Living Mye Life

My mind tells me not to go to our company outing last Saturday because it’s only a whole day affair plus hours of long travel but a part of me wants to go to this new resort in Cavite. I urged an office mate that is also hesitating to join that time and she obliged so I have all the reasons to go too. I prepare my things that night and wish to have fun because I’ll be exchanging one precious day playing and being with my son, Nathan when I decided to go.

Tanza Oasis beach resort looks great. I can feel the nice ambiance of the place and the excitement of every one to dip in the cold pool. The weather was not that hot but the humid breeze from the sea makes you feel sticky and lazy to move around. We had a usual company games and like before they asked me to join the tug of war game for females and we lost. I just don’t know where on earth they’ve got that extra strength that they’ve easily pulled us and I can feel my hand aching when I let go of the rope. I really felt weak after that.

My SLR camera works overtime and we just enjoyed every place we can find and did some fun shots. Though we never swim in the brown sea water (due to heavy rains) we did some funny jump shots and it was quite a scenes. But I enjoyed our outing. I’m not quite happy that I still got a dark skin even though I put a lot of sun block lotion before playing volley ball. Oh well, I can't have all the luck :)

I am so lazy to wake up early and at the back of my mind saying “its weekend, I deserve to sleep longer” but having a baby who wakes up early everyday and just keep pinching your face, I don’t think I will ever get my wish for now. And we also had our 2^nd shot on HPV vaccine yesterday at the office so I need to do things faster. I’ve met with my girl colleagues and as planned we went to eat at Serye Restaurant where we crave and ordered for the boneless crispy pata. We can feel the pain in our left arms with the vaccine finally seeping in but no one can stop us to enjoy the delicious foods in front of us. We finished our meal with a dessert called mango rhum cake and I wonder if I can make that cake in the future.

Today, I fulfilled hubby’s request to cook for them. We went at the wet market early and bought his wish viand for the day which is pork binagoongan. I said last time that I will cook the baked lasagna since I have a lasagna noodles I bought in Subic the last time we went there. He reminded me to buy the ingredients, meaning that is his requested snack in the afternoon.

Cooking lunch is an easy job for me and they like the new variations I’ve done so that it will not turn too salty but I never imagined that baking lasagna will be that tiring and will take too long to cook. It’s my first time to cook it and I told my hubby that I will never question again why the price of lasagna in a restaurant or fast food is way too higher than spaghetti (ha-ha!). After I baked the lasagna, I’ve got two thumbs up approval from my mother in law and most especially from my hubby. But I swear I will never cook/bake it again except for some very special occasions. I was so tired I told hubby I want to sleep early.

So, who says that staying at home during weekend can be too boring? Well, not for me, I enjoy staying at home while reading my books or just cooking for them.

Mom came to our house yesterday unannounced.  I screamed Mom!!! from our room and asked her to go up.  I missed Mom. I was thinking that morning to call her so she can go with us in Quiapo.  But I guess we really had that strong bond together, she said after they ate lunch she suddenly thought of visiting me and she dressed up in a hurry.

Sometimes, I’m thinking if I am rich, I’ll tour Mama around the world.  She loves to travel and stroll (just like hubby) and I know it will make her very happy.  I just let her pick anything she wants at the accessories store in Quiapo, she’s fond on the crystal bracelets in different colors.  I think she’s collecting it.  Then she bought vegetables and fruits, too.

Heavy rains stop our strolling moments so we take a cab and went to Mall of Asia where we meet my mother in-law.  We ate dinner at the bay, and our first time at Presidents tea house.  After that, hubby and I watched the Evil Resident 4 and Mama with my in-law waited for the 50% sale of French Baker.  We just right on time after the movie and I go with Mama and choose whatever breads she wants.  I know she’s happy and I’m happy that I made my Mom happy. I hope to do that more often.  

One of the top networks here in the Phils. held their annual Star Magic Ball yesterday at Makati Shangri-La and Ann Li of Pinoy Big Brother was one of the lucky talent of ABS-CBN who attended the event and was included in the cotillion dance.  Some of the global supporters of Ann sponsored her stay in Makati Shangri-La hotel were we booked  in advance since we know that it will be fully booked days before the gathering.

I was so amazed by the bonding we had for this group.  Imagine, they booked for two more rooms.  We came from different walks of life, young and old combined but we blended well.  And Ann is a doll.  Her beautiful perspective and her appreciation for those who supported her were amazing.  She never gets tired on thanking them for all the gifts, support and love she’s having right now.  Indeed, it was a night to remember and though I really wanted to stay there overnight, I have work and I need to go home. 

Here are some pictures from last night.