papa P

i think by now you guys would know how excited i can get, whenever it comes to anything (almost everything) related to Philippines. =)

i was in town, after making some work-related deliveries. it was about time i took my much needed break and destressing. did some shopping, pampering myself, and of course, took a trip around Lucky Plaza. haha..

yes, i bought some graham biscuits, and i shall make my ice-box cake this weekend! haha.. i also went around hunting for the unexpectedly popular squid rings, but all the shops i went into did not have it. oh well.. which is why there's a real need to ration my squid rings. haha..

and i bought my first Filipino magazine! haha.. because my papa Piolo is on the cover. hahah.. thank god most of the content in there are in English. phew.. yes yes yes, i'm obsessed with papa P, and people in Bago City know that too. haha..

and last night, i had a date with papa P, via my Filipino entertainment source. =) was watching his teleserye, Lobo, and then a replay of one of his old movies, Don't Give Up on Us. it was actually the first Filipino movie i've watched, but at that time, i wasn't so crazy over him.. yet.. haha.. he's so cool! =D

but he's not the reason for me having overslept this morning and of course he's not the reason for me being so ultra forgetful. haa. i'm just overwhelmed with work.



go papa P! =) mahal na mahal kita! hahaha..

random

stress level has gone a little, but is expected to shoot up when all deadlines come crashing again. stocked up my coffee supply, my secret compartment still has chocolates in there. there are also some nice polvoron and squid rings on standby. good. 50% prepared for the warzone.

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went for a meeting with the BHBH4. a relatively smaller team, but hopefully it won't be a limitation to the group's abilities. =) good to see that BHBH is able to come this far (4 years!), which of course is a wonderful thing because people in Bago are able to be the beneficiaries of these continual efforts.

all the best, BHBH4, even though i won't be able to be part of the group, i will be glad if i can be of any help! =)

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i didn't know squid rings have such power to make people addicted to it. first it was biyun, now the entire office. wow. haha..

next time, i'll come back with 1 box full of squid rings from BongBong's. haha..

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sarah you little tiger! you scared me when you suddenly called me from London! haha.. thanks for the pleasant surprise, and nice to hear your voice again, good to know that you are doing fine over there. =) yes, we are that old, 4 years have passed, but yet the memories are still deeply etched in our minds. quick! i'm still waiting for you to go back to Bago City with me! =D all the best, my dear, and take care, yar? miss you!

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mga kaibigan ko sa Bago City, miss na miss ko po kayo! how i wish i could be there, whenever i feel like it.. boohoo..

stressed

salamat ulit, temogen at ryan. it was nice hearing your voices again. i'm so envious, that you guys are together, having fun, and i could hear laughter too. you may not know how stressed and down i was feeling the whole day, but somehow your calls always come in at the right time. =) thank you gid..

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was at a class gathering for a short while, good to see at least half of the class people there. =) i didn't know what to say, but at least i had some good laughs. i feel a little inferior upon seeing how well everybody is doing, but i tried telling myself that i'm blessed, in other ways.

yes, i'm blessed.

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i'm stressed, very stressed. chocolates are starting to lose their effects. coke too. i need more time. arghh..

happy birthday, Ryzel

Happy birthday, Ryzel! happy birthday to my first godson! you are one-year old now! =)



i'm not particularly into kids, or rather babies. i have my fair share of tolerating their screams, and their silly annoying nonsense, no thanks to my kids and my little cousins.

but because Ryzel is my godchild, somehow i feel there is something closer. it's a special relationship. even people joked that he resembles me, a little. haha.. because he's so fair, unlike Ryan, his dad. ok, the wife Leizel is the fairer one.. haha..



ninay misses you, Ryzel! =) grow healthily, and stay cute! maybe the next time i see you, i won't be able to carry you anymore. haha..

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i'm still kinda living in Filipino time. the sun is still not yet shining high up at 7 am, and i can't drag myself out of bed. stepping out of the office sometime near 7 pm, i would still think that it's still 5 pm, because that is how it seems, back in Philippines.

i miss the sunset, i miss riding on the van, sitting outside the house, looking at the sky turn dark. aww.


sunset, outside the Matti's house

thank you, sis Tricia, for the squid rings and polvoron and the keychains. =) they can come in just when i need some destressing at work. =) maraming salamat. miss you guys lots lots.

