coming year that is. It's not New Year yet. I wish everyone will have a blessed and productive year and get to achieve their goals. Those who still adhere to resolution, hopefully they are written on stones and done.I've long given up on resolution, so I just live day by day as the Lord blesses us. Good health is always wished for. Peace on earth has become a cliche, but still, it's not bad to...
Saturday, December 31
Christmas 2011
I sure miss Christmas in the Philippines especially my family. The atmosphere and the festivities are just different from what I have seen in this place I have called home now so far. But as the years go past, I get accustomed to the way Mcj's family celebrate Christmas. I actually appreciate it. The quiteness.So this year, we were invited to Christmas lunch by Mcj's uncle so the whole family...
Tuesday, December 20
Organising & Projects
I could just be speculating or procrastinating but I have been into home organising mode for quite sometime now. In my spare time, I mostly surf for tips and products that are of interest. I have so many ideas after looking at those - they are all stumbling over each other. But I know that just like any other projects, it has to be tackled one at a time so it doesn't get so overwhelming. There...
Wednesday, December 7
What's On?
Many. It's December and I reckon the busiest month of the year on the home front and family department. It could be the same at work if you count Christmas parties and not taking day off and be part of th skeleton staff, which I will be. It is a much busier month for us this year, what with the moving to a new place and coming back from a long holiday. Now is the perfect time to enjoy those funny...
Saturday, November 19
And the moving starts...
this time we are not in a hurry as we have supposedly ample time. But we were held up by laying out new carpet, building the shed, etc. We haven't scratched the surface yet, so to speak. There are still so many things to do but I am so looking forward to the sorting of what to keep and what to give away. I already know that I have so many clothes amassed but they're just overwhelming me. I need...
Sunday, November 13
Back to Normal
it's been 5 days now since we got back from my homeland. The holiday mode was quickly stripped as I have to go back to work the day after we arrived. Plus, we have to face a big transition. We have to talk to people and we need to get our bearings together and try to remember where we have left off, which involves the solicitor (not the everett gaskins hancock llp though), real estate agent, etc....
Sunday, October 9
Not Long Now
... our much awaited overseas trip that is. We are all excited but it doesn't show much as we are not packed yet. Maybe we are just being complacent as my days off work include a day before our trip, dedicated to get organised and all. So far, all the organising that has happened are all in my mind and a few on the paper. Oh well, I am sure we'll get everything in order when it's time to go. ...
Sunday, September 25
Milestone
I have always believed on the cliche that things happened for a reason. It may not be apparent but eventually, it will be revealed. It could seem irrelevant when that thing happened but if put into perspective, it has its meaning. Such that things happen when you least expect it. We are in it.We didn't plan much ahead. We've been contemplating but not on solid grounds and just in a snap of fingers,...
In That Mood
Life has been pretty busy these days, which is normal but lately, I have been a slack in the e-extra-curricular activities - blogging, facebooking, surfing. Before, I don't need a slight motivation and yet I was so active. These days, there are many - photos, events, family outings, etc and yet, I can't haul myself to go online most of the time. I suppose, that means that I am busy and so energetic...
Sunday, August 28
Wish
I saw this video today for the first time looking for something to listen to while blogging. This version is so pleasing in the ears - no screaming like car wheels screeching. Just easy listening. Just a lovely Sunday afternoon, relaxing after biking around the house.
It's nice to wish also - just anything that the heart desire. I wish that everyone's wish will be granted.
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Beefing Up
My desire to beef-up could be in progress. I noticed this week that I have been eating every hour which is unusual as normally, I feel hungry but I don't feel like eating. These days, I don't even allow myself to feel hungry. I just eat and eat and eat. The question of what suppresses appetite is far from my mind these days. I am more concerned on what to eat next or planning/thinking what will...
Closing Down Sale
The babies galore in our area is closing down as they are moving to a new location and at the same time joining another brand umbrella. It was fortunate last weekend that I went to spotlight to buy futon covers (which I was told most people now use quilt covers for them). I parked a long way from spotlight and have to passed the babies galore store. Of course, I can't just walk past it when I saw...
Sunday, August 7
Working from Home
on a weekend. This doesn't happen often so I am not complaining. Our customer has data problem and fixes have to be done on their database outside of the office hours. I can do it on Monday night but really, what is the difference between Sunday and Monday. It's actually preferable today as I had time to relax before hand rather than the Monday madness. The work involves running processes and...
