reality check

the other day, Dr. AC told me that i gained weight an in front of an audience and to my horror, everyone agreed without batting an eyelash! she said that you gain around 7lbs for every year that you're married.....but it looks like i had reached my quota for the year after 3 months of marriage! *sob sob* so that day i went and had 2 hours of badminton (after which we ate shawarma -how ironic) and today i vowed to eat less rice. Dr. CP even taught me the flank test.....after a shower, look in the mirror and bend from side to side and if you're happy with what you see then you're doing ok.....hmmmm.....reality check, age is creeping up on me and i need to lessen my buffet dates!

doing the things i love to do

today has been a fairly good day. i was able to wake up on my own with tons of time before i really had to do anything productive. of course the first thing on my itinerary was to have a good breakfast and since im living in my hubby's place sunday breakfast can only mean bibingka bought at a local store (pretty good i might add) served with butter on the side. that, and ginger tea, that makes me hiccup like crazy (but i go ahead and keep on drinking it), and the good old star. call me a bit old fashioned but i like flipping through the pages of the newspaper even if i can read the news on line. maybe it makes me feel adult to be holding huge sheets of off-white paper with printed pages of, today, mostly lifestyle articles.....just my thing!
after my breakfast i was urged to get ready for an ever important event *tandadadah* the christening of one of my good friend's baby girl. i wore my suka outfit (long story) and had to change bags since the outfit didnt really go well with my D&B


-ladies' bag essentials ....3 wallets for the ever OC budgeting wannabe, my ever dependable O2 atom and the shiny new multipurpose pen i got to replace the lost (or stolen) one *though bubble -everything seems to be for multitasking these days....even my pen!*, my caudalie beauty elixir which makes me feel like a tad bit of the fashionista i want to be and of course other beauty essentials, my maintainance meds for the ill-exposed girl, my newly bought battle gear from national bookstore (which ill be using tomorrow for my duty), and little bits of reciepts and papers i cant seem to let go

when we got to the event, i couldnt help but think that gatherings with friends now a days means either welcoming a new member of the family, baptisms or kiddie parties.....signs of our age.....







i couldnt ignore the fact that, next, next year that would be me going around, showing my little angel to guests. of course the party planner me couldnt help but think what theme the party would be. maybe fairies and princess.....hahaha! thats me.....its never too early to start planning!

the day was extra special because i was able to see my good friends! even if our group wasnt complete, it was great to be with people who has been a part of your life since forever



can i just say couple VMT & DT has such a sweet darling who at 7 months loves to listen to justin timberlake! she would burst into a smile and throw her head back in delight at the sound of his song!



wait a go dear, you will grow up to be one classy gal! but of course.....just like her mom and her ninang (who has shed her tropical barbie hair -featured in a previous blog, and is now sporting her "almost victoria beckham hair")




another delight in the party was that i spotted an anya hindmarch bag (cool!!!) i had pointed it out to my hubby who, the man that he is, said "ah ok".....what did i expect! hehehe!



the day went on with shopping for a new phone for my father in law, which ended in a purchase of the new two sims in one phone, a new innovation,

*franticly trying to find a picture of the new myphone but to no avail*

i wouldnt mind having such a feature but i so love my phone that nothing ever makes me envious anymore. i am one satisfied customer of the O2 atom!!! the only thing that could beat it is the exec but the only feature i long for would be the privacy screen which i heard you can whip up with a screen protector by 3M (or whatever brand). the more i think about it the more i compare it to relationships (what an emotional creature i am today). when you've found the one, you'll never desire anybody else, or anything else for that matter!

just to exemplify how important sms communications are now a days, i had the rare luxury of time to catch up with my close friends after dinner. i of course started with my best buddy JTD



MAR:
Hi best, we missed u at emma's baptism, sorry i wasnt able to mke it to ur party last night, i was hoping to see u kanina
JTD
Onga e!3am na kmi ntp0s lst nyt kc..i knew nman u wudnt go, :( bt neways,hpe we cud c each odr sun..tc!
MAR
Ok, dont wory nxt year my sched will be mre flexble, mas mavvisit n kta üüü
JTD
Ngek!nxt yr pa un?!wat abt hani's bday,db tyo get 2gdr?sna nga my time kna kc we rly mis ur c0mpany a l0t!tgl na s0bra mu bz!
MAR
Oo nga pla, honey's bday ü sna ill be free so we could see each other! Tgal n ngang busy sched, medyo nabuburn out n rin ako, u know i might stay in tmc fr another year, they're offering me an administrative job as chief resident, im still thinking about it, no mre duties but sakit ng ulo lng heading d department, d offer s not official yet pero sabi ng current chief ako daw napipili ng mga consultants, scary....big responsbility...
JTD
I knw u & i bliv u cn do wat is askd f u,watevr mkes u fulfild y n0t db?uv bin thru a l0t na,cguro ez nlng yan syo,kaw pa!wel @ list uv m0r tym 4 urslf & 4 oders,wer n0t geting y0ung na,i tnk dats wat u shud tnk abt,esp married kna dn.
MAR
Oo nga eh, cn u imagine we're at this age?nxt year hopefully i'll join ur ranks as moms ü plan nmn by 2008 may baby na but im a little hesitant cz medyo career oriented pa yung thoughts ko although ur right we're nt getting any younger....im glad even though we dont see much f each other, thru d years we're still there wen we need each other d most (hehehe im so senti) miss u!
JTD
Onga e,alth0u sumtyms we jst chus 2b quiet kc we knw wer ol bz,bt der c0ms a tym na u fil so draind na,d0se r d tyms i mis u d m0st,kc i knw ur d only 1 hu cn undrstand.m so gr8ful dat thru d yrs tyo2 prin ang mgkkaibgan.
MAR
I agree ü
JTD
So i hpe na,ul sun find tym 4 us..tnx best 4 ol d w0ndrful memris!lam ko mdmi pa 2 c0me..hpe 2 cu real sun..txt me lng pg gs2 mo mgpsundo ulit ha?!ü
MAR
I will

i also got in touch with my good friend AC who wasnt able to show up at the baptism because of an exam (no matter how old we are, we are still bound by educational trials)

and of course checked on my good friend AS (soon to be AST in nov when she marries her prince charming) who is slaving away in TMC. 99 days to go...... my gosh it seems so long!

so all in all i had a fairly good day, doing what i like doing, getting ready for another week of work.....

little pleasures of life

these days it seems that it gets harder to find things to be happy about. i dont know if its the pessimistic age im in or the situation that surrounds me but it gets harder and harder to get up in the morning excited about what lies ahead. so the other day i was holding a nice cleanly sharpened pencil and i unexpectedly found delight in the clean wood fading into the lead......weird? yes but uplifting....

what am i doing here

sometimes what you wish for can get really overwhelming. the other day i was hurrying along to finish my job when i passed by a big window on the higher floor of our building and saw the outside world on a bright sunny day and i thought i could be out there enjoying myself, what am i doing here?
for a moment i thought i was such a masochist for chosing to do what i do while i could be somewhere else doing something easier and being compensated much more. i did not have the answer and still dont but i keep doing what im doing, maybe because its what im used to, maybe because its just to hard to take the road "more taken" in my case, but whatever the reason is, there are only a few more days left 112 to be exact and then ill be free........
but somethings you wish for sometimes seem like they will only be a wish forever

what a beauty......sigh......