Tuesday, August 20, 2013

birthday blues


Okay. Tthe weather this past few days are the worst and I've been working from home since yesterday and it's my birthday. Mommy just baked me some lasagna and I have a cake so I'm pretty happy now amidst the ugly weather.

I'm certainly grateful for this year's blessings and continuous graces and thankful that we are safe and warm cocooned in the comforts of our home. Now my birthday wish will be for everybody to stay warm and safe and for the rain to stop. Thank you Daddy, Mommy, Ate and Aya for making my day special regardless of the gloomy weather. ♥



I'll be whipping up some home made hot chocolate later. *amusing myself*


Stay dry and safe everyone... With Love ~ ♥A

Sunday, August 18, 2013

dress hunting..

My college Chinese friend had dropped a bomb! She's tying knot with her long time boyfriend this September 8 and I need something nice to wear. I tried to look.. but nothing seemed anything I like best. It was a fail today.. =D


All that I managed to do was tire my feet with my flat shoes, eat cupcakes and drink coffee in Tokyo Café with Aya after eating lunch with her friends at Tokyo Bubble Tea earlier which isn't so bad as well. Now, I'm hiking my heels back and strutting at home. lol

elevate and rest

Sunday, August 11, 2013

visiting Tita Nene

Dad's sister was diagnosed with cancer not long ago, last June I think but it is only recently that they're sharing the news with the family. Thing is she refused any treatment and everybody is trying to convince her otherwise before it's too late. Today we visited her to cheer her up a bit. It's depressing to see her like that. Helpless and hurting but still she keeps a brave front. So frail and fragile, she looked so different from the last time I saw her. I can't believe I'm looking at my Tita Nene who always greeted us with "Ayan na magaganda kong pamangkin! kailan kayo ikakasal? may mga boyfriend na ba?" (roughly translated as: Here comes my lovely nieces! When are you going to wed? Any boyfriends now?).

Mommy keeps on talking her into some kind of treatment or even just for the pain but still she refused. She is deteriorating so fast everybody is worrying about how to convince her to fight and hang on to dear life. But what can we do if she's resigned to it. It's heart breaking and depressing but we have to be strong for her even if we know she's literally hurting from cancer.

We left after a few hours and after talking with Ate Che, Tita Nene's daughter. We had lunch somewhere near the area and stopped by McDonalds for some ice cream and to talk about the situation. Ronald McDonald mascot was really annoying and looking scary! Anywah, he was a good diversion on the situation, at least for now. =P

Sunday, August 4, 2013

family and pizza

Welcoming my birth month, Daddy saw this ad in the news paper about a Shakey's promo and have been talking about it to Mommy days ago. And since it's my birthday month they are teasing me to treat them there. And I can't resist them..

Nothing much has happened but a lot of photos! Funny faces and candid pictures. It was a fun day even if I'm paying the meal it was worth all the fun we had together. =P















Monday, July 15, 2013

Team dinner

Welcoming the new members of the team at Bugsy's and some birthday treat as well. =)


Sunday, July 14, 2013

Maginhawa St.

I need to see Ms. Tech before she leaves for Seoul, hence, the date today. We are going to explore Maginhawa St. on a weekend... *thrilled*

First stop for lunch is at Friulli Trattoria for pasta and pizza. Don't expect something fancy of the place, it is small pizza place and is presenting a very casual dining experience. Great for comfy hanging out with friends for the afternoon I think. Somewhere you can eat good food without the hassle of the need to look very much presentable. I like that its ambiance is so comfortable that if I live nearby I feel like I can drop by any time of  the day there even without taking a shower! lol We had an all meat pizza and a plate of pesto pasta. Awesome! Well done pizza and al dente pasta. It's affordable and worth every penny.


Full from lunch, we looked for a dessert place. Walking along the street almost all of the establishments were closed for the day. Then we spotted Sancho Churreria.


Truth is we came in to try the Frozen Brazo de Mercedes it was just unfortunate that the said cake ran out of stock. The staff said the owner only bake one whole cake for a day and that's it. So sad. We just tried their churros then some cold refreshments for them and coffee for me.



We stayed for a bit then walked again.. we spent the afternoon eating, walking, eating and now walking once again. We really don't know where to head next because it seem that most of the restaurants were closed on weekends. Really unlucky!

We're not ready to end the day yet then Tech and Mariel thought of Gayuma ni Maria.. and off we go!


This one really intrigued me. We came in and I did not expect the interiors to be so interesting.


혼자 여자 - pose
(translates as single woman or alone girl)


It's really interesting how the place was put together. And really, not everything is in order which gives it a different appeal. It's like a restaurant and kinky shop all in one. Well, you'll only notice the kinky stuffs if you'll take a look at that specific corner. =P


We're not really here to eat, we're here to talk some more and laugh some more. But we needed to order something so we can stay. We don't want to be rude you know.

And I forgot to take a photo of Tuliro (nachos mixed with lettuce, fruits, meat and cheese) we had and was only able to take a snapshot at the Lumpiang Barako (dynamite in some other restaurant, if you're familiar).



We sat around, talk as much as we want, laugh at everything we can think of and more photos...






It was a nice day.. and I'll surely miss Ms. Tech badly. She'll be taking up her masters in Seoul and it'll take her two years at the least. Anyhow, at least we had this day. It was a fun one and something I'd love to do again once she's back.

Au revoir Labs! see you in Seoul as soon as I can fly there! xxoo

With love~ ♥A

Monday, July 8, 2013

nails.. platinum tipped with colored sand

I've bought this nail art kit eons ago and it was recently that I remembered I have it. So, voila!


Saturday, July 6, 2013

Baby Archel

I am tagging along today with Aya. She is an attending godmother on the christening of Baby Archel, Aya's colleague's daughter. It's another sleepless day, truly I am a tag-along buddy! =P





Monday, July 1, 2013

sparkly nails

This was supposed to be a photo of the chocolate but I like how my nails look here. Talk about *vanity*!

Cadburry Dark Chocolate - Old Gold with my nails pretty in Pink! lol