Beauty Talks

I've mention in my other blog that I am looking for anti- wrinkle cream and am thinking if a wrinkle firming lotionis okay.

You know I super envy this beautiful actress whom I thought had a perfect body but I just learned that she just went a process where she had her skin tightened. And I was like..what? I don't see anything ugly or wrong from her body, but well to each her won, anyway she has the money and she has all the right to do whatever she wants to do.

If I have the money, I would have probably been to beauty clinic many times :)

Random questions

1. Do you miss the way things used to be?
~ Sometimes but not to the point of feeling regretful.

2. Have you ever had a pet fish?
~ Not yet, but I have plans when we have our own place na

3. Plans for tomorrow?
~ Office as usual (oh it's our wedding anniversary tomorrow but we don't have any plans anymore, we celebrated it last Sunday.

4. What was the last alcoholic beverage you consumed?
~A sip of red wine

5. Do you say sorry first?
~ Depends but I guess yes most of the time.

6. Would you honestly say you'd risk your life for someone else?
~ Yes

7. When's the last time you had a headache?
Last Saturday night and Sunday morning

8. Ever made a cake by yourself?
~Don't know how to bake

9. What was the last type of fruit you ate?
~ Ripe mangoes

10. What are you thinking about right now?
~ the best anti aging eye cream in the market.

Snagged this from Chikai.

Questions of the Week #51

1. How’s the week going on so far? - Great! and the weather cools down a bit so mas better :)
2. Would you rather love or be loved? - both. Love should be reciprocated.
3. How do you feel when you hear a friend completely butchering a story?-Disappointed
4. If you could have a recorder which would make a DVD or video tape of your dreams, would you use it? -Oh yes, because most of the time I always forget what I dreamt of when I wake up. :)
5. Have you ever had a dream about being a place you’ve never been, and days or years later, you end up there? -Hmnn..not yet
6. Do you sit at your computer and eat snacks and have refreshments to drink? -Yes, most of the time.
7. Which is more true: everything matters or nothing matters?- Everything matters
8. What was the last thing you gave up on? -Late night habit of surfing and dropping cards
9. Can the love of a person really make you change?-yes
10. Any plans for the weekend yet? -I'm seeing a busy weekend.Saturday-will go to Divisoria to buy fabrics for my friends wedding entourage.Sunday -will go to my sis house.

You can join here.

Restless and weight gain

I have yet to post more about our Macau and Hong Kong trip. My hands are still full and I haven’t had the time to take a full rest since January of this year.

Last weekend was even more hectic. We went to Divisoria with two of my friends getting married this year. We scouted for cheap bridal gowns and some wedding items. J-mie and Vhon bought small bottles for their “message in a bottle” invitation. And then we went to Quezon City to check the venue for Grace’s wedding on May 23.

I don’t know but I am thinking of giving up my job again (for the nth time). If only I am debt free, it would not be that hard. I wish it would be October soon.

After the Fishnets meeting yesterday, I really thought of going full time in the ministry but not yet at this time. Sooner.

Well, I am not complaining because you see even If I work too hard and don’t get much sleep and rest I am still getting bigger. And again for the nth time I know I need to lose weight for the sake of my health and I have to attend two wedding this year. Gosh I can’t imagine how I will look with all those formal dresses I am going to wear. Just looking at our recent pictures in Macau and HK makes me want to discard all those pictures of mine. Mind you, we have tons of pictures from that recent trip (which also reminded me and hubby to get memory upgrade).

I really need to do something about my weight. Well, for the start I limited my rice intake and am currently forcing my self to eat more fruits. I still have to finish the orange I have in my table now. I wish there is an easy way.

Ten How's

Snagged this from Mai. Feel free to snag it too!

How did you get one of your scars? I jumped over a fence. A barbed wire fence. talk about adventures on my younger days.

How did you celebrate your last birthday? Nothing grand, just a simple dinner with close friends.

How are you feeling at this moment? I feel sleepy. I haven't been sleeping properly because of Christmas activities and stuff. I'm sure I'll be looking for best acne treatments next month. sigh.

How did your night go last night? Wrapped some more gifts but before that I was out with friends.

How did you do in high school? Good. I think i did my best especially on my fourth year.

How did you get the shirt you’re wearing? It was a gift to our Pastor, then our pastor gave it to hubby and then ended up in me because the size fits me well. :)

How often do you see your best friend? Very very often.

How much money did you spend last month? I don't exactly know and this month I don't want to know either.

How old do you want to be when you get married? I got married at the age of 33.

How old will you be at your next birthday? I’ll turn 36.

Tag Train #14

PLAYERS: A MOTHERS HORIZON | Swept Away | God's best gift | YOUR BLOG.

1. If the object of your affections were to serenade you, what song(s) would you hope he or she used?
~ The one he especially composed for me :)

2. Have you ever just started dancing/singing in the middle of somewhere?
~ Singing most of the time.

3. When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness?
~ Taste!!!

4. Would you name a child of yours after you?
~ Nope but we named a niece after my name only the English version. Though my name is not as famous as Manolo Blahnik.

