Hi: Plenty of rackets.
Lo: Not enough time to do other things.

Hi: My mom’s simple dinner party for her 50th birthday next month.
Lo: Cramming for party details and suppliers!

Hi: On my 7th month already. Three more months to go and I’m done!
Lo: Super big tummy and heavy feeling all the time.

Hi: Jon’s Macau Trip this Friday. Read pasalubong.
Lo: I will miss the husband for sure.

Hi: Jon’s go signal to buy a new stroller for Baby Bullet.
Lo: Needs to look for a buyer of Sophia’s old Graco Travel System first.

Hi: New reliable helper that cooks well.
Lo: Teaching her the the routines and what-nots here in the house.

I spent the whole night last night searching online for a formal gown/dress to wear to a wedding next week but to no avail. Instead, I stumbled on a site that sells prom dresses with matching prom shoes. Goodness, how I wish I have a high school girl to dress up this early! The dresses were fabulous! They even have the prom dresses 2009 I wish I can wear myself. Too bad, I am so over that stage already and my little girl has still got a long way to go. She’s just three for pete’s sake! Having a really nice prom dress has been my frustration you see as I didn’t get to have one.  Looking back, I don’t even want to remember what my mom made me wear that time, LOL. So I really get excited looking at really nice prom dresses all the time. It just some sort of brings me back to my youthful days. AHHHH.

I didn’t go to school with Sophia again today even if I planned on going as I needed to run some errands at the mall. I woke up with an aching back that’s why.  I have got a lot on my mind right now you see.  For one, I am still clueless for what venue to consider for the joint celebration of Sophia’s 4th birthday and Baby Bullet’s Baptism Party this March. Wack Wack Gold and Country Club’s Banquet Hall is fully booked for all Saturdays and Sundays of March already. Honestly, after finding out that slots were already taken and paid at that, for some reason, I kind of lost interest planning for the party. Hay…

On to other things, would you know where I can buy a formal maternity dress or gown? I have a wedding to attend to in two weeks time and I am too lazy to look around for something to wear. Maybe you know of a specific store or mall I can go to?  Let me know.

I am craving for “Chicharon Bulaklak” for lunch as of writing this. Hay, I wonder where I can buy one!

Anyway, will leave you with this, Sophia’s “baon” for school which she herself packed and chose from the pantry.

Tagged by Jhona.

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soap questions:
1. favorite soap: Dove and Safeguard.
2. facial soap: Now that I’m pregnant, I only use Dove.
3. body soap: Milk Bath.
4. intimate soap: Lactacyd.
5. laundy soap: Tide.
6. undies soap: Tide.
7. baby soap: Dove unscented too.
8. favorite shampoo: Pantene.
9. favorite conditoner: Pantene.
10. baby shampoo: Johnsons Baby Shampoo.

It always saddens me whenever a friend of mine is in trouble, marital trouble that is. In cases like such, no matter how I would want to help as a friend, sometimes its better to keep our distance as its a very sensitive matter. Its so hard to know when to step in and step back, don’t you agree? As my husband would tell me, the best thing I could do is to listen and just be there for my friend if she ever needs me. But to meddle with things, that I shouldn’t do according to him as I could get myself into a bigger mess. I can’t agree more.

But as a friend too, I couldn’t just watch someone I care for get hurt and live a life in misery. I would do everything and anything to help. It is inevitable that couples, at one point in their lives or relationship, go through trying times that will test them but at the end, all they need is a good Marriage Counselor to save and restore their marriage. I was hoping my friend and her husband recognized this but I was surprised to find out that they have been through it and it didn’t produce good results. So since both are not open to traditional Marriage Family Counseling as they had tried it several times already, I suggested they try Marriage Fitness by Mort Fertel’s How to Save your Marriage system this time as the last resort before they finally call it quits. I fervently hope it works for them. As a friend, this is all I can do.

Tag from Joy decades ago, haha.

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1. When was your first kiss and where?
..::.. I was 16 I think. Late bloomer ano?

2. When was your first real relationship and how long did it last?
..::.. When I was 17 and it lasted for two and a half years.

3. What age were you allowed to date?
..::.. I wasn’t allowed to until they found out I had a bf na pala so this was when I was 17.

