The land down under

Me and the kids first set foot here in Sydney last May 15. The travel was ok aside from the occasional stressful scenes like if the kids get cranky on the plane. I had to also deal with frequent spit-ups and throw-ups from them. :)

Adjustment is not really an issue as far as I am concerned. It's just like we are in the Philippines, only with the cold weather which we love! It's getting winter here. I'm pretty lucky that I get to be with my mom until August to help me look after the kids. Super goodluck to me when she leaves by then! haha!

Overall, I am happy that we are living the way we planned and the way we wanted. We can never thank God enough for this wonderful opportunity.

Here's to a good life for us here in Oz!

Hi-5 in SM Malls!

Inigo got all excited when he saw Hi5 perform in Wowwowwee today. I readily google-ed details about the event and found out that SM Malls will be sponsoring the show in coordination with Australian Embassy in promoting Australia as a tourist destination.

We will be watching their show tomorrow, Sept3 at The Podium at 5pm. We will be braving the hassle of commute since the car is on color-coding every Thursdays. Goodluck to us!

Our DORA Experience

We had the chance to watch Dora and Boots live and perform one episode last August 21 at ATC. The concierge ran out of show tickets so we ended up posting ourselves beside the stage. Inigo was a bit starstruck-ed when Dora and Boots first came out and he did not even blink all through out the show! Laureen was in deep sleep even with the loud sound :)

Here are some pics:

I'm back from hybernation!

Having two kids to look after and numerous, repetitive household chores, I have somewhat eluded the blogging world.. :D teehee!

but i am happy to be back and do some updating here.

see you around!

What's happening....

We went to visit Lola Lydia and Tita-Ninang Lanie last weekend. Come Sunday, we were able to attend the wedding of daddy ian's cousin. 'twas a garden wedding, too bad it rained. This was Inigo's first trip to tagaytay.
The weekend before the latest weekend, we had the chance to go to Mall of Asia and visited The Picture Company. I had our membership activated and hopefully we will be able to set up a photoshoot. (Still convincing daddy ian to schedule the photoshoot since he doesn't know yet the printing cost.. haha!) I am wanting for us to have a family portrait that is professionally taken... teeeheee!

Back from my hiatus!

I am happy to be back :D I have to admit that I have been very preoccupied at work. Even working at home after a long day in the office. Hayyy.. Anyways, I am now back in to my blogging world! hehehe


So much has happened for the past month. Inigo is growing up real fast! Daddy Ian left for the US and won't be back until 6 weeks. (Wala kaming daddy sa daddy's day! huhu!) We miss Daddy Ian badly...

Good thing there already exists internet and webcams. (I can just imagine how Mama feels before when Papa has to be overseas for 7 years! That must've real hard for both of them only looking forward to pictures and the weekly phone calls..)


More, more updates and blog entries from me, I promise! Haha!

I'm back!

After a looong break from the blogging world, i'm happy to say that I AM BACK! Yiheee!

Just an update on what has been keeping me busy for the last few days:

1. Scouting for a house in Makati
2. Holy week vacation at Silang, Cavite and San Pablo, Laguna
3. Yaya-hunting
4. Job-Hunting

Oh well. We are very excited and looking forward to transferring to our new condo in Makati by next week. Yeba!

Hibernating....

have not been blogging for 3-straight days now due to my hectic schedule :)

to leah and anna, will work on the tags hopefully early next week! am super busy talaga.. ;)

got to go now!

The Friendship Chain

Another tag from Sheryll. Thanks again, sis!

~~Begin Copy~~

This is the easy way and the fastest way to: 1. Make your Authority Technoraty explode. 2. Increase your Google Page Rank. 3. Get more traffic to your blog. 4. Makes more new friends. Rules: 1. Start copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy" to your blog. 2. Put your own blog name and link. 3. Tag your friends as much as you can. 1. Picturing of Life 2. Juliana's Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7. Something Purple 8. A detour 9. Our Family Adventure! 10. Thinking Box

Now i'm passing this to alpha, gem, and jenny.

6 Quirky Things About Me

I would like to thank Sheryll for this tag!

The rules: Link to the person that tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share six un-important things/habits/quirks about your self. Tag 6 random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. Let these random people know that they are tagged by leaving comments in their blog. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Unimportant things/habits/quirks about my self.

1. I can do the "Maricel Soriano" eye-brow rise. (haha!)
2. A hustler of the game chinese garter when I was in gradeschool. (Ask my gradeschool friends and they will agree! hehehe!)
3. I used to wear really big eyeglasses up until I was at 4th grade. (Talk abut nerdy-looks!)
4. I like the smell of a new pair of slippers! (The 'Spartan' brand!)
5. I like eating rice with sugar when I was still a kid. (Served as my midnight snack during those times...)
6. I like my hot chocolate together with half a teaspoon of powdered coffee every morning.. (My own version of hot moccha!)

Now I'm tagging Morrise, Jade, Jessie, Kaye, Maia, and Pat. Enjoy the tag!

The Sexiest Award!

It was so thoughtful of Anna (a co-n@wie and now my co-blogger) to have given me this award now that I am contemplating on how to loose my pregnancy weight. Just last week, I was looking for something to wear for Inigo's baptism. And to my dismay, I had a really difficult(as in difficult) time looking for a dress or even a blouse for that matter. I remember telling my friend, Ruby "grabe ang panget ng katawan ko! haha!" after going out of the fitting room.

But now, I am so touched to have received this award..

Anna made my day! Teehee!

Look-a-Likes?!

I remember someone told me before I look like Lana Lang :D I just can't remember who that someone is. I happen to play with myheritage face recognition tool and look who became my look-a-like when morphed? - Kristin Kreuk! That somebody must have been telling the truth, eh?!

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity

Right-Brainy, huh....

This is so me! *shucks*

You Are Right Brained In Love

Bit of a drama queen Peacemaker, first to end a fight Good at thinking up creative dates Tend to fall in love and get hurt easily Going with your gut instead of your head Empathetic and caring, sometimes to a fault Good at recognizing patterns in relationships Been in love many times, perhaps too many to count Wildly passionate and intense when falling in love Spontaneous with relationships, going with the flow Overly visual - can play back past dates like movies in your mind Roses, love poems, and stuffed animals are a good start to winning your heart

Are You a Right Brained or Left Brained Woman in Love?

Random Thoughts...

I have been contemplating on what to write about this past week. Nothing much to share. Guess I am just overwhelmed that in less than a month, I will be giving birth to our first baby. Nothing is much more exciting than knowing that in a few weeks time, I will be able to call myself, a mom. Teehee!

Our weekends are filled with attending gatherings. Last saturday, we attended a college friend's wedding in tagaytay and went to a friend's birthday right after. Wonder why I can still manage socializing, huh? I can even stay up late. hehe.. This coming saturday, we are off to attending another friend's wedding (hopefully, the last one for this year :)) and a dinner with my college friends in Makati. Lubos-lubusin na ang paggala hangga't kaya pa.. hahahha..

I have been trying to cut with my eating. Mahirap! Lalo na because of the season.. Geesh.. I also can't help it when my stomach grumbles. And I can't eat just a portion. hehe. Kelangan talaga I feel that I am full before I stop. haayy..

Here are some pictures from the wedding we attended. I have been trying to stay away from the camera as I hate to see myself nowadays. I look so ugly. haha. But I have accepted the fact that I am not a pretty-preggy. More of like a piggy-preggy. hahaha.