Litratong Pinoy #47: (Kandado)

Sa parte ng Amerika kung nasaan kami ay punong puno ng mga Bases at Military Camps. Kaya halos lahat ng pasyalan dito ay bawat lingon may makikita kang mga kweba, silid, kampo, at iba pang lugar na nakakandado.

Tulad na lamang ng larawang ito. Ito ay kuha sa isa sa mga Dalampasigan dito.

At eto naman ang aming supling na gustong pasukin ang nakakandadong gate.

May isa pa akong lahok DITO. Maligayang LP!

all set.

I am trying to finish all of my blogging backlog tonight before I officially step into my vacation mode :). Stripe on the other hand is very excited for our long weekend trip that he has started packing already! Also, I already spoke to our couple friend who will be traveling with us and we planned our final itineraries. On the other hand, we promised mini-S to bring him to his favorite museum in the entire world (LOL!) and the zoo. I also chanced upon a site where it features activities to do on long weekends. One of which is play paintball/airsoft! How I wish we could but obviously with the mini-S in tow, that is impossible to fit in our very hectic and short trip. Besides, we do not have a decent airsoft rifle to boot. Maybe, some other time. Anyways, I hope to be back with photos for the meantime, let me blog some more :). Can't wait for Friday to come!

MemoirMonday@Wifespeaks: The Distance Factor

If there is one thing that made me and Stripe stronger as a couple, that would be distance. I guess distance taught us a lot of things and made us matured as a couple. We may be together for almost 15 years now as a couple, but most of those years we were on a long-distance relationship status. I am proud that despite the years of on-and-off-distance-and-physical-separation, we never outgrew each other. In fact, there are days we still feel like we are highschool lovers plus a son and bills to be paid :) no kidding.

I remember my SIL, Abby once told me that our small separations (Naga-Manila-Bacolod-Manila-Iloilo-Manila) prepared us for a bigger separation. For 8 months, Stripe went ahead to U.S. and that was the longest separation (metaphorically-speaking) we ever had.

Here are photos of me and mini-S as we travel to where we are now to meet Stripe. We vowed to never EVER be physically separated again. Happy Memoir Monday!

Weird DH.

DH (dear hubby aka Stripe) has been acting weird all day and no he has not been drinking anything at all like some HGH supplements, although secretly, I wish he would joke joke joke!

First, he brought Confessions of a Shopaholic for our nightly DVD marathon and I think he was telling me something? hee hee, or am I just guilty of something lol! Then while we were watching the movie, he told me that we need to plan our 10th wedding anniversary, I was like whoah! Apparently, he has plans to renew our vows via a garden wedding by that time. That would be like 4 years from now...

Hmmm...

can't wait...

Everyday at exactly 8pm (EST) onwards, I get to chat with my mom and sometimes my dad and siblings regularly. We would go on conference chats to make sure that everyone is updated of our ongoings as a family. Our favorite topic for the past weeks is about my folks vacay here and in my brother in the West Coast. I just could not wait for it anymore. You see, my mom has been asking me to list things that I would want for her to bring when she comes here. I just said that maybe she could get me some customized cubic zirconia jewelry she used to have. My mom has a great eye on jewelry designs so I trust her on that. Anyways, when that vacation happens, I'm sure this site will be bombarded with travel photos :).

today.

I am sharing this Affirmation Cards site in all of my blogs. I discovered this from Alpha and has started my day (apart from prayers and quiet meditation) with picking up one affirmation card to inspire me for the rest of the day :). So this is my affirmation card today. Check out yours too! Do not forget to shuffle before picking one. Happy Hump Day!

I have a wonderful partner and we are both happy and at peace.

That's My Boy!

No matter how tiring my day is, I just look at this photo and it would really crack me up! Meet my mini-Stripe, the wackiest boy I have ever met! He is such a mischief and wants to play different roles when mommy brings out her camera.

BOW.

on inspiring others.

I am happy to share that 2 of my friends were inspired by my perseverance to pursue and complete my Master's degree. I was glad to find out that they found the guts to continue and complete their MBAs starting this month. They keep telling me that if it was not for my regular updates with them, they would always think that they could not juggle school, work and family life. So you see, all it takes is time management and you would be fine. It does not matter whether you patronize online colleges or big-named universities for as long as you have the perseverance to further your education, you would be fine and would actually enjoy school :).

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his day.

I never knew how much I love your father until I saw how much he loved you. -unknown

I got this quote from one of Aggie's awesome LOs. This post might be a little late but Stripe deserves a father's day entry here.

On Father's day, like any other day, he has been the ultimate hands-on dad to mini-Stripe. During his off days, he would spend his time as a father and a husband round the clock. Never mind if he is not able to catch up with his favorite tv shows, never mind if he is able to finish a DVD with so many interruptions, never mind if he is not able to fully rest and never mind if he spends weekends playing handyman, chef, domesticated husband, driver, babysitter, because that's just how he is, a selfless family man.

Happy Father's Day Stripe! Even if we were not able to spend this day with some fancy Outer Banks vacation spree, I know you had a fabulous time with us :).

weekender post.

How is your weekend so far? Ours is awesome save for the weather. I think we over wished for sunshine thus, it is really scorching hot today! But something purple is keeping us all cool this weekend :).

Stripe and mini-Stripe went to a nearby Filipino Store and mini-S instantly saw this! Stripe said he won't let go of it. No, he's not a huge fan of ice cream.

He said he needs to get it for mama because mama loves purple ice cream :)

In the end, he ate everything, well almost. Ayan nakatulog sa busog! :)

Have a good weekend everyone! Don't forget to spread sunshine!

2009.

What is it with 2009, it seems to be like the best year to get married! Three of my relatives are getting married and about 4 friends are also getting hitched by the end of this year. Whee weddings, I love attending this occasion. Too bad, all of those 7 weddings are to be held back home and I have no way to attend them. We got the 1st 2 wedding invitation and surprisingly, both couples chose destination weddings. Beach that is! I could not wait to see their photos and videos because I am sure that every destination wedding is always unique.

Litratong Pinoy #46: (Pangarap)

Matagal ng nasabi ni Stripe sa akin na pangarap niyang matunghayan kung gaano kaganda ang mga paputok sa State Capital ng Amerika sa araw ng kalayaan.

Sa darating na ika-apat ng Hulyo, mapapanood na namin ang napakagandang Fireworks sa Washington, D.C. Pang apat na beses na namin ito sa D.C., subalit unang pagkakataon para ma-idiwang ang Araw ng Kalayaan ng Amerika. Eksayted na kaming lahat pati ang dalawa naming kaibigan na kasama naming mamasyal.

May isa pa akong lahok DITO. Maligayang LP!

Since we got here, Stripe has been telling me of his Dream to witness the fabulous Fireworks in the State Capital of America during Independence Day. This coming 4th of July, we are going to Washington, D.C. to finally witness these fireworks as we're heading there for 2 days. This is our 4th time to visit the State but definitely our very 1st to visit it on an Independence Day holiday. We are all excited to go and tour the place again with friends. Of course, there would be a lot of pigging out again and I am sure I am going to break my diet again! Hmmm, I guess it's about time to get serious and read these Decaslim reviews, what do you think? I bet it would be so hard to say No to food when on vacation.