A New Day - P. Noy

We now officially have a new President. Let today mark a new day in our lives as Filipinos. Let us bid our former President goodbye and wish her good luck, she has done the best she could and it was not a bad effort to say the least. She has gradually and steadily improved our country, although it was not obvious to most people, she did the best she could. Now, we have a new President, let us rejoice and welcome a new system, new governance. Let us stand united and cheer him on.

Regardless of which President we voted for we should now act as a united country, let us respect the new President and work hard with him in making the country better and more successful, it is NO LONGER about the popularity contest now, but about how we will support our President. I personally did not vote for President Noynoy, but now that he is the President I will support him, I will have my doubts along the way but I will definitely try my best to cheer him on.

Trust in your President, let us not wish for him to fail, but for him to succeed, his success is our success!

P. Noy will definitely have his shortcomings along the way, no one is perfect. But let us remember that he is OUR President, no matter what happens he will be our President, the best we could do for our country is to support him and let him know how he can improve, and let him know his success and failures. Let us not be bitter because the candidate we chose did not win, it is no longer about that. Now it is about how we can help our President heal our country and our people.

Like all Presidents I am sure he will do the best he could, how could he not, when his legacy is forcing him to. Now all he needs is encouragement from the Filipino people, that we will not turn our backs on him when he stumbles, that we will pick him up and continue to cheer him on. It is time for us to be united, it is time for the Philippines to succeed. After so many years of failing, of losing battles against the economy, its about time we change ourselves so our President can help each and every one of us succeed, so we can help the Philippines succeed.

A DOME-ful Delight

I had the opportunity to try out a new cafe today, I saw it when I was browsing through books and magazines at Powerbooks SM Megamall, the name of the Restaurant was NERO by Dome and what intrigued me most is the picture of Churros on their Small Tarpaulin which you will see when you are about to exit Powerbooks. I love Churros and I told myself that my daughter and I will be eating some Churros before heading home.

When we went there the place was almost empty - probably because its almost closing time, we arrived 8:15 PM. Or maybe because the Cafe is not very notice-able outside powerbooks, unlike other Cafe’s and Resto’s where the Neon lights will make their presence known, Nero by Dome is just force hiding in the shadow.

My daughter and I were seated in a comfortable coffee table - coffee chair. I looked at the menu and saw the Tuna Nicoise and went to order that as well, it looked delightful in the menu pictures and I didn’t want to just order dessert without having dinner first.

The first to arrive was the delectable Giant Raspberry Iced Tea:

I wanted to try a different flavoured Iced Tea since most restaurants only offer Lemon Iced Tea. Although this is not the first time I tasted Raspberry Iced Tea, it was still Deliciously different. And they said it was Giant, it really was. Although I was really thirsty from playing and walking the whole afternoon so I emptied my glass with no problem.

Then the PHP95.00 Churros came, it was really hot from being cooked to order. Each Churro was perfectly cooked and crispy from the outside and soft on the inside, just like all Churros should be. The chocolate dip was so divine, it was not melted Nutella (like some that I experienced from being a frequent Churro buyer) It was real melted Chocolate, it was not just sweet but you can taste a quality chocolate flavour. If I had not been stuffed by the Tuna Nicoise I ordered I would eat this heavenly Churro to the last crumb.

Ahh the amazing Tuna Nicoise, at first I thought I wasn’t hungry, but when I saw this dish on my table I wanted to munch it to the last bite. The Chips that came with it I believe was not home-made (I might be wrong though) It was flavoured Sour Cream and Onion, but it was delicious and complimented the Tuna Nicoise perfectly. I had my first mouthful of the Tuna Nicoise the moment the platter was laid down on the table (of course after I took a picture of it) and it was a real mouthful, the panini was stuffed with so much Tuna, Olives and all the works that you cannot take a bite and not spill some stuffing everywhere. But the first was really heavenly, it was hot and delicious, the olives complimented the taste of the tuna and the onions, the scrambled eggs were perfectly cooked. Once you take a bite of this sandwich it will be hard to stop, and I didn’t. I finished the dish (of course my daughter took a few bites) without hesitation.

