Saturday, October 28, 2006
Bizu for Yummy Desserts

My trusty nanny came at 8 in the morning so I could go out for some alone time today. Leaving Dana in trusted hands, I scurried on to Robinson's Galleria so I could have my cellphone re-masked because there are some wrinkles that bothered me. My friend and I left my phone with the gmask staff and went on to Greenhills Shopping Centre where I bought a cute faded mini and awesome khaki jacket that just made me so happy. (Yes I can be shallow and buying clothes I really want makes me happy, so what?) Anyway...

We wanted to try something new to eat so we proceeded towards Cibo but as soon as I got a glimpse of the cakes displayed at Bizu, I just knew I had to eat there. I had the Grilled Chicken Pesto Sandwich. The complementary bread was okay. I didn't like the spaghetti. My sandwich was different but I can't say it's good. But the blueberry cheesecake was a whole other thing. It was creamy and not too sweet with just the right texture and I fell in love with it at first bite. It was just so good that the one thousand peso bill didn't bother us.

So, for desserts I would definitely go to Bizu, only for desserts.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Is my Maternal Clock Ticking?

Babies are adorable little creatures. I should know, I've been pretty lucky with my little girl.

Let me start with the nine months of carrying her in my tummy. I have to admit, the first four months were hell. I threw up everything I ate, went to the bathroom every 5 minutes and my back ached terribly I could barely walk around (which is recommended daily while pregnant). At the fifth month things started getting better until that day I went to labor. I had a 10 am doctor's appointment that day. I was already feeling some cramps from my stomach but it wasn't painful, not even uncomfortable so I thought nothing of it. I went to the clinic and the receptionist noticed I was rubbing my tummy a lot so she asked how I was feeling (knowing I was due on not even 2 weeks from that day), so I told her about the cramping and she said that just to be sure she wasn't gonna let me wait and bumped me in front of the other expecting mothers so the doctor could see me right away. She also said that it's probably nothing since I wasn't having discomfort. My doctor checked me and I was 1 cm. dilated, since she's my first baby he said that it could still take about a week before I go into labor so I thanked them and went on my way.

I went to the mall to window shop and eat my favorite Tim Horton's chocolate chip bagel with butter and mushroom soup. After 2 hours, I went home and was kinda panicked to see I had some blood on my underwear. I called the hospital and told them about this. The nurse kept telling me that if I wasn't feeling any pain that it couldn't be labor but had me come in anyway to get checked. So I was back up again to go to the hospital with my prepared baby bag with with me. I think evryone in the nursing staff were surprised to find that I was already 8cms. dilated and not feeling any pain. That's right, no pain at 8 cms. So I was confined at 5pm and was brought in my nice and cozy private room. At 7 pm I suddenly felt a strong, sharp, excruciating pain and soon found out I was fully dilated and ready to give birth. The attending doctor was with another patient at the time and the nurse asked me to not push until the doctor was there. I held on for about 5 minutes and then told her that I couldn't wait any longer. At 7:24 pm, I gave birth to Angel.

She was a good baby. You know how most mothers would say their babies kept them up all night? Dana didn't do that to me. She woke up every 3 hours on routine for feeding and a change of diapers all day every day for 3 months. At 8 months old she stood on her own for the first time and a month later took her first step. I tell you she was just a good cutie pie. What's more, she didn't go through the terrible twos.

Now, I get the pleasure of seeing her on top of her class eventhough she's younger than then all of them by at least a year. She hugs me and kisses me and tells me she loves me every day. When I'm sick, she puts a washcloth over my forehead to bring my fever down and brings me my medicine. I'm happy. I know I've taught her well. I know she's growing up to be a loving and intelligent person and it makes me so proud. She is my greatest accomplishment. The most precious gift I've ever received and eventhough she throws tantrums at times, I can't ask for more.

I decided to blog this because earlier today I was thinking that maybe I want to have another baby already. But then I also know that I need to go on my much needed break and self revelation. I would love to give Dana a little brother or sister to love and care for. I would love to take care of another little one.

