we got to taste na din the famous cupcakes of sonja's. sorry ha, walang pics. tuwi kasi kumakain kami, lagi ko nakakalimutan to take pictures eh. mas nauuna yung desire ko to eat than to capture eh. hehehe. dibale, bibili pa naman kami ulet, this time, picture-an ko muna.
masarap siya, siyempre, than the usual "cupcakes" na natitikman ko kasi nga cake siya talaga, hinde yung tipong more of bread than cake. ang order namin: chocolate surprise, choco cupcake with choco frosting; southern pecan cupcake pie, bits of pecan filling topped with whole pecan nuts; sweet pleasures, chocolate mousse with hazelnut praline crust, bunny huggers carrot cake, carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting, pb &j, choco cupcake topped with peanut butter and jelly frosting, choco cream pie, luscious belgian chocolate cream in oreo cookie crust and topped with whipped cream and oreo bits. hinde ko matandaan ang mga pangalan ng ibag nilang flavor nila eh. wala pa kasi sila flyers with the lists of cupcakes and its prices. meron lang nakasulat sa black board. basta pagbalik ko tatandaan ko at pipicture-an ko. me babalikan pa kami ni jason eh, yung strawberry cheesecake chaka yung berries and cream. baka yung iba, tikman ko din like yung parang me banana toppings and yung me lemon frosting.
since ang order namin is 6 cupcakes, meron itong box na me individual slot para sa mga cupcakes so hinde magrarambulan ang mga cakes sa loob. not sure if merong pang 4's or pang isahan.
kaya lang nga... medyo expensive siya. masarap siya kaya lang if equate mo sa price, expensive siya. yung order namin, the price range is from 55 ata to 130 pesos. halos katumbas na ng isang whole cake ang price ng 6 cupcakes na binili namin. oh well... ganon talaga... :)
will post pics soon!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Friday, March 9, 2007
ukay
last sunday, nag ukay-ukay ako, as tindera not as a customer . actually, matagal ko ng plano yun. mga may of 2006 pa. dami ko na kasing damit na hinde na nasusuot, nakaliitan. and masikip lang naman ang bahay namin kaya maliet lang ang closet so kelangan talagang magbawas.
so nun sabado, napag-usapan namin ni ate kris na mag-ukay, pinaghanap ko siya ng pwede nyang i-ukay. tapos since yung commercial stall na pag-aari nila na andon lang sa baba ng unit namin is wala pang nagrerent, kami muna ang magoccupy. pinaglalagyan ko na ng price tags yun mga items ko, nilista ko tapos naghanap ako ng mga shopping bags na paglalagyan ng mga magsho-shopping sa amin.
sunday, nilabas namin ang aming mga merchandise: blouse, shirts, tank tops, pants, skirts, shoes, pouches, bags. me mga punda pa. hehehe. yung kapatid ko, na-engganyo, nag hanap din ng mga damit nya na ayaw nya na, inilagay din dun. mura lang naman tinda namin, me tag ten pesos pa nga!
at the end of the end, ang cash on hand ko is 500 pesos . meron pang mga items na nakuha pero hinde pa nabayaran. okay na rin diba, napakinabangan ko yung mga lumang damit, napakinabangan din ng iba. actually, karamihan naman sa damit ko dun na ibibenta, once ko lang nasuot. yung iba nga, hinde ko pa nasuot. wala lang. kaya, panalo na din sila if mabili nila yun.
this weekend, sana makapag ukay kami ulet. sana makabenta ulet. magagamit ko din kasi yung mga pinagbentahan para pambili ng mga bagong damit na kelangan ko ngayon.
about the pic: got that from http://www.dreamstime.com/
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
quickening
is defined as the first time you feel your baby move.
actually, hinde ko alam if si baby na nga ang nararamdaman ko. pero as early as 16 weeks me nararamdaman akong parang me lumalangoy. hinde naman siya yung bituka ko na parang gumagalaw lang kasi alam ko naman ang feeling non. basta parang me lumalangoy na parang me nangangalabit ng puson ko. hehehe. kakatuwa lang. hinde ko naman masiyadong pinapansin dati kasi nga paminsan lang naman chaka hinde ko nga sure if si baby na yun (as if ngayon sure nako hehehe). ngayon medyo mas madalas ko ng maramdaman and 18 weeks na naman kami, kaya i assume that, it really is my baby that i'm feeling.
sinasabi ko nga ke jason eh. sorry ka na lang muna, medyo matagal pa bago mo maramdaman si baby. yan ang mga premyo naming mga mommies, kami muna ang unang makakaalam, makakaramdam. ngayon, i try to record kung kelan siya nagmomove. at kung ilang beses. wala lang. gusto ko lang. hehehe.
