Startin’ A New Life

I want coffee

it was raining this afternoon and suddenly missed having coffee with my favorite coffee bud (the husband ofcourse). Its hard to be away from home specially when my birthday is coming in a week

Oh well, to somehow lessen the sadness, I grab a chicken burger, fries and choc sundae at Hungry Jack’s. The logo looks familiar right? Hungry Jack’s is a franchise of the international Burger King.

All these for 4.95 dollar. Mura noh? Wag lang mag convert to peso ha. hehehe

On my next entry, I’ll update you with my EB with Ibyang and her husband and Darling Harbour

Have a great week eveyone!

12 comments February 7, 2010

Nah this is a street in Sydney where our apartment is located. I took this photo at our apartment on my first day here.Para lang bang makati? hehehe. This is around 6am in the morning pala. The place where we stay right now is fabulous. There is an available unlimited internet connection in our apartment but I have to pay 50AUD for a week subscription. It’s not reasonable for me since I will only be using it during the evening and weekend, So I bought a mobile broadband yesterday. The only thing is…. buying such isnt that easy like in our country where some usb broadbands are for free na nga eh. You have to provide ID or your passport to be able to get one and you have to register online or over the phone to activate your account. I registered last night and so glad when I arrived home its already activated. Yehey!!!!

Oh first things first, let me show you some photos inside our apartment.

This our living room. I love the sunshine entering this room

This is our dining area. Then next to it is the kitchen with complete facilities such as fridge, stove, oven, dish dryer, microwave, a coffee maker and kitchen utensils. Beside the dining is the laundry area complete with washing mashine and dryer.

This place has 2 bedrooms and each has its own shower by the way.

This is my bedroom. Its nice but still I miss my bed at home, as what they say there is no place like home

I guess thats it for now, I’ll update again later. Have a splendid weekend everyone!

12 comments February 5, 2010

Bags are already packed!

I’ll be leaving for Australia tonight. Will be staying there for three months so one thing is clear, I will miss my family, friends and my adorable husband. Another thing, I will be spending vday and my birthday away from home. huhuhu. Hay…Its a mix eamotions really.

Anyway, I still count this a great blessing…going to Sydney and to experience the wonderful place.

I’ll keep you posted. Bye for now and have a great Monday everyone

16 comments February 1, 2010

Namit gid

I have read so many good reviews about Deco’s Lapaz bacthoy thus I’ve been longing to taste it but the branches are located outside Manila. Thats why I was so glad to see that it has a branch at Alphaland Southgate Mall in Pasaong Tamo Extension.

Special Lapaz Batchoy with big pieces of chicharon yummm and its for only 67 pesos…sarap!

We also had….

Pre-war Pandesal. I wonder why its called that way
Anyhow, this pandesal is small compared with the regular pandesal but it’s compact filling. For 3.50 pesos per piece, its worth it.

Aside from pre war pandesal they also offer pan de sal ni Pa-a and puto manapla. I’ll try them on my next visit.

Oh by the way they give extra bowl of caldo with your order of lapaz batchoy

Namit gid!!!!

6 comments January 26, 2010

We do this sometimes

Bonding moment with him….

Cheesedogs and vodka cruiser ice equates to a great time spending the weekend with the husband at home.

How do you spend quality time with your family (or husband) by thwe way?

6 comments January 26, 2010

Double up

I was sorting photos of our Subic Adventure when I saw this one…..

very attentive girls, so adorable. Pretty cute noh? They are my SIL little twins by the way.

Anyway…..its a weekend once again. Yebah!!!
Enjoy the two day off guys. See yah!

5 comments January 21, 2010

Treetop Adventure: Canopy Chair Lift Ride

For those who don’t want to try out the extreme activities at Tree top adventure. you can pick the canopy ride. It’s a 45 minutes to an hour ride. In here, you will be travelling across station (platforms) riding a set of 3 seater that is lifted as high as 100ft above ground.

I took a shot of a family going down from 100ft to 80ft

In each stations there are people from tree top that will assist you to transfer from another set of seats. They will also give you some information about the place, the owner and stories about the monkey called vernel, then we found out that vernel is not a monkey but a guide too.They were just joking about it hahaha.

The entire ride was really awesome and relaxing though my SIL find it a bit boring in some part. There are 10 stations by the way. The speed isnt that fast but is at a mindfully slow speed which is enough for us to enjoy nature.

Off we go for the first leg. HUbz the photographer here as I am scared that the camera might fall.

In each stations you can read informations on what tree the platform is attahced and how high the platforms is.

look Im not scared though Im 70ft high.

The superman ride, the trekking and canopy ride was the package we picked for 600 per pax. There are also other package available. The other exciting rides are silver surfer, tree drop adventure and free fall. Will try these other rides when we will visit Subic again.

