MFEO

To my beautiful wife and wonderful mother of Issie. I love you, Dionne. Mwah!

Happy Mother’s Day to Nanay and Mommie too!

And to all the mothers out there, saludo ako sa inyo!

From Joven, Dionne and Issie

We are.

Since January kicked in, we’ve both been busy. Well, Joven’s mostly busy with work stuff while I am busy with mundane stuff.

So, here’s a short recap of the things that happened in the past few days…

Saturday, January 6

Since I’ve been busy the past week, I decided to pick up my free spa gift certificate from Manila Bulletin Saturday morning. The contact person, Sarah, was nice enough to wait for us since it was already nearing lunch time. We almost got lost, thanks to the taxi driver who brought us to the Manila Times. Haha! Fortunately, Intramuros is small enough for us to find our way.

After, Joven and I plus my mom went to SM San Lazaro to watch Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo. The movie won over Shake Rattle and Roll 8. The movie was surprisingly funny although by the title alone, you’d expect it as mushy. All in all, I enjoyed the film because of Gina Pareño. Hehe.

Sunday, January 7

With nothing better to do, Joven and I went to Tutuban Mall and 168 in Divisoria to shop. I was able to buy 2 blouses and a pair of pants in less than 30 minutes. Since we have time to kill, we went to 168 to see if there are anything we can get our hands on. After going around for almost an hour, we decided to buy DVDs. I bought an 8 animated movies in one CD and 8 action movies in one CD. I got lucky with the first one. The second one was a different story. Audio was terrible! Oh well, that’s what we got because we only paid P75 for it. =P

Ang saya mag-Divisoria two weeks after the holidays. Konti lang tao! Hihi!

Monday, January 8

I was running like crazy in the office. I had four meetings with different groups. Kapagod! I missed one meeting because the previous meeting extended for over an hour. Haay. I had to have my boss attend on my behalf. He was nice enough to make notes. Hihi!

Tuesday, January 9

First day of my Spanish class. The teacher was early and the classroom was still half full when my friends and I got in. I kindda enjoyed it… sort of washed the anxieties away. It’s actually easier to understand because of my background in French. I just hope it wouldn’t be so difficult towards the end and the teacher would remain as nice as he is.

Wednesday, January 10

Big shout out to my sister: Happy Birthday Tita Dap! Hope you had a good one. See you on Saturday!

After work, Joven and I met at the MRT station to have dinner at Kalye Juan @ Tomas Morato. We’re to meet SML sans Ryan (Cors, Benj, Beej & Richie) because he has a Baguio thingy. Richie will be leaving for the US next week and it won’t be until summer of 2008 we’ll get to see him again.

The night ended at Baang coffee (which we were not initially sure if it’s Baang or BangBang. Haha!). According to Richie, the coffee’s not “Wow!” but it’s not bad also. I ordered a Chai Latte which for me was a bit sweet.

Conversation was from “What’s new with you?” to “What’s new with blah-blah?”

We had to end early because of work the following day.

Ingat Richie! See you soon!

Pics here.

Current

I’m busy reading Gap Creek by Robert Morgan. I got it in Booksale at a very reasonable price. I usually look for books that has the Oprah’s Book Club seal because I usually end up liking the book – The Pilot’s Wife, What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day, She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True – to name a few. This one, I can’t put it down. I’m not finished though but I’m really enjoying every minute of it. Another great find for me. I have yet to devour Icy Sparks, House of Sand and Fog and The Poisonwood Bible. =)

Happy New Year Everyone!

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Last two holiday events to blog about…

Last Dec 29-30 we checked-in at The Pearl Manila Hotel for an overnighter with my college barkada. It was unfortunate that preggy Mem and hubby were not able to join us. Masama daw ang pakiramdam ni buntis.

So far, this has been the “most attended” of the past get-togethers. Since Andrew has been seriously studying Medicine (Hehe!), he didn’t have much time to go out and socialize. =P Now that he is a full-fledged doctor, he only has the USMLE in mind. Plus, Lalaine’s been in town so this is really something we’re looking forward to.

