here's to the new year

Last post for the year 2008. I am really thankful for a lot of things, although my brother is not with us anymore somehow he managed to make everything fall into place. I wouldn't really elaborate on the details, I would just keep it to myself. Nothing is impossible with our dear father up above, without his trials we wouldn't be as stronger as we are right now. I am thankful for my husband who has been patient with me as long as I can remember. he loved me for who I am as well as my whole family. my son who has been a great learner these past months, what an awesome lil fella! we're such proud parents for all the achievements he had made, hope he could continue that attitude. my in-laws for being supportive as ever even when my brother died. I thank my offline and online friends, who had been there for me cheering me up and making me happy when I was down, thank you all! as well as our buddies at work and for our jobs as well. it brings us food to the table, thank you God!

well... farewell 2008, it has been a great new year full of ups and downs, now we are ready to face 2009. Hope you guys have a safe new year wherever you are!

cheers! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! peace, love, happiness and great health to all of us!

a belated merry christmas

How was everyone's christmas? I hope you guys had a good one. as for us, well you can say we had a lonely one since the little one isn't here as well as the in-laws. Can you believe I didn't cook anything for our Noche buena? I didn't even get to open my presents, I only opened it this afternoon when hubby came home from work. It was mostly food and kitchen utensils (lol) It was all good. hubby bought me a 10 MP fujifilm finepix z20.



I was supposed to get another sony cybershot since we gave my 6MP one to my MIL. but I am so lovin' this camera right here. it isn't bad at all, I tell ya! What I love most about it is it's mpeg video, It's amazingly clear! compared to my cybershot this one take's the cake. I can't really share the video that I took on christmas eve at work. since my card reader isn't working, I'll probably share it some other time. anyhoo, hubby was also supposed to buy me DSLR! but he told me I can only choose one, soooo I chose the compact point and shoot since it's very important to me. The DSLR can always come later, besides it's not practical to buy that yet. I'd rather spend it with other things, I had to weigh in my options to see if I really needed it or not =/.

Thank you so much to Lhyz who gave this cute lil hello kitty gift! mahalo nui loa, Lhyz! It's perfect for putting all my beaded jewelry! love it!



and of course, I finally got my twitter exchange gift from my twitter mommy Dianeskie, maraming salamat, princess Di! I'm always wearing them, I swear! love na love ko sila talaga... I can't retrieve the pics just yet on my camera since my reader isn't working. and of course my baby caryl finally received hers as well, thank goodness! I'm glad she loved it!

UPDATED: In other news, last night around 7pm, the whole Oahu island had a power outage, due to lightning and rain I wasn't sure. I was currently shopping at Ross at the time. I was in the fitting room when I noticed the lights kept on flickering. As soon as I got to the checkout line the registers went down and I was so glad to get in line before the line became long. As I headed to Pearlridge mall (the building was just behind Ross) The whole mall just blacked out! of course a lot of screaming and yelling here and there mainly caused by silly teenagers! I quickly walked my way up to Sears since I had to take one floor down coz I parked in front of Sears, the place was just pure darkness, it was sooooo spooky! it also rained hard, I was shopping by myself since hubby was all alone sleeping at home. there was heavy traffic due to people getting out of the malls and heading back home. You can only see car lights, there was no power everywhere --- not even traffic lights! I spent my time using up the power of my laptop and just twittering on my phone. I slept around 1am and can you believe the power came on around 9:45 in the morning? this was way worse than the last time, The last power outage was around 2006 when an earthquake shook the whole hawaiian islands! ok, I'll be blogging again sometime soon, I need to finish my online tasks. It's about 1am here Hawaii time, I need to get some sleep now. have a blessed holidays to all! oh before I forget, I've sent the christmas cards FINALLY! for those who haven't received anything, you'll be getting something from me in the mail... wait lang kayo! iisa isahin ko kayo eh hehehee...

