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Moving Out Together

My husband and I (and the little one too) are still living in the pad where I was living as a single. It's actually a homestay place with 12 big rooms with its own bath and toilet. It's a very convenient place, with a veranda, kitchen and appliances shared by other boarders. Its location is the best part since it's just 3 to 5 minutes away from the city center. We can get to the office, to malls and establishments quickly. We both love the place and the people we share the big house with. But it's just so different now that I'm having a baby. The convenience we are considering should not just be for our own but for the little girl as well. It's no longer whether we could get to the office and malls on time but is the air she's breathing safe. It's no longer the savings we get for sharing the appliances with others but her health and safety of her stuff for food, clothings, nappies and all...

We are still searching for the best yet affordable place. It's just so difficult to find the best spot here in the city. Just this weekend, we found a house open for rent. It's located in a safe and secure neighborhood. It's either newly built or newly renovated. It's beautifully painted in chrome yellow with big windows and verandas, a balcony by the bedroom backdoor and a parking space. It's steel fenced too. We just didn't have the chance to take a look inside but we had the contact number and the owner. I wonder how much the rent would be. I just hope we could afford it. We really like the place. *sighs* I wish my friend George Lindemann would share even just a bit of his "richness" for us to have a place to start our home with. Hi George.... if you ever read this blog, I'd love to hear what you think. *winks*

Posted: 10:20, 2007-Dec-25

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Popping Out of My Belly

Okay, okay, let me explain. The wedding was supposed to be May of 2008. But during the last week of June, I learned a positive news. I'm positive. So instead of tarrying until next year, we decided to have the wedding at the soonest time possible. We were wed in a Civil court last 10th of August with a presiding judge, 3 witnesses and our parents. It was a solemn yet sweet first wedding. The grand one (9th of Sept) mentioned on the past 2 posts was the Church celebration with friends and relatives.

So about the baby... On her 5th month, we learned through Utrasound test that she's a girl. The tiny bit who is crowding my belly is a fragile, sweet little girl. She's due to come out Feb of next year which makes her about 8 months now. She is growing pretty fast. And so am I (waaaaaaaaaa!) On my recent Ultrasound check up, I saw her defined face. The doctor showed me a little triangle just in the middle of her head.... yep, it was her nose. For a baby, it was perfectly shaped. I bet she wouldn't be needing a rhinoplasty in Chicago as she wouldn't be needing to correct it... The shape was somewhat like her dad's. I hope she'll get my lips, my smile and my brows. Or she may have it uniquely her own. She'll be very pretty I believe :D

Like I said, she's growing pretty fast now. She must be so snug inside the womb now that she doesn't do somersaults anymore. She bumps on my ribs and my pelvic bones. Sometimes, I could feel her bumping her head on her own hand. Her hand, knees, toes and elbows would stretch out like reaching for something that it really forms a defined bulge in my tummy, like it would pop out anytime soon.... Sometimes it hurts and very uncomfortable but most of the time it feels cool and weird at the same time.

Am excited to finally hold her in my arms.. but really really anxious and nervous on delivering her out.

Posted: 09:58, 2007-Dec-25

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The Tie That Binds - too!

Moving on...

Another thing that helped us with the wedding budget was finding the right venue with staff who are willing to accommodate and bring out the wedding concept we "sooo wanna" have. They adjusted according to what we could afford and still, with a good quality. The place was not as grand as San Diego Ivy Hotel but the space was good enough for the reception and their garden was just what I was hoping... it has drapes of light and white flowers.. very fit for an elven wedding.

Everything was smooth and was going according to plan. Until.... it rained!!!! I was reminded of Alanis Morisette's song "Ironic". A rain on your wedding day is just sooooooooooo ironic. Especially when it's supposed to be a garden wedding. So the crew moved to plan B. Transferred all the seats and ceremonial altar to the reception hall. The hall looked funny and disorganized since the ceremonial podium seemed to pop out of nowhere. Thankfully there were friends, dressed in fairies, who volunteered to be usherettes and assisted the guests in.

There were glitches on the seating arrangements and other things that didn't go according to plan... (Blame it on the rain??) But I didn't want to look so distracted and troubled on my own wedding day so I let those distractions and worries took care of itself... (sorry guests) I decided to smile and was not stressed. Good thing too, I had my younger brother as the main coordinator and he was the shock absorber on my behalf.. hehehehe

All went well after all. It was sweet and meaningful. I'd say it was one of the best weddings I've ever attended. Because it was mine. *lolz*

Posted: 09:30, 2007-Dec-25

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The Tie That Binds

That night ended with a YES. Of course, what I was feeling that past month didn't just go away over night, not even after the proposal. But I decided to let it go, like it's a trash on its way to the bin. One piece at a time until we both recovered. It wasn't easy but it's not so difficult either. Must be because we were good friends right from the start and the 5 long years of being in the relationship, though long distance, helped us know more of each other and we've developed a certain depth of love and confidence and trust in each other's words.

