| Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
| "pa-pa...pa-pa" |
nung isang gabi ay walang sinabi ang baby ko kundi "pa-pa, pa-pa", sabay tili, as in TILI!!! kaya naman tuwang-tuwa ang aking asawa dahil feeling nya ay tinatawag na sya ng anak nya, hehe. as in kahit natutulog na sya ay nagigising talaga sya kapag nag "pa-pa" na si baby boy. at to the point na ni-record pa nya sa celphone nya ng ilang beses ang boses ni baby boy. kakaaliw talaga! =)
kaya ngayon, tuwing may magte-text kay hubby, parang may batang kinakatay dahil sa lakas ng tili. nyahaha. |
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| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
| happy monthsary mahal! |
kahapon ay monthly anniv namin ni hubby, 18 months na kami, woohoo! =)
because it's a monday and no time for a "date", we just met at robinson's metro east before going home and ate at shakey's. missed the shakey's special thin crust!!! pero dahil minalas-malas kami, ubos na daw thin crust...damn! buti na lang merong vanilla super shake, ok na rin un, busog naman kami eh.
i jokingly asked hubby kung may gift sya sa akin. aba, meron nga pala. kasi ako wala pa eh, hehe. he gave me a cute white coin purse. pag bukas ko para tignan ung "barya" na kumakalansing sa loob, bracelet pala!!! aaaw, how swit! ang ganda ng bracelet, touched ako sobra. =)
so syempre, na-dyahe naman ako kaya pinamili ko din ng regalo, hehe. ibibili ko naman talaga sya noh, nawalan lang ako ng time! (excuses, excuses! =) as usual, we went to the shirt side of the mall. and he chose not only 1, but 2! mukhang binawi nya talaga ung regalo nya sa akin ha, hehe.
anyway, we ended the night happily. it brought back memories of our "dating days!". ang difference nga lang ngayon ay medyo nagmamadali kami, kasi hinihitay pa kami ni baby boy, hehe.
happy 18th month anniversary mahal! more months, years & decades to come!
i love you, amwah! =) |
| posted by apple @ 5:47 PM |
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| "Happy 8th month Birthday 'baby boy'!" |
nung friday nga po ako ay nag-half day (based sa "happy friday" kong blog).
nagpunta muna ako sa kids mania toy sale sa libis. buti di pa masyadong matao. madami ding toys na mura, mga barbie, lego, chicco products at playground, pigeon products, fisher price, safety 1st at madami pa. (un)fortunately eh off-line ang atm namin dito sa office kaya wala akong dalang masyadong cash. kaya eto lang ang nabili ko.
 
o di ba, me instant gift(S) na ako kay baby boy. though di pa nya magagamit ung potty yet, binili ko na din kasi ang mura eh. =)
after that, went to goldilocks to buy his cake. ay, nag-withdaw pala muna ako sa atm kasi nasimot ako sa toy sale eh, haha.
then went home and prepared for the party. it was fun, at ang sarap ng pagkain!!!
 
finished at 12mn. hay, kakapagod talaga maghanda, pero worth it naman kasi masaya ang bday ni baby boy. medyo nangati lang ung mga kamay ko sa dami ng platong hinugasan ko, nyahaha! |
| posted by apple @ 5:20 PM |
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| (wo)man in uniform |
ako po ay naka-uniporme ngayon, woohoo! di ko nga lang alam kung tama ba sa araw na ito ang suot kong uniform, hehe. wala na kasi akong maisuot eh, di pa na-plantsa ang ibang mga damit ko. at di din naman ganon kadami ang nasusuot kong damit para sa post-preggy size kong ito dahil ayoko ding mamili. dahil hanggang ngayon ay umaasa pa din akong papayat ako, hehe. it's all in the mind, ika nga! =)
sa ilang taon ko na dito sa kumpanya ko ay ngayon lang ako nagsuot ng uniform. dahil ako ay pinagpalang mabilang sa isa sa mga pasaway na departamentong hindi nag-u-uniform. every year ay may bago kaming set of uniforms kaya every year din ay dumadami ang nakatambak sa closet ko. i-UK-UK ko na lang kaya, haha, sino naman kaya ang bibili ng corporate attires. hay, sana kasi i-cash na lang ung budget sa uniforms, kami na lang ang bibili sa Landmark at SM! =)
anyway, dahil nga sa kakulitan ng nanay ko at nasasayang lang daw ang uniforms ko ay sinuot ko na din sa wakas. last week nung 1st time kong sinuot (2nd time pa lang today! =), ito ang kwento. pag uwe ko ng bahay at nakita ako ng magaling kong asawa, hiniritan ba naman ako ng "miss, meron ba kayong size 10?" nyahaha, kainis!!!
