HoneyFied Baby

Thinking of Cherry Blossoms

2012-03-16T22:29:00.002-07:00

Preparing for my next photoshoot project. My goal is to find a substantial cherry blossoms spot in San Jose. Spring is about to start and I have enough time to conceptualize about an outfit. I could only spend a lot of time for the sake of wonderful photos which only makes sense to me, because like I said to my complaining Honey, lets not wait until we are all wrinkled because we have all the years frozen in front of our awesome camera, right here, right now, so better do it while we could still look good!

I asked a co-worker for a spot and she mentioned Seattle, yeah right, perhaps Japan?!!! I am desperate. I need to have a photo with the cherry blossoms!

The Barber Cut Experience After 48 Years!

2012-03-14T21:16:00.000-07:00

Honey took advantage of our Philippines stay the last time and he didn't miss going to a barber shop.

At ONIK Barber Shop in Panabo City, Davao del NortePhp30.00 for a really quality barber's cut like no other!!!

I am currently maintaining Honey's mo-hawk, I know it couldn't get any better than a wife's cut! Haha! Good thing the clipper is helpful you know... I think he might owe me some extra fees for this one...

Conceptualizing for Invitations

2012-03-14T21:01:00.000-07:00

Three more years and we are having our second wedding! I know I make it sound like it is going to be next month already right? I have been to Michael’s last week, and there is this lovely aisle for brides and all the stuff wedding-related, and guess what, I was stuck in there for a while! It was love at first sight.

I may be too late to proclaim this sentiment but, isn’t it exciting to plan for your own wedding? I mean, I may have not given it a thought while I was growing up but now I can barely wait to have my personal touch on that wonderful event! Like I said, our second wedding will be held in a lovely paradise in the Philippines, but that doesn’t stop me from setting it up from here. I will be in touch with my friend who will be my events coordinator making sure that majority of the idea will come from me, and she will have to manage the legwork overseas. This time, I would take the extra effort to plan ahead and really get involved because I want to feel the moment on that day and make it memorable especially so because important people in our life who missed our first wedding will share it with us at last.

I saw a kit for invitations in the bridal aisle and it made me so excited that I thought maybe now while I have all the time in the world, I should start making samples. I have no idea yet as to what particular color I would pick but I have a thing for red, purple, and yellow.

One more thing, aside from the wedding invitations, I am also thinking about a night of fun with my girlfriends!So therefore I proclaim that there will be bridal shower invitations that will go out and I will send them ahead of time, so naughty friends could brainstorm and better prepare!

Room Project 1 - Done!

2012-03-08T16:51:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, I managed to do the first step to remaking our room - my way. I went to Walgreens to have our photo enlarged to 24 x 30 for $20. Somehow the choice of not having it reproduced in the Philippines was a smart choice! Otherwise that would be almost $100 for a 24 x 30 photo print, as compared to the almost same substance, only that it is termed as "poster" by Walgreens. I also went to Michael's to buy a black wooden acrylic frame to complete the work.

The raw project which was completed by our housemate Bahram, I couldn't have completed this all by myself, the frame was dang heavy!

I have been itching to put down that corny wall painting for a year now, and at long last! Forgive the mess, but I promise I'll give a neat one after job completion...

Walgreens printed 2 photos for me because the first one they said had a slight glitch, so I took home an extra photo which ended unfortunately in the trash this morning.

The finished project! I had positioned our photo at the center above our bed as opposed to having it at the center of the wall.

Right now I am about to take a shower and get ready to shop for white fabrics for the curtains and sheets. It is by the way 5 o'clock in the afternoon! I am just so happy to have done something productive on my day off!

Honey's Fingerprinting

2012-03-06T10:18:00.000-08:00

Good morning world!

Today is my day off and I am currently waiting for Honey so I can do my stuff for the day. He was early this morning to comply to his fingerprinting appointment at the airport for his new job. Did I tell you that Honey is a licensed aircraft mechanic? He finished this 14-month course about 2 to 3 years ago, got his license, and after which the economy went down and there was no hiring, non whatsoever in the aircraft maintenance industry. Recently, they (together with my brother in law) got lucky.

This is the first step of the saving up portion of our goals for this year and the years to come. Honey his keeping is other job at the care home for a little extra, that works for him because this care home facility is just 3 minutes away from where we live. It got me into thinking, that maybe I should go find another part time job again. I was able to do it before, and I'm sure I would be able to do it now. I wonder how to find a non-retail part time job! I have been into Indeed in the hope of finding one, but yeah, jobs nowadays, especially the good ones, don't come easy at your fingertips, like you have to wait forever for a feedback.

Today, I am going to send stuff to Roseville, open an account at the Credit Union, buy a picture frame, and hopefully buy the white curtains for the room. I have to be productive today, I'd rather waste money on these than waste my time on facebook! Seriously now...

Second Wedding Venue

2012-03-05T21:15:00.001-08:00

Venue: Dahican, Mati, Davao Oriental, PhilippinesTentative Date: January 4, 2015

It is going to be a beach wedding and its gonna be here! We are so glad we were taken to this place by our good friend Atty. Sweet, somehow we just kind of mutually made up our minds that we are gonna do it at this beautiful paradise. We will definitely set money aside for this event, and will start on the concept little by little so that I could add my personal touch on my own wedding --- though I have to pass on the rest of the work to Mye Mye my friend eventually, her expertise would really save us.

Just thinking about it now is so exciting! Another wedding shared with the most important people in our life will definitely make the moment beyond memorable. We are going to make our second wedding terrific! I swear!

Plans... At least we have something to look forward to...

A Time to Brag!

2012-02-28T21:03:00.000-08:00

Before we left the Philippines, our friend Mye gave us something priceless! It was a mug with our photos on it!

She is a professional events planner who's taking every event in the world in her hands, all by herself! She named her business venture Mye Events, and she is open for reservations! So you better hurry up you guys!

Here's a memorable photo of the turnover ceremony which took place at our favorite Aling Foping's in Matina Town Square:

You bet it was the coolest we got from that trip back home. It was awesome how she thought of conceptualizing a gift for us amidst her busy schedule. Mye Mye my friend, I hope you know how grateful we are for the thoughtfulness! This was not the first time, and I bet you'd be surprised to know that I have a place for your thingy in our room! Remember this one?

Legit-LookingWedding Rings

2012-02-28T15:44:00.002-08:00

At long last! We managed to get new set of wedding rings in our latest trip to the Philippines, it is one of my "only in the Philippines" story where you could buy cheap jewelry!

Getting these legit-looking wedding rings was really an achievement on my part, everybody's noticing it, or at least someone would already care to ask nowadays, you're not married aren't you? Happy!!!

ALL STARS

2012-02-28T15:27:00.001-08:00

*Guest post written by our friend Sergio Chaney

I can't wait to watch another episode of "Project Runway All Stars" Worcester directv. It is by far my favorite show. I usually am not a fan of reality or competition tv, but I am a fashionphile and "Project Runway" is right up my alley. The cool thing about the "All Stars" this season is that all of the people on the show have been in other seasons of "Project Runway" before. They are really the most qualified and some of the most memorable people that got kicked off the show before. They are all really talented and know what they are doing, so it makes this season even better than some seasons before. Some of the clothes that they have come out were absolutely amazing. I wish that you could buy some of them! I can't wait to see who wins this season. I feel like everyone is qualified and would be a fabulous designer. I have my personal favorites, but usually my personal favorites are not the ones who end up winning. I'm trying to stay quiet about them so that I do not jinx them!

Deciding On the Bedroom Wall Photo

2012-02-26T18:28:00.000-08:00

We have a lot of good photos in my opinion, and I am having a hard time which one to put in the bedroom. Before DC Fotografia's pro bono photoshoot, Honey and I already went to the photo studio in Davao to strike the best couple pose. We didn't have good wedding photos as our wedding was unplanned and a big joke, therefore I came up with a plan and set aside a neat budget for a studio shoot when we went to the Philippines last month. You might be wondering why we didn't do it here, and it is because I don't think we could afford even the simplest studio shoot in San Jose! Dang! So the trip to the Philippines was all worth it in terms of taking good photos, thinking that we already compensated for the engagement photos that we missed and the best part was that we got almost all of the good edited and raw photos for free! Only in the Philippines!

I got five soft copies of the studio shoot, and I picked the one where we put on our original first wedding suits...

Of course deciding on the best photo is a conjugal thing, but then I know that Honey would just pick whatever photo he thinks is the best without factoring in some sorting and sleepless nights, that is why he is a man in the first place. I want a photo of us both facing in the camera and as much as possible with both our wedding bands visible, but then as of this very moment, I couldn't find any except for this...

I will definitely convert the photo that I will pick to black and white in order to fit into my chic bedroom idea. Right now I think it would take me another week to decide on which photo to blow up... My mind is also multitasking, it is telling me to go to Michael's to check out wall frames! Oh my!!!

Bedroom Makeover - The Plan

2012-02-26T16:39:00.000-08:00

Looking for the best small bedroom ideas...

This year would mark the beginning to initiate this plan. I have always wanted to have a chic all white room with a hint of powder blue, pink, and yellow. I am conceptualizing how to do these without being too tempted by Ikea's wonderful bedroom ideas! The most important thing is to do the makeover without replacing a lot. I want to achieve my desired concept by keeping majority as is, to save cost of course, because I don't also want to be impractical. We have a small box of room, but this is one of the biggest among all four rooms in this house. It is painted with powder blue, half is covered with soft floral wallpaper with a hint of soft pink, lavender, and blue. Our queen-sized bed is almost black, our study table dark mahogany, our TV stand brown (which I really dislike), our dresser is white, our laundry basket is cream, our carpet is beige, our door is ugly brown. Majority of those I mentioned will stay the same except for the laundry basket and the TV stand, which I will replace hopefully on payday! The major makeover will take place in the form of curtains and bed sheets, plus a huge black and white couple photo somewhere around these walls. I also want to buy a standing oval mirror!

Right now a lot of wants are flowing inside my mind but I have to keep the spending in the low low, a $1000 maybe? How I wish! Budget time...

Photo-shoot for Free!

2012-02-17T19:19:00.000-08:00

Now I could say, that despite this stressful Philippine travel, I did not regret coming home! There is no way I would regret this, I have accomplished important things for my family and spent time with them which is the most important part, plus, we got a complimentary photo-shoot from the best guys ever! An old friend, and previous Pastor named Benjie Lloyd Dela Cruz started photography as a hobby, together with his cousin Kuya Aying and they invited us to have a couple shoot for FREE! We were like, for real?!!! For real indeed, and there is going to be a take two before we go back to the United States next week! We are now thinking of renting an outfit for the next photo-shoot, white long gown and white suit for Honey as a matter of fact, crossing our fingers that we could actually find this in Davao City!

Pastor Lloyd or "Kayode" as we call him, named their rising business venture DC Fotografia. They cater different types of photo-shoots as per client requirement. Here is a snapshot of their photo-shoot package/s:

I will post more updates as I go on, including the photos taken by DC Fotografia... Right now its time for lunch!

First Wedding Anniversary

2012-02-06T18:10:00.000-08:00

January 4, 2012 - so I figured this post is a month late! Haha! First wedding anniversary, same as the wedding itself, nothing fancy. We just ate at a Korean Buffet in Sunnyvale and took one photo as a souvenir...

Khloe and Lamar

2012-02-01T17:33:00.000-08:00

Guest post from: Kent Lara

In case you haven't heard the Kardashians are taking over the world. I have recently started watching the Keeping Up With the Kardashians spin off Khloe and Lamar and I really am getting into it. It has all of the Kardashian family with only about half of the drama. You get to see more of Rob on this show than any of the others since he lives with Khloe and Lamar. You also get to know Lamar a little better when he is on that show and not training or away playing in a basketball game. Khloe and Lamar's relationship is an interesting one. They were only dating for about a month or so when they decided to get engaged. The whole Kardashian family was all up in arms when they made the announcement of the wedding because they didn't even hardly know Lamar at the time since he had only recently stepped into the picture. Check out GiveADish.com to find out if you can get Khloe and Lamar on your local stations to catch up on all the action.

LOTTO Numbers at Last!

2012-01-03T22:10:00.000-08:00

This is another something new that I accomplished at the start of the year!!! At last last night we were able to decide on the numbers after we got the love thing fortune cookie...

My budget would be $2 a week, $8 a month... Oh my gosh it would be hard to spend all of the money if I won! We will just forget about this numbers and wait for luck to pass by us lovebirds who needs the money... haha, who knows?

He Gave Me Flower... No, A Rose!

2012-01-03T21:45:00.000-08:00

Around 6:30 this evening I pulled up in front of the garage and called my mom, I had to share some interesting news that's why I stayed in the car because I could only be too loud inside the house. It wasn't until five minutes later that I noticed Honey's car pulled up beside me and I wondered why he was home? He works 3pm to 11pm so there must be something he needs to do. I didn't see that long stemmed rose coming, I swear! Wala ko gikilig Basiga!!! Haha!

