After Bora

March 24

Hair Make-over and Bonding with the Marekois. My appointment with the hairdresser is at 1pm in Vito Cruz. This is the first time that I would try a different parlor to do my hair rebond. Just want to try something new this time and after months of researching over the net, I found Weng of Affascinante. But before getting there, I quickly dropped by at SM North Edsa to purchase PBA tickets for tomorrow's game: SMB vs. BGK at the Big Dome.

And as usual, it took me 6 looonnnggg hours to get my hair rebonded plus a haircut. What else is new, anyway? Just after the session, I took a cab and headed to Greenbelt 5 to meet my marekois for dinner. With Jhie coming late again and meeting Bryce, their new gimik buddy, the night was filled with everything: Dinner at Chili's and some booze at 360.

and ended the night at Jhie's place with Singapore sling :)

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March 25

PBA Day. Got home just before the clock strikes at 12nn. Rested for a while and went out again to watch PBA at the Big Dome. Had merienda at Pancake House before gametime which is at 7:20pm. And as expected, the Dome was filled with fanatics from both teams. I was again at my usual self, madly screaming and insanely cheering for my team. The result: SMB wins again :)

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March 26

Shopping. The whole day was spent at Trinoma and SM North Edsa. Period. hehehehe....

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March 27

Team Manila and Videoke. Today is my last gimik day set at Maru in Jupiter St. Thanks to Olive and the rest of Docs Team for organizing this. Before meeting them at Teloworks office, I went first to Team Manila store in Jupiter St. to buy shirts and here are some of them:

And the party started:

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March 28

Panic-Buying. Still have a lot things to buy for myself and pasalubongs. I went again to SM North Edsa for the last minute shopping. Thank God I was able to manage the little time I had left. Last dinner with the family was like a fiesta and at this moment, I am very thankful and grateful for the 2 weeks that I spent here.

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March 29

Departure. My flight is at 2:45 pm and it was only my nanay who came with me at the airport since my father and brother had to report for work today. I did not oblige them anyway. Actually, I did not want anyone to come with me but my nanay refused. While waiving goodbye at the airport, tears were present again. But this time, those were tears of happiness that I was able to spend quality time with family and friends and looking forward to more of it.

Boracay 2009

My 3rd time to visit Bora, 2nd time with my parents, 1st with the whole family :).

Since the day I booked our flight from Cebu Pacific and reserved our accommodation at Tan's Guest House, I'd been busy preparing for almost everything: from my bikinis to island activities, what to bring and what not to. And when the most-awaiting day arrived, couldn't help but to capture every moment.... the Kodak moments :)

Day 1 (excited ang lahat :D)

at the NAIA Terminal 3

1st day of swimming

1st night in Bora....

Day 2 (My tatay's 59th birthday)

swimming @ Station 1

lunch and swimming @ Puka Beach

merienda @ Big Mouth, D' Mall

sunset


birthday dinner at Jonah's

Day 3 (exploring the island)

on our way to Crystal Cove

si Josh nakakatawa... :))


cave hopping ;))




@the Shangri-la



dinner @ Elle's

Day 4 (Last day na..... kaya todo na 'to!!!!)

Special Moments.....

Binyag - The Singapore Way

When I attended a mass this evening, it was my first time to witness a Baptismal Ceremony here in SG. There were about 25 babies who were welcomed to the Christian World and it took almost half an hour to finish. The last time I attended a Baptism was in 2001 (if I'm not mistaken) and I really don't know if the occasion evolved in the past years. Here in SG, this is how it is observed:

The parents/guardians, together with the baby are lined-up in the middle aisle and have to wait for their turn. A signal will be given to them and they will proceed to the cross-shaped mini pool in front of the altar where the Priest is waiting for them.


There are 2 ways to baptize the child, either by pouring the water over his/her head (infusion) or the priest will immerse the child in the water (immersion). After which, the priest will lift the baby for the whole community to see and he/she will be welcomed by everyone.

