Saturday, March 31, 2012

Fresh Papayas

I'm having these fresh slices of papayas for lunch like a boss. :) Oh yes, time for cleansing. I've eaten so much this week because I've been out a lot with my daughter and can't help but eat out.

Hello to my fellow Photohunters. All this time Photohunt is already hosted at The Saturday PhotoHunt.  See you every Saturday, then! :)

Here's my entry for the week: fresh papayas - eating them for lunch, like right now as I post this. Multi-tasking. It's raining on a summer month here in the Philippines. Crazy weather. I feel like doing nothing at all but surf ze web and eat (well, eat healthy foods, promise) and bug my daughter. After a week of being stressed out on most days, it's great to just chill-out. Crossing my fingers I can do just that today.



This is funny and I just have to post this. I went to see the picture of the week from The Saturday PhotoHunt blog and I was looking for the "LIKE" button. Oh geez.  Shame on me.  

Two things: 1) I haven't gone blog hopping in a looooong time and not used to commenting anymore in blogs.   2)  Facebook have eaten me. 

Happy Saturday (or whatever day you are in now.)  Just be happy!   :) 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Monthly Highlight: February 2012

I enjoyed watching these:
Movies:
- Drive
- All Good Things
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Chronicle

Television Shows:
- A few episodes of AI.
- The first episode of Glee w/ Samuel Larsen.
- Still catching up w/ the impeachment trial. Yes, I am enjoying and learning from this.
- A few episodes of Coco's soap.
- The Oscars.

I read:
- Rogue Magazine.
- Mostly online articles from Yahoo.

I listened to this music a lot:
- Sam Tsui's versions of the following:
* Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You.
* Mash-up of Firework, Dynamite and Grenade.

I received/I gave:
- Ryan Gosling DVDs from my husband! Yay!
- Shoes and clothes for my daughter.
- CDs for my daughter.
- Book for my daughter, Before I Fall. She loves it!
- Treated my daughter to hair pampering.
- Extended help to one of my relatives.

I bought:
- So many things for my daughter:
* Shoes, slippers and clothes.
* Bracelet and headband.
* CD of One Direction.
* CD of Greyson Chance.
* A book, Before I Fall.
- Japanese and Korean condiments in preparation for my Asian cooking adventure.
- An egg ring, finally!
- An angel figurine for the daughter of my friend for her birthday.

I savor these memorable days of the month:
- Field Demonstrationa and Family Day at my daughter's school.
- Recital of my daughter at school. She sang Sing by My Chemical Romance
- Pampering day of my daughter at the salon. It was her first total hair treatment.
- First time to attend a grand evangelical mission of my church held at a huge venue, Quirino Grandstand.
- Movie date with my daughter.
- Meeting my friends in a birthday party we all attended.
- Frequent eat-out with my daughter. Our small talks here make us share more with each other.

Restaurants I visited (with family and friends)/Food I love:
- Red Ribbon's palabok and their cakes which I had a lot for the month of February.
- McDonald's breakfast.
- Creamy tomato pasta at KFC.
- TorinPesto Spaghetti at Bubble Tea.
- Fried chicken from BonChon.
- Pancit Bihon Guisado from Savory.
- Asparagus Mayo Spaghetti at Kimono Ken.

Accomplishments:
- Reformatting my laptop all by myself!
- An orientation on financial management which refreshed me in how to better deal with
savings/expenses/income.

New/routine workout I enjoyed doing:
- RPM!
- Weights - loaded up!

For the first time:
- I prepared the following:
* garlicky pork patties
* hamonado
* sesame pork teriyaki
* chicken cordon bleu
* eggplant szechuan style
* pan-grilled chops

- Attended our church's grand evangelical mission.

My feel good moments:
- My daughter's team winning the grand prize in retro dance and just seeing her enjoying her school activities.
- Watching my daugther sing with her co-band members at school looking so confident and so happy with what she is doing.
- Successful hair pampering of my daughter. This made me giddy too actually.
- Chaperoning my daughter and her best friend to Astroplus for the CD launch of their favorite band and eating out with them.
- Eat-outs with my daughter (and a few times her best friend was with us).
- Seeing my daughter getting her emotional issue with a puppy love. :)
- Seeing my daughter have a great time with her best friend, their bonding moments here at the house on a weekend. Her best friend made an effort to make her feel better.
- Daughter is making good friends at the church especially one boy who shows his concern for her when she was so down.
- Heart to heart talk with my daughter. I feel great that she trusts me a lot.
- Watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with ze hubs.
- Ryan Gosling movies!
- Being able to lend a helping hand to one of my relatives.
- Non-stop laughing of my daughter and husband to an anecdote relayed by my husband.
- Mom and Pop's calls and thoughtfulness.
- Inspired by how churchmates devote their time for the church's activities with all their heart. I feel especially inspired by the young people who show enthusiasm with their church responsibilities.
- I appreciate so much how my mom got so concerned also for my daughter's first heartbreak.
- Daughter's first time to lead the group in a prayer.
- Daughter's first time to do a church duty on her church schedule. She loves doing this.
- My mom's sharing on how my father is looked up to in his place of work. Really inspired by this.
- Movie date with my daughter, Chronicle, which she requested us to watch.
- Attending a birthday party of a friend's daughter with my daughter.
- Daughter volunteered to sing in the church's Parent Tribute Day.

February was a roller coaster ride for me. I chose to be silent for a while and collect my thoughts. I promised to bounce back with even greater faith. I just needed some quiet time, just a few days.

I am glad to note that I had so many really feel good moments for February. I also must say that since I started focusing on the blessings and starting my day with prayers and gratefulness, I got even more aware of the things that I appreciate and thankful for. These are the things that make my day.

Resolution for February:
Focus, prioritize, take action.

Have I been faithful in that resolution? 80%. I acknowledge that I need to improve. I have to say in the home and professional fronts I've been able to do all that but I missed in my personal goal of achieving my desired weight for February. The cakes and all the carbo-loaded pasta got the better of me. But I've been good for the past three days in my food intake.


Note:  My resolutions don't just start or end on a specific date. I do them continuously as part of my Be the Best Person I Can Be Project. :)  I just highlight each monthly for focus.


Resolution for March: Diligence and Discipline.