New Companions

I'm saying goodbye to coffee for now and welcomes my new companions ProMama Milk Drink and Folic Acid capsules.

I have not opened this milk box yet because, my OB gave me 1 box of Anmum Milk so I cannot

describe what's the taste of this one. Anyway, I'm sure it tastes the same after all they are of the same family. lol...

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Coffee + Snowflakes

This was the combination that I had on December 4, 2011 at Krispy Kreme in SM Mall of Asia.

Just a Perfect Combination!

The Funeral

This morning most of us, employees from our department went to attend the funeral of our officemate's wife and 2 children who lost their lives on December 17, 2011 flash flood. An unexpected tragedy that devastated Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City.

So many of our officemates were affected but Mr. Cruz had suffered the most. He lost not only all his belongings and properties but as well as members of his family, his beloved wife and his two children.

All of us wish and pray for him to continue his life together with his 2 remaining children.

Day 17 What’s something you wish you could say to someone?

I wished I could have said these three words "I LOVE YOU" to my mom, dad and elder sister before they passed away. But I wasn't able to, because on the day they died I was not around of near them.

When my mom died in 2007 I was working in Manila, my brother had called me up around 12 midnight to tell be the bad news. I flew to Zamboanga City the following morning, and my mom was already inside the casket.

Same thing with my dad when he passed away in 2009, I was in Iligan City that time, my brother informed me and I arrived home 12 hours after he called me.

My greatest regret also is not seeing my elder sister before she died, I was in Iligan too and she was confined in Zamboanga City for a week. I wasn't able to rush home while she's still alive. I could have talked to her and told her to hang on for her life. But it was too late, I only able to talk to her lifeless body when I arrived by her side.

These are the words I wished I could have said to my loved ones before they left us and joined our Almighty Father. These wishes will only remain wishes and will never come true.

Day 16 What do people notice about you?

People who knows me from before always comment that I have gone from petite to super big. Yep! There's nothing else that they notice about me but my physical appearance. Though it hurts to accept the fact. lol..

Anyway, I'll try to slim down again maybe 3 years from now. I still want to have two more children and after that I will really start losing those fats away. So help me God! winks*

Day 15 What do you dislike most about yourself?

-I'm not really a person who highly thinks about herself. I'm a person who sometimes wants to be alone and hide from someone's else back. I tend to be shy and sometimes do not want to talk to anybody.

-Should I say I'm good in numbers because I'm in engineering field but I'm really poor in English. Thus, I created this blog as a place where I can practice my writing skills, if there is.

-I'm a person who always aspires for the best but takes time to accept the fall.

-An impulsive buyer and materialistic sometimes.

These are the characteristics I hate about myself.

Day 14 What do you like most about yourself?

Putting God and my family first before anything else are what I liked about myself. Though I seldom go to church but I know in my heart that I love God and my faith in him will never change.

I'm a person who wants to excel in everything I do, though sometimes it's hard for me to accept things that went wrong but always tries to cope up and adjust.

I'm an impulsive buyer but sometimes refrains from being one after becoming a mom.

Those are some of my qualities I can consider I loved about me.

Day 13 Have you ever had your heart broken?

Day 13 - Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken a heart?

I consider myself as a very lucky person, because I met a person who is not perfect in anyway but I know who had loved me from the start and will continue to love me until the end.

He is the my first ever boyfriend turned husband after 7 years of relationship + 3 years of married life. Therefore, we've known each other for 10 years already.

Thus I never experienced a broken heart before nor I ever broke another's heart.

I always have a happy heart with me.

Wish Come True

As much as possible I wanted to complete these 30 days blog challenge that I have given myself but I ended up filling in each challenge late. Just like this challenge that is supposed to be for Day 12 but on my counting it is already eight (8) days late.

Anyway better late than never right?

Day 12 is about wishing for something that would come I true.

I've started wishing for something about 3-4 months ago, that is to conceive another child. Since our son is already 1 year an a month old hubby and I wanted to have another addition to our family and God had heard our prayers and had given us another gift.

Yes, I have it confirmed this afternoon by visiting my OB and indeed I am already 5-6 weeks pregnant. Yahooo!

This is our best Christmas Gift ever this year. Thank you so much Lord for hearing our prayers. From this day onward I am taking another journey, a very challenging yet fulfilling journey of being a woman.

Aftermath of Storm Sendong in Iligan City

Northern Mindanao or the Mindanao as a whole is seldom hit by cyclones but today storm Sendong ravaged some parts of Mindanao. Around 2am this morning, December 17, 2011 flash flood had devastated Iligan City.

Thank God that the muddy flood had not reached our area. But I feel badly for others who were greatly affected especially people living at low laying areas near Mandulog and Tubod Rivers.

Properties were greatly damaged, some people were missing and some were found dead.

Here are some of the photos I have taken while passing along Tubod Bridge and Mandulog Bridge on our way to Lugait, Misamis Oriental this afternoon around 12:30PM.

