#throwback!

oh how cute is this little girl!!! 

i miss her being this small (taken over a year ago)!  but i also enjoy her now for being the most talkative  big girl (as she labels herself now) ever! 

time zooooooms!

perfect twirl captured...

chanced upon this picture of xia from some months ago while browsing thru my phone's photos.  it captured her twirl so perfectly!

i love this photo!!!  taken at my aunt's house in silay.  she was bouncing and twirling on the mattress of the king-sized bed... 

my sunshine!

🎶🎵🎶 you are my sunshine...

my only sunshine...

you make me happy, when skies are gray! 

you never know dear how much i love you... 

so please don't take my sunshine away!!! 🎶🎵🎶

#yolandaPH

such a tough situation for the philippines... for visayas...  

the strongest typhoon ever recorded in the philippine history caused massive damage to homes, properties/infrastructure and livelihood.  

and my beloved cadiz was not spared :(  signal #4 resulted to this... 

mom went home last thursday and the typhoon struck the next day.  mom said it was mala-delubyo in intensity.  she was crying out to God, praying and praising Him at the same time.  i was agitated the whole time especially that she was only with my sister-in-law and 10yr old niece and 1yr old nephew...  good thing they never lost telecom signal so i was able to monitor them every 15mins during the entire 1.5hrs ordeal.  

i am thankful that my family is well with very slight damage to our home.  aside from the lack of electricity until now (and expected to last in the next 15days as 151 posts got damaged), my family is generally ok.  so my heart goes out to people who have lost everything (including loved ones) due to this...  

i have helped and will continue helping by:

• foregoing personal gifts including for xia
• foregoing chatime breaks (averaging 3x / weekday)
• foregoing lunch-outs and dine-outs in the next 4 weeks (unless free!) 
• arranged a garage sale of office clothes 
• donating my and xia's old clothes (and we have accumulated a lot!) 
• asking more help from friends 

all proceeds from these activities including personal sacrifices will go to yolanda survivors in my hometown.  

with the bayanihan of filipinos and the help from other countries, no doubt in my heart that visayans will soon rise up, stronger than ever!!!  

halloween 2013: spooky treats @ the village

so it's that time of the year again!  it's really one of the most awaited event as it's one of the rarest time that i can dress up xia in a costume.  her school being a montessori school does not celebrate nutrition month, linggo ng wika, or UN day - where kids can dress up.  that's why we look forward to the annual halloween event! 

as opposed to last year, where we were able to join 2 halloween parties (at the condo and the village) - we only got to join at the village only this year.  we sold the condo recently and while we will miss the celebration there, we knew from last year that the village' celebration is more fun!!! 

off xia went as..... TINKERBELL!!! :) 

kuya matt came as zorro - tinkerbell's escort hehehe #walangconnect. 

lots of kids have joined - dressed up as either cute or scary characters, like princesses, fairies, snow white, little red riding hood, witches, zombies, draculas...

 

for us though - this kuya should take home the best in costume award!  best in effort pa ha, as he had to stand the entire time because of the table he's carrying along.  really cool! 

but the kids went crazzzyyy with JOLLIBEE!!!  he has been a part of our 4 years halloween parties - be it in the condo or here in the village.  hanep si jollibee - star for all seasons! hehehehe...

the most enjoyable part though was the collecting of treats from neighboors! :)  most have dressed up their homes the creepiest way possible - aliw!!!  we, however, did not decorate our house but we gave out treats for the kids...

then xia went around to get her own treats!  and she had a blast!!!  she kept telling me how cool it was and that she was really having fun.  yes, my bulinggit can really be soooo expressive!!!  

  

and the best in effort sa mga homeowners is this - the alice in wonderland place :)  karir na karir diba?! :) 
   

and my tinkerbell went home happy as usual!!! 

'til next year!!! :)