures last Sunday. But anyway based on these pictures, does this mean he's ready for a pet? :)

New Loot for the Little Man

A Lightning McQueen character slippers!

side view!

top view!

After our husband and wife day out (aka Saturdate) after he fetched me from work, on our way home the husband noticed me busy taking pictures of the stuff.


Hubby: My,Kelangan talaga may picture taking pa? 

Me: Oo bakit ba? ba-blog ko lang :)


what I thought as a disapproval of my quirky habit, he said "ipatong mo dun sa dashboard my, tas lagyan mo ng shades!"


Hahaha!


Ay sus may sarili naman palang idea kaya ganun.


Anyway, here's his brilliant idea (kuno!) as suggested:

obviously the shades belongs to hubby and Xian.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to upload here all the shots kaya eto lang isang to, pero meron pa shots na parang magkausap sila and the other one is nagkakarera. So pinatulan ko talaga idea ng asawa ko. Wala eh, trip-trip lang.haha!


There you go, here's the little man's feet wearing his McQueen slippers.

Perfect pang-harabas for his outdoor playtime. Obviously, this is his current favorite pair,very comfy pa.Ka-chow! ;)

Positive Tuesday

Change is difficult. It’s uncomfortable. But it’s necessary for our growth. Embrace the change God's doing in our life today.

This is my fb status just a couple of minutes ago after I read "the email". I still don't know what to say, I know this is really something positive. hindi lang something, major positive talaga! It's just that, I'm not ready that it will be this soon at dahil dun nalungkot ako bigla. 

But I know this is part of God's plan for us, He really moves in mysterious ways,no doubt about it. He makes all things beautiful in his time and probably this is our time. I know you're curious what I'm talking about. If only I could share it all to you at this very moment. Probably in the next few days or weeks if the plan push through, I'll share it all to you. For now, I just wanna ask for your prayers,hoping for the best choice and that we'll come up with the right decision.

Lead us where to go Lord, show us what steps to take. Please let your will be done and I lift up everything to You.

photo source: image from Google

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declared the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11).

Kulilit Story (Again and Again!)

It's exciting to see how Xian's thinking processes become more and more complex day after day. He's really hubby's mini version in terms of humor. Because I just can't get enough of my little man's antics, here are just some of Xian's "kulit" shining moments.

One Saturday afternoon, while strolling around the neighborhood with his ever-reliable yellow blue bike and eating candy, he's supposedly going to throw the candy wrapper in the thrash bin but since medyo mahangin that time, the candy wrapper accidentally landed on a fellow toddler's hair,which by the way is a girl. (uyyyy!) What he did, bumaba sya sa bike nya and approached the little girl and said "sahr-ry!" (sorry!) yes,ganun sya mag-pronounce! and mind you, we didn't ask him to do it, he do it on his own and waved to the little girl when we're about to leave.That's my boy!

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Another instance,while we're at the grocery, there's a lady who's blocking our way and busy checking the labels of the product she's holding, Xian said "eschoos me!"  when the lady heard it,she smiled and  said "ay! ang cute" Of course, I'm a proud mommy.hehe.

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before we all go to sleep, may weird habit si Xian na mag-roll call sa bahay.

for example:

Xian: where si daddy?

Me: nasa CR, nagtu-toothbrush.

Xian: where si Inay?

Me: nagwa-watch ng TV.

Xian: where si tatay?

Me: nagwawatch din.

Xian: okaaay!

then as soon as he mention the name of everyone in the house and knows what they're doing,that's only the time he'll go to sleep.weird much? 

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We're walking at the church patio when we saw two older kids playing and trying to climb a pole. Xian stopped in front of them and said "baba kayo please,huhulog.."

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One night the little man is busy coloring his activity pad when hubby approached him and started to kiss and tickle him all over. Xian said "daddy, wag kukulit ang Xian,please naman.." then continue what he's doing.

Busy nga naman eh,ba't kase kinukulit.hehe! super laugh trip kami ni hubby after that.

spell BAWAL ABALAHIN!

Shrimp-y Weekend

During weekends, hubby mostly do all the cooking for our lunch and dinner since I do have halfday of work also every Saturday. Oftentimes while I'm at work he'll text me what dish I want to eat for lunch so he'll cook it for me. Ganun sya.

Allan knew that I love seafood... crabs, shrimps, mussels, squids, name it, I'll eat it. If you're a constant reader of my blog ever since, you'll notice that most of the food that I post here are seafoods.

Salamat na lang talaga at wala akong allergy. 

