major task.

One of girls' biggest dreams is to be able to have not only the man of their dreams but also the wedding of their dreams. I am blessed with a husband who made that dream come true. I was so proud of our wedding as we had made a lot of guests very happy. Also, every detail of our wedding were brought about by labor of love from friends and families. One thing that helped me organized our wedding and keep track with the very long to do list in Wedding Planning is WeddingChannel.com. It has every planning tool that a bride and groom would need. Which reminds me to make an account for one of my friends getting married this year.

havis on SATC

Got this from the havaianasPH newsletter: ( i tell you, ngayon pa lang nauuso ang havaianas dito at ang mahal pa ha!)

Apart from their impeccable fashion sense and eclectic style, Carrie, Samantha,
Charlotte and Miranda have much in common with Havaianas: their love for all
things fun, functional, and fashionable. And there’s nothing like an endorsement
from the fabulous foursome of HBO’s Sex and the City to seal a fashion staple’s
style status: check out Park Avenue Princess Charlotte York, played by actress
Kristin Davis, at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week toting the Havaianas “Candy” ad in her hands.

The “Candy” ad campaign was created by Brazilian agency AlmapBBDO especially for the United States. Its special appearance on the big screen version of Sex and the City pleasantly surprised both the agency and Havaianas brand executives.

power steering pros

One of my cousins in Manila is a cheapskate. He really knows how to handle his money and eventhough he was earning pretty good, he still stuck with his old car. Until he tried the car of another cousin and saw the power in using a power steering car, he changed his mind and bought a new one. He is so meticulous with his car that he takes special care of every part even the steering rack. One time it broke down and he immediately ordered a power steering rack online at http://www.powersteeringpros.com/. Oh boy, he is not just a cheapskate but also an O.C. hee.

random meme (part deux!)

2nd time participating in
randomness...feed your mind and your blog random nosy questions. Here are my answers.

1. What are your plans for today?
>>>Sleep really late as I could catch up with my blogging tasks backlog.

2. Who was the last person you talked on the phone with?
>>>Hubby.

3. What was the last tv program you watched?
>>>Wowowee LOL!

4. What was the last thing you ate?
>>>French Fries!

5. What time did you get out of bed today?
>>>I am trying so hard to be a morning person, hence the goal of 6am! I made it at 7 today, improving!

don't be shy.

I know of many who are so embarassed to settle their debts because most of the time, they need to be there in person. Who wouldn't be embarrased with one-on-one debt counselling and face the humiliation as debts are not something to be proud of. But there is an Online Debt Settlement at NetDebt where one can settle their debts over the internet and avoid all the embarassment that one-on-one counselling has. If you are on a big debt hole, get your act up now and settle your debts online. For more information, check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_settlement.

know your age

Tagged by ka-twitt, YEN.

::Start HERE::

RULES:
1. Add Your Name/Your Blog/ tell me if it’s True or False to the list. If you want to post this in your other blog, then add this post as well! No cheating!
2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!
3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Peeps who played along: 1. Yen in Me and Mine-TRUE 2. Van in Me,Myself+2-TRUE 3. blogscope in BlogScope- TRUE 4. C.A. of D’ Cooking Mudra -TRUE 5. tque95 of ISL Family -TRUE 6. Yenny in Little Peanut- TRUE 7. Life is What We Make it - TRUE 8. Wil in Wilstop- TRUE 9. Denz in denzRecreational - TRUE 10. Chikai in DigiScrapz: Captured Memories -TRUE 11. MindBubbles -TRUE 12. Vanity Kit -TRUE 13. Stripe&Yellow -TRUE 14. Something Purple -TRUE 15. Em's Detour -TRUE 16. YOUR BLOG

Don’t tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!

DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read. Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758…If you haven’t, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number, The first digit of this was your original number. (I.e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
The next two numbers are YOUR AGE ! —— (Oh YES, it is!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

::End HERE.::

Tagging Dez & Jammy.

morning breeze

Even in Manila, Hubby and I are particular with house smells, we always make sure our house smells good. We don't want unwanted smell to welcome our guests at home. Especially since we cook a lot of exotic dishes that emit strange smell (haha!) but mind are very delicious, we should be particular with the smell that retains in our home. One of the things that hubby bought in preparation for our move are Renuzit TriScents Transform your Home kits which samples we got from its website. We have been using them in our rooms, living room and kitchen. So far so good. It works better than a scented candle which we alternately use with some air freshener before. Since our home is carpeted and has 2 floors, the smell of mostly, food that we cook which we get from frying a lot sticks to the carpet and can reach the 2nd floor. But eversince we got TriScents, we didn't have any qualms about cooking anything. I would even dare do barbeques inside our house if smoke was not an issue. If you love to cook and have been always worried with the smell that it will stick in your home, don't fret and cook everything while using TriScents as your air freshener.

back to regular programming.

After only 24 hours, we have finally unloaded the last box and luggage. It was a quick but tiring move. We are now happily living at our humble abode. Feeling ko honeymooners ulit kami ni hubby, starting all over again with an energetic toddler, though. He had to make 2 trips only driving a van err semi-truck na nga sa laki! We had Papa John's pizza for our 1st dinner, too tired to cook. Then, slept at 2am. We woke up today very early, naguunahan magluto ng breakfast haha. Details and pictures of our move will posted here: http://stripeatyellow.com. For now, I shall finish some blogging tasks and catch up on tags. Despite the fact that Cox is so very delayed in giving us the cable, phone and internet connections, I am so back to regular programming. Thanks to the very reliable and fast wi-fi connection courtesy of my neighbor.

not for me.

I am never fascinated by motorcycles. I am even against those who ride on one. I think this is the cause of having a couple of friends and a family member being hit by reckless motorcycle drivers. But I am equally amazed by drivers who join Motorcycle Tours especially those who ride on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. I want them to join these tours rather than driving their dangerous bikes on the road. You get my point? They could ride their bikes for competition's sake and not for public transportation.

I even went on an argument with one of hubby's friend who rented an ATV and Dirt bike at EagleRider. He has this amazing dream of becoming an Eaglerider that as soon as he got his long-awaited promotion he spent them by renting not only ATV and Dirt Bikes but also Scooters, Snowmobile, and Watercraft. He was planning to buy his own Harley-Davidson bike but his paycheck couldn’t afford one, instead he opted to rent one from Eaglerider. He was even telling me that if only everyone learn how to use bikes, we will be guaranteed with trafficless streets. That, I doubt haha. I am just glad that hubby is not into these things too.

Malindi not!

Just when it is the right time to buy the Crocs Malindi I have been patiently waiting for because previously, the Turquoise color doesn't have my size and now, there is no Turquoise available in any size! I guess it isn't for me after all.

Nevertheless, I'd like to spread the word that there are a lot of other online shops going on sale until the 4th of July weekend. So check them out. And happy 4th of July everyone!

ad from: shoebuy.com

thank you gift.

We have been staying at hubby's aunt's humble abode for almost 8 months and tomorrow we are finally leaving the place to move to our own. No matter how excited I am on living on our own and managing the household solely by me and hubby, we are leaving this house with a heavy heart. To give thanks for all their kindness and support, I am thinking of giving them gift baskets, what do you think? Do you think they'll appreciate it? No matter what gift we give them, nothing can repay their unconditional support when we were just starting to get settle down here.

paranoia.

Tomorrow's the day I have been waiting for, Our MOVE. It's definite and nothing can stop us not even the weather or any natural disaster (knock on wood) hahah! But, I have one more thing left for hubby to do, he should visit a door hardware and get us door alarms. There is a sliding door besides the dining area and you know how paranoid I am with sliding doors. Beside, the open backyard entrance is the sliding door. I even suggested to hubby that we put alarms on every window. Can't blame me being so paranoid living in this big city.

this week's simplicity tips

Happy Monday everyone. I woke up feeling very good today and feeling giddy about 2 things: our move and my 1st day of class today. I hope all this feeling good and giddy will last the whole week. Living you with your weekly dose of simplicity tips from: My Simpler Life.

