The Sunshine Award

Thank you to my fabulous friends -- Sis Michi and Sis Em for giving me this Award. Yey, my first award for 2012!

The first time I had this award was last year courtesy also of Sis Michi.

Rules:

* Each tagged person must post seven to ten things about themselves.  

* You have to choose and tag 7 people.  

* Go to their blogs and tell them you tagged them.

* Have Fun.

Random Things About Me:

1. When it comes to dancing,I have two left feet. That's why I'd rather sing that dance during school activities.

2. My first ever job is a Medical Representative. There are times that I still miss the rush and the field work plus the perks of that job especially when I'm bored with my office work (sshhhh....) but I don't think that kind of work will suit me now that I am a wife and a mom (well in my case)

3. I really find Caleruega Church a very romantic place to get married. Hopefully (keeping my fingers crossed) I want to have our renewal of vows there with the people close to us. Just a simple celebration of life and love.(5th wedding anniversary na namin ni hubby next year!)

4. I used to be semi-athletic person when I was in high school. I am a part of our class volleyball team, I even enrolled in taekwondo lessons for a couple of sessions. My special talent is that, I can make the tip of my toes reached the top of my head (bumbunan).Gymnast lang ang peg.

5. Hubby and I had our first ever date at KFC during our bf-gf days back in college. 10 years ago kaya, yun na pinakasikat na fastfood sa university namin.haha.

6. I never had the usual debut with cotillion on my 18th birthday, I just chose to celebrate my birthday with all of my college classmates for a whole day of fun plus a nice gift from my parents.

7. The first time I had my cellphone after our high school graduation, It became my hobby to write every forwarded quotes on my mini notebook with the date, time and sender.Just the thought of it always made me smile! :)

I'm sharing this award to:

Lanie of bunay's little corner

Krizzy of Kalokang Pinay

Cham of eat ur banana 

Cha of Lines from The Wire

Jenggai of Life's simple pleasures

Marie of The Flower Duet

Maye of Momaye's Diary

Facing the Biggest Scare of My Life (Part 2)

I noticed that all of my March posts are about what I’ve gone through for the past few days that I was missing in action here in my blog. So here’s the continuation of my previous post and finally the last installment. Woohoo! I’ll be back to regular programming after this post.

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So I chose to have my check up few days before dear hubby’s birthday. Feeling ko I gained a lot of courage that time. All I was thinking are pure positive thoughts. I do not entertain nega vibes. Naka-set na ko sa mood na yun and ayokong mawala na naman sa focus.

March 6. I woke up early to prepare to go to the hospital. Our initial plan is that my sister will accompany me but the moment Xian saw us and noticed that I’m not wearing my office uniform (meaning: may lakad ako at hindi sa work ang punta ko) it alarmed the little man, he insisted to go with us. So we also accompanied Inay. In short, para lang kami mamamasyal that time.

Before heading to Mary Mediatrix Medical Center, we dropped by to Redemptorist Church first and in my mind, I put everything in His hands although I know that God knows what’s really on my mind and heart that I will do everything just to be with Xian and Allan.

At the hospital, we went first to my OB. Few minutes before my turn, I’m thinking that hopefully the findings will be fibroadenoma. Keri ko pa yun. Ok lang for me to undergo minor surgery to take the lump out, wag lang talaga breast cancer. I’m willing to face all of my fears now more than ever for the sake of my two boys. While waiting Xian entertain us with his antics to the delight of those people near us.

After few minutes of waiting na di naman nakakainip because the area is wi-fi zone,my turn came. I really like Dra. Diga, the OB who checked me. She’s really one of the best in her field, pretty and smart at the same time. After a series of background and health check and the usual palpation of the breasts, she’s very cool lang about it and although she confirmed that I really have a lump on my left breast she didn’t dropped any alarming words naman so I assumed that everything is under control which lessen my anxiousness, then after a couple of minutes with her she referred me to a surgeon, Dr. Marquino which I am already familiar with since I always cover him during my med rep days a couple of years ago.

