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Mama celebrates her 55th birthday

She's the most beautiful woman in the world. She loves me unconditionally. She's the biggest influence in my life and she taught me the value of selflessness. My mother turned 55 yesterday, March 20, 2011.

In celebration of her special day, we had (late) lunch at Via Mare right after attending Sunday service at Victory Quezon City. It was a simple way to give thanks for the gift of life to my dearest mother. Our family hopes and prays for more birthday celebrations, not just of my mother, but of the entire family.

Shall I Go?

My family has a planned trip to Montemar in Bagac, Bataan tomorrow, err, in a few hours. I was all set and looking forward to go, but unfortunately, work got in the way. Isn't this fun? You see, I'm supposed to be done with my responsibilities for the long weekend, but the system I ought to use to complete my final task refuses to cooperate! I waited in the office until past 10:00 in the evening hoping that by some stroke of luck, I could proceed with work. But to my dismay, I waited for nothing. Nada.

I don't know my priorities anymore. I want to go, have a break and enjoy the sand and the sea with my family, but part of me keeps me chained to my responsibilities in the office. I'm confused.

But I already got a plan. Here's what I'm going to do: I'll wake up at around 6:00 in the morning, I'll go to work and finish my chores. If I get to the office and find that the system is working then I'll be able to finish my work just in time for me to join my family. But if not, I would have to leave and head toward the beach!

This plan will push through only if I do step one - wake up very early! If not, I just might spend the whole day at the office, waiting for the system to be up.

 

Julia Gets Her First Haircut

Summer's here! It's the best time for Julia to get her first haircut. Last Sunday, Julia's parents brought her to Cuts 4 Tots in SM MegaMall for a trim. With the help of The Backyardigans playing on video, she behaved as the barber cut her soft baby hair. Good thing I brought my camera along with me and so I took pictures of this milestone. The strands of the cut hair were kept as a memento.

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Julia Learns to Pose

My niece Julia learns how to pose. She's so adorable! I just take out my camera and she knows what to do - smile, pose and just be cute! She's got a variety of looks!

 

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Bow,

Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing everyone a great year filled with love!

As the new year of the Chinese calendar enters, allow me to share with you the pictures I took during our household's celebration of New Year last January. Hehehe! Shame on me for neglecting to post them on time.

Since we don't have relatives coming to our house during New Year's Eve, we decided to just eat out and join in the official countdown of Quezon City at Eastwood City, Libis. We had dinner at Momo Café as we watched the performances of Kyla, Jett Pangan and The Dawn, and Arnel Pineda of Journey, among others.

Here are the pictures I took of the artists:

And what is a countdown without fireworks to welcome the new year? I still have to learn the art of taking photos of fireworks. Nevertheless, here are the pictures:

  

After going through a month and a half of 2010, I do feel the need start over. May this inspire us to start with a clean slate and push ourselves to do better. There's no turning back.

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Quality Time with Family and Friends

Good morning, readers!

I'm still awake and I don't have plans of sleeping anytime soon. Not until I finish my Saturday duties. I have to monitoring something on TV and it will air show at 10:30 am. Think I'm crazy for not getting rest? I'm too afraid that if I get some shut-eye, I would over sleep and miss the show. I'd rather stay awake and be sure that I catch it on TV than think of my well-being first and risk neglecting my duty.

Moving on to something more substantial, I want to share that I'm so blessed that I can still spend time with my family and friends no matter how short the time is. Just last night, I headed to Podium right after work to reunite with some college friends. Although we had to adjourn our small gathering earlier than expected, it was still worthwhile. It was still time well-spent. After that I went straight to Stone House to meet my mother and sister for a short night out. I was supposed to go to the venue with them, but since I had to meet with my friends (they asked me out first), I promised I would follow afterwards. And I did.

That made my day. Seeing people I love after a hard day's work was enough to make up for the stress and pressures of being employed. If it's not too much to ask, I hope I'd have more time with them. 

Now, back to my zombie self.

Bow,

A Tropical Christmas

Our family usually celebrates Christmas with the traditional noche buena on Christmas Eve and then have some relatives come over at our house the next day. For Christmas 2009, our parents decided to tweak celebration of Christmas a bit by flying to the island of Boracay exactly on the 25th.

I've been wanting to go on a vacation and this was the perfect answer to my prayers. Although I inevitably brought some work with me, I could still call it a vacation because most of the time I was doing R and R, which does not require internet access.

We stayed at Boracay Tropics, which is a very suitable resort hotel for us, especially that we brought along the kids in the family.

Here are some of the pictures during our trip:

  

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Boracay still has its magic. Although a lot has changed since I've been there more than 10 years ago, it has retained its beauty and can make any stranger feel at home and enjoy the pristine white sands, warmth of the sun, and the cool waters.

Christmas 2009 is definitely one of the best Christmases I've had.