On the Road

This electronic billboard along EDSA shows advertorials as well as Good News Pinoy. Well, why not? Let's put up good news and maybe inspirational quotes. It just might help someone, you wouldn't know.


Before I proceeded to my appointment, I stopped by Vanilla Bean. I like the chocolate cake I ordered here. It's a bit sweet but I love the filling. Well, I missed taking a picture of it.

Haircut

I needed a haircut already and so I trooped to my salon after my gym and met my hair stylist. I've postponed my hair fix because my stylist was on rest day last Wednesday. At last we met. He's the only one I prefer to cut my hair since he already knows the texture of my hair and how it should be styled. I didn't want it this short but as I've said he knows my type of hair and how it should be tamed. But then again, I find it good because it just felt so light. It looks fresher too. And so I love it already! :)

Mojos at Shakey's

After church, my daughter and I went to the grocery to buy a few more things. I wanted to go home right away but she wanted us to have our lunch at Shakey's. It's all about the mojos really.

15th!

I did a lot of cooking and eating today. Yang Chow Fried Rice is one of my daughter's favorite dishes. I have to say also, modesty aside, that this is one of the dishes that I can do well. But yes, there's a lot of preparation as there are several ingredients that need to be minced, sliced, saute.

My daughter had hers with fried chicken but I had mine with tanigue.


Our glasses need some fixing so headed to the nearby mall to have them polished. Our glasses look spanking new.


We dropped by Goldilocks and bought myself 2 slices of egg pie. Yes I miss egg pie. One of these days I will learn how to do this.


Notice that I keep on using red paper plates today. Haha. I just want to. :)

Well, the highlight of the day is our 15th wedding anniversary. My husband bought me a cake. Oh my. Diet, diet, diet. We're supposed to have our dinner but he has to work so we'll have it next week.

January 24, 25, 26, 27, 2012

January 24, 2012, Tuesday

Hard boiled eggs, that's what they are. I either eat them as is or I make some egg sandwich by adding lite mayonnaise and spread a good portion in my wheat bread. This was what I had when I felt pangs of hunger late at night.


January 25, 2012, Wednesday

I used the MRT today going to Makati. The crowd is not as thick during rush hours but I was surprised that at 10 AM and at around 1 PM, there are already a lot of people.



I also had my hair fixed this morning after my gym. :)


January 26, 2012, Thursday

I had a meeting in Makati this morning and passing by the MRT walkway, this billboard caught my attention.


January 27, 2012, Friday

My schedule today fell into places. I'm happy about that. I finished my bank errand first before attending my gym classes. I did Body Pump and Body Balance today. I love it!


I proceeded to school mid-afternoon for the Parent-Teacher Conference fof the result of the 3rd quarter performance of the students. I am very happy to note that my daughter's grades improved significantly and her standing in class went up several notches. The advise also has great feedback for my daughter.

This is the classroom devoid of students. It's really cold inside. It looks desolate without the kids inside.


After school my daughter and I went to Red Ribbon because we were both famished. She prefers this restaurant because of her favorite pan-grilled chops. I was also craving for yet another plate of palabok. I am happy to note I resisted ordering cake. :)

Busyness

Yes, too busy now to upload the pictures and type in a few sentences about my day. I will be back to regular programming tomorrow or over the weekend. In the meantime my bed is calling me. Sleep!

Dinner at Stacy's

I have been reading about this restaurant but the two reasons which enticed me to visit are their dainty set-up and the reasonably priced food. We had dinner there tonight. I'm glad my daughter and my hubby love it there.

Birthday and Christening

After church half of the morning we attended the reception of the christening of the youngest child of my husband's friend. It was nice to meet the young couple and their two kids.


We went home to rest for a while and then proceeded to my aunt's house in the south to celebrate her 61st birthday. We don't see each other often that's why I took this opportunity to see some of my relatives in my mother's side.

Ryan Gosling

I've been meaning to watch The Ides of March since it was shown here in the country but it's only now that I had the time to do it. It did not disappoint. I love the movie. I love all the actors especially George Clooney and Ryan Gosling. It made my early night wonderful.