So we went to his clinic at the ground floor of that same building, after the surgeon checked the lump with the help of his attendant. His initial reaction is “medyo malaki na nga sya, about 2-3 cm. Kelan mo sya balak ipatanggal?” I instantly answered with “bukas na po” and then as fast as that he said “ok,set kita ng 12noon ha.it’s just a minor surgical procedure, out-patient lang.makakauwi ka na din the same day”

 I was like, wow! So ganun lang pala kadali yun. Then he asked me to have my sonography (ultrasound) and asked me to process my HMO, since I’m under Medicard. After spending the whole day at the hospital with a super kulit toddler in tow, I’m ready for tomorrow!

March 7. I came at 11 AM with my sister and the procedure started 15 minutes before 12:00N. I’m not feeling nervous, sakto lang. Probably because gusto ko na talaga matapos once and for all.

They do the usual OR procedure (hair cap and gown, skin test, checking of vital signs, and everything) since the last time I had an OR experience was when I gave birth to Xian through cesarean section. The next thing I knew I was already on the operating table. Feeling ko that time manganganak lang ulit ako except that hindi baby,kundi lump ang ineexpect namin na matanggal. Weird. The nurse even said few minutes before the operation “mam first time nyo ma-OR?” To which I promptly answered with “hindi,second time na” Pero in fairness, the three female nurses who assisted my surgeon are all friendly and approachable. Then I later on found out that one of them is an alumna of the school where I work.

They just gave me a local anesthesia since it’s just a minor operation. I was awake during the whole duration and I hear all the casual stuffs they are talking about. They really make me feel at ease. The operation took only 15-20 minutes. Ganun kabilis. Dr. Marquino said “ok, almost done. You can go home later” I am being sutured already and bandaged. I was given a slew of pain killers and other medicines to take for seven days.

After that we proceed to the recovery room and there, I rest for 2 hours before they finally allowed me to go out. After settling the hospital bill, my sister and I had our late lunch at Shakey’s “to celebrate” before we finally head home.

And then after a few days, I finally got the final step which is the pathological results and the very good news of all… the biopsy showed the lump to be Fibroadenoma, like what I expected! I felt so relieved as I walked out the hospital. I could not be thankful enough to God, to my boys - Allan and Xian and my whole family and to everyone including you, yes you who knew about this little secret of mine. Praise God!

I have a lot of realizations from this experience after this breast cancer scare, that health is really wealth for us moms. That I can really conquer my fear pala for the sake of my family. Sometimes,ok lang naman maging paranoid.wag lang yung sobra! Haha.

Life is really great.

On a serious note, I may not have had cancer but I know there are a lot of people who are suffering from breast cancer. Let us include them and their family in our prayers to stay strong for their family.

photo source: image from Google

Facing the Biggest Scare of my Life (Part 1)

I had this lump in my left breast since I was in college, I can’t exactly remember how it started basta I  just felt in one day in our Biology class and I told my classmate-friend about it. At that time it was still small and movable. Besides, they say that it’s common for young women to have lumpy breasts so I didn’t bother about it and assumed that the lump is because of my skinny frame and will soon disappear on its own.

During that time also, I was afraid to go under the knife. Isipin ko pa lang that I will undergo surgery and stay in the hospital, di ko na maexplain ang feeling. Kinakabahan na ko,feeling ko hindi ako sa surgery mamamatay kundi sa nerbyos! Well,sino ba namang hindi kakabahan di ba? I was young and I don’t want to entertain any negative thoughts that time so I didn’t bother to have it checked and for the past years, I just continued to do self breast exam every now and then. Everything is normal, I didn’t feel any pain, my breasts looks normal, even when the time I got pregnant with Xian and I have some consultation with my OB, there is nothing unusual.  When I gave birth to Xian, I was able to breastfed him for a couple of months and there’s no complication or anything except for one thing, the lump is still there. 

