at the middle of the movie, i wanted to go to the restroom but i didn't baka kasi me vampire wahahahah!
anyways, ang ganda ni dakota fanning. she's way beyond her awkward stage na. byootiful!
Monday, December 21, 2009
new moon
hay sa wakas, napanuod ko rin ang new moon, complimentary tickets pa yun ha! hehehe we were able to watched last thursday at market market. sows.. feeling ko mga vampires na kasama kong manuod kasi naman 6 na lang ata kaming nanuod nung movie hahaha..
at the middle of the movie, i wanted to go to the restroom but i didn't baka kasi me vampire wahahahah!
anyways, ang ganda ni dakota fanning. she's way beyond her awkward stage na. byootiful!
at the middle of the movie, i wanted to go to the restroom but i didn't baka kasi me vampire wahahahah!
anyways, ang ganda ni dakota fanning. she's way beyond her awkward stage na. byootiful!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
on gift giving
articles from yahoo.
for husband and wife gifts:
1. women tend to care more about gifts. they shop more and think more about them. they attach emotion to them. if a husband is asked what he wants for the holidays and he says "nothing", he mean it. if a wife is asked, she will also say "nothing" as well. but the husband should not believe that (moi: exacto! diba sabi ko wag na tayo magregaluhan ngayon?).
2. in his new book, "scroogenomics", wharton school economist joel waldfogel estimates that the gifts others buy for us are worth 20% less to us than the gifts we buy for ourselves (moi: so dont expect, at wag na mag wish list). but of all the people on our holiday lists, he says, the ones we are best at picking out gifts for are spouses and significant others. that's because, presumably, we know these people best.
3. it's simple, really. sometimes men aren't listening to their wives. but just as often, women aren't clear about their desires (moi: cause we want all of them!!!). they want men to pick up on their subtle clues, rather than telling them outright what they'd like. as one woman i know explains, "it means we are special to them if they detect what we want without telling them.".
4. and there's the rub, when mean receive gifts they hate, they typically shrug them off. women, faced with the same dilemma, feel hurt.
5. some gift giving tips:
- when in doubt, go down a size (moi: atleast akala nya sexy pa rin ako :))
- never give a gift that suggests your spouse is not perfet. no unsolicited exercise equipment, self-help books (moi: south beach diet book?), wrinkle cremes or nose-hair removers
- appliances and cook ware are okay, ONLY if she asks for them
- don't even think about a gift that you will get more enjoyment out of than your spouse (moi: PSP? home theater?)
- remember: it's not just the thought that counts - especially if you didn't have the thought until the checkout linne
- when all else fails, at least try to create memories
to read the complete article, please click here.
office santa:
1. generally, it's not appropriate to give your boss a gift, says, mr. post. it can come with mixed messages. people worr that it seems like you are trying to buy favoritism. (moi: one off the list!)
2. you and co-workers also can chip in to get small gifts for people working under you, like the receptionist or mailroom staff.
3. if you're exchanging gifts with co-workers, it's best to buy something simple for everyone in your team or group. keep individual gift giving outside the office, suggests mr. post. (moi: sabi ko nga lunchout na lang eh)
4. you don't have to reciprocate if a co-worker gives you a gift (moi: yey!)
5. if your office sends out gift to clients and vendors, there's no need to do something on top of that. write a nice card if you feel like that person really made your year
6. if you decide to buy gifts for clients or vendors, make sure their company guidelines allow them to accept gifts. you also should check your c ompany's gift-giving guidelines, especially if you plan to use company funds to purchase presents (moi: we don't have rules, i can receive all your gifts :))
7. a nice box of chocolates or poinsettia plant are good options (moi: choco nut, choco nut!)
the complet article is here.
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for husband and wife gifts:
1. women tend to care more about gifts. they shop more and think more about them. they attach emotion to them. if a husband is asked what he wants for the holidays and he says "nothing", he mean it. if a wife is asked, she will also say "nothing" as well. but the husband should not believe that (moi: exacto! diba sabi ko wag na tayo magregaluhan ngayon?).