I thought my husband should know me better by now, I am not the type of girl you would give flowers to. I grew up in a garden and maybe that is why I don't appreciate flowers as much because of too much familiarity. This is the third time I got flowers from this guy, once during my birthday and the other was during valentines day, all thru the help of LBC. He told me he has to give me a rose, at least a stem of rose, because it is our wedding anniversary already... I'm like, okay??? I should be appreciating this gesture huh? Instead of asking him to convert it to cash that I badly need?

We went to the chinese buffet last night by the way, Honey made me cry yesterday because he pissed me off and I had my period! I wasn't in the mood at all and wasn't talking to him until almost fortune cookie time... and this is what we got...

Well... We certainly hope so too! I have to cut off my horns, seriously...

2012: First Strike

2012-01-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

I thought of joining Honey's surfing craze. I recently saw Attorney Sweet's surfing endeavor in Mati and I thought to myself, why not?

I was already searching for a wetsuit this morning and I was too eager to tell Honey last night to go Santa Cruz today to start surfing! First of all, I don't think I really meant that statement, water right now is freezing and I think I could die out there. Honey just showed me in random how a surfer is supposed to ride his board:

Honey is so good at this surfing stuff now I think, he could move his way to the waves better, I think he is getter better compared to my brother in law, but that is just me, in favor of my husband somehow haha!

I will post some updates about my upcoming surfing endeavor here soon... This will be one of my something new for this year. Goodluck!

*** We went out last night to meet the new year, we were originally planning to join Honey's cousins at the bar... Unfortunately while in the area, I just gave up because I didn't know that people here would wait in line so ID's could be checked before being allowed inside! I was like OMG this is just too much and I knew right then and there that I couldn't do it. So we ended up eating in that Korean place in El Camino again, and by the way, I will just refer to it as "Korean Restaurant" as I couldn't find an English name anywhere in that place... We went home right after and witnessed a little bit of fireworks from the hood. This is my New Year's Eve Update.. ***

Budget

2011-12-31T18:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

My husband and I are doing our best to watch our budget lately, as a lot of people are. And by “my husband and I,” I mean “I” am trying to watch my budget. My husband is far better at saving money than I am, as I tend to view money as fairly expendable. It’s something we’re working on slowly, so we’ve been trying to cut costs where we can. I stumbled across DirectStarTV the other day and noticed that we could be saving a lot of money on our TV costs. We’ve had cable since we got married, and I figured out that we could get a ton more channels, plus some pretty awesome movie channels, for less than we’d been spending every month. We made a quick call to make the switch, and it’s been one of the easiest ways we’ve found to save money. I may or may not be spending some of that extra money on shoes, but like I said, I’m working on it. Rome wasn’t built in a day, right? That’s what I tell my husband, at least.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now!

2011-12-30T20:54:00.000-08:00

Forgive me but I am just doing this for fun! This song has been our favorite in the karaoke, this could really be our theme song now. This video was taken at Rendel's aunt's house during her birthday before Christmas. Honey just loves karaoke, and I don't think he could deny that! It is cool that Honey and I could really team up when it comes to karaoke because I am always on the go too! Take me wherever I would sing no matter what!

Please don't take this video seriously, because I know it wouldn't go far!

Impromptu Korean Dinner

2011-12-30T19:50:00.000-08:00

We had time to hang out with friends on a Saturday night about two weeks ago... We left their place at around 1 am and we decided we need more stuffers to survive the evening. We came late to the party and sadly there's not enough food anymore and both of us were looking for rice.

Honey brought me to this Korean place in El Camino Real or Saratoga, that was the place his friends brought him into the night before our wedding. The town just appeared to me like a Korean-infested area as I've seen mostly Korean establishments. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the restaurant, but I will not forget how delighted I was with their great food and service. I would need to write a follow up on this restaurant soon as I get the chance to go back.

I am lucky I had my camera so I had a chance to take some photos:

One thing that makes me fall in love with Korean cuisine is the well prepared side dishes. It is awesome how they compliment the meat and the rice. I have also this impression that their food is healthier because they use lesser oil, and they always have veggies.

We are planning to go to a Korean buffet next Monday for our 1st wedding anniversary. Originally the plan was to have a 5-course dinner in a French Restaurant, but we figured we would not enjoy dressing up for the occasion because we would stay wrapped-up anyway and couldn't show off because its winter. We are sure another occasion will call for another fine dining event and we will see that we won't miss it.

Artsy House... Someday

2011-12-29T23:18:00.001-08:00

I love art. It has been my greatest fascination to dig in deeper into its profound mysteries. Recently I got a magazine of beautiful houses full of fine and elegant architecture. I couldn’t fail to notice that there’s more to thecomposition of those houses than just the accessories and furnitures that fills it, and I couldn’t help but to give most of the credit to the tiny details involved in piecing the whole building together. All are really products of excellent engineers and designers combined.

Did I tell you that I love colors? I mean, who doesn’t? Colors just bring more existence to life itself, and that’s the one thing that I wouldn’t want to overlook or overdo when I build my own house someday. One thing that could contribute to an essential accent in the house is the smart choice of tiles to use. Aside from the paint, tiles will elegantly put your architecture on top especially when they are picked meticulously! I just discovered a site that specializes in mosaic tiles and they have really wide variety of products to choose from! Come to think of it, mosaic is a really unique and elegant pattern that could make your space really alive. The site features a gallery of different mosaic tiles and it is hard not to fall in love with each and everyone of them!

I have been dreaming of designing my own kitchen and bathroom. For the kitchen I am envisioning the colors green, red, yellow, and cream. I can picture a very bright kicthen with a colorful accent, and a partition of a colorful glass mosaicthru somewhere around the house. The bathroom could be all black, but should be composed of a glass mosaic tile because I want it to look very high-end and I like the power of black! Actually a black and cream combination for a bathroom would do. Everything need not be exaggerated at this point I suppose but my choice of tiles will really contribute to the feel and impression of the entire house, definitely I will not miss a mosaic tile.

The family actually had a conversation about getting a house next year, we figured this is the best time to try to buy a house since interest rates are low. Based on our previous conversations, we could try to get a fixer-upper in a decent neighborhood and remodel it according to our taste. I already have a very colorful plan in mind! If I could, I would take over the remodelling process so nobody could get in my way of achieving an artsy but decent looking house!

I Have to Get My LOTTO Number!

2011-12-28T22:12:00.000-08:00

Recently I have been dreaming of winning the lottery. It is insane yes, especially so because even before I realized that dream, I already have plans on how to spend the money! Oh how that's going to be a big problem for me if in case! My mother-in-law then told me there isn't a chance for me winning it because I dream about it a lot, but who knows?

Is there a formula of picking the best number combinations? I am wondering, but of course there isn't... The chance of winning the lottery is just pure luck and if I won, that means I must really be so so so so so so so so lucky! I am thinking actually of trying two combinations, and I have been planning of getting me a ticket since forever! Honey is just waiting for me but maybe sometime this week I will make up my mind. The first number combination would come from the very first fortune cookie that I got from a buffet restaurant here in America, I mean, who knows that could be it? The second number combination will be important dates to me that is a little different from Honey's important-dates-number combination, just a little swing and I might really win it!

I could only tell you a lot about my plans if I won, but then again that would really just sound absurd right now. If ever too, there is no way that I would announce it here in the first place! So, the best of luck to me!

Dinner in the Car

2011-12-03T19:52:00.000-08:00

This happened moments ago...

The story: I spilled my lunch when I was about to reheat it this noon in the office, it was non-stop service at the bank on a Saturday like this and there was a crazy parade in downtown Los Gatos that it was nearly beyond impossible to grab some decent meal outside. I am having my first day of period and I was close to passing out. So, I told Honey that I would get us some Chinese food for dinner, and he suggested that we eat it in the car outside where he works, and I was like hmmmm, that's something new for us so I went for it!

It was like a romantic dinner kind of like a picnic of some sort, we laid the packaged food on the hood and started dinner inside the car. It was a cold autumn night but for two hungry people, it was the best place to be in the whole wide world!

I don't know, but I got a kiss before I drove home and it was just the sweetest! I am in love, and should you wonder why? =)

In N Out Burger Dinner Treat

2011-12-01T19:40:00.000-08:00

Last night came as a surprise, shortly after I got home, Honey gave me a call and asked if I wanted burger, but actually I wanted burger + fries and didn't mention about the soda. All the while I thought he was just in the nearby McDonalds outside the house so I wasn't that enthusiastic, but minutes later I saw an In N Out burger meal!!! Weeeee!!! I mean, that was the best dinner treat! Honey is the sweetest, I wonder why... Haha!

Did I mention that In N Out has got the best fries in the whole wide world?! Their fries is just awesome! I wouldn't trade it for any other fries, I swear! It's fresh, its crunchy, and it has a distinct taste of its own that I love. This burger joint is really famous for its best burgers and top notch service. I'd say they picked the perfect name for their business, people just keep on coming In N Out all day until night! Highly recommended! Really...

So this thing about honey treating me to some dinner is not really that odd, I'm taking back my wondering in the first paragraph. That is just how he treats his wife, or else!

Trying Mohawk

2011-11-22T18:06:00.000-08:00

For a change...

So I was able to convince Honeypie my sweetypie to try the mohawk cut. It has been like forever since I last saw him with hair, and I swear he really looks good with some hair! It was only 4 years ago that he decided to stop growing his hair and stick to home remedy shavers. He still looks good to me of course, but I wanted to add a twist into his hair fashion. It was just one of those days that I wanted him to wear an earring, a V-neck shirt, acid-washed worn-out jeans, and citrus cologne. I mean, can I avoid it? I just wanted him to look good.

I don't have the pictures here yet since we are trying to get used to his mohawk cut. We are getting there though, we got the haircut on Sunday, November 20. Give me 2 weeks to a month and I'll be able to show some visual updates... Until then!

Honey is Sick

2011-11-16T18:57:00.000-08:00

It all started when he ate a pancake with a lot of sweet tasteful syrup behind my back. Well obviously you'd get a sore throat that could turn into a fever and hard dry cough.

I had a Sunday and Monday off last weekend, same as Honey's, and he was like I just want to sleep and play Pumpkins vs. Monsters...

Well, he said he is feeling little by little everyday, but he's not yet all pumped up. Ya better get well for the 49ers game in SFO on Sunday! Picture picture! Pak!

My First Year Anniversary in America!

2011-11-15T20:39:00.000-08:00

I recall the noisy streets of Manila, the tasteless feeling of being at work awaiting for freedom, and all the other last minute preparations before I came here...

It was not a smooth ride, it was a 14-months wait, but as I've always said, it was all worth it, until at last the immigration sent me my US Visa...

I arrived here 7 pm on November 15, my port of entry, San Francisco... Here are some of the photos that night...

I remember my sleepless 14-hours flight from Manila to San Francisco, how I felt so blank and uneasy, blank stare and crying from time to time. I didn't want to leave my mom there, and it was so hard seeing her cry and cry until she let go of me, especially so because that was the first time I've seen her cried that hard, and she was so helpless.

I remember how I felt as I saw the lights of San Francisco as the plane descended, I remember the clean smell of the surroundings, and I remember the first cold clean breeze of that one Autumn evening. That night was so priceless, it was the long awaited moment that put closure to the long distance love affair, and it was the sweetest day for me!

Today, Honey is supposedly to buy me my first year anniversary presents, but I thought he didn't really know huh?

Wishlist:

1. Beautiful, 3.4oz
2. Pleasures, 3.4 oz
3. PSP color red, touch screen
4. Diamond Earrings
5. Gucci Shades
6. Gucci Bag

*** I accept accumulated presents since Christmas is on its way... I will gladly accept them all in bulk, I certainly got it!

The Piggy Bank's Status

2011-11-11T15:41:00.000-08:00

I just so want to share this childish attempt of my husband! Can you imagine this?!!! I am not taking a look inside alright! I bet there's still $40 in there as of the moment, haha!

Wedding Ring

2011-11-11T15:24:00.000-08:00

Lately, there is a need for me to wear my ring to work.

When we got married on January, Honey and I didn't put that much effort on finding our rings. We picked our rings only to have something to put on during the ceremony, without the intent of wearing them everyday. It was almost Thanksgiving Day when I arrived and it was when we shopped for our rings.

We picked 19k cubic zirconia rings for about $150 already for the both of us. I intentionally did not pick a band because I just wanted a ring that is not too boring, and one that wouldn't look like a wedding ring at all. Guess what, now I am super regretting it!

Here's what is going on lately, there are guys that have been hitting on me at my work and I am not liking it. Being at the service side of the boat, my job is to engage customers in a conversation and be friendly and always smile, but I do not flirt. I don't think I am capable of flirting at all. Occasionally I insert personal stories just so I could mention my "husband" and let them know that I am married, and I thought I have been successful.