Allan knew about the lump from the time we got married, since then lagi nya ko tinatanong kung may nararamdaman ako kakaiba which I will instantly answered with “none”.  I don’t want to elaborate our topic about it. Allergic ako dun. Call me a coward, but I’m really scared not for my own life but on the fact that I will die young and no one will take care of my boys especially my little Xian. Pano na si Xian,mag-school pa naman sya. I want to be  always on his side habang lumalaki sya. I want to be there on every family occasion. I want Xian to grow up with a complete and happy family. Whatever the future will bring, I just want to live my life one day at a time.I don’t want to destroy our happy moments by a single news that will change my life forever and that I will lose focus in life. Yes I know, illogical thinking but that time I think that’s the best thing to do.

With all the breast cancer awareness happening, I can’t help but think about my own lump again and again.  Recently someone I knew died because of breast cancer on her 30’s. Scary! I knew I really need to face my own fear as soon as possible. Few days after Allan left, I carefully checked my left breast in every details where the lump is located and I noticed that the lump somehow increased in size compare from before although it’s not painful. Pero di naman siguro nakakapagtaka na lumaki nga sya since it’s been 10 years already.It’s still palpable and movable and has smooth edge, just like a marble which fits to the description of a breast fibroadenoma. 

Fibroadenoma of the breast is a benign fibroepithelial tumor characterized by proliferation of both glandular and stromal elements. They are most common in young women in their 20s and 30s, but they may be found at any age.

They say that if it’s movable and smooth and moves freely within the breast tissue, it’s likely to be benign but of course, hindi lang naman yun yung basis.There is still a 3% chance at my age that it may be breast cancer. Better na macheck pa din.

So next thing I knew I was reading some online articles about breast lumps. There are instances that I landed on some Breast Cancer articles which made the feeling worst. Pakiramdam ko,every description fits me kahit hindi naman masyado. If the article mentioned that one of the symptoms of breast cancer is a throbbing pain near the armpit, all of a sudden parang bigla ko mafi-feel na sumasakit na din area na yun. Or I will examine both of my breast and feeling ko meron ulit lump thinking na baka cancerous na sya.Yung ganun. Paranoid to the highest level! Since I always think about it, I lost my appetite kahit yung favorite ko na crab dish ang hirap kaya kainin. I can’t function normally at work. Shopping doesn’t help. All I want to do is go home early to spend time with my Xian. There are times na magigising ako at night and then I will  call the husband overseas just to talk to him and Allan will patiently listen. I started thinking about the things I want to accomplish If were diagnosed with Breast Cancer. (you know sometimes I have the tendency to worry about things that have not happened yet! Pero can you blame me, kakapraning kaya lalo't lump sa breast.) O di ba, something is wrong within me talaga. That week became the longest 7 days of my life. I prayed to God, I prayed really hard. I told Him to give me more years to spend with my family, andami pa namin plans ni  Allan for our family, anliit pa ni Xian. I want him to grow up well. Pero pano ko masisiguro yun kung wala ako.

And then it dawned on me, Am I really going to die soon? 

I told some of the people close to me about what I’m going through. I texted my mom and sister if they knew any breast cancer related sickness in both of my mother and father’s side and thankfully, wala naman kahit isa. Sigh of relief. One down! Atleast I know that it’s not in the genes.

So my next plan is to schedule for a check up to have the lump check once and for all. But I was  thinking, my boys birthday is coming up. Allan on March 9 and Xian on March 25, and if worse comes to worst, what if hindi ok ang result? Ang pangit naman na pabirthday nun. Supposedly I want to visit the OB/Surgeon after my boys’ birthday kaso matagal pa masyado if I’m going to do it in April. Seems like I’m just prolonging the agony.

So I asked for advice from my family and they advised me to have it checked.I’m really thankful for having a loving and supportive family most especially my husband Allan. I know how much he loves me, I’ve seen and felt that for a lot of times but this is one of those times when I feel his enormous love for me to keep me going. He gave me the assurance and comforting words that we’d just wait for the findings and sonography result and whatever it was, we’d weather it together and we can surpass it because he knew deep inside that everything will be ok and with that, I so much believe in him.

 photo source: image from Google

 

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! :) 

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.

