Thursday, February 15, 2007

At Smith and Wollensky on Valentines!

teehee =p

...kumusta and valentines ninyo?
Kami d2 ok lang naman. Wla akong work nitong araw na 'to and si JJ naman he just works from home. Super lamig sa labas, nginig at ngatal sa super lamig, kung pwede lang sana home nlang kami and e-skip nlang ang mamahaling dinner sa Smith and Wollensky pero nkabook na kami few weeks ago. 8PM and dinner namin and kala namin di passable ang daan pero malinis naman pala. I tell you though, eto na ang last valentine nmin sa resto na 'to. Next time ibang place naman.
So how was the food? Umorder naman ako ng kakaiba this time. Yong Indian Shrimp yata yon, di naman ako masyadong nasarapan, mas katakamtakam yong inorder ko last year na tuna, super akong na inlab dun. Eh si JJ ko as usual baka pa rin ang pinakatay at pinaluto nya! Super sarap daw eh, pero busog na busog kami at wla ng mapaglagyan ng dessert. So unlike last year di na kami umorder pa ng pampatamis. Obvious naman na di na nmin kailangan yon! Pero honestly, na miss ko tlaga and Creme' Brulee...ohh humirit pa! =)

Oh, di ba ang sarap ng ngiti nmin habang kumakain?



So ano naman ang gift ni fafa ko? Ai nako, and UPS tlaga at dinagdagan na naman ang pagka badshot nila sa amin. Di ba naman dniliver yong gift ko due to road problem daw! So kinaumagahan ko na natanggap ang gift ko. Bili ni JJ sa pajamagram.com! Isang PINK SEDUCATION CHEMISE. Ang ganda super napa wow ako nung binuksan ko ang box, very alluring at silky. Spaghetti sya at plunging ang neckline pati likod. Etong pattern ng delicate na bulaklak ay nakakadagdag ng pagka elegante ng tela. The best gift from JJ kaso parang di naman bagay sa akin...super sexy eh! Pero tin-ry ko masarap ang feeling pero hihintay pa yata ako ng spring or summer para maisuot ko lang 'to. Ang lamig kasi eh!

  • Idenilever sya na nsa loob nitong Keepsake Organza hatbox.
  • May kasamang Lavender sachet.
  • Do not disturb sign (na obviously di nagamit kc late nga naideliver!)
  • Saka, meron pang Personalized gift card.

Kung gusto mo naman namnamin ang tela niya, ay i-click mo lang itong picture sa tabi, seguradong masarap talaga sa pakiramdam at mahimbing ang tulog mo.

Ay oo nga pala, habang kinukunan ko ng picture itong aking natanggap ng gift sa aking mahal na asawa, ai nandun naman ang akong dalagita na si Star na obviously babae tlaga sya, kasi mahilig sya makialam pag meron akong gift na na re-received. Andun sya na sisinghot singhot at pipili-pili ng kung ano ang pwedeng para sa kanya....babae talaga si Star!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

White Valentine

The white death is upon us =) that's what they are calling for the snow and freezing rain that we are currently experiencing right now. We're expecting between 8-12"here in Westerville, Columbus. Most businesses and establishments were closed. JJ had to work from home and my boss called me up not to go to work, nice! =)


I've been slacking around since I got up. Checking e-mails, chatting with some of my friends, Jenny, Vilma, Tosh from Pinas and Ms. Liberty ;-) I also got the chance to chat with Aya for a short period and then Xenia, later this afternoon (our first time). Overall, a nice day to catch up with freinds.


Early this afternoon, JJ and I tag-team on shoveling the snow from our driveway. I took Star and Sunny out to play and boy they loved it! We got 4-5" and then it started spitting freezing rain, whew! Here's some photos for ya =)


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Looking out from the garage while Star and Sunny are frolicking in the snow!
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Snow shoveling is a good exercise. Loved the snow, not the freezing rain.
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Star and Moi. Sunny already inside the house, freezing his liit.

...and here's the videos.


..on our way to Polaris to buy some lunch.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Miss Marc Pouch


If you have seen me last night at work, I totally resembled like Miss Marc, zooming out, tired, over-worked, gross looking, having an ugly naked day. It was the busiest day on earth for me. Only 2.5 people working, on fridays! Arggh! Ms. GM what are you thinking about? Cost cutting labor?