Sunday, July 17
The Gladiator
I know, this is an old movie but I just saw it last night. Boy, aren't I glad. And why did I wait this long to watch the whole story. No wonder it had 5 academy awards. Stellar performance by Russel Crowe there. Russell Crowe is not that buff in the movie compared to other buff, of course (maybe zumba workouts wasn't heard then?). The jewellery of the lady didn't escape me though. I always...
Cancelled
We were supposed to go to a wedding this afternoon in Mt Mapelton. I was excited to as I haven't been to that place yet with the weather I had my hesitations as it was outdoor. Now, the Tatapilla has code and been coughing really bad, so we decided not to go at all. I had to bargain though, as he was excited himself to go there. I have to persuade that we can just play at home and watch videos...
Saturday, July 2
A Little Late
to watch the sex and the city 2 movie, that is. But what can I say, I like them later. Maybe, I was just not as thrilled as anybody about this movie and the series then. Well, I definitely love the shoes. I am not a big fan of long flowing dresses though I like Carrie's night dresses. I love the jewellery through - those bangles and bib necklaces. And so the rings. Well, htc desire 2.2 wasn't...
Sunday, June 19
I Say Tomato
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Monday, June 13
Long Weekend
The long weekend is almost over (could have been a perfect time to avail those Cirque Du Soleil Tickets) and it's my time to face my pc with my hair wrapped in towel, waiting for it to dry out. Trying to apply what I read recently to wait till the hair is dry before brushing although, I know from experience,...
Sunday, June 5
Going Postal and By The River Piedra...
I'm not into bike but I happened to read a book about bike travels. I must have seen it featured somewhere. Well, I liked it very much. I've read so many books but only few etched in my mind. One have to be compelling, have tragic ending or sort of un-happy ending. I can't really categorise the...
Tuesday, May 24
The Academies
There are students that I noticed on the train that got-off at the same station as me. I was curious to know what school do they go to because I can't really see any school nearby. I have been going and from work in the same location for more than 2 years and I just find the time to look up that school yesterday. It's the Queensland Academies - Science, Maths and Technology campus, which is a far...
Sunday, May 22
I Simply Love Books
You Are ModernYou are optimistic and forward looking. You love living in this world.You have a good memory for facts. You always are an ace at trivia.The world excites you. There are so many places you want to go and things you want to learn.You are interested in a plethora of things. You love to learn.The...
Julie and Romeo
The Cacciamanis and the Rosemans (rival florists) hate each other. Everyone knows that the bitter feud has been going on for generations. They badmouth each other's flowers, steal each other's accounts, and agree only that any personal contact, from neighborly tolerance to allowing their children to...
Sunday, May 15
My Family
We gave into the fads, if you may call it that. It's posting stickers at the back of the car for the members of the family not just the roadside assistance plan. It's what we always watch out for when following somebody on the road - if they have stickers. We bought ours from the market last Good...
Sunday, May 8
Happy Mother's Day
This is what I got from the Tatapilla. How sweet is that. Given a little bit early this week. I read last week that some women dont put too much importance on Mother's Day until they become one. Mcj's comment was because they were jealous before that the attention was not on them. Lol. But they...
Thursday, April 28
This Mother's Day
The Tatapilla has been asking me for days when is Mummy's Day. He seems to be excited about it. I asked him what's he going to do for me and replied with giving me stuff that they will make at school. Now that he understands things and days like this, I reckon Mummy Day would be different from the past 3 years. He seems to be keen to impress me. I'm not expecting mothers day gifts for mother...
Ranting
.. just this time, allow me to. Queenslanders have been complaining on the train fair here in SEQ. But if you've gone to NSW, one will think.. we're a little bit better off. Travelling in the Airport Link zone return (or two trips) costs $25. Yes, that's right. The entire zone is only less than 10 stations closer to each other. And one way or one trip is $15. It cost me that much for a paper...
Passport Renewal
My Philippine passport will expire in the middle of this year but because of our upcoming trip back home, I have to renew it. The process when I got the the consulate was a breeze - just almost an hour. What I find the hassle was because the Phil Embassy here in Oz starting this year will only issue e-passport and the processing centers are only at the embassy and at the consulate in Sydney. The...