So we moved on with the wedding plans. It was fun talking about the concept, the motiff and the effects for the event... the key persons and other preparations. The not so fun part was the budget. We wanted to do something close to the Mü online game theme. Mü is a game we both play since 2002. It's a world of Elvens, Wizards, Knights, Gladiators and Dark Lords. We didn't want to have a gothic, dark feel so we stuck to the Elven Map, for a lively, enchanted feel.

Like I said, the budget was tight. Thankfully we have friends who helped us by sponsoring some parts of the celebration. Our SMSI friends paid for the 8k cake. My sisters for my gown, shoes and accessories. A German friend sponsored an accommodation for the couple in Marco Polo Hotel, a couple bought the wines for us, George Lindemann took care of a portion in the banquet reservation, and another Ninong and Ninang pledged an amount to help as well.

We were sooooo grateful that we have friends with generous hearts.

Posted: 09:08, 2007-Dec-25

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He Proposed

So as promised, an update of the past 7months.

I was seriously considering going some place, away. I just felt that our roads just do not lead to the same direction anymore. I wanted to do something new, go somewhere I've never been to, try out something dramatic, spectacular and unexpected. I wanted to change my life. Right there and then. I was thinking.. perhaps a bunjee jump in Niagara, a Dubai exploration or a San Diego facelift... an exaggeration you may think but that is just how I was feeling. It was May of this year when I decided to visit my Davao home.

Other than paying my parents a visit, I also took the time to gather all the documents and files needed to fly out. Since I was born in Davao, graduated from Ateneo de Davao Uni, and used to worked there too, all of my academic files, NSO records and stuff are all in Davao agencies. Some documents were secured easily, and other would have to wait for validation, etc..

I was back to work after that. I didn't tell him (my bf then) my plans. Our relationship was quite on a rocky shore at that time, so I didn't bother. But I thought the news would bring him relief and a breath of future freedom, so I told him my plans of breaking up, flying away and leaving him for good. That was around last week of May. It was a difficult decision for me because deep in my heart, I know it's not what I wanted. I just feel it's for the best... or so I thought.

He took my words one at a time. He was silent, seemed like he understood but didn't look like he's agreeable to the idea. I was firm and so was he, but in a different view. We called it a night and didn't talk much about it. We work in the same office and in the same project but thankfully, our relationship didn't get in the way of our jobs and the same way, we didn't have relationship problems related to work (if you get what I mean).   It was in fact easier to focus with work when I don't have to gaze his way and look him in the eye.

(WARNING: Muuuushy stuff ahead)

It was that way until the 4th of June.   He asked me to come to dinner with him. We were in a restaurant when he told me he realized that deep in his heart, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.   That if he'd lose me "now", he might spend the rest of his life searching, regretting and living a life with lesser meaning.... then he popped the question.. "WIll you be my Mrs. Aquino?"

I didn't answer. not right away. I asked why, how come, and all probing questions I could think of. His answers were just what I needed to hear.

Posted: 08:35, 2007-Dec-25

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The world is revolving

Hello!

It's been a long while. What happened between my last post below and today? Many many many stories to talk about. I can share each and every bit of it as I try to update this blog again. I thought I lost all the PRs I was seriously working on for my other blogs. Good thing Gbot only affected my eklaboo and not the other sites. And this site even gained 2 green strokes of PRs ^_^

Yeah, so how's my life the past... (counting..) 7 months?

1. My boyfriend proposed
2. We were married
3. We're now having a baby
4. We're planning to move to a new home

Of course each item is a long story to tell. I'm sharing bits of my life with you one day at a time.

Have a nice day ahead!

Posted: 09:52, 2007-Dec-12

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Homeward Bound

Am in Davao now. But as usual I brought my work with me. This is not really vacation for me as I have been tasked to do some Marketing leg works. The trip didn't go well, I was dizzy and hungry the whole time. I sat next to a Dutch businessman who loves Davao and was living here for about 3 years now. A very interesting person who didn't seem to mind the bumpy trip. He knows a bit of Visayan. We talked about all kinds of stuff, from Jazz Music then language, then Product development and ISO documentation to a feasibility for an Ethanol plant to be built somewhere in General Santos City... material handling, manpower management, statistics.... pretty technical huh? You bet. But it was fun. Good thing I was an Industrial Engineer by profession (but not by practice) or else the conversation and exchange of ideas wouldn't be that "juicy". It ended up with him offering me a position in his company as they are in dire need of an IE with experience in documentation. I reacted with a big "whoa!". I mean, the last time I worked with project planning reports and bloody progress documentations was 2 years ago. I may be an organized person when it comes to work and beating quotas and deadlines, but... my IE hands are all rusty now and I just don't think I fit the job. I gracefully declined the offer. Besides, I can't just leave my current job. I love my current work and the things that come along with it.. ^_^ When we reached Davao, he asked for my number and he'll keep in touch he said.