4. What’s the craziest thing you did (for love) when you were a teenager?
..::.. Lying to my parents.

5. How long was your longest relationship and what’s the secret?
..::.. With Jon, my husband. The secret? I can’t think of any.

6. How long did you date before you decided to settle down?
..::.. Almost four years.

7. How did you know he was the ONE?
..::.. I just knew.

8. Now, at what age will you allow your kids(s) to date?
..::.. Probably 18 too.

9. When it comes to your kids dating, will you be a cool parent or a strict parent?
..::.. I’d be fair but the husband will definitely be strict!

10. What piece of advice can you give to your child when they start dating?
..::.. Have fun and take care of yourself all the time.

I was in Las Paellas this morning, my usual hang-out, planning on blogging the whole morning while waiting for the mall to open when suddenly, as I tried to open a page, no connection was available. Apparently, down ang GlobeWiz. Darn. I have so many things to do!

Anyway, to kill time, I decided to organize my files and pictures when I saw these photos which I did probably because of boredom haha.

Look at the transformation my dears - hubby’s and Sophia’s. Ako same pa din except for the hair noh? Agree?

I showed these to the husband and all he said was YUCK! He couldn’t believe he was that BIG back in 2006.  BWAHAHAHAHAHA

All over the place I must say.

Was out the whole weekend so didn’t have time to update my blogs.  And now, you could just imagine, I am experiencing major cramming. LOL.

Needless to say, wasn’t able to blog hop so mommies, utang muna my visits. I will in a while. Let me just get back to the groove and breath haha.

My weekend update will be posted in a while so stay tuned. In the meantime, I need to hit the supermarket first and get some grocery supplies.

Later!

We left the house at 5:30am to catch our 8am PAL flight. We were in the airport in no time. Checking in was a breeze. By 7:10am, we were at the Mabuhay Lounge having our breakfast - overflowing congee, sandwiches, fruits, siomai, siopao and coffee.

Here’s me and Sophia while waiting for Jon.

The two of us again at the Mabuhay Lounge.

We were in HK excatly after 1 hour and forty minutes. Flight was on time and we were always given priority in the long lines at the immigration and boarding as I was pregnant and was with a baby pa.

We hopped on to our bus for our city hotel - Park Lane Hotel in Causeway Bay as soon as we got to HK airport.

Here’s the dad and Sophia while inside the bus.

We had lunch at the hotel and slept after. We woke up at 5pm and strolled around Causeway Bay. Our first stop was Toys R Us in Windsor House just infront of out hotel. Symepre pa, toys galore for the little girl. They didn’t have a Leapster though. Next was Sogo and then around the the streets of Causeway Bay lang. We had roasted duck for dinner after and overflowing salmon sashimi with soya milk! SARAP!!!!

Tagged by Em.

The object is to complete each of the following snippets. I have included the blank ones at the end of this post so they can easily be copied and pasted

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I am: Blogging.
I think: Resting.
I know: I need to slow down on sweets.
I have: A lot of pending assignments!
I wish: I can think of topics to talk about for you know what haha.
I hate: Being told what to do.
I miss: None of the moment.
I fear: Poverty, Death and Big C!
I hear: My helper sweeping the floor right now.
I smell: Double Mint chewing gum!
I crave: Peking Duck!
I search: For nothing at the moment.
I wonder: If our next baby will look like me or the husband.
I regret: Not breastfeeding Sophia.
I love: Blogging.
I ache: For Caramel Sundae.
I am not: An organized person.
I believe: In God.
I dance: With my daughter all the time.
I sing: So Much More Than A Dream with Sophia everyday.
I cry: When I need to.
I fight: When I need to.
I win: All the time!
I lose: To the husband alone!
I never: Say never, Haha.
I always: Need to have pool floats beside me all the time when I swim as I am not a good swimmer at all.
I confuse: My Husband all the time.
I listen: Nothing.
I can usually be found: Infront of the laptop.
I am scared: Cancer!
I need: Shop every now and then.
I am happy about: My purchases!
I imagine: Traveling to Europe with hubby and our two kids in the future.

Passing this to Peachy, Jody, Abie, Mich and Thea.