Do you like Espadrilles?

I saw my cousin in Facebook putting an online shop selling Espadrilles only. I inquire and bought 2 pcs from her because i love espadrilles and her price is very reasonable.

Interested? You can check and purchase here.

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Thoughts on having BB..

When celfone became instant hit during my college days, i am always updated to whats the latest but to be honest im not a gadget person, hindi nman kasi ako ang nabili ng celfone ko kasi wala pa nman akong work nun kaya ok lang magpalit lagi. Thats how i am when it comes to things, i dont value the price kaya hindi ako maingat sa gamit ko kaya nagsisi ang lola ko na pinalaki daw kaming spoiled...(Sorry Grandma..) When i experienced hold-up during my first work in Paranaque, they only took my celfone, wallet and jewelries. I was left alone and really scared that time.. That's the time i realized na hindi laging ok ang magandang gamit kasi takaw-mata sa holdaper...

Fast forward, i dont have the latest and high-end fones, in fact i only use the cheap ones. (See image below). I only use Nokia 5000 for my Sun network and Samsung for my Globe. Basta maka-text and call ako ok na.. If you have a toddler, it is also not advisable to have high-end fones kung ayaw mong ibato yan ng baby mo like what happen in our fones, ginagawang laruan lang ng anak ko...

My Nokia and Samsung fones...

Recently, Kuya Bing and I went to Laguna and he let me try his Blackberry. I enjoyed using his BB. I can communicate with our relatives and friends abroad for free using the BBM (blackberry messenger). He encourage me to buy one so i can talk to them all the time. I was hesitant to buy because first, i am commuting from home to office in Taguig (eh pano kung mahold-up or madukutan ako?) Second,  we are saving for the upcoming expenses in our house. Third, do i really need one?

Until now, im still not decided if i should get one. But there are times na gusto ko na talaga.. Minsan ayokong pumunta ng mall at baka mapabili ako ng bigla.. Hehe..

Basta, i need to think more... Give me two weeks...

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Inuman na!!!

My cousin BJ came home and we went to Laguna. Eto ang bumungad smen: 

Alfonso XIII (Alfonso trese)

Taken at night kaya blurry..

At pinost pla ni Kuya Bing sa facebook at ti-nag pa si Badz!

Lagot :(

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Restday and Payday!

Its Saturday again! Restday and Payday time..

Time to pay the bills and tomorrow, we are scheduled to go to PC Express Alabang and get our CPU. Hubby is already excited kasi makakapag-games na naman sya during his free time.

Before i end this post, i want to show you our new clothes. Did you remember when my relatives from the US sent unexpected package last January? Three (3) balikbayan boxes arrived then and one of the box contains different designs and different kinds of fabric. Maybe they bought it in sale during the Thanksgiving day las November. Anyway, my lola didn't know what to do with the fabrics so we all get what we want and i got 5 designs! hehe..

Two weeks ago, i went to the dress maker and i asked her to make blouses and dresses for me and Tami and here it is:

Blouse and Dress in Pink design

Blouse and Dress in Blue design

Blouse and Dress in Pink design

Three different designs and the output is Blouse and Dress for me, same with Tami's pair.

Blouse

Blouse again

This last two pair was blouse only because the fabric was not that big.

All in all, i pay Php 2,500.00 only for the labor of the dressmaker.

Blouse cost P250.00 each x 5 = P1,250.00

Dress cost P350.00 each x 3 = 1,050.00

Tami's dress and blouse is P200.00 n lang (the only discount that i've got)

Pero mura pa din diba?

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New Loots :)

Today, i came home with two new loots:

Benetton Paradiso Perfume

My officemate and I bought this perfume because its similar to my D&G light blue perfume. Its scent is also light and its very cheap. Perfect for everyday wear..

Yesterday, i post this in FB:

Im serious! I know mataba ako kaya nga magda-diet na ko ng konti... Why konti? Hubby will not allow me to lose weight ng sobra.. Nagagalit sya pag hindi ako sumasabay kumain sa kanya.. I also want to lose some weight because of my health, i have an asthma and if im fat, mabilis akong hikain... And my decision is to have a healthy diet, and my diet started yesterday.

To lose weight faster, i also bought this:

Nike Cortez shoes

Syempre i need to exercise and i need shoes to make it happen. Now i dont have excuse not to jog during weekend... 

At home, i can use this:

Ano bang tawag d2? Tagal na naming ginagamit to pero until now di ko alam ang tawag.. hehe

Jumping Rope..

