FMCC shirts

Finally, my hubby finally bought the shirt he wanted. We now have the FMCC shirts. Check out Bebe's and my shirt.


One Love


3 Stars and a Sun


Authentic

Our last day in Pasig

Wow, after almost four years in Pasig City we're now moving to Bulacan. I never imagined myself living outside of Pasig, but this opportunity came and we can't miss it. We can now live comfortably in Bulacan with a big house and a quiet environment. Ofcourse without the perks Pasig had always been known for, still we will find the opportunity to navigate through the different places in Bulacan and find an alternative.

I think it just came out as a spontaneous decision for us both, right after the wedding, we thought of something we can do, another project. We first thought of buying a bigger fridge, but then there's not much space in our itsy bitsy apartment that can accomodate a bigger one. Next, we thought of replacing our tiny sala set, but then again, the space, always the space. So, we thought of, since we hardly go outside the convenience of our home and we really don't mind travel time, being late, etc, why not we try to find a home that can fit all of our appliance and we can live comfortably without the hussling and buzzling noise of the city.

We tried the world wide web for answers, we went to sulit.com.ph, buyandsellph.com, moveinthecity.com, and even craigslist.com. Until we found this tiny add in buyandsell.ph about a certain home for rent in Bulacan. So, we did call the phone number listed and we we're asked to call back. We did after a few hours and I spoke with the owner, ate Nida, she was very nice and accomodating, she invited us to view the apartment the next day. I can hear from her voice that she's not very confident that we're interested, who on earth would want to live in Bulacan if you're already in the the business district.

After a few talks with Jeff we finally decided to try to check out the house. We also found another ad, this time in olx.com, which is a townhouse for rent, it has pictures on the add and the best part is, it's also in Bulacan. So a day after we headed out to Bulacan to check these two houses. Since Jeff is pretty much not used to travelling for more than a hour, I can see that he's a little aggravated with the situation. But upon seeing the house, we're both surprised that it's inexpensive and still, it's in an executive village. We also got interested with the townhouse but it's much more expensive compared to the house.

We really talked about it and our decision was final, we're taking the inexpensive one. We realized, if we are to move to a new house, in Bulacan, we need to be sure that it's compensating the fact that we're no longer in a city part of Metro Manila, and living in an expensive townhouse will not make thing better.

So, here we are, painfully packing our things and awaiting for the big day, tomorrow. I think we almost have everything ready. I already booked for a 6W truck for only 3,000 pesos with two helpers, bought some stuff that I know the house would really need. Like a shower curtain, some concrete nails and hooks. We just need to make sure that we get everything ready for pickup tomorrow afternoon. We're outahere by three..

3 Stars and a Sun

Exactly one week ago when the Master Rapper passed away. Since then, Jeff had been so passionate trying to get at least a shirt from three stars and a sun, hoping that somehow FM will not be forgotten and somehow we can help him unite the country in our own little ways. So, today, two days before we move to our new home he decided to get a shirt from Broadway. He then sent me a message saying that there's so many people trying to get a shirt in Broadway and he's asking for help to locate another place to get it from. So, I made some research and these are the information I found:

Price: Printed Tees - Php550, Embroidery Tees - Php650, Poloshirts - Php1,200, Special Edition Tees - Php650 and Php850

Shipping cost: Php125 (Luzon), Php140 (Visayas), Php150 (Mindanao)

And only available on these shops:
3 Stars & a Sun Stores

Broadway Centrum (Mezzanine Flr. Broadway Centrum, Aurora Blvd. cor. Dona Juana Rodriguez Ave., Q. C. Contact: 0905-7174389)

Neo-China Town Mall (Bradco Avenue corner Diosdado Macapagal Blvd, Parañaque City. Contact: 0927-4526133)

Robinson's Place - Imus, Cavite (Aguinaldo Hi-way, Cavite. Contact: 0927-7954287)

Metro Manila Distributors

X Print VMall - Greenhills (3rd Flr V Mall,Greenhills. Tel: 722-8913)

X Print Trinoma (2nd Level Trinoma, Quezon City. Tel: 916-9644)

X Print Market! Market! (2nd Level, Market! Market!, The Fort, Taguig. Tel: 856-0168)

Lokalida - Festival Mall (Alabang, Muntinlupa. Contact: 0917-4078940, visit: www.lokalidad.multiply.com)

Salbakuta Hood Gear (2nd floor, Yellow Lane, Victory Mall, Monumento, Caloocan City)

