puzzling Rubik cube

my son always asks me for pasalubong everytime i come home from work. so i thought of buying him a Rubik cube

the cube kept him from playing outside (even at noon, hmmph!) with his neighborhood friends

i also got a bit hooked with it that i sometimes carry it with me to work just so i can rid off the ick i got from trying to solve the puzzle...

swimming again!

a kumare invited us to her son's birthday/swimming party last Sunday at the Jardin de Dasmariñas at Brgy. Salawag in Dasma. my kids shrieked upon hearing that were going. well i had no choice but to go, no weekend rest for me...

here's joy with friend angie

jb trying the adult's pool (at the shallow part)

the place is a bit small for a resort but it is nice if you're after kiddie fun only. even hubby promised us a day there, maybe next month (? ugh! rainy season month!)

the kids had a lot of fun. their sunburns can prove it!

here' some of our photos, yup that's my daughter, the kid who loves to have her photos taken!

my baby

joy and angie(one of her playmates. ate Ana's apo)

joy and jb loves the shower (having a shower outdoors is new to them, hehee)

this was taken at the empty hut next to the hut that our group rented, the huts are ok

joy and angie by the adult's pool, this was taken before we left

these two loves to pose, yup there's a tree house at the middle of the resort. you can see the whole resort at the top even beyond the resort's fence (another subdivision)

a bit tired(joy was scratching her eyes, a sure sign of a much needed nap) while angie can hardly smile

jolly jeeps

The photos here are of the “jolly jeeps” here in Makati (business district in the Philippines). Office employees buy their lunch and snacks from these small stores. One can even buy cigarettes, tissue, sanitary napkins, and cellular phone load from these rolling stores.

They are constantly monitored by City Health employees (and sometimes there are surprise visits just so proper food sanitation is observed). Companies can get paralyzed by food poisoned employees! May God forbid such a horrible thing…

The food offered by the jolly jeeps certainly are ok and clean. If you’re lucky you may even spot some showbiz celebs who lives in some of the condos around the area (Rada/Legazpi/Palanca Sts.) buying whateve’s.

blue crystals

I made another bracelet. I used Swarovski stones (blue lasered Swarovski crystals), 14Kgold wire, some 14K gold balls, a 14K gold “tube,”and a 14K gold lock. Here are some photos of the finished prod. that I took.

Yeah the photos aren’t that clear, heheee...

I want to make one, using the really clear Swarovski crystals. I like the clear crystals more.

But my officemates’s and friends order the colored Swarovski crystals. Sometimes they order bracelets with crystals in different colors.

water

water is the most important element. most of you, us, all of us, are composed mostly of water. without it, life is nothing...
chinese astrology says i'm of the water sign.
i love water,

http://www.ourbc.com/discover_bc/rivers/swimmingholes/sproat_river/sproat_river.htm

swimming...
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and

swimming...

i don't know but i so like to swim but not in really deep areas with strong currents...

My daughter (3 years old) likes to tinker with my digicam. I always encourage her (whenever she tries to do some new things) and try to teach her how to use the camera whenever she’s in the mood to be taught. Here are two of her experiments

Joy trying to take her own photo

Most of her shots are out of focus and blurry, but these two are my favorites. The two pictures turned really nice.

korean gizmos

i like my USBs because of their convenience, then today i chanced upon this website

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/search/korea

the verrry cool USB!

a very techie USB will soon be on sale in Korean stores! i am craving for that USB! the post on the USB says

Cellink of Korea has launched a new USB microSD memory card reader that is built into a mobile charger, targeting the Korean market specifically. The Cellink T doubles up as a portable data storage when you slide it open, and if you need to charge your handset, change it to swing mode instead. In addition, it makes for the perfect intermediary tool to transfer data like photos, videos and music from a phone to PC and vice versa. No idea if this will be exported outside of Korea or not.

i find that gizmo very very cool indeed!!! hope its manufacturers will consider distributing it in the Philippines, SOON!

filipino extravagance

mall mania

i can't understand how or why malls still get lots of mallgoers/shoppers each day when the papers, radio, and TV programs kept on "saying" that the economy is going bonkers.

in Dasma i haven't heard of long lines infront of rice retailers' outlets, or rice shortage. same thing goes for MOST (other) places here in the Phil. rice shortage? i don't know, it think it is so hyped and over hyped that people thought that such a thing is real.
i think that some political machinations/manipulations are going on to cover something bigger, to twist the country's political climate according to some people's grandiose plans...
well, that's my thought anyway, not necessarily everybody's... :)

first day in daycare

my husband and i were quite excited for our daughter. today is her first day at school.
we are so grateful she agreed to join the community's summer daycare. it will serve as her preparatory ed. for prep school.
she knows her basic colors, can count from 1 to 10, knows her name, eager to learn how to dance and sing, but she can hardly write her name. in time she will learn how to write, of course, we've been trying to teach her that.
we've been cajoling her since before summer started, to join the summer class for nursery at the nearest private school in our community. i don't know why but she changed her mind about going to school. then last monday, while she and her dad were on their way back to the Kumon center to fetch her kuya they met teacher Cora. teacher Cora was my son's teacher in daycare. the teacher told my husband that the daycare center will have a summer class. she told hubby to bring our daughter at the school and enroll her for the summer class. my daughter agreed when my husband asked if she wanted to attend the summer class. so hubby and teacher agreed that Joy will be there on enrollment day!
i was so happy when i found out, that, i immediately bought some school supplies and some blouses for my daughter on the same day!
and today is her first day at school. my hubby kept on sending me text msgs on what is happening at school. i think he is more excited than i am!
i'm a bit sad though 'coz i forgot to leave my camera so they can document my daughter's first taste of school life, hehee.

expectations

sometimes without realizing it, we tend to expect better things from other people. those people may have different views, skills, orientations, etc. in short they are not you... op kors!
hay! i am exasperated sometimes when people fall short...
when i extend my arms longer than i should and those people i extended my hand to can't even figure out the things i had to go through just to extend that hand...
well, everyone is different.
yup! that's why no single thumbprint on Earth is the same!
but i can't help letting go of the good in me, letting the good part extend my hand...