Living Mye Life

a pose after the trick or treat and about to watch the program

kids pose in front of their goodies

lots of candies!

i was sitting in front of the gate while holding the basket of candies when these kids and their yaya's came in and mobbed me! i was caught off guard and asked my sister to replace me =)

Reine, Mico and Vince ready for the trick or treat.

This is how we made our house spooky. Scary!

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I was shocked to see that most of the basic commodities in the supermarket like cooking oil, canned goods, and noodles are all increases in price! Hubby informed me that were running out on our kitchen supplies and if I can do some quick shopping at the grocery. Little did I know that upon checking on some items to buy, the increase is as much as P2.00 – P5.00! I knew it because I’m the one who’s doing all the buying when it comes to our basic needs.

Come to think of it, the prices will surely soar up again since December is nearing. Hay, I should be more careful in buying our stuffs. But knowing hubby, he wouldn’t comprise the quality in favor of quantity.

1. Blog about this contest in your blog. This would give you a chance to win $10 paypal money. She will be giving out $10 to three blogs which promoted my contest (NOTE : I am talking about blogs not BLOGGERS). So if you have three blogs and if the RANDOMIZER favors you, who knows all your blogs will hit the top 3 spot and you’ll have the $30 for yourself. Then a consolation prize of 1000EC credits each to blog #4 and blog #5. You can promote this contest the way you want it but please make sure that you put links on my four blogs. Thanks.

Please leave a comment on this post with the url where you posted about the contest. P.S. Please put in your blog name (not your name) in the space for NAME in the comment section. This way it would be a lot easier for me.

2. Add all my blogs in your blogroll (all four blogs) and have the chance to win $5 each for first prize and 500 each for the 2nd and 3rd spot. Note : Each blogs equates to $5. Meaning you can earn as much as $20.

Here are my blogs :

a. dramas of my life - leave a comment here once you have added me in your blogroll.

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1. Please add your comments in the link provided so that I won’t be confused when its time to draw the winners. Make my life easier since I am a stay at home of an energetic two year old daughter with no nanny and a husband who is working in Kuwait. lol. Have pity on me, will you? hahahah.

2. If you add me to your blogroll before you are still entitled to be part of the $5 draw just leave me a comment on the link provided. I am also requesting all participant to please not removed me on your blogroll once this contest has ended. I, on the other hand will make sure to add you in my blogroll as well and will definitely visit your blog when time permits.

3. Since this is my contest and it’s my money, I have all the rights to reject or deny any participants if I feel that the participant is using some under hand tactics just to win.

4. One comment, one blog. Therefore if you have three participating blog in this contest make sure you also leave three comments.

This contest will run until November 15. Winners will be announced morning of November 16.

Let’s keep the ball rolling!

And good luck to the future winners =)

I'm lucky again this time... I won in Eds contest for $10! First week of October, I won an EC price from Milet and now this. I really just got lucky and hopefully this coming November, more blessings to come. Thanks so much sis Eds and congrats again to your ever successful blog contest.

We went to Tagaytay last Saturday as planned. I’m wishing then that it will not be that hot but the irony of it was it really rained hard that day! Good thing the rain stopped when we are about to reach Tagaytay City. So the weather was good and we are singing and laughing at the car. We saw the lines of Japanese sweet corn vendors and we tempted to bought some and eat it while traveling.

We really had fun that day. That who’s never been in Residence Inn Zoo was accompanied by hubby and me, my mom and Aubrey went down to the side of the highway to bargain some of the seasoned fruits.

We even tasted Taal’s famous burger in the Musroomburger store and we went also to the Mahogany market and bought some beef ribs and sirloins that only cost P190 per kilo.
We dine in at Leslie’s restaurant and took the change to have our picture taking all over the place. I am having a great time taking their picture in different poses and even if we encountered a long traffic on the way home to Laguna, I know everybody was happy and
They hope there will be a next time.

Here are some of the pictures I took.

Overlooking the majestic Taal Volcano with hubby and sister.

with the python snake on hubby's shoulders! they looked scared di ba? hehehe

wacky pose at Leslie's place

monkeys?