Provincial Distributors

Nueva Ecija - Wings Of Dreams Ent. (Pacific Mall, Cabanatuan City. Contact: 0917-8338374, E-mail: boss_yvz@yahoo.com, visit: yvesteban14.multiply.com)

Tarlac - Plates and Dishes (Tarlac, Tarlac. Contact: (045) 491-4198)

Baguio - Trends and Gadget (Baguio City. Ryan Mendoza, Contact: 0916-3906778, visit: nocturnalphoenixrjm.multiply.com)

Pampanga - Edzon Drugstore (Angeles, Pampanga. Contact: (045) 889-4395 or 0916-6777035, Email: mackoy@gmail.com, visit: http://store.cyjen.com)

Laguna - Jennibelle's Treasure Box Boutique (Unit C, AHJ Calderon Bldg. #14 Dinulos Subd. New Canlubang, Brgy. Paciano Rizal. Calamba City, Laguna. Email: evabiatch@yahoo.com)

Iloilo (Contact: Jan Onate 0917-8814865, Jenn Onate 0917-7172232 or (033) 3205817 Email: janonate@yahoo.com.ph)

International Distributors

Dubai (Al Ghusais 1, Dubai UAE. P.O. Box 72527; or contact Mark Ingalla at 050-2250527, visit: www.fmccdubai.multiply.com)

Abu Dhabi (Rowell "taui " Mallari Contact: 00971 55 643 0164 or 00971 50 933 0369 Email: thawee_16lick@yahoo.com, visit: fmccabudhabi.multiply.com)

US (Myla and Winston - (707) 3640611 and (707) 3860558; Email them too at mylage@mac.com and stone88@mac.com)

Singapore (Anthony Munoz and Janice Bautista; Email: fmccsg@gmail.com; Site: http://fmccsg.multiply.com; mobile nos.: (+65) 9817-4834)

Hong Kong (Filmart 7Seas Building, Fortress Hill; or contact Mr. Joey at mobile no. 092832956)

I called the branch in Trinoma, GreenHills and in Market Market. GH and MM are all out of stock with all the shirts, in Trinoma, the only one left is the polo shirt costs 1,200, size 2XL. So I guess hubby has to go to Broadway as early as 9AM tomorrow to get his much awaited shirt.

Excerpts from FM's multiply shop.

WE LOVE YOU FRANCIS M.

Today we went to Francis M.'s wake, it was very solemn there, maybe because it was just around 7AM when we went there. There were at least 5-7 men and women in uniform within the vicinity of Christ the King and one even reminded me not to take pictures, I obliged of course, out of respect for Francis M. My hubby saw Maxine and said that she looks really tired, while I saw one reporter there who was speaking with one of Francis' sons. There were not much people that time, maybe 5-10 people who went there were his fans, wearing their baggy jeans and bling blings. Some came in groups and some were just alone with their small prayers for FM. He's at peace now, at least that's what I saw in his face, no hatred, no fear. He's now with our Lord and we're happy that his suffering had ended. WE LOVE YOU FRANCIS M.

Our New Place

This is just to show you how our new home looks like. I know, I know, this is really far from the usual Pasig we've always lived in. It's way way far from the very convenient place that we started from. We will have to adjust not to go out late at night just to get something to eat. I didn't see any McDonalds, 711 or MiniStop near the area but I guess this is one sacrifice that we can do just to get a very convenient house, very nice looking and so much affordable.

Check out the pictures.


Bebe enjoying the new door..


The Garden of Joaquins..


The outside of our house


Bebe's happy space..


My kitchen..


The rooms..


Our gate..


The unfinished side..


The lavatory..


Our salas..

Gloc 9, Andrew E and Dice and K9's Tribute

Today we all feel saddened by the death of Francis M. His death brought out so many talented people he helped and had touched his life in Eat Bulaga earlier today. One of which is the song Lando where Gloc 9, Andrew E and K9 sang. It touched me so deeply especially seeing Gloc 9 cry out his feelings about FM's death. Please check out this link in youtube.

Francis M

I dunno what title I should give it but the whole thing came as a surprise, my husband and I were just watching this noontime show until they all came back from some commercials and we noticed that there was a commotion, almost everyone were crying and my husband said immediately, "patay na si Francis M". I didn't really believe it until it came out of Vic Sotto's lips. We were both startled with the news and had to keep saying "Oh my God" until it finally sinked in. Indeed, he passed away this noon and it came as a shock. He's one of the best in the industry and I'm pretty sure he'll be remembered for his goodness.