mamaya kaya pag uwe ko, baka hingan naman ako ng water at bill! hehe.
in fairness, ok naman ung suot ko ah! =) |
| posted by apple @ 11:48 AM |
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| Friday, December 09, 2005 |
| happy friday! =) |
i always love FRIDAY! =)
it used to be a gimik night for me, when i was still single and babyless. now, it's always a day looking forward to weekends, time when i can spend the whole day with my family.
but this friday is more special, because it's my baby boy's 8th month bday! =) huh, time really flies so fast. but enough of those senti moments first, because i'm in a high mood to party and celebrate!
one more thing that makes me happy, i'll just be working for half a day here in the office, woohoo!
later at 130pm, i'll be going home! i brought my car with me so i can bring my xmas package home too. my mom's been waiting for that already, hehe.
but before i go home, i've decided that i'll drop by the toy sale at libis later. anyway, it's on the way, and hopefully it won't be jampacked yet coz' it's just a friday afternoon. i'm also wishin' that i won't find anything great & cheap, since it's a cash basis, i might not be able to buy a cake for baby boy, hehe.
after that, time to buy a cake of course. i'm wondering what kind of cake i'll buy this time. can't think of any yet, should be someting that we haven't served for his monthly bdays. hmmm, cupcake na lang kaya? =)
anyway, it's time to party tonight. with my parent's rotarian friends! haha, boring!
last but not the least, it's friday PAYDAY for us! how's that?!
but on the other hand, since i'll be on half day, i won't be having my usual "productive" lunch out, nyahaha! |
| posted by apple @ 12:20 PM |
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| Thursday, December 08, 2005 |
| christmas package |
kaya't ibigay nyo na...ang aming christmas package! =)
hehe, parang me mali. 'bonus' pala dapat sabi ng aegis. nyahaha, jologs! =)
anyway, i can really feel it's christmas! nabigay na kasi ang aming christmas packages. kahapon ay inuwe ko na ang aking 4 na hamon! matagal na ngang inaantay ng daddy ko yang mga hams na yan eh. at ang hubby ko naman, masyadong natakam, nagpa-prito na agad kagabi para sa dinner. para tuloy kaming ngayon lang nakakain ng hamon, haha!
ngayon naman ay dumating na ang aming groceries. pero bukas ko pa sya iuwe kasi bukas pa ako magdala ng kotse. medyo me kabigatan kasi dahil puro de lata. kainis nga kasi nabawasan na ung laman, nawala na ang Lays at Ruffles, hehe. buti nga meron pa eh!
actually, thankful ako dahil masaya talaga ang pasko dito sa kumpanya ko. ay, di lang pala pasko, all-year-round, ok dito kasi dami benefits! sana meron ulet TCP...sa palawan naman tayo punta! =) pero the best pa din kapag december. bukod sa puro parties, na madaming pagkain at artista (haha, jologs talaga! =), dami pa give-aways! me hams, groceries, at syempre, ang pinapanalangin ng lahat ng empleyado dito na 20th month pay! or MORE!!! hay, crossed-fingers talaga kami. lalo na ako! paano ba naman, di pa declared ni CEO, na-budget ko na, nyehehe! =)
let's just wait & see on our xmas party! hope we'll all be happy! so that our xmas will be merry! =)
hanuvah! uwe na nga ako. |
| posted by apple @ 5:27 PM |
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| Home for the Aged |
yehey, di na "free" and dec.18 ko!
the other night, my mom told me that she wanted to donate something sa Home for the Aged. o di ba, atleast me nagagawang matino ang pagnuod namin ng PBB, na-touch kami kila Lola Coring at iba pa, hehe.
so what we planned was to buy grocery items and food for christmas on december 18, then diretso na namin sa Home for the Aged. ito kasi ang malapit sa amin eh, sa marikina lang. though gusto ko sana talagang makita si Lola Coring, ang cute kasi nya eh, ang cute nyang pasaway! haha.
