Cian Turns 5!

My Baby Cian Stephen turns 5

Today, November 8, 2009, my little boy Cian turns 5. I remember it like it was just yesterday when I had the most difficult pregnancy... injecting myself on my tummy with Heparin every single day from my 2nd month of pregnancy up until I gave birth!, going thru the hassle of blood tests once a week, ultrasound every 3 weeks! I always had this fear of losing the baby even when I was already on my 7th month....'cos I could....really. Gosh, I thought I would never see the end of it... and now he's 5! : )

at Gerry's

with Ate & Pa

There was no party. We just spent the day in Trinoma. We had a sumptuous lunch at Gerry's, bought him his lemming toy : ), and saw This Is It.... let me tell you, this is his first movie at the cinema : ) He enjoyed the movie, but slept through the Thriller part.... HAHA!! ...I know, of all parts to sleep through! I enjoyed it immensely and at the same time I also felt sad because MJ was sooo close to the main event...and he's pfffft.... GONE.

I have quite a few pending reviews to post but can't find the time to do so. I promise to do updates as soon as I can.

My latest much-awed stuff is the African Black Soap from Venus & Mars... It's a dream!! Will post review very soooon!

'Til then.... xoxo

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hello everybody! I've been out of touch since after the Ondoy tragedy. I know I said "I'm Back" but then, (business) opportunity knocked and I grabbed it. I recently opened a stall in a mini mall in Congressional Avenue Quezon City. I thought of taking advantage of the coming holiday season...yah know, to earn a few bucks for gift-giving and kikay stuff...it's hard being a girl! HAHA!

My stall sells mostly organic stuff, some from Venus & Mars, a little from Human Nature, Mineral Makeup from Ellana and Bare Naturals, a host of body stuff I make.. from body scrub, body butter and body scents, burners and scented oils. So far so good.... hope it gets better as the holiday season approaches.

Wish me luck!! :)

xoxo

Nice to be Back!!!

I was in hiatus for quite sometime..a week, maybe two. After that bummer typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), I just wasn't in the mood to blog about anything. The aftermath was the most devastating but in a way it's also good to know that there are a lot of good-hearted people who really went out of their way... some even risked their lives just to help. Chivalry is not dead after all! This past week also proved that prayers really do work. The reported super typhoon Pepeng (Parma) didn't land in Manila as expected and it just wasn't that super anymore..YAY for that! But still it also left people homeless in the Nothern part of the country...Gosh...why all these storms?!!

Anyhoo...I missed blogging. While on a break, I was never really away 'cos I was also going around reading blogs and commenting on some : ) Nice to be back!!! Will be posting about some acquisitions soon... : )

'Til then...

xoxo

Reach Out to Those In Need

Last Saturday, Sept 26, Metro Manila was immersed in flood water due to Typhoon Ondoy. It was unexpected. It happened before but not in Metro Manila. The amount of water that poured down was equivalent to 6 months of rain! Can you imagine that! A lot of properties were destroyed, families lost their homes, people were on rooftops. Social status was disregarded, people rich and poor were left homeless and hungry, unable to obtain food as they were stuck on the roof or at the upper floors of their houses. Some even died, carried away by the current of the flood waters. Rescue operations were delayed because the streets were too flooded, really in deep water, and too many people were in need. I guess our government wasn't prepared for a calamity of such huge proportions.

We were blessed to have a house located on a slightly elevated part of Quezon City. No cable, no phone lines, no internet connection are the worst we've been through. It's just like living a simple, no frills, just -the- basics kind of life... for that I am so grateful! It's NOTHING compared to what others have gone through.

My heart goes out most specially to our fellow beauty blogger, Shen. Last I heard, she still hasn't made contact with her Dad who lives in Marikina with her Uncle who has Down's Syndrome. She is worried sick cos the house where her Dad and Uncle stays is a bungalow. If you're from the Philippines, you know that Marikina is the flood capital of Metro Manila second to Navotas because the town is right next to a big river (Marikina River). She can't just rush to Marikina cos it's also flooded where she's staying now. I urge everybody to pray for Shen's Dad and Uncle that they will be delivered from harm. What's so sad about it is, she just lost her Mom recently ( a year ago if I'm not mistaken).

It's good to know that a lot of our countrymen are extending help whichever way they can, some by monetary, others by just being volunteers in packing and dispatching relief goods. I'm sure as individuals we too can help in our own little way...reach out, let's not underestimate the power of prayer.

How's everybody??

I hope everyone here in blogger are safe.

'Til then

xoxo

I won, I won!!!!

I'm ecstatic!! I won Shen's Birthday Contest!! Thanks from the bottom of my heart :) It's my first time to win something that's why I'm sooo excited..so please bear with me. Lol!!

I would also like to congratulate Shen for the nomination of her blog, Shen's Addiction at the Philippine Blog Awards. I really hope she gets it! GO GIRL!!!