I can’t wait to go back to Nero by Dome and try other food from their Menu, and I am sure I will be coming back for more, because its not just the food thats delicious, their ambiance (they offer free wifi) and the waiters are really friendly and nice.

A New Adventure

Yesterday My Sister (Tiggy), her son (Kian), My Daughter (Nike) and I went to Eastwood to celebrate the weekend. This is something both my sister and I thought would be something necessary to do for our children, so that they have something to look forward to every week. Last weekend we all went to Robinsons Galleria to Celebrate Kians 3rd Birthday. We ate at Burgoo and enjoyed a whole afternoon in Tom’s World where the children had so much fun riding the Ferris Wheel and Nike had a go at the crazy bus. It was all new for all of us, we usually just go to fun ranch - active fun and let the kids play with slides and balls. But we decided we wanted something different to try every week. And we did.

Yesterday all 4 of us went to Eastwood to celebrate yet another weekend. My sister and I decided we will enroll them to Gymboree Play and Music. We both had 5 free 1 hour play stubs along with our enrollment and yesterday my sister and I used 1 each to let our children enjoy the play gym. It was a smaller place compared to Active fun, smaller slides and no pool balls, I thought Nike might get bored with the place, but lo and behold she loved it even more than she loved active fun, which is saying a lot, because she loved active fun to bits!

They had mattresses everywhere where babies from as young as 6 months can play, though they have an age limit, only children aged 5 years and below can play. I like the set-up this way no bigger kids who plays more rowdily and dangerously can harm the babies who are just learning to walk and the little kids who can barely stand up straight.

They had balls that children can play with, and these soft contraptions where I can play hide and seek with my daughter. There are a few small slides that little children will not get scared of riding, they also have 1 rocking horse, a wooden monkey bar and a wooden 2 way swing that up to 4 children can ride. They have inflatable Donut shaped things that children can hide in, or parents and guardians can lie on.

The ambiance is really great, its colorful and well lighted, well ventilated, and its light to the eyes. It really was a very charming place, and my daughter and my nephew loved it there. I even had a short conversation with my daughter on the ride home from Eastwood:

Me: Nike did you have fun?

Nike: Yes!

Me: Did you love Gymboree?

Nike: Yes!

Me: What do you love more, Gymboree or FunRanch? (I purposely ended the question with Fun Ranch because I did not want Nike’s answer to be influenced by what I said last - kids tend to just repeat the last thing they hear.)

Nike: ummm… GYMBOREE!!!!

And from that short conversation, I realized that I did make the right decision of having her enrolled in Gymboree for a month long class in July. So we will see more of Eastwoods - Gymboree really really soon.

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand

polei:

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student  : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you believe in GOD?
Student  : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good?
Student  : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL?
Student  : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?


(Student was silent)


Professor : You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD Good?
Student  : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good?
Student  : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from?
Student  : From…GOD…
Professor : That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student  : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student  : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil?


(Student did not answer)


Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don’t they?
Student  : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who created them?


(Student had no answer)


Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe The World around you. Tell me, son…have you ever feen GOD?
Student  : No, sir.
Professor  : Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student  : No, sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student  : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor : Yet you still believe in HIM?
Student  : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student  : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.


Student  : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student  : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student  : No, sir. There isn’t…


(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)


Student  : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat,
Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don’t have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero
Which is No Heat, but we can’t go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.


(There was pin-drop dilence in the Lecture Theatre)


Student  : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn’t Darkness?
Student  : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of
Something.
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light…
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its
Called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, Darkness isn’t. If it is,
You would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student  : Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student  : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue
There is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are
Viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can’t even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and
Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life, just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from
a Monkey?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process,
yes, of course, I do.
Student  : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?