Now, im ready to lose those pounds! Go! Go! Go!

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Dissapointed with Max's..

Last night i was craving for Crispy Pata or lechon kawali.. (Hindi ako naglilihi ha..) While i was looking at my bills i saw the receipt of hubbys eyeglass that we purchased last November in ideal vision and that time, Max's has a promo for BDO card holders that everytime you purchase at least P3,000 in a single receipt, you are entitled to a Free Crispy Pata..

I informed hubby about it and we decided to eat dinner at Max just to availed the free Crispy Pata since we are the only one in the house. Tami and Yaya is in my inlaws house last night. We went to Max's near RFC at exactly 8pm and we were attended by some waiters. Bigla nman kaming nahiya kasi naka-pambahay lang kami nung pumunta dun... (Kiber ko eh kakain lang nman kami, kailangan pa bang pumorma pag kakain dba?)

When we settled to our seats, i informed the waitress that we want to avail the free crispy pata and we will order some in the menu. Before the waitress take note of our orders, she get the charge slip, my card and the receipt to check. She was gone for a few minutes.

Syempre picture-picture muna kami while waiting..

When she came back, she informed us that our request for the free crispy pata was not granted kasi nabura daw yung date nung charge slip, hindi daw kita sa xerox copy.. I informed her that she can get the original receipt just to show the date pero hindi sila pumayag...

So i was dissapointed dahil hindi nmen na-avail yung free crispy pata and ang dala ko lang pera that time is P600.00 only.. (buti may dala pa kong cash). What we did n lang is we order on their meal.. Kainis talaga..

Hubbys order..

I ordered the Fiesta Meal.. Second dissapointment was when the food was served, parang hindi ka mabubusog sa food. Why? Sobrang liit ng chicken, yung rice sobrang lagkit as in sobra, at yung lumpia which was my favorite was really bland kahit may sauce na..

Parang minadali yung preparation nung food namin, to think na 8pm pa lang that time.. 

Well, sana until now sarap to the bones pa rin dba?

Sorry ha..pero hindi ko talaga nagustuhan last night yung food sa Max's.. And na-dissapoint din ako for not having the crispy pata :(

Hubby just told me na when we go to market this coming weekend, we'll just cook Crispy Pata in our house for dinner :)

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Basti's 1st Bday at Pixie Forest..

Last Sunday, we attended Basti's (hubby's nephew) 1st birthday in Pixie Forest at Festival Mall. Wow! tagal na ng pixie forest ah.. I remember Mika's first birthday in pixie forest 19 years ago.. And still maganda pa rin syang venue for kiddie parties...

At first, i was worried that Tami will be afraid of the mascots but i was wrong, when Skip (pixie forest mascot) aside from Ronald Mcdonald mascot came and dance, i was shocked because Tami is not afraid anymore, she even go in the front, dance and pose with the mascot..

My baby is now a big girl na.. Hindi na sya takot..

Tami and her ate Jules

One of the loots in the party is the ride-all-you-can tag in all the rides in the pixie forest.. And kami nman walang ginawa kundi habulin at sundan si tami kung san pupunta.. Hay kapagod..

One of the rides that tami really enjoyed and binabalik-balikan nya talaga is the mini jungle logged jam, just like the ride in EK.

They're enjoying the rides..

And willing to wait for their turn..

Happy Birthday Basti!!!

Kids really enjoy the party but the celebrant was sleeping during the whole time of his party.. hehe

Short conversation while we're on our way home:

Hubby: Tam, you want to have that kind of party?

Tami: Yes.

Hubby: Cge sa 7th birthday mo na lang...

Me: Tam, ano gusto mo? birthday party or HK disneyland?

Tami: Uhm...(napaisip ang bruha) i want party and i want to go to Disneyland again Mama..

Pak! Patay tayo jan...

Bakit nman kasi tinanong pa..

Tsk. Tsk.

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Weekend Merienda...

My daughter has a scheduled merienda and playtime in Mcdonalds Las Pinas thrice a week with some of her classmates and the yayas. They go there after their school. And since weekend is our family day, we always ask tami what she wanted to do, she never get tired of eating Mcdo maybe because she enjoyed playing there.

Last weekend, she requested to go there again, hubby and I accompanied her because we want to attend to her and also have some merienda.

Our typical merienda..

See? She also loves Mcdo aside from Jollibee..

