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PBW 8: Break

Thank you BIL (brother in law) and Tita M, for making this trip possible. This is the penultimate week of my family’s busy weekends (which started last 16 January).

BIL has been working at this resort for 5 years now and was recently promoted to Dive Instructor (the highest of the group). His current, Tita M is the head FO. We had the time and there was a PAL sale so, here we are.

We had such an eventful and tiring weekend. Upon arrival, we had a yummy buffet lunch. Afterwards, BIL took us snorkeling and kayaking and a half tour of the resort. For guests who have no guide, there is an orientation which you can attend to familiarize yourself with the activities they offer.

Unfortunately, I may have brought my laptop but I forgot my card reader or the camera cord. These pictures were mooched online. WIFI strength is good but with me, the spirit is willing but the body is weak (from all the moving BIL made us do).

Per activity merits a post of its own. Daddy was bitten by the pixel bug and was agreeable with pictures. Do come back as I post more.

Hope your weekend was as awesome as ours! Have a good week ahead guys!

2010: 02/08
CATEGORY: Pixel Bug Weekend
TAGS: dos palmas facade
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SS: Pretentious Blog 2

Hi everyone and welcome to this year’s Super Sunday Stealing!

Today our meme originated from TWO sources. So the first questions today are from the meme we stole from Little Bark from the blog

The Tree Unleashed. Last week a player,Going Like Sixty added questions of his own and invited us to use them this week. So we took the questions that I didn’t published (Boy, was Bud pissed! Only joking…) and most of Sixty’s questions and we now have part two of a 25 question meme.

If you missed last week, here’s your chance to do a two for one!

12. How many drafts of potential blog posts do you have right now? I have 4 posts.

13. In what medium do you draft your posts? Directly here at WP.

14. How often do you completely scratch or delete drafts or blog post ideas? Once in a while.

15. If you had to leave your blog in your will to another blogger, who would you choose? I’d chose my sister, A or my cousin in law, M. They are both into blogging too.

16. Are there other blogs that you feel are similar to yours in content, style, or voice? Yes. Several mom blogs now.

17. Has anything surprised you since you started blogging? Yes, that I can write something that people will read.

18. What are your goals or plans for your blog going forward? Eventually I plan to buy my own website.

19. Do you make any money from your blog? (optional) about how much a month? I don’t.

20. What blogging system do you use? WordPress.

21. How did you come up your blog name? Its my son’s term of endearment to me.

22. How many blogs do you have? What was your peak? I only have 1.

23. Are you having as much fun as when you started? Yes.

24. Where do you find other bloggers like you? Just browsing through the internet.

25. What’s your one wish when it comes to blogging? That I’d have a lot comments and visitors as well as earn off it someday.

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing!

2010: 02/07
CATEGORY: Bits and Pieces
Sunday Stealing
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Off to Palawan

Its great to be back here at Centennial Airport. Last time I was here, it was in June 2007. It is my first time here at the Domestic side though.

Food stalls are not as many as in the international side. Just your usual pasalubong stuff like cakes and doughnuts.

It was a blessing to see this PAL sale in the newspaper last November. Imagine, round trip fare for Daddy, me and Busy Boy is only P4,770! And its PAL and not C___ P____. :) Its great to ride on a bigger plane and have more leg room.

Sans Daddy, its our first time to visit the province. My BIL, Richard, was nice enough to accommodate us at the resort he works for. He also took care of booking us for the Underground Cave trip. All of us our excited!

Ooops! Our plane’s here. A new 777 at that! :) Logging off now.

2010: 02/06
CATEGORY: Travel
TAGS: enroute to Palawan
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Mommy Moments 14 – Love Language

Based on Mommy Cris’ basic love languages, I believe the most I am guilty of is quality time. So I make it up with Acts of Service and Physical Touch.

As a working mom, my work day consists of rushing home immediately or take advantage of the fact that I can go out of the office so I can spend more time with Busy Boy. No more night outs (coffee, dinner, movie) with friends, just home. More so when Busy Boy started going to school and he had to sleep early. Sometimes, I also get envious of others who can be updated with the latest, but I have not regretted that decision. I knew after the wedding my career and me-time will have to take a back seat due my boys.

Of course, once in a while I go out. It just takes a lot of advanced scheduling and only extremely “important” work-related events for me to be home late. These are my ways of making it up to Busy Boy for the time I have to be away and to showing him he’s (one of )my priority now.

When I get home, Busy Boy and I have a routine. He meets me as soon as I get out of the car and we hug. He gives me this big squeeze and calls me Musha. Sometimes, I rush him up to eat dinner and take a shower during the week, especially if there are tests but most of the time, we do share Mommy Minutes. He sits on my lap and tells me his day or sometimes, we just hug. That’s his language of love, the need to be hugged and constant affirmation. Weekends are solely for family. We’re like tied together when we go out.

What about you? Share with us your language of love at Mommy Moments Have a great weekend!

2010: 02/05
CATEGORY: Family
TAGS: love language
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Counting 3

It has been that many months now since Daddy was given the let go by EFCO. I thank God we are still afloat, and ready for our biggest expense yet (read: Tution fee in May). Still, it would be a great, humongous sigh of relief if he finally pushes through with just one out of all the invitations he has been getting. He really doesn’t like to go to the Middle East and the Philippine openings are too much of a pay cut.

I actually prayed that he be given a decision after our trip this weekend. I want us to spend family time because I feel after this, he will be away at work and it will be quite a while before he has free time like this. So on hindsight, why am I worrying when I wished for it. Hay, you know me, always the worry-wart.

God has been good to us despite trials. And it couldn’t have happeneed at the worst time when Ondoy damaged the cars and we were planning the Busy Boy’s 7th coming up. Though we could have always postponed it and celebrated on his 8th, its still not 7th. My mom would have offered us a loan, mairaos lang. Because she knows, you can only be 7 once. Thankfully, we didn’t have to.

I’ve heard of “saving for a rainy day” and for me, its been quiet a wet run, but thankfully not (yet) a storm. I’m sad that we have to dip into the bank account but for now it couldn’t be helped.