we are really excited! first time kasi naming makakaharap sila eh. usually kasi nagbibigay lang kami sa mga volunteers who are in-charged of that. or madalas sa abs-cbn kapag humihingi sila ng tulong in case may mga sakuna. pero now, kami personally ang magbibigay. sana masiyahan sila! =)
what a nice way for baby boy to start his first xmas celebration. hope we'll all have fun! =) |
| posted by apple @ 4:55 PM |
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| Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| 'real' bday preps start now... |
my baby boy's bday party planning has formally started since july. but ideas and brain-storming with hubby started way, way back even before baby was born, hehe.
both being in this party business made us more excited to prepare for our own. eversince we've started this business, we were already talking about preparing & decorating our own baby's birthday parties, imagine our excitement now that it's soon to happen.
i personally love parties, kiddie parties at that! and my hubby has the artistic mind and hand in decorating parties. that's why we've decided to start this small business of ours 2 years ago, the "Yan-Ple's Party Shop". but we lay low on our biz when we gave birth because we were so pre-occupied with our baby.
now, almost a year, i just realized that i missed bday party preps! i missed all the client meetings, the brain-storming, the new ideas & gimmicks we had to do, the pressure of actual preps, the fun during the party and all the compliments (and complaints, sometimes!) we received after the event.
now, after my baby's 1st bday in april 2006, we are ready to jump start the business again! more complex, more detailed, more extravagant and hopefully, more client! =)
but for now...concentrate on baby boy's party first! =)
i've reserved the venue last july. since the venue owner & caterer is a friend, she had reserved the whole day for me the moment i inquired. i had to reserve early because i needed the whole day slot. since we'll be the one to personally decorate and supervise the whole preps, we need to start early.
if you're an avid reader of my blog (naks, as if! =), you're aware that i'm almost done with the prizes & loots. my hubby always tells me that i can put up a Pooh store in our house. and still up to now, hubby doesn't know how much Pooh stuffs i've bought, haha!
we're also half done with the conceptualizaton of the whole party, the banners, stage & the invites. more on the real works this christmas break.
but reality sank in last sunday when i had to shell out a large amount of cash for the downpayment. (i didn't feel such on the prizes because i bought that one at a time, although the total purchases can speak for itself, hay!) the downpayment was for our venue/caterer. and as any party goes, the largest chunk of the budget goes down the drain of the caterer!
it was also our time to check out the venue again and supposed to do some measurements and planning. but guess what, we didn't bring any measuring device . nevertheless it wasn't much of a problem, coz' looking back, i don't think it'll be of use.
based on our experience before with our clients, once we checked the venue, ideas kept on coming and planning was just a walk in the park.
but not last sunday! as i stared on the empty venue, my mind went totally blank!!! oh my, clueless on what to do! as if i was a neophyte on decorating parties. i was holding my notebook and pen, but wasn't able to write down a thing. my hubby kept on suggesting, but they were all rejected by the client (who was ME, btw!), hehe.
i want something NEW, something FRESH, something NEVER SEEN and something we haven't done at all! so that's tough, hard thinking is needed. and the 30mins i was there standing wasn't enough. we left the place with no concrete plan at all. told you, it was good thing we didn't bring any device because there was nothing to measure yet in the first place.
now, i realized that i haven't prepared much until this time. and i'm running out of time. only 4 months to go and still, there's so much to THINK and DO! and they're ALL left to hubby and me. =(
owel, atleast the party planning started moving again. and we don't have the right to be idle this time. go, go, go Yan-Ple!!! you can do it! =)
pretty excited! [Hooray, hooray! It's "baby boy's" 1st Birthday!] |
| posted by apple @ 6:05 PM |
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| busier month!!! |
compared sa busy weekend ko, my whole month seems to be busier!!!