9 comments January 19, 2010

Treetop Adventure: Trekking

It’s a 45minute to an hour serene walk at wilderness. I marveled the beautiful virgin rainforest of Subic.

I experienced drinking water from a bamboo. The water taste really fresh.

Our trekking guide also showed us how to make fire out of bamboo

In a few minutes… there you go….

Manong was able to lit a fire from a bamboo. Galing di ba?

There are lots of huge trees with enormous roots. We didn’t forget to take our group photo here.

Trekking was fun but it made me tired that I wanted to sleep in bed, actually I didnt noticed that I had a short nap (in a sitting position) while waiting for my turn to try the canopy ride but it’s so rewarding to see the priceless sights of the lovely nature.

Up next my canopy ride experience!

9 comments January 14, 2010

Treetop Adventure: Superman Ride

Though I was that brave but when I was about to try the ride, it send shivers on my whole body. I was ready not to try it but wait the minute, Im no chicken and besides it is an experience worth doing, so here goes….

I’m ready to fly!

Yay…it was so fun!

It was awesome. True enough my fear was conquered. A different experience that I wanted to try again.

Then after that we tried the trekking. Will post that later on, for the meantime, have a wonderful Week everyone!

13 comments January 10, 2010

SCTEX once more

I was then at awe to enter SCTEX for the 2nd time, this time going to SUBIC.

The ride was smooth, scenic and just perfect.

then there seemingly endless stretch of wide road lined with luscious green and fresh air.

It’s was really a fab experience to pass through a highway that was carved beautifully and It is amazing how the road cuts through some hills to keep it as level as possible.

We left Sucat around 6:00am, we arrived Subic around 9:00am. That was a quick drive. Thanks to SCTEX and the husband (who drove for us) ofcoure.

11 comments January 5, 2010

Hubz day!

It’s my baby’s birthday again. Yehey! Your a number older than me na, hehehe!
Time flies so fast. It’s another year again. I thank the Lord that your still the same person that I meet 6 years ago. Thanks for being patience, thanks for the loving and the spoiling.

Kaso la ko gift. Ok lang ba? hehehe!

Happy Birthday Labs, 143! See yah later for dinner! Muah!!!!

17 comments January 4, 2010

2010 is here

I look forward to seeing what 2010 will bring me. It’s gonna be a long road to travel. I won’t be naive to think that there won’t be any hard times but then again I’m learning to sail my own ship. I learned that I’m more than tough enough to survive. It’s a great feeling to know that I’m capable of handling whatever life throws my way. So I’m so ready….bring it on 2010.

See yah more in life’s journey this year!

8 comments January 1, 2010

Our life in 2009

2009 has been a very fruitful year.

-It was early 2009 that our dept was affected by the recession. As a result, our team was eradicated and my trip to the US was cancelled but I got a US multiple visa. Its not easy getting a US visa so I count that as a blessing.

-In May just before our 6th wedding anniversary, another blessing came, we were able to replace our old car with a van. It’s a dream come true for my husband. He really wanted a big vehicle to accommodate our family during out of town trips.

-Mid of 2009, Husband’s 11 year old nephew underwent a crucial operation. With God’s mighty caring, the operation went well. Thank God.

-Then in October, my sister got married. The whole clan was so happy. You see my sister was a bit pihikan. So its my parents dream to find the right partner for her. Now she is in Singapore but will come back this coming January.

-In November, I decided to resigned. I got bored with my job. I thought that my career was not growing. Then that time, some friends asked me to share my baking goodies with them. Some ordered for their weddings, for their birthday, others are for their Christmas give-aways. So while I was jobless, I was busy baking stuffs.
Then after few weeks, a job offer came. A pretty good job offer. So last December 14 was my first day at work. This new job planned to send me in a foreign country sometime soon.

I was analyzing everything. It was all in perfect timing. Grabe Im so amazed with everything. Thank you dear Lord for everything

9 comments December 31, 2009

My first Paella

Just an exuberant joy that finally,I have managed paella! So please forgive me while I say…whopeee!!! (exag no?)

The road to paella wasnt that easy for me since no one in the family knew how to cook it. I just get contented on the paella I ordered at restaurant. Great thing there are recipes, informations and youtube videos that can be found on the internet.

My paella is not that perfect yet but I am willing to make it again to able to master the recipe. Yebah!

C’mon lets eat!

Buen apetito!

7 comments December 29, 2009

I never buy this at the supermarket

Why???
Because it’s so addicting.

Then a friend gave this as a Christmas gift. Imagine she gave me 3 packs of this loacker wafer cookies.
I only eat a few pieces at a time and I needed every single bit of will power to stop eating them. hahaha!