I have been in hiatus again from blogging personal stuff as things are really pretty busy. Oh well, what’s new? It almost May already, I can’t believe how months are passing by so fast. The husband is pretty busy too with his work as he is working on some projects with ITIL Resources. He has been going for some out-of-town trips often lately.  Since we got from the US, work is taking its toll on us plus the fact that we are also on the way.  But our 10th year wedding anniversary is just around the corner so we are looking forward for our quick getaway soon.

Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost a month since my last post. Work has been tremendous recently and I cannot even think how to squeeze everything and try to finish all my pending tasks before we go for a major vacation before the year ends.

November got pretty busy since we had a couple of events. Most of it as well came in last minute. Not that I am complaining. I am actually grateful for the blessings from the One up above.

December will completely be the busiest month with me finishing 4 events before we leave and try to complete all turn over for all the events I will be leaving to my team while I’m away. I am now even thinking if I need to even lend my desktops to my staff as most of my files are there. There are tons of documents to even turn over to them.

Now, I am getting anxious for things to be done soon so I can look forward for the grand vacation with my family.

Whew! What a very busy monday! I think the day just slipped by. And I am expecting that my entire week will be something like this. I am juggling from working from my MBP and the other tablet computers so I can finish all my paper works in a day.  I can feel the pressure of peak season already as my day is always full of meetings.  I need to take extra multi-vitamins to keep me healthy as I cannot afford to get sick these days.

In today’s time and age, it is hard to cope up with the demands of everyday living. If you a parent, chances are you are having challenges in juggling family life and career. Kids nowadays are becoming demanding too. There are a lots of studies that have been associated how important the formative years of children. Now you need to provide much attention and effort in providing the best for your children. Recently, I am trying to do time management that will benefit my family life and kids. I need to devise a plan that would surely work for my kids and my clients too. There are days that I really need to let my kids attend childcare instead. How I wish there are schools like those of Pre Schools Adamstown in our area which offers part-time and full-time places that is directed in every parent’s working lifestyle today. These childcare centers like Giraffe Childcare and Early Learning centres offer young children four months – 6 years an environment that provides creative stimulation and play activities. Their staff are known to be highly competent to child development which promotes positive learning and imagination. They believe that children actually develop and learn in different ways and different phase. And that early years of education is an integral learning curve for the child.  For me, getting help from institutions like this are saving grace for parents like me.  I hope I get to find a center suited for my kids and my working lifestyle as well.

Last Monday, I had the privilege to be part of the symposium and book-signing of Preston Bailey in Manila. This is in celebration of 18th year in Business of Rita Neri. I totally forgot what my uncle was asking me to do that day to check out Polaris Ranger Accessories because I got so excited for the event. I got three wonderful books by Preston and had a chance to let him sign on all of my books. I am a super fan! I hope i get to enroll in one of his Event Styling Classes in the future.

Yes, the most- sought after event stylist in the US, a favorite of Oprah will be in Manila to conduct a symposium in Manila Peninsula Hotel. This will be on May 30. The guy will be brought in by Ms. Rita Neri in celebration of her 15th year in the wedding industry. I am so excited to be part of this and to meet the guy in person. I have been wanting to take on his courses. If there are online it degree available, Mr. Bailey offers online courses about event stylist, floral decorations and the like.  I am sure attending this symposium would be a worthwhile experience. It is just like a feeling of an IT graduate after taking an online it degree.

Before i do some research about rv repairs for an uncle who is asking him to help him, let me share the good news that I am now using MBP! MBP stands for Macbook Pro! Thanks to the generosity of the husband. I am now using his barely 1 year old MBP since he has a new laptop from his new company. So now my macbook white is for sale. Any takers?

Specs below:

* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
* 160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive; optional 250GB, 320GB, or 500GB 5400-rpm drive4
* 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/
CD-RW)
* 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT display with support for millions of colors
* Built-in full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)
* Solid-state scrolling trackpad for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities
* Built-in stereo speakers
* Built-in omnidirectional microphone
* Combined optical digital input/analog line in (minijack)
* Combined optical digital output/analog line out (minijack)

I wanted to blog already about our recent Boracay trip but please bear with me as I have so much work to do in my hands now. The kids are ending classes next week and so we are pretty busy preparing them for their annual stage play in school. I am also cramming for Margaux’s 6th birthday celebration in school by next week. Haven’t really prepared anything. Boo! Plus there are so much more to fix in the house. Summer is here so we got to prepare our “portable” swimming pool for the kids, lol! We are considering to build a water tank too in our backyard in preparation for summer heat plus the husband is asking me to check out an air compressor too. I totally have no clue why we need one. Anyway, any suggestions where I could check those out?