I don't mind it, only if Ms. GM is not showing attitude. Something went wrong to her along the way. Early last night, she made two of our Guests confused while she was taking orders. Another guest left saying "never mind! i don't understand what you say!" I was laughin' and suddenly she turned around and started coaching me as if I was the one who made mistake....hahah! Are you damaged? She said, make sure you explain, explain, explain to the guest so they understand they way we do it here! Oh yah, I am explaining it the best I could, madam perfectionist! At least I have no records of guest leaving because they couldn't understand me. I get confused, I admit that. Who doesn't? When your body, mind and soul is tired from working over 8 hours...who doesn't get confused? But I could always straightened it out. Besides, admit it...we have a lot of psycho guest who often gives us a hard time, and never listen while we are explaining things.

Ms. GM got on my nerves big time last night. I hate when people couldn't handle pressure. There is nothing you can do about it, admit mistakes and move on...just laugh it off OK? Ms. GM's first language is english yet some of our guest get confused? Last night we made the highest gross compared last year and probably will be the highest for this year with only 2.5 people working infront of the house. .5 of that was Ms. GM who works both front and back of the house.

Don't get me wrong though. I like Ms. GM. She is nice esp. when not pressured. We get some freebies from her, pickup us up some Starbucks coffee and got me few gift cards for scoring 100% or 98% on Quality Control Service. She is thoughtful and most of all she's starting to trust me by sharing her lovelife and some of her whereabouts! She would fixed me/us green tea's, cooked us her famous "tom yam soup". Most of all, I like the fact that she's not putting me on weekend schedule for weeks now. I'm not complaining =) infact, I am loving it! It's just that I hope she learns not to yell on us when we are on pressure, that's all =)

Miss Marc is the perfect accessory for Ugly naked days. It speaks a thousand words on the face of Miss Marc on this small pouch. Not too expensive for $58 via Net-a-porter or Zappos.

"There is a leather tie on the zipper for the entire pouch and a small zip pocket on the mouth. Hilarious. For the few days a year you feel like total poo, this pouch is the perfect accessory to show the world how you feel."

Monday, January 22, 2007

A Better Way to Make Photo Albums


For those who are like me who loves taking gazellions of photos but are not keen about ordering prints, here's the latest! Published your own photobook at Mypublisher. It's very easy. Click here if you are interested.

You see, I am working on our photobook which I am targeting to approximately 100 pages . They were photos since the day JJ and met in person up to now and to see if it would be worth doing it or not, I made a trial book which contains Star and Sunny's pictures (mostly star's). I just ordered the paperback since its just a trial and its only 30 pages. After I uploaded to MyPublisher's server which means that my order is final, I noticed that I made a minor typographical error in the Title page and the title of the Cover was not "centered" like i meant to. So, I e-mailed and asked them if there is anyway they can edit my book for me. The responce was very prompt, within 30 minutes I got a reply and told me how sorry they were that I made an error. They give me a coupon code which is worth $30 including shipping and handling and told me to reorder it. It wasn't clear though if that would mean they aren't going to publish my first order. Then I got an e-mail telling me that my first order was just shipped! That means, I get 2 freebee's, courtesy of my negligence =) fedex overnight shipping pa!

The software is very easy to use and most especially the customer service was excellent. MyPublisher is diffinitely a better way to store and display your digital photos. Oh, and before I forget they have Free Online PhotoBook sharing too and free Storage so you can order your book anytime. If you want to access my first book, click here:

Your Book ID # is: M294945
Your password is: 780366


My first book is just very simple, however the one that I am working on for JJ and I is like a story book, so I can put a text on every picture, If I wanted too. Go ahead and check my first book!

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Somebody is Cooking Bugs


Forgive me I am just in the mood of eating bugs lately :p I went to CAM (oriental store) last week and bought 4 lbs. (30-40 pcs.) prawns, 2 bags of squid, 2 bags of soft noodle, and some fish.

I invited a friend to come over to my house last time I had a day off and we pigged out for seafood! I also brought some for co-workers and more pinay friends, next time Sinigang naman!

Anyway...lets eat na =) gutom na ako!

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Meery Christmas from the Johnson's


I salute myself for being able to put up our tree and decorations on the first day of December. Yay! However, I still need some finishing touches. I don't have much to decorate like anyone else here. Not much time to make more and no extra money to spend for it. We've been broke after our PI vacation...oucch!

