Happy Birthday Mama!

This cake is what we brought for mama today for her birthday. Nag half day ako to go to her at nag luto sya. Sayang lang at hindi ko nakuhanan. Lumpiang sariwa, pansit, chicken pastel, kare-kare and gellatin handa nya. Cook si mama kaya lahat masarap. Kahit naman nung wala pa akong asawa, i always take a leave or halfday to be with her on her birthday. Ngayon, dalawa na kami kay Marianna kaya I had her cake dedication coming from Marianna. 58 na si mama today, kung di ako nag kakamali ng bilang, ewan ko lang kung mali yung date na binigay ng mama ko sa kin, hehe. We love you so much mama. Lagi ka mag-iingat, aalagaan mo lagi sarili mo at wag masyado mag papakapagod. Maraming lakas pa ang kailangan mo to keep up sa mga apo mong makukulit. God bless always.

Office breakfast Salo-Salo

We have occassional salo-salo at the office for breakfast, lunch or merienda, and we had this spread one friday morning. Danggit, dried squid, spicy vinegar, hotdog and fried rice.

I remember having to come back twice that morning that I was too full to eat lunch that day. 

Sarap e! I love the danggit with the spicy vinegar.

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Have a great weekend! Happy Eating!

Picture I would rather Hide ....

This weeks GT: picture you would rather hide

  

Ayan na. This is one of my pictures that I would rather hide but I'm sharing it anyways for you, my GT sisters to see. I used to be on the much heavier side. Second year highschool yata ako dyan. Ayan na yung preview ng mga mala-pata kong hita, hehe. As you can see sa litrato ko na yan, I have long curly hair, matambok na pisngi at gilit gilit na hita, haha. I started dieting nung bakasyon ko ng third year highschool yata, nung may nanligaw na sa kin. Na conscious ang lola nyo! It didn't start easy. There are even times na hinihimatay ako sa gutom! Hangang ngayon, I'm still struggling kasi nga nasa lahi namin talaga ang tabain kaya ilang araw lang ako mag kakain ay mataba na agad ako. Well, the key to dieting really is self control. Which I admit, is easier said than done. Sarap sarap kaya kumain, hehe.

Look alikes?

This is a picture of my niece, Ria, as her mom holds a picture of me when I graduated in kinder at La Consolacion College - Caloocan. My mom and my Kuya claims that my niece and I do look a like. Si Ria tuloy ngayon pag tinanong mo kung sino kamukha, she'll immediately answer "Tita Ju-an (Joan)". Then someone would tell her that I have no money and she should answer Mama Isay (my mama) instead. What do you think? Are we look alikes?

Pasalubong from UAE

 

A good friend of mine since college and my matron of Honor, Dhang Sanchez arrived from UAE last Friday and I got a visit from her and the kids last Saturday. As usual, nanama nanaman kami ni Marianna sa Pasalubong. Nag kita pa talaga sila ni Mareng Janice at Mareng Annie, mga ninang ni Marianna, sa airport at naki padala din sila ng pasalubong para sa amin.

Marianna's dress & maong jacket from Tita Dhang and Mustela items from Ninang Annie

Nine West wallet - Early Birthday Gift from Kumareng Janice (Mare May 30 pa birthday ko...next year ulit ha? hehe --- kapal!)

 

miniture ceramics from Dhang

Thanks ng marami Ninangs and Tita. 

Love Marianna & Mommy Dj.

Happy Birthday Papa!

 Papa, you are the brightest star that lights up the sky, just like you always have lighted my life..miss you every day... love your baby girl! 

 I have been using the status shuffle in face book and this one really caught me. Today is my Papa's birthday. He would have been 60 years old if he's still alive. Sobrang miss ko na papa ko. Im his baby girl at Im a certified maka-papa talaga. Mahal ko din ang mama ko pero there's a certain connection between me and my papa na kami lang ang meron at di matutumbasan ng kahit sino. Since papa died, and I'm praying on my way to the office, I always look at the sky. I always picture kasi na he's looking over us together with Papa God and its comforting kahit di na namin sya kasama. He died in July 20, 2004 at mag 6 years na din since then. Bihira ko naman sya mapanaginipan pero strangely, I always make it a point to embrace him in my dreams. Subconsciously, I do this sa sobrang pag ka miss ko sa kanya. I love you so much papa. Mahal na mahal ka namin nila Mama, Kuya at ni Ryan. Pati na din ng mga apo mo na sila Marianna, Ria at Raine. Happy Birthday!