I also came across his multiply site, feel free to to check it out and say your goodbyes.

Wedding Pictures

Memoirs of Our Wedding (2-7-9)

I guess this is another new beginning for us, after several years of hiding behind our theater curtain we finally tied the knot and showed everyone how we love each other.

We came up with a limited budget, we actually set a limit so we don't have to go beyond our means. It disappointed some of our relatives on both parties and we didn't have enough choice but to give way and extend whatever we could give. It was a very terrifying event, having to go through such decisions made our 1 month preparation a one whole drama.

Though we had a lot of contradictions we managed and got everything settled. We held the wedding and reception in a restaurant in Valenzuela called Tabrieza. It wasn't at all the best there is but I love the place because of it's accessibility and the food. We had a taste test a month before the date itself and got everything settled. I got the cake from Red Ribbon and our dresses courtesy of SM. It was on sale so we grabbed a halter type dress for me, a black one, and a long sleeves dark blue polo for Jeff.

By the way, the most important of all, the ring, I got it on a lay away plan through Golden Gills, the band is two toned, yellow gold and white gold in matte with a small diamond in the middle. This is the hardest one to get because it just took me two months to pay for a nearly 30K value ring.

The whole wedding was great, though there were still disappointments in between I love how we held it, in fact, they (invited guests) weren't expecting it to be that great because it was just a civil wedding.

I will be uploading pictures on the next post.

Wedding is the worse decision I ever made

Why do we get married in the first place? Is it the parents' decision who to invite or is it the couples'?

Update on the Work

Wow, it's as if I neglected posting here since I found my dream career. Just to update you guys. that full time stint didn't work so well. I mean, for the first week I worked for him, it was chaos. He had so many demands, like I should work from 11PM to 8AM, if I extend my working hours, that would be unpaid. Then he traveled to DC from CA, he was expecting me to know every single detail of his flight, like his flight number, the kind of cab he should be using, and he expected that I should be able to make a hotel reservation for him without his credit card, and I also used my own Skype account to call the hotel and the congress. And came Friday, technically Saturday my time, it was so difficult to get my salary. It took me hours before I was able to get in touch with him. He even mentioned in our discussion that my salary should be in a bi-weekly schedule, which is not what we've talked about during the interview. Right after I got my salary from him, I've thought about resigning but I still gave myself a couple of days of thinking. Came Monday night, when I was supposed to report for work, I immediately filed my resignation letter. They tried to make me change my mind but naahh.. Working for him is hell.. And besides I felt so underpaid with the kind of salary he gave me.

New Career

It's been a month since I last posted, it was because I have been busy and stressed at the same time. It was last April when I started focusing some of my time in my part time gigs, came May I got this opportunity of a lifetime to have a permanent work from home and would be giving the same salary as my current employer is providing. At first, I never had any intention of resigning, maybe just an additional income without deductions. However, it irked me to find out that the company itself wouldn't do anything to keep me as their employee so I decided to immediately sign my resignation letter and submitted it before I log out yesterday. Now, I'm looking forward to a new career that will start later tonight. I hope to learn from a new employer and I hope that he will keep his promises to me.

Braces

I've always fancied wearing braces back in High School, as what a normal kid growing up in a private school would always see from her "rich friends". Most of my friends wear them before and since our family is not well off, I cannot even get my teeth checked by a local dentist. I always just rely on my ever reliable toothbrush and "Colgate". But I've always promised myself to get it once I get a nice job. Back then to get braces on your teeth you have to prepare atleast P60,000 for both the upper and lower teeth. Now, I've asked some friends who got themselves their braces, they paid around P20,000 - P40,000, which is still infact costly for me. But everything changed when I learned that an officemate of mine, a dear friend, is capable of installing braces, she's not licensed though but what the heck, I'm not after her license, and the fact that I just want a non-functional braces, why would I pay P20,000? Right? Anyway, after months of begging, she finally gave in, and she scheduled me last Monday. I never realized it was that easy to get braces on. It wasn't really tough, though I think it's because I never really had issues with my upper front teeth. They look good already, I just need them to look better. It only took around 30-45 minutes and voila, I got cute braces on my upper teeth and I got them pink rubber bands too. I still have 2 other colored rubber bands and once I need them she would be there to install them. I then became interested, so I'm planning to put braces on my hubby, and maybe I can fix his dental issues then, hehehe.. Anyway, I have not photographed myself yet, but once I get a picture of myself with my new braces on, I would definitely post it here.