Hubby playing PSP while eating...

Hay naku, bakit kaya ang mga kids hindi nagsasawa sa Mcdo and Jollibee? 

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Things to Consider when Purchasing a Property

Every couple is dreaming of their own house and we are one of them. We got married 5 years ago and one of the reason why we save a lot is because of the plan of purchasing our own house and lot. Like what ive said with my previous posts, hindi kami umasa sa in-laws ko since before. Even they offered their house to us since hubby is the youngest and the only boy in their siblings, we chose to have our own house from our own money, thats why his parents are so proud of him.

Last quarter of 2010, we decided to purchase a property as part of our investment and here are the things we consider and this will also help you in owning a property.

LOCATION

Location is the first thing to consider. We scout and look for some place that is accessible to all like school, mall, hospital and also the way to our work. Our decision has been made after we see the place and the subdivision. We purchased a property in a subdivision along Daang-hari road in Alabang. Daang-hari road is now fully developed and very accessible to all.

Hubby's eldest sister also purchased a house and lot in the subdivision where we got our property. Ngaun wala ng kasama ang parents-in-law ko sa house nila kundi maid.. minsan naaawa ako kasi nman tatlo lang sila eh ang laki nung bahay, 5 bedrooms ba nman and very spacious pa.. When my sis-in-law ask my parents-in-law if kaya ba nilang mag-solo, Mama just told her na ok nman sila dun sa house kahit sila lang at pag namatay daw sila, bahala na silang tatlong magkakapatid dun sa bahay kung ano ang balak nilang gawin dun :(  They will just go to our house anytime to visit us or vice-versa..

Grabe.. minsan iniisip ko dun n lang kaya kami tumira ulit? Kaso sayang nman yung binili nmen na bahay kung walang titira ska its part of our plan to live on our own. Ayaw nga namin umasa dba?

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TRANSPORTATION

Hubby wants there because it is near to his office in Alabang and also to my way going to work in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

Since we dont have a car now because its not our priority now (maybe we will consider having one after 3 to 4 years, we'll see...) Transportation in our chosen subdivision is also good, i mean when you go outside the main road, there are lots of van, jeepneys and buses. And what i like most is were near ATC and SnR.. :)

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VALUE / PRICE

We all know that owning a property is very expensive nowadays thats why most families are still renting because they cant afford to own one. In our case, we tried renting because of the plan of re-constructing my parents-in-laws house but we decided to buy our own house kaya hindi n lang gagalawin yung house nila.

Yesterday, i was on the shop of my uncle and my cousin said "Naks, ang mahal naman ng bahay mo.. Grabe, 2.7M". That is his words. Ang nasabi ko n lang is "Ganun talaga, wala ng mura ngaun" . See? wala na talagang mura ngaun. PhP 2,736,000 plus the downpayment of P367,000 that we made last January, it would sum up a total of PhP 3,103,000 excluding gate and furnitures. Kaloka dba?

What we did is hubby availed of Pag-ibig housing loan amounting to 1M and the rest is cash. Im targetting of paying the Pagibig housing loan in 15 years..**cross-finger** Kaya as for now, purita mirasol kami.. huhu..

Wala bang gustong mag-donate jan? You can send it to my BDO Peso or Dollar account. Just tell me if you want to give.. hehe

Im happy! Proud of hubby and myself for acquiring property from our own money... Fruits of Labor ",)

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Our Apartment Contract..

Saturday.

Hubby and I went to the Landlord of the apartment and we told him that we were planning to move-out by May because we already have our own house and we planned of telling him ahead of time so he can tell the office regarding our plan and to prepare the refund of 4 mos. deposit that we made when we transferred to the apartment last October.

Unfortunately, the Landlord told us that we need to stay in the apartment at least 1 year as stated in the contract that we signed last year. If we terminate the contract, we will pay the remaining months and we were not able to refund the 4 months deposit. F*ck! Malaki din yon ah.. saka sayang yung 4 months deposit. Hubby and i looked at each other when we heard it. We told the Landlord that we will check again the contract because we are not aware of that.

photo credits here.

Blame it to us for not reading the contract before signing it.

After all that conversation Hubby come up of the decision of delaying the construction of our house. Yesterday we went to the construction company office and we told them of what happened... They suggests that they will start the construction of our house by June so we can move in October. Hubby want the house to be finished by September so my cousin have at least 1 month to design the house and we can transfer by October. He wants to have a house blessing on his birthday (Oct 24).

