For this week, there are really so much to be thankful for…

1. Margaux’s Fieldtrip in school tomorrow
2. Long Champ Limited Edition – Great Wall of China
3. Upcoming Christmas vacation
4. Newly opened Mcdonalds in the village
5. Good feedback from teachers from the last parent-teacher conference
6. My twitter friends and our convesations
7. More writing assignments
8. Upcoming events
9. Lunch date with friends tomorrow
10. Mini shopaholic book

To know how this started and credits of the header, click here.

I almost can’t believe that I am just 56% vain? Well, at least…that’s just 6% higher from the 50%. So I am not so much vain! Thank goodness

according to this quiz…

Got this from Aggie again!

1. What are your plans for today?
Cook for the family. Sleep, recharge and have a nice home service massage later.

2. Who was the last person you talked on the phone with? The husband. He is out playing golf today and I asked him to pass by the groceries to get disposable diapers.

3. What was the last tv program you watched? I am watching The Buzz now…

4. What was the last thing you ate? Chocolate cake!

5. What time did you get out of bed today? this morning, 8am. But had an afternoon nap and woke up at 330pm.

Aggie. I just need to snag…

1. What are you looking forward to in the next next month?
I hope we can already travel by August and that swine flu is no longer a big scare.

2. Where’s the last place you went besides home? Went to Church this morning.

3. Would you ever change for a boy/girl? Definitely Not!

4. Is there anyone that you wish was out of your life? None actually

5. Were you happy when you woke up today? Yes. I felt relaxed. Watched movie last night with the husband.

6. Happiest moment of 2009 so far? When we moved to the dreamhouse last April.

7. Have you ever asked a boy for advice? A lot of times…I always ask my husband for advice and his opinions.

8. Do you have a gay friend? So many…

9. Do you lie about your age? Sometimes…hehehe.

10. Describe your life for the past month in one word? Happy!

I realized I have done this tag a couple of weeks back! Doesn’t matter, I may have a different answer!

Don’t know why it was called twenty firsts but anyway, I am snagging this from Arlene

First Job: Crew in ACA Video Katipunan (it was fun!)
First Real Job: Dealer Coordinator in Jaspage
First Favorite Politician: Cory Aquino
First Car: Mitsubishi Lancer
First Record/CD: gosh, I can’t remember na!
First Favorite Actress: Sharon Cuneta!
First Girlfriend/Boyfriend: hehehe, wag na lang!
First Encounter with a Famous Person: Sharon Cuneta kaya ko sya naging favorite nun!
First Brush With Death: My grandfather
First House/Condo Owned: Our dreamhouse now!
First Film Seen: Can’t remember na!
First Favorite Recording Artist: Ah, sharon cuneta pa rin!
First Favorite Radio Station: always been 89.9
First Book I Remember Reading: Oh, The Cinderella
First Meme You Answered on Your Blog: hmmm, i think 8 random things about me.

Got tagged by Jacqui.  Never got the time to answer this but now I have, I need to actually!  Need more fillers folks! lol!

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:
* my birthday party with wedding suppliers friends later at home (bring out the sun please!)
* travel… but not sure yet when but the husband said we are going out of the country, we would just let the H1N1 die down. 
* new bday bag! lol
* start of school for the kids (oh another post about it!)
* another party at home for the husband’s birthday
* more clients!
* a new painting? 
* receive gifts for my bday Hahaha!

8 Things I did Yesterday :
* worked
* meeting with a client
* went to the bank
* facebooked and twittered (if there are such words)
* cleaned up my office area
* installed my airport express, now house if finally wi-fi!
* cooked dinner
* and bought “something”

8 Things I wish I could do:
* wakeboarding
* sky diving
* scuba diving
* plant a tree in our backyard that would grow moolah! lol!
* go travel everytime
* speak a different language like japanese or french
* Sleep all day 
* Finish all assignments on time!

