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month number 29 + a baby shower

Waited for J to finish his one class in UP. While waiting, I watched Awake and Red Dwarf on my Galaxy Tab, and tried in vain to look like I understood the Math long exams on the professors’ windows. Also used the faculty-members-only washroom on the second floor. How liberating.

Off to Trinoma for monthsary lunch. There was a crack on the wall so of course this picture had to be taken.

Fish & Co. First time to dine here! Had a raspberry drink and Grilled Seasonal Fish (Cream Dory) in Cajun sauce.

Cupcake froyo with mixed berries and almonds from Golden Spoon.

The baby shower was for J’s sister, who will be giving birth to a baby boy in April.

There were games! We won in Pinoy Henyo (of baby-related terms) and won two boxes of this:

We traveled South for the second leg of the baby shower, but oh my god, THE TRAFFIC WAS HORRIBLE. Horrible! We spent 4 1/2 hours on the road, more than enough time to take me back home to Bulacan. And we were just traveling from QC to Paranaque, a trip that should have taken just two hours at most!

Anyway. Still a happy day.

food, love, food love

Twenty-eight months with this boy. And this cheesy post is brought to you by my food photo backlog.

Diet not allowed.

Kanin Club

Be kind to yourself and have some turon a la mode from Kanin Club. It’s basically halo-halo, only wrapped and crispy. Bananas, macapuno, mongo beans, purple yam jam – yum.

Sentro 1771

Order their sago’t gulaman. It has got to be the best I’ve ever tasted. You’ll get refills, and you won’t regret it.

Burgoo

We like the fact that we can draw on the table.

Cream dory milanese, seafood jambalaya, supreme sampler.

That’s it for now.

I think I need new glasses. Peg!

Actually this is more an excuse to tell you guys to watch Smash. Beautiful show-within-a-show with fantastic musical numbers.

monday the 13th

We decided to have our Valentine’s Day dinner on the 13th to avoid the crowd that would probably go love-berserk on the 14th.

So! I enjoyed the night despite the fact that it started with me walking against a strong wind with rainwater inside my shoes. I never knew how annoying it was to look for a bus through several dozen people blocking the bus placards with their umbrellas.

Almon Marina at Mall of Asia.

Hey there.

We love this soup! Bacon, corn, and potato. Perfect for the weather.

I had their Chicken Sausage Crunch. A sandwich with apple slices (and inexplicable little flags).

J had the California Roast Turkey.

We loved the food! Healthy and light and relatively inexpensive.

Swensen’s after, but I was so ice cream-deprived I forgot to take a picture and just pounced on it.

When we were at Vikings, I got fixated on their fruits and cheese plate, so we bought wine, prunes, dates and our favorite cheese. Drank while watching Friday Night Lights.

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone.

I’m sure you have that one friend who says Valentine’s Day is a fake holiday and should not be celebrated. For the Valentine’s Day haters, here’s a lovely, thoughtful post by writer Catherynne Valente. Read the whole thing.

It doesn’t work to say “make every day special.” First of all, most of you know damn well that you don’t shower your partner with gifts and adoration and that most precious of things: dedicated, mindful time every day of the year. Even the best relationship is not a 24/7 orgiastic festival of plenty and perfect moments. No human can sustain it. If every day is special, none of them are.

But I get the hatin’ on Valentine’s Day (and Christmas, particularly) – the traffic is always horrible.

In other news: I’ve started work on a new story and two new poems. I haven’t written anything new in a long while, so this makes me happy.

Week 1 at the new job done! I’m enjoying it.

February! How did that happen?

Anyway end-January we went to Vikings at Mall of Asia for J’s sister’s birthday. Highly recommended. They have a wonderful spread.

Thanks for the treat, J and family!

On Feb.2, breakfast at Pancake House! We haven’t done this in a while.

Breakfast makes me happpyyy.

Coffee, cheese pancakes, and a Pinoy-style breakfast meal. The best.

Went clothes shopping and was horrified to find out that most slacks either 1) didn’t fit me or 2) didn’t fit me well. Who likes slacks? Tell me. I’ll stick with leggings and dresses if you don’t mind, corporate world.

PDI Research! It’s Almi’s pizza party. She asked us to wear something pink and bring a DIY crown, and me of the artistic persuasion took a crystal headband and wrapped it with a pink ribbon.

You can’t see it clearly here but Lawrence was wearing a Chief Justice Corona crown. Corona = corona = crown. And someone’s wearing a Loren Legarda calendar.

We’re ah tickled pink. Haha! Thanks for the pizza Ate Almi! :D

george’s 7th

I took some pictures with my phone but alas it just died on me.

These pictures were taken by J’s sister and George’s mom, VJ. The party was held at the North East Greenhills Clubhouse, headed by the deliciously named NEGA (North East Greenhills Association):