5. How much do you actually care about the inner workings of your computer or is it only as long as it works?
~ As long as it works fast and good.

6. What makes you weak?
~ Physically- lack of rest, Spiritually - Lack of God's word

7. How do you connect to the internet from home?
~ Pldt (DSL)

8. Do you wear anything with sentimental value?
~ my wedding and engagement ring

9. What advice would you give to a friend with cancer?
~ Trust GOD, He knows what he's doing in your life.

10. In time for Thanksgiving, what are you most thankful for this year?
~ Good health of the whole family.

11. If you could say only one thing to the world, what would it be?
~ Love.

12. When was the last time you let the people you love/people who are important to you know you love them/that they are important to you?
~ I always do in anyway I can, sometimes not through words but in actions.

Tag train #13

PLAYERS: SIMPLY ME | Swept Away | God's best Gift | Your Blog

1. What do you and your parents fight/argue about the most?
~Money and sometimes decisions
2. What’s your favorite song at the moment?
~ right at this very moment? "Worthy is the Lamb"
3. Any plans for tonight?
~ It;s already 11:42 Pm so I guess to go to bed would be the best plan
4. If you could have any job what would it be?
~ I'll go for Mai's answer..yes, stay at home mom or wife.
5. What is your favorite time of day?
~ no particular time but it would not be in the morning
6. Do you like mustard?
~ yeah..
7. What kind of phone do you have?
~ A nokia which model I forgot (office issued phone)
8. What are some things that you have to have everywhere you go?
~ my wallet and my cellphone
9. How is your relationship with your mother?
~ I am her confidant..naks! I think I am her shock absorber now..
10. If the year consisted of only one season, which would you choose?
~ Summer.
11. Is there a girl/boy that knows everything or mostly everything about you?
~ hubby
12. Do you regret dating anyone you dated?
~ yes
13. Do you always answer your phone?
~ yes, if i missed a call I'll send a text
14. Looking forward to something this week?
~ Payday! woohoo!
15. How did your day go yesterday?
~ Quite full with lot's of office works.

The next stop of the train will be on this blog.

SCATTERGORIES

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 – Raquel
4 LETTER WORD – Rock
VEHICLE – RAV 4
TV Show – Rosalinda (hahaha!)
CITY – Roxas City

BOY NAME – Raphael
OCCUPATION – Reservation Officer
SOMETHING YOU WEAR – Rings
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM – Rack
REASON FOR BEING LATE – Reroute!
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT – Rudolf!!! hehe!

You've got to try this! It's so hard but it's fun!

TAG TRAIN #@7

I started with Tag Train #8..now I'm doing #7..Doing it backwards...

1. Who was your last inbox message from?
From one of my boss horse feed's supplier

2. Anything funny happen this week?
The water game we had last Saturday was very funny!!

3. Do you believe that you can change for someone?
Probably-If you want to but I don't think it is best.

4. Do you like surprises? What's the biggest surprise have you received so far?
Yes!! very much- My engagement ring

5. What song do you listen to feel happy?
I only listen to gospel songs

6. Name famous people you have a crush on?
Nicolas Cage,

7. Garfield or Mickey Mouse? And why?
Garfield-funny and cuddly

8. In a week, how many times do you go online?
Almost everyday, otherwise tasks will expired..hehe! like now, I still have to see sites where one can get spider traps.

9. Describe yourself in one word.
Moody

10. Something about you that you're proud of?
I am a child of the KING.

Work abroad

I used to dream of working abroad when I was younger. At that young age, I know that when you work abroad you earn dollars and by that your family live comfortably pretty much here.

And even now, if given the chance I will still do it, even when the financial status of the US is not good I would still grab the opportunity to work in that country. Especially that I have friends and relatives there, For sure finding a job would not be very very hard though I read in some news that jobless already reached the 7 year high in the US. I can always look for San Francisco jobs, or even to anywhere of the 50 states, even in the suburbs. I don’t certainly love the idea of being away from my family (hubby has to come with me of course) but seeing how I would be able to help them would be an enough motivation.

Now if US is not possible, Canada, Australia and Dubai are good options too. Only if given the chance and the opportunity. Why not di ba?

But the thing is God has other plans for me. yun lang.