It’s finally out! The wedding pictures of Kristine Hermosa and Oyo Boy Sotto. Took more than a month before the official pictures were out. The wedding was beautiful and intimate. The bride was stunning. She was just like a fairy in her captivating wedding gown. Though she is very busy and would normally lack sleep, she is still very beautiful. I wonder how she gets rid of dark circles under eyes treatment. Oyo, on the other hand is also very handsome that day especially on his white suit. The whole ceremony is light with no pretension and fuss. It’s all about being totally in love with one another. I was fortunate enough to be part of this celebration, to be able to plan the wedding with Tin and Oyo.

How’s life been with me and the family? Sorry folks (to my avid readers) if I haven’t been posting more  personal stuff in this blog. For one, I have really been busy with work. Also, I am trying to choose now what to write. Apparently, after carefully screening my posts, I ended up not posting anything, so major boo! I don’t want to promise that I would regularly be writing more personal stuff because promises could be made to be broken. Instead, I will just try my best  ok? Besides, there are so much happenings I would like to share so I need major back-  tracking here.

For the meantime, let me recall the things I would like to share and just put everything in a  nutshell while I still cannot sleep at this time of writing (too much coffee for the day!) and taking advantage that I still have the blogging mojos with me as well.

1. I am hopeful for 2011. 2010 has been a very good year so I look forward to a better 2011.  With all my lucky charms and talismans I bought in time for the chinese new year, I hope  the wonders of these will work on me. But of course, I do not rely much on these alone. Faith  is more important and I am holding on to it.

2. To start of by saying that my 2011 is shinier, my work is taking its peak. I’m happy with my job and that’s what matters most. We finished our January events in flying colors. One major thing that transpired is coordinating a celebrity wedding. Yes, we finally did one! So weddings we have planned and coordinated won’t just be gracing all those bridal magazines like Wedding Essentials, Metro Weddings, Martha Stewart Phils and the like but would also be featured in showbiz magazines like Yes, Buzz and Star Studio Magazine! That’s a major accomplishment! Lol! So who’s wedding was it? The very private and beautiful wedding of Oyo Boy Sotto and Kristine Hermosa. Their onsite video are actually posted in Threelogy’s blog.

3. The kids are growing fast. (Sniff, Sniff). Margaux is turning 6 already by March so do you know what it means? Well, I’m already party planning for her 7th Birthday next year. Yeah, working on my plans as early as now and I’m actually panicking already as I need to decide soon already for the venue. Who said birthday party planning cannot happen for a year in advance? Not if I’m the mommy! As being in events company, I’m sure our guests will be expecting more.

4. Bianca, on the other hand is doing good in big school. I knew she could really adjust very well. Oh, they are ending the school year already and I cannot wait for both of them to be performing for the school play as their culminating activity.

5. We have plotted our family travels for the year. We are excited for most of it. To start off, we are flying to Boracay next week. And I am so excited to see the sun, the sand and the beach of course. Not to mention, the extra privilege to stay in Shangrila Boracay. I thought we won’t be able to afford for it but since I am a sucker for sales and discounts, I never miss the chance to  avail the promo when vouchers were sold in Shangrila Greenbelt last year. It will be the second time for the kids. I’m sure they will enjoy it more now since they are bigger. As for me, I am also bigger in size! Lol! That’s the bad news. So I am quite depressed that I can no longer wear the same swimwear I wore in the island some 3 years ago. Now, that’s a major boo!

There’s a pretty number of sharing I still like to post but let’s reserve it next time.  It is an odd hour already and sleepiness has finally knocked on my head after 650 words of this blog post.

No promises as I said but will really try to write my mushing and ramblings (more) often

How lucky could I get that the husband is giving me his MBP! Yey! With that, I need to sell my existing white Macbook. I wonder how much could I sell it now. It’s been with me for more than two years now but still on a very good working condition. I actually clean it almost every week. I have to find out online what’s the going rate for 2nd hand laptops like this. I wonder if it has the same selling rate like those of acer laptop computers? I actually saw a lot being sold online. Should you be interested in my macbook, send me a message!

for me and a couple we are coordinating. I need all the prayers to make this even successful. Should there be some weight loss drinks, now I need a stress-free drink! Lol! I hope I can survive this. I just want to make things beautiful for our couple. It’s a great opportunity so I am really looking forward to this day. I am sure all efforts will pay off. Now, back to working seriously.

Luscious! Sumptuous! Now I have a problem regarding best ways to lose weight. Being in events business, I often get the chance to do food tasting with clients and also somehow enjoy feasting on food including this kind of dessert buffet during our functions. Of course, I flock the buffet stations after work already.  But I just can’t resist the goodness of all these sweet baked goodies.  Yes, I am a sweet tooth.  Very much indeed. I actually cannot last a day without eating any dessert, may it be chocolate, ice-cream or cake. Now, I have to be mindful as well with my calorie count.