8 shows I watch:
* Greys Anatomy
* House
* CSI: New York
* CSI: Last Vegas
* Ellen
* Oprah
* SNN
* Amazing race

8 People I tag: (naku, I wonder if they haven’t done this)
* Eds
* Dez
* Abie
* Nice
* Gracie
* Jesse
* Tet
* Cheche

I snagged this from Aggie as I need to work on something, lol! I need fillers as you know as well. And I also need to research, review and write about mesothelioma. So here’s the randomness…

1. What are you looking forward to in the next month?
Parties (housewarming) in the new house

2. Where’s the last place you went besides home?
Groceries

3. Would you ever change for a boy/girl?
No way. It’s fabulous to be a girl!

4. Is there anyone that you wish was out of your life?
None.

5. Were you happy when you woke up today?
Yes, very much!

6. Happiest moment of 2009 so far?
The preprartion for the “big” move.

7. Have you ever asked a boy for advice?
Yes i did.

8. Do you have a gay friend?
Yes, a lot! (hahaha!)

9. Do you lie about your age?
No.

10. Describe your life for the past month in one word?
Great!

Snagged from Jane, who also snagged from Peachy.

1. What is your occupation right now? – I consider myself a full-time entrepreneur, an events organizer in particular.

2. What color are your socks right now? – I am not wearing now.

3. What are you listening to right now? – None in particular. The kids are watching Dora the Explorer DVD in the background.

4. Last person you spoke to on the phone. – An overseas call from a client.

5. How old are you today? – 31 years old

6. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? – I got used to watching basketball with the husband.

7. What is your favorite drink? – Iced Tea

8. Have you ever dyed your hair? – I used to. But it has been a long time already.

9. Favorite food? – Italian/Pasta and Chinese Foods also

10. What is the last movie you watched? – Confessions of a Shopaholic

11. Favorite day of the year? – Christmas Season

12. How do you vent anger? – I shout! (hehehe)

13. What was your favorite toy as a child? – Barbie dolls.

14. Living arrangements? – Staying with my parents but soon to be living on our own! Just can’t wait!

15. What was the last thing that you cried about? – Pathetic, but the death of Francis M (hehehe). I was deeply moved when I saw in the TV the eulogy/tribute to him.

16. Who is the friend you have had the longest? – Grace, way back in grade school

17. What did you do last night? – Watched American Idol and then sleep.

18. What are you most afraid of? – Same as jane, death of someone I love.

19. In how many areas of your country have you lived? – Always been on the east side (pasig area)

20. What is your favorite flower? – Roses and Tulips

Snagged from Aggie

1. What’s too spicy for your tastes? 
I actually not so fond of spicy foods.  I don’t like curry flavored dishes.  

2. What’s too sweet for your tastes?

Oh, I love sweets a lot so I actually do not complain.  All sweet food are just right for me.  

3. What’s too salty for your tastes? 
Patis (fish sauce).  I’m not so fond of it.

4. What’s too bitter for your tastes? 
Ampalaya! 

5. What’s too sour for your tastes? 
Sampaloc!

Gee, blogging about these food memes makes me think do I really need some diet supplements? I only have a month to look fab in a secondary sponsor gown for my cousin’s upcoming wedding on January. I wouldn’t tell what happened during the first fitting last week! Lol!

I got this lovely candle from Eds. Thank you for this girl!  

“Don’t let the Candle of Love, Hope and Friendship die. May God richly bless you as you keep this candle burning. Pass it on to all your Friends and to everyone you love.”

BLOGGERS who SHARED:  Vicy / Eds / JODY / YOU

Sharing this to all Mommy Bloggers.  Cheers to a year of friendship and looking forward to more years!  

(well aside from broadcasting my age on this blog…lol!)  there are few interesting facts that happened in 1977…

JODY – 1977; (your name – birth year)

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I’m tagging Eds, Jhona, Em, Kathy and Joanne

Thanks for playing along!

Got this award from Dez and Tet. Thanks girls for remembering.

The mechanics of the tag is below:

~ Put the logo on your blog. ~ Add a link to the person who awarded you. ~ Nominate 10 other blogs. ~ Add links to those blogs on yours. ~ Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

Sharing this award to Alpha, Jen, Macy, JoyD, and Kathy.

Aggie posted:

“Anyway, for this week, I want to SEE you. Post your most recent pictures. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t look great. I want to see more than what is a normal avatar. Take note that it needs to be RECENT. Can you believe I can use an avatar dated 2 years ago? Time for things to change 

Secondly, I want to KNOW you. Just YOU. Sans kids, the husband, just YOU. I have a lot of ME tags in my blog – you can use that. What do I want to read: You – Now. It can be as simple as “I love Coke.” or as complex as “I am the crossroads of my life.”

