Cruising Through 2012

Well, this blog entry won’t be the usual list of my 2012 resolutions (as I never get to keep them, pfft! So why even bother! Haha!) but it will “feature” my weekend companion for the rest of 2012

Tadaaaa! My surprise Christmas gift from my husband! Woohooooo! I was sooo happy when he brought me to the corner behind the Christmas tree where he hid my new White Giant Suede W cruiser bike (don’t ask me how I wasn’t able to see a big bike hidden behind the Christmas tree — talk about a girl who seems to be walking around with horse blinders, except when she’s inside the mall, haha!)

Guys, meet CALLI

So the following Saturday, my husband and I went for a bike run! My first time to actually bike on the busy roads of our neighborhood (my husband used to load my bike in the car, drive somewhere with less cars, and that’s where I safely bike around, hehe!)! It was scary biking alongside cars and crazy jeepneys but it was F-U-N!!!

Calli on her first bike run

Life has definitely been good to me, filled with laughter and happiness. 2011 was definitely one of my best years, professionally and personally I thank the Lord for that

Oh! Remember my blog entry about the Top 5 4 Things I Want for 2011? — it was more of just the top 4 things as I wasn’t able to fill in the 5th item — I GOT ALL 4! Yey! Which makes me think, maybe I should have filled up the 5th slot with “you-know-what” (my close friends would know what this is). I could have gotten it! Tsk! Tsk!

Come to think of it, I think I’ll really just cruise through 2012 Now, to create my top 5 list for 2012…

Ps. My in-laws told me that I shrieked louder than my husband’s nephews when I saw my bike. Imagine a little girl who just got her first Barbie doll Teehee!

 

Day 27 : After Dark

Last weekend, we got to enjoy this view from our hotel room.

Night lights along Roxas Boulevard Really nice

 

Day 26 : Something Old

Wow! Last 5 days for my 30-day photo challenge! I can do this!!! (Take note: I started this challenge last October.  Haha!  My friends, Aia and Elaine are done with theirs!  Panic!)

I had a lot of items in mind to take a photo of for today’s challenge but when I saw this item, I knew this should be the star of my post for today

Tadaaaa!!! Presenting, my memo jazz pager!

Ooooh! I remember how cool it was having this tiny pager while others were still using the big-black-laundry-soap sized ones. Before it became “call me”, “text/sms me”, “bbm me” and “tweet me”, it was “PAGE ME”!

*original belt loop chain, still attached. Haha!

 

TOMS is Giving in the Philippines

I’ve always been a big fan of TOMS eversince my friend, Aia, introduced them to me.  To date, I personally have 4 pairs of TOMS (which are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever had) — and I think my collection will still grow in the years to come

Today, I got this email from TOMS and it’s their time to share their One for One movement to my country.  I’m just glad that it has finally reached the Philippines (with We International Philippines as their giving partner).

You can view their video from this link.  Really so heartwarming…

It’s nice to know that somehow, with my own 4 pairs of TOMS, I was able to give 4 kids their own comfortable TOMS which will last them quite awhile.

Happy to be able to put some smiles on kids’ faces this Holiday Season

Read my previous blog posts on TOMS here and here.

 

Go Azkals! Hello Beckham!

I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of photos from yesterday’s Dream Cup 2011 (Phl Azkals vs LA Galaxy) game but I’m also sure you’d want to see more

When I heard about the news that Beckham’s coming to Manila, I immediately told my husband that I would want to watch the game (Yeah right! The game or the players?!) Azkals plus David Beckham? Why not!!!

Luckily, we were able to watch it last night, LIVE and almost up close

We got there early, around 6:10pm as kick-off was gonna start at 7:00pm. I was really excited!

Then of course, I made sure I took A LOT of photos of David Beckham. God knows when I’ll see him again in person! Here are some of the photos I took. Take note — some

AND THE FINALE! I almost sang “It’s raining men! Alleluia!” Haha! I’m sure a lot of girls were waiting for this part of the “game”!

I really had a lot of fun! I got a little dizzy from all the shouting (or was it more of shrieking?)!!! It was indeed a fun experience! Happiness!

Here are a few more photos (with my super big smile) and of course, I made sure I took photos of our very own, Phil and James Younghusband Go Azkals!!!

Ps. It wasn’t easy capturing football players using a point and shoot camera. Even before my camera got to focus on them, they were already on the other side of the field! Haha! — gotta get myself a better camera :p

 

Heavenly!

Oh. Em. Geeeeee!

This is sooooo YUMMY!!! ‘Nuf said!

*faints*

Where to get Patchi:
Bonifacio High Street, Building 5 B5, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Telephone +632-8466695

 

Christmas Garland

This year, I decided to decorate our home So 2 weeks ago, I went shopping for Christmas decors!

Motif for this year? Gold and orange — as orange is my husband‘s favorite color and I want something different from the usual red/green or blue/silver motif

… and this is how our doorway garland looks like during the day

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Happiness!

 

Day 25 : Sunflare

Whew!  It was so hard for me to complete today’s challenge!  I wanted to take a photo of a sunflare but it has been a little bit cloudy the past few days (and working inside the office makes it even harder).  So I decided to just go thru my old photos and maybe, I would have at least one good photo for today’s challenge.

Luckily, I found one!

Last July 26, 2009, my husband and I (along with Carlo and Mich), went on a road trip to Ilocos.  I took this photo in Fort Ilocandia, early in the morning on our way to breakfast.

HELLO and GOOD MORNING, MR. SUN!

 

Day 24 : A Smile

Have you ever captured your pets smiling? I did!

I took this photo last summer when my husband and I went on a road trip with our Little Lexi. You may read her blog entry here.

 

So In Love…

I was going thru the photos in my phone while waiting for my family to arrive for lunch and I saw this!

Haaay… How can I not fall in love with this little one?