Last weekend for two consecutive days, he cooked Sinigang na Hipon for our lunch then for our dinner the next day, he cooked Ginataang Gulay at Hipon then made Ensaladang Pipino.Pinoy na Pinoy!

hipon sa tanghali

hipon sa gabi

ensaladang pipino

Of course,a happy meal always ends up with a yummy dessert.

cake roll.so chocolatey!

I'll borrow Sis Jenggai's line for this post, this is my life's simple pleasures.

Happy Weekend! :)

When I Need To Be Sure

Xian woke up a little bit grumpy and feeling weak from his afternoon nap few weeks ago and when I touched his forehead, it's hot that his normal body temperature.

Me: baby,anong masakit?

Xian: sakit ulo po :(

I immediately checked his temperature and confirmed, he has a fever.

 38.8 °C based from the last black dot

In times of unexpected situation like this, I always make sure that I have Kool Fever and these trio in our medicine cabinet of course with the knowledge of Xian's pedia who's just a phone call away regarding medications.

Di naman halatang maka-Pediatrica ako no? (side kwento: actually during my Med Rep Days,friends kase kami ng ahente nila eh. She handle a few brands while I'm in-charged with some adult lines mainly injectables although we're from different companies. Anong connect? ) I know that their brands are one of the best medicines for kids BUT that's not the reason why they're the pharmaceutical company of my choice, top reason why I like them is that Xian loves the taste of their meds. 

Before I really had to do certain tricks just to convince him to drink his meds on time and make sure that he gets the full dose but sometimes there are instances na mas madami pa yung natapon kesa nainom, even though I'm using a dropper already. So sayang lang. One time we tried mixing it with his milk but to no avail since he start spitting it out the moment he taste it.

I can't blame him. To quote my dear Inay,"San pa ba magmamana?" I remember when I was a kid, she really had a hard time convincing me to drink spoonful of medicine. The syrup's bitter and nasty taste and sometimes the overpowering smell made me feel sicklier. Thanks to capsules and tablets. That's why we opted to switch Xian's vitamins to chewables, he likes it better.

We tried Tempra and Calpol for the longest time whenever Xian has fever but after we tried Dolan, drinking his medication is now fuss-free.He likes the taste and this really brings down fever fast!

 I don’t want him depending too much on medicine when he has colds since most colds are viral and we use saline solution,a tried and tested home remedy but sometimes his sudden sniffles and sneezing attacks won’t stop without the help of an antihistamine that's why we have Disudrin at home.

Although the fever subside after a couple of hours,with a lot of hugs and kisses from mommy and daddy, we still scheduled a visit the next day to his pedia and thank God it's not dengue,although I’m confident na hindi naman since yung stock ng lotion ko at home kabog ng stock ng insect repellant nya, I just wanna make sure. The doctor said that it's because of the season and nothing to worry about.

Anyway to make the long story short,the little man is back to his normal self, active and playful na ulit.

 *Kulit Mode*

Puzzle Time!

This is Xian's first ever puzzle I bought at National Bookstore,one of my pasalubong last night together with Mater collectible.

I opted to buy the 19 pieces puzzle or the easy puzzle,besides I'm not really sure if Xian will like it. Aside from watching educational cds, coloring activity books, reading story books, learning charts posted on our wall and flashcards as part of his "Aral Time", puzzle is also a good way to enhance and develop a kid's cognitive skills,fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and social skills.

Here's the little man in his puzzle time.

The name of the image is printed on the board to aid in his word recognition. Xian also love the puzzle's vibrant color.

Would I buy him a puzzle again?

Yes, but probably we will try the peek-a-boo style peg puzzle next time which will be a great help since he'll start schooling soon.

 

One of those Lazy Afternoon

A sleeping daddy = instant parking lot!

 

Simply Be Happy!

Today is a busy day for me here in our office, well what to expect, it's Monday. I have a lot of unfinished posts in my drafts that hopefully I can publish in the next few days,puro intro eh! :D

But anyway,here's something from my email that I want to share:

If you won't let yourself be happy, you can't be happy.

Isang Malaking Check!

and since we're talking about being happy even in simple ways,here's my simple joy for today:

something sweet from someone sweet! I just found this in my bag this morning, sume-secret admirer ang drama ng asawa ko today! When I texted him about it since he left early for work, he said he knew that I'll have a busy day ahead and this might help. awww sweet. Suddenly parang nag-time travel ako sa college days namin since he used to slid chocolate in my bag way back.

Thanks for the chocolate and for the sweet thought hubby love! This really perk up my Monday because simple surprise like this make me love you more and more each day.:)