I will share more when I am done and content with my decorations =) Peace yo!

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Sweet Moments with Friends

I was browsing the photos I got from my PI vacation and I can't help but smile looking at it. It's been a month since I got back. I can say it surely was a the best vacation. I have taken more than 900 photos plus a few videos that I can look at when I get homesick.


Here's some of my favorites with my bestestfriend Cathy, and my college classmates/friends/boardmates/batchmates =) Jeany, Josephine...I spent 4 years with these wonderful ladies.


Jeany surprised me with Cathy and Listher (her son) and Josephine in our Pizzahut gathering.


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With Cathy and Jeany



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With Josephine and group photo with Roy

pix 1. Cathy and I -She is my bestest friends since high school. We went to the same college. Took the same major, we were inseparable until our friendship was tested on our last year in college. We did not talk for few months but we sorted out things, weeks before we graduated. We both were wounded and things were never the same again. We haven't seen each other for 9 years but we communicated a few times through sms and e-mail. It was a surprise seeing her again after so many years. She hasn't changed. Still the prettiest, down-to-earth and dedicated to the Lord, even with hardships in raising her son as a single parent.


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She named her son Lister. Actually, he had two names. Listher was like his middle name which was our combined name when we were in high school. Thus Elisa and Catherine = Listher

pix 2. Jeany and I -She is a sweet and loyal friend that I can always count on. I used to hang out with her in her boarding house doing things like cooking, eating, studying, doing project and other school stuff, talking about things and being silly. And she won't let me go back to my boarding house until she gets a friendly smooch haha! I can't thank her enough for tagging Cathy, Listher and Josephine along with her. She's now a happy mom and wife and i am so happy for her that life turns out the way she wanted it to be.


pix 3. Josephine and I. Cathy, Josephine and I were room mates on our first year in college. Very happy go lucky girl. Walang pakialam in bisaya. but very smart and great sense of humour. Now it kind of surprised me when I learned that she is now the Acting-Principal in the school that she's been teaching with for for the last 7 years! Hah! Now you need a BF - as in boyfriend, husband-to-be...paging....paging...wink*wink ;=) single guy outhere? heheh manawagan ba?


We dined at Pizzahut from 2pm. The food was consumed and everything but the 4 of us were not done catching up so we stayed there until 6pm. Then we agreed to meet again the next monday in Magsasay where Josephine worked. We spent the entire day just catching up about things and I was the dumbest woman who forgot about bring my camera. Darn!


pix 4. Our group photo with Roy also our batchmates who now works at SPC. He was the only thorn among the roses before thus making him the all time favorite Prince Charming among our batch. He was gifted with a lovely wife and the most tisoy ever na anak. Way to go Cor Jesian's!

Friday, November 24, 2006

Hong Kong Videos

I have finally uploaded all our Hong Kong video's and would like to share some of them:
The Shops at Nathan Road


Clock Tower near StarFerry concourse in Tsim Sha Tsui is landmark from the Age of Steam.






The "Journey of Enlightenment" involves a stunning 5.7 km cable car ride up the side of a mountain on Lantau Island to Ngong Ping Village.







The World's tallest outdoor seated bronze Buddha sits serenely atop Ngong Ping plateau amid the the spectacular mountain scenery of Lantau Island.







Ngong Ping Village Shops




A spectacular multimedia event, named the world's largest permanent light and sound show covering more than 30 buildings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.











Thursday, November 23, 2006

Meet and Greet with UIC Peeps

Being able to meet up with my former co-workers and friends from UIC was one of the best thing that happened on my vacation. I sent my invitation thru text messaging via Jenny and in days she managed to confirm 11 attendants. Isn't that great?
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Jenny and I

It was very nice of her to inform them about my invitation and I truly appreciate her kindness. Eversince I got here in Ohio, she never stopped communicating with me. She is always there to chat when I am online or simply left me an offline message whenever she can. I have never told someone before how she warms my heart with her friendship. She was the very least person I thought would communicate with because of the distance. I never got the chance to really know her well and be closed to each other back then, simply because we worked in different campuses. We do talked mostly on matters about our jobs and made sure that we run the same policy, that's about it. Oh wait, I just remembered, I was one of her bridesmaid! Yay, and we do go out in groups and that's about it. Anyhow, most of my friends that I expected to come showed up at Pizzahut, SM.