UPDATED BLOGS:
1. Eagle eye
2. clothes shopping

a luggage for your thought

I was supposed to fly to San Diego along with hubby after my in laws and my son had went around the 17th. It was just too bad I couldn't be there, bummer. My hubby's family side are travel oriented people, they love to travel very much, like my sister-in-law and her family, they have been everywhere in the world. I think I've adapted pretty much for the love of traveling. I badly need a new luggage, how about you? check out this awesome site called luggagebase.com where they sell really great luggage sets, just browse around their brands, they pretty much guarantee you low prices everyday. Try their Price beater challenge, It just might surprise you, They'll beat that price to $5 and they'll even give you free shipping. wow! Well, I just might need new luggages, we're planning to take a vacation in the mainland maybe earlier next year.

a sad christmas rush

Oh, christmas is just a few days away and we are soooo sad! why? coz my son just left around the 17th, my mother-in-law accompanied him to San Diego, me and hubby were supposed to go, too but hubby couldn't get his leave for the holidays while I was approved for 2 days use or lose leave. hubby doesn't want me to leave him all alone here for christmas, I felt sad but that's ok, at least we'll be together.. we've never been apart ever, and we're never gonna be! that's sorta our pact hehee...

anyhoo, when I picked him up at school I told him he's leaving that night and he'll finally see legoland! he wasn't very happy when I told him he'll be leaving with his grandma, he knew we weren't coming, and he was about to cry! I took it back and I finally said we'll be boarding another plane, it's just they have to go first and we'll come next. I knew he bought it at first, poor guy. when they were boarding the plane he was crying coz he knew we weren't there. he was looking more for his papa because my husband has an aiport badge he has access to come in the airport, me and our uncle stayed outside. Our heart broke for our lil guy. he'll be coming back Jan. 11th for their school starts at Jan. 13th. but so far he's doing ok there with his cousins. I remember yesterday I went to pick his school homework and activity pack his classmates saw me and a loud buzz of whispers from the kindergarteners were like:

"it's nathan's mom! it's nathan's mom!"
"Where's nathan??"
"how come nathan is gone already?!"

They were all so funny, some moms were there helping out with the goodie bags and all, I received Nate's goodie bag, so cute! in it were lots of goodies, books and a christmas wreath that was made with a paper plate, hand traced hands made by the children and a lil poem at the back and a picture of the whole class in the front.




It's a tiring week, I apologize for not updating regularly like I used to. eversince the in-laws came everyday was really hectic and come night time after work I feel pooped out. but since Nate won't be here for the holidays it will be only me and the hubbykins, can you believe I haven't finished my christmas cards yet? as well as my gift wrapping session? I'll get to that tonight, hoo boy! and I'll find time to revamp the site and get things going while Nathan is away, I'll try my best to keep in touch and return comments as soon as I get this show on the road. have a great holidays, everyone!!

thank you to the following who sent christmas cards: ate jenny and jhayelle love you guys!!

a superfood?

Can you imagine in the near future we would have invented simply everything we could think of? in the past decades inventors and scientists have done a pretty good job making ways and discovering things that you can't even imagine. pretty impressive. nowadays, a lot of scientists discover more ways to fight the great enemy we always hate, aging. There's a lot of factors that can affect aging and in our everyday lives, it's almost impossible to avoid it. I can't imagine myself all wrinkly, I just can't. to tell you honestly, I hate taking anything that comes in pills or tablets, I fear that someday something might happen to me. but I understand not all supplements out there are harmful, like Lipovox for example is the original "super foods" supplement that you can take that can help burn your fat, get rid of your horrible acne, and reduce those wrinkles you keep complaining about. read these Lipovox reviews to help you understand if it's right for you, always remember to consult your doctor first before venturing into any supplement to prevent you with other health reasons.

hip and cool

I love designing stuff from clothes to interior designing, I remember before I always had the time to sit down and just grab my sketchbook and I'll be in my own lil bubble just sketching away designs of clothes and accessories as well as furnitures. When I go downtown my fave place to look at are modern furniture designs that are displayed in stores. I like modern day furniture, they are just so cool and you can always match everything according to your preference. I like matching modern with a bit of classic, if we'll have a house someday, I'll probably go crazy running around in these type of stores. If you love modern furnitures, try checking out treomodern.com where they sell contemporary furniture at reasonable prices, well the designer at heart could get a kick out of this store! I know I would, just look at those gorgeous pieces, I am so drooling right now!

twilight fever

Helloooooooo!!! I'm baaaaack!! well, I actually got back online like a few days ago when I finally finished the 4th book from the Twilight Saga, Breaking dawn. damn, it was such a great story! (let me blab about it again, please...) I cried and I laughed, boy... if you haven't read it yet, I suggest you do... I promise, it's quite addicting. Once you start there's no way of stopping (look at me).