(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the
argument was going)


Student  : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at
work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?


(The Class was in uproar)


Student  : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the
Professor’s brain?


(The Class broke out into laughter)


Student  : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s
brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?…



No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable
Protocol, Science says that you have No Brain, sir. With all due respect,
sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?


(The Room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face
unfathomable)


Professor : I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student  : That is it sir…Exactly!
The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.



That student was ALBERT EINSTEIN.

(via weaponsoftruth)

A Better Mother

Ever since my husband, Noel, left to work in Singapore, I have changed. I used to be very attached to my daughter, Nike, and I was very playful. But after Noel left, I have been depressed for a while, I was not able to take very good care of Nike.

When Noel was still in the Philippines with me and Nike, she was used to receiving tons of attention from me and her dad, we’d go out for a short walk everyday and take pictures while we were out, it didn’t matter if there weren’t any occasion, I’d take tons of pictures of her and admire her. We would schedule a weekend play time for Nike either in Alabang Town Center or in Active Fun and I would be so excited to spend hours and hours of playtime with her and not get tired of her laughter. As hard as it is to admit, since Noel left, I have been absent, I no longer take Nike to a daily stroll or bike ride outside, I rarely take pictures of her, and I barely take notice of her even when she is just sitting beside me at home, not only did she lose the presence of her dad, but she also lost the attention of her mom. I drowned myself in the depressing thought that my husband isn’t here and that I am not happy. I forgot that my daughter is probably also very sad that her daddy is not here. Now when I look at her I realize my mistakes. The six months that it took me to realize what my depression is doing to may daughter, made her a completely different child. She is now more selfish and would not share her toys to anyone, I would often catch her picking a fight with her cousin Kian trying to take Kian’s toys from him and would cry so loud and hysterically when she does not get her way. She has also become hard headed and would not listen to anything I say, but the most difficult thing for me to realize is how much self confidence she lost in that six months. And I have no one else to blame but myself and my emotional absence.

Since I started to realize the emotional stress that I am causing my daughter, I slowly started trying to regain my emotional presence in her life. When I am working on my computer and she approaches me, I try make sure to take a time off to talk to her, hold her in my arms and ask her if she needs anything. I also re-started to teach her to recognize the alphabet and numbers. I have also started reading to her again every night. We are having slow progress as of the moment, but I am already seeing a huge difference in her, she is now a little more giving and instead of picking fights with her cousin, would just kiss him instead. We are still having a bit of trouble with her obedience, but we are definitely making progress. I have also seen a lot of changes in myself too, although they are bits of progress, I am less depressed now and more appreciative of her. I think I have also started to fall in love with her more again. I am committed to making this change in my life for the sake of my daughter, and I am hoping that this commitment will help me succeed in making myself and my daughter a better person in the months and even years to come.

The Best Date with my Daughter

Today was a great day! It was spent with my daughter. And it was the greatest day we have ever spent together since daddy left for Singapore. After lunch I had a scheduled pick up of the Gift Certificate that I won from Belle De Jour’s Contest - it was a 2500 Gift Certificate from Browhaus, which I plan to claim some time next week. Nike and I got ready to leave the house at around 1:30 PM - I prepared my map because I had no idea where I was going, and since Noel wasn’t around I won’t have my usual suspect who will help me go around the city with a map. The pick up point is at the Viviamo office in A. Mabini St. Addition Hills San Juan, I had my landmarks printed on my mind and was ready for the battle of searching for a place unknown. I arrived Mabini Street with no problems, but the difficulty arose when I realized the Buildings had no names and some of them doesn’t have numbers. As I looked at the right side of the street there is a newly constructed building that made me feel like that was it, but drove past it. The next thing I knew I was looking at a house numbered 186, when I was supposed to be looking for A building numbered 166. Yup! I passed it! and the problem was, Mabini street is a one way street. So I turned right on a street named recto and just followed my guts on where to turn right next, before I knew it I was back in Mabini street and was in front of the same building that I felt was where I was supposed to be, and I was right! I claimed the Gift Certificate and went on our way to eastwood, or atleast I thought we were. Since I only looked for directions on how to get to the Viviamo office, I didn’t realize I can’t back track the road. So I went with the flow of traffic - and no longer than 10 minutes later, we were lost inside addition hills LOL the funniest experience ever. Although I knew I was already lost, I just kept driving, and kept my cool, I stayed level-headed and just thought that if I keep on driving, I’m bound to see a road that I am familiar with and viola 30 minutes later we were still lost, I just kept choosing a car to follow and after 15 more minutes I found my way back to shaw boulevard and was on our way to Eastwood.

