Happy Hyper Birthday!

we had a party for Aqi last saturday at Madre di Portofino Clubhouse and it was fun! fun! fun!
The Chubster was our host and magician and Partytime Philippines was our caterer and venue decorator. they did great!


aqi surprised us again as he didn't throw any tantrums during the party unlike what happened 3 months ago during Aidan's party he refused to enter the party room in Shakey's and cried his heart out at every attempt to enter the room.
i guess it shows that my son is maturing alright. atta boy!
it's a work in progress though as he still snobs and refuses to interact with other people- even his lola(hubby's mom)- but he's very friendly with kids.


gotta give aqi some credit as he was lively and energetic all throughout the party. his spirit was up and about until we left the clubhouse at 9pm. but by the time we stepped in the car after only a couple of minutes he was dozing off in my arms.

more pictures here at my brother's site.

click here for aqi and his balloon video.

Aqi's 1st Birthday

we had a simple feast on aqi's actual birthday.
hubby prepared all the dishes and it was absolutely YUMmm-MY!
my gosh i ate a lot as it was an ala- Almon Marina menu:

the melt-in-your-mouth Cheesecake Factory cheesecake uh-hmm

creamy shrimp pesto

grilled garlic chicken

hungarian sausages and schubligs

Aqi's First Haircut

aqi had his first haircut on his birthday last friday.
hubby had to cut some of aqi's hair to follow his elders pamahiin to keep the baby's first haircut and keep it in a book. you can actually choose what book to keep it in and hopefully the baby will be a genius of that subject in the future. i kept aqi"s hair in 3 books: a Bible, an algebra book and hubby insisted on putting it in a Tom Clancy hardbound book to hopefully make aqi fond of reading.

surprisingly aqi was well-behaved during the haircut. he was a bit fidgety but that was okay because we expected him to wail and cry.

hubby holding aqi during the haircut

mohawk courtesy of the dad

Couch Potatoes--Rejoice!

i am such a couch potato.
i have a lot of books that's waiting to be opened because automatically i would always reach for the remote and watch TV all day long.
it pisses me off when my next destination doesn't have the program or channel that i religously follow.
i guess i need to choose all my flights because Fall TV Season has begun!

what tv program are you looking forward to? let me know!

Moving On

i did it.

i have officially submitted my resignation paper and i've got 3 more flights to go before i become a stay-at-home mom.
i received a good amount of crappy advice from the male overseas crew manager when i submitted the paper and said that quitting a job to be a housewife is not a wise thing to do. a lot of korean crew who quit the job to be a housewife regretted their decision of doing so and that being a housewife would mean being stagnant and lessens the opportunity to grow as a person.

WHAT??!!

being a non-korean crew in this company is the same as his description of a housewife- STAGNANT.

in the 8 years that i've been with the company they only increased our salary twice(by a mere $50) and the chances of promotion are close to none. oh but before i forget they did try to promote some of us seniors to business class duty, and it was the first time in history, that it was received by mixed reactions by some of the korean crew. some liked it and some thought that we had no place in their territory. they respect us filipina crew as exceptional employees but that was about it. even if i'm the most senior in the flight they would always go for the next korean senior. we actually don't have a voice. so where's the growth in that?

yes i would miss the travel and earning my own keep and being able to shop everywhere but i wouldn't have it any other way. eversince i could remember i have never imagined myself as a working mom. i'd like to be the kind of mom who is always there for her kids and understands them in all of their phases. i'd like to be the one to teach them good values as well as their ABC's.
i'd like to be the one to witness all of their firsts and be there on every special occasion there is.

the finances would take a toll but that is hubby's problem. it's time for him to be the breadwinner this time and me to be finally be a MOM.

Omuto Tomato

for dinner i decided to eat at Omuto Tomato-- nope they don't specialize in tomato dishes but in Omurice. Omurice is nothing less but japanese omelet rice, an omelet with fried rice filling. in this restaurant they have around 20 variants of omurice. i was really drooling for the seafood cheese stick omurice but the server said that they ran out of it already so i settled for the burger omurice which is around 8,900won($7).
together with my dish were pickles and radish kimchi.

i know... i know it doesn't look appealing but when you're in korea this one thing that a foreigner would appreciate.

i ate the whole thing off and it was good but i was not satisfied because i was thinking of the dish that i initially ordered which i saw from their display window was drowning in cream sauce...uh-hhmmm.

Visual Talking

A Corn-y Post

i've just recently discovered this Corn Loaf bread from Gardenia on a grocery trip on my layover in singapore.
it's smells corn-y (no pun intended, bwaha!).
the bread is as usual consistently soft just like other Gardenia loaves and yummy with corn bits all over.
i'd recommend this variant as it is light and can go well with any palaman.

Funny Hotel Name

Get the Message?

Isn't her shirt amusing?
i'll upload more next time.