Cars and Boys

Why are boys always are so crazy about cars? During our trip last week, boyfie's eyes had a feast for the different sports cars and luxury cars because they were everywhere in Singapore.  Boyfie is not so much fond of pictures so normally we just engrave the places or happenings in our memory.  #sayang

There are only very few instances that he asks for pictures and syempre kelangan pagbigyan... hehehe!

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Betty Boop live in person

One of my most favorite cartoon characters is betty boop.  I really love her voluptous, sexy, naughty aura so I have been collecting some betty boop stuffs eversince.

Today we are able to visit Universal Studios Singapore, I already noticed 1 stall with betty's stuff toys when we entered the park but we wanted to go for the rides first and told myself to surely buy one before going home.  

After all the rides, we finally decided to go home... And to my great surprise, I saw a queue for the betty boop mascot or should I say LIVE Betty Boop outside one store before the exit.  Of course I did not waste the chance to be with her and did some of her signature poses.  Then that said store is a betty boop store with lots of stuffs to choose from, nakakabaliw! I want to have them all but of course I have a limited budget because I already had some shopping last night... Although I can only have some, seeing betty live already made me so happy today... 

P.S: Home as in the apartment of our friends in SG, we left our luggage there after checking out from the hotel. 

When it rain, it pours...

What is with today? It seems that everything that are happening today are not in my favor... :(. This is not my first time going out of the country but it seems it really is and I am so helpless.

Going to the airport this morning, i met a heavy traffic because of the water pipes that are damaged somewhere in pasay-airport road.  Aside from the long queue going inside the airport and the boarding area, i thought everything will be fine.  

Touched down Changi Airport at 11:30am and i thought I will be resting in my hotel in the next hour.  Then the mishaps started... I did not bring any cash aside from the P1000 in my wallet, I did not anticipate that the corporate credit card will fail me big time.  I couldn't do Cash Advance because the pin was not activated by the bank.  I did not worry much because I have my personal credit card and I thought I can do cash advance from it, but I couldn't because I forgot the pin number and the bpi customer service couldn't help me and the only thing they suggested is to recall my pin... Ggggrrrr!

And so I thought I have my ATM card, it is a BPI express teller INTERNATIONAL card and i am stressing the international coz it is supposed to work outside the Philippines, right? But to my dismay, I also couldn't do any transaction.  I then again called the customer service and I was informed that the ATM is not enrolled for international use... WHAT???!!!  Pag minamalas ka nga naman...  I was so frustrated and was about to cry then the customer service agreed to activate it up to the length of my stay here in SG.  It was past 2PM and I was still in the airport, I needed to wait for another hour before I can use my ATM.  i was already hungry but I had no appetite to eat... And finally, I was so relieved when I was able to withdraw 200 SGD.  #tumatalonSaTuwa.

I grabbed my lunch in Toast Box... Di ko masyado gusto food dito because I have tried it in BGC before but because I don't want to think of anything anymore, I forced myself to fill my stomach with this, a chicken floss toast bread for 1.80 SGD and a lemon iced tea for 2.30 SGD.

And finally took a cab going to the hotel... On my way to the hotel, a heavy rain and a heavy traffic welcomed me, these things don't usually happen in SG as per the taxi driver. #TalagaNamanOh!

And finally, I reached the hotel at 5PM... Then I received the worst news of all the bad news I had today.  My corporate credit card was declined, my personal credit card was also declined... Syempre tawag na naman ulet ako sa BPI... And confirmed my credit cards have been blocked because of the few attempts of Cash Advance and will be reactivated on Tuesday.... Nnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!

Para akong binagsakan ng langit at lupa, sobrang nakakapanhina... seriously I cried at the lobby calling boyfie.  I kept on updating him on what is happening to me since I arrived here in SG and he already asked help sa friends namin... They are coming over the hotel to rescue me... #nakaabala pa

Pero I remember calling my pinoy officemate, I only met him once but we are communicating in email.  He came to the hotel in no time and took all the charges for my expenses in the hotel, treated me for dinner and gave me a little tour to the MRT stations...sobrang hulog ng langit!

Seriously, I am thanking God for sending in help when I needed it the most.  Hence, the saying is really true that there's always a rainbow after the rain.  Hope tomorrow will be better.  Good night everyone!

Farewell baby RR

It is Saturday morning today and I woke up quite early, I suddenly start browsing and clearing my photos in ipad and I see a lot of pictures that are still not published.  There are several pictures that caught my eyes and one of them is a collage picture of our baby brother RR.  I suddenly I felt so sad thinking that this little angel will be just with us until end of this month.

Here's his story:

My parents brought in a few weeks old baby last year to our house.  It broke my heart knowing the reason why they got the baby but I will not elaborate the story of the real parents, I was kind of angry with them being so irresponsible to this little child.   The poor baby was so thin and smelly, and my mom said the mother couldn't even take care of herself that is why the baby is not receiving the right nutrition and not being fed on time... hello? a breatfeeding mother should just let his son feed anytime, right?  Our judgemental neighbors call him a smelly baby and won't even look at him, mukha daw alien kasi.

Baby RR is now 8 months old and he is growing healthy and so handsome.  He's now the source of joy to my parents since we are all so grown ups now and are seldom seen at home because of work.  He became part of our everyday lives, his giggles and cries and his pa-cute smiles and everything makes our stress go away.  My dad who did not experience much taking care of us when we were babies because of work is just like a first time dad and it's really cute seeing them play together.  Everyone is so fond of him now.