I didn't know that wearing a ring is a big deal here in America. So I would hear, you're married? You're not wearing a ring! Yes I am married and I am happy, I would say.

So yesterday, I started to wear my ring again. Actually I have been wearing both rings since Honey is not using his ring so I use both so I could get them sit in my finger comfortably. They are just not the right fit for me, unfortunately. I wear them both so it would look legit, its like an engagement and a wedding ring. Unfortunately again, I have to wear them in my right finger, the wrong side, since it will not fit my left finger. Whew! This is all becoming all to sweaty for me!

Plan: To get legit wedding rings in the Philippines as soon as possible! In there it is cheaper, and in there it is already custom-made. When will that day be realized oh Lord?!!!

***By the way, today is the mark of this blog's third year, so happy birthday my dear blog! 11-11-11!

Honey's Latest Activity

2011-11-08T21:20:00.000-08:00

Surfing. I don't know if I'm liking it or if I am just trying hard to not like it. I can't take away the awakening fear of sharks hanging around the corner and the possibility of big strong waves that can throw him out against the big rocks. Is fear a common thing for a wife? Or is it only that my husband just married a freaking paranoid?

So I'm putting all the drama that I could just to keep him from surfing. The thing is, he starts work at 3 in the afternoon until 11 in the evening, so he has hours during the day to escape, while I am of course at my 9-6 job. He does his football during the weekends, though it lately has been down to only Saturdays, and for me, one surfing session during the week should be enough. Hah! If I could just stay home and watch him just sit there, but he just isn't the type who would sit around while he can still do something better. It is good exercise alright, I can't argue with that, but I am just a paranoid, is that so hard to put up with?!

Here's another thing, the weather is getting colder, but he still goes to Santa Cruz with my brother in law, and I thought the weather could put a stop to this latest craze! Who ever invented this insulated wet suit?!!! Well, he is not cold that's what he says... Humming...

Honeyfied New Look... Again

2011-11-08T20:47:00.000-08:00

Yeah buddy.... and I messed it up, obviously. I couldn't figure out how to place that photo of ours at the center. It's nice that I have that lines in the background, it kind of hides the imperfection of my layout, if it at all does haha! I'm bored, and I am giving the readers a hard time with my newly-found font style. I just want a girly look right now, and I have no clue until when this is going to last!

This blog is supposed to be alive, so I will not tire of reinventing this time and again.

On my 28th!

2011-10-27T21:47:00.000-07:00

Nothing fancy, as usual, as with my past birthdays... This is the very first birthday spent with Honey though. I knew I didn't want to host a party, inviting people over at the house is pretty awkward, especially so because I am not really sure if I like them to share my day, so I kept close people, my Honey and Mother-in-law only, (the brother in-law and the girlfriend had to work) and spent the whole day in San Francisco...

Originally, I still have to explore the rest of San Francisco, and I thought we would finish everything yesterday, but not quite, there are still a few remaining activities to look forward to and places to go...

So we went at a Korean Resto for lunch, spent a few hours and not quite a few bucks at the Zoo in the hope of seeing a silver back gorilla, but it was not there... visited the Palace of Fine Arts, The World's Most Crooked Road, The Ghirardelli Square, and lastly, Coit Tower. Overall, it was worth it, especially so with the photos that we took.

So as you all know, I advanced my birthday gift already, my Nikon D700 (a split between me and Honey), and may I say that I really really do love it! I would really cherish every shot that we take and I can't wait to make a photo album story! It is the best DSLR yet, really really AMAZING.

Now I am 28, two more years before I say goodbye to the 2-series. I would love to get serious with the plan of having a baby soon, right after the fancy US tours and cruises, and some Europe adventures!

My month would soon be over, and I am looking forward to my 29th!

Green Card Arrived in the Mail!

2011-10-15T22:43:00.000-07:00

At last! After 48 years I am legit! Though the journey was bumpy and the wait was painfully over delayed, the feel of the actual green card is worth it! In times when USCIS delayed my papers, the office of Congressman Lofgren never failed me.

It's funny how they call this a green card, I am lazy to dig in the history as of the moment, but literally though, its barely green, it is a lifeless washed green!

I am just happy that they got my name correct now. At least I am confident to move around here already, got my California Driver License and my Green Card already and both are in my married name! AWESOME!!!

Honey's Exercise Ordeal

2011-09-28T15:20:00.000-07:00

As promised, I am giving you an update.

We have a deal that Honey should lose weight before we have our little photo shoot. So far, he has been consistent with his football on weekends, and added to that, he bought a punching bag so he could literally lose weight WHILE STILL EATING WHAT HE LIKES TO EAT AT ANYTIME.

So... Today is my dayoff, and I had the chance to take photos of him in the patio doing his thing...

In addition to that punching bag, there is also this little exercise machine sitting in there that I only know as "The Health Rider"...

I also use the health rider when I am in the mood for some exercise, I do 500 crunches in a day. The health rider actually works your whole body.

I also would not like to discount the fact that Honey bought a set of this DVD called "Beach Body"...

The Beach Body includes five workouts: Total Body, Lower Body, Abs, Cardio, and Yoga Flex. I have to be honest that making Beach Body a daily routine is really an ordeal, I tried it a couple of times because I want to get rid of the baby fat in my thighs, and the rest of the times I just ignore it. I'd rather ignore it than do it, its a 10-minute exercise per workout category and it really sweats you out! The day after I'd be sore all over and I still have to wear high heels to work, and that makes it not fun.

Honey can really be self-disciplined, when he says he'll do it, he will find time for it so he can do it. I hope when the photo shoot day arrives, he will be in good shape, he did it last year, I am sure he can do it this time.

Nikon D7000 Update

2011-09-13T23:01:00.000-07:00

I just placed my order!

Two days ago I discovered the huge sale around the internet. I have had enough positive reviews out of D7000 that I was convinced enough to buy it by hook or by crook. As planned, I already advanced my supposed to be birthday gift =) It is a split between us lovebirds, but that's alright, no complaints, at least naay ka split!

My order will come in a 17-pc kit, all accessories included plus 2 lenses. It was really a good deal. It was for $1500 all in all, free shipping, tax free, brand new sealed in a box, comes with the manufacturer's warranty. The processing time is 24-72 hours and the ground shipping 7-9 days. I am crossing my fingers that my new baby will arrive before we go LA. It better be!

I have decided that this new baby will be hands-off to anybody but us, and will be treated like a princess. I recall my first digital camera mishap, I had a Canon digital camera custom ordered in Japan years and years back, a friend borrowed it and the next thing I noticed the LCD was broken. I decided to keep everybody off the hook, I can't afford this thing to not last!

I Got A Weekend Off!

2011-09-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

Finally! After dealing with a lot of negotiating, I confirmed this afternoon that I am getting a 2-day off! Los Angeles here we come! --- its not San Francisco anymore, I figured I wanted somewhere far.

Honey's going to be in Florida next week to attend his friend's bachelor's party, he will be gone for 3 days, and the weekend right after will be our precious lover's escapade! This is part of renewing the lover's bond to make the world go round, we couldn't just work too hard and not enjoy it!

So, therefore, I am thinking what we could do for those 2 days. I am thinking of going Disneyland, have a photo taken at the famous Hollywood sign, visit The Avenue of the Stars, and uhmmmm... the rest I still have to search on!

Unlike San Francisco,where it is always winter, Los Angeles' weather is overly agreeable so I could use my summer clothes, no sweat. All I could think about are the photos that we are going to take together, you'd probably not gonna see it on Facebook, but I sure will post some here.

Excited!

Our September: First Strike

2011-09-06T21:38:00.000-07:00

So we planned to go shopping.

Yesterday, Labor day, was the smartest day to implement the plan. Oh how I love America! Did I tell you that shopping here during vast sale events is really AWESOME? Or beyond that! Items really go on TRUE SALE, and these items are always great finds!

Before we hit the factory outlet in Milpitas, we stopped over at our favorite buffet place in Sunnyvale, it was to prepare our body for the long and endless hours of walking around that big box! The Sunny Buffet is really becoming my favorite, what with its meaty crabs and delicious mushrooms! Yum!

Labor day by the way is not your usual shopping day, as expected, parking was scarce. Honey and me, together with my mother-in-law hit the mall at 2pm. I'd say that I am really picky when it comes to shopping, I have this particular thing in mind that I want to buy and that is what I search for when shopping, and I won't settle for anything else, unless I find a really appealing stuff, or worse, when I had to go home empty-handed, like what almost happened yesterday.

The story...

When we entered the mall, we stopped at PacSun first, a retail outlet that sells brands like Billabong, O'Neill, Roxy, Fox and their own brand. I wasn't surprised that Honey did not come out empty handed - it was where he found his 3 pairs of shorts, and maybe 5 or so pieces of shirts, my mother-in-law also got herself something. It was crazy, the store was selling items on BOGO (Buy One, Get One half the price) already, plus an additional 30% discount upon checkout, I mean, how cool is that?! Another good thing about America is, we can easily afford material things without working too hard on it, or saving months and months for it, we could get it whenever we want to as long as we are getting our paycheck. Yesterday, a day or two worth or work is enough to cover what we bought for ourselves actually, and of course, we were already very happy.

But... there was almost a mishap. 5 hours passed by and I still only have that 1 piece of dress from Hollister (original price was $39, on sale at $16, plus an extra 40% at checkout, and I only paid $9), I swear my mood turned bitter! I almost bought myself another set of undies or a bottle of perfume just so I would not go home empty-handed! Looking at Honey and mother-in-law just picking whatever they see really pissed me off! So I raised the red flag, and we were on our way to Macy's at the last hour, from Milpitas to Oakridge.

I was thinking to get me a pair of sunglasses or make-up, but then I decided to go for the make-up. I thought it was about time to stop buying drugstore cosmetics, I have been on them since the day I learned how to put them on... Though it was really quite a splurge, and I signed up again for another credit card just to get an extra 15% from my purchase, I went home a happy baby. =)

When I tried to put on that dress I bought from Hollister and it was really really so beautiful, Honey was about in time to decide he'll return an item or two (here goes another interesting story by the way, he bought 3 pairs of cargo pants at Old Navy, but all he wanted was the belt that comes free with them), and so I told him to get me another 3 pieces, and now I have 4 of them! I am ready for Philippines!

I Missed August!

2011-09-02T19:33:00.000-07:00

...going back, August came and left without a warning. Since I got on this other job, it has been work and work for me, and Honey's on to his 2 jobs as well. There is still a thin line left in between for this shituation to be manageable, and for that I'm glad.

Life according to Honey, is becoming a routine - BORING.

So tonight, there will be a meeting about what to do two weeks from now. Since I am meeting my cousin in San Francisco, we would be planning a stay at the city and tour it and spend the night there somewhere. On August, we spent two trips with the family to do some crabbing at the pier by the Golden Gate, but we figured we missed a lot of fun stuff so therefore we're gonna pick it from there. Next month, my birthday month (yipee! excited for my DSLR) I hope we could go Vegas or Los Angeles, I really hope! I think I deserve a long weekend at work for my birthday!

I don't intend to skip posts, it is just that, when I get home from work, during the past weeks, I was busy catching up with "Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin" on tv, and I swear I've been missing it since the finale.

Here is a list of the remaining updates that I should be dwelling on the next posts:

1. Honey's exercise ordeal
2. My dream bed set
3. The savings plan
4. My birthday gift haha! A DSLR - working too hard to get a Nikon D7000, and I swear I would not settle for anything less!

Now it is the unfortunate time to fix our room and fix myself right after. The Chinese food was really great, even though I spent $30 for two servings!

Gatorade in The Fridge

2011-07-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

It is almost like a collection now. Maybe Honey just didn't notice there are two bottles left, but then he bought four more which makes it all six. Definitely the thirst quencher for my football superstar. Its football weekend!

"An Umbrella That Fakes the Sunshine"

2011-07-28T19:09:00.000-07:00

Guest post written by Rachel Blunt

I really hate rainy weather. I think that most people say that they hate rainy weather, but people really don't understand just how much I hate rainy weather. I have naturally curly hair and anyone that has the same understands that rain and humidity is your worse enemy. It takes a lot to tame my curls and if the weather is wet or humid, it seems to undo all of my hard work. So I take an umbrella with me no matter where I go and the weather forecast.

But my umbrella takes quite a beating and I want to find one that's a little more neutral than the zebra print one that I have now. I went online to find a good umbrella and while I was looking online I came across some fantastic offer that I had to take advantage of and signed up for one of them for my home internet service.

I did find a nice charcoal gray umbrella that folds up really small. I can take it anywhere with me and I can even use it going to work and feel professional.

So Cute

2011-07-26T20:35:00.000-07:00

Uhummmmmmm! Look at that, a shot with Rica Peralejo? Nice one Honeypie... Haha! My mother in law has been telling me about this photo since forever and now that she found it last, I couldn't help myself but post it!

Can I post a photo of me and Gerald Anderson too? Haha!

