Tuesday Wootday

Yey, I finished the last installment of the twilight series! :)  Can't say that I will read it again but I like the series as a whole pero parang gusto ko pa magkaron naman about possible love triangle nila Jacob-Nessie- Nahuel tapos POV naman ni Nessie hehe

Now I can't wait to get a copy of Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, someone from our group asked suggestion for future readings ayan, nagka-idea na naman ako :p

Currently checking out SM's FAQ page on Breaking dawn, maya ulit :)

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sidebet: i should wear one of thosefunny t-shirts that shouts: BOOKWORM :D

I am dizzy daisy

I've been feeling lightheaded since yesterday. Not quite sure if its because I've been rushing to finish Breaking Dawn or if its because of the suaje I ate for lunch yesterday. I think I have to schedule another cholesterol count session just to be sure, tsk.

I had a dream this morning, something about me in an airplane with my brother. Forgot to take note and I can't remember specifics anymore, tsk.

Intermittent connection still, tsk.

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I did mention that I was on a training since Wednesday. Come lunch break, me and my colleague shared a seat with two guys from a different class. Small talk comes with sharing a seat so we touched on tools/technologies we've come across and somebody mentioned Pascal. G admitted to using it one time in college. As the guy from my left is obviously young and he is pretty, trying to conceal my age, I told them I've heard about it and got teased by my seat mates. Later as somebody's quite persistent in knowing my age and we were each asked our college grad batch, I did honestly answered this time. Pretty guy graduated two years ago, man oh man did I suddenly feel Jurassic :p
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We went to my mom's last Saturday to celebrate her 52nd natal day :) I made crunchy chicken potato and beets salad. Yesterday, I cooked cassava pancakes for miryenda and Tanigue steak + buttered veggies for dinner. Hopefully, I'll be able to post photos later :)

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A message for lil sister: Kung san ka masaya, dun ako. Pero naman, make up your mind :p Final answer na ba yan?

Jowk!
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I think Dani needs more physical activities. Reconsidering Little Gym or Toddlers Unlimited. Will have to talk this with hubby. Kelangan maayos na ang budget namin.
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He asked me the question yesterday and I didn't give him a definite answer. I was almost sure I wanted to say ASAP but all things must be considered thoroughly.
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I have a meeting in an hour, lots of catching up to do before I go on a short vacation leave. Will catch up with you guys later ;)

What's inside your fridge?

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1. white and salted eggs
2. butter
3. milk
4. mushroom, chocolate
5. milk, jam
6. pickles
7. mayo, thai noodles sauce
8. olives, dog food
9. sugar
10. mustard, hydrite
11. water in recycled soda bottles
12. squash -- no more veggies
13. leftover red wine from eons ago

The only contents of our freezer is a half gallon of ube macapuno ice cream which I forgot to include here. We usually go to palengke weekly so mabilis maubos ang laman nang ref (a good excuse, don't you think?!) Who needs appetite suppressant pill, kung wala namang makain in the first place hehe

Thanks, Mhay! This meme was surely fun :) Not quite sure who were done with this tag so feel free to show me yours when done :)

Weekend Photo: Dani and Gerah

dani gerah santan
Originally uploaded by kitakitts

Quick post. We were at my ILs last weekend, that's why I'm offline. After returning to our home, connection is again acting up so no updates until now.

I will be on training for the rest of the week, yey! Free food and no work (hopefully).

How's your week so far?

Flickr Meme

Snagged this from toni :)

The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste the html into your blog or Flickr stream. Or use the Mosaic Maker at fd’s Flickr Toys.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Looked up your flickr name and see what pops up.

1. Vanessa cardui..., 2. fruit salad, 3. St. Scholastica Cemetery - Fort Smith, Arkansas, 4. Stop the warming, 5. McGregor, Ewan, 6. Lipton Milk Tea, 7. The last sunray - Barcelona, 8. Meiji Macadamia Chocolate, 9. Tool of My Trade, 10. 133: SOTTS will make you jump!, 11. layers, 12. Moi ID

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

• Good night sleep
• Hubby's morning kiss
• Borrowed copy of Breaking Dawn paperback on hand
• Working PC sound drive resurrected
• Meiji Apollo and Lipton Milk Tea = happy taste buds

Nurturing Imagination

What do you tell a child when she says that the grass is color blue?  If I correct her and say that the grass is green, am I not limiting her imagination?  So I just say, the grass is green but yes, sometimes it is blue.  

Pwede na ba yun or will that confuse her in the future? :D

Sibling Love

I'm just glad my brother's home, with or without pasalubong (although mas masaya kung meron hehe).  He arrived on the dot last night from Chicago.  He didn't get to do much during his 2hr stop over in Japan, sayang no royce nama chocos for me :p di bale, there's always next time (or greenhills for that matter) hehe.

There was a moment last night that made me realize how much Dani would appreciate having a sibling.  Whatever made me think of having only one child mostly must have been for selfish reasons.  

So now, it's a question of when ;)  This is just me thinking out loud, so don't get too excited, ok? :D

Potty Trained @ 27 Months

dani blue dress1
Originally uploaded by kitakitts

No more diaper bumps on her dress, yey!

