A Dash of Me

I should have waited for this weekend to come before I  purchased my 2nd pair of Soak swimwear   But then again, I didn’t know that they will be having a sale so soon…

Apart from Soak, there will be other brands and stores who will be participating in the Rockwell Bazaar this weekend. I assume this is to giveway to the new items that will come out in the Fall Season (BER months) . Geeze, how time flies so fast? Before I know it, it’s December again

As much as I wanted to purchase another set of Soak swimwear (ugh!) I really can’t. It’s so tempting that the prices are already at 50% off. The impulsive buyer in me strikes again! Just yesterday I made a reservation for a Tory Burch jelly flip flops that I saw online. Tsk! The husband is not aware of this purchase…haaays. I really should control my spending starting next month. The flip flops will be the last straw for my unnecessary purchases.

1. Name: Joanne

1a. What your Grade 4 teacher called you: Joanne

2. Spouse’s name: Randiej

2a. What you call your spouse when you’re hopping mad:  Wala.  I gave him the cold shoulder and a silent treatment.

3. Child/Children’ s name/s and age/s:  None

3a. What your kids call you:  N/A

3b. Pet’s name/s and breed/s:  None

4. Wedding date/s: October 27, 2007

4a. The weather on your wedding day: It was perfect knowing. It rained at night but the wedding reception is over since it’s a lunch reception

5. Your birthday: August 5, 1980

5a. Fill in the blank: I don’t need Botox because people say I look like I’m 23-26 years old!! Promise! People can’t tell my exact age unless they are my close friends and relatives

6. Spouse’s birthday: February 21, 1977

6a. How you celebrated your spouse’s last birthday:  We celebrated it at home where I cooked spaghetti for him and bought him a cake. Now I’m thinking of something to celebrate his bday next year….hmmm…

7. Address / General location:  Cavite

7a. Your living arrangement: (renting? owning? living with relatives? etc.)  Living with my siblings where my sister owns the property

8. Your job / company / line of work: US Technical Recruiter/ BPO Staffing and Recruitment

9. Your spouse’s job / company / line of work: None

9a. What your spouse has for baon today: none. he buys na lang. N/A

10. Your school & course (& batch if u like): MCS 1997 and AdU 2001

10a. Any classmates of yours who are now famous (or infamous): She was the lead vocal in a band…forgot her name and the band’s name

11. Your spouse’s school & course (& batch): UST – Mechanical Engineer 1998

11a. Clubs / Sports / Extra-curriculars that your spouse joined:  Extra-curricular activity is playing DOTA.

12. Your interests: books, movies, crosstitching, home decor, blogging, internet, cooking, music

13. Business: None

14. What part of the Philippines/ world are you from? born in Pasay. Raised and lived in Paranaque for 27 years

15. What part of the Philippines/ world is your spouse from? born in Manila, but he was raised and lived in QC

16. Social networking or blogging chuva you’re part of (Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot, Multiply, Linked-In, whatever): i I have twitter, facebook, blogspot, multiply, wordpress, plurk.

16a. Your IDs on those sites, if you want NaWies to find/add you: reejane

17. Crocs: love ‘em or hate ‘em? I love some of their styles

18. Something about your spouse that you are very proud of:  His loyal, generous and super patient.

19. How many lip products (lipstick, lip gloss, whatever) lip balm and lipstick

20. Favorite tear-jerker movie EVER: The Noteboook

I got an email from our HR with regards to the result of the votes for the company’s movie night….

Hiyeee! Sorry it took me awhile to have this blog updated. Things are pretty hectic with my life – work and personal. Hopefully in the next coming days everything will start to low down a bit.

Let’s see where do I start? Hmmm… Oh, I know…I want to brag some of my accomplishments these past few days

House – I’m done applying for our electricity line and meter. Tomorrow an inspector from Meralco will visit our place to check the installation of the meter if it pass their standards. Hopefully it does (crossing fingers). Also, we are done with the balances and interest charges by the developer. We were able to pay them last Friday so all we need to do is to wait for the process of transferring the title. I hope they can process it within 5 months as they told us. Hmp! Acquiring real properties can be a pain in the butt and wallets…hehehehe.

Work – I got the much coveted award at the office! Wooohooo! Thank you for the blessings! I really needed that. I hope I can keep up the momentum. I need all the extra money I can get

Personal – Well the achievement that I can say is that I got a lot of sleep today and yesterday! Weee! I really needed to catch up with my sleep. Hubby is very patient and understanding with me. We had a serious talk about having children and well,  I am lucky that his not pressuring me for us to have one. Though we have plans but at this point, it’s not in our priority list. Some of you might raise an eyebrow or mock me but financially wise, we are not ready and hubby understands that. We don’t want to end up neglecting our child for not giving his/her basic necessities. Having a kid is a huge responsibility that I’m so aware of when I started taking care of my younger brothers and sisters when I was in college and we are not up for that task yet.  Hubby is still unlucky to land jobs. It’s been past 2 years and well I’m about to give up the idea that he will find one. I know I should be hopeful but well, I’m starting to accept the fact that I will be the provider.