So yun. I'm happy to be home. And sleep in my own bed. Miss my old life. Just before I left, my boyfriend noticed that I seemed excited for the trip. I was. I was exhausted the past days and it showed. It's not leaving that I was excited about, it was simply because I was heading home.

Posted: 02:13, 2007-May-30

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Watta Dei

1. Cebu trip, not approved due to current work load. Therefore, canceled. Sorry sis Pebbles, Chang and Haze. Seems like the "get together" will have to be moved to another sked. Perhaps some other time.

2. Sun Network, dead (just today). Earlier today, I decided to just bring my sun phone with me and leave my globe phone in the office. I don't usually bring celphones when I'm off to banks or when I go to places at ayoko'ng maholdap. But it was going to be hectic day so I brought a phone just in case I need to reach someone or they need to reach me. But.. gaiks, the Sun network was off the whole time. Kahit hanggang ngaun. The phone was close to useless except for quick calculations and glimpse on the calendar. I didn't bring any bag with me, so bulky pa. I'm not bashing the SunCellular here.. I love Sun and their affordable rates. It's just that their network sometimes crashes right at the time when you need it.

3. Hugs-u is ready! :D I just received an email from my host that my domain new is now ready to take a plunge into the blogging world. At least we have a good news here ^_^ I'll be creating niche blogs on it. For future financing use :D

4. Bleach time. Nope, I'm not getting a whitening treatment. I'm currently hooked to Bleach Anime ahihihi. This may sound surprising to some of my friends who didn't know I'm an anime buff. Me and my other OFW friends here have spent anime marathon for 3 nights now (not consecutive) and tonight we might finish the entire episodes of the saga and are looking forward to the next.

Bout u, how was your day?

Posted: 11:06, 2007-May-22

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work werks

It's 11:20 PM and I'm still here in the office *sighs*... I got here at around 7am did the usual work stuff. I didn't realize until later that I had heaps of excel sheets and tons of reports to complete and submit.. GAh! So here I am.. on my almost 16th hour of the day.. I just closed the last file and am almost done with the report... almost but not quite ^_^ Just when I was almost done, I can't seem to figure out what to do, how to do it and other matters... No matter how I look at the sheets over and over again, i just can't get it done.

think.

think.

think.

Sorry guys if my entry is rather "messy".. I'm just sorting out some thoughts and ideas for my report. bear with me for now :D thanks

I thank you all for your warm welcome. I just feel I'll enjoy it here in villageblogger... I'll definitely be dropping by your sites! :D

wrapping up. Gotta get back to my report now. Catch ya'll later :)

Posted: 11:34, 2007-May-15

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am here

Hello friends! I've moved ^_^ please welcome me to this new site. Sorry for moving from one blog to another... been hiding from people. Just some people. I hope i'll enjoy my stay here though. I hope i can learn how to tweak this site and customize it to my style ^_^
Posted: 10:01, 2007-May-5	Comments (4) \| Add Comment \| Link

Mga kasabihan

"Magkasinlakas lang ang muscles namin ni Pacquiao, pero hindi talaga ako ang kalaban niya, bakit ba ang kulit ninyo?!" - VINA MORALES

"Anong akala mo sa akin, mayaman?! Nauubusan din ako ng pera!" - ATM

"You never even thanked me for making you happy, then you throw me away just like that... I hate you for using me, for making my life full of shit..." - TOILET PAPER

"Huwag po nating salubungin ang mga bumababa. Hindi po natin sila kamag-anak." - LRT OPERATOR

" Napaka-unfair ng buhay sa mundo... Bakit hindi ako pwedeng magmahal?!" - UKAY-UKAY

"You know, I feel I'm relaxing...you know... Thanks for da God... To all Filipino, thanks for da supporting wid me..." - MANNY PACQUIAO

"Biktima rin ako ng abortion." - BALUT

"Alam kong may gusto ka sa akin. Pasimple ka pa. Bakit hindi mo ako seryosohin? Pero bago ang lahat, gusto ko, alam mo na hindi ako easy-to-get. " - FLAT 1.0

"Huwag mong sabihing pinaiyak kita dahil una mo akong sinaktan." - SIBUYAS

"Panakip-butas lang ba talaga ako?" - PANTY

"Halika, pag-initin mo ako! Kailangan kong pumutok upang ako'y iyong matikman at ika'y masarapan... ayaaan na! Malapit na!!! Puputok na!!!
Aaaaahhhh... ." - POPCORN

"Huwag mo akong sisihin kung cold man ako dahil hindi naman ako magmamatigas kung binigyan mo lang sana ako ng konting importansya! " - KANING LAMIG

"Hindi lahat ng alak, nakalalasing. " - ALAK-SAN

"Hindi lahat ng 13, malas." - 13th MONTH PAY

Posted: 09:50, 2007-May-5

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