A not so special day..

Yes, my dear readers (if there's anyone so interested to read this blog) it was my birthday on the 20th of April. It was nothing special, just like any other day. Though I filed for a vacation leave, it was nothing special as it was when I was a bit younger.

The original plan was to celebrate it with my family and hubby in Valenzuela, we're planning to go the nearest resort and spend quality time with them. Until Monday last week came and mom told me she had to rush my younger sister to the nearest hospital, she was really sick that time and they thought she's suffering from a dengue outbreak just like what happened my brother a few months back. After a few days, she was brought home but still not that ready for such heavy activity, then we had to cancel the plan and she might still get sick if we proceed. Anyway, hubby and I went to Valenzuela for a visit, and I guess to celebrate my birthday with them, though not in a resort as planned. I brought lots of fruits as my sister would need them. Then, as part of the celebration we ordered two boxes of large pizzas and ate them all. It was a short celebration but I really had fun.

Came the original birthdate, last Sunday, hubby and I went for a dip here in Pasig's Rain Forest, entrance fee for a resident of Pasig is just P60, table and a couple of chairs are not gonna be charged on you. We bought a couple of chips and a cake (just to remind me that it's my birthday) and stayed there for 3 hours. It was fun though there's so many people packed in the 2 pools and the kiddie pool's water is turning brown already. It was still a good experience, though I'm now becomming slowly irritated with the thought that in 2 years time I'll be 30. Whoa..

The Reunion

Last month was Reggie's Birthday, though I promised him that I'll immediately upload these pics, I was just too busy with work and life that I forgot these pics and stored it in my PC. Anyway, as promised, though a little late, these are the pics on your birthday Reggie.

Just a short story on his birthday, a week before the said day, Mama Sach invited me through text and apparently did not include the venue of the celebration, which I forgot as well. Since I haven't seen her for the longest time I hurriedly agreed, again, through text. Came Sunday, the day of the celebration, just got off from my night shift work, I went home, did some house chores and at lunch went to a salon to get my hair fix and meet up with my hubby in Megamall. As agreed we went straight to SM North Edsa to meet my friends, at the bus, I suddenly remembered that the last time I talked to Reggie he resides in Parañaque, which is really really far from Pasig, I began to doubt if we will still be able to make it, because I still have work the day after that. Anyway, since Faithy brought her car and we're already on our way, we just had no choice but go to Parañaque. It was really far that we nearly thought that we're lost, we had to ask a lot of people before we even reached the place. Anyway, after I think an hour and a half to two, we reached the said place and we stayed for like an hour then went back Pasig, at last, eeehehehe.. I hope Reggie and friends will read this. I enjoyed your party and our reunion. Thanks for the invite.

Our date with Papa

Our date with Papa.. This is a once a year experience and sometimes once in 5 years pa.. Papa lives and works in China since my youngest brother was born, that makes it.. hhmm.. 14 years.. He's just here since the start of Chinese New Year. I must admit I so miss my Papa. Come to think of it, he wasn't there when I graduated in grade school, high school, even college. So, I didn't feel it was loss when I got married without my family since I'm pretty used to it so to speak. Anyway, this is one of the Sundays I'll never forget, Papa treated us to lunch in Gateway, Cubao, in one of my fave resto, SuperBowl of China. Just take a look at our pictures while enjoying the food. Papa left earlier today to continue his work in China, we will surely miss him. We love you papsi...

Marikina's pride

It was early part of January, a few days after his birthday when out of no where we decided to go to Marikina. I personally love this city since the last time I saw it, a few years back, and the thought that it's just two jeepney ride away from our place, it's not hassel. When we got there we saw a different Marikina, it was even more refreshing with a lot of stalls, a lot of people roaming around their park. It was fun and we felt like we're in a different world when we went to this side of the park when we saw different booths for their specific themes. Check our pictures. It was already dark when we went there, sorry for the dark pics.. ehehehe..

At the stairs, near the biggest shoe in town..

Zombies, anyone?

The Shrek family, one of my favorite spots..

Sino ang tinitingnan mo bebe?

Kala nyo kayo lang ang may pwet???

Sa taas o sa baba???

Tsuperman..

Wala lang..

Ang cute ko dyan..

Sa banca on our way back..