October or November 2011, just because it was written within the 1 year goal, it couldn't be ignored!
Honey so wants to go to the Philippines for vacation this year, I had a feeling I couldn't go because I am new at work, and though I have 18 days paid time off from work, it might be that others are already scheduled for a vacation on this period... I have 18 days paid time off from work but the problem is I don't have my own money to pay for the ticket, which price by the way is soooo crazy! I told Honey I would just cry.
Going to the Philippines this year is not really my favorite topic. Maybe it will be when I get another part time job, or if I would be allowed to take 3 weeks to a month from my current job. I don't feel that it is the time for me to go back to the Philippine yet, though I would really love to if given the lenience.
20110626
20110619
Learning the Guitar
I could play less than 10 chords, most are open chords and some simple flats and sharps. I've learned how to strum the guitar from church back in the olden days...
Honey has a guitar sitting on top of the cabinet just outside our door, and I never thought his guitar isn't cheap! So, I took it out and have it in our room for inspiration, so it could be put to use and have both of us learn some songs to play. Cool right? By the way, here is a photo of the now USEFUL guitar, I was amazed it was actually in tune haha!
Two days ago Honey had to play football with some newbies at the PayPal field and I decided to come but I stayed in the car with the guitar together with a chord book and two sheets of printed songs...
I am feeling the callouses growing at my fingertips but I like it! There is nothing more important than to learn some songs and stage a make believe that we are really good at playing this instrument haha! It is fun to have something new to do without having to spend anything for it anymore... I wonder if there are anything else that I could find around the house that could arouse my interest and could engage us lovebirds.
There is this particular song that we are really so hooked up into right now, a duet, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is the title, and this is our ultimate goal to learn how to strum this song and to be able to sing along with the strumming! This is just a 4-chord song but the heck it is just so ambitious! I have already asked my cousin in the Philippines to upload a video tutorial so we could practice this song and perfect it.
Slowly reading on some guitar tutorials online and is hoping that I could keep my interest on it. Fun stuff!
Honey has a guitar sitting on top of the cabinet just outside our door, and I never thought his guitar isn't cheap! So, I took it out and have it in our room for inspiration, so it could be put to use and have both of us learn some songs to play. Cool right? By the way, here is a photo of the now USEFUL guitar, I was amazed it was actually in tune haha!
Two days ago Honey had to play football with some newbies at the PayPal field and I decided to come but I stayed in the car with the guitar together with a chord book and two sheets of printed songs...
I am feeling the callouses growing at my fingertips but I like it! There is nothing more important than to learn some songs and stage a make believe that we are really good at playing this instrument haha! It is fun to have something new to do without having to spend anything for it anymore... I wonder if there are anything else that I could find around the house that could arouse my interest and could engage us lovebirds.
There is this particular song that we are really so hooked up into right now, a duet, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is the title, and this is our ultimate goal to learn how to strum this song and to be able to sing along with the strumming! This is just a 4-chord song but the heck it is just so ambitious! I have already asked my cousin in the Philippines to upload a video tutorial so we could practice this song and perfect it.
Slowly reading on some guitar tutorials online and is hoping that I could keep my interest on it. Fun stuff!
20110615
2 Consecutive Days Off!
Excited!
True, one would want something that he doesn't have... I recall my first few days here when I was too excited and expectant to get a job, now that I have one (part-time at that) I couldn't wait to have at least a month's off. Life has been so good to us lovebirds though, can't complain. Time is still of essence. I am still looking forward to our every bonding moment together. There must be some movies that we could watch tonight since neither of us is going to be up early tomorrow... Honey's going to have a football tourney in San Francisco on weekend so if his work would allow we could gather up there and bond, there are great Frisco deals in Facebook that we could check out. The Santa Cruz getaway hasn't been realized yet but hopefully we could get it done sometime on one special occasion...