So what do I do now?

Thursday, October 19, 2006
Halika, Byahe Tayo!

The Philippines has 7,107 islands 7,106 during the high tide says Charlene Gonzalez, hehehe. I would love to explore every nook and cranny of our beautiful country. I've been given the go signal so this means I am ready to take on wherever the roads take me. Wanna come with?

Wait...where's my planner?

Dilemma

Cellphone dilemma...which one should I get?







The N93 is the successor of the N92, and so is a clamshell phone with swiveling 2.4" QVGA display and 3.2-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and Carl Zeiss lens, which can also capture VGA-sized video with up to 30 frames per second. It also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Infrared, and USB connectivity.

Weight 6.3 oz
Band / mode WCDMA / GSM 900/1800/1900
Talk time Up to 306 min
Standby time Up to 240 h
Display technology LCD display
Display resolution 320 x 240 pixels
Battery installed 1Lithium polymer

A Cyber-shot digital camera and a small and sophisticated feature-packed 3G mobile phone all in one. Open the lens cover and you're ready to take the picture. Bring the K800i with you and you have a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, built-in xenon flash and image and video stabilizer function ready for any moment, anytime. And a 3G phone for sharing your pictures. Instantly.

Weight 115g
Dimensions 105 x 47 x 22 mm
Band / mode GSM 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS
Talk time up to 7 hours
Standby time up to 350 hours
Display technology Colour TFT
Display resolution 240x320 pixel
Battery installed Lithium ion
Wireless connectivity Bluetooth, Infrared

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Road Trip

Planning a road trip to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. I've heard great things about Maira-ira aka Blue Lagoon so I'm really looking forward to camping there. I have lost my enthusiasm towards VW beetles. Why? Because most people I have asked for help seem to be steering me the wrong way which completely sucks because I really adored the beetle. Now, I just loathe it (Is this angry talk?). So many cruel people in the Volkswagen world. I wonder if they trust their so-called friends? I have some proof that some don't. Anyway, scratch Baguio...Pagudpud...here we come!

Thank you Marlin for the picture of Maira-Ira.

Monday, October 16, 2006
From Afar

I don't want this to sound corny
I'd like for it to be kinda funny
something to tell you how I feel
but also something real
We've been together for a while
you always have a way to make me smile
although you're a million miles away
the mere thought of you completes my day
and so when you see me
just grab me quickly
give me a sweet and gentle kiss
one I am bound to miss
For now while I'm far
when you look up at the stars
remember that I love you
and don't forget that you love me too

07042001 © Gelatin

I wrote this poem for my aunt when she just arrived in Canada. She was breathing down my neck while I was thinking of something to write so I just wrote down whatever she said (but in a better and rhyming way) and this is what came out. She loved it. Her ex-boyfriend did too.

Sunday, October 15, 2006
2 People in my Heart

I thought it was only him for me forever
I promised myself not to fall for another
then you came into my life just like a dart
and struck me right in the bullseye of my heart
so now I'm confused don't know what to do
I can't decide who to choose between him and you

I never thought that I would feel this way
all my life I have dreaded the day
when my heart will fall for two at the same time
and I'd know that not to choose would be a crime
but I love you both it's no lie
losing either one would make me cry
this situation is tearing me apart
why do I have 2 people in my heart

I wish I could rewind my life
so that I don't have to go through so much strife
I would avoid meeting one of you
to prevent from falling in love so true
and I'd be happy with just one man
I would turn back time if only I can

Why did this have to happen
everything was just so sudden
please tell me what to do
coz I'm in love with both of you

04202000 © Gelatin

Felt So Right

I love you
I don't know what else to say
Coz I long for you more each day
I need you
I want to feel your embrace
And have the chance to touch your face

I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Now I call you my own
Things will never be the same

How could I've known
You will hold me close so tenderly
Even though I'm alone
I can feel your arms enfold in me
And that love became mine in just one night
When you held me tight
Oooh.. it felt so right

I feel you
You're always here in my heart
It's where I've kept you since we're far apart

I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Can't go on, on my own
Wishin' that you would stay

I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Can't go on, on my own
Wishin' that you would stay
Tell me that you would stay...

