Meet our new Homemates....

more than 30 days before nadeliver yung binili naming shoe rack. finally! naayos ko din yung ibang gamit namin. madami pa kaming kulang na storage..pero hinay-hinay lang muna.our budget doesn't permit us yet to buy everything.


one of the shoe cabinets..placed it sa small space namin pagpanik ng stairs.

two weeks past since it was delivered, but ngayon ko lang sya mapo-post. so busy eh. anyway, bumili din kami ng TV for our living/dining room (sa liit ng house namin, almost isa na lang sya). kakatamad kasi maglinis sa baba if walang TV(is it a valid reason? hehehe).


our new TV on top of the other shoe cabinet (pero di shoe nkalagay jan.hehehe). bytheway..hopefully sooner, i can change the color of our stairs..we want it black or dark oak (same with the shoe rack)..

ito pa ang isang bago namin. just bought it yesterday from robinson. fell in love with the color and design. but forgot to buy a tassle so just bought it this afternoon from SM Molino. Complete na sya ngayon. i love it.


finally..may kapalit na yung black curtain namin.new look naman.

meron pa pala...bought this picture frame yesterday from japan plus-88 store...we used our pre-nup pix. ganda noh?


our new frame with our pre-nup pix. on top of the DVD rack is the box of our unity coin. iniisip ko pa kung pano namin sya idi-display.any suggestion?we're thinking of framing it pero diko alam kung san pwede. may alam ba kayo?

by the way, add ko lang pix ni hubby..while bonding with Chin-chin. Sweet nila noh? Hahaha.


ang masipag kong hubby

Our New Baby..."Chinchin"

After seeing and drive testing the car that saturday, we were able to bring it home on Thursday. The last owner had it registered 1st. We are still lucky to have it at a lower cost. Sulit talaga, i like the color, the style, the leather seat, the rain gutter, the pioneer stereo and others. After some days, we gave her a name...Chinchin. Bakit? Wala lang.. Kasi Chinito amo nya eh. Hehehe. Next plan namin is her blessing. Hopefully we can do it next week.


picture from adpost


view from our house


chinchin in front of her new home

Searching Week

Hay hirap maghanap ng car na fitted sa requirements and budget namin... By wednesday, may nakita kami, Corolla '96 for 140K but when we called the next day...nabenta na sya. Sayang. Kasi wikend lang kami puede pumunta dun. Anyway, sabi naman ni Ariel, it's not meant for us. So ulit ako sa paghahanap sa... friendster classified, buyandsell.com.ph, and adpost.

Finally, Thursday, may nakita ako...(ako naghahanap...busy kasi si ariel and ako lang matiyaga mag-surf. downloads ang talent ni ariel eh). I saw an ad in adpost that met our criteria- Lancer EL '95 worth 140K. Ariel talked to the owner, we can view it this wikend, minor lang din daw papaayos namin like window and something that i don't remember now. Sa may Ever ortigas lang naman sila and we're going to Pasig on Saturday. We haggle over the phone and the owner said that he can go 'til 130K. Yepeey...excited na me to see it. Saw the pix in the web and it was ok naman.

2nd Day of the Year...We need to decide...

While having our Bfast, Ariel and I discussed that it would be inconvenient for us if we will not have our own CAR. We computed the expense and realizes that we can save more if we will be buying a CAR since we already have a GAS allowance of 150li/mo. So we start discussing on where can we get the funds and how far can we go. The initial plan is a CAR worth 100K or less and at most 15 y.o. It might be impossible but some of our friends/coworkers were able to find one. So I assure Ariel, that I can find one. We contacted our friends because maybe they knew somebody who's selling theirs but they don't know anybody that time.

New Year's Day...

We had our lunch in my parents' house. Dad cooked steak and I also brought some of the carbonara that I cooked the night before. It was a good lunch.Got a text invitation from my cousin, so we went to their place and had meals ulit...hehehe. See some of our pictures...