Its very amazing seeing them after 3 years! None of them aged. Two of them got married while I heard some bells ringing here and there. It seems like I was just gone for few months. We were all busy catching up. I really wished we met up while JJ was still in Davao but he had to leave a week ahead of me due to a conference in Chicago.


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L-R: Claire, Jenny, Ate Caring, Ate Ping, Jo Geral, Ate Vangie, and Me, Roy, Sam and Raynan. Elmer and I with Roy in the background (second photo)
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Left photo: with Elmer, Claire and Jenny. Right photo: Jo Geral, Ate Vangie and I
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With Sam and Raynan
Sam and I used to work together while Raynan works at the Annex campus.
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Left photo: Claire used to work with Jenny, holding the Graduate section of the Library. Now she works in UM Tagum.
Right photo: Ate Vangie and Ate Caring both worked at the Technical section of the Library.
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The many happy faces. It was great seeing all of you, until next time!

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Week One @ Hong Kong

Hi Everyone. It's been awhile since I updated here, JJ and I have been away from a month long vacation to Hong Kong and the Philippines. I just got back last friday November 3rd and to this date, still coping up with my rest.

So where will I start? Maybe from that night of October 6th, where JJ and I were cramming until the last minute getting ready of our luggages and making sure the house was clean before we left. It would be horrible if we come home and there were leftover foods at the refrigerator accumulating molds, a smelly sink, toilet bowl oozing with dirt and what else! So I made sure everything was taken cared of while JJ is getting ready of our tech stuff. He bought me an Ipod at the last minute, great but not-so-good idea! He was having a hard time figuring out how to transfer all our songs into this new gadget plus movies and photos. We also did last minute grooming on Star. I made sure she smells good while at Aunt Carmen's house. We dropped her off at her house 11:30PM Ian, her son had a football game from somewhere.

We were up all night taking care of everything. By the time I was done at the shower 5AM Doug (our friend) was already knocking at our door to pick us up for the airport. We got to the airport, checked our luggages and in 45 minutes we arrived in Chicago where a UA 747 waited us for our 10AM flight to Hong Kong.

October 8 at 5:15PM we are finally settled in our room at JW Marriott Hotel. A 5-star hotel, very cozy and cleaniest hotel I have ever been. We joined JJ's bosses boss, also named Doug and another co-worker from Chicago named Chris for a dinner at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill inside the Pacific Place, a mall connected to JW Marriott. After dinner, we walked around the mall to get me familiarization among their shops. I was beaming with smile looking at those European named brands. "Smile na lang ako, I promised myself to do good when it comes to shopping". I told myself, I have already enough. Hehe kuripot or just nothing to spend?

The next morning was started with Starbucks across the hotel. What a surprise, they don't open until 7:30AM? How sad is that? Maybe people here are not much into starbucks? We still waited until they open and the customers we saw at that time are all american's. Get the point? Anyway, going back to the hotel. JJ was giving me hints and tips where to go in case I decided to explore the place. I spent a lot of time reading my book and watching foxnews while eating fruits. The hotel provided fruits such as apples, banana and oranges and regularly replenish it. I got myself ready for some exploration at the famous Pacific Mall between 12-1. At first, I don't know where to eat. The Mall was so big that I was scared I get into a high end resto or a place where the taste was unfamiliar to me. Finally, I settled at The Metropolitan Cafe @LG of The Mall. I had chicken panini which really taste good, price was like eating at Panera Bread. Not bad!

I did some window shopping starting off with Mango. They have nice tops a little pricey but I actually fall inloved one at Zara. I also checked out european brands, freakin' expensive to my dismay. There was one purse at LeSportsac that I liked and almost bought but they run out of color that I like besides how many purses can I use at a time? U might think I went back to hotel empty handed? Nope! *Grin* I actually went to watson's and bought personal items of which the total costs was enough to buy 2 tops!