I just love this song.

Saturday, October 14, 2006
Vee-Dub Pa Rin!

The Annual Volkswagen Club of the Philippines Classic VW Car Show 2006

"Vee-Dub Pa rin!"
Date: Dec 3, 2006 (Sunday)
Time: 10:00AM - onwards
Venue: BNS Parade Grounds, Fort Bonifacio, Makati City
Entrance: Php50.00

*Tickets are now available at your local VW parts & accessory shops or you may purchase them through any updated VWCP member.

*For ticket reservations please contact carshowcommitee@vwcp.org or tickets@vwcp.org

*Tickets can also be purchased at the weekly VWCP gatherings at Burger King, Timog Ave. Q.C. from 8pm-onwards. Just approach any VWCP member present.

*For further inquiries please contact: 0918-9179082 or 0917-8080870

I am so there!

Me and You

I used to say I'd never go for you
kept telling myself that your love isn't true
I'm in love with someone else is what I'd say
but deep inside I knew I loved you more each day
I saw no proof to confirm that you were real
that's why I didn't want you to know how I feel
but this feeling I have I can't deny
that's why I decided to give "us" a try

Do you only say you love me to please me
why not prove it so I can see
I'm confused as to what's in your mind
your deepest emotions I want to find
I want you to know that my love is real
is this also the way you feel
please tell me that your love is true
and til the end of time will be me and you

I don't know what you did to make me feel this way
but you should know it grows more everyday
I can't put to words what's deep inside me
one thing's for sure you got me smitten completely
if what you claim to feel is all just a lie
admit it now although it would make me cry
please tell me while what I feel I can still control
don't wait til I've given you my heart in whole

My heart broke once
still I gave it a chance
to love once again
hoping this time it will never end

04182000 © Gelatin

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Maybe

I think of you a lot lately
I don't intend to, I just do
I find myself smiling
when I remember something about you
how your smile made me quiver
or how your kiss gave me chills
and mostly how much you loved me

Maybe I want to see you
maybe I long to hear your voice
maybe I hope to feel your touch
maybe I still need you
maybe I really miss you
maybe I haven't stopped loving you

I often dream about you at night
I don't know why, I just do
in my sleep I see a glimpse
of what would have been our future
a five bedroom house and a minivan
our children running around
and us still so much in love

02112003 © Gelatin

Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Magic

I've known you forever
that at times I wonder
if we would actually ever
get sick of each other

Then I realize that's not possible
because we are totally unbreakable
I'll be there whenever you call
you'll take care of me through it all

When times for me are rough
you're there to help me stay tough
when you need guidance and sight
I'm there to bring you light

We've had our confrontations
for so many different reasons
still we held on tightly
we're not going to give up easily

So when you feel as if there's no tomorrow
and your life is filled with sorrow
just remember our bond is a classic
our one and only true magic

07042001 © Gelatin

In Love With You

It feels so good
to be in love with you
It seems so right
to be in love with you
It gives me tingles
to be in love with you
It makes me happy
to be in love with you
It hurts so much
to be in love with you
Though you're far
I'm still in love with you

11102000 © Gelatin

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Hungry?

When I'm bored I read a lot of blogs and I came across this little ditty from here and it seems fun to answer so I'm gonna join the food, food, food bandwagon.

1. Favorite Comfort Food
I want to say something else but nothing is better than the truth...Baci chocolate, which I heard is now available in the Philippines (ask me if you wanna know where), yay for me!

2. Favorite Breakfast Meal
I love fried rice with tuyo and spicy vinegar but I've been watching my weight so I just have 2 slices of sugar free wheat bread and black coffee.