That was me with my bro, sis and my nieces


my cute pamangkin-Angel

In the evening, we went to Ariel's Place. Ariel and his Ate discussed the "VAN". She said that she'll be needing it for 3 months because they will have visitors coming from Canada and she will be processing their Real Property Tax. They brought us to our house para di na daw kami mag-commute but we 1st had our dinner in Congo Grill near ATC. In our house, Ariel toured them around. It was just good that I didn't received any bad comment. Hehehe. Anyway, they left before 12mn. We are so tired that we just fixed some things then we headed to our bed.

1st New Year's Eve

We decided to spend our new year in our new house with just the 2 of us. This is because, it was our 1st and I believe that new year must be spend in one's own house (Ewan ko, tradition namin yun eh.)1st thing in the morning, we cooked our bfast and started cleaning the house. We did a genral cleaning. Ariel and I cleaned all our glass windows kasi di pa sya talaga nalilinis since I come from the US. We finished at around 4pm. We rested for some time then, we started cooking for our Media Noche.



After cooking and preparing the table, we did some picture taking...









We also planned to give some of the dishes we have to our Manager living a couple of blocks from us but when we're above to lock our door, we saw them coming. They gave us some fruit salad and some Pancit Malabon.



We also gave them my Carbonara and Chang-Yu Red Wine.At around 11pm, we stayed outside to watched the fire crackers of our neighbors. We didn't buy anything since we believe, it is safer.At 12mn, we greeted each other and have our Late or Early Meal.... Hehehe.Well... that is how simple we celebrated our new year's eve but that is also how special we celebrated it....

Meeting the Bugoys...and The night before New Year's Eve.

Come Friday, we need to visit my dad to canvass for the metals we need for the house fencing. Unfortunately, the shop was close,but they still allowed us to enter their storage and check what they have. WE were able to choose what we want. Dad will just check the prices and buy as well if our budget permits. Hehe.

After that, we went to Megamall. We park on the 4th floor. Pero nung andun pa lang kami sa entrance ng parking sa ground floor, i got irritated of the motorcycle in front of us. Ang lakas kasi ng sounds. He also has 2 passengers w/o helmet and would like to park sa taas. I was just thinking, coz i know that sa labas or baba, ang parking slot ng motorcycles. Going to 3rd floor, parang nahirapan sya tas muntik nang bumaliktad yung motor nya. Nahulog yung daughter(8 y.o ata) and wife nya. The little girl shouted " Aray, ang sakit ng pwet ko". Buti na lang di nakatutok si Ariel dun sa motor,kung 'di bka nasagasaan pa namin sila. Ayun, basag ang backlight nya at di ko pa alam kung ano pa mga nasira. Di na kami nakatulong kasi shock din ako at mabibitin kami paakyat at yung traffic sa likod namin. Hay...kawawa naman yung bata! Sana lang kasi...yung iba alalahin yung mga ginagawa nila pati mga pasahero nila.

So enough for that, we're meeting with Ariel's barkada in Starbucks. Nag-Balikbayan kasi yung bestfriend nya na working in Fujitsu Japan. Ngaps, pareho sila ng name. Tawag nila kay hubby is Go tas kay Ariel M. is Manok kasi Manosca surname nya. He is our Bestman in our wedding but he was not able to attend due to an urgent customer issue that he needs to attend. Anyway, ok lang naman. Una naming nakita si Peter. We waited to the others in Wendy's. Ariel bought...frosty...fries then ice tea. Hahaha...takaw talaga ng hubby ko. When they arrived, we decided to eat in Dencio's. Hay...daming food. Sagot lahat ni Manok. By the way, Manok is with LJ, Wilson is with Hana, Peter is with No one kaya asar talo sya. Hehehe. Pero masaya naman sila. Kasi at last na-complete silang apat. College buddies talaga silang tatlo. 1st time ko silang na-meet sa house nila Ariel nung bday nya. Di pa kami ni Ariel. All of them were present. Dito pa kasi based dati si Manok. Grabe, ang kukulit nila. Ngaps..iba pa GF ni Wilson nun. Shhhh.

KAMING LAHAT


Wilson and Hana


Ariel alias Manok and LJ


Peter


Nyway, after lunch, we all went to timezone.Kung ano-anong nilaro nila..dakilang tagapanuod lang ako. Tas maya-maya..naisipang kong pumunta sa home section ng SM para maka-pagsolo naman yung magkakaibigan. So ayun, I bought a Vase na pwede din kitchen vase for sandoks tsaka bathroom brush na katerno nung tiles namin.