Comfort Food on A Wednesday Night

I tend to be an unhealthy eater sometimes and binge on chips, chocolates, anything that will satisfy my sweet tooth,fast food, and then coke. Masarap kaya.Aminin! They're one of my stress relievers (aside from my two boys,of course!) 

During the time I was pregnant with Xian, I make sure I have my Cheat Days (yes days, kase di ko carry pag day lang!) and eat these kinds of food pero in moderation naman. I remember my OB before she said that it's ok to indulge every once in a while, which is right kase ang boring naman ng 9 months na yun kung wala neto. Although I faithfully comply to her advices since I don't wanna put myself and baby Xian's health at risk especially the husband is working abroad that time to watch everything I eat 24/7 that's why I need to develop self-discipline. I believe I had a healthy balance diet of wholesome food and "not so healthy foods" that time. But still, I gave birth to an 8.7 lbs. baby Xian via cs that time!

Ang haba ng intro ko pero comfort food lang naman sasabihin ko.

Anyway, last night while Xian is in the mood for playtime,and I had no choice but to stay awake since he kept on tapping my arm every once in a while checking me as if saying "mommy don't sleep ha!" So there, we're both awake and busy with our own thing,the little man is watching and playing at the same time while me at the corner of our room curled up with my book of the moment.

 COKE + DORITOS GRILLED BASIL CHICKEN WITH MY CURRENT READ

 

TGIF!

Been busy for the past few days because of a special event in our school called Research Forum wherein our institutional researchers from different colleges in our school defend their research outputs in front of the panel/evaluators consists of VP’s, College Dean, Department Heads and Research Directors with a lot of participants in the audience including faculty, staff and chosen students in our institution. It’s quite surprising that some of these research presenters still gets nervous especially on the evaluation part regardless of their age and rank.I don't want to go exactly into the details but if there's one word to describe: nerve-wracking.

Our department organize that event every year which needs a lot of time and effort,and being one of the committee I got one of the big chunk of responsibility in terms of planning and organizing especially on the actual event. I had to extend a few hours of my working schedule just to make sure everything is smooth meaning less time for my Xian and less bonding time for us that’s why this week is kinda hard for me. This is actually one of the highlight of the school activities that's why kelangan ng sobrang preparations.

Finally,after all the efforts of everyone this year's Research Forum is over and done,not to mention it is another successful event! It’s just so ironic how I used to hate my thesis days way back in college as in feeling ko lalagnatin lagi ako not to mention a lot of editing,revisions and other research-related chorva yet this is what I’m actually doing for the past 3 years working in the academe.haha! Labo no?

It is such a relief to finally breathe a little and focus on other stuffs not as heavy as that.So literally I wanna shout:

To my two boys,hubby love and baby love I'll make it up to you! Busy day's over....for now! (I hope!) :D

Sapphire Mommy 101

I guess it's time for me to share some weird facts about myself, getting to know Sapphire Mommy a little more.Let's start the ball rolling! :D

*I AM AMBIDEXTROUS (able to use either the left or right hand to perform a task and write). Among my sibs, ako lang ang kaliwete in terms of writing. echa pwera talaga eh.wayback in my younger years I just don’t like the discrimination when all my classmates are using right-handed chairs tapos yung saken kakaiba kase made for kaliwete talaga.jeez! sa desk naman during our elementary days,may instance pa na nagagalit seatmate ko kase sakop ng elbow ko yung space nya ng sulatan.kaloka! But although I use my left hand in writing, I do other stuffs naman with my right hand.Up to now I'm still curious bakit ganun.weird ba ko? :)

Pero take note naman,some of the lefties celebrities include: Kristine Hermosa,JC Tiuseco, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Ashley Tisdale, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey and the one and only, President Obama are all left-handed.and the list goes on. Oha! So hinanay ko talaga sarili ko sa kanila no,walang basagan ng trip! :D

Trivia:The left-handers’ primary distinction from right-handers is that they use more of their right cerebral hemisphere, responsible for image, visual space and sensory perception and intuition, in their everyday life. That’s why a lot of artists, composers, musicians and poets are left-handed.