Enter the Dragon

A lot of people are taking pictures with the dragon as their background. It's the year of the Water Dragon come January 23. It's a holiday and car coding is lifted! Great!


My Chinese bosses send out tikoy (Chinese Rice Cake) every Chinese New Year but it was only this morning that I learned tikoy is meant to be a lucky food. Since it's sticky, luck will stick with you when you eat it on CNY.

The Apple Flavor

Disclaimer: Dont' be fooled by the picture. This post does not promote drinking alcoholic beverages. And this can't even be considered an alcoholic beverage. :)

Finally bought this, San Miguel Apple Flavor.

My friends were talking about this in our Facebook Group and I have no idea what it is. I do not drink alcoholic beverages. I just don't like the taste. I take a few sips - like 3 or 4 and that's it and that's very rare. I bought this out of curiosity and have my husband drink it. Haha. He rarely drinks too but this one's only got 3% alcohol content. He said it tastes fine. Next time I will buy the lemon flavor.


Just a note, my friend said she bought hers at Landmark Supermarket and it costs P25. I bought it from a different supermarket and it's P35. What a difference.

Soya Chips

I'm being a good girl with my diet for the past two days now. I returned to the shelf the chips I already loaded in my grocery cart this afternoon. But since I was craving for chips I thought of the soya chips which I can eat. Low calorie. :)

High-intensity Workout

The mall where my gym was located had no electricity power this morning so all of us who where supposed to have our workout transferred to the nearby mall to be accommodated by the sister gym. I thought there's not much class so I attended the current group exercise when I arrived which is Body Jam. I enjoyed it.

I was doing my core exercises for about 30 minutes already when some of the gym people entered the room. Body Combat is about to start! It was a pleasant surprise really coz there was nothing in the schedule board that there will be a class by 10:30 AM. I joined!

And since there was only 30 minutes left before Body Pump, I decided to attend to. I took a rest and a banana while waiting. Great workout today!


I feel so fresh after the workout. I like this top given to be by my Mom. The fabric's so soft.


Thank You, God, for all the blessings today. I feel so light for one which is one of the best feelings in the world as far as I am concerned. I am truly grateful about this. :)

Vanity

I'm glad I was able to join the Body Pump class this afternoon. I was a few minutes late but they were not starting yet. Happy to note also that I was able to add weights in my bar doing the workout I dread - putting the bar with weights on my shoulders. Also, only three of us were left to finish the routine workouts. It was tiring but fulfilling and recharging. Having said all these, I still need to lose weight. My diet patterned with how I did it two years ago starts tomorrow.


I looke heavy. I will take my diet seriously again. I want leaner muscles. Will start to track again my fitness and diet program in my fitness blog (I Am Working on My Fitness).
I had my pedicure last Friday and I am loving my red nails. Please excuse my big toes.

My daughter and I had a quick pictorial with her cousin and my grandson (by virtue of my cousin's son). The baby's soooo cute and cuddly!

Having a Break

Today is Sunday but I had loads of things in my to-do list. So I deserve to have a break and have a KitKat.

I bought this KitKat for my daughter. When I saw the 107 calorie print I was enticed to have half of the half of the wafer...or 1/4 of it. Roughly 27 calories. Haha. But well, I had 3 bars with 2 wafers each...300+ calories. Bummer. Anyway, the real diet starts tomorrow. Promise.



"Suitable for vegetarians..."

Skittles

Friends of my daughter were in our house this afternoon. It's fun to see them having a good time watching movies, browsing some videos over YouTube and eating. Oh, these kids, they can't seem to get enough food. Haha. Growing teens indeed. I thought they had a good serving of cake, banana cue, soda, fruit juice but one of them saw the Skittles in our jar and asked if she can have some. I said she can bring it to the others in the living room. They devoured it.

Bracelets with Charms

I wore them today. They match my red top. This set of bracelets were one of the many things sent to me by my Mom last December. They are sold as one set but can be worn by piece. I prefer to wear them all together for more appeal. They've been sitting on my accessories kit for several weeks until I tried them on this morning. Cool. I love them!

