How was your holy week / easter season guys?

Mine was fantastic! I'm happy we were able to go in Atimonan Quezon this year. Last year kasi hindi kami nakauwi. I miss my hometown terribly. Kahit gaano kahirap ang buhay sa probinsya, I would never trade it for anything else. NEVER!

Anyway, I love this dress na binili ko sa RTW shop ng ate ko. It's super comfy and very forgiving sa figure!



See, parang magkasing seksi lang kami ni Abie in the photo. Pero in real life, mas mataba ako sa kanya. Haha. Had I known na aaborin lang sya sa akin sa probinsya, dapat dinamihan ko na pala ang OOTD pics ko with that dress.  Shoot!

That's us enjoying our backyard beach (taray!), and that's me with all my double chin, bilbil and taas paa glory! I know, I look very tambay na na nanay in this photo. Haha


Mabuti na lang at kasama namin our friend, Abie. Kasi napilit ko din my husband to roam around Atimonan. Normally kasi, we would just stay lang in the house, after a couple of tampisaw sa dagat. You know, purely rest and relaxation.

With Abie around, he felt the need to be a good host. Hence, additional fun activities for us like contemplating kung tatalon ba sa bridge. HAHAHAHA!




After a long deliberation though...


So sorry Maribel! Next time tatalon na talaga ako promise. :p

Ang kulit din this unique shaped seesaw that we saw on seaside boulevard. Sayang di namin kasama si Cayleepot that time.


At syempre, one of my favorite things to do during travels: KODAKAN MOMENTS!








Happy Weekend loves!

Before I make kwento about my husband's diet regimen, (taray, regimen daw talaga!), kwento ko muna about our bata batuta's 'soft tissue injury'. That's our picture while we're waiting for her x-ray results in Marikina Valley Medical Center last Sunday.

Nag-away pa nga kami ng slight ni Papa Prinz about this, kasi he's the one na humila kay Caylee while helping her up from a sitting position. She cried dramatically kasi after that, tapos halos di na talaga tumatayo sa bed kasi masakit daw. We brought her to ER kinaumagahan.

I'm not sure if we overreacted or something, pero nung Sunday din na yun, while we're at my in-laws, biglang parang wala namang nangyari. Bigla na lang she's totally fine and super active ulet! Haha

I wonder tuloy if we overreacted or something. Baka kasi makasanayan na nya to make beybi her every ouchie (oh rhymed yun!). She's a tough little girl in general though... Maybe na-trauma lang sya sa totoong injury ng Papa nya last year? Maybe inartehan lang kami? Or this is another level — you know growing up, being her own person thingy... Nakakaloka! Akala ko alam ko na lahat sa batutang 'to bilang halos apat na taon na rin kaming mag-ina at laging magkadikit. Let me know your thoughts guys! Parenting is tricky at times talaga no?

Eto na, ang mahiwagang diet ni Prinz.

He's doing the Ketogenic Diet for almost three weeks na. Basta it's a VERY LOW carb diet, just click on the link if you want to know more about it. :) Besides, I really don't get that diet. Like during the first days, my husband has been eating salmon, steak, bacon and eggs, sisig, lechon kawali. Anong klaseng diet yun diba?! Hahahahaha. Sabi ko, pag hindi sya pumayat lagot talaga sya sakin dahil ang hirap mag-budget, pati wallets namin pumapayat! =))

Yun pala, it's like parang treat nya lang to himself during the first few days. Now, ang kinakain na lang nya is lettuce, itlog, longganisa, sardinas, canned and regular meat, mga ganyan. Strictly NO SUGAR and RICE. He already lost 2 kilos mind you! Lahat ng tagal ng paghihintay ko sa kanya when we do groceries, because he likes spending a tremendous amount of time checking all those labels, it's all paying off now. I'm very proud of him. Wish ko lang, wag nya ako maunahan sumeksi!

I told him to stop that diet immediately after he reach his weight goal though. Diba parang ang weird that diet? I'm a believer pa din of balance, moderation and active lifestyle. Agree? It doesn't sound that complicated pero bakit ang hirap gawin no? Hahahaha!

Happy weekend!

I am so weird talaga!

I have been pulishing posts since yesterday and I think pangatlo nato? Weird kasi hindi ako makapaniwalang ang sipag ko naman. Well, welcome back my blogging mojo! *patting my own back  Wahehe.

Sakto lang though because if there's anything that I really want to stay up-to-date within my awesome internet existence, etong blog ko na yun. Awesome daw talaga oh! Haha

Anyway, back to my topic: since my sister-in-law and her pretty daughters told me about Pinto Art Museum, I can't stop wishing to go there one day. Maganda the place eh, and super lapit lang dito sa amin sa Marikina.

