my thoughts…exactly!

I was never into Starbucks. Not even their most coveted Starbucks planner would entice me into getting hooked with their coffee. I prefer Seattle’s Best because it tastes sweeter.

Everything changed when hubby was getting hooked just because of their new 2007 planner. I got curious. When I saw it, I thought "hmmm, come to think of it, it looks cooler than the 2006 planner. It has a leather case, pads and a pen."

All you need to do is buy 21 cups of coffee and you’ll get 21 stickers then the planner is yours. I have just learned that when you participate into getting a planner, you also donate a portion to SPARK HOPE. What really interested me is the fact that it is a win-win situation, get a planner, help children. Since it will benefit children, i got hooked. Ahem.  (excuses,excuses…)

I am not happy about the fact that i could get heart palpitations drinking 21 cups of coffee…and because I am not fond of Starbucks, each day is like dragging my foot to the store. Anyway, in order to get 21 stickers, all I think about is "this will benefit children…you’re helping kids."

One time while waiting for hubby at Shangri-La, I decided to "tambay" na lang at Starbucks. I was in deep thought that I just need 4 more stickers and I’m good to go. As I was in line, my former boss Mike Blanch tapped me and gave me his receipt coz he already got his planner. When I got his receipt, I didnt know it was equivalent to 3 stickers so I was quite surprised when the order taker told me, "you want to get your planner now ma’am?" Whoah! My eyes lit! No more dragging myself to starbucks…nyahoo! Thanks Mike! I got to get my planner coz of your help!

I’m sure we gave some children a spark of hope.

Happy Holidays!

Dec 23, 2006

Time flies so fast. It felt just like yesterday…I never noticed 6 years passed me by. Of course, there were ups and downs during the marriage…who ever said marriage was a bed of roses? A lot of married couple wouldn’t even last this long nowadays…especially couples like us, you know…without a child yet…but what kept us strong is our "third wheel"…GOD. Hubby and I both know that we are healthy and capable of having kids (science can back us up) but we do not question God and His reasons. Whatever they are…everything is up to Him.

When we got married, a lot of our relatives told us not to have kids yet and wait for one or two years so we can get to know each other better before bringing in another life. Everyone was saying, no matter how well we know each other, there is always something new to discover about our spouse. Then when we decided to have kids already, we got too busy with our careers, it is so hard when you’re stressed out…so now, we just have to wait. A child is a gift and you don’t brat around asking for one, right? So in the meantime,we’ll just enjoy each other

Anyway, how did we spend our 6th wedding anniversary? Hubby surprised me. He booked us a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

We stayed at 1106 and here’s a pic of our room…

We went there a bit after lunch, checked in and rested for awhile…had late lunch at Mangan (coz we were still stuffed before we left the house) and then we did a little bit of shopping. Afterwhich, we took some rest, got ready for dinner and went to eat at Fab (formerly Raphael).

(here is a view of Fab)

We were supposed to eat dinner at the Seven Corners but we figured since we’re gonna eat breakfast there the next day, we should eat somewhere else.

So anyway, here is what we ate at the buffet at Fab…

Here’s my appetizer…yum!

Here’s hubby’s appetizer

Now the main course is the only thing not offered at the buffet…here’s what we ate

hubby had the rib eye with peppercorn sauce and i had the grilled prawns with butter-lemon sauce

and for dessert…

icecream, fruits and cheesecakes…my goodness, no wonder I gained 5 lbs.

Here’s a shot of us at the resto (Fab)

and here’s a pic at Bar One where we had a few drinks…

This is the band who played that night. They were funny. We had fun watching them. Too bad we didn’t get to know their band name.

When we got back to the room, we cuddled a bit in bed, telling stories when I rolled over yet another surprise…a card and hubby’s sweet note. Now, I’m not Ronald Reagan so whatever was written there is just for me

Happy Anniversary, Dad!

Don’t you just hate it when you made a post and it wasn’t saved??? Well, it "was saved" but it never showed up. Do you see the empty post before this entitled "The Grand Finale"? Well, it was like this…last November 18, after watching Manny Pacquia’s bout against Erik Morales, I decided to make a review about it. I quoted some of the commentator’s views and did a bit of reaction of my own…after that, I showed it to hubby and he liked it. So, I saved it and there was a message that said my blog was saved but when I clicked view blog to check, the post was missing. Thinking that Friendster saved it anyway, I was confident that it would return after a day or two. There are times my Friendster pics or even testimonials get lost every now and then but that’s just how Friendster is so I was still hoping to view my post after a few days. Hello? It’s December 10 already and it still didn’t show up so I guess that’s it! My post will be gone forever! GRRRR #@%$*&*@!!!