Ok Baby,I Stand Corrected!

This will be a quick post!

Scenario: 

Xian and I were busy browsing fb pics last night when this particular photo caught the little man's attention.

Me: nice car no? Galing kay Tito Topher mo yan few months ago...

(Tito Topher is hubby’s older brother who’s in Jeddah right now)

Xian gave me this weird look sabay sabing “No! mommy hindi car.. truck yan!" and said in a very cute manner,I tell you :)

He really emphasized the word truck as if yun na pinakamalaki kong pagkakamali last night then we shared a good laugh after that moment.kaloka!

Ok baby, I stand corrected.What I mean is TRUCK.

Kids nowadays,sila na talaga ang nagcocorrect sa nanay no?

 

Converse Stuffs for my 2 Boys

Hubby picked me up from work last Saturday since we’ll do the grocery that same day, so we headed to Robinson’s Place. We had our lunch first with our favorite sizzling sisig with egg and sizzling pusit since it's lunch time already. Before going to the supermarket which is our final stop, we decided to buy some stuffs first at the department store. On our way there,we passed at the Converse store at the 2nd floor. Knowing the husband very well,di nya to papalampasin.I'm 101% Correct! he said magchecheck lang daw sya ng bago. It's his habit to visit Converse store whenever we're at Robinson's Place Lipa,same thing with Toby's Sports or Sports Central whenever we're at SM.it's his routine,parang may checking of attendance lang.

Anyway back to Converse store, we went inside then he went straight to the kids section and checked some pairs of Chuck Taylor and asked for Xian's size.

Me: Deh, ok pa naman yung red chuck nya,kasya pa sa kanya. Besides may iba pa sya na shoes.Para san yan? (Di ba nga at this point in time I want the Adidas shoes for my little man)

Hubby:  Para ibang color lang meh.tsaka it's the quality.Kita mo naman yung Chuck Taylor ko nung college,nasa bahay pa din hanggang ngayon.(ewan ko lang ha,pero he's talking as if spokesperson sya ng Converse)

Me: Okay! yung black maganda..

While waiting for another stock of the little man's size we're both checking other items when his eyes and hands landed at the sports bag displayed.

Hubby: maganda ba meh?(while busy checking the anatomy of the bag)


Me: hmmm,ok lang.maganda naman. 


Then talked to the store attendant to bring another stock of the bag,asked if they have another color.haha,kaloka talaga tong asawa ko. Di man lang nagpakipot kahit konti!

Anyway, he ended up buying the bag also,for his basketball stuffs.

Here's my 2 boys Converse loots for the day:

 Black Chuck Taylor for the little man @ P1,150

Jet Black Sports Bag for the husband @ P2,100

The best part of that day is,the husband also treat me with my own loots and he's so nice to ask me what I want for unplanned shopping like this. He's like that, if he buy something dapat meron din kami ni Xian.In fairness,di ko sya tinanggihan.hihi! I'll separately blog it once I have the time.(feeling!)

Thanks so much hubby love, you're so sweet! Mwah! :-*

 

My Sinigang.Bow!

It's been 3 months already since I last cooked sinigang since it's always the husband who's very eager to cook whenever he's at home. Ok eh di sige,pagbigyan! :D

But last weekend he told me that he already miss my sinigang na baboy.Actually, it's the first dish that I was able to pull off when I'm just learning how to cook several years ago. I'm not a sinigang expert pero isa 'to sa pinaka-matino kong dish! Since we run out of kangkong that day, incomplete si sinigang.Good thing we have some stock of the rest of the veggies needed.So ok lang,keri na din.mukha pa din namang sinigang kesa nilaga. Without further ado, here's my sinigang! *drum rolls*

In  fainess naman kahit ganyan hitsura nya,naka-ilang rice pa din si hubby.tamang asim which makes my sinigang perfect for his taste buds.It's a Happy Sunday lunch at home pa din :)

 

Best Love Advice

For Nanay Online’s third topic which is about the Best Love Advice, I'm not one of the best person to ask when it comes to love advices since I only had ONE boyfriend in my entire life which eventually became my husband, just like Sis Nuna and Sis Michi. ;)

 

I remember when I was in high school, I'm always tuned in to Joe D Mango’s Love Notes even though I don’t have a bf that time (hubby and I were college sweethearts, that’s why) because I want to know other people’s love stories and learn from it so I could give advice to my friend who’s in a relationship that time (well I don’t know if she consider it as an advice. what to expect from a NBSB that time? baka sabihin pa nya,ano namang alam mo sa love,aber? haha!) until I finally plunged into the relationship status 10 years ago when I enter college.