50 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me Until Now

1. What color is your toothbrush?
White and purple
2. Name one person that made you smile today?
Hubby as always
3. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Sleeping and when I woke up checked some friends blog.
4. What is your favorite candy bar?
I am not so fond of candies.
5. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Nope
6. What is the last thing you said aloud?
Thank you Lord!! ...That's when I saw my PR
7. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Cookies and cream, or onything with taste of coffee
(Walang number eight?)
9. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water
10. What are you wearing right now?
A pink shirt and yellow shorts
11. What was the last thing you ate?
Pan de sal and pancit canton
12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
Nah, it’s been a long time since I bough some clothes for me. I just realized that now.
13. When was the last time you ran?
can’t remember
14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Cheese
15. Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on friendster?
An old friend from my past job.
16. Do you take vitamins daily?
I used to but not anymore, one month na.
17. Do you like Chinese food better than pizza?
I think I’ll go for the Pizza.
18. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
Sometimes
19. What did your last text message say?
A joke sent by a friend
20. What are you doing tomorrow?
Monday- office
21. Where is your dad?
Sister’s house.
22. Look to your left, what do you see?
A window
23. What color is your watch?
Don’t have watch, Wish I have one of these Nautica watches though.
24. What do you think of when you think of Australia?
I’ll go there someday.
25. Do you use chapstick?
No.
26. What is your birthstone color?
Amethyst
27. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive through?
In
28. What’s your favorite number?
8 and 21
29. Do you have a dog?
No.
30. Last guy you talked on the phone with?
My SIL
31. Last girl you talked on the phone with?
My SIL
32. Have you met anyone famous?
Yes.
33. Any plans today?
It’s already 9:42 PM so the only thing I can do is blog
34. Ever go to college?
Yes
35. Do you dye your hair?
Nope
36. Last song listened to?
song from hubby’s friendster profile
37. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
No
38. Do you have a maid service clean your house?
None.
39. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
I’m more of flip plops eh.
40. Are you jealous of anyone?
No.
41. Is anyone jealous of you?
I don’t know.
42. Do you love anyone?
Of course
43. Do any of your friends have children?
Yes
44. What do you usually do during the day?
Work and Surf.
45. Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
I don’t think I am capable of hating anyone. Such a strong word.
46. Do you use the word ‘hello’ daily?
Yes – I have 3 phones at the office and I think I used that too often.
47. Do you like cats?
Not really
48. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
nope, what and where is that??? Never heard..hehe!
49. How did you get your worst scar?
childhood plays
50. What is it that you wanted to have in a long time but havent?
Vacation, even a weekend one will do, or a complete day spa too.

I snagged this from AGGIE. Feel free to grab it too!

TWENTY ONE QUESTIONS

Some RULES:

::START::

RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to ME and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list HERE {Note that you are not ALLOWED to change this links and make sure to leave the exact URL.}

3. Copy from Start to End.
4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Who played along:

1. Music of my Heart 2. Me and Mine 3. Creative in Me 4. For the LOVE of Food 5. Little Peanut 6. Pea in a Pod 7. It’s Where the HEART Is 8. Around the World 9. Quicker8 10. Whats Up 11. Simply Me 12. Kitchen Deelite 13. A Mothers Horizon 14. Mommy Talks 15. Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps 16. All Kinds of Me Stuff 17. The Salad Caper 18. Winding Creek Circle 19. Ink Baby Studios 20. jOYS IN lIFE 21. dANCING IN mIDLIFE tuNE 22. lIFE IS WHAT wE MAKE iT 23. Fun|Fierce|Fabulous 24. Ozzy’s Mom 25. Me,Myself+2 26. Kidd Designs 27. A Window to Our World 28. Jenny’s Wandering Thoughts 29. Hobbies and Such 30. Clark & Butchay’s Blog 31. Stripe&Yellow 32. Something Purple 33. Em’s Detour 34. Living the Healthy Life 35. Doll Me Up 36. Vanity Kit 37. Dancing With Butterflies 38. Twisted Angel 39. Pieces of Me 40. Just Let Go 41. Blessed Chic 42. My Colorful World 43.Random Thoughts 44. H ailey’s Domain 45. Hailey’s Beats and Bits 46. My Big Picture 47. Merger Guru 48. Tints of My Heart 49. Complex Life 50. My Little Home 51. Reveries of simplyJACY 52. My Little Home 53. In Depth 54. my kids are my world 55. my beautiful creations 56. Life of a Navy Wife 57. Beth & Cory’s Mom 58. A Mind Forever Voyaging59 . Just Gotta Share This 60. All Things Me 61. Because Life Is Fun 62. Feels Like Home 63. A Day Of Play 64. Live Laugh Love 65. At Home with Jemi 66. Survivor Mom 67. Mothercares 68. Nurse’s notes 69. Maternity woman 70. Reveries of simplyJACY 71. Regalo ng Diyos 72. Through The Rain 73. Made to Worship 74. Your blog/s

Questions and Answers:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: "but he said to them, Do not detain me"
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first? The TV
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? AKO SI KIM SAM SOON
4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is: 1:40 AM
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 1:34 AM, (past bedtime already)
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? Hubby's snore and the sound from the electric fan
7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing? Today, office, work
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at? Entrecard and the site where you can get online auto insurance quotes
9. What are you wearing? Shirt and pajamas
10. Did you dream last night? No
11. When did you last laugh? Just a while ago, we're talking about funny stories when we were still kiddos
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in? A picture of me and hubby and a clock
13. Seen anything weird lately? Not really
14. What do you think of this quiz? Fun!
15. What is the last movie you saw?Kung Fu Panda, watch it last last night

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? foods hehe! and House and lot
17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know: A lot
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? I want people to have a personal relationship with the LORD.
19. Do you like to dance? Not that much
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy? Raphaela- Raphael
21. Would you ever consider living abroad? For a period of time but not for good.

Would love to read Mari, nanay belen, Juliana and Jown's answer.