I hope these babies will be good and responsible Christians :)

By the way, out of these 25 angels that were baptized, only 2 of them got stuck in my head:... they were named: Christabel (or is it Cristabel) and Genevieve hehehehehe..... :)

Before Bora

March 14

Arrival. Arrived at Terminal 2 a little past 4am with 3 heavy luggages. Had to pay 9 kilos of excess baggage back in SG but I guess, it was all worth it. Though, could have been better if I just put all those extra stuff in my Balikbayan Box weeks ago. Lesson-learnt #1 :)

My parents and kuya were there to pick me up and I was finally home in about an hour. And of course, before my kuya and tatay went for work that morning, I immediately gave away my pasalubongs which include 6 kilos of chocolates (the main reason why I had tons of excess baggage :P) and opened the Balikbayan Box which arrived a week earlier. Christmas in summertime :)

opening the Balikbayan Box :)

After fixing all the stuff, I slept for about 3 hours and woke up at lunchtime where I had a very delicious kare-kare cooked by my nanay. Served with home-cooked bagoong and ripe mangoes for dessert... yummmmmmyyyyy!!!!

At night, I texted my cousins to come over the next day for a simple get-together.

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March 15

Reunion. I woke up at around 9am and my nanay was almost done cooking. Pansit Canton, Fried Chicken and Chopsuey are the menu for the day! (forget about the diet, I'm here to enjoy and live life to the fullest! :P)

My cousins (not all) and my Tita Poying (just arrived few weeks back from Saudi Arabia where she works as a nurse) were there.

Aleli, Aira, me, Tita Poying and Ate Apple

me and nanay

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March 16-17

Shopping time. At SM North Edsa, Greenhills and SM Megamall. Bought 2 sets of bikinis for me and some blouses for nanay plus more goodies for our Boracay getaway :). Had lunch at Jollibee on the 16th and Sbarro on the 17th.

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March 18

Relax and Friends meet-ups. Met my ePhil friends (the Docs team) at Glorietta and handed over to them my pasalubongs. Nanay had to accompany me that time 'coz I just couldn't bear to bring everything from Caloocan to Makati :)

I was supposed to meet my kumareng Tin-Tin at lunchtime but she was called for an emergency meeting and couldn't get out of the office. Good thing though, Jayjay was available to meet me and we had lunch together at Avenetto.

And just before my SPA appointment at The SPA Greenbelt, I dropped by at ePhil office (now Teloworks), to say hi to everybody : Mang Rudy, Mimi, Maidette and the rest. Had a short kumustahan moments with Mimi and Maidette but the most remarkable of all was the photo shoot I had with my kumare and kumpares with Bel and Gene:

Me, Rey and Olive

Gene, Sherwin, Me, Rey, Olive and Bel

lights, camera, emote!!!

At exactly 3:30 pm, I was already inside The Spa and getting myself ready for a well-deserved relaxation which I hadn't done in months! :) Sea Salt Body Scrub, Swedish Massage, Peppermint Foot Scrub and Aromafacial Massage... what more could I asked for? :) And while waiting in between services, I had several cups of Hot Ginger Tea and it was heaven!

Ended the session at 6:30pm but the day wasn't over yet. My former officemates, Buboy and Toti picked me up at Greenbelt and we headed toward The Driveway Bar which Buboy partly owns. It was dinner time with my Lawson buddies:

with Aloy, Frankie, Billy and Toti...

...Rachelle, Lia and Marnie

...Elogs, Giles and Buboy

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March 19

At home. I just stayed home and prepared my stuffs for our Bora trip tomorrow. Me and nanay had our finger and toenails cleaned by my suking manicurista and late in the afternoon, Greenwich Pizza was our merienda. Thanks to the delivery mistake that they committed 'coz we got 3 spaghetti for free hehehehe.. :) And it seems that I still had a lot of room in my tummy that I even ate dinner... rice + pinakbet bwehehehehehehe!!!!