Here’s my latest picture just taken today, while doing something in my work station.   

Let me try to be spontaneous here because I really do not know where to start….

I am happy. I love my life. I love my current state right now. Although it didn’t come easy because I have my own share of struggles and challenges, I am thankful to what I have become in life. 

I’m the youngest in the family. I only have one brother who I look up to and became my inspiration to work hard in life. Our family didn’t have any riches, in fact, my parents worked hard to send us to school because they did not want us to experience what they have endured in their childhood. I’m thankful for that. I got good education, strived hard to do good in school from grade school down to college. I wasn’t the brightest in class but I managed to get very good grades which I am proud of.

But back in high school and college, I also did some naughty escapades. I had no regrets with it.  Barkada, night outs, boyfriends! I fell in love and fall out of love at a tender age. I cried like there was no tomorrow when I was hurt but I realized there were still things to look forward to. I valued friendships with a lot of people. I became stronger and learned the ways of life.

After college, I was excited to land my first working job in a telecommunications company. I was ecstatic to spend my own money, to be independent and carefree. I met a lot of good friends again. A year after, I met the man of my life. I am the luckiest girl in the world. I was pampered and loved. I felt blessed. I didn’t let him go. Four years after, I got married. I was so happy. I learned a lot of things from him and still learning up until now. I got a will power to become more independent and do the things I want where I am good at. I am working hard to be a good wife. I am always making a conscious effort about it up until now.

I quitted my job, ventured into business. It wasn’t easy at first. And I wouldn’t say that it became easier. They said if you are an entrepreneur, you have control over your time. But it also means that you should be available 24/7 in order to reap the rewards you want to get.

I was just a wife for 2 years and a half. I thought we won’t be blessed with a child. I was so dissapointed. I was turning my back to everyone. Then finally, our first-born came 2005. I felt complete. I was excited and anxious at the same time. I was working hard to be a good mom. Then another bundle of joy came to us unexpectedly a year after. But I embraced this another responsibility whole heartedly. It was tough. Motherhood is tough. I’m not a perfect mother because I am still working hard for it.

I sometimes feel so down, stressed and burned out. I am tired of being busy. Sometimes, I just want to quit but I can’t. I just cant throw everything I have planted. Sometimes, I just want to laze around but work calls me to get up and do  what is appropriate.  Sometimes, I just want to stare in a blank wall and do not think of anything but there are just so many things running in my head.  But I am cut to be always-on-the-go.  I guess I am used to it. I have always been a fighter.

Mundane things that keep my sanity are shopping and travelling.  I want to shop, shop and shop to the max, as if there’s no tomorrow!  lol!  As you know, I love bags.  I have special relationships with my bags.  I want to travel the whole world. That is my ultimate dream.  I want to travel around the world before I die.  I want to travel with my whole family.  I want my kids to enjoy life as I am enjoying life now. 

I know there could still be more challenges to face.  I am just holding on to my faith.  I am praying to always have one.  

I look forward to better tomorrows, to still walk hand in hand with the love of my life, in cuddles of my bundles of joy, in comforts of family and laughters of good friends.  What I have now and what I have become, I STRIVED and WORKED hard for it.  And I am still continuing to do so for the rest of my life.  

I am living up to the subtitle of my blog….

“Witness how I dice my different roles in life because at the end of the day, win or lose, life is still beautiful!

(Sorry, it became too long, i got carried away! lol!)

Thanks to Mich for this tag.

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RULES:

1. Add your blog to the list. If you’re keeping multiple blogs, it’ll be fine if you add them all up and just post your answers in one of those blogs.
2. IMPORTANT: kindly get back to me [MAICEL] so i will be able to visit your sites, read your answers and include you in the masterlist.