2. in his new book, "scroogenomics", wharton school economist joel waldfogel estimates that the gifts others buy for us are worth 20% less to us than the gifts we buy for ourselves (moi: so dont expect, at wag na mag wish list). but of all the people on our holiday lists, he says, the ones we are best at picking out gifts for are spouses and significant others. that's because, presumably, we know these people best.
3. it's simple, really. sometimes men aren't listening to their wives. but just as often, women aren't clear about their desires (moi: cause we want all of them!!!). they want men to pick up on their subtle clues, rather than telling them outright what they'd like. as one woman i know explains, "it means we are special to them if they detect what we want without telling them.".
4. and there's the rub, when mean receive gifts they hate, they typically shrug them off. women, faced with the same dilemma, feel hurt.
5. some gift giving tips:
- when in doubt, go down a size (moi: atleast akala nya sexy pa rin ako :))
- never give a gift that suggests your spouse is not perfet. no unsolicited exercise equipment, self-help books (moi: south beach diet book?), wrinkle cremes or nose-hair removers
- appliances and cook ware are okay, ONLY if she asks for them
- don't even think about a gift that you will get more enjoyment out of than your spouse (moi: PSP? home theater?)
- remember: it's not just the thought that counts - especially if you didn't have the thought until the checkout linne
- when all else fails, at least try to create memories
to read the complete article, please click here.
office santa:
1. generally, it's not appropriate to give your boss a gift, says, mr. post. it can come with mixed messages. people worr that it seems like you are trying to buy favoritism. (moi: one off the list!)
2. you and co-workers also can chip in to get small gifts for people working under you, like the receptionist or mailroom staff.
3. if you're exchanging gifts with co-workers, it's best to buy something simple for everyone in your team or group. keep individual gift giving outside the office, suggests mr. post. (moi: sabi ko nga lunchout na lang eh)
4. you don't have to reciprocate if a co-worker gives you a gift (moi: yey!)
5. if your office sends out gift to clients and vendors, there's no need to do something on top of that. write a nice card if you feel like that person really made your year
6. if you decide to buy gifts for clients or vendors, make sure their company guidelines allow them to accept gifts. you also should check your c ompany's gift-giving guidelines, especially if you plan to use company funds to purchase presents (moi: we don't have rules, i can receive all your gifts :))
7. a nice box of chocolates or poinsettia plant are good options (moi: choco nut, choco nut!)
the complet article is here.
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humbug
few days (8 days to be exact) before christmas and i still haven't shopped for a gift (save for the obligatory gifts for our department's kris kringle). i don't know. each year, i feel like the "spirit" of christmas is slowly rubbing off me.
it no longer thrills me. yeah, there's the 13th month pay (and other bonuses to some) but... i still don't know.
years ago, even before december steps in, i already have my christmas list and almost everybody i know is on that list with their equivalent gift budget. and i cram every weekend to search for the perfect gift for each one. got tired? no budget? maybe.
i feel guilty for my son (we don't give him gifts for christmas, really), for jason cause i really have no plans of buying him a gift. for my mom and dad, i'll just give the customary monetary gifts. for the rest of my relatives. nada. for my godchildren, i'll just give monetary gift also. save for my 3 nieces, i'll probably grab a shirt or dress from the mall.
for my office friends, i don't plan on giving out sana, cause i feel that i'm way past being that charitable and thoughtful. like giving small figurines, coin purse, etc., things that they will find no use of. but due to constant parinig (hehehe), i might. i'm checking out little things lang sana that are functional or edible, just a small token, not too fancy. still not sure.
every year naman kasi, i get this amount and they i'll end up spending all for gifts. as in. so feeling ko, tapos na ko dun.
for the christmas decor, we have christmas lights and the christmas balls/lantern. all year round naman andon na yun hehehe
noche buena, if ever we'll have our own (kasi nakikikain lang kami), i'll just order from restos. if only i can afford to have a caterer, i will. or spend it in a posh hotel. i don't want to stress my self come dec24.
i know i should be building up family traditions for aquim. childhood christmas stories that he will remember when he grows up. eh..sa ngayon, i'm just telling him that christmas is papa jesus' birthday. that's it. i don't want to make it too commercialized. i hope i'm doing it right.
