1 Twelve St.

I am joining Yen’s QOTW.

1. Have you ever wished you’re someone else?

Yep. When I was younger, I secretly wished that I was just adopted by my parents and my real parents were the King and Queen of some far, far away land. haha!
2. Can you say one nice thing about a person that you do not like the most? What is that?

That person has PR.
3. Finish this sentence. “Sometimes I can be…

so damn naive that I am not aware that people are already taking advantage of me.

4. Finish this sentence. “Compared to my real life self, my Internet persona is…

more sociable. haha! My closest friends see the outgoing me, but others might think I am not approachable at all.

5. Life dishes out pain from time to time. We can never tell. Loss of a loved ones, breakup of a relationship, etc. How do you deal with this pain?

I pray to God and release to Him all my pain and suffering.

6. Are you a leader, follower or loner?

I can be either one depending on the situation.

7. Would you rather blend in with the crowd or stand out?

Blend in with the crowd. I hate attracting attention to myself.

8. What do you take pride in? You can brag a little, or a lot more. It’s your day!

Despite the hardships, I came from good schools. And I was even a working student during my law school years in Rockwell.

9. When people pop their gum do you find it annoying?

I really do not care.

10. How often do you complain?

As often as there is something to fret about.

Snagged this from Issa:

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3. Copy from Start to End.
4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Who played along:1. Music of my Heart 2. Me and Mine 3. Creative in Me 4. For the LOVE of Food 5. Little Peanut 6. Pea in a Pod 7. It’s Where the HEART Is 8. Around the World 9. Quicker8 10. Eds Mommy Life 11. My Precious Niche 12. Just Me.. Eds 13. Princess Vien 14. In The Spirit of Dance 15. A Pocketful of Happiness 16. 1 Twelve St. 17. YOUR BLOG HERE

Questions and Answers:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:

“…is shown by an affidavit of such party or of any other person…”

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

Stamp Pad Ink

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

CNN Today

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:

8pm

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

7:49pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

the whistling of the wind

7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing?

This morning. Went to work. Still in the office.

8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?

Plurk

9. What are you wearing?

blouse and slacks

10. Did you dream last night?

No

11. When did you last laugh?

can’t actually remember

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Papers, papers and more papers!

13. Seen anything weird lately?

define weird! haha

14. What do you think of this quiz?

ok, i guess.

15. What is the last movie you saw?

The Dark Knight

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

A Jollibee Franchise

17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know:

I’m sleepy… haha

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

the breed of politicians

19. Do you like to dance?

Yep, but dancing is not into me.

20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy?

My eldest is a boy named Jadon which is a Hebrew word for Judge, but we got him from the Book of Nehemiah who helped restore the Temple of the Lord

21. Would you ever consider living abroad?

Only if my family is with me…

I am tagging Tina, Chris, Mandy, Vina and Pat

There is not much to tell, except that I should’ve gone there with Roney so he wouldn’t miss me terribly

Anyway, we didn’t go to Disneyland, because we have gone there in 2005. We didn’t go to Ocean Park because I visited it in 2004. But we went to The Peak Tower since it was so foggy that we did not see anything the last time we were there.

On our third and last day, we went to Giordano outlet store to buy some Christmas presents. I was able to load my cart with caps, bags and shirts. The cashier punched all my goodies and put them in the bag. I was already dizzy and tired in the crowded store, so I just accepted the bag and asked him if everything were in it. He answered in the affirmative and called the next customer.

So, off we went to have lunch at Cafe de Coral where we met lots of OFW taking a day off for Hong Kong was celebrating the Moon Cake Festival. After lunch, we went back to the hotel which was in the other island. When I was taking out all my stuff from the bag to show them off to my friends, not a single shirt was in the bag!!! My friend and I immediately took the train and went back to the store to inquire if the sales person really put my shirts in the bag.

When we got there, the person immediately told me that he gave me 2 bags! Well, as far as I know, I only carried 1 bag. We waited for 10 minutes or so to let them review their CCTV camera. They asked if we had a male companion, which definitely was negative, and finally gave us the merchandise! They were nice and all, but I think they really knew that I was given only 1 bag.

Anyway, that was the highlight of my trip to Hong Kong. The prices are not as cheap as it used to be. The prices of fragrances in Sasa are almost the same, if not higher, than our Duty Free Shop. Actually, the only thing that enticed me to be in this trip was Sasa. But the store did not even make my dream come true— I was not able to bring home perfumes for everyone.

Anyway, I will visit HK again after a few more years, when Baby Jadon would be old enough to appreciate Disneyland and Ocean Park.

A wish shared by Mandy. Thanks!