Honey's Dead Nails

2011-07-12T19:23:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, my football superstar got injured on Sunday. This is it, it still hurts two days after, and he is hoping it will get better before the next weekend. My Honey isn't missing a football game, whatever it takes!

Scrabble Free!

2011-07-10T22:23:00.000-07:00

Lately...

I asked Honey to leave one of his iPhones this weekend so I could continue my Words With Friends Game with my random opponents in Facebook. Who would've thought he'd be interested in words too?

Here is a revelation, Honey hates spelling! Spelling is his weakest link! =)

In my thirst to look for a regular opponent, Honey downloaded Scrabble Free last night so I don't have to wait for somebody to play with... Sweet!

This game is really addictive i tell you!

Piggy Bank

2011-06-27T22:49:00.000-07:00

That is Honey's piggy standing on our bed. He has been filling it with some for days now. He purposely used this piggy instead of just putting the money onto our joint savings account to be unconscious of the money he's currently got which he is saving up for a vacation to the Philippines. I talked him out of setting aside $200 for each of us every month to the savings account, and we are doing only $170 plus his personal piggy bank.

I swear I'd rather tour the US! Problem is, it is really hard to take a break from work, so that my Paid Time Off is just reserved for emergencies. We can still do some traveling around here because occasionally I get a three-day weekend at work, and Honey could just ask for a leave anytime, his work is that lenient.

Honey told me not to peek into the piggy, but I was tempted to this morning. When he told me this afternoon he's saved up a lot in the piggy already, I wasn't able to hold back and told him yeah right, $40 to be exact, haha!

Save! Save! Save! We want to go Caribbean!

Some Old Things Have To Go

2011-06-27T13:19:00.000-07:00

Or not really...

Let me show an old pair of Nike Air Force 1...This had been Honey's shoes for three or so years...

Honey had been using the above shoes for quite some time already, it could pass for an antique collection by the look of it! First seen it in 2008, but he actually had one other pair of this shoe design but of another color but unfortunately it has to go first.

Me and my mother in law have been suggesting for Honey to get a new pair of shoes, but he wasn't listening for the reason that he is already comfortable using this shoes and that they've been together anywhere - so there is this kind of emotional attachment to this shoes that he couldn't let it go... He gave away a few couple of shoes to his relatives in the Philippines, I was shocked the moment I saw his closet as he brought like 10 pairs of shoes all in all during his vacation three years ago! Then all of a sudden, the shoe fanatic just settled for the above shoes, and he didn't care.

I have to agree with the comfort part you know, and maybe I have to agree a little on the emotional attachment part as well. I have some shoes or slippers that have been with me for a longer period of time, only that, I don't wear them everyday so I have a reason to keep them right?

For Honey's birthday I had talked him out to buy him two pairs of about the same kind of shoes as my birthday gift, and he agreed. I thought we could get rid of this red shoes already but for some reason sentimental, I still find this shoes in the shoe rack by the door! The very reason why I couldn't help myself from posting it here, hehe...

Philippines Here We Come???

2011-06-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

October or November 2011, just because it was written within the 1 year goal, it couldn't be ignored!

Honey so wants to go to the Philippines for vacation this year, I had a feeling I couldn't go because I am new at work, and though I have 18 days paid time off from work, it might be that others are already scheduled for a vacation on this period... I have 18 days paid time off from work but the problem is I don't have my own money to pay for the ticket, which price by the way is soooo crazy! I told Honey I would just cry.

Going to the Philippines this year is not really my favorite topic. Maybe it will be when I get another part time job, or if I would be allowed to take 3 weeks to a month from my current job. I don't feel that it is the time for me to go back to the Philippine yet, though I would really love to if given the lenience.

Learning the Guitar

2011-06-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

I could play less than 10 chords, most are open chords and some simple flats and sharps. I've learned how to strum the guitar from church back in the olden days...

Honey has a guitar sitting on top of the cabinet just outside our door, and I never thought his guitar isn't cheap! So, I took it out and have it in our room for inspiration, so it could be put to use and have both of us learn some songs to play. Cool right? By the way, here is a photo of the now USEFUL guitar, I was amazed it was actually in tune haha!

Two days ago Honey had to play football with some newbies at the PayPal field and I decided to come but I stayed in the car with the guitar together with a chord book and two sheets of printed songs...

I am feeling the callouses growing at my fingertips but I like it! There is nothing more important than to learn some songs and stage a make believe that we are really good at playing this instrument haha! It is fun to have something new to do without having to spend anything for it anymore... I wonder if there are anything else that I could find around the house that could arouse my interest and could engage us lovebirds.

There is this particular song that we are really so hooked up into right now, a duet, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is the title, and this is our ultimate goal to learn how to strum this song and to be able to sing along with the strumming! This is just a 4-chord song but the heck it is just so ambitious! I have already asked my cousin in the Philippines to upload a video tutorial so we could practice this song and perfect it.

Slowly reading on some guitar tutorials online and is hoping that I could keep my interest on it. Fun stuff!

2 Consecutive Days Off!

2011-06-15T19:47:00.000-07:00

Excited!

True, one would want something that he doesn't have... I recall my first few days here when I was too excited and expectant to get a job, now that I have one (part-time at that) I couldn't wait to have at least a month's off. Life has been so good to us lovebirds though, can't complain. Time is still of essence. I am still looking forward to our every bonding moment together. There must be some movies that we could watch tonight since neither of us is going to be up early tomorrow... Honey's going to have a football tourney in San Francisco on weekend so if his work would allow we could gather up there and bond, there are great Frisco deals in Facebook that we could check out. The Santa Cruz getaway hasn't been realized yet but hopefully we could get it done sometime on one special occasion...

My two days off are like precious golden moments to me that I should not just let it go to waste. There are not that much cleaning to do around anyway so maybe I could learn new songs to play or finish a book review, Honey has to go to work at 3pm anyway. My long time plan to get serious with Odesk.Com has no future I bet, I am too lazy to take up that readiness test, and besides, I could see a lot of Philippine employers hiring, and that is not too attractive for me... I also have to give Indeed.Com a shot for a full time job, HAVE TO, I have obligations to fulfill and some IOU's and we have to buy us a DSLR and save up for the future. Plans.

I could do more blog posts tomorrow, let me actually update some more, I have more better stories to tell!

Next Pay Day Project

2011-06-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

We definitely are in need of a shoe organizer for our room... I have one organizer under the bed but it can only accommodate my shoes, and as I accumulate new shoes and Honey as well, the need for a new house arises. The above shoe organizer is the ideal for somebody like me who doesn't want a lot of things in the room, I could just put it under our study table or beside the TV stand... It would cost around $40 but if I could find the very same masterpiece at Craiglist, I would take it without thinking!

I am not yet sure if the next pay day would allow me to splurge for a new shoe house... will update!

A Young Seductress' Tale

2011-06-13T19:29:00.000-07:00

This morning, Honey and I went to the Seafood City (an Asian Business Community) and had lunch at Chowking. There was this little girl and she was with her what seemed to be Asian grandfather and they sat at the table right in front of us. The little girl was tisay, around 8 to 10 years old. I noticed her looking at Honey from time to time, I stared at her while she did her thing in the hope that she would look at me too but to my surprise, she didn't even try to look at my direction AT ALL! Minutes passed and Honey told me that the same little girl was now staring at me, and when I looked at her our eyes met and she held my gaze! She didn't even hesitate to change direction, she locked gaze with me like challenging me or what! Wow! Whats more was, I noticed she was already copying my sitting position, her legs crossed in number 8! Haha! Oh my, I have to watch out for little she devil conscious girls now, their kind could be my future rival in my Honey's eyes but I hope not!

Honey's Birthday is Coming Up!

2011-06-08T16:37:00.000-07:00

Two days to go, three days before the party starts...

This is the very first of his birthdays that I would be able to be physically present and celebrate it with him, so there is definitely going to be a little extra going out of the way to please on my part that is going to happen. We are having the party at the house on Saturday, have to invite some relatives and close family friends over. There is a good cleaning to be done, and maybe organizing up a bit to make room for visitors, tomorrow is my dayoff and guess work should start tomorrow.

There is also a need to prepare for additional menus, and I have to take care of the dessert as it is the only area in my cooking capacity that I am confident of. Thinking of making the birthday cake, in either chocolate cake or carrot cake. Also thinking of adding up more sweets by making a bowl of fruit salad, and brazo de mercedes. Mother in law's going to prepare for the rest, and we are expecting some presents in the form of food from relatives... There should be sodas and booze too...

=) Will make the final plan tonight...

Practicing How to Make Curls

2011-05-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

Befriending my HerStyler curling iron after all the chores of the day were done. Here is my curly locks update...

I like it! It feels perfect to me! I just have one dilemma though, how do I ever group the curls together so that it appears neat? =( Any idea???

HerStyler Curling Iron

2011-05-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

Honey bought me a curling iron last night, haha! He got tired of listening to my rants everytime I see blonde teenagers or just regular teenagers wearing curls! There ya go, one big iron curler for the wife.

I had given up on my hair a long time ago. I discovered I took after my grandmother's not so wonderful hair and mine is just the Lion King or the Tazmania Devil version. For some time when I was in the Philippines, I've always managed to have my hair fixed in the salon, I get to have a rebond treatment for every 8-12 months, that way, my hair could stay manageable and I could just wear it down without further ado everyday. Here in the States though, unfortunately, going to a salon will cost me a lot, so for some time I just settled on pony tails and braids, UNTIL LAST NIGHT!

I just tried my iron curler today and it seems that I need to consult youtube for curling tutorials. I hate it how some girls are just born so stylish and I am not, haha! Nah, I am learning. I should be learning, don't you think? This is the economic times.

Initially, this product is so far okay and I could attest that the curls would hold longer probably up to 6 hours as compared to when using the regular plastic curlers from the olden days. I registered it for warranty just in case because Honey spent $130 for a single curling iron, so so so, I had to be extra careful, especially so because Honey's spending style on this particular product is really out of pattern haha!

Here are just some of the curls that I want, ideally I would really love to wear big curls...

I should be getting on learning how to achieve these big curls so I can wear it to work in Tuesday hehe... I still have to buy me that heat protectant for my hair though. Will update on my curls some time... See ya!

Wedding Videos

2011-05-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

Funny how I'm suddenly stuck in watching celebrity wedding videos. Grooms crying watching their lovely brides is really something that got me particularly. It is weird to have this wedding dream come to me five months after I got married! Haha! So therefore, there is going to be another wedding -- a beach wedding --- in the Philippines soon!

Looking at the pre-nup photos is another thing, I'm like, okay, let me actually scan for nice shots and possible themes and poses haha! Thinking of black and white. Mmmmmm... I will discuss this with Honey so we could prepare the budget! Obviously, however I want to keep the wedding attendance at the minimum, it is just so impossible because Honey's got a bunch of relatives, so thus the "BUDGET". Well, thinking about it now, we could just have 25 selected guests at the wedding, and wedding parties just have to be hosted at places where everybody from both sides could attend, that way I could achieve my dream beach wedding and could stretch the "BUDGET" for all.

Thinking of Malipano Island... in maybe two years time. =)

My Forced Chauffeur

2011-05-14T12:17:00.000-07:00

Honey, for two weeks now had been forced to sleep early in order to wake up early and drive me to work. That is but only a good husband's call to a wife that wasn't allowed to take the driving test yet. My forced chauffeur, only that he wasn't paid for it and he sure isn't driving a luxury car.

Happy Easter!

2011-04-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

Honey and I attended an 11 am Easter Sunday Mass today with my mother in law. Today was my second time to attend a church mass in a Catholic community in America. I was glad we were able to make it to the mass, at least we were able to partake the celebration of Christ's resurrection. I hope we could increase our church attendance though... Challenge!

Easter Sunday will always be special for me also because I was dedicated to the Lord on this day, before sunrise.

Black Saturday

2011-04-23T10:57:00.000-07:00

Oh well. Today is Black Saturday. My first Holy Week in America just got messed up. People here don't actually observe the Holy Week, as I noticed. I hope the family could gather tomorrow and attend an Easter Sunday Mass.

Alone in the house, I have to cook lunch for two people! Great! Now that has made my chores easier, goody! Thinking of just steaming some asparagus and broccoli and fry that organic meatballs (only that it is not meat but veggies) - but that's what the package said ORGANIC MEATBALLS. Alright then.

Honey is out playing his weekend football, I should be out there too doing my jogs, but today is just another cold day in Spring time again and I am also expecting my period so I skipped. I have been skipping my exercises.

Off to the kitchen.

Fingerprinting for the Job

2011-04-22T16:51:00.000-07:00

Today we went to that security services something to have me fingerprinted - part of the hiring process so I could proceed with the training. My fingerprints will then be submitted to the FBI to see if I match some criminal files! The officer who assisted me in my fingerprinting was a Filipina, and I was able to get a little info about the job that I am getting myself into and to some other good paying jobs around town as recommended by her - WALMART. Makes me think, I could really use another job! She told me she'd been there for 11 years and she is enjoying her stay for the good benefits and of course the good pay for a completely easy job. Mmm...

