Jeanette's End of the year report

Here's the update of the prayer wish list I made at the onset of 2010.

I am so happy to think that our of the 10 prayer wishes I made, 7 were actually granted! God is so GREAT! God has really blessed me this year and I am very, very, very thankful for that…

But still, aside from my granted wishes, God has given me more than just blessings...with each blessing, there are lessons that I learned and values that I earned...and a lot more to thank for!

God blessed me with more friends...I have learned to accept each of our differences, I learned to tone down my temperaments so that I will be able to listen more to their ideas, thoughts and feelings.

God blessed me with a new family…well, technically “new”…God officially gave us his blessing as AJ’s father and I walked down the aisle last Feb 6 (2 years 1 month 2 weeks and 5 days after I gave birth to her).

God blessed me with a flourishing career. I was now in a place where I can prove myself that I can do more than what is expected to me, that now I can finally excel without somebody dragging me down. I can freely express my ideas (with the knowledge that there will be someone listening and will somehow take my ideas into their considerations). Call it luck? No…I call it God’s gift!

And of course, I thank God for his greatest gift…My daughter AJ! Never can my heart sing more. She grows lovelier each day, I may see my eyes in her eyes but I see God’s Love in her smile.

Every morning, I praise the Lord for a new day; I praise the Lord for the child beside me; I praise the Lord for the smiles that greet me, I praise the Lord for the opportunities he gives me. I praise the Lord…And I thank HIM so much for his little miracles in my life!

On Paulo Coelho's story....

I've just finished reading one of Paulo Coehlo's Stories from his book "Like the Flowing River". It's about the man who died in his pyjamas. His skeletons were found on an abandoned/about-to-be-demolished housing development - and he's been dead since 1984. It took around 20 years before his remains were discovered. It's so sad to think that he died there alone and that his family, his friends even his previous employer did not even notice that he was missing. His ex-wife assumed that he has found another woman to runaway with so he did not bother to contact her. His friends whom he borrowed money with has assumed that he did not bother to contact them since he has no money to pay them. He died - alone - without someone he loved or cared for beside him.

It's a very sad ending to happen to anyone.

It's an eye opener for me. If I would die, I would want my loved ones to be there beside me so I can say goodbye properly...I don't want to die the way the man in pyjamas died.

I thank the Lord for surrounding me with family and friends who care for me so much, who gives all their efforts just to keep our communication lines open. I may have laxed on that recently but now I know what not to do...

I will never again decline an invitation to sip coffee with a friend.

I will never again miss a chance to reunite with my long lost friends, classmates & batchmates.

I will never again lost my interest in replying to their texts messages even if all
I have to text back is "Okay".

There...It's not really that hard to do, Isn't it?

Summerpointe Residences

I was at Prospertity Builders yesterday with my Tito Louie (my tito and broker). They called me up last wednesday to advise me that their management has deciced to re-map and assign me to a new block and lot. It was actually frustrating kasi as early as March 2010 I have already paid my reservations and have been paying my DP since and then all of a sudden they will re-locate us without consulting us first? Kaloka di ba? Feeling squatter lang. I nearly lost my temper buti na lang Tito Louie was there to pacify me. Pa'no, they assigned me lot 13. as in, LOT 13! How could I possible live there if I have this flashbacks of the old Amityville and Nightmare on Elm Street movies in mind. Okay, I'am a paranoid! sobra! But still, I don't like the lot number that they've assigned. But anyway, in the end, I was able to get to choose another lot number. Now my new "address" would be Block 12 Lot 9 Summerpointe Residences. I hope they could fast track their land dev and everything. At sana lang, wala nang re-mapping na maganap. frustrating and annoying talaga. I was giving high hopes that I will be able to move in by next year - hay naku! di pa pala! They didn't even have authority to sell from hlrub pa. But it happens talaga sa mga pre-selling house and lots. I just trust my broker (tito ko eh) - He really knows what he's doing.

Hopefully all will really end up well.

Now, I still have another year to save up for the renovations...

...still setting my hopes high...

Prosperity Builders Resources Inc

I called them last week, they told me that their project, Summerpointe Residences, have not started it's land development yet due to some re-mapping issues. When I paid them my reservation fee last April, they told me they will be able to start their land dev by June - e October na! They really really need to be truthful with waht they say to their clients. Ako, I just keep telling myself to be patient. The time will come. siguro by november, I'll just write them a letter to suspend muna my payments until the project has been fully developed. Mukha naman silang may mga pinag-aralan to understand what hlurb says...

