Birthday Gift Ideas for husband

I still have 19 days to go to scout for a nice gift to my dear husband. Of course I am still hoping for the Ipod, if I can’t buy him that now probably I’ll save that for this Christmas. Good thing my husband doesn’t read this blog often otherwise I’ve already spoiled the surprise.

Do you have any birthday gift ideas for a husband? The kind of stuff that will not cost me my whole life but something he’ll appreciate. A polo shirt is a good one. What about a long sleeve polo and then I’ll look around for mens ties and see If I can find a good match. He can use that to church I guess.

Why is it so hard to look for a good gift to men, the very opposite of us girls.

Ideas please…

A World Cup Baby Shower !

"Think Pink! Think Blue! J-mie is almost due!"
This was our event title at the facebook for my good friends' baby shower last August 15,2010. I searched and searched the internet for a lot of baby shower ideas and I guess together with her sister, we pulled a nice one!

Our theme was : World CUP because according to the Mom, the baby kicks like he is in the football field! and besides the Dad to be is a football fanatic.

We made a baby bib hat served as the guests name tag with the FIFA logo.

We created that bib on a purpose of course, for the cerelac (baby food) eating contest which was FUN!

That's me and hubby. We lost.

Her sister also made a poster depicting Paul the Octopus. This one is so cute!

The DIY diaper cake

The towel lollies I made :) Favors for the guests

If you want to do your own lollies. I blogged it at my rocksdaily blog.

The beautiful preggy girl! It was also her birthday celebration :)

 More pictures!

Ipod for the husband (hoping)

My dear husband’s birthday is happening next month, at first I was thinking of throwing a small surprised theme party for him but now I am having a second thought about it. I worry because I only want a small party (for less expenses) but we might end up having 20 or more guests and that for me is not small.

I also thought of just giving him a gift that he really likes and need. A decent music player it is, he always wanted an iPod since it came out but because we don’t have a budget for that, he never insisted. Now, I am really wishing I can give him that, reading ipod reviews helps because I learned that the old ones are way cheaper now than before but it will still be very useful for him. Ipod Nano is still way out of our budget but let’s see.

Me on the other hand want an iTouch but that’s another story.

Anyways, whatever I give him or whatever we does for his birthday, I know he’ll appreciate it with all his heart.

Dreaming of home again

So it’s final. We are not moving from our present house, not in the next few months but who knows when? For now I am going to settle my mind off that moving scene and focus on what we have and what we can do.

The thought of having our own home is still very much in me, I am still dreaming of going home to a place we can call our own someday. And I know that dream will come true. We just have to wait.

And I would love to fill that home with lots of photos from our trips. I have so far framed a few of them but hubby is still taking his time hanging them. I would also love to have wood furniture, you know like the ones we stayed in Bataan? I love the look of rustic furniture more so if it is made of wood.

I would also love to have my own little garden, not that I have a green thumb but I love the thought of going out in that garden every morning and see plants grows and flowers bloom.

I know..I know.. I will have my own house someday soon. I

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Busy little miss : checking her to do list

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4th IMMAP Summit 2010

IMMAP – Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines is conducting an event called “The Digital Ripple : 4th Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit ” which will be held on August 19 to 20 at the SMX Convention Center.

If you are into mobile and internet marketing you might find the topics listed below interesting:

Keynote: Branding Strategy Goes Social and Delivers

Digital Advocacy

Integration Delivers Maximum Potential

Digital Thoughts and Trends

Mobile Engagement

There will also be open forums and panel discussions. I’m sure everyone will get to learn something about Internet and mobile marketing. And they have good resource speakers, to name a few : Jeremiah Owyang of Altimeter Group, Maria Ressa of ABS-CBN, Ken Mandel of Yahoo, Angeli Beltran of Dentsu Asia, Jim Ayson of Smart Communications, Rohit Dadwal of Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific, Ltd., Jaime Enrique Yuchengco Gonzalez of IPVG Corp., Robbie Hills, Arnout Mostert, Art Policarpio, TJ Parpan, Jojit Alcaraz, Christian Cadeo and a lot more.

If you are interested you might want to follow IMMAP on facebook , they also have a twitter account and I suggest you follow them so you can get updates from time to time.