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it no longer thrills me. yeah, there's the 13th month pay (and other bonuses to some) but... i still don't know.
years ago, even before december steps in, i already have my christmas list and almost everybody i know is on that list with their equivalent gift budget. and i cram every weekend to search for the perfect gift for each one. got tired? no budget? maybe.
i feel guilty for my son (we don't give him gifts for christmas, really), for jason cause i really have no plans of buying him a gift. for my mom and dad, i'll just give the customary monetary gifts. for the rest of my relatives. nada. for my godchildren, i'll just give monetary gift also. save for my 3 nieces, i'll probably grab a shirt or dress from the mall.
for my office friends, i don't plan on giving out sana, cause i feel that i'm way past being that charitable and thoughtful. like giving small figurines, coin purse, etc., things that they will find no use of. but due to constant parinig (hehehe), i might. i'm checking out little things lang sana that are functional or edible, just a small token, not too fancy. still not sure.
every year naman kasi, i get this amount and they i'll end up spending all for gifts. as in. so feeling ko, tapos na ko dun.
for the christmas decor, we have christmas lights and the christmas balls/lantern. all year round naman andon na yun hehehe
noche buena, if ever we'll have our own (kasi nakikikain lang kami), i'll just order from restos. if only i can afford to have a caterer, i will. or spend it in a posh hotel. i don't want to stress my self come dec24.
i know i should be building up family traditions for aquim. childhood christmas stories that he will remember when he grows up. eh..sa ngayon, i'm just telling him that christmas is papa jesus' birthday. that's it. i don't want to make it too commercialized. i hope i'm doing it right.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
david
credits: http://www.wikipedia.com/ also want to start reading sedaris' essays and short stories. i'm maybe a decade or so late but who cares, he only came here in the philippines a couple of years back (was it not?).
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he has already published 7 books and i am still not sure if i am going to buy all of those. the famous ones (as far as i know) are the naked, me talk pretty one day and dress your family in corduroy and denim.
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still not sure... still not sure. maarte pa naman ako. i just don't feel like reading books printed on not so nice papers or with too small fonts. i've checked a couple of bookstores and so far, i only liked naked's printing. the others are too small. if there'd be hardbound books, costly masiyado. hehehe ka arte!
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and i don't like reading ebooks. it strains my eyes more and nakakatamad, the effort to turn on the machine and it resrtricts my position. not unlike pag real book, i can read it anywhere, anyhow. i know, kawawa naman ang mga puno. bawi na lang ako sa iba.
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clues
i want these books. i first heard about this book (yes, i thought there is only one book) back in 2007 when i was with metrobank. chernille told me about it and i was clueless. i got book 1 and made it as my reading book to LA (together with benjamin button and p.s. i love you). and then i was hooked. haha..
pang bata na kung pang bata basta gusto ko sila. i have the first 2 books. hopefully, ma-finish ko yung 6 books before the year ends. books 7 to 10 are going to be released come 2010.
and i read today na magiging movie na rin pala siya, by 2011. hmmm...
i thought nga there would be 39 books since there are 39 clues and so far, 1 clue is being revealed on each book.
credits: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
pang bata na kung pang bata basta gusto ko sila. i have the first 2 books. hopefully, ma-finish ko yung 6 books before the year ends. books 7 to 10 are going to be released come 2010.
and i read today na magiging movie na rin pala siya, by 2011. hmmm...
i thought nga there would be 39 books since there are 39 clues and so far, 1 clue is being revealed on each book.
credits: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.