Monday, April 25
Flowers for the house
I love flowers and when I was single, being given flowers by a man (or a boy) rank highest to the quality of being romantic. Now that I am hitched, it's another story. I don't really want Mcj to spend heaps of money ordering flowers online - although that would be a very sweet idea. These days, I...
It Was Love
I thought, this video is very moving with the vivid characterisation. Yet, the music is the contrast and I suppose it is just apt. We are happy that Jesus has resurrected and is with us today. The priceless gift God has given us. No material thing can ever compare. The instance of buy gold bullion in bargain is a fleeting dot a million light years apart. [Chorus]It was love-What made Him bleed...
Saturday, April 16
Crowd Drawer
How do you control a crowd as big as this? In some cases, one would use stanchions or other crowd control equipments. Well, in this event, security guards mere musts. These are eager fans who want to see their "idol" and if given the chance will grab every opportunity to touch her. I think the velvet...
My Favourite Month
...I still want to think up til now. See, when I was in the Philippines, April is the height of summer. The favourite month of the schoolies.. no school, summer activities, beach time. It's another story here in Oz. It's autumn, one of my favourite weathers.. not so hot, not so cold. And this year,...
Saturday, March 26
Logic Always Works
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Something to Perk me Up
These days, I seem to be out of energy often. I get tired really very easily. I haven't changed my routine except going to sleep early because I am tired early. Maybe, it's the hot weather or I just need something to boost my immune system - I'll click here later to find out what will work for me.Although, I have already tried taking energy drink. Yes, I haven't tried it before but I though, I...
Toy Story 3 in the Background
I know it's been out for how long, I'm not really sure but we haven't seen it yet. Or the Tatapilla haven't seen it until today. The DVD is still to exy for me to buy so I decided to rent it instead for 3 nights - over the weekend. It was a good bribe for the funky boy to go to sleep a little bit early for a Friday night. He woke up before 6 saying, he already had 1 sleep and he can already watch...
Baker for Newer
I seldom watch the telly these days. Last night was one of those rare occasions, it was footy night, you see. I enjoy watching the "violent" sport as others view it. I'm an adopted Queenslander now and this sport is hailed here - so I'm adopting it as well. Despite of its physical and brawny nature, the players are really good at it especially my favourite team. It's reason enough to watch the...
Sunday, March 20
Without You
This is Kieth Urban's first song I have listened to and boy, how I like it. The video featured Nicole and Sunday Rose. So sweet. I see in one of the comments in youtube, that Kieth is the most romantic man on Earth.Every picture tells a story in Keith Urban's black and white music video for his new single, "Without You."While the country star plays guitar in a sparsely furnished room, personal...
Saturday, February 26
It's Decided
I know, it's still way far but I'm already excited nonetheless. Yes, we've finally decided our trip back to my homeland and we've booked our flights, this early. My passport will expire in the middle of this year and Mcj's is already expire and we'll renew soon but this didn't stop us from booking the flights. With our busy schedule (like those holding a full time job - could be production job),...
Saturday, February 19
Adventure, Yeah!
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Scottish-themed Books
Lately, I've been drawn into Scottish-theme novels (romance of course). It's my way of acquianting myself with the history with at least non-boring stuff. I've been planning to read world history or at least about one of the major wars in the world but most of the books I've came across are all boring...
Cinderella Story
Well, I'm certainly a late bloomer. I just saw this movie. I didn't even know that it exists. I was looking for a suitable movie for the Tatapilla at the video store and I found it. It's rated G but I'm the only one who saw it. I suppose, I can't really force my family to watch this type of movie than trick them to read supplement reviews. It's one of my favourite movies so far. I'm drawn into...
What Love Is Concert
I'm a big fan of Sarah Geronimo and I know that she had a concert (pre-valentine) with Martin Nievera. Since I can't be there to watch in person, I always hang in wait in youtube. Sarah has solid fans who share her vids very promptly. This part is my favourite of all. She and GA look good together. They have "kilig" factor. Although, I might add Sarah always have that kilig factor with who ever...
Oprah in Australia
I know this is history but I only get to see one of the episodes of Oprah's show in Australia today although I have seen some trailers. I would say, it was impressive. The crowds are really lucky to be there. I heard it was sort of like contest to be there. I like Bon Jovi here really. I reckon, he doesn't grow old at all. He seems to look the same 10 years ago. I'm looking forward to see the...