We wanted to buy new eyeglasses. Since my husband’s last eye check-up he really wanted to have one to correct his visions. And me, I have my eyeglasses with me for two years, so before my eyes become blurry and will start to affect my work, I need to have a new one. And he wanted to have a quality eyeglass but not that expensive. He really doesn’t want to spend much for an eyeglass.

Then my friends told me I could even buy a stylish prescription glasses for as low as $8. So good thing I learned about ZenniOptical.com that sells not just stylish but quality eyeglasses that really fits to your budget. Not only that, you can choose from their wide variety of frames - with single vision lens, sunsensor (potochromic) lens, tinted sunglasses lens or even bifocal lens and progressive lens. From what I read in this article from Chicago Tribune, I know I found the answer to our eyeglass problem that can match our style and will save us a lot of money. My hubby asked me how come this eyeglass could be that affordable. It is because they sell directly their manufactured frames without any advertising or middlemen’s costs. And that finally gives hubby a thumbs up sign.

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Mommy Ruby of Pinay Mommy Online is having a blog contest while she is in Bacolod City.

Here's the mechanics:

1. Link up permanently with Pinay Mommy Online at your blog using her chicklet below. (required – 5 entries)

2. Make a post with your answer to the following question… (required – 5 entries)

“There are two cities in the Philippines that are called the City of Smiles and the City of Golden Friendship. What are the names of these cities?”

ANSWER FORMAT
City of Smiles – Answer City
City of Golden Friendship – Answer City

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4. Subscribe to her feeds via email (optional – 3 entries).

That’s all folks, simple and easy! So what is at stake??

Prizes are as follow…

First Prize: $15 via Paypal plus 1000ec credits

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Here's the answers to the question:

City of Smiles – Bacolod City
City of Golden Friendship – Cagayan de Oro City

We finally made it to Pangasinan. And we went to Our Lady of Manaoag Church. It has been my fervent wish to hubby that we visit this blessed place and pray to give us the wish we are waiting for. We celebrated and ate our wedding anniversary cake and I’m happy that everyone stays awake till 12 o’clock strikes.

Mom, my eldest sister and my mother in law come with us and the initial plan was to travel at 5am but since all of us were tired and sleepless, we finished preparing our things at 6:30am. It was a long travel (4 hours) and there was no traffic since it’s an ordinary days.

The mass was about to finished when we arrived there. Vendors started to swarm us and really, they will never stop until you get an item from them. I never thought they will be like that.

After hearing the mass and we went to fall in line for us to touch the Blessed Virgin Mary’s statue at the back of the church upstairs and something in me feels like I’m fulfilled. I fulfilled one mission in my life and that is coming in that blessed place and prays that She will grant our wish. I know in my heart it will be soon.

We went to the church museum and we lighted a candle and we took some photos of the places around the church.

After we leave the place, we look for a place to eat where we ate the foods we prepared for that day. My hubby decided to go to Royal Duty Free in Subic Bay and again the first time that we cruised in SCTex (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway) going there. We were impressed by the world class and modern four-lane toll way in addition to the breathtaking views. The road was perfect but the toll fee was not. We spent almost P1000 ($21.27) traveling going to Pangasinan and back.

What was great in this trip is that everybody is happy. Not only us who celebrated our 4^th Wedding Anniversary and I know that we will always be this way for many years to come. I know hubby knew how much I really love him and I thank him for loving me for who I really am. We thank God that He really blesses us and never let us be down with problems coming our way.

Here are some pictures I took on our 1 day field trip =) I’ll post the beautiful sceneries I took one of these days.

our anniversary cake made by Red Ribbon (chocolate marjolaine)

reads from French Baker and Pizza hut

gifts from family

the Blessed Virgin Mary of Manaoag

with Ate Lhen, Nanay (mother in law), my Mom, hubby and me @ the church side

at the back of the Church

peace men! my mom and hubby's mom.

the sculptured image of Mama Mary by the tree trunk (impressive!)


after a little shopping at Subic's Royal Duty Free

dinner at Kenny Rogers at San Fernando, Pampanga.

My stomach ache is bugging me again. I know there's something wrong or maybe because my stomach doesn't like my new medications. It feels bloated. Or maybe I'm acidic again. I stopped drinking soft drinks many months back but occasionally I drink a bit because my hubby is such a heavy coke and coffee drinker. I can't help but to take a sip sometimes =)

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I hardly know my mom’s other relatives since most of them are in her province and she has no time to visits them since 1986. We can only know them through her stories. If only we can search through this genealogy, then I will be able to find my mom’s family roots. With its complete documentations, histories and records that I can retrieve quickly, I can now begin my family tree that will surely bring us much closer.

