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.

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and yet another sprinkling of christmas music dust...



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

zombies

dude, mr t and i are hooked on this.

hey you

yes you, dear readers.all 3 of you.heee...

just a li'l inspiration to get us moving.


EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.


LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.


MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

exactly

so sad with what's happening in the world...

off we go

our li'l family is off to get some bavarian/swiss/tuscan sun.so excited to see how baby will react to these new surroundings now that she's more aware and she's physically stronger.

see you in three weeks' time.

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meanwhile, i leave you with this. would you rather be an octopus or a mermaid? hee.

whoops...

there's an iceberg in the sea!

movies

i was just telling mr t, that probably, deep in our hearts, we secretly adore crappy movies. everytime we try to decide to watch a movie, we always end up watching sh**ty, b movies.sometimes the movie that we want to watch is not yet released or is not shown here.sometimes the timing just does not match with our schedule, etc. etc.

so tonight, instead of watching the latest in the "pirates of the carribean" series, we ended up watching "hangover 2." it did not help that we haven't seen "hangover 1." but it helped that we were seated in "premier business class" seats.yes, we seriously paid good money to sit on reclining seats with blanket and pillow services (plus your food gets delivered to your seat!) to watch a bad movie.

yep

senti na kung senti

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

a li'l intermission

and a li'l perk-me-up note!

sigh

my favorite: painting

is the one by paul delaroche called "la jeune martyre (the young martyr)"



i will not pretend to know anything about art, but when i saw this painting (i was fortunate enough to see the real one at the louvre in paris), it just tugged at my heart.

i didn't even know about this painting until i saw it in person.it's just so serene and pure.

and yes i still have to blog about that first-ever-oh-so-memorable paris trip (with aix-en-provence/marseilles side trips) that i took in 2007.wow, has it been that long?

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!

ramblings

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kyootness

when i grow up, este, when baby grows up and goes to school, i'm going to prepare these hello kitty bento lunches for her.oh yes, i will!

kyotness factor palang e winner na! not to mention din that it's a sneaky way to make baby eat her veggies!















it's so kyoooot!!!!

i've always believed in this mantra.


(no, that's not my arm.i found this on tumblr.wish i have the guts to get a tattoo!)

i know, i know..

...that this is supposed to be a happy blog where everything is dandy and fine, but i'm majorly annoyed! nanny broke my camera, the camera that has been with me from china to austria.and please don't think i'm a whiny li'l brat.i would not be as annoyed like this if she only admitted that she did break it.no, she said that she was trying to take a photo of baby, and the camera just stopped working.hello? it was too obvious kaya that it fell.there were scratches all over.

i'm really p***** off.

maybe this is the universe telling me that i need a new camera.

*sigh*

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ANYWAY, happy, happy birthday to my only brother :-). my sister and brother are both october babies.he turns ** today.:-)

off we go

our li'l family is off to munich for a two-week holiday.this will be baby's first ever plane ride and our first holiday as a family.can't wait for her to meet mr t's friends and relatives.can't wait for her to experience a nice bavarian summer.can't wait for a lot of things, actually.am so excited for her.right now, she's on her playmat doing all sorts of vocal exercise.lol.she's also blowing bubbles now, and turning to her side quite a lot of times.

nanny is coming as well, and this is really a blessing as we always need an extra pair of hands to help.

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yay,team germany! yay, team japan!

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meanwhile, i leave you with this:



(sorry, i forgot where i got this from)

Babies!

i wanna watch this film called "Babies" (also known as Bebe). See link. Oprah has endorsed it, and anything that Oprah endorses, I follow.Yes, I'm gullible that way.Anyway, this is a French documentary film that follows four infants from birth until they are about a year old.They follow babies from Namibia, Japan, Mongolia and the U.S. How cool is that?

If I were not a mom myself, I don't think I would bother.But I think this is just so cute, and it would be a nice DVD gift to a new mom or mom-to-be.

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Twenty-five years of Goonies - The National Newspaper

Twenty-five years of Goonies - The National Newspaper

Goonies!

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the world cup fever is hitting the t household.look what's posted on the door in the boiler room.and yes, that's a very filipino "walis" (broom) hanging there.haha. mr t still insists that we vacuum at least two times a week, though.



so almost everyone here seems to be feverish with the world cup bug.it's not really surprising as every country seems to be represented here. all the bars are promoting their own special shows.some are building tents to accommodate thousands of fans who want to watch the action live on gigantic screens.here in our area, some organizers have built a huge tent for fans.so yeah, this is a whole month of football mania.

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i really dislike my hair now.it's so long, it's so dry, it's overly rebonded, it's so boring.i wanna chop it all off and copy katie h's hair, but i'm a little scared to do it.i might do it slowly.for now, i might try to copy jennifer a's hair, but mr t said it looks like any american girl hairstyle.hmm...