iha...

i made egg pie today. the texture isn't perfect yet, but it tastes really good. had my mom not stopped me, i would have wolfed down a quarter of the pie in one sitting.

my mom said, 'iha, nagdadiet ka...'

of course i stopped.


[my] mother knows best.

oh yes, he did!

rain, rain, go away....

she loves wearing her rain boots (bota) most especially. kahit hindi umuulan gusto nya isuot. sulit na ang binili nila mommy and daddy just watching her wear all of these. =D

click on hello kitty for more photos

o-ba-ma!!!

obama won the elections!

it feels great to witness this part of american history. we've come so far and achieved so much since the civil rights movement. i know that we all can't really be color blind but it's reassuring to know that we can set aside race and differences and elect a president based on credentials.

i am excited for my daughter and the generations to come because obama has paved the way for all colored people in america.

i have a lot of respect for john mccain. i think he's a very honorable man who also had great plans for our country. i honestly could vote for either one of them. but the thought of sarah palin sitting in the white house makes me shudder if anything were to happen to john mccain. and for that i can't vote republican this year. sarah palin is too green, waaaay too green and not ready lead the nation, even just as second in command.

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

I AM SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY!!!

go out and vote!!!

i don't care who you vote for, but pray before you do.

if you are eligible to vote, but yet you don't, you have no right to complain about which president takes office.

california academy of sciences

we bought a membership to the new california academy of sciences which gives us unlimited visits for one year. we want to take michelle there frequently and get her interested in the sciences.

since paul is here this weekend, we braved saturday's the pouring rain, thinking that many of the visitors would be deterred by the downpour. we were wrong! the parking garage was full and the museum was packed! we didn't get to see everything since it was so crowded but michelle had fun looking at fish and dinosaur skeletons. she's into dinosaurs right now. she would ask me to look for tv shows that feature dinosaurs (and no, not the cartoon kind but the jurassic park type of dinos) and she would watch them even if they are an hour long.

the cal academy building is one of the most eco-friendly buildings in the world (read more here) and it's a great place to take kids and get them curious about the world around them. here are some of the photos we took at the academy. more photos in future visits.

halloween

michelle was dressed as an angel for halloween. paul and i were hoping angelic traits would manifest on our darling little daughter who has been trying out patience a lot lately. =)

she loved her costume and enjoyed halloween. we didn't really go trick or treating at the mall because she got distracted by all the toys so we went toy window shopping instead. but after that, we headed to tselogs for some fun with the rest of her friends.

here are the photos.