3. Favorite Lunch Meal
Sinigang na Hipon is just too good.

4. Favorite Dinner Meal
Figaro's Grilled Chicken on Focaccia Bread, even if I have to drive an hour to get this.

5. Favorite Dessert
Again, BACI, or Mrs. Field's cookies.

6. Favorite Cake
Red Ribbon triple chocolate cake or mango cake and Mocha Blend's double chocolate cake, yummy!

7. Favorite Pasta
Fettucine Alfredo, back in Canada I used to eat the microwavable ones.

8. Favorite Dish That Others Find Weird
Nido and Sugar on white rice, I don't get to eat this anymore.

9. Favorite Fruits That You Haven't Eaten In A While
Grapes, which reminds me that I gotta buy some.

10. Favorite Junkfood
Nova.

11. Favorite TV Show Related to Food (Cooking show, Travel show with food, etc.)
Anything on the food network is okay with me.

12. Favorite Pastries
Brownies, Crinkles, Pastillas.

13. Favorite Way to Eat Potatoes
French fries! New York fries are the best for me.

14. Favorite Ice Cream
FIC Strawberry.

15. Favorite Alcoholic Drink When You Really Really Really Want to Party
Tequila. Cosmopolitan. Pier One Slammer.

16. Favorite Bar Chow
Chicken lollipops.

17. Favorite Chicken Dish
Figaro's Grilled Chicken, just like I wrote earlier.

18. Favorite Place to Eat with Your Sweetheart or Your Best Friend
Aria with a special someone; and McDonald's with my best friend.

19. Favorite Place to Eat with your Family
At home.

20. Fill in the blanks: I wish I could eat ____ in/at _____ with ______.
I wish I could eat at Summerfields in Toronto, Canada with Dana.

Please Listen to My Heart

Please listen to my heart
it says I love you very much
this affection is for real
this is what I truly feel

Please listen to my heart
it says I miss you so much
you are there I am here
I wish that you were near

Please listen to my heart
it says I long for your touch
you are the only one who got me smitten
so please take some time and listen

Please listen to my heart

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Monday, October 09, 2006
What If

I had time to listen to the new Nina album I bought last week. The best song for me is What If, the lyrics I don't relate to at the present but I have been there and the song is just so relaxing. Someday is also a great track Nyoy Volante composed this for her. Let me share the lyrics to What If with you.

I often wonder just how can it be
But everytime I think about it
Seems impossible to me
I wanna touch you, call out your name
Would you be my love, would you be my friend
Would you feel the same

What if wishes all came true
And each one had a star
That would keep it shining brightly
However near or far
What if a miracle appeared
And heaven was here for us to see
Oh what if you, were to fall in love with me

I imagine, a picture in my mind
You and me we'll be together
Together for all time
Like in the fairytales
Where everything comes real
Would you take my hand, would you understand
Just how I feel...

It's not impossible
It's not impossible
It happens each day
People find each other
Fall in love with one another
It happens this way
It's not impossible
It's not impossible
I don't believe
If I close my eyes
If I make a wish
You'd be loving me

What if wishes all came true

I love you, goodbye...

I went away
hoping I could just stay
I didn't want to leave you
doing so would make me blue

Away went I
giving you my last goodbye
I couldn't leave without a hug and a kiss
gestures that I will surely miss

Away I went
my greatest love to you I sent
I couldn't keep my heart from breaking
and my tears just kept on falling

I'm sorry to have to leave you
I love you, goodbye...

date.forgotten © Gelatin

In My Eyes

In my eyes you will see
exactly what you mean to me
all it expresses is pure sincerity
no traces of pretension nor infidelity

In my eyes you will find
words to be stored in your heart and mind
all it says is love is what I feel
please believe for this is real

In my eyes you will notice
tears to prove that you are missed
tears that say I need you
falling gently saying I love you

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Here on Earth Part Ten


I hope you enjoyed watching the movie as much as I did.