first, sa dec 11 naka-plan ang xmas party ng "e-friends" ko sa the fort. nung sinabi ko kay hubby about it, sabi nya bday daw ng mama nya un! paktay, nalimutan ko, eh all-set na kami! so i told hubby to tell his mama na sa sat nyt na lang kami mag-celebrate para mas masaya, kasi sat nyt is gimik nyt, haha, babaw! owel, so ok na daw un. kaya lang, kinabukasan, sabi ng mama ko sa akin, wag daw kami gagawa ng lakad namin on the 10th kasi magpa-party sila sa house for their rotary friends! paktay na naman! so sabi ko why naman sa dec 10, di hindi natin mapapanuod ang PBB Finals, haha, ang babaw talaga! (at bilin ko din pala kay hubby na maaga kami uuwe sa sat nyt to watch, hehe) buti na lang at madami din palang rotarians ang preferred ang dec 9 over 10, kaya ayun, na-resched na ng 9. the problem is friday un kaya may pasok ako. umuwe daw ako ng maaga, paano un? bahala na! isa pa palang kababawang rason ko is better na maghanda sa dec 9 kasi bday din un ni baby boy, para sabay na lang. atleast nakaligtas ako sa paghanda. talk about hitting two birds with 1 stone! =)
the following week, me wedding naman kaming aatendan ng parents ko sa fernwoods. ang problema, friday ulet. paktay na naman! so since hubby needs to go home early din kasi bantayan nya si baby boy, we've decided to call the whole day off from work. so we are planning to xmas shop (again, for the last time) the whole day, then attend the wedding at night.
to summarize our busy month (for my benefit na din)...
dec 9 - baby boy's 8 month bday; rotarian's xmas party at home
dec 10 - baby boy's check-up; baby boy's photo sched; MIL's bday celeb; (PBB finals, hehe)
dec 11 - c***mas party, the fort; shopping!
dec 16 - last xmas shopping (excited to buy xmas gifts for each other); wedding at fernwoods
dec 17 - barkada's xmas party;
dec 18 - aba! akalain mong free pa pala ito...
dec 21 - company's xmas party
dec 23 - business' xmas party
dec 24 - noche buena at home, then at IL's home
dec 25 - lunch party w/ IL; dinner party w/ my mom's side
dec 26 - pampanga party w/ my dad's side
dec 31 - new year's party at our house!!!
hay, so tiring! for sure madadagdagan pa ito and sa malamang na me nalimutan ako. wish ko lang kayanin ng katawan at budget ko, hehe.
so excited for all these!
for now, Merry Christmas and Happy New year muna to my avid readers! whoa!!! =) |
| posted by apple @ 3:52 PM |
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| busy weekend! |
december has come, xmas spirit is all over the air, hence, expect a hectic sched...and a heavy traffic op kors!!!
start pa lang ng december, hectic na...
december 1-2 (thurs-fri) - strategic planning (ala The Apprentice!)
had to be in the office by 9am, whew! brain-storming, meeting, power-point & slide making, meeting, preparing, and meeting pa din, hehe. pati nga si hubby ay na-obliga kong mag-drawing para sa aking slides eh.
owell, everything paid off naman kasi we won eh, WE'RE HIRED!, ika nga sa The Apprentice, hehe. kaya lang, ang premyo namin is overnight stay sa Shang Makati, pero 2 rooms lang for all of us. kaya di din ako makasama kasi syempre i can't leave my baby behind for a night. pwera na lang if gusto nilang makasama baby ko sa
overnight, nyehehe!
decemeber 3 (saturday) - went to gamol with my bestfriend to buy our gifts for each other, hehe. syempre kailangan eh gusto namin ung gifts kaya we had the freedom to choose. at syempre, walang kawala ang ninang sa aking baby, haha, mega pabili ako para sa kanyang favorite inaanak! =) we were at mega from 11am-6pm! whoa!!! it's nice shopping again without kargang baby at bilmokong hubby! hahaha! it's shopping BY myself and FOR myself!!! missed that! =) had to cut our shopping short (short pa daw oh!) because may gimik si hubby sa gabi kaya on-duty ulet ako kay bebe.
december 4 (sunday) - after hearing mass at 11am, we visited the party place for my baby's 1st bday (separate blog). then went home and rest. in the afternoon, i cleaned, cleaned and cleaned! naglinis ako ng buong kwarto at buong bahay...inabot ako ng 8pm, haha. while ang aking asawa ay nagbalot ng mga regalo. i was supposed to wrap kaya lang ang dami kong ginawa kaya sabi nya sya na lang daw mag-wrap. pinabalot ko lang sa kanya ung mga para sa mga inaanak nya, hehe, medyo wala akong tiwala sa wrapping ability nya eh. but then it turned out not that bad. pero sa dami ng regalo namin eh di pa rin nya natapos lahat. so next week na ung iba, haaay!
pasko na talaga, ang sarap mag-wrap ng gifts, kaka-excite! pero mas excited ako mag-unwrap ng gifts kay baby boy! hahaha |
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