when mom speaks

Healthier You 2009

1. What are your fitness and health goals this year?   :: To get back to my pre-pregnancy weight

2. Are you dieting? What is an effective diet plan for you?  :: I’m a serious crash dieter, but I can survive without the carbs and sodas too.

3. If you are intent on losing, what is more important – poundage or inches? :: inches baby! coz it shows!

4. Do you take diet pills?  :: Actually thinking of, heard of fern slim?

5. Choose only one – diet or exercise? Why? :: exercise, it’s proven effective but no time and too lazy for that.. so diet I guess.

Fear Factor:
One effective diet tip you would like me to know. Share please. I’m desperate :: Throw up everything you binged on after ever meal! joke … but really, I used to do that, it’s my most effective way  — done it when I was in College.. yeah desperate move.

Tell Me:
Would you go under the knife if all else fails?  :: Oh yes!!! Belo or Calayan?! who want’s to sponsor first?! lol as if.

Thanks Aggie!

After a super tiring but fun trick or treating of the kids, we then headed to a newly renovated KFC and ordered two bucket meal! yes, two buckets of chicken with all the works We were consisting of six adults and three kids (who barely ate). But of course, we were able to finish everything! the hopping and kids chasing made us so hungry, as if we didn’t had a snack or something, but as I remember we ate siomai, fries, burgers and fruit shakes in the afternoon too. Boy, we are a family of monsters! lol. And since I was the first to finish eating, I was able to snap some shots of the nice hanging lamps.. it really made the place super cozy I like!

Anyways, after the fun experience, my cousin and her kids bid goodbye while us stayed for a while for some quick shopping. Bought some stuffs for the All Saint’s day activity the following day, some Christmas decors for the house and Olin’s few baby things. We even received a free promotional bags because of the accumulated purchase! nice!

1. If someone expects you to do something you aren’t obligated to do, does that make you want to do it less?   ::  it actually depends on what the person asks me to do…

2. Are there any activities, commitments, obligations in your life that instantly put you in a bad mood?          :: paying dues! and looking for something that is not my forte like searching for the best bed frames suited for my sister

3. What do other people do that irritate you that you recognize as a weakness in yourself?  :: this question makes me think ha,  being so talkative I guess, sometimes I just can’t stop!

4. Do you surround yourself with the friends who like you best?  :: I wish I can, bit I just can’t filter those whom I don’t want to be with.

5. When you are angry or nervous, how do you calm yourself down?  :: I take a deep breathe and listen to the radio. I also think happy thoughts.

6. Do you take compliments well?  :: Yes.

7. Do you think you would have been a different person if you had different parents?  :: I don’t think so… I’d probably still be me

8. Do you change your mind frequently or do you make up your mind about something and stay firm with that position?   :: Yes, I’m one fickle minded fatolla.

9. Describe the person that would be the exact opposite of you.  :: I can’t imagine! lol

10. Are you generally capable of seeing both sides of an argument at the same time?  :: not most of the time. but I try… I really do.

snagged this one from Yen

1. When you were in high school, how did you envision your future? Kids, college, marriage, professional, etc.?
+ It was a fairy tale dream actually back then, I used to think of myself and my family living in a big and beautiful house living in super ideal family life.

2. How does that compare to the reality of what was to come?
+ I love my life now, I may not be at my happiest nor at my satisfied state but I’m alright with it, overwhelmed with the love and care I continuously receiving from my family esp from my husband and baby

3. What, if anything, would you change about your choices, had you had the benefit of knowing what was to come?
+ I probably would not change anything from the choices I made. Although I might work a little longer to help my family before settling in the married state. But, everything happens for a reason, I believe the man up there will still provide for me so that I can still work on the dreams I have…

4. Do you believe that the cliche about clouds and silver linings holds true, that out of bad can cause good?
+ I guess so…

5. What about karma? Does what goes around come around?
+ Oh yes, karma strikes faster.

Happy Friday

1. What piece of kitchen equipment do you use the most? - Rice Cooker
2. What piece of kitchen equipment do you use the least? - egg beater
3. What’s your favorite breakfast? - Pancakes
4. Are you allergic to any foods? - nope, as far as I know
5. If you have pets, do you feed them table scraps? - yes, that is what they are for…
   
6. Have you ever had food poisoning? - No, thank God for that
   
7. If you have cats, do you let them walk on your counter tops? - no way!
   
8. What’s your favorite condiment? - tomato ketchup and vinegar with lots of chili
   
9. What’s your favorite wine? - any sparkling white wine
   
10. Is there any food that you just can’t stomach? - raw fish.
    
11. What’s the most exotic meat you’ve eaten? - snake’s meat
    
12. Do you bake your own bread? - no, but i wanted to, it’s been one of my dreams…
13. What do you feel is the most under-rated spice or herb? - cilantro
    

Thanks to the garlic press

Snagged from Mel

1. List 6 things that describe yourself today.
2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.
3. Tag other online friends you know.