My two days off are like precious golden moments to me that I should not just let it go to waste. There are not that much cleaning to do around anyway so maybe I could learn new songs to play or finish a book review, Honey has to go to work at 3pm anyway. My long time plan to get serious with Odesk.Com has no future I bet, I am too lazy to take up that readiness test, and besides, I could see a lot of Philippine employers hiring, and that is not too attractive for me... I also have to give Indeed.Com a shot for a full time job, HAVE TO, I have obligations to fulfill and some IOU's and we have to buy us a DSLR and save up for the future. Plans.
I could do more blog posts tomorrow, let me actually update some more, I have more better stories to tell!
True, one would want something that he doesn't have... I recall my first few days here when I was too excited and expectant to get a job, now that I have one (part-time at that) I couldn't wait to have at least a month's off. Life has been so good to us lovebirds though, can't complain. Time is still of essence. I am still looking forward to our every bonding moment together. There must be some movies that we could watch tonight since neither of us is going to be up early tomorrow... Honey's going to have a football tourney in San Francisco on weekend so if his work would allow we could gather up there and bond, there are great Frisco deals in Facebook that we could check out. The Santa Cruz getaway hasn't been realized yet but hopefully we could get it done sometime on one special occasion...
My two days off are like precious golden moments to me that I should not just let it go to waste. There are not that much cleaning to do around anyway so maybe I could learn new songs to play or finish a book review, Honey has to go to work at 3pm anyway. My long time plan to get serious with Odesk.Com has no future I bet, I am too lazy to take up that readiness test, and besides, I could see a lot of Philippine employers hiring, and that is not too attractive for me... I also have to give Indeed.Com a shot for a full time job, HAVE TO, I have obligations to fulfill and some IOU's and we have to buy us a DSLR and save up for the future. Plans.
I could do more blog posts tomorrow, let me actually update some more, I have more better stories to tell!
20110614
Next Pay Day Project
I am not yet sure if the next pay day would allow me to splurge for a new shoe house... will update!
20110613
A Young Seductress' Tale
This morning, Honey and I went to the Seafood City (an Asian Business Community) and had lunch at Chowking. There was this little girl and she was with her what seemed to be Asian grandfather and they sat at the table right in front of us. The little girl was tisay, around 8 to 10 years old. I noticed her looking at Honey from time to time, I stared at her while she did her thing in the hope that she would look at me too but to my surprise, she didn't even try to look at my direction AT ALL! Minutes passed and Honey told me that the same little girl was now staring at me, and when I looked at her our eyes met and she held my gaze! She didn't even hesitate to change direction, she locked gaze with me like challenging me or what! Wow! Whats more was, I noticed she was already copying my sitting position, her legs crossed in number 8! Haha! Oh my, I have to watch out for little she devil conscious girls now, their kind could be my future rival in my Honey's eyes but I hope not!
20110608
Honey's Birthday is Coming Up!
Two days to go, three days before the party starts...
This is the very first of his birthdays that I would be able to be physically present and celebrate it with him, so there is definitely going to be a little extra going out of the way to please on my part that is going to happen. We are having the party at the house on Saturday, have to invite some relatives and close family friends over. There is a good cleaning to be done, and maybe organizing up a bit to make room for visitors, tomorrow is my dayoff and guess work should start tomorrow.
There is also a need to prepare for additional menus, and I have to take care of the dessert as it is the only area in my cooking capacity that I am confident of. Thinking of making the birthday cake, in either chocolate cake or carrot cake. Also thinking of adding up more sweets by making a bowl of fruit salad, and brazo de mercedes. Mother in law's going to prepare for the rest, and we are expecting some presents in the form of food from relatives... There should be sodas and booze too...
=) Will make the final plan tonight...
This is the very first of his birthdays that I would be able to be physically present and celebrate it with him, so there is definitely going to be a little extra going out of the way to please on my part that is going to happen. We are having the party at the house on Saturday, have to invite some relatives and close family friends over. There is a good cleaning to be done, and maybe organizing up a bit to make room for visitors, tomorrow is my dayoff and guess work should start tomorrow.