I actually took a break online, concentrated reading the whole saga. I also saw the movie, it was good.. but it wasn't that really impressive (sorry) I wanted to see so much more, but what can we do? it's only an adaptation, so all in all I still loved it. I prepared myself when I was about to see the film, no high expectations inside, I think I was only drawn to it by the characters' chemistry (lol) I just love Rob and Kristen so much as playing Edward and Bella. You fall in love with the characters so easily and in such a short time when you are done reading it, It sure was painful letting go. I think this is a record for me, reading 4 books in 2 weeks, I don't do that. when I read a book it takes me at least weeks coz I read it when I have time. but boy, for the whole saga, after doing my chores and my mommy duties I was always buried inside my book and my laptop reading in bed. hubby knows I'm addicted. It's like my own personal heroin (lol). yes. I still have the twilight fever and I hope it will pass on soon. Anyways, my hubbykins is always there to give me that crooked smile, heheee...

And I have great news, too! I finally met Winnie! she was currently waiting in line, and I was counting money at the time when all of a sudden somehow my head moved to the side to see outside the window, I couldn't believe my eyes-- is that WINNIE? I thought. I waved at her and she also waved back! I hurriedly excused myself out of the cash cage, I went to greet her, gave her a hug and said our hello's heheee. it was an awkward moment, lots of people in line, I also met her lovely and cute daughter, Winter. It was nice meeting her, it was my first time to meet a blogger in person. I just wished at that moment that we could have some time eat lunch or something, but there wasn't any time at all. bummer. That's ok, maybe next time! I am pretty sure we can still see each other again since she shop from where I work, she saw me first before I even got to see her (lol). I told her that I was really a big girl in person, and she was quite the petite size herself, ang cute nya hehee. sayang, walang picture noh, Winnie? sayang...

I hope someday I can still get to meet a lot of you. It's 3 am right now, I gotta catch some zzz, we're also preparing for my in-laws, they'll be arriving within a week and we're so excited to see them again. Will bloghop tomorrow (I know, I know, sue me) my apologies to all those who kept in touch always eventhough I wasn't active online, you know who you guys are....

Anyways, I didn't receive my twitter gift from my mommy yet! I am soooo excited! weeeee and lastly, I wanna say thank you to sis Lhyz for surprising me with a cute Hello Kitty golden round jewelry container (whatever you call it), maraming salamat sis, ang cute cute nya post ko na lang pics sa susunod... dami ko na utang sayo, nahihiya na ako sayo heheee

Ok, goodnight y'all!

moving?

As much as we want to move out of Hawaii, we just can't at the moment. We love this place so much, no matter how small this island can be, nothing beats the paradise, I'm telling you. All through my life, I've experienced moving all around the country, well that is back home in my hometown in the Philippines, of course. Moving can be such a hassle especialy when you don't have moving trucks to help you out, can you imagine what a nightmare that would be? My sister-in-law and her family had moved around a lot since they were in the military, moving had kept her strong since she was the only one who had to do it because the husband wasn't around since he gets to go out first. When they were about to move to Japan, I saw how the movers moved so fast and wrapped everything in a jiffy. It was like a piece of cake, very impressive. Most friends of mine are in the military so I know what they are going through. I have never experienced moving around that much since my dad was retired Navy so I really didn't know how hard it was to move around every three years or so. Moving can be a hassle, so save your time and visit upack.com for all your moving needs.

try alli

I have to say, I'm tempted to try out new diet fads everytime something comes out. Like today, I bought this celebrity magazine and on the cover were two hot celeb moms informing the world how they ended up losing the flab without any rigorous exercise. but in my mind I am pretty done with the whole diet stuff. Well, I've tried some diet pills and it didn't really suit my body, maybe I wasn't really paying attention to what I am supposed to do. And We all know that certain diet pills works well with some people, depends on their body. So, are you in the process of choosing what's best for you? There are lots of helpful reviews online that you can read before you step in and try any kind of diet pills, I remembered one time I was talking to my manager about this product called alli because It was the first time that I've seen it, that was a long time ago I was doing a refund at the time at work when I noticed it. I got curious and my manager told me that she had used it and it helped her a lot. It's a bit pricey, though. but hey, if it has good reviews and your doctor says it's ok for you to use it, might as well give it a go.