Every relationship is different, what’s applicable with us may not work out with other couple and vice versa. Hubby and I also have some fair share of misunderstandings. In our 1 month old relationship,we broke up (or should I say I broke up with him) because of some petty issues on my part,yet we both stay single,we didn't date anyone during that 1 year. He just gave me the space I need.Until we finally get back in each other's arms once again. Love is sweeter the second time around, so true. Everything is close to perfect, and then came long distance relationship blues since he need to work out of the country,yet we managed our geographically challenged relationship until he came home and we got married and the rest is history. It must have been FATE and yes, LOVE.. haha,forgive me.mushy I know!(at kelangan talaga na ganito kahaba ang intro! :D)

Here are just some of the best advices I heard from very dear people:

From one of my favorite priest in my cousin’s wedding:

“You can never be certain of your relationships because not all of them are built to last a lifetime. Both of you have to constantly nurture it so it can grow and you can grow old with it.”

I got this from my college scrapbook, I don't know where I got this but this has been my favorite quote for hubby which always works:

“Always keep in mind that trust takes years to build, but mere seconds to destroy. And then it takes you even longer to rebuild it”

Joe D’ Mango

“A relationship will always need trust and faith. Trust, so you could keep a relationship strong, and faith, so you can build a strong foundation of love that could weather all storms to make it last for as long as you wish to.”

And lastly from my parents:

“Ang pag-aasawa ay hindi kanin na isusubo na iluluwa kapag napaso.” Old advice that we’re all familiar,yet it always make sense.

Been in love with the same man for 10 ½ years and happily married for close to 3 years and counting blessed with a sweet and smart kid.oh well, this Love is FOREVER.

Adidas Shoes, I Want!

Yes, I want a pair but not for myself nor for hubby but for the little man.It's Lightning McQueen Adidas Kids rubber shoes from their Disney line Cars 2 Collection. From the three available pairs, I specifically like this one.

See,nice design no? this running shoes will definitely spruce up my little man's outfit.I like the look,very sleek and stylish plus Xian will love it because of McQueen :)

Here are the two other rubber shoes designs from their collection:

cute din noh?

The rubber shoes is also bagay with this:

The first time I saw the shoes from one of my favorite mommy blogger Frances, I was like "Wowwww! Are they also available here in Batangas?" I want a pair for my little man Xian. But too bad for me because they're exclusively available at Adidas Shop in ATC, Eastwood Mall, Greenbelt 3, Power Plant, Trinoma, Robinsons Bacolod and Gaisano Davao, and Rustan's Makati, Shangri-la Plaza.Kamusta naman yun,di ko ata keri mag-travel from Batangas to Manila just for a pair of shoes.haha!

I'll just ask the ever reliable husband to look for this pair of shoes since Rustan's is just 30 minutes drive from his workplace. I guess with the price of the shoes, that will be Xian's Christmas shoes already (or wag na lang kaya muna sya mag-gatas at diaper for 1 month).hahaha! 

Batangueño Ka Kung...

I came across this note in Facebook posted by some of my friends which flood my news feed every 5 minutes yesterday. I couldn't help but read each one and say "aba'y oo nga ano" *grin* which makes me one proud certified Batangueña although some of these terms are rarely used nowadays but I always hear them from the oldies in my childhood days.Here are just some of them from a thousand of Batangueño facts posted in their group.

BATANGUEÑO KA KUNG....

1. Alam na alam mo ang karibok,pandalas,matulin, bangi at mual.

2. Bumibili ka dati ng sapatos sa Foostep at bumibili ka ng pansit sa Wa-Nam tapos chichirya sa Utik-Utik.

3. Meron kang alaga sa bahay na buwik o bilot.

4. Galit ka sa apanas,kuyitib at lulumbo.

5. Pinapaunlakan mo pang sinabing "suminsay ka muna" at maghuhunta.

6. Masarap na minindal ang pilipit,buche buche, simukmani, binatog, panutsa, nilupak, sagimis at tinutong.

7. Marunong kang magsabaw ng kape sa bahaw na kanin.

8. Magalang ka sa iyong mamay at nanay.

9. Napapaumis ka pag naaalala ang crush mo.

10.Kung nung bata ka ay masaya ka na kapag nakapasyal ka sa Tom's, Caedo at Citimart.

11.Kapag ang tawag mo sa munggo ay balatong at kalamyas sa kamias.

12.Kung sumasakay ka sa Alps at Dela Rosa kapag luluwas ng Maynila.