about the photo: it's not me. i'm just on my 18th week. got that from www.vast.net/bill/junk/pregnant.jpg
Friday, March 2, 2007
countdown
for harry potter has begun. hehehe. lapit na ipalabas ang order of the phoenix! excited na ko. eto kasi favorite ko, so far, sa 6 books. tapos... tapos...lapit na din irelease ang book 7! yahoo! nagpareserve na nga ako eh, last month.excited na ko makita ang kina-endingan ng harry potter. kayo ba?
the image is captured from J.K. Rowling official site (http://www.jkrowling.com/)
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
check up #5
hi!
i just had my 5th check up with the o.b. last feb 24. supposed to be, dapat mar10 pa ang balik namin kaya lang napapraning na naman ako kaya, go na naman kami ke doctora. kesehoda magbayad ng 300 per checkup, atleast, we have our peace of mind.
baby is doing great. 16 weeks and 2 days na kami last saturday. okay ang bp ko, kaya lang in 2 weeks time, nag gain ako ng 2 lbs. wan ko ba. feeling ko nga, hinde naman ako malakas kumain. tuwing nagututom lang, which is every 2 hours. hehehe. anyways, doctora measured the fundic height(?) and it is normal daw, 15cm. hinde ko alam kung ano yun. basta normal. baby's heartbeat is 148 bpm. okay diba.
our next visit would be on mar24. pero... pag gusto ko na ulet, balik na kami ulet. sabi ni doctora, sa next visit namin, palitan na nya ang vitamins ko. hmm.. ano kayang tests ang gagawin sa kin? i haven't gone to any test eh. blood test, etc. wala lang. kelan kaya kami magpapa ultrasound? gusto ko lang na makita na si baby :)
i just had my 5th check up with the o.b. last feb 24. supposed to be, dapat mar10 pa ang balik namin kaya lang napapraning na naman ako kaya, go na naman kami ke doctora. kesehoda magbayad ng 300 per checkup, atleast, we have our peace of mind.
baby is doing great. 16 weeks and 2 days na kami last saturday. okay ang bp ko, kaya lang in 2 weeks time, nag gain ako ng 2 lbs. wan ko ba. feeling ko nga, hinde naman ako malakas kumain. tuwing nagututom lang, which is every 2 hours. hehehe. anyways, doctora measured the fundic height(?) and it is normal daw, 15cm. hinde ko alam kung ano yun. basta normal. baby's heartbeat is 148 bpm. okay diba.
our next visit would be on mar24. pero... pag gusto ko na ulet, balik na kami ulet. sabi ni doctora, sa next visit namin, palitan na nya ang vitamins ko. hmm.. ano kayang tests ang gagawin sa kin? i haven't gone to any test eh. blood test, etc. wala lang. kelan kaya kami magpapa ultrasound? gusto ko lang na makita na si baby :)
Friday, February 16, 2007
happy employees
A Manager's Guide to Growing Happy Employees
by Penelope Trunk
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 3:00AM
At a point when I didn't have the money to hire an assistant, I ran an ad for an unpaid intern. I ran it on a lark, thinking I'd be lucky if anyone in the world would want to work for free.
The number of responses I received was incredible, not just in quantity, but also in quality.
Losing the Management Crutches
The intern I chose was smart, talented, and fun -- all the things I want in a coworker. And I was nervous she would leave. So every day, I thought to myself, "Am I doing everything I can to keep her? Am I teaching her enough? Is she getting enough out of this job?"
People aren't managers because they have the title. They're managers because they make the people they lead feel good about themselves and what they're doing. I knew this before, from books, but I really learned it with my unpaid intern.
Most managers have a title and pay their employees. These are management crutches. If you want to be a really good manager, ignore those formalities and make people believe that they're getting something even more important out of the manager/employee deal; that way, you'll help them to grow personally.
Six Ways for Everyone to Win
Each person is at your company for a reason, and believe me, it's not for the gold watch at the end of 40 years of service. They want to get something from your company so that they can grow personally and professionally.
Find out what they want to get, because if you're helping them to get it, they'll want to do the work you need them to do. People like to help each other.
Otherwise, they'll do the work to get paid, but they won't do it well. And managers who have people underperforming are not really managers -- they're figureheads, and people aren't doing work for them.
A real manager gives employees what they need so that the employees deliver what the manager needs. Here are six ways to make that happen.
Manage people first, do your own work second. Your job is to make sure the people on your team perform well. They can't do that if you're not managing them, so most of your day will be spent helping them to develop their skills.
Your own work is something that comes after you've taken care of everyone else. This means you have to get very fast at doing your own work so that you can be available when direct reports need you.
