News this morning confirmed that a 10 year old girl is being treated for AH1N1 virus in a hospital in Manila. Scary as it may sound, DOH said that there is no cause for panic. Rather, everybody should be extra careful and cautious (shouldn’t we be all the time?). Hand sanitizers and alcohol should come in handy now.

The AH1N1 scare have caused so much for people (like us) who usually take advantage of the summer vacation to have a short getaway with the whole family. To date, I know four families (excluding ours) who have canceled their trips abroad because of the virus. Well, we all believe that its better to be safe than sorry alright. As for my in laws who are now in the US, they left before AH1N1 (still called Swine Flu then) has made its presence felt. They flew to US to attend my sister in law’s graduation when the virus has said to hit California and New York (and now other cities and states too). They were supposed to have a side trip to New York for some New York Sightseeing being offered by CitySights NY, a recognized leader in New York City sightseeing that has hop-on, hop-off bus tours operated on a fleet of 60 new double-decker buses designed with top-deck-only seating to provide tourists with the best possible views of New York City’s attractions, neighborhoods and places of interest but they canceled last minute. They opted to stay in Florida and now in Washington where my sister in law moved for work. They didn’t want to risk their health too, of course.

They’ll be coming home next month and hopefully by that time AH1N1 would be out of the scene already so we could take our HK trip with them.  Sophia’s itching to go to Disneyland (again) while I am itching to SHOP and pig out!

loves the camera

I hope this is more than enough reason for the husband to get me a new cam.

Let’s wait and see.

This is a shout out to my sister in law who graduated cumlaude at University of Florida sometime last week, congratulations! We are so proud of you. Too bad we couldn’t personally witness your graduation as your little nephew is just way too young to fly over there. Seeing the photos at your multiply though kinda gave us the feeling that we were there with you. Nice photos, btw. Daddy Ramon and Mommy Naomi looked so proud! And Jojo too! Hehe.

Anyway, we hope to see you soon. Jon promised to visit you sometime March as December according to him is way too busy a month for his business which means business is good, right? We shouldn’t complain, he might not buy both of us our Christmas bags! Haha.

Sophia and I are so excited! The little girl would always tell me she’s going to America to visit Auntie Nancy. We take her to Disneyland and she’s one happy gal for sure. As for me, take me to New York, please! Let’s rent out one of those Car Service NY and go around the city. I heard GO Airlink NYC offers affordable, on time and safe SUV and Car service transportation throughout New York City, Westchester, Connecticut, JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Airports. I bet it’ll be super fun!

See you soon and congrats again! Love your “cumlaude” present by the way. Wala niyan dito, pasakay ha!

May 1 – the gang trooped to Antonio’s Fine Dining and boy oh boy, did our kids make a scene! Haha. The kids were complete – Sophia, Marla, Migs, Summer and Sage so imagine how noisy and “gulo” they were.  Sorry to those who were there on a date.

Here’s a photo of us mommies.

After a hearty lunch of soups, salads, steaks and desserts, we headed to Highlands of course.

Here are the kids biking…

Migs, Marla and Sophia waiting for their turn to horseback …

We had dinner at Highlands China Palace after.

It was a great day, a holiday definitely well spent. 

Off to looking at stereo cabinet online now. The husband has been wanting to have one for quite some time already.  I hope I find a great deal.

MATEO

My little boy has been loving his ate’s exersaucer and has been making poopoo in his potty seat too (will post a pic soon).

SOPHIA

Physically and emotionally, my eldest is such a big girl already. She takes her “ate” role seriously too, always looking after her baby brother.  Here she is biking at Tagaytay Highlands last May 1.

Now tell me, doesn’t time really flies fast?  I’m sure before I know it Mateo is running around already while Sophia will be in puberty stage. Yaiks! Thinking about it makes me cringe. I just hope that Sophia won’t have problems with acne and won’t need acne treatment like I did when I was younger.

Thanks, Jade.

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To

- our upcoming HK Trip (you see, we don’t get tired of HK!)
- Mateo’s 1st Birthday Party this November
- spending time with my fellow Mommy Bloggers this Friday
- buying another LV bag, my first for the year. Ang tagal na pala! My last purchase was Dec pa.
- a new car (a mommy car!)
- a beach getaway (although I’m not a beach person)
- Mateo’s first solid meal
- our US trip (hopefully matuloy na)

8 Things I Did Yesterday

- went to the bank
- paid bills
- talked to my mom over the phone
- surfed the net for almost anything I can think of including the best acne treatment as per a friend
- took a nap with Sophia (her yaya was on a day off)
- shopped online
- logged in at facebook
- organized some of my photos in my laptop

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

- travel to Europe
- be a chef
- lose weight
- have endless funds to buy anything I want (haha, so materialistic!)
- be the best mom
- be the best wife
- raise God-fearing kids
- shop shop and shop some more
- own a Hermes bag!

8 Shows I Watch

- Prison Break
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Desperate Housewives
- news
- Totally Spies (Sophia’s current fave)
- Only You although not religiously (I love the Korean version thats why)
- Gossip Girl
- Dr. House

8 People I Tag

- Peachy
- Jacqui
- Abie
- Twinkie
- Jen
- Joy
- Kelly
- Alpha