1. Since many kids are on summer break it's a great time to train them on new chores.
2. Work with others as allies instead of comparing and competing.
3. Speak only positively for one full day.
4. Have plants that are easier to take care of.
5. Plan a time to get together with your extended family.
6. Decide on three goals for tomorrow - one work, one home and one personal.
7. Draw, doodle, paint, or make something.

search your engines.

Remember hubby's uncle who has 2 of his cars fixed and ended up paying triple with what he was suppose to pay? Yea, he's still pissed. But, after another uncle talked him in on auto body sacramento where he could find reliable and reputable experts in the field of collision repair, he's mood lightened up. He has made a decision and will have his cars fixed by them. We're all looking forward to his better mood in the days to come.

Prayer for the MV Princess of the Stars fatalities and survivors.

I've been following the news on the victims of MV Princess of the Stars. I've heard so many heartbreaking stories why these passengers chose to ride the ship. Most of them were either vacationing or were going to Manila to fix their papers for a job abroad or they were bound to leave for Canada, US, etc...for greener pastures. But, what happens when their families' hopes disappeared with the victims?

This prayer from DEZ is very timely and I encourage everyone to join us.

Prayer for the MV Princess of the stars fatalities and survivors.

Dear God, we pray that you comfort each bereaved family everyday as they grieved for their loss, we pray that you will supply all their needs, we pray for the survivors that they may have a good life after the tragedy, that you will bless them and let them know in the deepest part of their heart that in spite of what have happened, you LOVE and CARE for them. This we pray in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen

I encourage everyone to keep the prayer going. LET’S P.U.S.H. PRAY UNTILL SOMETHING HAPPENS.

modern furnitures

Can you see that bed above? Do you think it's your style? Well, no matter how I love Modern Furniture, that bed ain't my style. Probably, hubby would see that really cool. You see, I caught hubby surfing on spacify.com again. All he ever wants is to have an ultra modern house on top of a mountain. I like the ultra modern house idea but the top of the mountain, no siree.

sayang... (part 2)

Another horrible performance of Amy Whine (este) Winehouse. This time she nudged and punched a fan. tsk tsk. True enough, all the drugs she took are going up on her brain. Sayang talaga tsk tsk. Watch her Nelson Mandela disaster performance 3 entries below.

options.

There had been so many no annual fee credit card offers that come our way but we are trying to be really careful in getting one these days. Especially here, where your credit standing measures your financial status. However, I have been frequenting creditcardsclub.com for their various offers. They consolidate and compare rates from different credit card companies making it easy for anyone to choose which credit card is adept to their needs. Would we get one? I don't know, we are trying to survive with a debit card and just 1 credit card. I hope we could survive with these 2 plastics for long.

banjing-banjing

I've been such a lazy cat the whole of Saturday. All I did was wallow in my bed and watch TFC all day including a payperview of Pacquiao-Diaz fight. Woohoo! He made it again!

I realized I deserve some lazying up after all my hardwork and THIS. But when I saw my tasks, I've got 9 left and tomorrow will be the 1st day of my summer class., the lazying up is not really a good idea tsk tsk. All because of grabbing too much eh! Don't have I time to breathe?

autobots...nah!

Nope, this entry won't be about Transformers' autobots which my son is going gaga over with. This is about the auto body san francisco repair shop that my friend has been frequenting. The reason why I'm writing this because I was just saddened to hear that hubby's uncle's nth attempt to have his cars fixed by buying auto body parts went wrong again. He got them from unreputable auto body shop repair store and now he is paying more than triple of what it will actually cost him. I just wish we had the auto body shop my friend is going too. This affected us in a way because I tell you, Hubby's Uncle is freaking out and I don't think we will have a good weekend. uh-oh!