There is this feeling at this early point of the marriage that we are very much careful of dealing with. Both Honey and I didn't want to sacrifice our bonding moments for the money. He was kind of discouraging me actually to get a second job. I was thinking of getting a second job since we wont see each other until after 11pm daily, and I could put myself to work from 6pm until 11pm - I am thinking part time. What do you think? Time is always equivalent to money and I am eager to work as much as I could while there is still no baby. We could use the extra money for some vacation spree. Really. My logic is, I want a second job so we could spend the extra earnings on a far far away vacation spree all to ourselves and experience new places.

Whatever. I am considering going to school as well, maybe to pursue Banking & Finance or get serious with Accountancy and get licensed. Plans.

Will feedback.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

2011-04-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

I found a new karaoke song worth practicing! Humanda sa next party! HoneyFied practice mode!

The First Real Tears

2011-04-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

We resolved our case, I ended it with a hug, and the she-devil cried. I realized I have caused Honey some emotional burden when for the first time in our three years, his tears fell. He was silently crying and he cried for almost thirty minutes with this deep blank stare and I swear I could have just died. I didn't want him to cry, and I do not want to see him cry ever again, the sight was just so heartbreaking.

Case closed. I hope we could get rid of the nonsensical stuff. I also want to get rid of the strawberries in the fridge. Maybe juicing it tonight.

I Want to Declare: SILENCE

2011-04-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

The first cold war between us husband and wife had hit us last night - until today. I am not initiating a conversation for the reason that I know myself too well, I do not want to end up with too many useless not meant words that would just make things worst.

The culprit: The Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

Two nights ago my husband (I cannot event dare write the endearment yet) discovered these strawberry goodies in the fridge. Those belonged to my brother in law and his girlfriend, they made it for themselves. Unfortunately, he got a taste of it and wanted to eat some more. He decided to buy strawberries last night so we could make some to replace the strawberries he ate from my brother-in-law's plate and to make him the strawberries that he could call his own without the guilt of eating a lot. My first time melting a chocolate, i messed it up because a recipe said to put some cream, I sensed he was becoming impatient and declared to stop the making at the end of the fourth piece. I flared up, but I did not say anything. I finished cleaning up the kitchen and confined myself to my closed private world. I had been avoiding to let this side of me go out for a couple of months already but last night just triggered my horns.

In times like this I'd rather not speak to him at all. I was avoiding the sight of him inside our room and it was not easy. The feeling is just too overpowering. I was trying to think out what could have happened along the process of making that effing chocolate-dipped strawberries that lead me to develop this feeling. My horns are just up above me and I couldn't keep it to a place where I could control it. I am letting things be. I need to cool down.

For one, I did not feel good about him cutting down his self-made thrill when I was eager to learn how to make it not for myself, but for him who wants to eat it. It was his idea. For the record, I don't like strawberries and I just can't allow myself to eat chocolates. Another thing was, he made me feel like I really suck in the kitchen, which of course is very common to my knowledge, but was there really a need to make me feel that I REALLY REALLY SUCK AT COOKING, even for the fact that there I was, an eager wife in the process of learning something new for her husband? Lastly, I did not feel he appreciated the effort at all, and he proved to me that his impatience could not make us both work as a "team" in the kitchen. There. I'd stick to these three sentiments.

I curse this chocolate-dipped strawberries. I am not forcing this little issue to last for some more hours but I couldn't bring myself to sanity. My phone is right in front of me but I have no plan of sending out a text.

I recognize the fact that I throw tantrums on overly nonsense matters. This could be the third time in our overall relationship and I insist on believing this is just nothing. I know how difficult it is to deal with me.

Stars & Stripes Cola: New Favorite

2011-04-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

Honey and I accidentally discovered this affordable cola from the Dollar Tree on Tuesday. The cola actually tasted good, unexpectedly. I was kind of expecting something that would taste like the Philippine version of Pop Cola, but to our surprise Stars & Stripes actually tastes like close to Coca Cola!

There is this once in a while splurge on canned sodas in this house because my mother in law collects the tin cans and sell them, just like what I used to do in the Philippines, only that in here a pound would cost around $2 and in the Philippines a sack full would just cost around P28.

The Stars & Stripes is a 3 liter bulk and just costs a dollar, it is way worth it compared to buying a can of cola for a dollar. We could actually collect the bottles of soda and my mother in law could still sell them for couple of dollars.

I am getting hungry of soda and chips again that I am afraid I might be getting the lower right abdomen attack one of these days. I promise I'd control myself. Discovering this new cola product implies having to move on into water therapy again.

Biking

2011-03-29T19:54:00.000-07:00

Today was Honey's second off day, and he happened to be not so busy with his business in the side so I had thought of asking him for a biking exercise by the trail in the neighborhood, and he obliged. There are two mountain bikes in this house and I figured it would be nice if they'd be put to use once in a while like today. Since the DST, the sun is up until before 8 in the evening so it was perfect when we went for a bike at 5 p.m. and finished a little after 6:30. At least I had my exercise after two weeks of slacking. Honey's got his weekly exercise this Sunday but unfortunately I couldn't go.

It was a nice sight over there in the creek. We went to the Guadalupe Creek Trail as we live close by. I took some photos using my Nokia e71 so I could share them with you...

I found out I wasn't that good in biking anymore, I had a hard time turning! I was really scared when we had to cross the highway, though the light was on green, I just couldn't help to make a full stop every time I reach a curb and make a turn. Good thing I was alright after all. It has been four months since I last put my hands on a steering wheel, and I am now becoming doubtful of driving a car again...

This is just it for today, Honey and I still have to get dinner ready. ;)

Getting to the Job Interview

2011-03-28T14:46:00.000-07:00

...but where the h is my work authorization permit? I think I need to have it first before I go indulge myself in job interviews.

I got excited about what my friend Joy White told me about the work authorization arriving within two weeks after my biometrics. I then started sending out my revised resume to companies hiring online. There was a little revision needed as I am now Catherine Lorin-Basiga, unfortunately (how I wish we could've changed that to Starks when we applied for marriage permit) - but too late. I'm making everybody in the Philippines believe though that I am already Catherine Lorin-Starks, until they discover this blog. I already have ditched two job interviews since I got here, and that was because of the fear that I would only waste my time going to those interviews when I knew they would just have to disallow me the job upon the magic question, "May we see your working documents?". I was smart dealing with those almost too exciting scenarios with the help of my Honey.

This is the last week of waiting for the working permit based on the timeline set by Mrs. White. I successfully rescheduled the job interview on April 5 and I really wish good heavens will let USCIS send out my documents by that time. I have a couple of more days to prepare my real american english answers for the real american english questions. I am just starting on my quest, and I hope I could still get more job interviews in the next days. I am crossing my fingers that employers would count my good experience in the Philippines when they consider my application, but I am ready for whatever job to come my way anyway so... Mmm...

Will give an update...

Paranormal Activity: The Ordeal

2011-03-21T00:05:00.000-07:00

Honey borrowed Paranormal Activity from the library last week and tonight will be our third attempt to finish the movie. Whoever wants to finish it when it makes you jumpy for being home all alone!

Good luck...

I hope I would not be having trouble later during my midnight pees.

I hope I could shut down peripheral views by the hallway.

I hope I would not be left alone at home tomorrow!

I hope I could have somebody with me everyday when darkness starts to eat up!

All hopes!

This is fake courage I'm dealing with, I'm half-hearted to finish this movie but we just have to I guess... For the sake of our late night movie sessions.

Biometrics Done!

2011-03-17T15:01:00.000-07:00

March 14: my official appointment to the local USCIS office to have my fingerprinting.

Like I could already see my future! Biometrics is the second to the last step (if I am not mistaken) that I would have to go through before I complete my Adjustment of Status to Permanent Resident, and my application for Work Authorization, and Advance Parole for Travel Document! The process was quick and the office is big enough to accommodate a companion should you be needing to bring somebody with you.

I am counting the days! I can't wait for my Work Authorization to arrive!

Get Your Groupon!!!

2011-03-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Do you want to enjoy your life but is limited to budget? Worry no more! Groupon is just around the corner waiting for you to find great deals! Here's an introductory video that elaborates how Groupon operates:

I just realized that Groupon offers are just so perfect for us newlyweds! We could explore whatever things and places together at a fraction of a price! How great is that? There are a lot of good explorable things and places in San Jose that we want to do or visit, but without Groupon, it is way too luxurious that we would just end up saying to each other, maybe next time, but with Groupon offers hanging in the corner, we could actually get on the things we want to do and visit the places we want to go without worrying too much about money! With Groupon, we are always assured of a great deal, and you wouldn't find these great deals anywhere!

Groupon is also one perfect idea for a gift to someone dear to your heart. I am actually thinking of buying Groupon coupons as a wedding present to my cousin comes August! I will have to check out great deals in New York by that time, and hopefully they will have something that could make the newlyweds feel special.

Groupon is present around the world! I'm excited to schedule activities on our planned vacation in the Philippines on the 4rth quarter! The deals are just uber!!!

So what else are you waiting for? Get your Groupon now!

The All New Apple iPad 2

2011-03-12T22:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the day iPad 2 was officially released. Announcement about the release was made the day before but I heard it hardly made a noise to the world because of the unfortunate tsunami that hit Japan which was all over everywhere. Yesterday was also the day I first experienced lining up for a techie gadget along with other thousands of gadget freaks who were there since morning just to be the first to get the new iPad 2. People from all walks of life, young and old are there to get their iPad 2. In our case, we lined up for business. Honey has this friend who's helped him get on his electronics in eBay, so yesterday, Honey tried to help his friend get as many iPad 2 as possible so they can sell it, having the usual wisest concept in mind that the more iPad 2 they get ahead of others, the more profit. Yesterday was the best time to get it as normally it will take two weeks to replenish stocks the day after iPad 2's release, and true enough, today the Apple store is crowded not because there is a business-to-consumer transaction going on there, but it was crowded of people left a day behind who've got inquiries as to when the next stocks of iPad 2 will arrive. Concept of demand and supply: Honey's friend could sell it at higher price at this very moment as people are willing to pay for it because everybody is just crazy about it and they want to get it as fast as they can! After almost forever of falling in line, at the end of the day Honey's team bagged 11 pieces of iPad 2, but despite of that Honey's friend was still frustrated to have gathered only 17 pieces all in all. There was two iPad 2 per person limit implemented yesterday in the Apple store, and 1 per person limit at Best Buy, and unfortunately, Honey's friend along with his six other trusted acquaintances lined up in Best Buy. I know. That was adrenaline rush out there and nobody thought about the ticket guy. Nevertheless, Honey's friend has got a backup plan, as always.

I still wonder what's with this iPad, why people are so crazy about it? Isn't a laptop enough these days? I for one won't write an iPad 2 in my wishlist, I've got a laptop and it still works for me. Is it really important to get it only because having the latest iPad makes a person cool? Hmmmm...

So I've read, this new iPad 2 is thinner, lighter, and faster, plus a battery of up to 10 hours. It comes in black or white, 16 gig or 32 gig, 3G, 3G+WiFi, AT&T, and Verizon. I would like to commend the cheerful Apple staff yesterday who tried to lift up the impatience from all of us who were in line, thank you very much for trying but we had it, and oh, I was not there when they gave out the complimentary mineral water but damn that was thoughtful! Lastly, that should be overflowing coffee right there instead by the entrance to the store and some cocktails, but probably next time.

Get to know iPad 2 more by clicking on the following links:

iPad 2 Features
Built-in Apps
Technical Specifications

Hardcore Evidence : Kiss Mark

2011-03-09T19:19:00.000-08:00

That is just how a kiss mark is done! Good thing this photo was taken two years before we got serious... I understand exactly how the hormones of a 23-year old guy could go crazy, but I swear I could kill the bitch who did this! She's lucky there's no way I could get her info, so that saves her.

Honey lost this old license and I thought I could not blog about this anymore, but fortunately he left a scanned copy in my computer. This is to announce to the world that he is no doubt a normal male species!

March Luck or Bad Luck Part 2

2011-03-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

This is not good... Bad premonition! Are the devils officially out?

Two nights ago when Honey came home from work, he noticed he lost one unit of phone from his box. He said he remembered getting five from his supplier but when he checked the box he only has four. Then came restlessness. Understandable. That phone was $400 worth. Who in the hell could calm down in the same shituation? It was 12 midnight and he went back to his work without telling me, he came back home still restless then decided we went back to his work again, and again. That was three times within 30 minutes. After searching the van and all the places at work, he decided we'd go check it out at his supplier's place for the hope that maybe he just left it there on top of the table or what. It was an hour or so trip, it was far and it was late! I had to shut up there for a while so he could clear his mind and relax a little bit. Unfortunately though we did not find a phone from the suppliers shop when we peeped from the glass window, and the supplier confirmed it via phone that he was not sure if Honey left a phone at his shop, and that was all we needed to go to our next stop - Great Mall's parking area - and to no avail.