Mga 6:30pm na ata kami naghi-hiwalay. May inabot pa si Manok kay Ariel...late wedding gift daw. Didn't expect na makaka-receive pa kami ng wedding gifts. Thanks Manok.

We also bought RED Ribbong Black Forest Cake for our Ninong(Tito ni Ariel). Then, hinatid namin si Peter sa San Juan.

Dumiretso na kami sa Mayon, Manila. Wala dun si Tito Augusto but andun si Len-Len ( Bunsong anak nila). We gave the cake and the gift for Ariel's pamangkin. We also checked on Inang ( Ariel's Lola). Sobrang payat na nya. Bed ridden na din. Hay..naalala ko na naman lola ko.

We hoped to watched Pyro Olypics but the traffic was so heavy kahit sa Espana pa lang kaya di na kami tumuloy. We took mag-SLEX instead of Coastal. Good thing that the traffic was light.

We passed through SM Molino so we decided to buy the things we need for the Media Noche so we won't need to go out the next day. Hay..daming tao pero sandali lang naman kami nag-grocery kasi konti na lang naman kulang namin.

Pag-uwi, ayos lang kami konti tas slip na.... Kakapagod.

After Xmas..I was sick...

After xmas, I got sick for a week so I stayed at home. Buti na lang pwede talagang mag-leave that time. Si Ariel lang ang masipag pumasok. He went to the office Tuesday and Thursday. Di sya pumasok nung wednesday kasi talagang di ako makabangon that day.

Xmas Night Party- Jorge's Residence

After naman magpahinga at matulog sa house ng parents ko. Diretso na kami sa house ng tito ni Ariel (mother side). 7pm daw yung party. Pero 9pm na ata nag-start.Buti na lang may bilyaran dun sa tito niya kaya nag-Billiards muna sila while waiting for the other guests to finish their dinner. Matagal-tagal din walang practice si Ariel kaya medyo kulelat sya at ako ang nag-iisang cheerer nya. Siempre, love my own. Hahaha. I just think na kailangan naming mag-practice. Sya lang pala mag-pra-practice at ako ang mag-aaral. Hehe. We had some games - Pinoy Henyo, Videoke, Family Feud style na - drinking game and Batu-bato-pik.





There are 3 teams and ang laban is Race to 5. Price was the potluck na galing sa PHP10 contribution ng mga guest. Enjoy naman kami. Sa exchange Gift, natuwa naman yung mga niregaluhan namin-dapat lang dva kasi based yun sa wish lists nila. Kami din, we got 1 item on our wish list- A His and Her Bath and Face Towel.

At 1pm nagpaalam na kami. Kasi uuwi pa kami sa Cavite. Hay...Kakapagod.

Mendoza sa Tahanang Go

My family celebrated Xmas Eve in our new house. My mom cooked spaghetti. Ariel did the bbq chix. I cooked my buttered Shrimp. Our dessert was my homemade Fruit Salad. It was a good Noche Buena.

Sinundo namin sila ng 3:30pm sa Pasig. Nasa House na kami ng 4:30. It was really cold that afternoon. Lamig na lamig silang lahat.

Some pix attached.

Ito ang aming Front Door with the simple xmas light. No time for decorating na eh. Sori.



My husband..doing the dishes...



Sa garage with my family. Si Ariel ang photographer. Sori la pa kaming Tripod eh.



Sa garage pa din. Si Dadi namin photographer.



Kainan na! Ako naman ang dakilang photographer.



Si popoy at ang RC na xmas gift namin ni Ariel sa kanya sa aming front yard na wala pang garden.



Xmas ng umaga, dumaan kami sa St. James Parish Church pero walang mass. We prayed for a while then punta na kami sa Antipolo. Dalaw sa Lola ko (Mom ni Dad) then sa Tita ko (sis naman nya na ninang namin ni ariel sa wedding). Nag-bless lang kami..konting wento then alis na. Balik na kami sa Pasig, pero had our lunch muna sa Tita ko na sis ni mommy. Siempre, the usual gift giving. After that, punta na kami sa house ng parents ko. Masakit paa ni Ariel kaya nakatulog sya after ko hilutin paa nya tas slip kami till 530 pm. Our snak was ham sandwiched made by my dad.