Well, obviously my wish came true recently so let's start showing amazing artworks shall we?

NOTE: * Apologies for the quality of my camera photos. 



Haha, ito talaga ang inuna ko pakita eh no?!  When you're with older kids na medyo nakakaintindi na ng mga ganitong bagay, it's better to explain it to them first before entering this room where similar artworks are being displayed. Nakakaloka this room eh! Even the kakilala nyong mga virgins, warn them first about it!


Now this is really cool. They have this painting na when you look at it with your own eyes, makikita mo the picture on the left. If you look naman through your camera or any screen, with a negative settings, you'll see the image on the right. How cool is that?! Itanong nyo kay Papa Prinz kung paano nangyari yan because my mind literally blew apart, hinahanap ko pa rin yung ibang brain cells ko as of this writing. Charot.


This one naman feels very millennial. It's very simple at maraming nakaka-relate. I can tell kasi ang daming nagpi-picture using it as the background. Pumila pa nga kami and waited our turn.


That's me reading the artwork's info. Para kunwari hindi lang ako pumunta there para mag picture mga bakla! If I could draw my Cayleepatootie that way though... ang ganda no?


That's me explaining to Caylee what happened to the man in the painting. "Bat ganyan ang muka nya Ma?" Of course I told her that's not real. "Sa picture lang yan anak, gwapo yan sa personal!" =))


Oh, shoot! Sorry na sa katabaan ko. Haha

Sa dinami-dami ng artworks sa Pinto, may isang favorite ang asawa ko. I don't know why he keeps on staring at that piece. I don't even find it interesting at all. =))


I was't able to bring our disenteng camera kaya it's a bit hard to capture decent photos also. But here, feast your eyes on these goodies! xx










I highly recommend going to this museum guys kung hindi nyo pa na-try. Sulit ang ibabayad nyo promise! The regular ticket costs 200 pesos only. Sobrang lawak ng place and everything, as in LAHAT ng sulok is picture worthy. May cafeteria na rin sa loob a place to eat shouldn't really be a problem.

GO NOW!

For more information:
Pinto Art Museum
1 Sierra Madre St.
Grand Heights Rd,
Antipolo, Rizal
+63 2 697-1015

Honestly, sa halos anim na taon kong pagiging isang online freelancer —  parang non-existent na rin ang social life ko.

I know.  I T S U C K S

Madalas, I find myself forgetting how to really communicate with people eh. This always results in me being either so tactless or absurdly funny. Yung tipong hindi na nakakatuwa minsan. Ganun. I remember that one of my goals talaga pagpasok ng 2017 is to drag myself outside and live a normal life. LOL

Kaya naman when my former colleague and lover Carlo, (charot lang, I just like reminiscing how I get used to adult jokes during my corporate stints in Ortigas) invited me to attend one of our ex-officemates mini birthday celebration, I immediately said YES. Okay, nag-dalawang isip ako ng mga 5 minutes, and I didn't said YES — I clicked 'Going' because it's an FB event invite. Haha




Ang saya! Yung 5 years (tama ba?...) na hindi kami nagkita-kita (of course I admitted that I always stalk them on FB haha) parang sakto lang those years to give us room to grow (or in my case to grow literally and figureatively!) Bwahahahaha!

From what I saw, we're no longer that twenty-something na madali ma-insecure at mag-judge sa isa't-isa. Dapat lang siguro no, kasi majujunda na kami! I still remember that feeling of having to work with a heavy heart during my last days on our company. Well, the main reason is I really wanted to have a baby back then, so I'm not sure which is which ang naka-add sa stress ko that time.

But I just realized even sa friendship and sa work, hindi maiiwasan ang mga samaan ng loob and all that petty little things. Parang ring sa teleserye na may isang kontrabida na pilit pasasamain ang isang maganda at masayang sitwasyon. Sa family nga din diba? Sa marriage... meron at merong mangyayaring unpleasant events and we can't do nothing to prevent all of it from happening. Sometimes, we just have to deal with it. Kasi wala namang taong perpekto. Boring pati ang life pag walang hassle. Agree?

Anyway, the girls are amazing. Meron talagang mga babaeng parang hindi tumatanda no? Hindi tumataba, etc. Bat ganown?!



I have been looking at myself in the mirror lately and asking: Eto na ba ang kabayaran ng katamaran kong maligo? Haha

May leeg pa talaga ako dati eh. Tsk.



There's so much that I've learned from this meeting. Actually, it's more like parang nagkaroon ako ng new perspective about life and struggles. I'd especially like to thank Carlo for kinda reminding me na what we have in our lives is not really a misfortune — it's actually a product of our own decisions. May point diba?

In the end, kung para kanino ang desisyon at kung hanggang saan ang kaya mong i-sacrifice for a certain decision, iyon ang importante. Whether it will work or not ... or you're being selfish or a martyr... it doesn't really matter.

It's Y O U R L I F E.
Living it is 100% up to you.

Stay sane,

We've been meaning to try this new open-air restaurant in Marikina kasi palagi naming nadadaanan every time we visit my in-laws.

Photo from Zomato

Ang cool ng place diba? There's a lot of cool food hubs emerging here in Marikina nowadays. As in kahit saan ka magpunta hindi ka magugutom.

So finally, we were able to try it last week.

We ordered sisig, crispy chicken and lechon kawali.



Here's my take on their food:

Surprisingly masarap ang sisig. I'm a big fan of my husband's sisig and Lolo's sisig is parang kalasa ng recipe ng asawa ko. Kahit sya napa hmmmm eh. The lechon kawali is not that malasa but it's adequately crispy, so keri na rin. The crispy chicken is definitely the weakest link. The balat is acceptably crispy but the laman is super dry. Even the kids na team forever chicken hindi nila bet eh.

The best part is...


Their water bottles. Gusto ko iuwi eh!




And syempre the kodakan moments. Ginalingan nila sa props eh!





For more information:
Lolo's Crispy Pata & Sisig
21 J. Molina St,
Marikina City
664-9526

*This post has been sitting on my drafts folder for a while now. 

Consistent ang monthly period ko for the past 2 months so 100% din ang tiwala ko sa mga ovaries ko. Malulusog na ulit sila.

• Monthly period - Check!
• Signs of ovulation - Check!
• Baby dance - Check!

Hanggang Valentines Day lang ang deadline ko kay Aunt Flo. Sabi ko galit-galit muna kami for about 9 months. Gusto ko sana baby boy eh.

Come Feb 20-ish...

• Missed period - Check!
• Antukin - Check!
• Bugnutin - Check!
• Masiba - Check!

Ay teka lang! Normal self ko na yata mga 'to. LOL

Feb 27. Spotting. 

After few hours...

Pinkish na brownish. Hindi lumalakas.

OEEEMGEEE!

Implantation bleeding??!!!

Baby Names: Connor? Conrad? Clyde?

Breasfeeding? Obkurs!

To Do: need bigger room, tell prinz to buy me ice cream, eat healthier and exercise lightly

TODAY

I just changed my bloody-soaked pasador. Why so mapagkunwari Aunt Flo?! Huhu.





Well, better luck next time.


#TTCagain

Kung mayroon mang proud ako na naging ako (bukod sa pagiging isang dakilang ina, chos!), yun ay ang pagiging isang online freelancer. I'm a Virtual Assistant, by the way. Not to brag or anything pero I'm good at what I do. Hindi lang halata sa pang labas kong anyo, but when it comes to my work, nagmo-morph ako into a completely different person. Besides, I'm included on Upwork's Top Rated Freelancers pioneer roster, so yes, ginalingan ko talagang maigi mga bes! :D



Of course I know that my job is not one of the most promising career dito sa entire universe. What I'm very proud of is that I have, as a person who really take my job seriously,  been given the proper recognition that I deserve. Not to mention na masarap sa pakiramdam na alam mong nakakatulong ka in making somebody's business a successful one. =) Oh, wait. Just to be clear, I'm not discrediting my previous companies here ha. Kung wala sila, baka iba ang situation ko ngayon so gusto ko malinaw yan. Hehe

Anyway, are you interested to know  how I started working on Upwork? If yes, please continue reading. =)

It was 2009 when I first learn about oDesk. Wala pa akong sariling computer nun. Dumadayo pa kami sa computer shop dahil adik sa dota si Papa Prinz. I would just surf the internet (or blog) while waiting for him to finish his games.

Year 2010, I decided to sign up for an account. Trip-trip lang. It was very evident na nagtri-trip lang ako by using 'probinsyana07' as my username (yes, my original blogging nickname!). Had I known na hindi pwedeng magpalit ng username or magpalit ng account, I would never use that. It's very unprofessional eh. Agree? Good thing: hindi naman sya publicly available so sarili ko lang din ang naiinis na natatawa sa sarili ko each time I log in for work using that stupid username.

Anyway, 2010 was also the same year that I got married and move out with Papa Prinz. It wasn't until 2011 that I started applying for jobs. Napakahirap pala. Mantakin nyo, simpleng data entry napaka bongga ng competition. Around 100-200 freelancers ata ang average na nag-apply sa isang job posting na $1-$2 per hour lang ang bayad?! I was given 5 or 10 job application quota lang ata per month. After that, the following month na ulit pwedeng mag-apply. I had to carefully craft my proposals before sending them out. Naka-archive lahat ng job applications ko. They're constant reminders of all the disappointments that I've been through when I was just starting out.

My first successful application was for an Australian environmental services company. $50 lang ang bayad for the entire project which I've finished for about 3 days (totaling more or less 15 hours). Hindi na masama considering na madali lang naman syang gawin.




I'm very glad that my client left her seemingly honest remarks on my profile when she ended our contract. It became my stepping stone to other opportunities. Because of that positive feedback, madali na for me ang mag-apply sa ibang jobs. Kapag nakukuha ako to do a particular project, I always do my best. I have a full time job pa noon as a Market Researcher in Ortigas. Things started to get complicated when clients started inviting me for job interviews, meaning hindi ko na kailangang mag-apply kasi sila na ang lumalapit sa akin to discuss about a particular job. Maganda sanang problema yun, pero hindi ko kayang mamangka sa dalawang ilog. I'm not that type of person eh. Let's just say na as a person born under the sign of Libra, importante sa akin ang balance. Haha

Needless to say, I quit my day job and it was one of the best decisions that I've made in my whole life. =) I want to tell you more pa sana pero ang haba na pala nito. Lol. I'll be making a separate post na lang about naman how me and Papa Prinz talked about my decision to quit my job. He was against it at first eh. You know, in marriage kailangang pag-usapan nyong mabuti ang mga ganitong klase ng desisyon. But as I've said, I'll talk about that on my next post.

STAY TUNED!

I've finally let go my candy/pastel colors theme.  *Sigh Nakakalungkot ng slight, kasi just by looking at it before eh napapa-smile na ako. Malakas maka-good vibes ang pang-bagets na aurabels diba?


Anyway, the new template that I'm using now has this more mature cute look. May ganoon ano ba kayo! Cute na pang oldies :p God bless the people behind ThemeXpose for creating pretty and nice themes like this for free (yes, oh yes - FOR FREE!!!).

So with this new template, LET'S DO THIS!

See you around,

So I was browsing my FB feed when I saw pictures of one of my nieces (from my cousin side) showing her final demonstration teaching. Shet! Isa na syang guro? I kennat! =))

I remember tuloy her mother (my cousin, Ate Flor na nasa heaven na ngayon). During the time na tumira sya sa house namin before, tuwing magpapaalam sya sa tatay ko to go out with her boyfriend then (na naging tatay na din nitong pamangkin ko nga), she would always tag me along as parang chaperone na rin. Hehe. They would do the usual bf-gf dating stuff. Wala pa akong pake nun because I'm only 8 or 9 years old ata, basta less than 10 years old. They would give me candies, etc tapos maglalaro lang ako sa hindi masyadong katabi nila (lol).

Oemgee!!! Imagine that? Yung eldest nila ay isa ng teacher ngayon. Ilang taon na pala ako? Hahahahaha!

Dang, I better get my life together. Now na! :p

How was your Araw ng Pag-ibig guys? I bet ang sasaya ng mga ladies. Kahit gaano pa kasi kamahal o kamura ang gift sa atin ng ating mga boylet, the mere fact na nag-effort sila for the season ay sobrang pak na. Agree? Yan naman kasi talaga ang gusto ng mga babae. Let's not talk about hormonal topak or anything - most women like to be treated special. ALWAYS remember that boys. :p Don't believe us if we say 'okay lang wala' or 'kahit ano sapat na'. Lalong lalo na don't ask us what we want. Surprise us kasi masarap yun sa pakiramdam namin. Oo, yung pakiramdam na hindi lang boyfriend o asawa ang mayroon kami kundi manghuhula din. Haha.

IMPORTANT:
If you're going to surprise us pala with a holiday vacation, give us at least a week notice please. You know, para naman makapag prepare kami. =)) Seryoso men!

Anyway, nothing super mushy for us ni Papey Prinz this year. You know after more than a dozen years of being together, andun na kami sa stage na sobrang secure na kami sa isa't isa. No need to make extra effort (read: be pressured about Valentine's Day marketing LOL). Not to mention na innate na sa aming dalawa ang pagmamahalan sa araw-araw. Naks! Yes, parang Milo everyday lang (yikee, kumakanta sya ng ♫ ♫ energy, energy gap...♫♫). Hahahahaha!

But I'm not saying na it's the best thing in the land of love ha — love (and marriage), it's always a work in progress. We're still growing as a couple so very excited lang ako sa mga potentials at future ng pagmamahalan naming dalawa. Ganern. =)

We managed naman to watch John Wick 2 last weekend, so technically date na rin yun.


And syempre, may pa-flowers and chocolates din ang machong asawa ko much to this little girl's delight.


Pati mga puppies sa bahay gustong ipa-pictorial with the flowers. Nakakaloka!



Belated Happy Valentine's Day to all!