Yes, we rarely have accidents now as she knows when she'll do No.1 and No.2. She still wears diaper during her daytime and nightime sleep though but immediately takes them off when she wakes up.

She has a potty trainer but didn't get to use to as she prefer to do her thing in the bathroom itself. Good thing we were able to buy a toddler toilet seat for her :)

Next thing we know toddler computer desks naman :)

Irreplaceable

I woke up at 2AM and went online while selecting mp3s to burn to listen for our daily commute (not so fond of radio ads). Have you heard Chris Brown's version of Irreplaceable? Aliw lang haha.

Hmm.. parang pang plurk to pero nagtatago ako dun eh ;)

Buddy en Sol

Buddy en Sol
Originally uploaded by daniellaveronica

Saturday morning, I was supposed to have a day off with O which did not pushed through due to uncooperative weather. Anyways, in between planning I considered the thought of hiring a driver for our tagaytay getaway.

Sabi ni hubby, parang gusto mong ihatid at sunduin ko kayo mamaya. Sabi ko naman, ayaw kang isama ni O (hehe)

I texted our kumpare if he or his brother can drive for us instead but they have a family affair so hindi pwede. He asked me bat hindi na lang daw ako ang magdrive. Magpractice na daw kasi ako.

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Sunday morning, on our way back home from the market, hubby stopped Xeon and asked me if I want to drive the rest of the way. Prolly about 2-3kms more. Syempre, I grabbed the chance and literally grabbed the wheel hehe.

It was months already since my last practice so imagine my shoonga self pressing the brakes instead of the gas pedal when trying to kick start our car.

K: Hmm.. bat kaya ako hindi umuusad?!
H: yung paa mo nasa brakes.

anuber! :p



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Weekend Photo: Aling Daniella

DSC_0160
Originally uploaded by daniellaveronica

Cassey, dani's cousin, turned one last Saturday afternoon. As I am tamad mag-effort in putting up dani's attire for the said party, I just got her to wear this :) Almost everybody commented as how BIG she is for her age. She's wearing a 5t shirt and a 4t skirt which probably made her earn such comments. My cousin's MIL gave an unsolicited advice telling me: "Dapat i-control na yan kasi alam natin nakakatuwa at cute pag mataba pero mahirap na."

I just gave her my fake smile with a thought bubble screaming defensive remarks. Kainis.

Anyways, yours truly got to host some games for the kids. Sinabak ako ng tita ko, very much unprepared, napagod ako dun. When I was calling the kids sabi ko sali na't may prize ang manalo. Lapit ang nanay ng maybirthday at sabay bulong: "Ate, anong prize?"

Hala, wala bang prize?! Kalurkey! Maya inabot na lang nya sakin ang prize money na sabi ko eh maya na lang kunin ng mga bata. Ang siste, natapos na yata ang party, hindi na naclaim ang prizes hehe nagkalimutan na :D


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Techie Date

Hubby and I registered for a Microsoft event last week. The forum was held Friday afternoon at Dusit Thani. It covers new features of SQL 2008 with demos. I can't imagine hubby doing sql scripting to manage the said database platform and teased him about it. There's always the studio for less effort, that's why it's there in the first place :D We're still stuck with 2000 and 2005, didn't include an upgrade for next year's budget.

I love the fact that hubby and I can go out on techie dates. We're there as professionals so no coupling and mushy stuffs. Still, with all our personal differences, I'm glad we can relate to each other in this field :D


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Dani's Library

A book tag from Mhay

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Do you read books to your child?
I love to read when able, so even during my pregnancy sometimes I'd read out loud.

Does your child like to read books?
She reads from time to time whenever she gets tired of her cds.

Do you like to buy new books or is second-hand ok?
I like scouting good quality second-hand board books. It's more practical.

Latest brand new book we bought for her:
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Where's Pluto's Ball
Little Einstein: Melody the Music Pet

Latest second hand book she got::
Maisy Mouse: Where is Maisy?
Blues Clues: Blue's Big Birthday

Post a picture of your child's bookshelf if you have one.
I'll do this tomorrow ;)

Drop a line in this blog if you receive this tag and do it.

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When she started talking, tita candy would read her Moo, Baa, Lalala and she'll finish the sentences with the right animal sounds.
Tita Candy also bought her The Sunflower Parable and we'd read it to her every night before going to bed until Dani wised up and avoided the book if it means delaying her bedtime.
She also likes playing with the holes in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was only recently did she like to read Goodnight Moon but she never tires of Counting Kisses.

Here are some of her other books:
Where is Kermit going?
Just imagine with Barney
Count with Dora
What do you say
How do you feel

Sunset Kisses

Sunset Kisses
Originally uploaded by kitakitts

Look what I dug up in my flickr archive hehe

keber sa madlang pipol ;)

I am PRO

I am PRO
Originally uploaded by kitakitts

oh yes, i am. says my paypal account which is now 24USD+ short :p

so i thought i'd call it a night a couple of hours ago. our connection is tempting me to stay online..

yet i have to give in to my weak old flesh.

goodnight and i hope you had a great start this week ;)