What's up?

I know, I've been neglecting you, blog. So sorry. Life happens...

Current obsessions:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OpQFFLBMEPI

http://www.youtube.com/embed/JRfuAukYTKg

Current baby-isms:

"I'm not a princess! I'm a prince!"

"The king is coming!"

"Im not pretty. I'm maganda!" (sabay irap)

LOL.

So baby started with her swimming lessons along with two of her closest girl friends. She is also attending a hip-hop class twice a week. She still goes to nursery three times a week, every morning. Busy lang ang lola.

:)

and suddenly it's 2013.

how have you been?

i thought i'd post my current favorite songs :)

pink - try
http://youtu.be/yTCDVfMz15M

swedish house mafia - don't you worry child
http://youtu.be/1y6smkh6c-0

pitbull & christina aguilera - feel this moment
http://youtu.be/QV0xSN46Pn4

rihanna -diamonds (in the sky)
http://youtu.be/5oGVd72e6Ro

david guetta - titanium vs the proclaimers - 500 miles
http://youtu.be/VYjZZ1fuXFY

xoxo

music

i am in senti mode today.

and i also struck gold with finding these music gems.

this video is something that i wished i was part of. it's nostalgic, and it makes me want to go to the vatican again.

http://youtu.be/ghdmveZdhR0

i found this next video through tiborce's blog, and it makes me reminisce about my high school/college days. gawd,  I miss my friends.

http://youtu.be/JocM61FVZy0

and this one makes me really, really wistful.

http://youtu.be/ldXFxtqKGmU

best lyrics ever.

so, so you think you can tell heaven from hell,
blue skies from pain.
can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
a smile from a veil?
do you think you can tell?
and did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
hot ashes for trees?
hot air for a cool breeze?
cold comfort for change?
and did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
how I wish, how I wish you were here.
we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
running over the same old ground.
what have you found? The same old fears.
wish you were here.

things i'm grateful for: christmas 2011

"yes, it's more than a little twee in places, but how can this festival ever be anything but? a few glasses of orange-peel-scented grog and you start to appreciate the work that goes into those little gingerbread houses with their snowy roofs and tiles made out of sweeties; the heart-shaped cookies and oranges stuffed with cloves; the extraordinary array of glass baubles and musical boxes. this is also where you come for paper plates of sharp shredded cabbage and slender sausages, twists of bread dough and slices of spice cake, paper bags of chestnuts fresh from the roaster, baked potatoes and mugs of steaming wine.

vienna, it would see, is made for christmas.." - observer.co.uk, nigel slater

it was a blessed christmas day!

our christmas day morning was spent playing with baby's gift from oma and opa - a train set!

how could we not take advantage of  a beautiful, sunny day? it was a very ideal day to go walking around...the schonbrunn palace!

oh hello there...

oma and opa are here and thank goodness, baby is showing off her good side.haha! more gramps and gran stories...next!

mr t is in dublin for a five-day work stint.ireland is one of these countries that has always been in my someday-i-will-go-there list, but just thinking about the visa application process just makes me want to crawl under a rock.

so mr t, have some guinness for me and if you see bono, please send him my regards.nyahahahaha.

**

and yet another sprinkling of christmas music dust...



p.s. how cute was sting??? o sige na nga, si bono na din.

my favorite holiday

...hands down, is the christmas season.

how can you not love christmas?

aside from the spiritual and religious aspect, there is just something about this holiday that cheers you up and makes you feel like a kid again.

i am just thankful that although we are living in a muslim country, different religions and celebrations are tolerated here.

so the christmas tree is up, the advent calendar is waiting to be filled, baby is starting to say "mas" for "christmas" and "noe" for "snow." yes, we are in the desert, but one can pretend, eh? anyway, we have ski dubai and the weather now is just gorgeous.

there's also a festive mood in the neighborhood- a beach soccer game, an open-air market, tourists in their warm clothes...

and more christmas songs!

thank you!

something beautiful happened in boracay a year ago

oh wow.however can we relive that day? i don't think we ever can. sigh. i'm just forever grateful to our friends who made it all possible.you all know who you are.

thank you so much for everything.

i was in the salon when i heard this song over the radio.i've forgotten how much i used to love this song. kinilig ako.hihi.so i thought it is just apt to post this and be reminded of that beautiful day in boracay.
 

things i'm grateful for: road trip! (munich)

we left the house with opa with the sun shining, and we arrived in tollwood with rain pelting us like there's no tomorrow.

we ran to the nearest tent with a band playing jazz music.there were lots of people, and of course, baby was fascinated with her surroundings.

she was wearing her pink dirndl (a traditional bavarian costume).too bad she could not really show it off as we had to cover her up.

a li'l intermission

oktoberfest!

today marks the start of the annual oktoberfest in munich.as much as we want to be there, we just can't.

wah!

why?

things i'm grateful for: road trip! (gotha)

and this was the reason why we drove for hours to go to a quiet east german town...

to watch nena live in concert!

a li'l intermission

i friggin' love this song.

power of two

i've totally forgotten about this song, until now.

memories! haha.

weekend roundup

it was a weekend just for us! friday was beach day as we took baby out to the sea.and oh, how she loved it!

we were quite surprised as it was not hot as we thought it would be.we went out at around half past seven in the morning, and went back home two hours after.we would not have gone home yet, except that baby swallowed some sea water and we did not have her water bottle with us!

summer!

*warning: video heavy.don't say i didn't warn you!

yes, the temperature is somewhere in the 40s. thank god for air conditioning.thank god for summer.contradictory much? heh. that's pretty much our life here.

and thank god for happy summer songs

senti na kung senti

i've forgotten how much i adored this song until scotty sang it on american idol.

good times!

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/24/five-seconds-of-ever.html

:-)

you're welcome.

senti: jars of clay

i'm sorry, but what ever happened to jars of clay? this has to be one of the best songs ever!

eid mubarak

since it's eid (end of Ramadan) tomorrow, we don't have work starting today until sunday.my husband needs to go to work though.

if i were single, i would have hopped on a plane and go somewhere in southeast asia.really, i used to do this a million years ago.the cities in southeast asia are the easiest choice 'cos i don't require a visa.

ramblings

mr t probably got tired of my whining: my neck hurts, my back hurts etc that he finally decided to get me a "work station." we went to ikea last thursday after work.we managed to find this nice chair and desk.before i would just plop the laptop on the couch and type away.

no wonder i'm having neck/shoulder troubles.speaking of which, the physical therapist in our office clinic just called me and said i still have two sessions of therapy.yay.according to her, my insurance called the clinic and told them i still have two pending sessions.well, i don't know how it works, but i immediately booked myself for 2 more (free) massages!

shut up, lee

i used to like lee dewyze. until he murdered our wedding song. it's nowhere in the calibre of u2. nowhere!

*hyperventilate*