Links: Creative In Me Little Peanut Me and Mine Pea in a Pod Sugar Magnolias Doll Me Up Deviously Creative IamDzoi My Happy Place To the Moon and Back Raising Sandy My Colorful World Working It MyParty.Finds.A Home. Em’s Detour Stripe & Yellow Something Purple Vanity Kit Mind Bubbles Living the Healthy Life As We Face Forever Feeling after the I do meme me kathycot buhaymisis walkonred whenmomspeaks kathycotcooks

1. I was able to buy something  expensive (after a long time) for myself from my blog earned moolah
2. I was able to cook breakfast (fried liempo with sinangag), lunch (sinampalukang manok) and dinner (buttered shrimp in garlic and ketchup)
3. Ordered another batch of Dora collectibles for the brat
4. Had a super tampo with the husband but we are ok na as of this writing
5. Was able to finish 8 tasks thats more or less additional $60 for my Paypa! yipee!
6. Laugh so hard when the daughter danced till she dropped for us after dinner

So there, my 6! how about you.. it’s time to share yours! feel free to snag… fillers! fillers!

As per Aggie’s instruction, here is my uber recent photo. Taken by my hubby last night, just 7 hours ago.

So anyways, here is ME in bullets.. some of you might find the list familiar, yes actually I just grabbed it from my friendster profile, basically because things are still the same, with my life, my family and my desires…

… PRO BLOGGER naks, as if pro! been blogging since 2005
… I am living in irony.
… enjoys, yet continually nags (Amiel) ’bout complexities of life..haaayyy buhay!
… hates monotonous life; though  chose to be a full time SAHM - Stay At Home Momma! :)for more than a year now
… abhors commercial and novelty songs yet ends up singing it d whole day..(as in last song syndrome)
… I am torn between my love for food and the idea of keeping myself fit…hay!naku!
… gets irritated when in time for getting up early; yet tolerate oneself for staying up late..
… I am legally kutatera
… I curse like a mad insensitive tambay (yeah,bad me..)when im pissed off!.
… a voracious reader who even reads labels when i am in the mood.
… haven’t stopped liking LUGAW since childhood,but with tokwa now!
…I used to drive like a wacko-maniac but gas-priced-increase and motherhood mellowed me
…I constantly argue with my mom, but we really really love each other! ;p
…I have had the same group of friends since high school
…I would love to travel someday, and get to see Venice,Milan,Italy,Greece,New York,Seattle(for the Coffee),Germany etc.
…I would definitely wanted to work abroad, together with my husband and daughter,for our brighter future of course. and we’ll pick up from there. ;)maybe do some sales job search there!
…I hate irresponsible parenthood,it’s a responsibility and not just a privilege!
…I wanted to enroll in a Photog Class.
…I love taking pictures,of myself,people i love,places that appeals to me.whatever!
…I always need to know the reason behind things (WHY?!)
…I am so married to a guy who can makes me cry and laugh at the same time!
…I am learning to survive each day without my mom to do all stuff for me.
…I am well, cooking!
…I am takin’ care of my husband and daughter and our tiny house..
…I really really LOVE my Dear Husband,he is the oNLy person I let BOSS me around (occassionally ;p) and my daughter who happens to be my REAL BOSS
…Lately, I am so into shopping, online and mall shopping. I need to be stop or else I will end up broke before the holidays!

So there, this is me… how about you? let us know you too a lil’ bit more!

Thanks Aggie for this….

I know, this is supposed to be posted on a Tuesday, but you see, I wasn’t able to find a good red photo in my photo gallery. So since I’m having my nails and toes done, I asked for a pussy red tint! and here you go.. my Ruby Tuesday entry for this week… isn’t so sweet of me? lol and by the way, please forgive the ugliness of my toe fingers

Anyways, I’m outa here for I’m about to buy myself some weight loss pills at the drugstore… ciao!

Do you allow your partner to go on a night out alone (means without you around)?

hmmmm… this made me think for a while, well yeah, I allow my husband to go out at night with friends, if and only if I know their whereabouts and he promise to texts me every so often. actually, he has this every friday meet up with his friends at Alabang, which he usually brings me I guess he prefers me over his buds eh? and I love it!

JULY 5 > Right after your husband proposed, what was the first thing that came to your mind?

What would be our next plan? I mean, how will we tell our parents, specially mine, for sure they are not prepared to hear news like this or anything close about marriage and wedding. Minds are juggling things after a few hours of the proposal. There were so many things in my mind that I couldn’t even remember now!