We arrived Eastwood around 4:00 PM bought our tickets to watch Toy Story 3 in 3D and had 50 minutes to kill before we can enter the theater, so we just went to fully booked and read a few children’s story books. Around 4:30 we went to the concession stand and got our free popcorn and drinks and went inside the theater.

This is the most memorable movie for me in so many ways. First because it was the first 3D movie that I have ever seen, Second it was the first movie that my daughter and I watched alone together and Third this is the only time I allowed my daughter to Pee on my hands. Yup you read right! haha, what happened was when there were only around 5 minutes left in the movie Nike suddenly said that she had to really really pee, I asked her to hold her bladder for a short while but she seemed like she really needed to pee, so I decided I didn’t want to miss any movie scenes so I pulled down her skirt and undies, placed my hand just the right place and angle so her pee would drip on my hand and drip on the cup I was holding to catch her pee. It may seem a bit yucky but luckily I had alcohol and baby wipes ready so I was able to clean my hands after.

All in all it was a fun, interesting and memorable day spent with the love of my life. :)

Imprenta

Today I accompanied my dad to the Doctor at Mission Hospital, for his follow-up. Everything was looking better and I am really happy. Then afterwards we went to grab something to eat and went to the grocery to buy some supplies. Just when I thought we were heading home, my dad said he wanted to go to imprenta (our printing press business office) to check on the work that he is having done for a client. So we went. Everything seemed the same on the outside. My Grandmothers house still looked almost the same as it looked when I was growing up — when my Grand mother was still alive. There are still a number of cars parked in the garage and everything seemed fine. As I stepped out of the car and walked slowly with my dad to the office, that’s when it hit me. Loneliness.

That office used to be filled with busy people, all sorts of machinery noises could be heard when it was still within business hours. You will barely hear the voices of people talking as it is being drowned out of the noisy machines that are busy at work. But today, today was so different. The old office wallpapers was already torn and decaying, the tables seem so old and lonely, it looked so run down. The only thing left that still has not changed was the portrait of my grand mother and grand father still hanging on the wall. The printing area was empty, and sad. When I was younger I remember going to that place and seeing a good number of people busy with paper collation, printing, stapling and gluing, but today, I barely saw a soul at work. The room that was previously filled with heavy machines and happily working people has become nothing but a memory, today the place is almost empty, the machines have been sold, only two people were left inside to work on the now dwindling number of work that is left for them to do. Only one machine was working and the noise it made just made me flinch.

I looked at my dad and felt a twinge in my heart. If what happened to this place could make me feel this bad, I can’t imagine how horrible my dad could be feeling every time he steps foot in that place. That is after all the home he knew, the place he grew up. The place he made all of his memories.

It is right that changes are inevitable, but when the change is as bad as this one, the only thought left on our minds is the hope that it could’ve stayed the same. So that we can hold on to the happy memories forever.

Loving Singapore

When I went to Singapore last March I was able to go on some of the child friendly tourist spots in Singapore. But before I enumerate all of them I want to emphasize how beautiful the country is and how organized everything is in Singapore and any place that you go to or visit is like a tourist spot in itself.