At 7pm alis na kami sa amin para naman sa xmas dinner party sa tito ni Ariel sa Filinvest antipolo...

Product Engineering Xmas Party

Matagal-tagal na din since I last posted. Been very busy lang talaga sa work, pag-aayos ng house, preparation for the holidays and others.

Anyway, our division had our xmas party last dec.16'05 at the Orchard Golf and Country Club (Dasma Cavite). Some pix are attached. Happy viewing. Masaya sana pero di kami nanalo sa raffle. Hmmp..kainis. Hahaha

Tagu-taguan



Pasan ko ang hubby ko..



Merry Xmas



With the Girls



Group ni Ariel...

holiday and wedding

Last Tuesday, Holiday sa Gen. Trias kaya wala kaming pasok. Buti na lang din ganun kasi makaka-attend kami sa wedding ng isa naming friend/officemate.

The wedding was in Calaruega. That day, 7am gumising si Ariel. He woke me up with hot pandesal and microwaved corned beef. It was a simple yet good bfast shared with my hubby.

After kumain antok na ulit kami kaya slip kami til 10am. Ayos ng house konti tas alis na para eat ng lunch outside.

We had our lunch in Greenwich Dasma. Tas balik kami sa Parlor na nag-rebond ng hair ko. Meron kasi akong nakitang medyo kulot pa. They just asked me to return on the 26th so they can repair it.

Pa-pedicure lang me tapos sundo na namin mga kasabay namin. SI joan sa Dasma Bayan then si Erwin sa Robinson Pala-pala.

Hay, ang layo ng Calaruega. Naligaw pa kami nung una kasi nalibang si Ariel sa Fog. Hahaha. Pero ok lang kasi late din naman halos lahat ng tao.Pinoy nga naman.

Anyway, some of our pictures.

Company Xmas Party

Last Monday, we attended our company's xmas party. We're disappointe dkasi di kami nanalo sa raffle but still lucky to hav ethis picture with our Boss/Friend from the US.

Before And After

Since I've been back from US, had been very busy decorating our house. Til now di pa sya completo but let's compare it before...



Living Room



Kitchen and Dining



Kitchen and Restroom



Master Bedroom



2nd Bedroom

Ito naman ang fruit of our labor. The After.



Living Room



Front Door



Dining table and xmas gifts



Stairs



Kitchen





Restroom



Towel Hook


Master Bedroom

Couple in Black

Last Saturday we attended a friend's wedding in Immaculate Conception Parish in Cubao. Nag-trip lang kami and had this picture.

Pay Back Time...

Hay.... Ariel and I rewarded ourselves today after a week of pressure and hardwork. I had my hair rebonded (P3.3K) while Ariel had a 1H full body massage (P295) in "F Salon". We are pleased with their service and happy for the reward that we gave ourselves.

Have a glimpse of my hair. Hehehe.

I'm Home and I'm Busy

Hi there. I'm back to the Philippines. Na-miss ko din talaga ito kahit ganito dito. But most especially I missed my hubby. Got back last Sunday. 10:30 dumating plane ko and medo mahaba pila sa immigration kaya 11:30 na me nakalabas.

Some things na naisip ko going back... Mababait pa rin ang pinoy. Bkt? Based on my experience. Super dami ko kasing handcarry and super bigay ng duffle bag na dala ko. Sorry po if I didn't have a luggage with roller. I just never thought that magiging ganun kabigat mga dala ko going back home. Anway, got to meet pinoys in SFO airport while waiting for the bording. MAg-uncle sila. Both married - 1 is an American Citizen and the other one will soon be coz he's wife just passed the Nursing Board Exam in US and their family will be going there. So ayun, some wentu-wento then nung nasa plane na kami lloking for our seat. Mr. Charlie (forgot the surname) help me carried my bag. nakita siguro nya na nahihirapan/nabibigatan ako sa dala ko. Kala ko till airplane lang. But he had carried my bag during the stop over and at the airport. Mabait lang siguro yung mama. Thanks anyway.