AJ's Developments

I'm mighty proud of AJ. She's mature for a 2 year old. She's already ahead especially in verbal development. She can already tell me how's her day with perfect recollection that I no longer need to ask her Papa everytime i went home from work.

Her sentences are still broken but you can easily understand what she wants to say. Like last night when she's asking me for a carousel ride. She told me "mama, punta tayo dun MOA sakay horse-horse, dig-dig".

At her age, he really is able to communicate well.

Every morning, her papa needs to ask her what she wants for breakfast first before buying or cooking. If she says she likes "maporado" (champorado) but he Papa would buy "popas" (sopas) instead, then she won't eat - unless you give her "maporado". It would vary every morning, sometimes she would say she likes "pansiton" (pancit canton) or "dodles" (noodles), sometimes "geebar" (fudgee bar).

A few months ago, if you ask her if she already ate, she would always answer “Di pa” even if she’s already full. Now, she will say what she ate and will only say “DI pa” if she has not eat yet.

She talks to us like she's already an adult. Nakikipagtalo pa minsan. Like if she wants to ride her bike and we would say it's still broken, She won't believe and will say "ayos 'yan papa kanina eh" and she won't stop until you give her what she wants.

Even at dinner time, We're not teaching her table manners yet (it would come though), I'm still letting her play around while her plate is on our living room table, She'll eat by herself - that's ok - but I still need to remind her "subo na baby" she's obedient - she would go to the table to feed herself, after a while she's on the run again. When I call her, she would say "puno pa mama o" pointing on her mouth implying the she's still chewing her food.

Nakakatuwa talaga! To think that her first sentence was "Mama La na!" (Mama wala na!), and she has spoken that at seven months old!

It's so nice talaga!

Over the hills and far away....Teletubbies come to play...

I was never a fan of teletubbies.

But lately I was obligated to watch...and enjoy because my AJ loves them.

I didn't actually know how she stumbled upon that old CD, I didn't even remember that I have that CD. If I did, i might as well throw it away since in the first place, i never wanted AJ to watch teletubbies.

First, I don't like the way they talk. I really don't understand their sentences, the syllable even! Thank God, the creators thought of having someone narrate over or else I will never have any idea of what's going on.

Plus, It so so stupid to have them end their sentences in "ohhh" and "uh-uh!", which, I think, is not necessary in the story.

The only girl in the group is supposed to be Lala (the yellow teletubby), but all of them acts like a girl. especially the red teletubby. (Po, I think). I'm not againts LGBT's but puh-leez! It's not proper to produce something that might inflict some gender issues on a child's mind. Nakakaloka sila!

I hate them, but my AJ loves them. So i have to love them too. She calls them "Pipot" (AJ means "puppet"). And I cant help laughing aloud everytime she says "Mama, nood tayo pipot".

So how could I say no?

The thing that we can live without

Last night, I issued a check for my dad's gun.

I hate to think that I issued my very first check just to buy a stupid gun.

I don't like the idea, no, not a bit. I believe guns won't do us any good. And most of all, I don't buy the idea that it's for self defense. For me, it is all about kayabangan. Some people tend to feel so superior if they have weapons that they can flash around so other people will be afraid. And that feeling of superiority nor security is a very lame excuse.

We don't need a gun. we don't need something that would harm other people especially ourselves. I hate to hear how innocent people died of indescriminate firing (not that i think dad is capable of it). We just can't ignore the fact that there are a lot of people (and children) who were hit by stray bullets.

I have a child at home, and it is a nightmare for me to think that there's a gun somewhere in the house that can harm her.

We don't need a gun

The world can be peaceful without guns

Without guns, there's no need to defend ourselves from other people's guns.

But how can I say NO to my dad? The dealer is already in the house, and I don't want to show any kabastusan in front of a stranger.

Lord, I don't know what else to do. I know that a gun in the house won't do us any good. But I'm keeping my faith that you won't let the gun in house be used in any way.

Non-Forfeiture of Payments as per HLURB

I got this from the website of Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLRUB), this might be useful in case the developer of the subdivision where I bought my house (Prosperity Builders Resources Inc) failed to finish the development of Summer Pointe Residences in time.


Non-Forfeiture of Payments
A buyer’s payment for a subdivision lot or condominium unit cannot be forfeited by the owner or developer when he desists paying on the ground that the project is not develop per approved plans and within the time limit for development. He must, however, notify the owner or developer of his decision to suspend payments.