Sunday, February 13
Far from Reality
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So Little Time
Why does weekend pass me buy so quick? I don't get to enjoy or savour it. Seem unfair really. Oh maybe just this week as I am down with flu that I have to be tied down on the bed but at least we have done our usual weekend routine of shopping, library, banks, etc. Do not even mention the household chores. They are all awaiting eagerly, if I may say so, for our attention. But they can wait. There...
Sunday, February 6
Name Game
We had a lot of fun at work for the past week or so. One of our products have to named with a "super name" for marketing purposes. At first, some send their entries timidly. Until one of the sales guys send in plethora of options - at the end of the competition he sent in a total of 35 entries. The management received a total 65 entries for just 17 of us at work. Imagine?!Anyway, after all the...
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Monday, January 31
Left Overs
On weekends, I am inundated with left over food. It's a big dilemna (as if it's rocket science or those IT Jobs people are facing) for me because first, I am not keen on eating left overs myself so how can I feed my family with them if I won't eat them? Unless, the food is a Pinoy food. Yesterday,...
On Cars
The car dealership around the corner from the house had a display of lemon green car. It was a sports car, not sure if it was an audi or something else. We were driving past and I was really tempted to stop to just check it out. It stands our from the rest because of it's colour. I told the Tatapilla...
Iphone Fun
For almost a month now, I haven't updated my iphone apps nor have I downloaded any new. I haven't actually logged into to my phone. I was just being lazy. But seeing this particular iphone app piqued my interest. I might go back to my iphone fun activities again like shopping, which comes to mind that with the proliferating and growing iphone shopping apps, it's really good for the buyers as good...
It's Back to School, let's talk about ink
My knowledge on ink is pretty limited. We use printer in my work but I'm not the purchaser although in my previous job I was a bit involve in buying the office supplies, the options really are limited as to the printer that we were using then. But I am not without the thought that buying ink just like any other office and school supplies are quite tedious and at times cumbersom as there are many...
Wednesday, January 26
Australia Day 2011
We've just been to the beach - our family tradition during this day in a year. We met the family of the Tatapilla's friend in daycare for the first time and it was a blast. We've avoided going to crowded beaches before but this time, because of our new friends.. we camped in the crowded but fun area....
Friday, January 14
Lighter Note
I've been listening to '80s music while working this afternoon. I most definitely prefer them that the latest compositions. The lyrics are more meaningful and straight to the heart - may they be love songs or just for moral lessons. It started with Peabo Bryson in Beauty and the Beast..and moved on to David Pomeranz, Stephen Bishop, etc... What's with 80's music anyway. They stay in ones system....
Hectic? Sorta..
I've been working from home since Wednesday after being sent home early last Tuesday. That is, I left work early around noon but got home at 5:30 after two train rides and a bus ride. I ended up a station before the usual and have to wait for Mcj for more than an hour to pick me up. Our driveway was flooded and because of the little bridges, he doesn't want to risk crossing them as they might have...
Wednesday, January 12
Brisbane in Flood Disaster
Brisbane is declared a disaster area due to floods in areas around the Brisbane river. The rain has let us from late yesterday to today. There's a bit of blue sky today and the sun is out but it's no relief as the water has already been in the water systems and just waiting to go down to the rivers and creeks. People in Ipswich and Brisbane CBD are preparing for the water to peak up later today...
Sunday, January 9
Car Talk
Prior to 2011, the CD Player in my car wasn't working. It just stop all of a sudden with an MJ CD stuck in it. In the new year, I decided to give my car (I should give her a name) some much-needed TLC inside and out, which didn't really take us long to do. When we used our car right after cleaning, MJ's song wafted in the air. I just thought, it was from the radio. We noticed then that the player...
Medical Supplies
I have always admired people with career that gives them distinct uniform. Gears that identify them from the rest of the pack. Now, the top most that comes to mind is medical uniforms, then there's the people in service, etc. As to uniforms, there are many stores that one can buy them from online or offline. Most people utilises the web prominently, because of ease. Plus discount discount medical...
This 2011
...we're praying, hoping, wishing that it'll be better than the previous. Despite the natural calamities that hit (and still going on) QLD, we still expect something good if not better to come. One can only hope.I have made some mental list that I'd like to change or do. I'll just keep them in my thoughts, though sometimes, I forgot them and I jumbled their order of importance. I want to accomplish...
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