This is very timely, internet is at its peak in the Philippines, almost everyone I knew has a facebook account, creating their business page there, and most of my friends are selling stuff online, using the internet for their business.

Search Profile Index by 4th Media Internet Technology Corporation is also an exhibitor in this event.

wow..it's been a week?

I realized I haven’t updated this blog for almost a week now. Probably it’s because I am trying to limit myself off the PC now a days. I noticed that I’ve been spending long hours over the net and I know I have to change otherwise, my sleeping habits will not be normal as before.

So far I’m trying to at least have 6 hours of sleep every night. Better compared to what I have been having for the past few months and weeks.

And because I tried to stay away of the computer during evenings, I have finally finished a new project. It’s good to work with your hands on craft sometimes. I made towel lollies for a friend’s baby shower and I’m gonna post how I made it with pictures here, so watch out for it!

Kitchen lights

I mentioned in my other blog that I have been cooking for the past week. And because of that I am dreaming a lot about how beautiful my kitchen would be someday. And I think one good thing I really need is a good kitchen lighting, recently ours was broken and we have to replace it with a light that is available in the house and it’s not that good. For that my cooking spirit was dampen (or should I say I had enough of the kitchen already). So whenever we’re at his favorite hardware, I always make it a point to visit the light section. I want to have nice lamps in the house, be it in the kitchen, in the living room especially in the bedroom.

This picture looks similar to what we have in the kitchen now only it is old and doesn't look good as this

I want something like this one in the dining table

I am envious

I envy those wives that need not work but still manage to enjoy things in life. I envy those who can wake up as late as they want and have nothing to worry about.

I envy those who have their own house and have their own yard and gardens and porch, those who can enjoy a cup of coffee sitting in their verandas or having a blast in their own wooden swing set. 

I envy those who can just sit the whole afternoon in front of their TV or play computer games the whole day without worrying about the bills at the end of the month.

I envy those who do not have to take the heat because they can just stay in their air conditioned room everyday.

But then, come to think of it I actually envy NO ONE. Why? because as far as I know no one from the people I personally know live a life like that.

I have rich friends, I have friends that are stay at home wife but even them worries and thinks about the expenses and budget and I am very sure they have their own problems too.

As the saying goes, everyone has his own cross to carry.

You never know, I might be enjoying a swing in my garden soon!

Dinner.Coffee.Talk

I went out with friends last night and I realized I haven't been out with friends for quite sometime now, it's always been me, hubby and my the two nephews. And I also realized how I needed that time out.

We had dinner at Som's Noodle House (my first time there) and  I must say I enjoyed the food so much. The shrimp rice is superb. I think I can eat it alone and I'll be more than satisfied.

But the best thing is being able to chat and talk with someone whom you know you're going trough the same thing. Discussing work and changes and fears and plans and motivations and everything. And top it with my favorite caramel macchiato coffee. That's sound so perfectly nice.

Well, good thing also is we didn't just talk and chat about work, about how we already lost the passion (I guess you can relate if you're like me who's been working with document management system and being an EA for at least 10 years now) and moving on but we also planned someone's baby shower.Though I guess the planning was just an excuse to have a late night coffee.

I know I needed that late night coffee break.

Rest house

This is the house we stayed in at Mariveles, Bataan. Simple and quiet. I so love the place and the furniture. I wish someday I'll have one like this and of course I hope it's beside the mountain and near the beach. perfect location!

 the stairs going to the mezzanine and bedroom

The dining table..I love it!

and this is so nice..in front of the house

everyone love to sit here!

and most of all..the rooftop, from here you'll see the ocean and the mountain

that's my husband probably composing a song :)

 Now, i think i should stop dreaming about the house I want and start reading about inogen oxygen concentrator.

Good night everyone!!!

Love story

Four years and three months of being married.

Three mission trips abroad.
7 trips to different beach..

Numerous fights, several disagreements.

Thousand wonderful times of togetherness

We are blessed.

And though our love story was not as grand as others and thankfully not a romeo y julieta type of story, I know in my heart God has written a beautiful story for US.

We are just starting and the best is yet to come.

I see more mission trips together and maybe a pleasure trip once in a while.

I see more trials to overcome, more learning to do.

We welcome each page with our hands held together in prayer.

recent picture from our trip to Mariveles, Bataan