There is also a need to prepare for additional menus, and I have to take care of the dessert as it is the only area in my cooking capacity that I am confident of. Thinking of making the birthday cake, in either chocolate cake or carrot cake. Also thinking of adding up more sweets by making a bowl of fruit salad, and brazo de mercedes. Mother in law's going to prepare for the rest, and we are expecting some presents in the form of food from relatives... There should be sodas and booze too...
=) Will make the final plan tonight...
20110522
Practicing How to Make Curls
Befriending my HerStyler curling iron after all the chores of the day were done. Here is my curly locks update...
I like it! It feels perfect to me! I just have one dilemma though, how do I ever group the curls together so that it appears neat? =( Any idea???
I like it! It feels perfect to me! I just have one dilemma though, how do I ever group the curls together so that it appears neat? =( Any idea???
20110521
HerStyler Curling Iron
I had given up on my hair a long time ago. I discovered I took after my grandmother's not so wonderful hair and mine is just the Lion King or the Tazmania Devil version. For some time when I was in the Philippines, I've always managed to have my hair fixed in the salon, I get to have a rebond treatment for every 8-12 months, that way, my hair could stay manageable and I could just wear it down without further ado everyday. Here in the States though, unfortunately, going to a salon will cost me a lot, so for some time I just settled on pony tails and braids, UNTIL LAST NIGHT!
I just tried my iron curler today and it seems that I need to consult youtube for curling tutorials. I hate it how some girls are just born so stylish and I am not, haha! Nah, I am learning. I should be learning, don't you think? This is the economic times.
Initially, this product is so far okay and I could attest that the curls would hold longer probably up to 6 hours as compared to when using the regular plastic curlers from the olden days. I registered it for warranty just in case because Honey spent $130 for a single curling iron, so so so, I had to be extra careful, especially so because Honey's spending style on this particular product is really out of pattern haha!
Here are just some of the curls that I want, ideally I would really love to wear big curls...
I should be getting on learning how to achieve these big curls so I can wear it to work in Tuesday hehe... I still have to buy me that heat protectant for my hair though. Will update on my curls some time... See ya!
20110519
Wedding Videos
Funny how I'm suddenly stuck in watching celebrity wedding videos. Grooms crying watching their lovely brides is really something that got me particularly. It is weird to have this wedding dream come to me five months after I got married! Haha! So therefore, there is going to be another wedding -- a beach wedding --- in the Philippines soon!
Looking at the pre-nup photos is another thing, I'm like, okay, let me actually scan for nice shots and possible themes and poses haha! Thinking of black and white. Mmmmmm... I will discuss this with Honey so we could prepare the budget! Obviously, however I want to keep the wedding attendance at the minimum, it is just so impossible because Honey's got a bunch of relatives, so thus the "BUDGET". Well, thinking about it now, we could just have 25 selected guests at the wedding, and wedding parties just have to be hosted at places where everybody from both sides could attend, that way I could achieve my dream beach wedding and could stretch the "BUDGET" for all.
Thinking of Malipano Island... in maybe two years time. =)
Looking at the pre-nup photos is another thing, I'm like, okay, let me actually scan for nice shots and possible themes and poses haha! Thinking of black and white. Mmmmmm... I will discuss this with Honey so we could prepare the budget! Obviously, however I want to keep the wedding attendance at the minimum, it is just so impossible because Honey's got a bunch of relatives, so thus the "BUDGET". Well, thinking about it now, we could just have 25 selected guests at the wedding, and wedding parties just have to be hosted at places where everybody from both sides could attend, that way I could achieve my dream beach wedding and could stretch the "BUDGET" for all.
Thinking of Malipano Island... in maybe two years time. =)
20110514
My Forced Chauffeur
Honey, for two weeks now had been forced to sleep early in order to wake up early and drive me to work. That is but only a good husband's call to a wife that wasn't allowed to take the driving test yet. My forced chauffeur, only that he wasn't paid for it and he sure isn't driving a luxury car.
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