The said buyer has the option to demand a refund of the total amount paid with legal interest. The total amount includes amortization interest but delinquency interest is excluded. Section 23 of PD 957 Subdivision and Condominium Buyers Protective Decree provides, thus:

SECTION 23. Non-Forfeiture of Payments. – No installment payment made by a buyer in a subdivision or condominium project for the lot or unit he contracted to buy shall be forfeited in favor of the owner or developer when the buyer, after due notice to the owner or developer, desist from further payment due to the failure of the owner or developer to develop he subdivision or condominium project according to the approved plans and within the time limit for complying with the same. Such buyer, may at his option, be reimbursed the total amount paid including amortization interest but excluding delinquency interest, with interest thereon at the legal rate.

Life isn't always bliss

I'm sad today.

I woke up today still tired from all the emotions I felt last night. I went home from work yesterday, my child sick, my mom bickering...my husband drinking, my brothers taking sides. In my mind it was chaotic. It was like being caught in the middle of two clashing boulders. My mom is angry that my husband left my sick child to her while he drinks alcohol. My husband is upset because he wasn't able to decide for my child's well being because my mom hinders him so. My mom hates my husband because he's doesn't have a job, to her it seemed that my husband is leeching on me. My husband wasn't able to work because he was looking for a good agency that will finally sail him.

If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

I admit I might have chosen the wrong person to be with. The person who has no work because in his idealistic mind he will achieve what he dreamed of becoming. A sailor. My mom cannot see that. For her, it was all about MONEY. Money is everything. She hates for me to work alone for my family because I can no longer give her my whole salary (the way I used to before I bore AJ).

But coming home to a drunk husband is another story. He wasn't even Man enough to support me and our daughter and yet he still has enough guts to get himself drunk?

Now I'm confused whom should I hate.

If GOD isn't holding my heart now, I would have plunged a knife straight into my heart so I can no longer feel how it aches. God is still good. I maybe sad right at this moment, but i can hear him whispering to my heart that a little later today there will still be a reason for me to smile and to go on with life. I am crying again now, but not because I'm sad, but because of gratitude. I am feeling pain simply because I have the capacity to feel. It means I also have the capacity to feel love, happiness, joy, hope...

I am crying now because I am thankful that I have found strength in this moment of weakness, a shelter from the storm...and because of it...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Bob Ong's words of wisdom

1. "Lahat naman ng tao sumeseryoso pagtinamaan ng pagmamahal. Yun nga lang,
hindi lahat matibay para sa temptasyon."

2. "Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak
para alagaan ang sarili mo."

3. "Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawakan ng iba.
"

4. "Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang."

5. "Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na."

6. "Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung
walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

7. "Kung maghihintay ka nang ng lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay
mo.. Dapat lumandi ka din."

8. "Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na
araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang."

9. "Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi
pagkukusa."

10. "Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin
na di mo mahal pero mahal ka. Kaya quits lang."

11. "Bakit ba ayaw matulog ng mga bata sa tanghali? alam ba nilang pag
natuto silang umibig e hindi na sila makakatulog kahit gusto nila?

12. "Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na
sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama
ka."

13. "Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang
puso mo. Tumitibok lng yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon,
kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo
na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag
mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo:
magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso,
utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi
IKAW mismo!"

Home Ideas...And School too!

I'm really so excited about the house. I have just started paying the DP and I still have some few more requirements to submit including the confirmation of my status with pag-ibig (from single to married) and the update of my MPL. But this did not stop me from imagining and planning on how the interiors of my house would look. Take a look at these pics I got from the web.

Dining & Kitchen area



This is bigger than the dining area of my soon-to-be house. Pero I would want to create a miniature copy.

Living room area



Small lang naman ang house, so this will do.

Bedroom area,

actually I have no picture of the exact room that I want since I have no idea about it yet. I'll just post as soon as I saw one that would suit my one bedroom house.

Actually, I need to raise a lot of money for this task. I mean A LOT! As i would not only be scouting the things that the house needs to make it conducive for living. I will also be starting to scout a school for AJ! I have heard that Statefields School and Divine Light Academy are good schools. But how about the tuition fee?

Lord, Sana makasakay na ng barko yung asawa ko. I need all the help I can get to give AJ a good growing up and environment and the best education.

Block 3 Lot 17 Summerpointe Residences Phase 1A Brgy Pasong Buaya II Imus Cavite

I'll be having you soon...