Some of the amazing places I visited with my husband and daughter is Jurong Bird Park, which holds the biggest man made waterfall in the world. They have bird feeding times where you will be able to feed the birds with live worms and see gorgeous birds and even the weirdest birds that you have ever seen up close, they even have the birds and friends show where people get to participate and interact with the animals, it is really amazing.We were also able to experience the Singapore Zoo where they have feeding times for a white rhino and a giraffe.  

The zoo also offers a lot of shows and entertainment and bathing suits and change of clothes is a must if you will visit the water slides within the zoo. 

The Night Safari is also a great experience for us, seeing nocturnal animals up close. Although the walk around the park is a bit intimidating as it is really dark, and sounds of the night gives me chills, but all in all a great experience. Underwater World is also a good place to spend the day in. They have a small indoor tank where you can feed the sting rays, fresh water fish and salt water fishes. You will be able to see enormous fish that even taller than Yao Ming. 

The end destination of the underwater world tour will bring you to a large outdoor pool that holds 5 or more dolphins that shows off a bit when they see their trainers holding buckets of fish.

More unexplored tourist spots for me is the newly established Universal Studios Singapore in Sentosa. They have great new rides that the whole family can enjoy. Street shows and delicious food also awaits their guests. And currently being constructed is this kind of wild safari for water animals that will be finished in 2012, so thats also something to look forward to. They also have Jurong Reptile Park, this is somewhat similar to Jurong Bird Park only the reptile park will have, well, reptiles instead of birds. The Singapore Flyer in Marina Bay, G-Max Reverse Bungy in Clarke Quay, Songs of the Sea in Sentosa, Chinese and Japanese Gardens, are must sees too, and I am sure there are lots of not very common but very interesting places in Singapore to visit too.
But the best place I loved in Singapore is theirCommunity Playgrounds and community pools that is just extremely beautiful and great for my daughter and my family to bond. You would not have to spend a penny to take your child to a beautiful clean park, because it is there free for everyone to use. And the public pools are unbelievably clean, fun and is like a water park that should cost more than it actually does.

I am just loving Singapore, every bits and pieces of it is amazing, truly amazing.

Nike and Kian Team Brasil

Today Nike, Kian, my sister and I went to a soccer themed first birthday party. The host was Shannon King (an old officemate from IG) for his 1 year old son Ethan. The Activity host was Gymboree and Nike had so much fun playing and learning with Gymboree which is a good thing because Noel and I had planned to send Nike to Gymboree Play and Learn within the next months for a once a week class for 1 whole month. I saw Nike sparkled and glowed when she was following the teachers instructions along with other kids and she could follow instructions really well. :) I am so happy we were part of this birthday party.

on winning and losing

I just won another facebook contest today. The first contest I won was via Johnson’s Body Care Ph that gave me PhP500 Gift Certificate from Bayo. Today I got news from workabroad.ph that I won PhP500 Gift Certificate from National bookstore from workabroads facebook contest, and the feeling is just exhilarating. Even if it was just a small amount, the feeling of winning gives us a high that makes our day. Winning things makes you more confident, gives you the hope that you can win more and more and more.

The other day I was not chosen from Cebu Pacifics Photo Contest, that was the first of five winners chosen, I decided I do not want to keep trying, I entered the contest when it was still very new and only a few people submitted their photos, I believe I was one of the first 200 people to submit the photos, but when I wasn’t chosen the first week, I thought, what are the odds that I will be chosen the next. When we lose we get this feeling of hopelessness and defeat, and we tend to just give up.

These are normal emotions to experience during these times, when you win, you celebrate and you want to win some more, when you lose, you feel hopeless and want to crawl to a corner and never try again. But I’m glad I didn’t hide away and mope when I didn’t get chosen for the Cebu Pacific contest, I encouraged myself to win other things so that the loss of one thing would become so petty its laughable.