Anyway, we talked about adopting this baby and make him a legal part of our family... But the real father plead to my father that he is willing to sign any papers but let the child use his surname and let him see the baby anytime.  I don't understand why my parents allowed this but they just signed papers in barangay, I am nagging my parents about that decision because I know without the legal process, the real parents can just take away the baby from us anytime.  

And now, my fear is becoming a reality.  Just this election day, the real father told my parents that he is getting baby RR back and he is giving us to be with the baby until end of this month.  He is so absurd! We know that he is not capable of raising this baby because he is even struggling raising his 2 kids and the real wife is so angry of this baby.  We fear that baby RR will not be well taken care of and the worst, he might receive maltreatment from his madrasta and his 2 half brothers.  

I am again nagging my parents to seek help from DSWD or anyone who can help to let the baby stay with us.  Baby RR will have a bright future with us, how can the father not understand this?  But I again don't understand my parents decision... I can't really understand the parent thing that they are saying at all.... Gggrrr!  

I am leaving for my trip tomorrow morning and when I go back the week after, I know baby RR will no longer be there. I don't know if I can even recognize him when I see him again all grown up in the future or if we can even still see him.  I just hope and wish that baby RR will receive the love and the care like my parents are giving him, that is what every child deserves.

Quiznos, mmm....toasty!

I shared to you earlier this month that boyfie and I enrolled in the Milo Apex Running Clinic in BGC and it is still ongoing every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until July.  Eversince it started, yesterday was the only time I attended in my training, 2nd time actually but I wasn't able to finish the first one because of my dysmenorrhea.

After every training, the next question is always, "where do you want to eat?"... During the last season of the running clinic, we normally take lighter food and go to Quiznos.  It is a sandwich or should I say SUB restaurant that offers a healthier options of a fast food.  The large sub sandwich is almost a foot long and a typical Filipino can't finish it all.  So what we are doing is just to order 1 large sub and cut it into 2.  #tipid

The prices are just fare, 1 large sub is P225, regular sub is P175 and small sub is P125.  We have almost tried everything in this restaurant but still go back here everytime.  Di naman nakakasawa because they have a lot of options to choose from plus they also offer fresh salads, flat breads and soup to add on to your sub meal.  You can find Quiznos in the 7th street corner 28th street in Bonifacio Global City just across the new building of Maybank.

Breakfast at Antonio's

After the tiring ocular activities, we considered checking in to a hotel in Tagaytay but since my period was so strong and we did not bring any extra clothes with us, I asked boyfie to just grab our dinner somewhere and go straight home.

From Calaruega, we met heavy traffic going back.  The traffic was slow as snail and it made us more tired and sleepy.  We were stopped for several minutes and saw the sign board of Breakfast at Antonio's and decided to grab our dinner there and let the traffic pass.

The place is an extension of the restaurant Antonio's in which we know is very expensive.  We dined in anyway to treat ourselves after the very tiring day and this we thought to be our ultimate date for our anniversary.

The prices are not that too expensive as I thought... Or maybe we just ordered light food because we were still full from the buko pie that we ate before going to Calaruega.  We ordered spaghetti bolognaise (P400) , pork sausages (P350) and iced tea (P100 each).  The serving is good for single serving only.  Next visit I want to try their pizza (P600).

                    

                    

                    

                                 

 

Calaruega

Yesterday was our 12th Anniversary and we did church hopping to thank God for keeping our relationship tight over the years.  Yesterday was the only time we made an effort looking for a church for our upcoming wedding and to tell you the truth, it was tiring.  We started looking some place near my boyfie's area in Antipolo all the way to Tagaytay, we were half hearted that we can find a church on that day and I remember the 2 churches that were suggested to me before in Nasugbu Batangas.  It was 4:30pm then and we were exhausted, boyfie was so tired driving and I thought he wouldn't agree on me to visit these last 2 churches: Chapel on the Hill and Calaruega.

Chapel on the Hill - there was an ongoing wedding on that date and have observed that the chapel is quite small, the guests were overflowing and some guests were just even waiting outside... I said No-no.

                  

There's only 1 church left which is Calaruega... I was kind of frustrated already driving to this last church, it was a rough road and when we parked outside (parking fee: P30), we were not allowed to use the stairs for it was reserved to the wedding guests.  So we needed to go back to the car and drive farther down because we need to walk all the way up before reaching the church itself.  Entrance fee: P30.  Though we were both exhausted and tired, we still found our strength to get out of the car and started the journey of walking since we were already there (isang paguran na lang).

I didn't expect that Calaruega will capture my heart when we started walking on its breezy garden, I already loved the place but didn't tell boyfie yet.  When we reached the church, there were some men arranging flowers for the next wedding and we asked if we can go inside, they let us pass thru and true enough, I felt the solemnity of the place and started praying to God.  I was surprised when my boyfie said: "this is it".  He loved the place too and we both agreed that this is where we want to exchange our vows, vows that will bind us together, forever in this lifetime.  Parang nawala pagod namin bigla...

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

We wanted to reserve the church but the office is only up to 5pm.  We need to go back soon to secure the date for our wedding, I really hope that our chosen date is still available.  Next step: checkout places for the reception, this will surely be an exhausting activity again. May God give us again the patience to find the best place for our wedding.