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Thursday, December 30, 2004
Just don't drink and drive!  Wednesday, December 29, 2004
My Year in Review
I got this from everyone else:
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Went to San Francisco, joined a gym, blogging, pay mortgage 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make new year resolutions, I forget them before the week is over. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No. 4. Did anyone close to you die? A good friend who was also my daughter's godmother 5. What countries did you visit? nada 6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? A job I love that pays well 7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? May 18... my daughter's first birthday 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Being a mom to Clara... an ongoing accomplishment 9. What was your biggest failure? Overcoming procastination 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nope 11. What was the best thing you bought? Our bedroom furniture... finally our bedroom looks warm and homey instead of just a room with a mattress. 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Clara's...she finally took to her car seat. It took more than a year for her to sit willingly in it. 13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed? No one comes to mind 14. Where did most of your money go? Clara's needs, Clara's clothes, Family expenses 15 What did you get really, really, really excited about? Moving into our new house 16. What song will always remind you of 2004? Usher's Confessions... it was played on the radio every time I turned it on 17. Compared to this time last year, are you: i. happier or sadder? happier ii. thinner or fatter?fatter iii. richer or poorer? richer... though not in a monetary sense 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? I wish I was able to sleep more... Clara still wakes up in the middle of the night and it makes me feel groggy in the morning. I feel I lived the year half awake. 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Nothing comes to mind... whatever it is , it's all good. 20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent it with family and friends. 22. Did you fall in love in 2004? yes...with Clara and my hubby... over and over again ♥ 23. How many one-night stands? nada 24. What was your favourite TV program? CSI, Forensic Files 25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no 26. What was the best book you read? No time or energy to read 27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Don't listen to music that often... but I still strangely am attracted to Eminem's music... 28. What did you want and get? I wanted to move out of our apartment.... and we did! 29. What did you want and not get? I wanted to win a spa getaway... unfortunately, I never win those online sweepstakes. 30. Favorite film of this year? As I don't get to watch often, the only film that comes to mind is Finding Nemo. 31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I honestly don't remember but I'm sure there was a noodle dish and a cake involved. I turned 29. 32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Fitting into my pre-pregnancy jeans. 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Very laid back sometimes rugged attire....t-shirt/tank top, shorts, cropped pants and flipflops for spring/summer; t-shirt, jeans and sneakers for fall/winter... 34. What kept you sane? The occasional dinner with just hubby and me, Clara's daily hugs and kisses 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I was especially interested in Oprah. She must have had a good year coz she gave away a ton of stuff in various episodes. 36. What political issue stirred you the most? I don't know if this considered political but ACLU's issue with the cross on the county seal irritated me with their pettiness and so called "cause". 37. Who did you miss? My mom. 38. Who was the best new person you met? I haven't met them yet but I consider them my new friends. They are the people who's blogs I visit daily. Some of them are listed on the left side of this page. Reading their entries makes me more open minded to things happening in different parts of the world. They make me laugh out loud, think more deeply and appreciate what I sometimes take for granted. 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004. I learned that everything you heard about and read about having kids is true. 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year I have become comfortably numb. - Pink Floyd Thursday, December 23, 2004
Wishing everyone a peaceful and blessed holiday! from: Hubby, Maiji and Clara Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Christmas thoughts
Let cedar fill the air With its spicy sweetness rare Wake the carol--sound the chime-- Welcome! Merry Christmas time! -Helen Chase I love Christmas. Back home we have the same *artificial* tree that's been in my family since my youngest sister was still a baby. We brought it with us when my family moved back to the Philippines back in 1983. Every year we would put it up sometime after my dad's birthday which was in November and put it down after Three Kings day (that's what we called it). The four of us would be so excited opening the boxes of tree decorations and carefully putting them on the plastic branches. I say carefully because our ornaments were breakable. My brother and I would decorate the top part and my two sisters the bottom part. We always saved the best for last...the tree topper. Our tree topper was a star with lights that would shine alternately when plugged in. Now, looking back, probably it wasn't the most tasteful looking star but back then it would mesmerize us with its blinking lights. I would always be greeted by our tree when I came home on Christmas break. I would take a look at it and smile because it was heartwarming to come home to something so familiar. It was like tradition, this tree. This year, my own family started our own tradition. We got ourselves our very first real Christmas tree. I love the smell of it. It smells fresh and... green Ü. My mother-in-law decorated the tree and my sisters-in-law bought the angel tree topper. My daughter is intrigued the decorations on it. There are bows and beads and little drums and angels. Everything a toddler wants to play with. Good thing she knows she can't though occasionally she does swipe a string of beads. Our original plan was to get a real tree this year and buy a fake one next year. But my MIL and I really like what we have now so I think next year's tree will be a real one too. Another thing I love about our tree is that I can lull Clara to sleep with her looking at it. She's down to just one nap a day and nothing can make her take another while the sun is up. Come night she's so tired she doesn't know what she wants to be doing...when she's downstairs she wants to go up to bed, when she's upstairs she suddenly wants to go downstairs to continue playing. One way to get her to settle down is to darken the room, stand in front of our lighted tree and sway her to sleep. Which she does. I love that feeling when the baby is asleep in your arms. Precious. Friday, December 10, 2004
cycling and abs class kicked my butt!