Delegate your best work. A great way to make more time to help people grow is to delegate your own work. But don't delegate your grunt work -- who wants to do that? Delegate your best stuff and the person you give it to will feel really lucky to be getting more work to do. You get more time no matter which kind of work you delegate, so you might as well be popular.
Help people get recognized. You have more access to the world outside your team than the people reporting to you do. Use that access to make sure people know the strengths of your various team members.
If you help people get recognition, they'll be more likely to pick up a mentor. And while a boss is not always the best mentor, they can certainly help locate a mentor, and someone with mentor will stay longer and care more about work.
Make projects relevant to people, not companies. If you're giving a new assignment to a team member, don't focus on what it will do for you, or the company. Focus on how it will help that person to grow in ways she's hoping to grow. Show her the skill's she'll develop on this project and how they'll change her.
If you can't do this, the only way to get her to care about the project is to offer other means for personal growth in exchange for her effort on the project. It's not enough to say how something helps the company -- it has to help the employee as well.
Align yourself with your boss. People are much more likely to follow someone who seems to have support from the rest of the organization. You look like you can do more for your team if you have good relationships with people higher up.
If you don't look well-connected in the organization, people won't work as hard for you because they don't think you'll be able to meet their needs.
Work reasonable hours. If you work all the time, you look like you don't have a grip on your workload and maybe even a little imbalanced. This doesn't inspire confidence.
It's fine for high-profile people who have built up trust. But in general, the hardest worker looks the most scared. Otherwise, why would that person have to work so much harder than everyone else? Why wouldn't they want to go home and be with family and friends?
Getting the Right Answer
The best way to think about management is to treat everyone like an unpaid intern.
Each day, your employees ask themselves, "Am I getting enough out of this job to keep doing it?" And each day, you need to give them a reason to say, "Yes."
by Penelope Trunk
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 3:00AM
At a point when I didn't have the money to hire an assistant, I ran an ad for an unpaid intern. I ran it on a lark, thinking I'd be lucky if anyone in the world would want to work for free.
The number of responses I received was incredible, not just in quantity, but also in quality.
Losing the Management Crutches
The intern I chose was smart, talented, and fun -- all the things I want in a coworker. And I was nervous she would leave. So every day, I thought to myself, "Am I doing everything I can to keep her? Am I teaching her enough? Is she getting enough out of this job?"
People aren't managers because they have the title. They're managers because they make the people they lead feel good about themselves and what they're doing. I knew this before, from books, but I really learned it with my unpaid intern.
Most managers have a title and pay their employees. These are management crutches. If you want to be a really good manager, ignore those formalities and make people believe that they're getting something even more important out of the manager/employee deal; that way, you'll help them to grow personally.
Six Ways for Everyone to Win
Each person is at your company for a reason, and believe me, it's not for the gold watch at the end of 40 years of service. They want to get something from your company so that they can grow personally and professionally.
Find out what they want to get, because if you're helping them to get it, they'll want to do the work you need them to do. People like to help each other.
Otherwise, they'll do the work to get paid, but they won't do it well. And managers who have people underperforming are not really managers -- they're figureheads, and people aren't doing work for them.
A real manager gives employees what they need so that the employees deliver what the manager needs. Here are six ways to make that happen.
Manage people first, do your own work second. Your job is to make sure the people on your team perform well. They can't do that if you're not managing them, so most of your day will be spent helping them to develop their skills.
Your own work is something that comes after you've taken care of everyone else. This means you have to get very fast at doing your own work so that you can be available when direct reports need you.
Delegate your best work. A great way to make more time to help people grow is to delegate your own work. But don't delegate your grunt work -- who wants to do that? Delegate your best stuff and the person you give it to will feel really lucky to be getting more work to do. You get more time no matter which kind of work you delegate, so you might as well be popular.
Help people get recognized. You have more access to the world outside your team than the people reporting to you do. Use that access to make sure people know the strengths of your various team members.
If you help people get recognition, they'll be more likely to pick up a mentor. And while a boss is not always the best mentor, they can certainly help locate a mentor, and someone with mentor will stay longer and care more about work.
Make projects relevant to people, not companies. If you're giving a new assignment to a team member, don't focus on what it will do for you, or the company. Focus on how it will help that person to grow in ways she's hoping to grow. Show her the skill's she'll develop on this project and how they'll change her.
If you can't do this, the only way to get her to care about the project is to offer other means for personal growth in exchange for her effort on the project. It's not enough to say how something helps the company -- it has to help the employee as well.
Align yourself with your boss. People are much more likely to follow someone who seems to have support from the rest of the organization. You look like you can do more for your team if you have good relationships with people higher up.