So what’s new? As usual I am still busy. In fact, wording it that way is just an understatement. There are so many work to be done especially that the peak months are here. In few days, it would be October and most of our clients based abroad are starting to come home. Paper works are piling up. Thanks to the scanner software I was able to get. Compiling all documents of clients was made easy.  You see, I need to practically keep track of everything from contracts, to receipts even to the individual emails of the clients. My work space now is crazy! Really thinking now to get a secretary!

Had few talks with friends last night about making new ventures. We are looking at putting up some business abroad. Still on the works and still reviewing documentations on who we can manage to do it since there would be a number of requirements we need to submit as well. We would probably capitalize on the fact that one of our friends is a US Citizen. We were even candidly joking that we could also consider to buy gold bars from the US Gold Bureau. How I wish, we can really pull off enough capital for such investment. It can be available in coin or even on ingot form. As we all know buying gold has been done centuries back and it’s such a way to accumulate wealth. Well, should we decide on it, would consider getting from dedicated staff who knows very well how to manage investments portfolio of precious metals. It would be so safe to get from US Gold Bureau. For the meantime, we are hoping to pursue a business venture related to our industry.

I am in need of VIP security for our upcoming event this August. The client requested me to check rates if we can hire extra security personnel to facilitate traffic flow in the church and reception, to check on the guests and give extra protection for VIP guests. Apparently, she told me that she prefers the calibre of those like the ones from Security Guards Southport. Now, it’s making my search complicated since there are very few qualified security agencies I do trust for our events. Tomorrow, we would meet with two agencies as I am letting her review the credentials and decide eventually who to get. Hope we could resolve this requirement already for one of my big events this coming month.

July is already close to an end and it would just be 5 months away to Christmas Season. I wanted to plan ahead this time and already look for options on what to give out as gifts/souvenirs for our suppliers and clients. My staff recommended to me to check out the customized promotional mugs she saw online. I think it would be much appreciated especially by most of our suppliers who really love to drink coffee. And oh, I thank my staff for letting me know about it since these promotional mugs she saw online are all on sale.  We can definitely grabbed this deal.  That’s a good thing on planning ahead.

It’s been incredibly crazy week since monday. Actually i was a totally busy bee since last week. I am thinking I need all the supplementing I could take. I need some health supplements to keep me going. Last week was husband’s party as well so I was crazy preparing for his birthday party in less than 2 days! But glad I was able to pull it off. It’s already middle of the week and I hope work would get better in two days time.

I was actually doing some research on supplement reviews since I need to know which one is the most effective when I opened my Facebook and realized that I was tagged on these photos. I love my work. Quoting from a friend, she actually told me not to replace it with a corporate world career as mine is a kick-ass career. I couldn’t agree more. I love everything about it, including the stress actually. I’m used to it. These are some snippets during our day coordination:

I have few more errands to finish before we leave like 13 days from now. I am telling myself that I can do it while squeezing in between my meetings. I also need to do a lot of writing and reviews every evening. Good thing, I still do not look too awful since I have been using an eye cream for dark circles. Few things that I have accomplished already are:

1. Renewed passport of Margaux. Glad it arrived on time.
2. Enrolled both kids in school.
2. Ordered for their school uniforms.
3. Had the shutter of Nikon D60 fixed already.
4. Bought new luggage

Few more things to do:

1. Renew driver’s license so I won’t get penalized
2. Finalize and firm up our insurance policies
3. Inquire for travel insurance
4. Process papers for the new acquired “baby”
5. Have my hair color/hair cut.
6. Bring kids for pedia check-up

I would like to finish the rest within the coming week. I really hope so. Good luck to me as I am doing these things in between meetings as well.

last night but I’ve got the best eye cream for dark circles so I am safe. I have put on some already. I waited for the husband to come home last night which was very late already. But so happy he is back home after two nights of being away. I really don’t think I can be an OFW wife, lol! I just can’t. I really look up to those who are on those situation because I know how hard it is to be away from family.

Now, off for a wedding in Tagaytay…

It was busy for us. Had events over the weekend (work-related and personal). Saturday, while I was in Pampanga for an event, the kids just went to my mom’s place to visit them while the husband went to finish some work in his office. Sunday, we heard mass then off to finalize on what to buy as our anniversary gift for each other. We already ordered it We had a simple celebration also as we dine-in Dampa in Libis. Went home pretty late and I missed watching again those sunday showbiz talk shows. I heard there were some revelations among showbiz personalities who underwent bariatric surgery. I wonder who were those? We capped the night by having a very yummy dessert of Razon’s Halo-Halo.