3. Please do copy from Start to End.

4. You may tag as many online friends as you please.

Copy this Participants List:

Simple Delights / Motherhood in a Nutshell / 3 for 100 / All About Me / Living A’La Mode / A Mother’s Journal / My Life, My Journey / Chismis Today /Techicardia / Small and Simple Things / My Notebook / Glossa~licious / A Great Pleasure/ Also Mommy / Both Sides Now / Life is What we Make it / When SAHMone Speaks / When Silence Speaks / Etc Atbp / Everything About Deye /Ozzy’s Mom / Me,Myself+2 / Fun.Fierce. Fabulous/ Kidd Designs / Eds Mommy Life / Just Me Eds / My Precious Niche / My Colorful World/ In This Game of Life / YOUR BLOG HERE

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Do you have kids? Yes, 2 daughters

How old are they? Margaux is 3 years and 6 months; Bianca at 23 months

What do you think is the ideal age for the kids to be sent to school? Margaux entered a toddler class at 2 and a half years old.  Now, she’s on a formal big school at 3 years old.  I guess at 3years oldm it would be ideal to send kids to school.  We plan to do the same thing for Bianca. 

Would you consider sending your 3-year-old toddler to school? Yes.

Explain your reasons: It would be a well spent-day to send a toddler in school rather than leave her at home watching TV and being alone with the yaya.  The immersion to mingle and socialize with other kids are important.  Aside from the fact that she can also learn the basic knowledge needed for grade school.  Home schooling is not for me.  

Snag it if you want. 

Jen, AA and Tracy heart my blog. Thank you girls! Super touch ako. I know I posted something like this before already, but what the heck, I am posting it again cause I’m getting the love again from my readers.

 The rules of the award are:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.

Previous awardees: Mabelle, Prily, Ate Norma, I Love Philippines Too, Shenga, Nova, WebbieStuffs, Nancy,Webloglearner, Pinay Wahm, and My So Called Life, Let’s Spice Things Up, Beauty and Shop, Idealpinkrose,allin, kimchiland, Korean Food, The Paper Vision, Embrace Simplicity, Me and Mine, A Window To Our World, A Grateful Heart, Can of Thoughts, A Mother’s Stuff, http://housewifeatwork.blogspot.com/,MommaWannabe, Lourdes Mia, Praning’s Shoutout, When Silence Speaks, Etc Atbp, Aeirin’s Collections,Life is What we Make it, Underneath It All, Cellulitic Bliss, Angel Brews, Scribbles of My Life, The Shopaholic in Me, In This Game of Life, YOUR BLOG

I am also giving the same award of “I LOVE YOUR BLOG” and the Propagating Friendship Award which I got from Gracie.

Now, I heart the blogs of:

1.  Aggie
2. Joy
3. Mich
4. Alpha
5. Nice
6. Vannie
7. Abie

Thanks Eds for this.

“We need friends for many reasons,

all throughout the season.

We need friends to comfort us when we are sad,

and to have fun with us when we are glad.

We need friends to give us good advice,

We need someone we can count on,

and treat us nice.

We need friends to remember us

one we have passed sharing memories

that will always last.”

Spread the poem of friendship.1. Everyday Life 2. Words of Love 3. Sheng’s Simple Thoughts . . . 4. good thoughts, good trades 5. Ours and Our Kids 6. Jengspeaks 7.Jacque 8. Snippets of My Mind 9.Melisse’s Domain 10.Seize The Day 11. Eds Mommy Life 12. Just Me.. Eds 13. My Precious Niche 14. Scribbles of My Life 15. The Shopaholic In Me 16. In This Game of Life 17. YOU

Passing this to Nice, Em, Kelly and Jesse.  

I’m so touched. Carol gave me this.

Here are the rules:
1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award.
2. Four (4) of them are followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

Passing this award to Gracie, Abie, JoyD, Janis and Tet.

This came from Dez, Jane and Tet.

PLAYERS: Del / Carol / Eds / Dez / Jane |Tet / Jody /YOU!

SCATTERGORIES. ..it’s harder than it looks! Erase my answers, enter yours, send it on to your friends. *Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… *They have to be real places, names, things. Nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question;

WHAT IS YOUR NAME –Jody
4 LETTER WORD – Just
VEHICLE –Jazz (honda)
TV Show – Just for Laughs
CITY – Jersey

BOY NAME – Joseph
OCCUPATION – Jobless!  hahaha
SOMETHING YOU WEAR – Jeans
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM – Jampoo!  (hahaha, sige na nga)  Jar
REASON FOR BEING LATE – Just came out of shower! (hihihi)
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT – Juskoday!