I filed a leave of absence from work this Thursday and Friday. It’s our anniversary! And me and hubby plan to go to Our Lady of Manaoag Church in Pangasinan. I promised myself that we will be going there no matter what. My sister was so kind to let me borrow her car and my mom (of course) and my eldest sister will be coming with us.

Wow, I’m so excited! It will be our first time there and I will make the most of it when we get there. I just hope the weather will not be that rainy.

Did you ever experienced waking up in the morning and you feel you don’t want to get up or do nothing at all? Your head seems spinning and your body doesn’t want to cooperate with what you’re thinking. I do. And now i'm paying the price because I have lots of tons to do here in the office and I can’t seem to think straight.

Maybe this is the case of waking up on the wrong side of the bed. It’s been a long travel home yesterday and that might hit me.

I know its Monday and I have a long week ahead. Better be back to my old self now.

Yesterday was really the best. As promised to the kids (though Vince wasn’t able to come with us) we went to the club house to take a dip in the pool. And we are so lucky that only 2 little boys are swimming that time and that means we have all the time refreshing in the pool. Just us!

So here’s the picture of what weekend treats is all about =)

Hubby wanted to stroll at the mall again.... I knew it. When I read his text message that he's so toxic at work because of their client's audit, I know the next message is that he wants to go out and unwind. And then his message sent to me reads: "MOA! MOA! Luv u!" all I can do was to smile.


We just stroll around the place last night. We went to Watson’s and have some of his vitamins and my medications and looking for something we would like to buy -- in short, impulse purchases (lo!) We move around places to places until we looked at each other and we both exclaimed: "Kain na tayo!"(Let’s eat!) Hay, we both agreed that we should eat dinner in a place where we never been through. And the place is Tokyo Cafe. I used to watch people come and go to this place and their crepes display looks yummy. Maybe their food really tastes good.


Hubby orders burger and shrimp platter, carbonara, Oreo milk shake and we bring along the chocolate slice we bought in a cake stall. And to think I really wanted to diet. Tsk, tsk =)

My mom used to receive call from frank callers. If only she can have this no call list information then she will be able to block all those unwanted calls especially at night where everybody is sleeping. They also have this reverse phone lookup service which will help know the owner of that number and who's really calling you.

How's my Friday so far?

It was raining hard (and till now) when I left home. And from the moment I ride the FX taxi, I knew, I will enter the danger zone going to the office – traffic. And I’m right, I'm 2 minutes late and this is the first time ever. I never had been late before even when we still have our office in Libis. I guess I under estimated the traffic power of Paranaque City.

I’m happy because Mr. G finally gave my blog a PR of 2! Hopefully with this, I can start having opps and reviews.

My sister text me to go to Laguna after work, she said my Uncle will have a barbecue party in the house and our neighbor allowed us to use their swimming pool and they decided to swim this night. My hubby is so excited =)

So, happy Friday blog friends! Enjoy your weekend!

My disappointments on the recent results of my check-up never show on the pictures taken below. See, I’m still smiling though my heart is aching (yeah, just like a song) But these photo exhibits in Mall of Asia showing the glimpse of Macau, China’s finest places are so interesting so I asked my sister to have some souvenir shots on the display photos. And mind you, these huge photos of Macau's food are so mouth watering we ended up eating in KFC =)

I learned purchasing and ordering items at eBay when a friend of mine asked me if I want to have those character pillows that she is selling through eBay. I ordered a hello kitty fleece blanket that I gave to my sister --and that’s the start of my online buying habits.

Now, I checked on yet another Hello Kitty product that I can give to her this Christmas.

I saw some of the new items on my favorite seller and I bid for these items I know my sister will surely like.

This Hello Kitty hanging clock (brand new) that i bid for P119.00
And this Hello Kitty musical and revolving pencil case which i bid for only P71.00

And guess what--- I won! I'm so happy because i bid for these items when the bidding time is about to end. But the seller is not yet replying to my text messages. I should have deposit the payment when i still have a time.