Today after lunch he noticed he also lost his wallet. A day interval is too much to handle. I guess this is really what you call bad luck, or does it come with age???

Bad Luck or March Luck?

2011-03-03T16:41:00.000-08:00

I forgot to share that on March 1, before we went to the Restaurant Depot, we stopped by the Post Office in Branham to drop Honey’s eBay shipment. Due to some bad luck, right on the entrance to the parking lot, a Dodge backed up on us thus giving Honey the opportunity for his very first car accident. Was that bad luck or just March luck?

Good thing about America is, people here are always nicer, wherever, whenever. Honey was able to talk to the guy smoothly and settled the exchange of insurance and other information fast. This morning were calls from that guy’s insurance company and Honey’s dad’s insurance company telling him to get an estimate while they are investigating what really happened during the accident. It was a very minor thing though, left fog light was broken, a little scratch in the bumper and a little dent in the hood, but the estimate totaled to $2,600???! On the other hand, there is this one very unfortunate thing about America and that is everything here that requires repair and/or professional service is always expensive. Might as well buy a new car huh? In my estimate, this job would just cost around P5,000 to P10,000 in the Philippines! That is why we just can’t get over the Philippines! If the investigation turns away from our favor then we could just probably buy the fog light and install it, and let the scratch and the dent be, but we are still crossing our fingers for that guy’s insurance to shoulder the repair, it was really that guy’s fault. This car that Honey’s driving got lots of sentimental value already, according to my mother in law, that aside from the fact that it is already 13 years old, it was my father in-law’s car, and my mother in-law named the car after her beloved mother.

What a way to welcome March, but anyway we still have a lot of good vibes coming and we are counting on it!

To the Restaurant Depot

2011-03-02T00:19:00.000-08:00

We were inspired to stock up fruits and other kitchen necessities that we decided to raid the Restaurant Depot this afternoon. That was my first time in there and it resembles the wholesaler Makro in the Philippines, only that Restaurant Depot got wider choices and is more expensive when converted to PHP, but here though the price is just alright.

Honey was excited as always to buy fruits for his power juicer that he brought the Jack La Lanne's recipe book with him, and he was like, what else do we have to buy Baby, we have the strawberries right? How about apples? Yeah. We bought one big sack of carrots, pineapples, strawberries, cucumber, and avocado, in addition to the oranges, apples, and grapes we bought in the flea market last Saturday.

Everybody is liking the idea of fresh fruit juice that Honey is glad to indulge all of us. His latest passion: JUICING.

Aside from the fruits, my mother in law also bought a box of meat and a lot more... but the most surprising of all is that she bought a box of medium eggs, like 20 dozens of eggs! Now I'm thinking what to do with those eggs!

Adjustment of Status: Request for Missing Evidence

2011-03-01T00:20:00.000-08:00

So I thought I did well with the paper work...

This morning came a letter from the USCIS requesting for a missing evidence in relation to Form I-864 Affidavit of Support. What went wrong was, I only attached Honey's W-2 copy in the application, without the Federal Income Tax return for the last two years. In the letter it says that my sponsor (Honey) did not meet or exceed the 125% for a 2 size household in the poverty guideline and that I was given a choice to have a joint sponsor or declare Honey's asset value. I was confused with how they wrote the letter because as far as the poverty guideline is concerned, the bracket for a 2 size household was only $19,000 more or less yearly income, and we declared more as was declared in Honey's 2010 W-2.

We went to consult our case this afternoon with an immigration attorney just to be enlightened with what the USCIS really meant in the letter, sometimes they have the tendency of overdoing their instructions that it messes up my analysis. Luckily this attorney did not charge us anything for the consultation and just gave us a clear instruction on what to do, that is to file Honey's 2010 Federal Income Tax Return and get the proof of income from his work. That was easy, but when you read the letter from the USCIS, damn what a headache!

We are going to finish everything tomorrow so we could get our missing evidence to the USCIS office before my scheduled biometrics. I so want to work already and I don't want anymore delays!

My Football Superstar

2011-02-27T12:04:00.000-08:00

Last week, Honey came home and excitedly announced he's had 3touchdowns and 1 interception. Okay? I can relate with a touchdown, that's a tough one, but an interception? No idea.

That's my football superstar right there, good shot isn't it?

Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer

2011-02-24T12:30:00.000-08:00

Honey's got a new kitchen toy! To foster healthy living and to have a good excuse for eating too much fatty food and pork, he bought us Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer. We already have a juicer but he doesn't like it because its old already and the performance has been deteriorating. He said he wanted to buy the power juicer to make our kitchen job easier. Thoughtful? The juicer arrived last night and he has thought of trying it immediately but I convinced him to hold his excitement and told him to try the juicer in the morning. So this morning first thing we did was to try juicing some carrots, apples, and oranges we found in the kitchen. Today is Honey's first encounter with his new kitchen toy and he just couldn't contain his excitement that he wanted to juice more fruits! We already exhausted the remaining carrots and apples, and I already picked additional oranges from the garden so as to support his initiation. He was really like one very excited kid who couldn't wait for his first fieldtrip to happen.

Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer is a nice kitchen toy by the way and it is proven to be unlike any other conventional juicer. It is like it juices what you feed it almost on its own without barely the need to press. It is easy to clean too so we were thinking probably we could go to the flea market tomorrow and buy some more fruits so we could have fresh juice everyday. We give this new kitchen toy five out of five stars for its efficiency, and for being user-friendly. Highly recommended!

Sights Near the Hood: This Time it is Santa Cruz!

2011-02-23T11:14:00.000-08:00

Since I believe that my vacation is almost over, I am planning to make the most out of it by visiting nearby places for sight seeing and picture taking. Yes, its always the picture taking. A lot of my friends were asking me to post new photos in facebook, but unfortunately though, I do not have lots of photos to post, lest they'll settle for the photos I took while sitting at home.

Honey takes a two-day off a week, that is every Monday and Tuesday and I realized why not do something fun at least in one of these days? The last time we traveled an hour during a rainy day, I thought probably we could take another forty minutes to visit Santa Cruz! When I was new here, while looking at the surrounding mountains, Honey actually asked me if I would like to go visit Santa Cruz, but since I was not well adjusted to the cold weather yet, I told him maybe we could go next time. Well, I have a strong feeling that next time is here because I am friends with the cold weather already! Thinking about it now, we could probably go there on Tuesday next week, so before Honey went to work today I asked him if we could go to Santa Cruz next week, and he said sure why not! I booked it!

So as usual I felt the need to put my hands on for some research about Santa Cruz, and I am currently here at the city's website in the lookout for something nice to do. I want to plan in advance so we won't be wasting our time wandering out of nowhere when we get there. What's actually nice about visiting Santa Cruz is that we just live nearby and that means we won't be spending too much aside from gas and something extra on the side for a little but worthy fun. The place is a good spot for strolling on the beach, a primer for the regular jogging and walking sessions I planned to do with Honey during his football weekends. I actually got a few recommendations here on the things to do and places to go in Santa Cruz, and the following are some of the top most recommendations as I sorted from my research:

1. West Cliff Drive
2. The Boardwalk
3. The Wharf
4. The Mystery Spot
5. Moe's Alley
6. The Catalyst
7. The Blue Lagoon

I'd also like to go nature tripping in the redwoods! Also, I want to go check some stores and see if there are some good stuff that we can sell online. Maybe some fashion wholesaler is just waiting for us in Santa Cruz. I will be going to pack us up some chips and drinks for this trip, and will ask everybody who'd like to join us. Excited!

Adjustment of Status - Notice of Action

2011-02-22T22:05:00.000-08:00

A week after we submitted our application to the Department of Homeland Security, we got the notice of action from their office that our application is already on process. Days after, I received my schedule for the biometrics. I seem to have a good news! My friend got her work permit a week after her biometrics was taken! Excited!

By the way, the technique to correctly file the application for Adjustment of Status is all written on the instructions form. I also filed my application for Work Permit and Authority to Travel according to the filing instructions of the Adjustment of Status. Most importantly, just don't miss out to make the check payable to The Department of Homeland Security, if you're not sending out cash together with your application. Some applications fail because they make the check payable to USCIS.

So so so.. until the next update!Yipee!

A Re-echo of Dragon Ball Z

2011-02-20T12:12:00.000-08:00

Today is fine but cold Sunday morning, Honey is out in Cupertino playing football with his online football buddies. They have this yahoo group for people who want to play football and that is where they agree on the schedule and the venue. He usually plays football on weekends, sometimes both Saturday and Sunday. I have to write something about his Dragon Ball Z craze and this is the best time for me to do it, but before I proceed with my endearing lamentation, let me just share that last week Honey brought home a bag of cupcakes because he was chosen as the MVP of their football team! Hurray! He actually volunteered himself to be MVP, I guess.

I actually forced to take a photo of him holding the cupcakes last week, and I just have a feeling that he won't like it if I post that photo here so let us just settle with the lousy cupcake photo.

So, does anyone remember Dragon Ball Z? Of course! It was a hit Japanese anime cartoon episode way back in my high school where all the boys went crazy over it. Way back in the Philippines I recall Dragon Ball Z started to air when I was in my second year, and I recall it was repeated over and over again, maybe until this very day because all the little boys in the world just love the show, and let me just also say that even the grown-up boys still love this show, no matter how many times they've seen it already! Do I sound like I'm complaining? Just to tell you, I am not complaining at all, but I am just telling the truth!

I noticed Honey started to watch the episodes online two nights ago, at first I actually thought he was busy watching some porn but he actually continued with the Dragon Ball Z yesterday when we got back from Daly City, and he said excitedly that he was in episode 62 already! So something else is keeping him busy lately aside from porn. He actually invited me to watch it with him, like I so want to invite him too to watch Imortal with me, haha! I asked him if he ever had the chance to watch Dragon Ball Z way back in the Philippines and he said he did, but he has completely forgotten the last episode he saw. Pretty good excuse when he just declared he is still at episode 62 at this point, like I do not have any idea he started watching it from episode 1!

Amid his Dragon Ball Z craze, plus the porn, at least I am glad I can see him unwind a little bit, so that I also would be left at peace when I watch Filipino shows online. This is the way to do it!

A Visit to Daly City

2011-02-19T19:20:00.000-08:00

First of all, forgive me if I don't have photos to share.

Today was a rainy and foggy day but we still went to check out the liquidation expo held at The Cow Palace in Daly City - as planned. Honey took the initiative to schedule this activity so we could build business connections. We took the almost two-hour drive back and forth as we have this little independent businesses ongoing in the Philippines. Honey and I, together with my mother in-law braved the heavy rainfall as we were so excited to see what are in store for our little business at the expo.

That was my first time in Daly City, and in a liquidation expo. To be honest, my expectations were way to high. I expected to see overstock but branded items that we can resell in the Philippines, and, to my dismay. There were good stuff however in the electronics department but we could not invest on that yet as we were waiting for a go signal. So, to feel good about the $27 we paid for the entrance fee, and to compensate the early wake up call and the difficult drive, Honey bought us some jewelries instead! That could be considered a post-valentines treat for the ladies already. He bought me two pairs of earrings, he bought his mom an earring and a bracelet, and of course he bought himself a studded turtle earring for his ear bling. We found sellers of this gold over silver jewelry and we thought we had to try it. So at least that made our day worth it for the long drive.

I'd love to share this as I noticed three or four billboards of my gods on our way back and forth...

It is heartwarming to know that they still have it, rock and roll baby, dead or alive. Bow.

Root Canal Session

2011-02-18T17:48:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, February 15, a day after we had our little family V-day getaway, I surrendered myself for the first step of the root canal procedure. For days I wondered if I really wouldn't feeling no pain considering the swelling. Luckily, there was a Filipino guy in the clinic whom I was able to talk to about the procedure, this guy has practiced dentistry in the Philippines so he definitely knew something about the procedure. He assured me there is going to be no pain. The procedure will not take long and that I will be given anesthesia to numb my gum. Sure enough I was given four shots of anesthesia, unfortunately it took a while for it to kick in and I was just feeling slight numbness in my tongue and in my lips. The freak paranoid that I am, I made sure I felt zero pain when the dentist had to test if I still felt anything on this part and on that part. It took twenty minutes for the anesthesia to take effect, and took 10 minutes for the procedure to finish. I was given a temporary crown and will finish the procedure on June or July. We don't have the money just yet to finish the procedure immediately. Unfortunately, professional services in the United States robs you off of your hard-earned cash.

I am feeling a lot more comfortable now and thanks to the root canal procedure. We seem to have picked a good dentist.

Valentines Day Getaway

2011-02-15T18:34:00.001-08:00

Honey's Hearty Laugh

2011-02-12T15:43:00.000-08:00

You have to hear this!