Tagging Tracy, AA and Apols.  

Joanne, Pheng and Melisse tagged me for this. This is an early christmas tag. Glad to do it.

It’s so simple. Copy the photo below then write your blog and your wish this Christmas 2008. Your wish has to be something PRICELESS and SELF- LESS… something that money can’t buy… something that another person will treasure dearly.

1. Bits and Pieces by Jan: I wish Gino and I will be able to convince friends to help us sponsor a simple Christmas party for the children of White Cross Children’s Home in San Juan.
2. The Wifey Diaries by Jannesse: My birthday falls on the 22nd of December. I have always wished to spend it with orphaned or abandoned kids. I’d be super happy to spend my birthday with them. That way, they get early Christmas presents from me. Oh, and can I wish for a baby, too? Please?
3. The Versoza Inc. by Con: I’d like to have a simple Christmas party for all the children of our employees. Times were hard on our company this 2007, but still, the Christmas Spirit should not be overpowered by it. Christmas is about family. So our Christmas party should not be for employees only, but for their families as well. Also, I wish our clan would make it a tradition to have a Christmas gift giving project. My Tita Doi started it last year with the Antipolo church children. I am looking forward to this year
4. Jengspeaks by Jeng: Every Christmasmtime, our group Friends Empowered to Serve would solicit money, clothes, food, etc. to give to our chosen charities such as Anawim, PGH Chilrdren’s ward and the street children of Manila. This year, we hope to be able to give more and add the families along the pier in our list of recipients. We also want to give the children there a simple Christmas party with food, games and gifts. 
5. life. love. family. work. travel: Christmas won’t be the same again for our family this year. my eldest sister and her family is migrating to the US. a few years ago, my elder sister migrated to holland with her two kids. my ate from holland might not come home this Christmas and would probably just spend Christmas with our ate in the US. i hope and i pray wherever we are, we will still feel the spirit of Christmas within our family. i also pray that my parents won’t get too much affected of this change. they’re already old and i’m afraid that loneliness might affect their health. i hope my brother and i and our own families could cheer them up in the coming days and could keep the usual happy Christmas spirit in our homes.

5. Me, Myself and I : I wish that I could donate something in a charity or for anyone who badly needs a help this year. And of course, WORLD PEACE!

6. In this Game of Life : I wish poverty will be alleviated to those who are suffering from it. I pray that kids all over the world, especially those who are supressed and abused to be spared from harm and sickness. And those who are affected of any wars will be spared from violence.  We will continue with our yearly family tradition of spending time and our gifts to the babies and kids at Cribs Foundation.
7. YOUR BLOG HERE

Passing this on to Peachy, Jane and Joy.

Tagged by Joy.

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Here are the Rules:

1. List the things that make you Happy and those that make you Sad.

2. Add your Blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other Blogs.

3. Tag other online friends you know.Toni’s Attachments, Cecile2’s-Small and Simple Things, Lara’s Pinay dot US, Lara’s My Blog Entry, Lara’s Byaheng Pinay, Living A’ La Mode,Bits and Pieces, My Life in this Wonderful World, My Online World, Ozzy’s Mom,Me,Myself+2, Kidd Designs, Fun|Fierce|Fabulous, Eds Mommy Life, Just Me.. Eds, My Precious Niche, I Am Mommy, All About The Memories, Enchanted Play, Just My Scrap, My life is Peachy , Celebrating life , belly, baby and beyond, All Things Me, Feels Like Home, A Day of Play, Because Life is Fun, Me and Mine | Creative in Me | For the LOVE of Food |Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | It’s Where the HEART Is | Around the World | SugarMagnolias|, My Happy Place / Iam Dzoi / Suburban Sass / To the Moon and Back / Raising Sandy | Scribbles of my Life | In This Game of Life | The Shophaholic in Me| YOU

What makes me happy?

* Complete Family
* Healthy Family
* Lovely Kids
* Supportive Husband
* Business doing good
* Get togethers with family and friends
* Relationship with in-laws
* Travels
* Great finds in shopping like finding this week a cheap auto insurance

What makes me sad?

* Sick family member
* Poverty
* Calamities
* Accidents

Now, tagging Nol, Nice and Pam.