I have already paid my 2nd installment for the down payment, I'll be finished paying the DP by November 23, 2010 then afterwards, I'll be paying MA. I have already signed and submitted the contracts and other papers that i need to sign and submit. I just need open a checking account as part of hdmf requirement. Though I still lack few more documents that i need to provide asap!

Whew! Ang daming kailangan! But I wont grow tired. After all, it is my would-be home!

And I am so excited about it!

The Irony of a dream

When I was a teenager, I dreamed of going to Marrakech (or Marrakesh). For me, it is a much safer version of Persia (or Iran, as there was a war going on there during my growing up years). I would love to see a whole new world different from mine, and this place has the perfect ensemble of culture, with a history that you can trace for a thousand years. Kings & Queens, Princes and Princesses flourished in every era. Yes, I would love to go there, in my foolish young demented mind, I am Jasmine and there I would find my Aladdin in a flying carpet...

Never would I imagine that this foolish dream would eventually come true...
In a twistedly ironic way...

Because just last August, by one stroke of luck,
I was able to travel and see...

Club Morocco, Subic!



Kalokang dream yan!

Dear AJ

I can't believe you're really getting bigger. My heart is torn between wishing that you'll forever remain to be my little baby girl and my eagerness to see you grow. Ngayon pa lang, I can see your independence and maturity. You know when it's time for me to go to work and that I have to leave you for a while. But in the evening, when i come home, you'll just give me a very big hug and a kiss to compensate the long day that I'm not with you. Then you always opt not to leave my side from that time on till the next day that I need to go to work again. Tabi tayo sa matulog palagi. You don't allow anyone to sleep beside you except me.

everyday is an adventure when I'm with you. You're quick to learn kaya everyday you have new tricks and learnings that you were eager to show us. Sabi nila, nagmana ka raw sa kakulitan ko. Just like me, you just wont stay on a spot for a long time, laging busy, laging may ginagawa, laging nangungulit. You're inquisitive young mind does not allow you to be idle. Lahat sila nakukulitan na sa iyo, but not me. I'll never grow tired of you. You have had my energy as a child, So I understand what you want and what you need to grow up properly.

I love you so much anak. I have never known in whole life that I can harness this kind of love that I have for you. It's like having my heart outside my body, to love, to hold, to nurture & to take care of. It's in you that I have found my passion. I always thank God for bringing you into my life. For letting me feel my true worth. Though sometimes, I admit, I am afraid this love is so selfish that there are times that I wish not to have another child so that I can love you alone. Well, sometimes lang naman 'yun. If God wants to give you a baby brother or sister, then It will be a wonderful gift for all of us. Of course, I wanted you to feel how to love your sibling(s) too like the way I love your tito jong and tito jay.

At the end of the day, there's always GOD to thank. I hope that I would be able to bring you up properly with so much respect and love for God. Anak, I may be able to give you all the things that you need and want but i guarantee that it won't give us contentment because eventually, God will always be our happiness. I hope when you grow up, you'll accept God in your heart. He is the stronghold of your character. I may not always be there but GOD will never leave you. That's my faith and I hope you'll have the same faith too. In all the things you do, To God be the Glory!

I love you so much anak. Mama will always take care of you.
Be good always.

Love,
Mama

The Anatomy of Jeanette Macugay-Cabrera

I haven't been able to blog for a while...
Had a lot of things to do with so much little time...
There's a lot "ME" that I need to carry out well in a lot of different roles...

I'm not complaining or anything, co'z i'm enjoying every minute of it (though not easy). Balancing each of my roles in life is fun especially if i look at it in the brighter side.

I want to share with you everything that makes me "ME". All the roles that I play that makes my worth.

MOM - Yes, I play this role the best I can. With so much love! I sometimes surprise myself that I was able to give so much love and that I am aching to give more. It is really true that motherhood is the essence of a woman.

WIFE - I can never brag that i am the perfect wife, or that my husband and I have a perfect relationship. Not every moment of our life together is all bliss but we have a lot of room for compromises. We are still two separate individuals adjusting on our journey through life together. Independent as I am, It won't able to take just a snap of the fingers to realize that I can no longer hold my decisions as mine alone especially if it pertains to the well being of our family. But still, It's so wonderful to dream big dreams and work hard to achieve them if you have someone to dream and to work with you.

