My Space. My Life

Yesterday was quality time and bonding with my mom, dad and sister - amidts a throng of people at Tutuban Mall in Divisoria!

My mom sent me an SMS saturday afternoon asking if I wanted to come along and join them shopping in tutuban Sunday. I knew hubby would not be able to go because he had something to do Sunday, but I missed my family so much that I immediately replied “yes” to her question.

My dad had to bring the car to tutuban cause they were planning to buy give aways to business partners so there’s bound to be a lot of shopping bags to bring. Besides, tutuban mall has a parking space (albeit small), so off we went. Arrived there past 11AM and boy did we have a hard time looking for a space to park into.

We had fun, looking at stuff trying to find the right stuff they needed amidst pushing past and being pushed by tons of people. We had lunch together and it was great too! My dad had to leave after lunch to do some business in Binondo so the three of us girls trekked the entire mall. By 5PM, my feet was complaining already, as was my back from all the bags we have on hand, but I am not complaining. I was having a grand time with my family! My mom bought me 3 bags and a pari of sandals. I tried to dissuade her in buying me stuff. I guess, now that I’m married and all grown up (hehehe), I felt I shouldn’t ask her to buy me stuff anymore, but she insisted. Moms will always be moms, I guess. I think she misses me that much Ain’t my parents the coolest? Heh!

We rendesvoused with my dad at around 5:30 PM. We just sat for a while at one of the fast food store there cause our feet were killing us. Around 6:15PM off we went to the parking area. When we got to the exit counter, the guy informed as our parking ticket was at Php 150!!! What?!?! I tell you, their parking rates are exaggerated! Php 50 for the first 3 hours, then Php 20 for each exceeding hour. That fee for a small, dirty, dark parking with no guards in sight! The malls charge less than that! Oh well, even with all the complaining, we just went ahead and paid the fee and sped off to home, all of us thinking we would never bring a car to tutuban again. If we would, we would park somewhere in Binondo and walk.

After they dropped me home, I missed them all the more. We usually do this every Christmas. My parents and my 3 other siblings would pack ourselves into our car and drive somewhere to shop. My parents would buy us the stuff we want and that would be our Christmas gift. Ever since I got married, there are few chances of us being all together, with me married and my eldest brother with a crazy schedule. Chances like yesterday are precious to me now. And I cherish all the times we are together, even if we’re just lazing around at our house talking.

Funny how things have changed when I got married. I was not this close to my parents before. When I still lived with them, I couldn’t even have a nice conversation with either of them. Like everything I say means nothing. I used to feel so irritated when they nag us. I guess, absence does make the heart grow fonder. Or maybe, they now see me as an adult. My mom and I, now talk as if we’re best buds. We share everything. My dad, talks to me like an adult now. unlike before where everything he says feels like you’re being reprimanded (complete with a loud voice pa yan ha. But come to think of it, my dad’s voice is normally loud, heh!). I used to ask God, why now? Why couldn’t we have been like this before? Now, I miss them so much every single day. Then I came to realize, things indeed happen for a reason. Because of what happened I now have a much deeper appreciation of my parents. I am grateful to God that I have the chance to experience what I did, and a chance to experience what we have now.

Mom, Dad, thank you so much for everything. Looking back, your constant reminders have helped shaped me to be the person that I am now. I thank God for the both of you. The bits of practical wisdom you’ve shared with us, your children, over the years have not gone to waste. I always remember them and put them into practice in my life. When the time comes that I’d have kids of my own, I will surely pass those wisdom tidbits on to them. Please continue to take care. I pray for good health and overflowing blessings for the both of you! I love you both so much!

I just realized this month is my blog’s 1st anniversary. Happy anniversary blog! I hope that I could post more in the days to come! ’twas fun reading through my old posts.

I’ve been off work for 3 days now. I was down with an infection so my workaholic b**t was strapped to the bed. ’twas a good thing though as I had a chance to recharge my batteries. Today I am feeling much better. I had the chance to do the stuff that i wasn’t able to do during my hectic working days. Come Monday, I’ll be back at the office but until then, time is my ally.

Today, I got the chance to clean our room. Not that it’s messy. I just did some rearrangements. It made me feel refreshed, fulfilled even. Being able to do some wifely chores gives me this sense of fulfillment. You see, when your career is in a fast paced environment like a call center, and you work the night shift, things in your life get a little side tracked. Most of the time all you want to do is sleep your head off. I guess I just need a little balance. But I like my job, I love the challenges it brings. My only sentiment is that I don’t get to spend much time with hubby and do the wifely chores I need to do. Makes me frustrated sometimes but I am thankful God gave me an understanding and patient husband.

Oh well, so much for this post. I couldn’t think of anything to blog at this moment, but if I do, I’d be sure to update.

It’s been so long since I last posted. Work, as usual, got the better of me. Plus, we only had dial up connection before and it took forever to connect.

So, let’s do some backtracking and list down what happened the past couple of weeks, shall we?

1. October was a busy month. I had new responsibilities that came along with the promotion so the month was filled with work related stuff that I would rather not itemize here. October 22 also marked my Dad’s birthday. We had a special dinner treat for dad at Saisaki. It’s been such a long time since we did this as a family. Needless to say, my dad was his usual melodramatic self, “you guys didn’t have to do this” etc. etc. but he did enjoy and that was what’s important.

paper and embelishments from Shabby Princess

Also, I am thankful this month because I got me an advanced Christmas gift. My new baby, a DELL Inspiron 6000

Hubby is using the NEO laptop. I had a hard time when he started bringing it to work so I decided I needed one too! I am immensely enjoying its 1GB memory. Although me and hubby look funny when we’re together at home. We’ve both got our noses on a laptop each hahaha!

Next on my wish list is this:

I know I sound too materialistic but hey, no harm in making a wish right?

October 27 was Victory Weekend for women at Victory Christian Fellowship. I had a blast learning about a lot of stuff. Sorry i wasn’t able to bring my camera along.

2. November was my hubby’s birthday month. Day before his birthday was spent with friends, Oli, Rachel and Chester. We had a blast at Oli and Rache’s new pad! Condo living at the heart of Quezon City is what we call it. They actually turned Oli’s parents’ roofdeck into their own 3 bedroom home. The couple designed it so stylishly that it looks and feels like they’re living in a condo! For hubby’s birthday we just had a simple celebration here at home with the Belens. We had spaghetti and chicken. I even had to go to work that night as we were busy with the release of schedules.

Tuesday was another blessing. We were able to apply for SmartBro and we now have broadband internet connection. Hay sarap! To not worry about internet load and tying up the lines. I wonder why we didn’t think about this before. What’s good was they have this promo until December 31 - no installation fee! Anyway, hubby was not contented and arrived last night with a Linksys Wireless-G router! Not being a techie person, I had a hard time setting it up though. Now the entire house is WiFi enabled. Truly, God is good! How sweet is His favor!

Hmm.. what else. That’s basically it. I’ll be able to update more frequently now that connecting to the internet is not a problem. So watch out for more updates.