*I AM AN OLD SCHOOL CHIC. I love compiling memorable sweet notes, love letters, cards, candy wrappers, old receipts and tickets, dried flowers, assorted abubot and just about anything that is memorable to me especially during our bf-gf days ni hubby, I love making scrapbooks way back because I really want to document just about anything.In short,sentimental!

*LOCO OVER CHOCO.Chocolate is my ultimate comfort food. mapa-cake, ice cream or candy or any dessert as long as chocolate flavor, happy na ko nun! Pero take note, I don't like the taste of chocolate drink.weird much?

*LOVE LOVE WATERMELON. I can eat 1 whole watermelon in a span of 1 hour,my ultimate craving when I was pregnant with Xian! No wonder the little man love it too! :D

*I REALLY WANTED TO BE A TEACHER. During my younger years, people asked me "What do I want to be when I grow up?" and that's always my response - to be a teacher. But I had a sudden change of heart when I enter college. I took up BS Biology. anlayo! 

More weird facts next time! :)

My Nurture Network Kit

Few days ago,our lobby guard gave this to me as soon as I enter the school premises,a big envelope from Nurture Network.

Nurture Network is a support site for parents who want nothing but the best for their families. Each section covers relevant aspects like health, womanhood and domesticity. Resident Experts also render advice and provide resources on a range of topics which is administered by the Wyeth Group (source)

when I opened it, here's the content:

 newsletter and kit for mommy me! :)

..and a Nurture Network Card!

COOL! this card entitled the member a lot of freebies,discounts and privileges from their partners.Too bad most of their partners are Manila-based stores.haha! Anyhoo, probably I can still use them in the future di ba?

Thank you so much Nurture Network! :)

Sapphire Mommy 101

I guess it's time for me to share some weird facts about myself, getting to know Sapphire Mommy a little more.Let's start the ball rolling! :D

*I AM AMBIDEXTROUS (able to use either the left or right hand to perform a task and write). Among my sibs, ako lang ang kaliwete in terms of writing. echa pwera talaga eh.wayback in my younger years I just don’t like the discrimination when all my classmates are using right-handed chairs tapos yung saken kakaiba kase made for kaliwete talaga.jeez! sa desk naman during our elementary days,may instance pa na nagagalit seatmate ko kase sakop ng elbow ko yung space nya ng sulatan.kaloka! But although I use my left hand in writing, I do other stuffs naman with my right hand.Up to now I'm still curious bakit ganun.weird ba ko? :)

Pero take note naman,some of the lefties celebrities include: Kristine Hermosa,JC Tiuseco, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Ashley Tisdale, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey and the one and only, President Obama are all left-handed.and the list goes on. Oha! So hinanay ko talaga sarili ko sa kanila no,walang basagan ng trip! :D

Trivia:The left-handers’ primary distinction from right-handers is that they use more of their right cerebral hemisphere, responsible for image, visual space and sensory perception and intuition, in their everyday life. That’s why a lot of artists, composers, musicians and poets are left-handed.

*I AM AN OLD SCHOOL CHIC. I love compiling memorable sweet notes, love letters, cards, candy wrappers, old receipts and tickets, dried flowers, assorted abubot and just about anything that is memorable to me especially during our bf-gf days ni hubby, I love making scrapbooks way back because I really want to document just about anything.In short,sentimental!

*LOCO OVER CHOCO.Chocolate is my ultimate comfort food. mapa-cake, ice cream or candy or any dessert as long as chocolate flavor, happy na ko nun! Pero take note, I don't like the taste of chocolate drink.weird much?

