Kapitolyo Rendezvous with Stefy!

At long last nai-post ko na din ang pics from our Cafe Juanita experience! Started out as Steph's curiosity when she passed by the place, then came research and a little hemming and hawing and we're off to Kapitolyo. And because of this, I'm now starting to look for places with the same feel. The ff are our pictures of the place, with ourselves included:

"selves" portrait

check out their collections of miniature houses! dami!!!

cafe juanita

Aside from the lush feel ng surroundings, masarap din yung food. I specially loved their "mediterranean" offerings. But a big no-no to their cheesecake. Too sour for my taste.

Anyways, our next stop: Ilustrado @ Intramuros and Cosa Nostra @ Malate.

Pre-Christmas Blues

when will the dark days end? these past few months, the darkness have always found a way to make my days gloomy and...dark.hehe. parang somewhere around the corner, something is lurking to pounce on me and ruin my day. sure there are things that eventually cheered me up (i.e. the twilight series, Grey's anatomy, my super cute pamangkin, a new pair of shoes) but i was never content for long.

now that the season for cheer is already near (pag nag-rhyme pa ko, nakuuuu ewan ko na lang..hehe), i just want to wish this away. i don't want to be uncle scrooge resurrected in a female body and scare my tons of pamangkins and inaanaks with a bellow and a frown. so to brighten up my mood a little, here's my unconventional wish list for xmas 08:

1. widen my geographical outlook by going out of town with friends (yani and steph) or going on a solitary trip
2. ituloy ang christmas family reunion despite of weird occurrences. (i miss my cousins..)
3. better health conditions for pops who will be coming home for Christmas kasi may sakit cia.. =(
4. to be with my uber-cute pamangkin/inaanak every week.. the cutest baby who ever graced the planet with his existence (hehe biased). i swear i'll post his pictures if he will sit still long enough for me to take one. hehe.
5. to lose 10 pounds. (to prepare for my hosting stint on december 13.hehe)

and allow me to be a little conventional..
5. a white MacBook
6. a new phone (to replace my ancient 2 year-old v3i)
7. a hardbound copy of "Breaking Dawn"
8. an iPod Touch
9. shoes, shoes and shoes
10. quoting shirleen, bagella, bagella at marami pang bagella

and lastly, my uber-crush of 3-years who doesn't even know i exist. okay, a little pathetic scene for a while there...hehe.. and miraculously, it worked! i'm now all giddy.. just have to make this last for a few hours..

Welcome distraction

Been sick for 5 straight days 2 weeks back. I kinda miss being tucked up with pillows in bed and spoiled rotten by mom. Unlike my two younger brothers (who by the way are way bigger than I am physically), I rarely get sick. I could probably blame my strong immune system but lo and behold, it failed me for 5 glorious days. Ayun, nagkaroon ako ng chance na magamit ang sick leave ko! hahaha, baad.

But now, back to reality, I realized that probably my body just missed being babied a bit. For as long as I can remember kasi, I'm the family "order-taker", mama's gofer, my brothers' tutor and sometimes, assignment and project maker and a whole lot more. So for five days, I was treated like the princess that I would never be. =)