Angel Whispers

I was in tears when I was reading this poem from my friend Rose.  I previously shared her story and her twins Sophia and Miguel and I can't still seem to forget their journey.  Rose already moved on but because she was a mother, she still can't deny missing her little angels and weep for them.  My prayers go for Rose and her husband, to hold on and be strong and I pray that they may find the calmness and happiness in their hearts soon.  I know their little angels are watching over them and I believe God has something planned for them.  

 

Gilas Pilipinas versus Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2013 FIBA AsiaChampionship)

I am giving you now the blow by blow update of the happenings in the basketball game between Gilas Pilipinas and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia... (Trying to be a sports anchor here... Hehehe!)

Started the game by a 3 point shot from LA Tenorio from Gilas Pilipinas but KSA took the lead on the 1st quarter ending of a score 16 to 14.  The old people behind us were not so happy with the Gilas performance and have been BOO-ing the first 5 players: Tenorio, Pingris, Douhit, Fonacier and Chan.

The 2nd quarter was a close fight but the Philippines took the lead at 35 versus 28 and at 3rd quarter, 57 over 46.  There was also so much substitution for both teams as if testing the right combination of players, giving the chance for all of them to dribble. #FairAndSquare

The referees were also so active in giving calls to even the smallest pat or touch of each player, giving each team almost up to 4 personal fouls for some of them, like in PH: Fajardo, Pingris and Tenorio

And finally, the game ended with another 3 point shot from Alapag making the final score to 78 leading KSA by 12 points.

It was a good win by the Philippines, although the feedback from the people around us was that the players looked like they did not play at their best...

2013 FIBA Asia Championship

The acronym "FIBA" as defined in the web (www.basketball.about.com) comes from the original French-language name of the organization, "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur." "Amateur" was dropped from the organization's name in 1986, but the initial was kept.

The 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was originally planned to be held in a Middle Eastern country but because of the government situation or 'war' threats in that said country, the venue was moved to the Philippines.  Lucky are the Filipinos who are fan of basketball like my boyfriend and I (though I'm not thst of a fan, I sometimes can't relate at all), we will have the chance to watch the battle of the champions LIVE!

Apparently, I am here in SM Mall of Asia Arena right now, waiting for the Gilas Pilipinas and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia basketball game to begin.  This is really not planned, or should I say wasn't informed that we are going to watch tonight.  Anyhow, we are now here and will just enjoy the live show. 

We availed the lower box seats at 800 pesos each...

We have a pretty good view and was placed in the center...

... We did not worry to starve while watching because Mall of Asia Arena have a lot of food stalls... But be warn that if you'll buy bottled water, they will uncap it for safety reason, so better buy softdrinks.

If you want to also watch the games live, catch them at these schedules:

The game is about to start... Wishing my goodluck to the Gilas Pilipinas.  Go! Go! Go! Philippines!

Meeting with the designer

After the few cancellation of appointments to my designer and bridal couture, our meeting finally happened yesterday. I still have 5 months before my big day so i did not worry much on my wedding dress, i thought it will be easy.  I needed to cancel my previous appointments because of the condition of my wedding coordinator who was then expecting a baby and gave birth last month.  We are almost at the end of July so I ask my wedding coordinator to meet with the designer even without her.  She advised me to prepare for the meeting, to show the look that I want, discuss my theme and the designs on my mind.  So I came prepared.

Few weeks back, I asked my colleague Jun Barnes to design a wedding gown for me, I let him work with his creative and artistic mind and design a gown which he thinks will suit my personality.  After a week of our chitchat, he came up with 3 designs.  I was fascinated with all his designs and the one that stole my heart is this:

I showed this to my designer and she thinks that this design will look good on me.  I also showed her some of my captured designs from the web and relay to her the vintage look that I like.  After our meeting, she returned the design to me as she will create another design to integrate all my ideas.  My designer made me promise not to show the design to my hubby-to-be, it should be a surprise for him.  

5 months is already very tight.  I am expecting to receive the new design today and next week will be my first fitting, will also choose the fabrics and the shades of my gown.  Wow! I can already feel the pressure, I still have my entourage and the dresses for our moms and sisters.  They are also already scheduled to choose their preferred designs and the measurement by next week.   

... I am feeling so excited for my first fitting, but I hope I will still lose some weight on the coming months... Need to control my diet, no sweets come August... A small sacrifice to look good on my big day.  :)

Mary's Fancy Chocolate

Few weeks ago, i had a visitor from Japan and as their custom, they normally give chocolates to women.  Lucky me, I always recieve gifts from my visitors... Hehehe!

The chocolate was gift wrapped so I had no idea what brand it was.  My colleague Carlo have been telling me about the Wasabe Chocolate from Mary's that he tried 8 years ago so he urged to let me open my gift and walah! It was indeed Mary's Fancy Chocolate.  There's description on each of the chocolate but there's no English translation so we had no idea where the wasabe chocolate was.

We tried the chocolates one by one but there's no luck, we let everyone try them too but no wasabe was found.  There were only 3 pieces left and we gave up.  I brought home the 3 pieces and gave them to my sister, she only got 2 pieces and gave back to me the last piece.

And, did you know that the last piece was the Wasabe Chocolate?  It was really good as Carlo described it. The wasabe chocolate was indeed really meant for me.  LOL!

 Lessons learned: 

1.  Don't easily give up ... :)

2.  The most ignored one might be the most precious one.

Jamba Juice

Jamba juice is the favorite dinner of our running friends and their always go to place after trainings and runs, but for no reason, i cannot recall going with them or tried even their juices.  

The only time I tried dining in here was last Thursday.  Boyfie and I were looking for merienda and since I was not feeling so well, I decided not to run and just fill my tummy with Jamba Juice.  

It is really nice to know that healthy food will be just this easy to get, they make fushions of fruits and all other healthy food like non-fat yogurts then add some boost on energy, daily vitamin needs, Vitamin C and zinc or anti-oxidant... Your choice.

They also have some pastries to match your jamba juice.  I was quite attracted to the huge pretzels and I was torn between the parmessan cheese and the cinnamon, P85 pesos each.

If only there's a Jamba Juice near the office, I will surely buy 1 everyday.

Anything goes to Burgoo

Today, I received 5000 worth of gift cheques from my company as an incentive for hitting the overall target for the first half of the year.  I always give all my GCs to my mom for grocery but this time, I am getting a small portion on the GCs.

It was our 151st monthsary yesterday and knowing my very busy schedule this month, we were not able to celebrate it.  My company still have a party tonight in Urbn Club but I opted not to go since I am again having dysmenorhea.  I told boyfie to just take our dinner then go straight home.  We decided to dine in Burgoo since it is one of the accredited restaurants of Sodexo Premium Pass.

We ordered a little too much, we thought regular size meals will be just for good for each of us but when the food arrived, woah!...they're huge.  Appetizer: Super platter Reg: P495, main dishes: Chicken Diane Reg: P395 and Jambalaya Reg: P395, Dessert: Brownie ala monde - P145.

The kids will surely love dining in at Burgoo since their tables have paper covers and they provide you crayons where you can play, write and draw with...