This is my favorite hearty laugh of all. This one got me too. It really tickles my heart! I used to listen to this during the days when I miss him way back in the long distance phase. I kept this in my phone. I intentionally record this way back in 2009. ;)

The Wedding

2011-02-11T15:58:00.000-08:00

I honestly do not know how to tell the story, so let me just post some photos first...

The ceremony took place at the Santa Clara City Hall on January 4. Originally, the wedding was scheduled on December 14, 2010, but due to some unfortunate circumstance we were forced to move it the following year. What happened was Honey's grandmother died on November and we have to follow some norms and heed to premonitions. We didn't have any fancy plans about the wedding, it was just a formality that we had to go through thinking that my visa will expire after 90 days upon my arrival in the US, and so it was kinda like we had to get married before it expires so I can legalize my immigration status. Honey's friend asked me how was I feeling during that day, and I knew he was expecting a more enthusiastic answer from me, but I answered "NORMAL". I really felt nothing extraordinary about that day, and well honestly I just felt normal, just like any ordinary day. Don't get me wrong though, of course that was a special day because that was part of our history, but I could make the day I arrived here the most special day for both me and Honey. For me, that day was already the turning point that at last we are already together after years of waiting, and that day marked the sweet closure of the distance that separated us for what seemed to be like forever. I was at my happiest that day, and no ceremony, not even our own wedding could make me feel that very same happiness ever again.

The wedding was held at 2 o'clock, officiated by a gay officer, and after two minutes, we were proclaimed officially as husband and wife! I was telling everybody at least I was expecting a 15-minute wedding ceremony, but two minutes though? Really... I was in shock for a couple of minutes there.

Honey's friend volunteered his fancy car for our use during that day and even was generous enough to drive us too. The wedding was attended by close relatives, friends, and co workers. The wedding party was held at home. I don't recall Honey or I was even pressured about the preparation, because his mom did almost everything for us, she even picked our sponsors! We didn't even have to bother for the food because almost everybody brought something with them. All we had to do was take a shower, wear our clothes, and get married!

Eventually there will be a second wedding in the Philippines, and I will still insist on a civil ceremony. I am afraid of a church wedding, I can't stand it! I am planning for a photoshoot in the Philippines as well, if you notice we only have a few but ugly photos taken haha! It's going to be a lot better and a lot memorable in the Philippines, all of the people important to us will be able to attend our second wedding!

This Time, It's Forida!

2011-02-11T11:33:00.000-08:00

What comes to my mind when I hear Florida is a picture of mountains and mountains of big juicy sweet oranges! But aside from the oranges, there is a lot more to this place especially in the booming city of West Palm Beach - the capital city of the palm beaches. Sounds like a good idea for a long weekend getaway! I am here right now at the West Palm beach city's website trying to gather juices of information about the place. I like it when I see attractive websites like this one, it arouses my senses to go stash a little fortune and enjoy a whole new different city! I am not more into the night life though, but I am more of a beach bum, and so is the rest of the family. I also found links to other cities in Florida like Delray, which also has beautiful beaches! Oh I can never get enough of the beaches in Florida, there's also Wellington, Coconut Creek and Boynton Beach! I really sound like I could really never get enough of this! It is like I am already traveling in real time while I am visiting their sites. What a lovely place indeed!

I also found out that in Florida, West Palm Beach is the best place to go when shopping Hyundai vehicles! Hyundai, pronounced as Hun-day is one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. In West Palm Beach Hyundai you will find huge collection of the latest Hyundai car models. I've seen the new one on television, the all new Hyundai Sonata, and I must say I like the classical touch of it, makes me think of old Hollywood style.

The West Palm Beach Hyundai also offers various services. I knew some of vehicle services like changes in parts and repainting, but what I am more knowledgeable about is the change oil. I have to mention this again that I have worked for this petroleum company way back home and I used to sell motor oils to franchise car dealers also. Other than other vehicle services, change oil is the most critical part of vehicle maintenance, it is as we all know of course, taking care of the very heart of the vehicle in the right time, and of course, in the right place. Having expert automotive mechanics is also a plus since they could recommend the proper oil viscosity and oil rating most suitable for the make of your car.

I soon will get my own car but I am very sure that if I do, I will just have to get me a decent used car. I am currently unemployed and in the process of adjusting my immigration status, and soon will be getting my work permit and then hopefully will be able to find a nice paying job immediately. Me and Honey have a little online business ongoing actually, and what's best is, it is non-taxable, but probably it would take us couple of years before we could buy some properties with the money we generate from there. We have been planning to visit other places also, and it would be really nice if we could realize these plans soon. A little goes a long way if you just know how to play your cards well, and fortunately we have been good in playing our cards. Sometime soon Florida, we will see you!

My Immigration Status

2011-02-10T19:06:00.000-08:00

Last week on Wednesday, we have submitted my application for Adjustment of Status, Work Authorization, and Advance Parole Travel document to the Department of Homeland Security. Original plan was to submit everything right after the wedding, but we had no idea back then that there's no way to speed things up because of the heavy instructions and paperwork involved.

Today, in my inbox, was a notice from the USCIS that they received my application, and that it will be routed for the National Benefits Center for processing. Furthermore it says that within 7-10 days by standard mail I will receive my official receipt notice (Form I-797) with the receipt Number.

I can't wait! I am almost on my way to be a legit resident and to be employed at last!

Terrible Toothache!

2011-02-10T13:46:00.001-08:00

This is my dilemma. Our dilemma. Both Honey and I are restless discussing the remedies of this terrible toothache. The thing is, last October my dentist in the Philippines advised me to get a root canal for a particular tooth, but since I didn't have enough time to do that since my flight for the US will be on the following month, I settled for the usual antibiotics and pain relievers. Honey was rushing me too so I guess I heard him told me to finish the tooth work in the US. Last year was my best year for all the drugs available there is over the counter. Philippines is just very lenient with prescriptions.

On a Sunday, when I couldn't take the pain any longer, Honey went searching for a dentist that was on duty. He found one and we went rushing to her clinic to get a prescription for an antibiotic. The dentist gave me a non-refillable prescription for Penicillin. Pretty weak antibiotic compared to the antibiotics that I was exposed to last year. I've had Clindamycin, Levofloacin, Oxofloxacin, and Amoxicillin. I took the Penicillin together with a 200mg Ibuprofen for two days, and noticed the pain was getting worse.

We rushed to the dentist again to ask for another prescription for a stronger pain reliever, and gave me a non-refillable 30 tables of 800mg Ibuprofen. For two days now, I have had a good night's sleep. I also secured an over the counter Tylenol PM extra strong just in case the 800mg wears off during my sleep. The pain is still here, this time it is tolerable, but Honey told me this wouldn't go away anymore because my body has been immune to the antibiotics that it wont kill the bacteria that is causing the pain, and I had no choice but to schedule a root canal session next week. Bad news of all, Valentines day will be next week and the family has a plan for that day!

I so want to get rid of this pain as well, and also my mind is restless for the pain that I had to go through during the root canal procedure. My conclusion: SELF MEDICATION DAYS IS OVER. The Amoxicillin I ordered online is happily on its way.

Grown Up Sports

2011-02-08T14:32:00.000-08:00

Last night, I noticed Honey was just uneasy. I asked him about it this morning and he told me he was just mentally tired from everything. He has been busy with a lot of things and has to think of a lot of things even things that doesn't concern him directly. He was supposed to go biking with his friends early this morning, but since he slept around four in the morning already he had to call off to get more sleep. Luckily though, a friend of his informed him that there is going to be a basketball game later and Honey was cool about it, at least a little sports here and there could make him relax is what he said. I happened to marry a man that is so into sports, grown up sports. He likes to sweat it out and feel his muscles working. He plays football during the weekend too. There are lot of other sports out there that Honey could play as well like baseball for instance, given that he has playmates of course. He joins this group in Yahoo that gets together every weekend for a game but last I heard it was just a group of football enthusiasts in our area.

Talking about baseball, I mentioned it because I recall once we borrowed a Fever Pitch dvd in the library, it was a romantic comedy to feed my long time chick flick cravings. It was a story between a female who has a soaring career as an executive in a promising company and a plain male teacher who was but a Red Sox fanatic. The teacher was so annoyingly a fan of the Red Sox since childhood that he never missed a game or an event related to baseball since then. Furthermore, the teacher had his room full of baseball stuff ranging from his bedspread to his telephone to his wardrobe and all the you can imagine a crazy fan would have for the love of his patron team. He was crazily in love head over heels with this baseball team that he would give up almost everything, even to the expense of his girlfriend just to be physically present in the game. The teacher even had tickets that entitled him for exclusive seats for the whole of the baseball season. The love story started out fine until Miss Executive realized that her boyfriend's first love was baseball and not even her could change it, so she just had to deal with it the best way she can. I thought that maybe if the teacher guy have grown up a bit, maybe played a little baseball himself, the story of course would have been a smooth sail ride. I like the way the whole of America supports baseball, and the game really got me interested. Maybe I could give myself a little time to watch some baseball game once in a while.

Looking around, it is unfortunate how I see grown up guys who are crazily in love with their own version of sports they call indoor sports like playing with an X box 360, or keeping a PSP handy. There are guys I know, some are friends and some are family members, who competes with their children when it comes to playing video games. I personally don't have anything against it if they could just keep it in a low low and live up to the expectations of being a grown ups. Video games are cool I know, but if you sleep late just to finish a game, and if you have children, that would be terrible and that is just another story. Definitely sports is not what makes a man if they play just indoor sports! Why not play real sports?

My point is, good grown up sports could give positive energy and it insinuates positive outlook in life. Sports is an instant life coach. Honey for example as I noticed, keeps on developing a very positive outlook in life, and he plans everything, build a strategy and implement. He takes care of stuff at home and none of us even have to worry about anything anymore. In grown up sports, certainly there are rules that big guys or even big girls could apply in real life. After all, life is but a game, so better play it smart, right?

New Bag for Honey!

2011-02-06T15:19:00.000-08:00

The other day we went to buy additional items to fill in the balikbayan box we are sending to our resellers in the Philippines. We found two pieces of pink Jansport Airlift Backpacks, and Honey happens to like it so he took the other piece for his own use, replacing his ten-year-old blue backpack at last!

Everyday, Honey would bring two bags with him. His blue backpack containing his necessities, plus a laptop bag. Now that he found a nice backpack, and pink at that, he could just put all of his things in there that he only have to carry one bag starting today. What's nice about this new bag is that it has lots of compartments for almost everything.

So last night while we transferred his things to his pink backpack, he told me the story about his old blue bag. The old blue bag was given to him by his uncle when they first got here like ten to eleven years ago. He was not quite sure if the bag was used when his uncle gave it to him, because in the case this bag is really sturdy and it is really something! It has no scratches, no torn parts and no stains! So therefore, he is not giving the bag away for its greatness and for some sentimental reasons. ;)

I really like it when he chooses pink for his stuff!

What Makes Him Yummy Part 2

2011-02-03T18:35:00.000-08:00

The piercing of course! It has been always my fantasy to see Honey wearing an earring, plus the goatee, plus an uberly manly tattoo... First two fantasies accomplished, waiting for the tattoo =)

***I am wearing the other earring because I just feel like it and because it is a 14k real gold!

Dinner by The Frying Master

2011-02-02T17:40:00.000-08:00

Last night when Honey came home after his basketball game, he must have been so hungry that he volunteered to cook dinner. His mom was about to cook fishes of some sort also but since Honey can't wait any longer, he went to open a can of spam and fried it. I prepared the pan and heated up the oil - was my only participation aside from eating of course - then Honey went to fry it good. Honey is excellent at frying, he fries everything that is why he is the frying master around the house! Nobody else fries better than he does and that is for real!

This is not the first time that he prepared us dinner, but this is the first post related to his frying. For documentation purposes only. Winks!*^*

RED

2011-02-02T17:07:00.000-08:00

I just want to share that this movie was AWESOME!!! Watched this the other night. Highly recommended!

Karaoke Sessions with My Darling Sweetheart

2011-01-31T21:26:00.000-08:00

So it is my lucky day when I married the man of my dreams =) This man so unexpectedly happens to have the richest personality of all and he never fails to makes my heart smile especially when he sings.

During our long distance days, he would sing to me via Skype almost every weekend, sweet isn't it? Now, I am slowly uncovering the real fact that he really does like to sing! What surprises me is that, he knows a wider genre of karaoke music, those songs that I haven't even encountered since!

Last night Honey told me he'd like to sing. I guess we were watching Talladega Nights when suddenly the song Faithfully by the Journey played in the background! He was like, Baby, thats Faithfully! I sang that song Baby! He really sounded excited and all that, so he was like okay, let me sing that song Baby, let us sing that song Baby...

The evidence:

I like it when Honey sings, no matter how I may appear to be not so supportive because usually when he sings, I can't help myself from teasing him, and maybe he is thinking I am not the supportive wife he has been dreaming of! Really...

