*DAVAO*

At long last. I'm here in the land of promise, the home of the Philippine National bird and the most livable city in the Philippines, DAVAO CITY!!! (I give credit to Tita A. for the three Davao titles.)

I touched ground at around six in the morning of December 29, 2009. I wasn't able to sleep on the plane and was really excited the whole weekend for this trip. I am fifteen days behind schedule but thankful that it didn't take longer than that.

My first day in the city was fantastic! I am looking forward to the New year and the next few months with my Tita A., Kuya Kai, Gelo, Karl and Nanay. This would be fun! :)

Merry Christmas

Once again, we were bored and decided to make a Christmas video with us singing "Bro, Ikaw ang Star ng Pasko". It's abs-cbn's Christmas station ID theme song.

Of course, we weren't prepared for the first one and still weren't serious with our third try but, here it is. Hope you enjoy watching us have fun.

Merry Christmas!

CHOCOLATES DE CIELO

I'm so excited to write about this because i know my beloved Tita A. would get to read it.

I am currently enjoying my Tita A.'s "Chocolates de Cielo" and I love it! It's been a long time since i've tasted freshly brewed tsokolate. It reminds me of my gradeschool days when i would wake up to a mug of authentic tsokolate drink or champorado before going to school. I miss those carefree days when i don't have to worry about, for instance a JOB. hahaha :-) Any who, i just wanted to share my "chocolates de cielo" experience.

If you want to taste a heavenly healthy authentic tsokolate drink you can send my Tita A. a message at glazedbliss@gmail.com. She makes fresh home-made tsokolate bars in cute shapes ready for brewing.

Hope you're all having a wonderful evening! By the way, i'm not yet in Davao! ;)

Happy Holidays

Hello! Thank God for my fast recovery. I was sick for the past two weeks but thanks to the prayers of my family and friends plus the bitter tasting Chinese medicine of my doting grandmother, a few raw egg whites, fresh Buko juice and Muscovado sugar + water drink, i'm better and on the fast track to being my old self. I also found out that i have gastritis so, i'm laying low on my coffee drinks. My health condition was the culprit in postponing my long awaited trip to Davao, but no worries, i'm flying in on the 29th to celebrate the new years there. It would be really interesting to celebrate Christmas here in our Q.C. house, it has been years since i've been home for the holidays.

I wish you all good health and happiness this Christmas season! I hope to write my next blog entry in Davao.

GLEEK

I'm officially a GLEEK.

I tried to make a video of "Don't Stop Believin" just for fun. Ate, whom i should just call by her first name because she's younger than i am, were in the living room last night and had nothing better to do but to make a home video.

First attempt: FLOP!



Second attempt: FLOP



We had FUN! Have a Glee-ful day!

GLEE

I've been hearing about this show for quite a while now, but it hasn't really caught my attention until yesterday. I only saw one teaser of Glee on TV, liked their performance but didn't really stir up a lot of curiosity in me to watch a whole episode. But as i have mentioned in a few previous blogs that i'm really not that busy nowadays, so i have decided to check it out. Little did i know that i would love it and can't wait to see more of it's episodes.

I like music. Although, I'm not like my family who knows the technically of it, but i do appreciate melody and lyrics. I like to sing, scratch that, i love to sing but i tend to be shy when asked to sometimes(my mom and Tita A. are probably nodding their heads right now). I have taken a few workshops in musical theater and jazz a few summers back and joined the musical theater organization in the university( i only did one production with them because of schedule conflicts). I have tons of fun in rehearsals while learning new dance steps and songs but i have the most fun when i get on stage and perform what i've worked hard for with all my friends and co-performers. Maybe someday i'll strike up the nerve to go to an audition for a musical theater production. hahaha :-)

Back to Glee now, I've only seen the first two episodes and loved what i've seen so far.( I sound like a professional critique in that line). I'll be watching episode three right after i post this so i better cut this short and get back to being a GLEEK..Is that what they call it? Bye for now!