The same should be the attitude towards life, when you lose a battle, we should learn to fight more, fight harder and fight smarter. That way the lost battle will not just be a lost battle but a lesson learned.

Afternoon Nap

I hate sleeping in the afternoons. It makes me feel more groggy, grouchy and makes me feel drunk when I wake up. I know taking naps is supposed to be good, it helps ones body to recover strength and energy that was used up in the morning, but I hate it. Sadly I have to take afternoon naps so that my daughter would take hers to, and what usually happens is I fall asleep first before she does, what can I say, Im the type of person most people hate because I can sleep anytime I want. I can create sleep anywhere and anytime. But I hate hate hate afternoon naps.

So this afternoon around 4:00 PM, I am trying to make my daughter fall asleep because I want her to become healthier and so that she may grow taller. But she won’t sleep until she sees me sleep. So I closed my eyes so she would follow, pretended to sleep and viola, fell asleep for real. And when I woke tonight around 7:00 PM, Ugh I just hate the feeling — Heavy head and hunger, and I just felt like a drunk waking up from a short nap. I hate Afternoon Naps, I love sleeping until very late in the morning but I can’t stop hating afternoon naps, its just not my thing.

Food Crazy - Crazy Food

I slept early last night, well earlier than I usually sleep, but woke up still very late — What can I say, I love sleeping. So when I woke up I thought this was gonna be an ordinary day, and lo and behold it was. LOL. My family and I decided to eat out for lunch at Max’s Restaurant where I saw tons of pastries that I can’t help but buy lots. I usually have this cravings when its almost that time of the month. But I hate these moments of the month, I tend to ate tons of food that just slips to my thighs, my already bumpy tummy, my flabby face and my large arms ugh, I just hate being fat.

So today I bought a box of macaroons, a box of caramel bars, and a box of cream cheese brownies that I can’t stop chewing and eating, and I love eating them! I just can’t stop. Help me stop! and I hate myself every time I eat because when I see other peoples sexy figure I just want to start running 100 miles then and there. But the next moment I see delicious food I grab it and munch munch munch.

Ugh Food! I love it and hate it! Ugh! Help! I’m going grazy!

Meredith and Me (Grey's Anatomy)

I have recently started watching the full series of Grey’s Anatomy and I am really enjoying myself. I actually just started watching Season 1 last Tuesday (the same tuesday that I brought my dad to the hospital) and I can’t stop watching it. I stay up late at night until its almost done actually just so I can continue watching. I have already finished the full 9 episodes of season 1, the full 27 episodes of season 2 and now is currently watching Episode 15 of season 3.

This series is highly recommended to everyone, it is comedic, dramatic, traumatic, exciting, boring, exhilarating, tear-jerking, and annoying all at the same time. It is filled with gorgeous people that you would love to look at (well except George). I don’t really like George, not the character but the actor LOL, Sorry!



I initially didn’t like Cristina - The Korean Intern, because she seemed so stiff and unkind. But the moment I saw her cry non-stop during one episode in Season 2, I started liking her. Then started hated her again on Season 3 during the first few episodes because of her controlling nature (when she was controlling Burke).

I also hated The red-head wife doctor, Adison Montgomery-Shepherd, maybe out of principle. The series is after all about Meredith Grey who we discovered was a mistress of Derek Shepherd on Season 2. But I am slowly starting to not hate Adison in season 3. She finally was given a likable character.

I also wanted to hate the Nazi - Dr. Bailey but you can never hate this resident. She is strict and soft at the same time, very motherly and very smart. Even her interns (Meredith’s group) who was initially afraid of her, started to love her and respect her, as was shown in season 2 during the few episodes shown where Dr. Bailey was in Maternity leave after giving birth to his on screen son Tucker - which by the way she really did give birth in real life.

In season 3 I also started hating Izzi - the hot blonde Doctor-model who lost her Fiance Denny in Season 2 due to some heart complications. She started acting crazy when Denny was still alive and I wanted to kick her ass. She is starting to recover her character around the 10th episode onwards of Season 3.