Here’s something nice to go around to spread the spirit of Christmas as early as now. Starts here. It’s so simple. Copy the photo below then write your blog and your wish this Christmas 2008. Your wish has to be something PRICELESS and SELF-LESS… something that money can’t buy… something that another person will treasure dearly.

1. Bits and Pieces by Jan :: I wish Gino and I will be able to convince friends to help us sponsor a simple Christmas party for the children of White Cross Children’s Home in San Juan.

2. The Wifey Diaries by Jannesse : My birthday falls on the 22nd of December. I have always wished to spend it with orphaned or abandoned kids. I’d be super happy to spend my birthday with them. That way, they get early Christmas presents from me. Oh, and can I wish for a baby, too? Please?

3. The Versoza Inc. by Con: I’d like to have a simple Christmas party for all the children of our employees. Times were hard on our company this 2007, but still, the Christmas Spirit should not be overpowered by it. Christmas is about family. So our Christmas party should not be for employees only, but for their families as well. Also, I wish our clan would make it a tradition to have a Christmas gift giving project. My Tita Doi started it last year with the Antipolo church children. I am looking forward to this year .

4. Mommy On Top: I wish I could help a couple of kids (both are related to my kids’ nannies) finish their education so they can, in turn, help their family earn a living. I could try and help them find a job, but without finishing their studies, they can only go too far. With a diploma or at least some certificate of formal education, they could do so much and reach farther. I hope my efforts in hooking them up with this certain NGO will come out with favorable results.

5. Coffeenchoclate : We hope to sustain an extended help for a few elders and be able to increase aid to another few elders before the year ends.

6. C’est La Vie: We’d like to continue on helping out and sharing the Christmas spirit to our household help and their families.

7. My Stories: I wish to increase our love offering to missions this Christmas so that more souls would be captured for Christ.

I hope that Cez, Karen, Meeya, Meldita & Weng would reveal their golden hearts through their wishes

This is the Street where I live. This is the place I call Home. Sometimes I bring in work and problems, but generally, I like to keep it uncomplicated despite the surprises life brings. Today, I have decided to welcome you into my House. Please come in, but kindly shake off the dust from your feet first.

It was a welcome surprise that we could be off from work earlier than usual yesterday. On the way home, Roney and I decided to have a quick date at Gulliver’s. The last time that we were there was to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary which was 7 months ago. And the last time that we had a date was too long ago, not counting our birthday date.

We ordered Calamari Fritti, and this is how it looked.

Because we were not celebrating a special occasion, we did not order wine. Instead, I had a Shirley Temple:

We also ordered a bowl of French Onion Soup which we shared:

And we split a Gulliver’s Cut of Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, served with yorkshire pudding, spinach souffle, baked potato and creamed corn of course.

The place was not crowded. In fact, there were only 2 couples dining when we got there and a pianist playing sweet music.

It was romantic!

I sure am going to miss my boys this weekend

I owe this one from Vina thanks!

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Do you read books to your child? Sometimes, when we’re in the mood.
Does your child like to read books? Sometimes, especially when he’s in the mood.
Do you like to buy new books or is second-hand ok? Anything good works for me

Post a picture of your child’s bookshelf if you have one.
Drop a line in this blog if you receive this tag and do it.
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This is Jadon’s shelf. The ones he’s really crazy about are My Picture Dictionary, My Little Counting Book, Super Car, Nature Discovery Cards, The Runaway Bunny (look how tattered the book is already!) and some of Brainy Baby books. Books have been helpful to us widen Jadon’s vocabulary and understanding of things. He can identify the Earth, sandwich, roll, cake, sand, and other lots and lots of things because of these books.

If you have a child who likes books, feel free to snag this one

Thank you Mandy for this wonderful award

The Above recipients of the Brillante Weblog are welcomed to put the Logo on their personal blogs and have the honor of passing this award to seven other bloggers.

Here are the rules for passing on the award:

1. Put the logo on your blog

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. Nominate at least seven other blogs

4. Add links to those blogs on your blog

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

I respectfully nominate LT, DivineMissM, Dphat, DragonLady, Mrs. Working Girl, Pat, Cez and Meldita.

The package has finally arrived! The gift is now in my hands. Although it was a week late, i have no complaints. I have my new ‘yoyo‘ on my wrist. And i hope to take good care of it so i can pass it on to my descendants thanks, roney!

Studies tell us that the brain of a toddler is a sponge for knowledge. Still, I am amazed at the development of my son’s cognitive skills.

Haay, it seems only yesterday when he completely depended on me for food and transportation. Now, he can eat by himself, go downstairs without any help, and run where ever he wants. How time flies so fast.