Here on Earth Part Nine

Here on Earth Part Eight

Here on Earth Part Seven

Here on Earth Part Six

Here on Earth Part Five

Here on Earth Part Four

Here on Earth Part Three

Here on Earth Part Two

Here on Earth



Part one of one of my favorite movies of all time. I still cry buckets whenever I see this movie.

If The Feeling is Gone

If the feeling is gone
please tell me so
coz the truth is all I want to know

If the feeling is gone
don't act so rough
coz when it comes to you I'm not that tough

If the feeling is gone
I am sure to cry
coz there's a part of me that will die

If the feeling is gone
try not to break my heart
coz your cold stare is enough to tear me apart

If the feeling is gone
then I know it's all over
but I know you're someone I'll always remember

09262000 © Gelatin

Friday, October 06, 2006
Someone

I've always longed for someone to hold
someone to hug me when I am cold
I've always longed for someone to touch
someone to tell me "I love you so much"

I need someone to cherish
someone who will always stay in my memories
I need someone to love truly
someone who will also love me

I've always longed for that special someone
whom I will refer to as my loved one
I need someone who is true
and I'm glad that someone is you

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Thursday, October 05, 2006
Do You Know

Do you know how much I love you
do you know how much I care
Honey I feel so blue
now that I know that we are through

Do you know my heart is bleeding
do you know my tears are falling
Without you I am nothing
my life is not worth a thing

Do you know I always think of you
do you know I always dream of you
Please come back I need you
trust that my love for you is true

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Wednesday, October 04, 2006
As I looked At The Sky

As I looked at the sky
I imagined you nearby
your arms pulling me closer
it always made me feel better

As I looked at the sky
I remembered the gleam in your eye
like a star it sparkles brightly
lovingly staring at me

As I looked at the sky
I can't help but cry
I realized how much I miss you
I've come to know how much I love you

Pain was what I felt inside
as I looked at the sky

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Wish

I wish I'll find someone
who'll take me out of the blue
he'll say that I'm his only one
and that his love for me is true

I wish I'll have a lover
who'll be with me forever
our love he'll always remember
forget me he will never

I wish for somebody
who I know would always stay
I will love him faithfully
until my dying day

Suddenly it dawns upon me
that some wishes do come true
I realize quickly
mine did when I met you

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Monday, October 02, 2006

I just saw the movie Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. I have no comment about it since it didn't blow me away. I have to say I've seen enough of her in her underwear though. I hate being sick - clogged nose, itchy throat and a 39 degree fever - what a hassle. I can't do anything on top of it so I always end up bored. I can't take a long shower or dip in the tub which I love doing because I might get worse. I can't run around and play with Dana because I get dizzy, which I'm also starting to feel now staring at the screen. I'm going to rest now and hope I feel better by tomorrow.

Honey

Honey I love you
what I feel for you is true
I want to show you in every way
that this grows more each and every day

Honey you make me happy
when everything seems sad and gloomy
after I go I hope you'll love me still
I wish nothing changes with the way you feel

Honey before I leave
my undying love to you I give
open your heart and receive
what you thought you never will achieve

Honey this to you I swear
never will I forget the love that we share
I shall remain faithful and true
just to prove how much I love you

date.forgotten © Gelatin

Sunday, October 01, 2006
Sick again...

I'm sick again, which is so frustrating since I just had the flu 2 weeks ago. I think I'm having a relapse because I didn't give myself time to recuperate from that flu. My bad then. I really would love to stay in front of the pc and type more but my cough is uncontrollably annoying, aaarrrrggghhhh!

Always (the sequel?)

Honey listen to me
coz I just want you to see
how much I miss you
how much I love you

Since we've been apart
all that was left of me was a broken heart
I think of you at daylight
I dream of you at night

I didn't want to leave you
I never meant to hurt you
all I wanted was to hold you
all I've longed for is to be with you

Until then always keep in mind
this love of ours is hard to find
for now I have to hide what I feel
I know someday time will reveal

Honey always remember
my love for you is here forever
I shall love you through all my days
I promise I will love you always

date.forgotten © Gelatin