Sotanghon

haha, my dad is so easily psycho-ed, when it comes to cooking. =D

and yeahhey! i had my Sotanghon! haha.. but it's still not quite the filipino taste, for what i could remember.. haha.. maybe only a true pinoy can make it taste filipino? haha..

ok next! stuffed milkfish, bangus! stuffed crabs! =D

one day, i should go Lucky Plaza again to buy my graham biscuits and start making ice-box cake again. =)

filipino cookbook

i miss filipino food so much. i know, i know, i still have filipino snacks in my house, but i need to ration. haha.

i was shopping around the bookstore for stationery and other stuff, and came across this mini-cookbook with the recipes of.. .. filipino food! haha.. not a lot of recipes in there, and i don't think i've tried some of them as well, but there are of course, familar ones.. Sotanghon! Stuffed milkfish! =D

kinda regretting not buying any cookbook in Bacolod, at least those books would feature more food similar to what i eat over there, food that are more common and unique in the Visayas region.

nah, i don't cook (the fact is, i don't know how.. haha) and i won't be the one to cook. i'm psycho-ing my dad to do the cooking. hahah..

well, i thought, maybe we could start cooking something simple, so i showed him the recipe for Sotanghon. and you know what he said? "it's so simple, all are chinese food and chinese cooking." -_-"""

no it's not the same! i want it to have the filipino taste! it will only be good if it's cooked in the filipino way!

let's wait and see. haha. i want my Sotanghon! =D

my 2 dear friends

thank you my friends, for bringing joy.. =)


Temogen, 4 years ago. haha.

Temogen, thank you gid, although you were the one who miss-called me and i was the one who ended up making the long-distance call. thank you for letting me know that you still miss my laughter, and if i wasn't on the train, you would have heard my horrendous laughter.. haha..

i was telling my friend that there's no one for me to practise my Tagalog with, and i would end up talking to myself. but thanks to you, it feels great, to be able to converse with you in my own bato-bato Tagalog. =) sana, siguro next time na lang, my Tagalog would be better.

and i can't stop teasing you, for not informing me of your wedding. ikaw ha, you never fail to surprise me. haha.. hopefully i'll get to see you before you settle down in Canada. and when your baby is born, i'll be the ninay! yeah! haha..


Huijie, 2 years ago. hehe..

and little tiger, Huijie, thanks for the mail from London. simple and small, but it's the thought that counts. and yes, i have faith too, that one day, we will visit Bago City together. =) looking forward to the day when Princess Sarah and Princess Riza take over Bago City.. hahah.. take care girl, and work towards your dream. i know you can do it. =)

thank you, my two dear friends. miss you guys lots lots. =)

February's playlist

it has been quite some time since i last updated my playlist. hehe.. sorry, was lost in my own world, and am still re-adjusting back from my filipino lifestyle.. haha..

anyway, February is the month for love, for friendship. although a lot of people would associate it with Valentine's Day, but hey, it's also Friendship Day! haha.. i think the love for friends is equally important as the love for your loved ones. =)

theme of the month: season of love..

all the songs chosen are duets, for those who are deeply in love, and those who are hoping to fall in love. haha..

Happy Valentine's! Happy Friendship Day! i love you guys! haha..

a peaceful new year..

it has been a much peaceful new year this time round. not much of visiting relatives, but it was nice to see that everybody is doing well, looking well. after having been through the sudden deterioration of my grandpa's health, i just wish to see everybody in good health.

but i wasn't feeling well, what an irony. haha.

didn't get to wear new clothes either, because i didn't buy any, and my grandpa's house is just a few storeys below mine, and my nanny's house is just across the street. good, save money. haha..

it was my first time giving ang baos to grandpa, grandma, nanny and po-po. i felt weird, because i'm never good with words. but it was a simple blessing from me, to bless them with good health, to thank them for taking care of me. especially for grandpa, i want him to be around to see his eldest grandchild getting married, to see his great-grandchild.

enough of this, to think that i cried while typing that. and i'm laughing at myself for being so silly. ha.

and on the 2nd day of the new year, i was home alone. well, not a bad thing, i have the tv to myself, and nobody's there to nag at me, to scold me for channel-surfing. and i could have my long afternoon nap without any interruption. i had to call for MacDonalds for lunch again, because there was no cup noodles at home, and the delivery charge has increased to $3. my goodness. i can easily become broke in Singapore when the price for everything keeps on increasing.

perhaps i should consider going overseas for new year in future, maybe to Bago City, to celebrate its city's charter celebration, and the Babaylan Festival as well. =) miss ko po kayo!