DAUGHTER - I am not only my parents' daughter but of God as well. I am forever thankful that God gave me such wonderful parents that never gave up on me. All that I have achieved, I achieved because of them who never faltered to coach me, to push me towards my goals, to cradle me each time I fall. I am praying that I may be able to do the same with my daughter. God has blessed me so much. His love alone keeps me strong to endure all that he offers me, may it be trial, may it be blessing. In everthing I do, I pray...To God be the glory, forever and always!

SISTER - The fun part! I have two darling baby brothers (that are bigger than me). To whom I have shared the sweetness and bitterness (the spices) of my childhood. We are so close that nothing can tear us apart. I love them both and I always try to give in to what makes them both happy. In all the places that I've been, In all the adventures that I've been to, I always envision myself that someday I can come back and relinquish my adventure with them. I love them so much that I can give my everything to them. Actually if they will ask me to give them my house (that I am currently paying now), I am more willing to give it to them. Haha! I'm an obsessed big sister - so what?

FRIEND - I am not a great talker. In fact i am often misunderstood by the way I express my thoughts. But I'm a great listener. When my friends needed a shoulder to cry on they can always count on me to be there. They can always rant about something and vent out with me. But, only few people knows that about me. Only few and lucky people - that's a proven fact.

CARREER WOMAN - I love my job now. actually I love all the jobs that i had even from way way back. I always try to give all my best shots. And i get to meet a lot of people who marks my life well. It broadens my horizon as a person. It's nice to know that I am being paid to do the job that i want!

So you see, It's not easy to play these roles at the same time. I know you have yours to - enjoy it! Life has full of reasons to become wonderful!

All of us have different roles in life, not all are exciting but worthy of acknowledgement. So to all the mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, friends and carreer women out there! My applause to all of you!

Venting out!

I have never known that i was capable of being irritated. As in BIG time irritated, not the "petty irritated feel" when I'm 1 min late or when my 2-year old daughter gets too makulit to handle. THIS is sooo different that if i soak my whole head in a tub of water it will boil. get it? THAT irritated! Okay, I know that she is selfish. Even when we are little, she's this self-centered, always-me wimp that i need to get along with. For all these years, I thought i have already known how to handle her (with care - I swear!). I have perfectly played the role of Robin to her Batman, or Chloe Sullivan to her Clark Kent, even Willow to her Buffy. I played all these roles perfectly well as she has nobody, while I have my little brothers to grow up with. I have mastered the virtue of patience just being around her. I did this all because I LOVE HER SO MUCH! I never wanted her to feel so alone, as she was the only child and she lives so far. While I have my little brothers and my cousins to play with all day - everyday. I wanted her to know that i can give up everything just to be at her side in every wonderful happenings in her life - and even in her most sorrowful moments.

But when I received a text message from her saying sorry about how she made me feel envious when we were kids, and how she'd thought that she had a more fantabulous childhood than I did. she said how much she loves us but she'd stressed how we have hurt her time and again. ---That text changed everything!At first I ignored the message thinking that it wasn't meant for me. But after a few days she confirmed that it was for me and that she really thinks that she had made me envious before, because she has more material things than me. She really thought of having a more fantabulous childhood just because she gets all the material things she wants. I felt insulted. After all that I did for her, she still thinks I'm Inggitera. Just because she's more materially blessed than me. Well, Okay lang, if that's what she likes to think. i pity her the more, she had this twisted idea that happiness can be achieved by the number of material things she has. That has never been the case for me. We may never be rich like her, I wasn't educated "prima classe", i never had all the things i would have wanted while growing up but I was surrounded by honest to goodness people who LOVES ME A LOT! I am respected by my brothers and my other cousins. They are beside me in every life's battle that i take. It wouldn't matter to them whether i win or fail. They're just there! I feel so blessed that I grew up, bought up with the people I love the most, sharing all that I have with them and just loving them...I really am blessed. Now I'm thinking why must someone feel that i grew up envying her? Actually I dont know! till now i can't understand why she made me say sorry for something that I don't remember of doing or may haven't done?
Why is she like that?