I was telling him this song Faithfully is really for him though because he is actually hitting the right notes. I think he first sang this song the day before our wedding when his friends threw a bachelor's party for him and they went to this KTV bar in San Francisco. He also sang this during the party on our wedding day when he and more of his friends gathered at home for another round of KTV. I was also telling him that his kinda like too obvious already, singing too much love songs and all that almost everyday, so in love with me. Can't hide his love away huh??? ;)

Oh by the way, this video continues with song the Freedom too - the song we've been practicing together but unfortunately is not found in the karaoke listing :( We are preparing this for the Philippines!

Honey's Nearsightedness

2011-01-30T21:39:00.000-08:00

So I thought it is called farsightedness, but I was totally wrong! We were all wrong! To correct, please remember the following vision-related knowledge:

Nearsightedness is when the eyes focus incorrectly, making distant objects appear blurred.

Farsightedness is difficulty seeing objects that are nearby.

So to correctly establish what I am about to write, my Honeypie was diagnosed with nearsightedness and was given a prescription to get eyeglasses, and until he gets it, he shouldn't be allowed to drive especially at night. The prescription was issued way before I came here in the US though, and we got Honey's eyeglasses before Christmas. So, actually, this is a delayed story but I so want it to be posted here! This one is cute, I promise!

Eyeglasses is expensive in here, or actually, everything that involves getting a consultation from a doctor is expensive! We went to the mall right after or before Black Friday to search for eyeglasses on sale, the cheapest was like $180, and it wasn't Honey's type of frame at all, plus the cost does not include the lenses yet. In the Philippines, you could get an eyeglasses starting from $10, and that is already a decent eyeglasses in there. So right then and there I suggested that maybe we could just buy a frame from the department store and just have the lenses changed at the vision shop, and, unexpectedly, the meticulous sir that is my Honey was cool with it! So here goes the $10 frame...

Cute glasses isn't it? That was exactly the frame that best fits the shape of his face, and I chose it for him. I like it when pink becomes his thing sometimes, it is really cool and clean and yummy, and I don't quite know how to explain that haha! We brought the frame in the vision shop and we chose the lenses. Since Honey needs the glasses for night driving, he was recommended an anti-glare lenses that comes with a special feature. That special feature is all about the color transition of the lenses, for instance the lenses are darker during the day so its like it also functions as sunglasses, and during the night, the lenses are clear and just perfect for night driving. The lenses by the way costs around $180 but its all good since we already went practical with the frame.

For almost a month the glasses came without its proper clothing, it went nude because it didn't come with a hard case since we just picked it from the department store. We decided to buy it its case so we could protect it from scratches, and we finally bought the case on Christmas day, the first hard case that we saw was what we bought... and here it is:

Yes a hello kitty hard case!!! This one was Honey's preference! The design was actually like a little edition of a satchel bag for little girls, but we had to cut the handle to make it more convenient and appropriate for a big man to use. I regret that I didn't take a photo of it when it was still in its original form.

At the moment, Honey also uses his eyeglasses when watching TV. The distance is like 2 meters away from the TV and he says his vision renders blurry images already. At the moment also, Honey is using the eyeglasses during daytime when he is driving, lately, he noticed his vision requires him to use it also during daytime. The eye condition is not improving here. He is planning to get a lasik sometime. Now I remember we should list the lasik surgery in our goals too.

Photography 101

2011-01-30T21:17:00.001-08:00

Honey suddenly becomes a slave to photoshop! I think he is obsessed already! To think that both of us only know the basic of all basics! Haha! I told him maybe one of us should study it online, but just this morning it says that the online course would cost about $750! No kidding???!!!

So here it is that all of a sudden he'd like us to get a DSLR camera so he can take good photos. We are currently using this old Olympus digicam, but in my opinion though, and I insist, that the solution is not buying a DSLR, it is learning more about photoshop! He is bothered by the shadow in the photo, and etcetera... Well, who wouldn't be bothered anyway? Okay so it is normal to be bothered by that, but my Honey pays a lot of attention to very small details that it is just so... so... ahmmmm... I can't explain it!

One day, he was looking for a bulb because he thought the photos he took lack a certain lighting. He was trying to take a photo of a phone he is selling in ebay, it has been his little sideline for a while already. So one day, i took photos of what he has been busy with for almost the whole day... This day was his day off from work:

Did you notice a toothbrush? That toothbrush was brand new by the way, he bought it at Safeway --- actually it is a luxury to use it for cleaning his phones because I just bought my toothbrush weeks ago from the dollar tree! How about an eyeglass cleaning cloth? What about the bulb? Do you see how he was carefully wiping the smallest particle of dust away from the phone? How meticulous could my Honey get here? Can you imagine?

***For documentation's sake only.

Movie Nights

2011-01-28T11:14:00.000-08:00

For two weeks now, our bonding has been watching late night movies. It is either we rent a movie or we borrow movies from the library: the latter has proven more efficient compared to the previous of course because it is free and they have 7 days return policy. Honey is really a fan of movies, and I on the other hand most of the time just sleep on movies. Haha! I am trying my best though to stay up with him until the movie finishes, but it already happened twice that we had to continue the movie the following morning or night, depending on the wake up schedule. The thing here is, Honey works from 3pm to 11pm daily, when he gets home we will have our late dinner, then shower, then on to watching a movie by 12 midnight or past midnight. Sometimes he manages to come home early during Wednesdays of Thursdays and we could have the movie earlier.

For documentation purposes, here are some of the movies that we have so far accomplished:

We have 6 DVD's left here, 1 chick flick and the remaining 4 thriller. Mmmmm... This is already getting into my system now...

I Want to Kiss Credit Card Debt Goodbye

2011-01-27T16:49:00.000-08:00

Whoever is free from credit card debts raise your right hand? I'd like to let you know that I am envious of you and I applaud you!!! Credit cards are invented to give people financial problems - my opinion, if not yet the majority's opinion. Fact is, I didn't know somebody who is not stuck on just paying the minimum monthly bill because the principal debt amount has ballooned already and it is almost impossible to pay it off, thus settling for the minimum monthly bills which make the banks get even more richer! Credit card companies, mostly banks, leave us card holders almost no room to resolve our credit card debt. Unfortunate.

I first had my credit card, as an extension to my aunt's credit card, that was six years ago and back then I knew my limits. I was earning this much so I'll spend this much.I was also careful on my spending because my aunt could actually see the bill and would critique on my spending. I eventually freed myself from the principal card holder's bondage when some bank sent me a credit card that I did not even apply for. I started losing control since then. This is the story of my credit card demise in the Philippines. I woke up one day and realized I spent for majority of things that are not really needed as compared to the things that are important. Things at home and with the family were the things I considered important because I was the breadwinner in an instant. I went broke, and I didn't like it. I wasn't able to resolve my credit card debt when I left the Philippines, and there goes my mom being bombarded with phone calls from banks and credit card companies almost everyday of her life. Poor mom. She has to learn to switch off her phone during day time just to get rid of the phone calls she has no idea about.

Here in the United States though, there is a need for people to build their credit history, that, owning a credit card is more likely to be a necessity than a luxury. Days ago Honey decided he'd make me an extension to his card so I could build my credit history, and the card came this morning. Honey himself is not free from credit card debt. He has to put it on his goal to be debt free in a year's time from four different credit card companies. Tough life! With the recession and I being jobless for a moment, even reducing these credit card debts is already a very big challenge to overcome! I am glad that I was able to marry a man who knows what to do with money or else I do not know how to manage everything financially.

If there is one thing that I really want to happen right now, it is to kiss credit card debts goodbye. For good.

On Beautifying

2011-01-26T16:52:00.000-08:00

For a woman, beautifying is a crucial issue and should not be overlooked at anytime! I just got married, and I am afraid to belong to the group of women who get too comfortable with their partners that they don't take time to beautify anymore than they did back during the dating phase. It certainly kills the romance! This is the reason why I take extra care especially when it comes to my skin. As for me, beauty comes out when I am most comfortable with my skin.

Whoever is not familiar with Cindy Crawford? Oh God she is gorgeous! Spotless. Timeless. Beautiful. I happened to come to this site where she is right there in the homepage, flaunting her beauty thru her awesome skin.This site I'm talking about promotes a complete formula of anti-aging products.

So what about this anti-aging products then? Why talk about it all of a sudden? I am just 27 years old but do I really need to use anti-aging products at this age already? I remember my mom used to tell me to not use anti-aging products because it is not age appropriate yet for me! Funny how some moms misconstrue the word anti-aging here. To be honest,at my age, I am already noticing little amount of wrinkles around my eyes, and some frown lines too. I am the most terrified with these lines to multiply at my age that I use heavy amount of cream daily. I hate to be telling this but I guess I should start using some of these anti-aging products while I can still prevent the signs!

Having known this site is just timely and I am already thinking of trying some of the products that I need. I find the site navigation friendly and I like it because it is so elaborate. When you go to their site, you are set to get to know your skin a lot better and you will surely take the initiative to take care of it while you still have time! Come on now girlfriends, lets try this Cindy Crawford-proven magic!

House Chores

2011-01-24T14:41:00.000-08:00

This week is me and Honey's turn with the housework.

My mother in law made an alternating schedule for all of us who lives in this house so everybody gets a load of housework. The thing is, there are six of us here and she realized why is it that at her age she still get to do all of the chores when in fact she can just assign it to us! So here comes the assignments, it comes every 3 weeks and we work by pair. It is basic housecleaning plus the cooking. I'm pretty much cool with this idea because I am liking the cooking experience, but just that its unfortunate that everybody will have to put up with my cooking! I cook real bad, everything I cook is just practice, sometimes I cook the perfect meal but most of the times i don't and i pity my housemates for that hehe. My mom back home did not train me to cook, and I regret the days I didn't seek for her recipes because now I sure need some of her homecooking wisdom! I miss her adobo, it is her specialty amongst all. The secret to her adobo is to put more soy sauce over vinegar, or not to put any vinegar at all then add a little sugar to taste, i just learned this lately, and, over the phone. Ohhhh how I miss my mom's adobo...

Yesterday i cooked soy chicken, it is one whole chicken by the way and I don't feel like eating it! Honey and his mom ate some of it hehe. So next I am planning to cook beef caldereta, I already asked for my favorite Uncle's recipe and I think this one will come out perfect! My uncle is the best cook ---EVER! Then what? Just when I am all set out to cook it, here comes Honey telling me "LETS JUST BUY FOOD BABY". Alright ;)

Online Selling

2011-01-22T13:32:00.000-08:00

So? How are you my dear HoneyFied blog??? I'm just so into honeyfication lately, or the lists of HoneyFied to-do's lately, somehow i call it all the same ;) ---and that meant no-blogger-posting for a while. Now here I am trying to be back! I want to be around here often too...

So, finally Honey and I got married! This is the most important part of our story but I'll share more of the few details in another entry, it should not be mixed up in here to put value into that life-changing event...

So so so... I AM JOBLESS! What's been taking my time? Copy-pasting, photoshop, pricing, and posting, and expanding my network! Yes! Online selling, and I am conveniently using Facebook to target my hungry and willing-to-spend Filipino friends! When I got here I have not put my hands into this online selling immediately, I don't know why it took me almost two months to do the pre-order thing online. This has worked for most online sellers and I am positive this will work for me too! I want this online selling to go on even if i get me an official job already. Good thing that I know the Filipino market. My short-term goal for the online selling is to get my first sale before the end of January, and guess what? Goal met! ;)

Let me go back to posting first, but I have more stories to tell!

Bed Times

2010-11-26T19:16:00.000-08:00

I wasn't able to share that we had to get rid of Honey's twin-size bed because we need a bigger one for both of us. When I arrived, we had to do move some things out of his room to give way for my things. When we achieved the space that we wanted, we decided we had to sleep on the floor for two nights just so we could move freely during our sleep, and I had to share this, we like it on the floor! Basically what we did was to pile up the available comforters so as to have a sound and comfortable good night sleep. The following day, we got an Ikea Malm queen size bed frame! Just perfect. The bed was lovely. Before we knew it, we had to rearrange things again!

This is the first time that I got overly excited with bedspreads. This is not me! Somehow the instinct to care for things at home took over me, and it was automatic. Way back in the Philippines I recall I had once picked a polka dot bed set for me and my mom. I was crazy about polka dots that it was like every pattern I wanted for my bag, shoes, clothes, and the what not! I remember I left my favorite polka dot hanky at home.

Honey and I did a little shopping three days before thanksgiving, and decided to get a gold bedspread for starters. I so wanted to get that red satin bed set, it is just both so devilish and romantic! I want to get us a bedspread with shades of green or shades of blue. I also wanted to repaint our room, change the carpet, change the lights and a lot more! I have a lot of things that I'd like to do around here.

Right now, I am just updating my blog. So this is the Honeyfied life already. Still getting used to the weather and it seems that it will still be months that we have to use three sets of comforters! Now I'm thinking we should get an orange comforter!