got a wedding invitation?

The month of wedding (which is June) is ending soon.  Did you receive any wedding invitations from friends?  Well I didn’t!  It’s either none of my friends got married or… they forgot about me!  One of my close friend is planning to get married this year but as I know it, they will have it this September.  It’s quite early yet to get an invitation from her, don’t you think so? I’ll just wait till she sends me one.  =)I’m quite excited to see who the members of her entourage are. 

when caught in an old-fashioned way of calculating goods bought

It’s annoying to shop in stores where their cash registries don’t have barcode scanners.  It takes time for the cashier to input the prices of all the goods bought by a customer. When you’re in a hurry, it really gets frustrating. In our hometown, there’s this supermarket which is the usual place for shoppers especially sari-sari store owners to shop for their products.  Though the prices are cheap compared to those in big malls, it is also time-consuming waiting in line for your turn because of the slow system in paying.  One time we bought an ice cream, by the time it was our turn to pay, the ice cream was already melted.  We had to replace it with another one from the freezer.  When shopping during peak times such as Christmas or paydays, one really needs to be extra patient with the long queue.  Or else, better shop in big malls where they have barcode scanners so the service is fast.

i scream for ice cream

Ice cream!  It was scorching hot yesterday, so we were screaming for ice cream! I think even those who are on diet pills would forget their diet for awhile.  Eating ice cream was a relief for the hot, hot day!  

We were in Radotín to watch a rodeo by invitation of my mother-in-law.  It was like a fiesta!  There were many kiosks selling food, wines, beers,cowboy boots, leather goods, etc.  Caity really enjoyed seeing real horses.  She even got to pet some and rode on one!  We spent over five hours there.  And ended up toasted by the sun.  M had a red sunburn on his nape! tsk.  We weren’t ready with sunblock that day. Anyway, we all had fun!

WC time!

I frequent the WC these days, again.  Whenever we’re out in the malls, I always have to keep an eye on the restroom signs; sometimes I mistook the exit signs as restroom signs. Sigh.  Lessening my water intake doesn’t help.  When I have to go, I have to go!

When we were in Brno last week, I was surprised that their malls require customers to pay for the usage of the WCs.  I thought it was for free just like in Prague.  I didn’t have coins with me then.  Fortunately my friend was there, so she paid for me.  I guess I’ll always have to be ready with coins every time we go out.  

we’re on a fruit diet

There are so many fruits in the house!  Last Friday, hubby brought a bunch of bananas, a box of peaches and few more peaches… Then last Saturday, we picked some cherries along the way from our trip.  When we got home, the dining room was smelling with the strong mix of aroma of the ripened bananas and peaches.  We have to eat them all fast or else they’ll just get wasted.  Fruits are great colon cleansers and are healthy to eat too. If we can’t finish the bananas, at least I can make them into banana cake.  Expect us to go to the bathroom more often, teehee!!!

friends in friendster

I spent some time browsing on Friendster today, looking for old classmates in elementary, high school and college.  It was fun to see how they are now with their own families and careers.  One good friend of mine in HS was already married with 2 kids and from their pictures she posted, I can see that hers was a happy family.  I also reconnected with an elementary friend and we’ve been exchanging messages in Friendster daily.  She’s working in Saudi and like me, has a daughter.

There were more familiar faces I saw; some have grewn fat, others have matured so much, one looked like she needed a serious acne scar treatment, and there were some who still maintained their good looks inspite of age, kids and work.  I don’t know what they have to say about me.  Well, they can’t!  Coz I only posted a single half-body pic in my account. 

stay away from asbestos!

I just finished reading an article about a girl in UK who died of mesothelioma at the age of 28 years old, making her one of the youngest victims of this asbestos related cancer.  Before her death she divulge this information which might be the cause of her getting the cancer:

“I used to take a short cut across a yard in Failsworth on my way to primary school. I know that men working there cut asbestos sheets and handled asbestos materials in the yard, but I had no idea that by walking through the yard I could have inadvertently got cancer.”

From this story we can learn a valuable lesson.  Stay away from asbestos!  This disease takes time to develop from the time of exposure; usually twenty to forty years.  It’s a good thing that lately there are Mesothelioma treatments,that can help victims of this type of cancer.  You can browse over at www.mesotheliomahelp.net/ for more information on mesothelioma.

books for our little girl

My little girl loves books.  It’s probably because ever since she was a baby, we already exposed her to reading materials.  One time we went to a bookstore, she was very excited to see so many books.  She wanted to touch everything!

When we came back to Prague from our vacation in the Philippines, I made sure I brought several books for her. The bookstores in Prague have little selections of children’s books in English which makes it hard for us to access books for the little girl.  The other option for us is to order online such as Amazon books, but we still haven’t tried that yet.  

Anyway, she still has plenty of books for her age.  When she outgrows them, we might order online then.