George, I have nothing much to say about him besides the Meredith-Obsessed love sick puppy. My initial impression of him is he is not bad, but I don’t like the actor, so I don’t pay much attention to the character. But if I had to summarize, he seemed like a wimp who has no say in anything, which he later on disproved during the few episodes where his father was dying.

And the Hottie Patootie Alex - the Hunk of the group does not leave much of an impression on me, except he is the type of character that everyone would have a love-hate relationship with. One minute you are so in love with his hunky arrogance and the next minute you are hating his hunky love-ignorance.

And the two lead characters of the Series Meredith and Derek, they are not Hot in any sense of the word, but they are very magnetic. Meredith is not drop dead gorgeous but she delivers her character in such a way that you want to hear everything she has to say, and her eyes gives off this alluringly innocent look that keeps you glued to the screen. And Derek! I just love the way he brings his character to life, they are so fit for one another, Dereks stare is just melting me.

And besides the characters the stories and the flow of the series is very interesting too. LOL. In fact I can’t stop watching it. But part of the reason why I can’t stop watching is because I want to find out what will happen to all the characters love lives. The medical scene is just a background, a set, a distraction for the love story to have a different feel.

My Recent Obsessions

Lately I keep myself busy by pestering my Facebook Friends to Liking all my contest entries in all the contests I join in Facebook. Yup I am a contest addict. I guess my being too competitive plays a big role in why I am addicted to this. And maybe because of the Free Prizes!

I started becoming addicted to this just a few weeks ago, when I started becoming active in sending photos of Nike to Magazines for their monthly baby themes, then I started having more online mommy friends where I saw their news feeds, where I can see a lot of them joining different photo contests, and then status like contests, and blog contests and every contest you can think of that is possible to do in Facebook.

I got intrigued. I joined, and I kept on joining. Just recently I won a gift certificate from BAYO care of the Johnson’s Body Care Philippines Fan Page. It was a status contest, where you need to write a status message saying what the best compliment you’ve had for your skin and tag Johnson’s Body Care. I believe I won third place during the 4th day of the Promo (with just around 90 Likes). And today I got to claim my Gift Certificate from BBDO.



I guess it’s really not just about winning, but about being part of something. Although some people might think that this is just a waste of time, for me it isn’t. This is something that makes me happy, fills my days with activities and it gives me the opportunity to get things for free for me or for my daughter, Imagine 500 Pesos Gift Certificate from Bayo — Which I could use to buy my daughter a pair of pants, or a dress.

So my advice to everyone is keep yourself busy with joining this free contest, where you’ll have a lot to gain and just a few minutes of your time to lose. It doesn’t cost anything but gives you a chance to win lots of things :)

Whats Happening to Nestle?

What is really happening? Just a few weeks ago, I remember posting a problem I personally had with Nestle Chuckie being Spoiled even before it was opened or expired. I let it pass because Nestle Customer Service told me that they have not received other complaints about their products besides mine. They replaced the chuckie with a new one and I let it go.

A week after my personal experience My dad bought Two 1-Liter Nestle Premium Chocolate both of which are spoiled even before it was opened, and the expiration of the products were not until after another week. We gave it back to Rustans Supermarket in One Mercedez avenue because we thought maybe the problem was with the handling of the supermarket and not the products themselves.

I have not had personal encounters with other Nestle products since then, but remembered that when my dad returned the Nestle Premium to Rustans the Manager said they have received a lot of returns of the product due to the same problem, SPOILAGE.

Today as I was minding my own business, my Friend Gretchell kept messaging me. So I said HI! she then told me, she bought a nestle Chuckie from ROBINSONS GALLERIA a totally different grocery and guess what? It was spoiled again.

Where does the problem lie? is it the handling of these groceries? or is it from Nestle? What do you think?