So for now, we will stay in the Apartment until October and our daughter will have another year in her school.

But at least, were going to spend our first christmas there as what i have plan before.

Lesson learned: Kahit gaano pa kakapal ang contract, make sure that you have time to read it all.

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Cousin is coming home!!!

My aunt told us that my cousin BJ will be coming home this coming Saturday (Feb. 19) and decided to stay here for good. He decided to come back to school for some reason. He stayed in the US for almost 5 years and we were shocked with the news that he's coming back.

My dear cousins. BJ was the one wearing green.

Cuz, why the sudden change of mind?

I know you miss your lifestyle here and its good that you're coming back! hehe. You will also miss your life there in the US but i know that you will be happier here. Ngaun madadagdagan na naman kami ng kasama sa galaan... San tayo pagdating mo d2?

Sakto ang uwi mo, binili ka ni Tta Baby ng Montero na sasakyan...haha

I copied some of your pics to remind you that you've been there for 5 years, baka nman nabibigla ka lang sa decision mo? hehe

At eto pa ang mami-miss mo:

Giant Lobsters

Giant Western Sausage

Turkey legs

Chimichangga from El Torito..

Cuz, desidido ka na ba talaga? Anyway, im still excited to see you. 

I remember when i got married to hubby, my aunt told me to go to US and stay there. I was hesitant to tell hubby that because he dont want me to leave. He even told me na "Pag umalis ka, wala ka nang babalikan d2"... Sad but true..

Years after, he prove to me that i will be happier here with him. Now i realized that its still good to be here with my family. Look at my cousin BJ, he went and stayed in the US for almost 5 years, now he's coming back for good. He made me realize na mas masarap pa rin d2 sa pinas...

WELCOME HOME BJ!!!

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Preggy Clothes...

Im not pregnant ok? We're still on the process of making another baby.. hehe

Last weekend,  hubby's cousins Maya and Janssen texted me to go to SM and have a date with them. Janssen planned of buying preggy clothes because she's 3 months pregnant now.. (Congrats Janz!) She wants us to help her choose designs for her office and casual preggy clothes.

We went to the department store particularly the Soon-to-be-mommy section where in lots of preggy clothes to choose from. While we choose designs for Janssen, Maya told me that there are some preggy clothes that are so nice and those who are not pregnant can wear it.

And yes, we also choose designs for us. After fitting some blouses, we decided to bought some for ourselves.. Unexpected expenses again... im not planning of buying anything, i just want to go with them because we hardly see each other due to our busy schedules but who am i to refuse to those tops with P399.75 tag price. Very cheap, right? Even not preggy women can wear those.

And here are the tops that i bought:

Would you believe that each top costs P399.75 only? Ay naku ang mura talaga! At dahil jan, i bought 4 pcs. for a total of P1,599.00... hehe... When im home, napansin ko na puro stripes pla ang nabili ko.. Love ko tlaga ang stripes eh.. Even hubby told me na ang ganda daw nung 2 stripes na nakuha ko (referring to pic 1 and 2)..

Pregnant or not, i can use it dba?

Anyway, i need to prepare for our date later so im off now...

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Unexpected Package

Last Jan. 28, 2010, my aunt texted me because of another package that arrived in my uncle's office. I wasn't expecting any because my aunt's family in the US already gave us christmas presents last December including money. When i received the text, we were having our dinner and after finishing my food, i hurriedly went to my uncle's office to get some loots for us..


Here's what we've got:

All the items that we receive.. Thanks to Cantos family...

chocolates

M&M's now have another variant and its M&M's Pretzel..

Big bottle of Nutella

Shower gel

Sanrio watch for Tami

Short story: When i arrived in our house, Tami saw the items im carrying and when she saw her new watch, she was jumping in awe and told me, "Wow kitty watch! Thank you Mama"... hehe. She thought that i was the one who bought it for her.

Si hubby naman natatawa lang kay Tami and after a while, she told Tami that its not me who bought the watch, he said that its xmas present from her Ninang Kit aside from the US dollar that she sent (Thanks Kit).

Cantos family pic greeting card..

To Cantos family: Next time kayo nman ang makaka-receive ng ganyan na greeting card at puro kami nman ang nasa picture...hehe

Tami immediately wore the watch. She always uses it when going to school. Kahit nga ako type ko yung watch, parang gusto kong isuot...

Tami trying out the new gadget...

Again, thanks to Cantos family....

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