*LOVE LOVE WATERMELON. I can eat 1 whole watermelon in a span of 1 hour,my ultimate craving when I was pregnant with Xian! No wonder the little man love it too! :D

*I REALLY WANTED TO BE A TEACHER. During my younger years, people asked me "What do I want to be when I grow up?" and that's always my response - to be a teacher. But I had a sudden change of heart when I enter college. I took up BS Biology. anlayo! 

More weird facts next time! :)

I Crave, He Cook! :)

This is Allan's version of Bicol Express we ate at Dampa two weeks ago.I so love spicy foods kaya naman di ako nakaget over sa dish nila.haha! So when hubby asked me what do I want for lunch,that's the dish I had in mind.Then after our quick trip to the market to buy the ingredients,the dish is done in less than 30 minutes. (well more or less, I dunno I lost track eh!) Just another wifey craving he instantly obliged :) In fairness, this is yummier than the one we ate weeks ago.

 

 never mind the plating ha,biglaang picture.di prepared :)

Me: Deh, anong tawag mo dyan sa dish mo?

Hubby: Bicol Express a la JAZ! :)

*JAZ stands for my initial as Joy Ann Zaraspe pero between the two of us,mas kilala sya as JAZ sa mga jersey nya eversince our college days.he already claimed na sya si JAZ.feeling ano? lol.

:)

This is related to my post yesterday, I promised I’ll give update if everything turned out OKAY about the “thing” I’m talking about. Well, what do you think?

Yesss, it turned out more than OK! :)

But hey, this is not about me getting pregnant again ha which is the first thing that came to everyone’s mind when they read my post, but it is all about Allan’s work.

Last night, hubby’s hard work for the previous months had paid off. This is something that we’ve been praying so he doesn’t need to leave the country again (for now) while Xian is still at his early age so that we're both with him physically while he's growing up. So anyway, for the past four days,hubby's kinda busy that we seldom have time for much longer phone conversations or text marathon every night before bed time, it’s because he had a deadline to meet come Friday and most of his time is spend finalizing and revising his work. His usual statement for the past days is like “meh,sensya na ha basta babawi ako senyo ni Xian after this” which is ok lang,I know that there’s too much pressure on his shoulder in terms of work. Words that best describe him yesterday: FRANTIC.TOXIC.

So the dreaded time came, Friday 5:00 PM. That’s the schedule of the presentation to his immediate bosses. For hours I didn’t received any call or text from him. At exactly 8 PM , he called. I immediately noticed the happy and carefree mode in his voice.

Our conversation goes like this.Never mind the mushy-ness ha! 

Me: Mahal ko,Kamusta presentation? Did you make it?

Hubby: Mahal ko hindi eh.. (trying to joke me first,hindi daw pero nasesense ko naman yung happiness sa boses.hmp!)

Me: Talaga? Eh ba’t masaya ka pa?

Hubby: meh,di mo ba nareceive email ko? Dito pa ko office ngayon,meh,check mo andun yung feedbacks saken.basta meh, check mo ha.. (pasuspense pa talaga!)

So I immediately check my email. And there I read everything… The answer wasn't just a simple here-you-go-answer but an astounding much-deserved-and-more-answer. really commendable and nice words from his boss which happen to be a British national (kaya naman most of the time nosebleed sya dun! hehe.) I‘m just so proud of him. And the new perks and the opportunities that awaits him, I know he’s truly deserving for those things.

Me: Wow,Congrats deh, I’m so happy for you! Galing-galing! :)

Hubby: Pero meh,kinabahan talaga ko dun ah! Grabe..

Me: Deh,Ako hinde masyado kinabahan.Kase in the first place, alam ko capabilities mo. alam ko kung pano ka magtrabaho, you’re one of the most hard-working person I know and you don’t just settle sa “pwede na at bahala na” Kilala kita,Kaya alam ko na what you did is at its best kaya bakit ako magwoworry?