Tas dun sa luggage Claim, kakatuwa lang na some pinoy din helped me pull out my bad and balikbayan box from the conveyor. Thanks to them.

Anyway, I was so happy to see my hubby. We're supposed to eat in NorthPark in Macaparal Hiway but closed na pala. Kaya diner na lang us ng Microwaved Hotdog. Hehehe.

Monday...Thank you, it is a holiday. Kainis nga lang kasi may Jetlag ako. Woke up at 630am. Ariel cooked our bfast them ayos namin yung mga chocolates for distribution para mas madali. Para kaming Santa Claus Factory na nagbabalot ng chocolates separately. Pati yung mga pakidala, inayos ko na din para isang bitbitan na lang. At 12am, punta kami sa SM Molino. Katuwa, walking distance lang samin. And daming kainan, almost complete sya, may Wendys, chowking, max, red ribbon,jollibee and nakalimutan ko iba. May Movie Theater din-4 pa. Pero Hypermart lang talaga sya. Magkasama department store and Grocery. But, in fairness,maayos and malinis sya. Meron din nga palang salon, foodcourt at ACE hardware and some stalls like penshoppe, optical ,oxygen, and forgot ko na yung iba. Just bought some toiletries kasi naubos ko na lahat yung baon ko sa US. hehehe. Then, we ate at jollibee. I has my spag chix. Ito talaga namiss ko sa US. Iba kasi lasa ng Jollibee spag nila dun eh. After lunch balik na kami sa house.

1. Dinaan namin pasalubong sa dati kong Boss sa Bacoor.
2. Pasig to visit my fmaily and at the same time to give the pasalubongs. Hehehe. Ok naman. Kakamiss din and mga kwentuhan. Pinagluto pala nila ako ng Patatim na favorite ko but busog pa me kaya sabi ko baon ko na lang. Hehehe.
3. Got my pedicure sa parlor sa may amin.
4. Visit my aunt - walking distance lang naman from my family's house. May pabaon pa sakin nung pauwi ako. Tokwa and Pork with Black Beans. Dami na namin food.
5. Went to Cubao. This time to visit naman Ariel's family and give the pasalubongs as well. We ate dinner there. I had my daing na bangus and salted Egg. Sarap.
6. SM , Sogo and Macro sa Cubao to look for Stove rack pero wala kaming nakita na gusto naming style. Hay kakapgud. umambon pa.
7. Fiesta Mall at 10pm. Sarado na. 8pm pala sila nagsasara. Sa airport na lang kami. Buti pinayagan kami park and bili lang ng chocolate for my friend's sister. Nagpapabili kasi sya. Bigay sya ng money na lang and ako bili dito kasi mabigat na luggage ko eh.
8. Uwi na. pagod na eh.

TUESDAY
1. Daan namin sa Boss ko na kapitbahay ko yung Pasalaubong ko.
2. Mcdo drive thru for Egg McMuffin Meal Bfast.
3. Feel Sick.
4. Some Meetings.
5. Uwi na at 12:30pm.
6. SM Dasma- Bought Curtains, look for furnitures and other gamit sa house.
7. SM foodcourt for Lunch.
8. Furniture Hunting along Aguinaldo Hiway.
9. Alabang Home Depot- bought Blinds and some items na si ariel ang nakakaalam. Hehehe.
10. Filinvest - Furniture Hunting. It was a success. Was able to buy:
a. Dining Table from Blims Furniture for P8.7K (40% off, dati syang 14K), we both like the style, the color kaya kahit medyo mahal,ok lang.
b. Dresser for 3K at Trade center. It was nice and cheap.
c. Wooden DVD rack for 1.1K. Wala kaming balak bumili but since nagustuhan namin itsura nya, style and price, bumile na din kami.

Hay sarap ng may nabibili for the house. Since pagod na kami for the day, Dinnernaman kami sa ....Fat Choi. Had a Peking Duck. It was good kaya lang medyo mahal. hehehe.

7:30pm, napadaan kami sa house ni Anthony (boss namin). Tinignan lang namin house nila to have an idea for our house. It was good naman. Got to meet din yung carpentero na kakilala nya kaya pag may kailangan kami pa-ayos, tawagan na lang namin.