Skype-mate

Cheers! Here's to my beautiful and sexy Tita A. for pushing me to write more in this blog!

Since she's in Davao and i'm in Manila(but not for long), we spend most of our Saturday evenings laughing and telling never-ending stories in Skype with mom and Uncle Omar. She always has some interesting insights about anything and everything there is in this world. hahaha..:-) I love you Tita A.

I can't wait to see you and my cousins on the fifteenth! Happy Holidays!

You can visit her blog at www.glazedbliss.blogspot.com. She also makes delicious and fresh cacao in beautiful packaging, called Chocolates de cielo. She makes the cacao herself, homemade and healthy.

Just in case some of you were wondering, her real name is Maria Angelina E. Sondon, Tita Angie to my other cousins but i love calling her Tita A.!

"DARLS", short for DARLING

Here's a picture of one of my best-est friend, Mia! I love love love her.. It's always a blast having her around.

This was taken last November 21, 2009, Saturday while goofing around at the doctor's office waiting for her turn. She was complaining about a ringing in her ears, turned out there was a foreign object in her left ear. hahaha :-) No worries, it was just sand from her recent beach trip. I was about to suggest a psychiatrist if the ear doctor had no concrete findings.

Good times!

Loving Vampires

I'm a FAN! It all started when i was just looking for a book to buy in a bookstore (duh?, where else?!) There were this thick black and red books piled meticulously on a table in the middle of the store with no summary or description of what's it all about. It got me curious because of the reviews and bought it. I read it for a few days, loved the story and then saw the trailer of the movie TWILIGHT, heard the characters' names, vampires, Forks and then, i saw the light..I was reading the third book of the series. I didn't immediately read the first two books after seeing TWILIGHT. I had to get the last one and just recently before the movie, NEW MOON came out, i was eager enough to read the first two books of the series. So basically, i started the story with ECLIPSE, BREAKING DAWN, TWILIGHT & finally NEW MOON, i eventually read ECLIPSE & BREAKING DAWN again to make the process right.

I just explained my journey of getting familiar with the story. Sorry for the confusion! :-)

I guess one of the things that got me hooked was the love of Edward and Bella for each other. It gets annoyingly cheezy and stupid at times but it's just amazing to read the intensity of their love. I'm such a hopeless romantic and it's fun to dream of finding my Edward someday. hahaha :D That statement just made me cringe..CORNY! I'm just thinking out loud. I know you're all thinking the same thing!

There's so much more to say about the movie and the book but i have to get going. I'll try to continue this post another time. Tah-tah!

WARNING: Violent reactions are not welcome in this post! ;)

i <3 APPLE

I've been bugging my mom with my graduation gift for the past how many months now and i was extra excited last week because it was thanksgiving and thought that she might actually buy it already because of the discounts. Turned out, she didn't! ;-/

I want a MACBOOK PRO 13", it all started when our laptop (i share it with my brother) started having some problems and late last month it finally crashed :( Sad, i know! I practically was on it every single day, the whole day whenever i'm home. I know it's bad, but i've gotten addicted to the net ever since i went to the states and took the addiction with me to the Philippines. The net helped me stay in touch with my hometown friends and family since i only had one that i could call a friend when i was there. :) Anyway, back to the topic! I want a MACBOOK PRO 13"! I know i'll get it, probably next year when i make the BIG MOVE to the US of A, Right mom? but i just can't wait. I'm giddy just thinking about it. Alright! I'm day dreaming again! Gotta snap out of it! :D I'm sounding like a spoiled brat now, but i'm really not! hahaha :D No justifications there!

Ok that's it! I said my piece. My Tita A. would be smiling right now seeing that i have made yet another boring entry in this blog. :-D Hopefully, in the next month or so i get to proudly introduce my new MACBOOK PRO 13". I'm crossing my fingers and looking forward to it. hahaha :-) I can't wait to play the SIMS 3 on it also. 'Til my next entry..

By the way, if you want to sponsor my mac please feel free to send me a message or write a comment and i'll be in touch! ;) Thanks in advance!