13. Maaliwalas humiga sa katre sa silong at magpahinga.

14.Masarap ang paho at sibuyas na tagalog tapos may patis ng sinaing na tulingan.

15. Pag tinanong kung pasaan ka,sagot mo eh dine laang.

16.Bilin lagi ng nanay mo na wag liliban sa kalsada at baka mahagip kaya maigeng tumimo  na lang sa basaysay.

17.Naghihinaw ka ng kamay bago kumain.

18. Nagagalit ang iyong inay pag ikaw ay pangkal maglaba ng tubal.

19. Nagkukurkor ka ng niyog sa kayuran kapag magluluto ng ginat-an.

20. Kung meron kang kahit isang balisong na nakatago kahit mapurol o di naman kaya'y gulok.

21. Kinakainisan ka kapag kamale-male ka bago sasali-salibuy-boy sa naghuhunta. 

22. Mahilig kang mag-tuklong pag Mayo dahil sa pa-kendi.

23. Pinakasikat na tiyo sa Batangas ay si Tiyo Rudy. Ay dyuskupo po Rudy!

At syempre pa, purong Batangueño ka kung naiintindihan mo ang kathang-isip na usapang ito:

VEHICULAR ACCIDENT IN BATANGAS

MEDIA: 'Lo, kayo daw po'ng saksi?
LOLO: Ay uwo! Ika'y pumarne dine sa silong. Kung ako pa naman ang dadais sa iyo para magsalaysay ay sulong!
MEDIA: 'Sensya na po sa abala.
LOLO: Ako'y naka-ungkot laang dine at karakaraka'y ako'y nagitla sa busina. May mag-inang hasing-hasi pa ng paghihikap ay gab-eng gab-e na! Bakingga aring dyip ay saksakan ng tulin? Ay di ako'y palakat na sa mag-inang di naiingli! Aba'y maiipit na'y naka-umis pa! Kainaman! Hayown! Sa pag-iwas ng dyip ay sumalya sa tarangka, tiklap ang tapaludung lasa ko'y
kawangki ng nilamukos na kiche. Pagkakabugnot ng drayber! Ngalngal e!

AIRPLANE CRASHES IN BATANGAS

An airplane crashed at a town in Batangas.

MEDIA: Manong, pakilarawan po ang nangyari.
LOLO: Ala eh, nakow, garne ga utoy... Kakaalmusal ko laang, gayak ako'y sisinsay sa kahanggan, ay natan-awan ko yaan sa alapaap ay nagsisilab. Bago sumirok ng papagay-on na kala mo'y papatak. Ginagaling na laang at sa sukalang are sumugba, ay kung sa kabayanan ga, ay di panay mga utas!
MEDIA:Ho?

Proudly Batangueña,

 

The C's Sunday @ Bigg’s Diner

During our Sunday Family Day Out last time, we tried Bigg’s Diner in SM Lipa since they also offer kiddie menu at the same time its not as crowded as other fast food chains at the mall during that particular Sunday.

I read that Bigg’s Diner originally came from Naga pala with a very interesting story to tell.

Anyway,what I love about the place is their ambiance, Xian loves the car design in one part of the wall (which I wasn’t able to take pics since we're seated on the other part of the resto which they called Zone 3 where the car wall is not visible) Anyway,I’ll just borrow some pics in their website later.

Here's the little man while keeping himself busy with his toy while waiting for our food:

serious much?

While orienting daddy about his red car:

This is one of the rare times when we dine out that Xian enjoyed the food and place at the same time (other than his all-time favorite Jollibee). Most of the time kase we really have a hard time choosing our desired resto because of the little man in tow. But this time around,steady lang sya and busy doing his thing.He also enjoyed his moment too while waiting for our food.

These are the only photos of the place  I took from my camera:

Zone 3: The Sports Section

framed photos of famous sports personalities

Now here are some of the photos I borrowed from their official facebook page. 

Xian's favorite part! 57 Chevy in Zone 1

view from Zone 1 entering Zone 2

Zone 2: a recreated diner cab or train, complete with the poles

Since I wasn’t able to take pics because my hi-tech camera is battery low already before our food arrived,we ordered Spaghetti with Pizza Bread for the little man while the husband tried their Tenderloin tips plus Macaroni Salad top sider. I tried their Korean Pork Barbecue rice toppings and Halo-Halo supreme for dessert of course all-time favorite coke for our drinks. I was supposed to borrow the food pics from their website but unfortunately I'm having a hard time copy-pasting so here's the complete list of their menu for your reference, check this out:  Bigg's Diner Menu

I love you already Bigg's Diner.we'll be back next time, I want to try the Seafood Pasta!