Sa house, inumpisan na ni Ariel i-assembly yung DVD rack. Tagal din nya ginawa. Perfectist kasi asawa ko sa mga ginagawa nya kaya ganun. hehehe. It it turned out good. We decided na gawing shotglass cabinet na lang namin sya then bili pa kami ng isa. Kasi maganda sya.Ako naman, konting ayos ng mga gamit kasi sobrang gulo talaga ng house namin. Hehehe. But felt satisfied after ko nalagay shotglasses ko sa cabinet at makapaglinis ng house. ... 3pm na kami nakatulog.

WEDNESDAY
1. WAke up at 9am.
2. Init ng mga ulam for bfast.
3. SM Molini- bought curtain rod end cover, stove rack, handtowels.
4. ACE Hardware - bought a lot. Hehehe.
a. Mirror for our restroom (Maganda sya pero... Mahal. hehehe.)
b. Another Blinds (We just decided na much better if blinds lagay namin dun sa isang window namin.)
c. Steam Brush (dati pa namin gusto ito bilhin eh. Finally!)
d. Bathroom Towel Hanger (Mahal pero Cute.)
e. Bathroom shampoo holder.
f. ibang gamit na need ni Ariel like drill bit, cork, hooks ,etc.
g. shower curtain.
h. soft seater/cover for our toilet bowl.

5. Then punta naman kami sa aluminum door maker and bought aluminum rod for our curtains. This is much cheaper than buying rods from the dept stores. (got our for less than P200. We already have 4-65" rods and 1-50" rod.

6. Talked to the carperter para magpatulong magkabit ng blinds and Mirror sa CR. Bukas pa daw ng gabi sya available. Ok lang. Kesa mahirapan pa si Ariel. Kaya nya pero we still have many things to do.

7. Init ulit ng ulam for lunch. Saing din ako. While ariel is assemblying the Stove Rack. It looked good nung matapos. hay.. sarap ng feeling.

8. Kabit nya shower curtain then ayos ko naman kitchen.

9. My dresser was delivered. Yehey, ganda-ganda.

10. Ayos namin yung kwarto, linipat namin pwesto ng kama para mas maganda tignan with the dresses and para mas maluwag.

11. Linis ako room namin and tapon ng mga kalat while ariel is assemblying his old cabinet.

12. Dumating Smart wifi and fixed our problem with our connection. Sa iba nila tinapat yung antenna namin.

13. Punta sa SM alone to meet my friend's sister and give the chocklit and money pero sa bahay na pala namin sya pumunta. But ok lang kasi, pinick-up ko naman yung naiwan naming gamit sa package counter ng ACE. Hehehe.

14. Pagbalik ng house, konting wento with our visitor. Nag-trabaho pala sya sa Body-Tune but soloist na sya ngayon. Papa-sked din kami ng massage after ma-ayos namin ang house.

15. Luto ng dinner (Cabbaged Corned Beef). Then eat na us.

16. Natapos na ni Ariel i-assembly yung old cabinet nya kasi linis ko na kabila room then ayos ko na mga clothes namin. At the same time, pinili na namin yung papamigay namin na mga damit.

17. Our dining tbale was delivered pero bukas pa daw i-a-assemble. Hay kainis naman. excited nako eh. Hehehe.

18. Ayos ayos ng ibang kalat while ariel is working on our router. Di nya napagana yung wireless kaya wired muna kami. Bukas na lang yun. Need ko na kasi mag-work.

19. Finally , naka-ligo na kami. Hahaha. That was the 1st and last time namin maligo for that day. Shhhh. Secret lang natin yun. Hehehe. Sobrang busy kasi eh.

20. Ariel worked from 12mn till 3am then tulog na sya. Nagpagising ng 4am pero di na nakabangon. Sabi ko tulog na lang sya diretso. Bukas na sya work.

21. I worked from 12-1am, slept from 1-2am. Worked again till 4:45am. Then Blogged na.

Ngayon....5:57am na kaya slip na siguro ako. Check lang muna ako email tas sleeping beauty nako. Gud nayt. Tis is all I can do for the day. Bow!