If you don't look well-connected in the organization, people won't work as hard for you because they don't think you'll be able to meet their needs.
Work reasonable hours. If you work all the time, you look like you don't have a grip on your workload and maybe even a little imbalanced. This doesn't inspire confidence.
It's fine for high-profile people who have built up trust. But in general, the hardest worker looks the most scared. Otherwise, why would that person have to work so much harder than everyone else? Why wouldn't they want to go home and be with family and friends?
Getting the Right Answer
The best way to think about management is to treat everyone like an unpaid intern.
Each day, your employees ask themselves, "Am I getting enough out of this job to keep doing it?" And each day, you need to give them a reason to say, "Yes."
Thursday, February 1, 2007
hey, i'm still here and i'm back
Sorry, fans, I wasn’t able to tell you stories these past few weeks. Well I’ve been dormant for a month.
So much has happened, let me start of how things are right now.
Well, last Dec 18, after waiting for my time-of-the-month to come for almost 3 weeks, I decided to visit our o.b. and there it was confirmed that we are pregnant (again!). So with that, and as advised by the o.b., i took a month of leave. Hastily, I just did not report to work. Hehehe. Bad, bad me. But that’s just okay. I'm about to resign anyway. I just stayed home for a month. I never did get out of the house except on December 25, 31 and January 1. And that was just 3 hours each.
I reported back to work last Jan 15. Just did a harried but nonetheless best turnover procedure that my boss can possibly require. By Jan 19, I am officially resigned. Jan 22, I started with my new work. That fast, huh! Current job is just a 3-month thing. No commitments yet if they’ll take me as a regular employee after 3 months. Nevertheless, it's okay. Atleast I have work.
Back with our baby, I’ve had my 1st transV ultrasound on the same day of our 1st check up. Baby is 6 weeks and 4 days and has good cardiac activity, 154 bpm. Expected date of delivery is August 5. Everything is looking good this time, we saw no bleeding. But still I have to be careful.
By Jan 08, I had my 2nd check up (it was initially scheduled on Jan 15). I was given prenatal vits and had transV ultrasound again. Baby is at 9w 4d and the new EDD is Aug 9.
3rd check up on Jan 20 (initially scheduled on feb3). Baby’s heart beat is heard using the Doppler and record shows 152 bpm. 11w 2d. And I gained 3 lbs since the last visit. Last week, I've had bouts of vomiting, just twice. Other than that, I just felt queasy.
Everything is okay, thank God. I never had any bleeding, except from weeks 4 to 5, which I suspect was just implantation bleeding. My next o.b. visit would be on the 17th. But I would like to do it this Feb3. bahala na. I've never felt this pregnant before. And we thank God that He gave us another chance, another baby.
So there.
So much has happened, let me start of how things are right now.
Well, last Dec 18, after waiting for my time-of-the-month to come for almost 3 weeks, I decided to visit our o.b. and there it was confirmed that we are pregnant (again!). So with that, and as advised by the o.b., i took a month of leave. Hastily, I just did not report to work. Hehehe. Bad, bad me. But that’s just okay. I'm about to resign anyway. I just stayed home for a month. I never did get out of the house except on December 25, 31 and January 1. And that was just 3 hours each.
I reported back to work last Jan 15. Just did a harried but nonetheless best turnover procedure that my boss can possibly require. By Jan 19, I am officially resigned. Jan 22, I started with my new work. That fast, huh! Current job is just a 3-month thing. No commitments yet if they’ll take me as a regular employee after 3 months. Nevertheless, it's okay. Atleast I have work.
Back with our baby, I’ve had my 1st transV ultrasound on the same day of our 1st check up. Baby is 6 weeks and 4 days and has good cardiac activity, 154 bpm. Expected date of delivery is August 5. Everything is looking good this time, we saw no bleeding. But still I have to be careful.
By Jan 08, I had my 2nd check up (it was initially scheduled on Jan 15). I was given prenatal vits and had transV ultrasound again. Baby is at 9w 4d and the new EDD is Aug 9.
3rd check up on Jan 20 (initially scheduled on feb3). Baby’s heart beat is heard using the Doppler and record shows 152 bpm. 11w 2d. And I gained 3 lbs since the last visit. Last week, I've had bouts of vomiting, just twice. Other than that, I just felt queasy.
Everything is okay, thank God. I never had any bleeding, except from weeks 4 to 5, which I suspect was just implantation bleeding. My next o.b. visit would be on the 17th. But I would like to do it this Feb3. bahala na. I've never felt this pregnant before. And we thank God that He gave us another chance, another baby.
So there.
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