i finally enrolled in a gym near my office (so i have no excuse not to go...ya right, let's see how long this lasts ;D)... feeling very ambitious, i looked up the schedule for the cycling class...got my gear (i.e. towel & water) and went to choose the cycle for me (at the back of the class)... tried to look like i knew what i was doing by copying the seasoned "veterans" by warming up while constantly adjusting the seat and height without looking like the newbie... perky instructor starts the class with what she says is the warm-up...15 minutes in it i knew i was more out of shape than i thought... i was already out of breath, my legs were burning, my butt felt bony on the seat (how could that be?) and i could feel my face was already flushed like i've been drinking tequila shots for those 15 minutes... i looked at the clock... gawd, 45 minutes more of this?!?...how can i last? how can i get out of this?.... i cycle some more, concentrate, feel the music ... i try to keep up or at least look like i'm having as good a time as those "veterans" in front.... *help*...i take a drink of water and as i look around i see...yes... thank god, someone got off his bike... he must be a newbie like me! *glee* i can get off my bike too! *yehey* which i did... 35 minutes into the class i was free! i forced my shaking legs out of the room and towards....
the treadmill.... what?! why i beelined for the treadmill, i don't know... probably, something along the lines of "the mind is willing but the body isn't" or i just didn't want to give up just yet... whatever the reason, i was on the treadmill walking as fast as i could without being too strenuous... which was ok till my mind started to wander again... *isn't there an abs class in the next 10 mins?...i could do that!*... so there i was, 10 minutes later....in abs class, crunching my way to the sky, crunching with my legs 90 degrees in the air (which by now felt like lead), crunching my butt off the floor and my face all red again in the process.... why i decided to do all of that in one day... on my first day?!?... i should have known BETTER! so my body kept reminding me by aching everytime i moved in the days after... i'm sticking to yoga for now...and plan to move on to pilates....and THEN work on the rest... happy weekend! Thursday, December 02, 2004
Christmas *Wish* List 2004
if i had a excellent paying job, every month would be christmas... unfortunately i don't...ergo the title... anyhoo, i could always dream...and this is what i've come up with
for my hubby, 
1. a signed photo of one of ali's fights coz he's such a boxing fan  
2. lacoste shirts since he been scoping them out for the longest time...but unwilling to pay the retail price (i don't blame him) 
3. oakley cap coz he lost his favorite one for clara, 
1. pink pumas to match mommy and daddy's pumas 
2. an elmo doll coz she seems to gravitate towards him and get all excited everytime she sees his picture 
3. an outdoor playset so she has another place expend her extra energy 4. more clothes and let's not forget...for me ;o)   
1. frederik fekkai and lip glosses for when i'm feeling kikay  
2. a couple of jackets - leather for when i want to look good even when it's cold and sporty for when i'm in the gym  
3. tretorn shoes because i liked them when i had a pair 
4. polarized prescription square wire oakleys for when i'm driving 
5. this Tiffany ring because i like how it looks 6. a year's worth of spa gift certificates 7. a cruise vacation with my hubby to Alaska/Bahamas/Canada...or basically anywhere 8. gift cards for Starbucks 9. gift cards for Nordstrom, Sephora, Barnes & Noble, the Gap, etc. to shop some more...hahaha haay, time to wake up...that's enough dreaming for today :-) have a good weekend everyone! Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Listen
i got this from toni
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, The impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, Then listen close to me ... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. ~Shel Silverstein |
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