To you Mahal ko,daddy,we’re so happy and proud of you. This is really an answered prayer, God gave this because this is really what’s best for us.Congratulations, Xian and I love you so much!♥

positive thoughts = positive results! his happiness is my happiness.thank you Lord! :)

 

 My husband works as QESH (Quality, Environment,Safety and Health) Coordinator in one of the international company here in the Philippines that provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. 

 

Our Saturday QT (Quality Time)

I've mentioned here before in my previous blog post how we usually spend our weekend. So last weekend, after I went home from my halfday of work (yeah,yeah i'm not that workaholic,nagkataon lang na may Saturday office talaga kami!) So,instead of malling or going somewhere we just stayed in our house and do the usual movie marathon mode (kinda laidback) with my 2 boys. as usual,we watched Xian's fave cartoons. Then after that he showed to us his latest dance moves, which made me and hubby laugh at the same time proud of our Xian's new antics.

Being in our kulitan and lazy mode,we just ham it up for the camera :)

Xian eating chicharon - hinay hinay anak,macholesterol yan!

Xian with Mommy and Daddy sa background

Xian's uber pouty lips.lol.

 dance,dance baby!

 MULTITASKING:while watching "Chicken Little" at the same time naglilinis ng paa nya.

:)

 feeling mag bf-gf mode.

 Xian's mouth oh so chocolatey! kaamos ng bata :)

kiss daddy,kiss! 

bunch of three :)

 in the mood for playtime

haha,pinagtripan ang tatay nya.

 the love of my life

Then after that,we had this for merienda:

 Black Forest Cake,yummy!

my hubby is a superb cook.he actually cooked this,sumptuous sopas! 

How about you,how did your weekend go? :)

 

Xian's Photo Entry Won in Reader's Digest Asia's Facebook Page!

"Victory tastes so sweet when it's unexpected"

Being a self-confessed proud momma,can't help not to blog this one :) I'm so happy! It's my younger sister Sol who's the culprit for my current happiness (sweet culprit.hehe) The story is, she send Xian's Christmas photo pala sa Reader's Digest Asia which by the way, as we all know it is a global multi-brand media and marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world and publish 94 magazines, including 50 editions of Reader’s Digest, the world’s largest-circulation magazine and sells approximately 40 million books, music and video products across the world each year ( I got the info in their website,hehe!)

So back to my story,she send the photo few weeks ago (and I'm not aware of it ha,pero ok lang maganda naman ang result) to Reader's Digest Facebook page because that time they have an announcement to everyone to upload picture that depicts Christmas spirit, and so my sister did.After all,the photo was just captured with the usual digital camera not with an SLR.so no big deal,trip trip lang!

Xian's winning entry with the caption "i love Christmas because it reminds me of being a kid, who easily believes in everything, like Santa Claus & miracles” medyo blurry lang sya dito sa blog post ko because I picture the actual photo with my cellphone :)

Then yesterday,my sister posted this in her wall so comment naman ako.

turned out- picture pala ng anak ko yun! so happiness talaga,something unexpected and besides, its Reader's Digest Asia so di ba sinong di maloloka,big deal talaga! :) So we shared the same excitement pero pinigilan ko sarili ko na ibroadcast sa wall ko even kay hubby di ko muna share kagad,baka kase spam eh di mapahiya pa ko di ba? hehe! So after few hours, Reader's Digest Asia finally confirmed and even announce in their wall the winners (makailang ulit ko chineck pangalan ng kapatid ko,hehe! ) CONFIRMED TALAGA,WAGI! very nice ang prize ha,it's Troika Travel watch na nasa courier pa,I'll give the watch na lang to my sis and for me the wonderful experience and recognition with regards to my son's photo entry is enough :) 

   

I googled the Troika watch and more or less,it’s similar to this.kinda nice no?  :)

My plan is ipa-frame winning entry (oo,seryoso!) so that we have something to reminisce when he's a little bit older and this is something he'll surely be proud of. Thank you Reader's Digest Asia for this wonderful experience and Thank you big time Tita Ninang Sol for sending his photo,next time ulit! hehe.I love you! Cheers! :)