Affected by the overflow or Tubod River

Badly damaged by the overflow of Mandulog River

Let us all pray to Our Almighty Father to help the victims of this tragedy.

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Nine West Women's Bag

Yesterday, Ann (my office mate) and I went to her friend that sells imported stuffs like branded bags, wallets and cosmetics. My intention to go along with her is to buy a new ladies bag for myself knowing that her friend sells those stuffs cheaper than others. And I was able to bring home this Nine West bag and some cosmetics.

paid P2300 for this bag

These are the cosmetics I've chosen. I'm not so sure If I'll be able to religiously use these. lol

Maybelline face powder - P430

L'orreal Touch-on Color for eyes and cheeks - P280

L'orreal HIP Jelly Lip Balm - P190

It's nice sometimes to buy something girly for myself. winks*

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Free Christmas Lunch

Our company had given us free lunch today. And this is what's on my plate.

fish fillet, fresh lumpia, fried chicken, rice, piece of lechon, macaroni salad and potato salad.

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Day 11- Who can’t you live without?

My answer to the question above is... I can't live without my family. My husband and my little prince Xyrus. I live and will continue living until the end for them because they are the love of my life, my light, my inspiration.

Photos taken on Father's Day last June 2011

Where'd My Money Go?

Few days from now we'll be bidding goodbye to 2011 and embrace the coming of 2012. And I expected 2012 to be very challenging year for me and my whole family. Transferring from one city to another is one huge undertaking for us, but we don't have choice but to go with the flow because it is our whole office/department will be transferring to the new building constructed at the nearby city.

This year our expenses has gone up to the ceiling, but we're still thankful that both our salaries we're able to cope up.

Big portion of our income goes to our daily needs, my son's milk, food, diapers etc. + yaya + househelp + utility bills. Some had gone to Xye's Chritening and 1st Birthday Parties.

Knowing beforehand that we'll be transferring to Cagayan de Oro City hubby and I had purchased a piece of land in one of the newly developed subdivision near CDO Airport about two years ago. And just this November we were able complete our amortization, a two-year good as cash installment for a 160 sqm corner lot.

Aside from that hubby and I purchased another piece of land at Opol Misamis Oriental, this time a much much bigger lot area (1350sqm) than the other one but paid a lot cheaper, I could say a "good buy".

After acquiring these properties our next project and hopefully will be fulfilled by next year is the construction of our own house at Opol. This time, we really need to seek assistance from Pag-ibig to make this project possible. Because our savings were already used up. We're also placing the 160sqm corner lot at Robinson's Land Fresno Subdivision on SALE, because the amount we'll get from the sale will be used to build our proposed house in Opol.

With the need to earn more, I'm trying my luck in blogging to earn dollars but I'm not that lucky yet because I was able to earn only around $200 yikes!

So hubby and I have to hold on tight with our existing jobs because these are our very source of income.

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Memory Lane - Christmas Party 2004

I only learned about Memory Lane Monday today, and since the linky is still open I decided to share my first entry for MLM with theme Christmas Party.

One of the merriest Christmas Party we had in the office was on 2004, it was our whole department's Employees + Family Christmas Party. Every division (4 divisions) prepared their respective presentation, did their best because big prizes were at stakes for the winners.

the NTSD Group

the SED Group

The Winning Group NPD

and the ladies with their intermission number

This was also one of the most prosperous Christmas Party that we had, because every employee definitely received door prizes but only the lucky ones were able to take home the major major prizes.

It really makes me smile reminiscing this Christmas event that took place seven years ago, and I know this will not happen again because some of our colleagues had taken their own way after our used to be mother company was privatized and they were not lucky enough to re-hired by the new management.

P10,000 Worth of Gift Certificates

Yep you read it right, yesterday we went to SM Admin Office in Cagayan de Oro to claim Joy's P10,000 worth of SM gift certificates that she have won on SM Weekly Raffle draw. Joy is my son Xye's "yaya" nanny.

The last time we're in SM I had 8 raffle coupons from my purchases, I asked Joy to write down her name in the coupons and telling her that just in case you'll win Xye will get 50% share of the prize and you'll get the 50% too. She agreed and excitedly wrote all 8 coupons with her name using Xye's cellphone number at home as her contact number since she doesn't have cellphone or any sort of contact with her.

Three weeks ago SM had called her and told her that she won on the week 7 draw. Now the problem is how to claim the prize with her having only 1 valid, her high school ID from previous school year, so instead I asked her to get her birth certificate.

Luckily, SM accepted her birth certificate as proof and she was able to claim the prize. With her P5000 gift certs she was able to use P1400 on her purchases, the remaining 3600 I converted it into cash so that she'll be able to use it on her or her family needs.

Week 7 Winners

the SM gift certificates

Joy with her winning smile while writing more or less 30 stubs for the next draw. Who knows she might win in the Grand Draw.

Congratulations Joy and thank you for sharing the prize with Xye.