The day started with a serious Risk match between Benj, Beej, Andrew and moi. Andrew won on the merit that he is very serious in destroying my empire. He hates me because luck was on my side. =P I hope that somebody will study the manual and teach us how to play the Star Wars mode. Hehe!

Cri-c arrived and was giving us hell because she was not included in the game. At least she acquired a new best friend in Benj. Hehe!

Anne arrived a few minutes after with boyfriend, Joseph. *Kilig!*

Soon after, Cri-c and Anne were updating each other with what’s happening in their lives.

We got tired with Risk and switched to Guesstures. We were odd-numbered so we decided that Andrew should act out all the words. And boy, can he act! Wow! Most of us were in awe watching him, we forget to guess the word. Andrew acted the words until Lalaine got to the hotel. He was acting for more than two hours, dinner lang pahinga. Hihi!

Manuel joined us close to midnight. Being the booze carrier, he was worth the wait. But, it seems that age are getting to us because soon after, people were switching to Pepsi and water.

To ward off sleepiness, we decided to switch to the classic Pinoy Henyo. (BTW, did you know that there is an online Pinoy Henyo??? Haha! Weird!) We finally gave up fighting sleep after 2AM.

Later morning, we still didn’t have enough of Guesstures and played some more. After we got tired, we moved to videoke singing. Cri-c belted her college winning piece. Walang kupas!

We decided to part ways at 12 noon – check out time na kasi. Hehe!

*Sigh* I miss college, where life was less complicated and when we say overnighter – nobody really sleeps. =P

Pics here.

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New Year Party

We have an annual tradition to invite relatives and friends to join us for a simple get-together at home. My mom turns into a kitchen whiz and prepares delicious food for everyone.

Thanks for those who came: Con (with Arjahn & Luiz), Mavis (with pretty Angel), Beej & Benj, Lalaine (with Ninang, Ate, Kuya & Kulit), Allan, Bon, OJ, Ate Malou, Nanay (with kids), Kuya Mel (with Tisha and kids), Annie & Tony… at marami pang iba. Hope to see you again next year, same venue, same time. =)

Pics here.

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How come the clock spins fast every time one is on vacation?

I’m already anticipating the next long one. Kelan kaya yung susunod? Nuninu.

Last Friday, Joven and I together with Bon, Dhang, Irish, OJ, Jera, Allan, Malou plus Dave (Dulce came late) went to see Little Miss Sofia Roxanne for the first time. =)

She’s sooo cute! Jon’s mini-me according to most of us (for the time being according to the dad). When we saw her first photos we thought that she’s a big baby. But since she’s a premie, she’s really small in actual size. Kakatuwa. =)

We were, of course, teased to make our own. =P

While waiting for dinner, we were in our especially hyper mood and were horsing around. Hehe!

Yax and Jon served great food for the guests. Sarap!

Since most of us live far from Yax and Jon’s place, we had to leave early. But not without a photo-op with Sofia. =)

More pics here.

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A few weeks ago, Fol emailed us the album lay-out for our approval. To our surprise and excitement, he e-mailed us last friday that the album’s done and ready for pick-up!

Saturday mid-afternoon, we headed to Fol’s place to pick it up. We loved it! It was beautiful!

We dropped by my sister’s place to show it off. They loved it too. =)

Here’s the album layout. =)

Unfortunately, none of us noticed that in the album spine it says “Jove and Dionne.” Fol said he’s very sorry and to return it to them immediately. Haay. I have to put off showing it to my other friends. Excited pa naman ako. Hehe!

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We haven’t met up with the frenchies for the longest time. Or at least that’s how we all feel. Hehe!

That’s why last Saturday night, we (Joven and I, Christophe, Jera, Dax) trooped to Michelle’s condo to watch scary movies, chat with Lu, kwentuhan, and eat ourselves to death. It was our halloween party, so to speak.

We stressed ourselves screaming, eating too much, and laughing. =D

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Lastly, Happy Halloween everyone!