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credits: http://wayspace.wayzata.k12.mn.us/
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credits: http://www.tradeport.com.ph/
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credits: https://sumthinblue.com/
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credits: http://www.tradeport.com.ph/
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
just a post
my uncle is in the neuro icu of the medical city. he collapsed on his work yesterday. he regained consciousness immediately after but had difficulty walking. he was rushed to the medical city by an ambulance. ct scan showed that he has 3 blocked veins, 2 were old ones and a new one that must have triggered the "stroke".
he seemed okay, though, thank, god. he's conscious and he can talk sensibly. but his left reflexes are weak. he can't raise his left arm in the same manner with his right. lab tests also showed that he has an elevator sugar count, 300 i think.
i hope he gets better soon.
this is the same reason why i am not that 100% solved about the idea of leaving for canada. life is short to be spent thousand of miles away from your family, from your loved ones. of course living here in the philippines is hard, with all that we read in the papers, those flash reports from the news. hay... tough decision, really.
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he seemed okay, though, thank, god. he's conscious and he can talk sensibly. but his left reflexes are weak. he can't raise his left arm in the same manner with his right. lab tests also showed that he has an elevator sugar count, 300 i think.
i hope he gets better soon.
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this is the same reason why i am not that 100% solved about the idea of leaving for canada. life is short to be spent thousand of miles away from your family, from your loved ones. of course living here in the philippines is hard, with all that we read in the papers, those flash reports from the news. hay... tough decision, really.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
family portrait
by far, this is our most decent family picture :) sayang nga lang at naka korto na ang anak ko hehehe ...
tutay and toneng
december 05 2009mary the queen parish church
c3 eventscape
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naku, isa-isa na talaga kaming nag aasawa. these two were together as bf-gf for more than 10 years, mas matagal pa sila sa amin ni jason. hehe i never thought they will end up in marriage, away-bati kasi. but i guess if they were able to be with each other for more than 10 years with all those away bati moments, kakayanin din nila ang married life.
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the wedding was fun and unconventional. from the invitation to the selection of music. they rock! hehehe if i remember it right, the groom and the ento marched to the sound of david cook's "the time of my life" and the bridal march was honeyz' "finally found". and we always caught them laughing and giggling all through out the ceremony hehehe..
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it was also tiring. mainly because we don't have a yaya , still. and almost every family member has a role in the wedding kaya talagang salitan lang sa pag aalaga. eh sa kalikutan ni aquim at kakulitan, kailangan talagang bantayan at sundan. pagod.. pagod si daddy.
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for more of the unofficial wedding pictures, you may view it on our shutterfly account, under weddings page.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
full december
there are lots (hinde naman lots, exag ko lang yun :)) of pictures that i want to post but i can't because office pc wont allow me. sigh.
coming weeks will be busy weeks. just this coming weekend, we'll be attending a wedding and a birthday party. week after that is our department and company's respective christmas party. and another wedding. then before i can pause for a breathe, it'll be christmas day and another birthday party to attend to, not to mention our wedding anniversary and jason's birthday.
in between those occasions, i have to think and find what to wear. it wont be that hard only if i can still fit into my old clothes. then shop for the gifts to give for the wedding couples and to the birthday celebrants and kris kringle gifts and work friends' gifts and christmas gifts. hayyyy... nakakapagod iniisip ko pa lang.
my december calendar has never been this full.
and my inlaws are also flying in later this month for a vacation :) hehehe
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coming weeks will be busy weeks. just this coming weekend, we'll be attending a wedding and a birthday party. week after that is our department and company's respective christmas party. and another wedding. then before i can pause for a breathe, it'll be christmas day and another birthday party to attend to, not to mention our wedding anniversary and jason's birthday.
in between those occasions, i have to think and find what to wear. it wont be that hard only if i can still fit into my old clothes. then shop for the gifts to give for the wedding couples and to the birthday celebrants and kris kringle gifts and work friends' gifts and christmas gifts. hayyyy... nakakapagod iniisip ko pa lang.
my december calendar has never been this full.
and my inlaws are also flying in later this month for a vacation :) hehehe
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