fun with girls...errr, women!

11 of us 'women' of v.o.v. celebrated cynthia's birthday by getting a full body massage in millbrae and having lunch. i have to say, it's one of the better massages i've had state-side. what is it about asian women that they give the best massages? plus, for $45 for a full 60 minute massage, can't beat that. (after your first time it's $78 tho) the place is called, 'a perfect day spa'. it was a good massage, and i would come back, even for full price.


after the massage, we ate at alimango for lunch. the food was ok. i have no complaints about the food, but neither was i impressed. would i come back and eat there? still thinking about that. their 'fountain drink' says free refill but when my friend asked for a refill on her coke, she said there are no refills on her soda. i don't know what they considered a fountain drink but we weren't about to argue with them over a glass of soda so we didn't complain. the manager (or owner) was very friendly though. maybe we should have asked him instead of the waiter. any hoot, we had fun. i would have loved to stay and hang out but we were gone for 4 hours already at nahihiya na ako kay karen who was babysitting michelle earlier (thanks k!).

cynthia, happy birthday to you!!! 2 corinthians 12:9-10 '...Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong." we love you!!!

the women: pastora mona, cynthia, me, tita ressie, cherie, ate gina, nanay teresita, tita irma, ate thez, ate anna, karen v.

small victory: did not eat rice today, hooorah!

small defeat: ate one too many spoonfuls of dessert, baaaad!!!

ass off the couch!

I SOOOOOO FREAKIN' NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!!!

i get upset at myself sometimes for 'letting myself go' and gain as much weight as i did last year. why did i let myself fall off the weightloss wagon again? i've come to accept that my genes play a big part in my struggle and i will have to battle with my weight for the rest of my life but that's not an excuse to gain instead of lose weight! urgh!

i read leonardo dicaprio told kate winslet, 'you have to let the fat girl go'. kate has always struggled with her weight too and look at her now! slim and svelte! i, too, have to let the fat girl go and reclaim my old self!

i'm tired of disguising my love-handles by wearing oversized everything. i'm tired of looking at my closet only to find clothes that are tight and make me look like suman. (shopping for a new wardrobe is an option i currently cannot afford and dare not entertain!) i'm tired of complaining about my wide hips and my bulging belly. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS $#!+!!!!!

so that's enough complaining, time to get movin'. wii fit jogging is calling my name.

sugatan cousins

after christmas, my cousin, raquel and her dad and husband visited the bay area. the last time i saw them was around the same time last year when we visited them at their home in seattle.

so syempre, halata naman sa kaseksihan naming lahat, wala kaming ginawa kundi kumain!!! it was great to spend time with them and with ate joan and ate jeen na kahit na taga rito rin sa daly city e hindi ko masyado nakakasama.

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i really had a lot of fun and i wish we could hang out more often. lalo tuloy nakaka miss yung iba naming pinsan. kelan kaya tayo ulit magkakasama sama ng kumpleto tayo? =)

here are some of the photos naming magpipinsan.

raquel, al, me, paul, michelle, my dad, and tito rollie

the sugatan clan at tita lita's

ate jeen, ate joan, raquel, and me

nasa lahi talaga namin ang *sexy* =)

slowly coming together

the house is slowly coming together.

maybe we'll have the house warming when the husband comes back next month. =)

always log out!

the post below is a lesson to me.

ALWAYS LOG OUT OF BLOGSPOT IF YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE POSTING BLOGS ON YOUR BEHALF.

love you lai!!! =D

Not Almira

This is not Almira. This is her friend who saw an opportunity to post on her blog while she's in the living room. I'm sure she will delete this when she finds it hehehe...

I love Almira. She's like a mother to me. Always the one who knows better. The voice in your head that tells you what you're doing wrong hahaha... She's my best friend, one third of the best people you'll ever meet (the other 2 are of course me and Chel). I not only love her, her whole family too. Her mom, dad, husband, and my favorite inaanak, her daughter Michelle. She's a little angel. Our little angel. The one who makes us laugh and she just makes it so easy to love her.

She's superhuman. She works full time, but she's also a mother, a wife, a daughter, pie maker, and very domestic.

Chel said she doesn't wanna say anything daw. Nahiya.

Ok, now to the bad stuff... Almira doesn't laugh loud. As in, she can be "cracking up", but not in the sense of the word. When she's REALLY laughing, it's inaudible. Her face would be contorted but no sound will come out.

Almira is afraid of people. She locks the door in the car because there's people outside. Because of this, she's very picky with friends, so one should feel lucky if she considers you her friend.

Almira doesn't like pranks. She hits. A lot. Not her daughter, but she does hit Chel a lot.

What else can I say about her? I don't have enough time or interest to finish this post. One last thing about her, "ang cute cute" nya! LoL! (inside joke) Love you Mie!

(parinig)

i would love to write about raquel's trip to san francisco, kung maguupload lang sya ng picture!!!