Blog – Every once in awhile I get to update my blogs. In total there are 3 of them in which 2 have it’s own domain. I already paid the domain charges for one of my blogs and I have to settle the other. Blogging opportunities are really low for me. Last 2008 was the best year of my blogging. The earnings that I made helped me a lot to keep afloat of the expenses I have to pay. It’s tough that I’m the only one working.

There you go, my woes and updates on what’s going on with my life. Thankfully I’m still sane and keeping up almost everything in positive perspective.

Have a good Sunday everyone

Today is declared a special non-working holdiay due to the inauguration of the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines….

Benigno Aquino III

The inauguration will start at 12nn in Quirino Memorial Grandstand in Manila. I just got this information from my colleagues here in the office. It’s been awhile since I’ve watched the news so I’m not that updates to what’s happening in our country. As much as I wanted to watch the new president take his oath to lead the nation, I can’t. My sleep is my priority as soon as I got home. I just have to check the news online later to see the events that transpired in the inauguration.

Too bad that our company declared that we will have to report for work since today is not inlcuded in our company’s list for the holidays that we need to follow

On a lighter note, we will be having a long weekend since July 5 is a legal holiday in the US as they celebrate their Independence Day! Wooohooo!

I got an email from our HR conducting a survey on which movie to watch for the company’s Movie Night. The choices are:

A. Inception (Action) starring Leonardo Di Caprio

B. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Action, Adventure) starring Nicholas Cage

C. The Last Airbender (Fantasy, Adventure) starring Noah Ringer

D. Salt (Action) starring Angelina Jolie

Though I like Angie and Nicky, I really wanted to see the Last Airbender!

 So that’s my vote for the Movie Night. I just hope that others voted for it too

To the Dads, to your Dads and to the Dads you know….

Happy Father’s Day!!!

I woke up early since we still have a lot of packing to do! The pots and pans, books, documents, shoes, handyman stuff of hubby, etc. Argh!

I really need to wake up the husband to start packing otherwise, we will be cramming big time! The van that I hired for moving will arrive at 2 pm after which we will be having a stop-over to my parent’s house for the other stuff that needs to be included in the van.

Just thinking about the events that will unfold today is making me dizzy. I hope that the weather cooperates and that there will be no glitches along the way.

I will surely miss Makati City….

Received this tag from Mandy, thanks sis! It’s been a long time sine I got a tag Now passing this to Kerslyn, Thet, Ann and Jan.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
4:00 am

2. How do you like your steak?
Medium

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Iron Man 2

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Ellen

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
Italy or Spain

6. What did you have for breakfast?
home made pancakes

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Pinoy foods and Chinese

8. What foods do you dislike?
alimy, most of the veggies and seafoods

9. Favorite place to eat?
Max’s, Dencio’s, Chowking

10. Favorite dressing?
Caesar.

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
None

12. What are your favorite clothes?
Shorts when I’m at home. If I go out, it will be jeans or leggings

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Italy, Japan, Australia, Spain, France

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
Half full

15. Where would you want to retire?
Tagaytay will be a nice place to enjoy the remaining days of my life in peace

16. Favorite time of day?
Afternoon

17. Where were you born?
Pasay City

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
Basketball

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
Dunno

20. Person you expect to tag you back first?
No idea

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Everyone

22. Birdwatcher?
Nope

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night person because of my work

24. Do you have any pets?
nope

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?
Were moving to our own home!

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
A gymnast or a ballerina

27. What is your best childhood memory?
Playing with my childhood friends during summer

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
Dog person

29. Are you married?
Yes.

30. Always wear your seat belt?
Nope since I don’t have a car

31. Been in a car accident?
Fortunatey, none

32. Any pet peeves?
People who don’t use the word “excuse me”. Instead they will shove you and get past right to you. I hate those people!

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
Cheese and Pineapple

34. Favorite Flower?
Tulips

35. Favorite ice cream?
Ube

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Burger King, Jollibee, Chowking

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?
Not applicable

38. From whom did you get your last email?
From N@W yahoogroups

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Furniture stores

40. Done anything spontaneous lately?
Iot really…I would rather sleep the whole weekend

41. Like your job?
Yes – it has perks which I’m after

42. Broccoli?
Yes.

43. What was your favorite vacation?
Boracay

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Hmmm…I can’t remember…

45. What are you listening to right now?
The AC running

46. What is your favorite color?
Blue

47. How many tattoos do you have?
None

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
Four

49. What time did you finish this quiz?
3:14pm

50. Coffee drinker?
nope