#Awkward! That Moment When...

Ok I'm sure you've all had an awkward moment where you felt like you just wanted to melt or you wanted out of that situation ASAP. Lately I have been feeling like the queen of awkward. Allow me to enumerate just a few instances.

Awkward#1.
That moment where you are in the car with your family and suddenly a song with some sexual content suddenly goes on and no one bothers to change the station. Errrr....arrrrghhhh....
Khia's song, "My Neck, My Back" suddenly came on while I was in the car on a road trip with my cousins and their parents.

If you're not familiar with the song, play this video. Can you say awkward much?! What is a girl to do in such a situation? The song before that had me nodding my head and singing a long then suddenly this song came on. I did the only thing I could think of doing...I put my sunglasses on and pretended to sleep.

Awkward#2.
Watching a movie at the boyfie's place with his whole family. Then suddenly there is a short few seconds to a minute where someone is wildly making out. Errrrr!!!! I could feel my face growing red. It seemed so wrong to watch something like that with the boyfie's parents and brothers. arrrrghhhh.

Awkward#3.
That moment where you are talking to a friend and he/she suddenly picks his/her nose in front of you. Yes, in front of you. And this person plays with the little treasure and rolls it between their finger forming a ball of booger! Ewwwwrrrrr! To look away or not. Ugh...

Someone please get me out of these awkward situations!

Hot Dog

Oh dear. My poor Phoebe is gone. I bet everyone's asking, "Who's Phoebe?". Phoebe is the boyfie's dog. She was a super duper cute chubby pug. As I look through my phone and camera I realize I never had a picture taken with Phoebe. Every time I was over at the boyfie's house Phoebe would be waiting right outside the door. She would hurriedly plop down on my feet and lay on her back so I could give her a belly rub. Phoebe was not your typical hyper dog, she was a fat lazy one who loved to eat and cuddle and have her belly rubbed.

January 8, 2012, phoebe was in the kitchen while the maid was cooking. All of a sudden we hear something drop and the maid screaming. We rush to see what happened and Phoebe was whimpering. The frying pan filled with cooking oil was on Phoebe's back. The maid accidentally dropped it on Phoebe. Poor dog got burned. Phoebe was rushed to her vet and she's been with the vet ever since. Last, I heard Phoebe had boils all over her back and. Last Thursday, January 27, we found out Phoebe died of a cardiac arrest. =(

I am heart broken. I know pets won't be around forever but it was sad to see her go in such a way. =(

Under The Weather

I'm a 90's kid and getting sick in the 90's is a whole lot different from getting sick now a days. Getting sick in the 90's meant having to stay at home, sleep all day, listen to music from my walkman, or flipping through my magazines. No means of getting in touch with my friends since everyone else was in school.

Last Tuesday, I went to the doctor because I had a really bad sore throat. I couldn't swallow, my ears hurt, my eyes were swollen and well it was just all sorts of wrong. The doctor said I needed to be confined to the hospital for a few days and would need to have the nurse check up on me every hour or so. I graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing but lemme tell you something, this little nurse absolutely hatessssss hospitals. So I promised the doc that I would just take it easy and stay at home. She agreed and had me file for a sick leave for 5-7 days.

Holy Cow! 5-7 days at home! What would I do at home for 5-7 days?

Luckily, staying at home is not as bad as the days in the 90's. I kept myself busy with:

1.) Blogging. Oh how I love having all the time to check out your blogs. Thanks guys for keeping me company, if it weren't for your posts I would have been a little bored on my sick leave.

2.) Pinterest: I am now a self confessed Pin-aholic. Behold some of my pins:

One of my local fashion icons. Laureen Uy is a celebrity, a blogger, and a fashionista. I would love to raid this girl's closet!
I'm loving this girl's pants and shoes! {Pinterest}
sheer on sheer {Pinterest}
messenger girl {Pinterest}. I super love her bag.

I super love her printed pants with the plane nude colored top. {Pinterest}

I then proceeded with trying to do some of these hairstyles:
I had to try this little tutorial from Lauren Conrad. {Pinterest}
This looks pretty and romantic. {Pinterest}

3.) Online streaming. I needed to do a little catching up on a few of my fave series: Vampire Diaries, Grimm, Once Upon A Time, and Revenge.

4.) Felt like doing some crafty girly stuff so I made some bracelets.
Now, what am I going to do with all these bracelets?

5.) Sometime last year I fell in love with milk tea. I don't remember having milk tea when I was a kid. Every single day I was on my sick leave I made myself some milk tea. We didn't have any tapioca pearls around the house but nonetheless milk tea is still so soothing.


My milk tea brings all the boys to the yard. lalalalala... hahahaha. just kidding. anyway, if you guys wanna try my milk tea recipe here it is:
Ingredients:
-1 tea bag ( I used black tea)
-1 cup of hot water
-4 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk
-3 teaspoons of honey
-6 ice cubes (optional)

Seep your teabag in 1 cup of hot water. Let it sit for around 5 minutes. I usually poke my tea bag with a spoon, I wanna get the most out of my tea bag. After 5 minutes, you can go ahead and discard the teabag.