GT: Picture of the sexiest part of your body

GT for this week: picture of the sexiest part of your body

This is another picture from our wedding. As I said in last week's GT, I think my shoulders is the sexiest part of my body. But aside from it, I would say my smile is somewhat sexy na din. Sa mga ngiti ko kaya nabighani ang aking mahal na asawa, hehe.

Marianna's Pic-A-Boo Pics

About two weeks ago, my nieces, Ria and Raine together with Marianna had their pictures taken at Pic-A-Boo at SM City The Block. Nakuha lang namin tong mga picture, pati na din yung pina frame ni mama nitong nakaraang saturday lang. And here are my Marianna's Pictures. Sayang lang at nag maktol yung isa kong pamangkin na si Raine kaya si Ria lang ang nakasama nya sa picture. Sayang nga kasi she was wearing a costume, same as Marianna's, mag kaiba lang sila ng kulay. Violet yung kay Raine. Marianna was supposed to be a fairy tomato or fairy strawberry of some sort and Raine was supposed to be a fairy eggplant. Their picture together would have been very cute. Kung nakuhanan lang sya ng maayos, hehe. Nag iiyak ang bata e. Buti na lang ang anak ko sanay na sa tao kaya ok mga shots nya. Si Ate Ria naman super pose kaya ok din mga kuha nya. Feel na feel nya maging ala tinkerbelle. Tink na tumaba, hehe.

Dressing like Marianna

I have always been looking kung san ako makakabili ng damit na terno kami ni Marianna at dahil sa pag bbrowse ng mga pictures sa  facebook, a former classmate, Sheryl Grace Lugar - Peralta who posts pictures of her and her daughter Sam wearing the same clothes, nakakuha ako ng tip kung san ako makakabili. Ang cute kasi tingnan pag terno mag ina. She mentioned that she buys some of her and Sam's matching outfits at Kids of Bayo.

Last Friday, pumunta ko sa Robinson's Manila to scout for matching outfits. At tamang tama naman, at sale.

Yan yung nabili ko na shirt sa Kids of Bayo. Size 4 kay Marianna at size 18 naman sa kin (largest na yun!,lalo tuloy ako na inspire mag diet at kung tataba ako ay wala ng magkakasya sa kin). Daming cute dun at sayang lang konting designs lang meron kasi nga 50% sale items nila. Naisuot na namin agad yung binili ko na shirts kasi nag mall kami kahapon. Nakakatuwa kasi halos lahat ng nakakasalubong sa amin naka-smile. Natutuwa siguro sila sa itsura namin mag-mommy.

Eto naman yung isa pang matching outfit namin ni Marianna. Sa Twilo ko naman nabili. 20% off yung sa kin, yung kay Marianna naman 30% off. Grabe ang saya ko nung Friday. Natuwa ako ng sobra sa mga nabili ko.
Wala pa ngang occassion kung san namin to pwedeng isuot. Pero malamang sa sobrang excitement, gumawa ako ng happening para lang maisuot namin to.

GT: Picture showing some Flesh

GT for this week : picture of you that’s showing some flesh

 Believe it or not, this is as much flesh that i  can show...

This is one of my shots prior to getting hitched at our wedding last December 15, 2007 

I designed my own wedding dress and opted for an off-the-shoulder style kasi feeling ko i have nice shoulders to show off ....

Hindi kasi ako nag susuot ng sleeve less o shorts pag lumalabas ng bahay.

Pang bahay lang ang aking legs at arms at ang asawa ko lang ang mag aappreciate nito at di kasi kagandahan. Mala palo-palo kasi ang hita at binti ko at pang laban naman ng bunong braso yung arms ko. Ang totoo nga nyan, mas maliit pa ang hita at binti sa kin ni Mark at parang nagkapalit yata kami, hehe. Anyways, ganun paman, feeling ko, at lagi din nya sinasabi na ako pa din pinaka sexy para sa kanya kaya naman forever feeling long ang hair ko :-)

Huli man daw at magaling ... magkakapera pa din

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GT: Vital Stats ...

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Age: 30 yrs and 9 months and 2 days (my birthday is May 30, 1979)

Height: 5’3”


Weight: 125 lbs (dapat daw 115 lbs lang, weh?)


Vital stats: 36 28 37 (kailan ko nga ba huli tong sinukat?)


Whew !!! glad had this done and over with. Ano nga ba for next week?

Nyay! mas malala pa pala, haha