Back to hotel safe. Thanked God I found my way. I slept from 4PM and remembered JJ got back to the hotel at 5PM but I did not woke up until 9PM. He was telling me how he tried to wake me up until he surrendered. We both were lazy to go out so we called for in-room service. Got myself a Hot 'n Sour soup, pizza for JJ that came with salad which I ate. We goofed around finally slept 1AM only to wake up at 5AM.
The next day Oct. 10 we started with Starbucks again. Back to the hotel and finished reading my book, finally! I listened to music since Ipod wasn't working. He accidentally deleted all the music! Went to the mall and bought the tee that I have fallen inloved with. Shopping at Pacific Mall was actually as pricey. So I was waiting until JJ and I can go to the Ladies Market. Back to the hotel and slept again until JJ was almost to the point of spanking me for not waking up. I don't know. I've been so sleepy the last two days. If I woke up right away we would be able to ride the tram going up to The Peak.

Since we are running out of time for the dinner, we rode a taxi only to get there and waited for the chinese co-workers for about an hour and half! sweet!
Anyway, I met JJ's co-workers. Most of them looked like fresh graduates from colleges. They are probably just typical asian's who looked young but are actually old...like me? Bwaahahah! Finally, the dinner was over and I was excited to see the city from the observation deck.

It was very beautiful up there looking at Victoria Harbour with all the lights, it was just romantic! Doug and Chris took the tram going up and down while the chinese co-workers took the bus. Not a single of them took the tram and it wondered us why. We concluded that the tram was quite expensive compared to taking the bus and since they are a resident it probably doesn't excite them as much as the tourist do. We took the tram going down and walk back to the hotel.

Oct. 11, JJ was supposed to work at the office that morning but we got up late. He even missed morning breakfast with the boss. The good thing is, I get to go with him at the Buffet breakfast. We ate like there is no tomorrow. Food was expensive but oh-so-licious. HK $840 for both of us, wait 60USD? We ate so much! It's like we consumed our whole day meal, funny but true, that was all we ate the entire day! Anyway, instead of going to office and dropping me off to the nearest mall, JJ decided to just work at the hotel. Doug and Chris are actually going back to the states early that morning.

Later that day, we went to check Tsim Sha Tsui via the scenic Causeway Bay and with the most inexpensive mode of travel, the Star Ferry. Thanks to Ligaya and Angeli my dearest friends in Y!360 they are my source of info. They give me a lot of tips where to get inexpensive stuff and where to go for sightseeing. We walked back and forth from Tsim Sha Tsui to Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok and Kowloon. There was a lot of shop esp. at Nathan Road and Canton Road. The Avenue of Stars was along Tsim Sha Tsui promenade. It was like the Holywood Walk of Fame. As we walk through it, we saw the Clock Tower near the Star Ferry concourse. Famous at Yau Ma Tei was the Jade Market and Ladies Market at Mong Kok.

The following day we started with a breakfast at McDonalds at the Admiralty. Later, we decided to learn to get to places via the MTR. So we loaded an Octupos card which you can also use to pay for some shops. We headed out to Lantau Island. We first ate at the Spaghetti House and wasted about 2 hours going back and forth the mall looking for a bank who could incashed our traveler's check. Finally, we boarded a cable car to Ngong Ping village. They call it the "Journey to Enlightenment". The ride is 5.7km starting from Tung Chung. You can see the countryside, panoramic views encompassing sea and mountains. Ngong Ping 360 was indeed stunning, a must-see in Hong Kong.

The ride took us to the Ngong Ping Village that has several themed attractions, shops and restaurant. Nearby was the Giant Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor seated bronze Buddha. It sits at the top of Ngong Ping plateau. Then we followed the hiking trail of 15 minutes leading to the Wisdom Path, an outdoor replica of the centuries-old Heart Sutra. The sutra was displayed on wooden pillars. I just hope somebody was there to read it for us and translate or explain the meaning. The Lantau Peak was obviously seen even from the Giant Buddha's site and also the Po Lin Monastery. However I don't know why we had no picture of it? Anyway, we boarded the last cable car trip at 6pm back to Tung Chung shops. JJ got himself a replacement tennis shoe. That night we moved to a harbor view room which is half more than the old room. The harbor view was not really something worth paying for. All you can see during the day are the boats and ships, it was always dark and gloomy and you can see how polluted the air was. I got headache the very first day I got out of the hotel. Perhaps what makes it expensive was the fact that you can see the "symphony of lights" at night.