Grab your 4 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk and 3 teaspoons of honey and mix it into the tea. I love my milk tea cold so after mixing the condensed milk and honey with the tea I go ahead and drop my ice cubes and keep it in the fridge for a few minutes. And then voila..

What do you guys do when you're home sick? Do you guys just curl up under the covers and sleep the whole day?

Goodbye

No guys, I'm not saying goodbye to blogging. I could never do that. I love blogging way too much and I love reading your blogs just as much.

January 13, my brother flew back to California. Oh how I hate saying hello because I know goodbye will soon follow. The 3 weeks that my brother stayed with us went by way too fast. This time last week we were still together hanging out at the beach with mom, cousins, his fiance, and my boyfie. Funny, we've been doing this hello goodbye thing for 3 years now and I'm still not used to it. The pain of saying goodbye to my brother is always the same and just as painful every time.

My brother made a special treat for me and my mom. It was too cute to be eaten.
Lunch at my brother's favorite Chinese restaurant hours before his flight.

There is an emptiness in my heart. Video calls on Skype helps but it's not the same as having him here in person. I try to fill the emptiness with my excitement for July of this year. This July I will be back in California as well. I can't wait to see my brother, spend my birthday in California, and also witness my brother's wedding. Weeeee.... Till then....

Oh Happy Days!

Hello everyone! How was your first week of January 2012? Mine was pretty interesting. The first week of January the girls from the office finally called security because there was this stalker who was always right outside our office. We had enough when he was finally standing right outside the window and hanging out at our glass door to get a peek of all the girls I worked with. Turns out he was under surveillance and security noticed that after he hangs outside our office he would go to the restroom and stay there for about 30-45minutes and well you guys know the rest... I'm glad creepy stalker guy is not there anymore. My brother is still with us for his 3 week vacay. Times with him means going here and there and lots and lots of food. Everyone in the fam gained weight since he arrived. I put on a whopping 5 pounds! Ugh! But oh well, good food plus good company makes for memorable moments. Will get back to diets and work out by next week.
my brother and his fiance.


me and my mom.

with the boyfie
We went for a late afternoon dip here.
The newly engaged couple enjoying some hugs after 3 years of long distance relationship.

Enjoyed some one on one time with my brother's future wifey. My future sister-in-law.
We threw my brother Pong and his fiance Wonna an engagement dinner spent with Wonna's family and my family. We all met each other for the very first time.
In this photo I'm with my brother's future sister-in-law. We had a chat about how her baby sister is marrying my baby brother.
A picture with my family and my brother's future-in-laws.

Oh happy days! Soon all this happiness and get togethers will come to an end. My brother will be leaving back for the U.S. this Friday. Which means I need to get back to work next week, go on a diet (I still can't believe I've packed on 5 pounds!), and I need to get back to a healthier me.

Happy 2nd week of January!

Hello, Goodbye

I wasn't ready for you to go, in fact I was still busy worrying if I had gotten all my loved ones presents for Christmas. Oh sweet December. You flew by way to fast. I've still got the holiday hang over. I waited all year for December because it is the happiest time of the year and now in the blink of an eye we are into our first week of January.

I love you December for all these and more:
My brother flew in from California.
My crazy wacky brother
bonding time with the little cousins.
Yummy cold cuts from a Chinese Restaurant
Beef tenderloin in Chinese Sauce
Salt and Pepper squid stuffed with shrimps. Super yummmo! I swear this whole month of December has been all about food, love and family. I am feeling super fat now.
December ended with my brother proposing to his girlfriend of 3 years. The two were together in school for about 3 months then my brother moved back to California. My baby bro would come home to the Philippines every year to visit us and his lovey. I've seen these two grow and mature over the years and I have seen them fight and get back together, I've seen them make their long distance relationship work.
A picture with my new future sister in law and this dress made out of Ferrero Rocher chocolate wrappers.

Goodbye December and hello 2011! Happy New Year my lovies!

Becoming Santa

Happy Holidays to all! Tis the season to be jolly and merry indeed. This year we decorated the house with shades of red and gold and lots of little Santas.


With all these little Santas around the house who wouldn't be inspired to become Santa this Christmas? Who says you need to have a belly and a beard to become Santa?

Christmas day I woke up at 5am, ready to bring out the Santa in me. I spent the day with the less fortunate kids in Samal Island. I took part in a feeding program to help feed 200 kids. We chose Jollibee to cater for our event. The kids had fun, there were games and prizes and giveaways. It was so humbling to take part in such a program. It makes me sad to think that not all kids will have a truly very Merry Christmas, that not all kids have something to eat even on such a special time of the year.
The kids live in this area. It doesn't look very safe. =(
children waiting in line to be fed. Some kids pushed and shoved, in fear that the food might run out and they might not get anything.

Loot bags for the kids.
We ran out of loot bags, this little kiddo was not a happy camper. =(

I've realized another thing, who says Santa only comes around on Christmas day? I think we can all be a Mr or a Mrs. Claus all throughout the year. Have a truly very Merry Christmas!