10 things i want to do within the next 10 years

There's a lot of things I wanted to do in life. But I know I can never do it all at the same time, So i came up with the list of just 10 things i want to do within the next 10 years. Mostly maybe petty, some maybe impossible but hey - still promises fun, fulfillment and excitement. My list as follows:

1. Sky Diving - coz, hey i wanted to know how it feels like to soar the skies.
2. By a Pajero and Volkswagen Beetle
3. To have my own little "country" house.
4. To pursue the house the me & my siblings dreamed of. (4 houses - 1 for each of us with an adjoining backyard (with pool) w/c is really conducive for family bonding.
5. Tour the Philippines and experience all the fiestas and festivals. starting with the following places (my top 10).
a) Club Noah Isabelle, Palawan
b) Baler, Quezon
c) Caramoan, Quezon
d) Hundred Islands & Bolinao Pangasinan
e) Puerto Galera, Mindoro
f) Camarines Sur
g) Catanduanes,
h) Albay (Mayon Volcano)
i) Benguet (Sagada & Mt. Pulag)
j) Turtle Island
6. Cruise Southeast Asia
7. Scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef
8. Go to Disneyland Hongkong on Aj's 7th Birthday
9. To have a very nice retirement home in Tagaytay (Overlooking taal) or Corregidor (seafront)
10. Renovate my parent's house

This is actually a prayer list for me. I really do hope to achieve this list!

Haaay! Minsan talaga ang sarap mangarap!

My own place at Summerpointe Residences

I'm so excited! I have recently paid a reservation for a house on Summer Pointe Residences in Imus Cavite. By next month I will be paying our monthly downpayment and after 8 months i will be be paying the monthly ammortization. Ang sarap isipin that i will be going to have my own home. Kaya lang, matagal pa kami pwede lumipat. The developer (Prosperity Builders Inc) advised us that they will be starting it's land development on June pa. So baka by late next year pa kami pwede lumipat. Fine by me. AJ is small pa naman so i am not in a hurry to move yet. Ang mahalaga i already have a little jump start on it before AJ is ready to go to school. Ayoko kasi pagsabay-sabayin. Maganda yung may house na kami, fully furnished and fully settled na kami before I enrol AJ to pre-school. By that time, pwede ko nang ipagkatiwala sa yaya yung anak ko.

Anyhow! I'm still excited about it! I have lots of plans on how to make it beautiful and cozy and "friends" friendly too!

Here's what it looks like when it's finished.


Kaya lang the lot area is just 65 sqm not 75sqm as stated on the photo. Pero it's the same house and same floor area. Grabe! I'm lovin' it na!

Every girl's dream...

Discover Philippines

I want to share to you my travels.
They are just few...for now. But soon after discovering my own country, I will also be traveling the world...

1st stop: Corregidor

My dad tagged us along when he went to his mission in corregidor. We lived in this lighthouse for a week while he was working (My dad was a lighthouse keeper). I realy had a wonderful time staying on this island. My brother and I had a brush with a lot of history of the place as we stay on this island. Each morning, we would go down to the beach to fish and play, then we went bird hunting (which was legal then) and cook them for supper. I really really love it here in corregidor!

2nd stop: Mambusao, Capiz
My mom's birth place. I met all my kamag-anak's here and had a really really nice reunion with my lolo and lola (i call them yoyoy and yayay as was the custom). The beaches of Capiz are very very nice which haven't been touched by commercialism yet (i hope not). And the CRABS! wow! they are so large! and yummy!

3rd stop: Sanchez Mira, Cagayan
My father's birth place. where the waves of the beach are higher than the shore. The waves are so rough that my dad had to tie us with a rope so that we wouldn't be washed offshore. But i enjoyed the rough waters. it would plunged you into the shore then pull you back out into the sea. i love it plus the fact that it is the place where the Cagayan river meets the pacific (or south china sea - i think).
Dad brought us to the old lighthouse on top of the cliff (just above the river and the sea) and the scenery is so wonderful!

4th stop: Ilocos Norte
the unpaved roads to Dingras. the 6 small rivers that we went throught (no bridges). it was like coming home to Anne Shirley dream house. there's a nice little house and a lttle brook. so peaceful!

5th Stop: Subic bay Zambales
the whales, the adventure, the waters - not enough for someone who hasn't enough money to go jetskiing, parasailing, yatching. Maybe if i had a lot to spend, i will be able to try their amenities.

6th stop: Bohol


This place is very beautiful. I love the chocolate hills.


i love the beach and it's wonderful array of lovely starfishes


i love the tarsier...

i love Bohol!






7th stop: Cagayan de Oro
Where the adventure never stops.




8th stop: Camiguin
the island of volcanoes!








Wow! maybe my travels are not enough. but i will be travelling a lot soon! And i would like to share all of them with you!

Friends, Filipinos, Countrymen

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Welcome to my life!

i found a new home for my thoughts...
a new haven for my dreams...
a new sanctuary for my heart...

i'm not as bad - or as good as others may think.

i'm just me!