Mocha Cake

I was successful in my diet today until this...the mocha cake from Red Ribbon husband brought home tonight together with the salisbury steak for my daughter. Oh geez. But how can I not eat it? I love cakes. Discipline. But I love spontaneous actions like that, bringing home something without asking. Small things like this make me happy. :) And so I ate a few slices.

Algebra

I helped my daughter review for her Algebra test tomorrow. She did 70% of reviewing and I guided her on what problems she should practice on.


I also joined the Easy Moves class at the gym but only for about three dances. I was encouraged to stay because of the 80s music they are playing. It was fun. :) (Picture of the class is in my phone which is charging now. Will post tomorrow.)

Hooray for Body Combat!

Finally I've completed five breakfast meals at McDonald's so I got this already. Nothing big. It's just cute. :) My daughter loves the purple pieces. I'll give it to her.


Also, I joined the launch of Body Combat in my fitness center today. I have to say I love it! I enjoyed it so much!


I'm ready to combat!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I dropped by The French Baker before heading home. I was thinking of the usual Beef Turnover which my daughter loves but changed my mind. Opted to buy chocolate chip cookies in two variants. I remember my daughter loves the dark chocolate cookie. True enough that was what she devoured first when I gave it to her. I ate the other one. Oh, there goes my diet.

Victoria's Secret

These were given to me by my brother and sister-in-law for their holiday gift. Very much appreciated. First time I opened the boxes and used one of the perfumes, Heavenly. I like the smell only I have to spray several times before I can actually smell it. Haha. But it smells good, like fresh. My daughter who doesn't like my perfumes most of the time likes it.

Broccoli and Cauliflower

I prepared this tonight, pork with broccoli, cauliflower and quail eggs. My daughter loves it. I resolve to have more vegetable dishes for the family starting this month onwards.

*Will post the picture as soon as I get hold of batteries for my daughter's camera.

Big Breakfast - Mc Donald's

I think this is the first time I ordered the Mc Donald's Big Breakfast. I just need to complete their breakfast frequency card so I can avail of the Positivize It sticky note. They look cute from the picture, very colorful. I also love motivational quotes. I really do. I already availed of the 2 breakfasts, 3 more to go.

Red Planner

It's the 5th day of January but I still haven't bought myself a planner. I cannot seem to find one that really excites me. I will probably make up my mind by the 2nd week of this month.

I bought this temporary planner yesterday because I love its color. I started using it today. I had to backtrack a little so I can update this teeny weeny planner. Yes, it's small but I like that it's really handy and it does not take so much space in my bag. :)

Bonding with My Daughter

I can mention a lot of things today which made me up and about. I accomplished a lot of things and even finished a book. But I'd like to share about the bonding moments with my daughter. I picked her up from school and we proceeded to our salon for her haircut.

She wanted to have some snack after so we dropped by Crave Burger beside the salon. She had this cheese burger all to herself. I didn't take a good shot of it but the patty is actually thicker compared to most burger stops.


Oh yes, we love taking pictures of ourselves. Luvo time eye bags and all.

2011 Left-over

I am happy to note that I have made the right decision to limit our menu for New Year's Eve. I really don't want anything in excess now. Add to the fact that I intend to go back to moderate eating and less carbohydrates after the holidays. Every year we tend to have left-over food from the new year celebration which lasts to a week. That is not good.

But this year I decided to only have one pasta (seafood pasta), 5 main dishes prepared in modest proportions - shrimp and ham jambalaya, fried chicken, a small serving of hamonado, sweet and sour lapu-lapu, shrimps. Our dessert consist of ice cream, 3 pans of leche flan, 1 pan of ube jam, fruit salad given by my in-laws and my favorite cake, Death by Tablea.

Today is the third day of January and I'm happy to note, what's left are 2 pans of leche flan, 3/4 pan of ube jam, maybe a bowl of ice cream and this....


This is a good start for the year. Nothing in excess. :)

Post Holiday Lunch with Friends

We were not complete when we had our dinner a few weeks ago at Chef Tatung's. Chats asked for a quick meet-up after the new year's celebration. Before everyone gets busy we managed to have lunch at Yakimix and have coffee after.