October 13, its our last day and since our flight to Davao via Cebu was not until midnight, we checkout exactly 12noon and left our luggages at the conceirge. We went back to the Ladies Market, they have a lot of inexpensive bags, accessories and bargains of women's clothing. We walked back and forth Nathan Road and I noticed the streets around are dirty and stinky. Somebody even came to JJ and asked him if he wanted to see "hot japanese" and "hot chinese" dancers? I couldn't stand the smell and crowd so we took the MTR going to Wong Tai Sin. We was gonna checked out the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple but we got there just in time for them to close at 5:30PM. Darn, so we went to the adjascent shops. Got nothing and decided to go home. We passed the temple again and saw a lot of tourist going inside. We waited outside and the guards let us in. The lights made the temple very colourful. 3 main religions of china are practiced in here - Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Finally we left for Tsim Sha Tsui and find a place between the Avenue of Stars and the Clock tower to watch the Symphony of Lights. It is a multimedia event, named the world's largest permanent light and sound show accredited by Guinness Book of World Records. It covers more than 30 buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour. That concludes our night at the famous Hong Kong. Headed back to the hotel to gather our luggages and boarded the bus that took us to the airport.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

the day that was...


September 19th, marks our 3rd year wedding anniversary. I am happy and proud that JJ and I made this far. I do not remember us having a fight or misunderstanding this year. Everything went on smoothly. Now I can prove to those who are skeptical about this marriage that JJ and I are for real and our love for each other is undeniable. We are a happy couple and we will always be.

So what did we do to celebrate the occassion?
Nothing really much! JJ wished he can get off from work like I did. Although he tried to sneak out he just couldn't do it. We could have spend each other for the most part of the day goofing around and being silly. The last two years were celebrated with a short vacation in Chicago and Hocking Hills. This time is going to be our upcoming Hong Kong business trip with leisure and in the Philippines. It's coming up soon!

The good thing is, I got our anniversary flower from proflowers early this afternoon. It was shipped fresh, budding and ready to bloom. This time I wasn't alone grinning and sniffing while trying to open the box of flowers that came with a glass ginger vase. Star was very excited if something is in-store for her. She was grawling and barking and running around the box. The 24 colorful rose blossoms are sweet and stunning! I love the thought that JJ continue's to send me flowers (and gifts) he is an amazing husband. ;)


Got a card for JJ and in it i scribbled a note from my heart, that goes:

Hi Babe :)

Sept. 19th! the day when our lives become one.
We started our journey thru life together.
3 years have gone by and we're still walkin side by side, hand in hand.
You are my best friend, the finest partner, and the sweet
est love has ever known.
I'm so grateful life has led me to you
.
Thank you for all the love =)


JJ also loved star's signature paw greeting. She was so sweet to stand still while I was putting an ink on her paws and was able to print it clearly on the card. Star was very cooperative for the most part.


I also got him a gift which is a Polo perfume. He wasn't sure if he'd like the smell. The only perfume he wears is Cool Water so I thought I'd let him try something new and I was glad he did liked it! It's not a strong perfumed as a matter of fact it is as mild as that of Cool Water. (i think!)

When JJ got home he checked on the flowers and looked for something else. A gift that is supposed to arrive on time but was delayed by UPS. Darn it! UPS did it again. So I had to wait for the next day to see what it is.

Off we go to dinner at Hoover Grille. It's waterfront location on prestine Hoover Reservoir is relaxing and very beautiful. While waiting for our food we were playing I-recall games. We recalled where we celebrated our first and second anniversary and what we did on those occassions and where we dined out and what we ate. Just being silly, it was fun though. Later on we come up to an idea that on our 5th year anniversary or every 5 years we will go back to US Virgin Islands where we got married at Trunk Bay. Sweet!

After a sumptous dinner we ordered Creme Brulee for dessert - darn, it was evilicious =) lahat yan ubos, finger lickin' pa! We got home after a joyful night and while getting ready for bed I asked him again what he got me as a gift.

He gave me a hint. "it is something you wanted at some point"
hmmm..... something pooped in to my little brain...
but i told him i won't tell him.
and then he got curious....tell me!
pakipot pa...i won't!
...then i said, besides Ipod? (oh plez don't give me that!)
GRIN!
Ok, another hint pa. Is it something I could wear?
Yes! Ok. that Tiffany & Co. bracelet that I've been wanting since December.
his eyes were twinkling.
Big smile. Evil smile. harharhar!
...and he blurted out. YOU ARE SNEAKY! How did you do that! Something is wrong with you! I don't like you anymore. Blah blah blah!
for some reason, my instinct was very strong that he got me this: