christmas shopping

How long did it take you to complete your Christmas shopping list?  I started shopping last month when I arrived in the Philippines but even if it was a month away from the big occasion, the time was barely enough to look around and buy the perfect gift for my loved ones.  Shopping for more than 10 people with different interests, sizes, gender and age was tough!  I’m sure you’re nodding your head as you’re reading this.  But applause for me, I was able to complete the task few days before Christmas.  Whew! Maybe I should start shopping as early as now for next years’ holiday? What do you think? Hehehe

Anyway, I’m glad it’s all over now and seeing the happy and contented faces of kids and adults alike upon receiving their gifts was worth all the effort and expenses involved! But the gift-giving doesn’t end on Christmas day.  There are still distant relatives and friends who are asking for their gifts - the kind who only shows up during Christmas.  But since Christmas happens only once a year and it’s all about sharing your blessings, it’s hard to refuse them especially those who are less fortunate than I am.  I get to be a recipient of many blessings anyway. 

high-end watch bands

Just this recent Christmas, my mom got an expensive watch as a gift from my brother. With its looks, you can tell it wasn’t supposed to be for everyday use.  It’s a tempting sight for thieves if she wears it anywhere she goes. But even if she would seldom wear it, there will come a time that the watch strap will break and the problem with having a nice high-end watch is where to find nice high-end Watch Bands to match it.    Well it seems not to be a problem actually when I found out about the Watch Style that sells all kinds of watch bands for high-end watches.  

There are many choices even for their leather bands alone. They also have metal bands, sports bands and accessories and tools for watches.  How would you like to have a Louisiana Alligator leather strap for $236.60? Or the one with glittering diamonds for a whooping price of $4,200? Weeee!  That amount alone can already buy a few pieces of nice watches!  But anyway, when you need to buy any kinds of watch straps, just think of Watch Style and you’ll really have a lot of choices.  Discover your style with Watch Style!

they’re gone

It’s now a bit quite in the house that some of our guests have gone home.  We’re 7 less people that’s including my nephew and his dad from Finland who went to Mindanao to meet his dad’s family. His mom and two other siblings are still here until January 6.  That nephew of mine has been bugging us that he wanted to play basketball coz he’s used to playing it at school every week with his friends.  But we don’t have enough place here at home where he can play.  I think he really missed the sport coz he even showed us in the internet a group picture of his team. Oh well, with his passion for the game, who knows he’ll grab a lot of basketball trophies and become an NBA star! ha ha

merry christmas!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

I’d like to wish everyone a merry and blessed Christmas!!!

travelling with a group

Have you experienced going on a trip with the family?  Was it fun? I bet it was! A trip within your own locale, to another city or out of the country is twice more fun when done with the whole family that’s per my experience, ooohh and especially if there are kids to add to the merriment and (chaos!).

Preparations can also double if the group is big but with proper planning, everything can be settled to lessen the hassle.  One problem can be the transportation.  A big vehicle is needed to transport the group to the airport, hotel and other points of interests. Whom do you contact for this kind of service?

Travel to New York City is no problem as they have a reliable NYC transportation service which travelers can hire. With the New York Bus Charters, any group size of 9 to 57 passengers can be transported to any destination.  They have good and quality service, well maintained vehicles and affordable rates.  You can easily contact them through their online service which is available to serve you on a 24 hour basis, and they’ve got clean and eco friendly buses. 

You can only hope that there’s such service as this when you visit other places, so you can have a relaxing and worry-free travel.

still on the subject of food and eating

And so my siblings have arrived one after another the past weeks. Like me, who’s living out of the country for some time, they’re also craving for Filipino dishes.  Last Wednesday was our parents’ wedding anniversary celebration and we dined out at Max’s and came out bloating.  Geezz… well, even without any occasion we’re always pigging out.  At least I can say that about myself.  After each meal, I’d always tell myself that I’ll eat less the next time, but it doesn’t happen.  I’m always stuffed afterwards. Huhuhu!  Food is so tempting!   How about you?  How do you keep yourself slim and fit?  Do you eat less?  Exercise everyday? or take diet pills?  

barney live in bacolod city!

You read it right! The purple dinosaur is in our place today to entertain the Ilonggo kids.  My little girl who’s fond of Barney would have love to see him, but I decided not to let her see the show.  I can’t see myself taking care of my active kid for an hour or more in a confined place and expect her to sit the whole time.  She would love to stand, dance and walk around and I know I will be terribly tired afterwards. She would be a handful!  If her dad was here, it would be okay.  So maybe next time.  For now, she can just watch and enjoy Barney and his friends through the DVDs.  

eat, eat, eat!

After having been deprived of my favorite Filipino dishes for many months of being away in the Philippines, I’ve been making up and eating a lot!  If I continue this eating habit, I think I will be gaining much weight by the time we’ll go back to Praha. Huhuhu…and then come Christmas, there will be lots of parties to attend to which means there will be plenty of food too. Sigh.  I might need some top rated diet pills to keep my weight down if I’ll bloat like Santa, wooohoooo!