One Very Special Day with HIS Gandaness

during Manny Pacquiao's Birthday Bash

If there's one BIG person I could call on when I need a good laugh, it's HIM, THE gandaness ever so much. It was during plurkfiestas when Sir Orman had the chance to bond with us, as we have been earlier recruited by his awesomeness brother, Bariles, to join the SoCCSKSarGen Bloggers.

I was actually aloof at joining them during events because I felt like they are the kind of people who would be hard to level with, until HIS Heaviness invited us all his plurk buddies to his birthday bash at Taaz Bar. We were there and we were especially mentioned and thanked for because of our presence. This made me feel welcome with the group and after which, some more events followed that's when we eventually bonded.

my birthday at Olaer Cold Spring Resort

There were even moments when we just had to text each other, plan for a swim at Olaer and everything followed including food. Yes, food, because everywhere we went, there was food and we do not complain, never.

My best encounter with HIS Gandaness was during my birthday, that was when I decided we meet up at our favorite place, Olaer Cold Spring Resort and have fun, enjoy food, and celebrate friendship. When the group arrived, I was uber happy. They are the people whom I have called friends since I blogged. They are the kind of people who make me laugh when we are together, they are the kind of people I could go out with and simply be myself. Like right now, blogging has been my outlet, and these blogger friends are more than friends to me, they are family.

My birthday was complete because of them, and because The Gandaness knows me to be a fan of Noynoy, he gave me a Noynoy cap for a birthday gift. He even blogged about my day.

my Noynoy cap

We have been together in so many events, we have shared frienships with other people, and we have supported Sir Orman in many of his undertakings especially braving festivals. If there's one thing we could offer him because of his friendship, it is our support. My husband and I love him, and we could always say, being with him is LAUGH TRIP. Pantanggal stress!

Sir Orman has proven to be more than the blogger friend that he is, I have made myself a fan of his blog, every morning is never complete without a visit to his website, there's a proof of me being top commentor here. That's how loyal I am to his posts.

Piyesta Bar opening with Gov. Migs Dominguez

Pictures are countless to prove that we are friends, but deep in my heart, whether there's evidence or none, I cherish every day that we bond, every special moment with friends like Sir Orman is worth cherishing.

Congratulations to Sir Orman and his GandaEverSoMuch on its 1st Anniversary! Many returns to you and this blog!

If you have not encountered HIS Gandaness yet, hop on to his site now!

Our Baby Model

This is my 4 year old daughter. Tabebs as she is called. She's our baby. And she's SHY!

NOT!

Tabebs, our baby model

While we were having a photo shoot for a blog anniversary contest, we made her pose for the dad who was busy with the shutter.

And look how she has displayed her poses, and she has all the faces that could melt a heart. She is just a darling. Everything is her own display of character, her own actions, no cue from me or the dad. She's done it with poise and carried herself well in front of the camera, methinks.

So, do you think I have a model in the making?

I Want One, Now!

I am sure many people who know me, know that I am a sucker for stamps. I have been collecting stamps since grade school and in fact, I already have two filled albums. Although I used the photo album to keep them, this time, I think I want to try organizing them again for a better look.

I already organized my coin collection two years back, and I will begin with my stamps soon. I found this very interesting stamp on the internet, and I could not help but want to get my hands on this beauty. And words leaked that the French people who made this, gave it a dark chocolate scent as well that lasts for two years. Oooohhh, I want to have a copy, so much that I could ask for your help if you got French relatives, please ask them for me. Haha.

Click on the stamp for more stamp stories.

My love for chocolates is more than my love for stamps. But if i could get them both, who knows? What is one thing you would love to get your hands to right now? Well, aside from your dreams, and your desires for a good life, I'm sure there is this one material thing you want to have with you, an iPhone? Me too!

Of Beers and Wines

I know I'm kinda unsure of the tastes of wines, that is because, I have never loved wines, and for one fact, I am not interested in it. It may sound very backwards of me, or very strange of me to be apprehensive with wines.

Ok, I just feel that it's a man's drink. But I do know and understand that there are a lot of people, regardless of the gender, who love wine tasting and the idea of wine-drinking.


There's one fact I would like to share with you, when I was in high school, right after graduation, my best friend and I celebrated our diploma, we each had a bottle of Beer na Beer to enjoy. When I went home, I threw up everything that I consumed.

The following week, there was another celebration and we consumed half of the small Bouchard bottle that was served us. Again, I threw up.

When in college, I was on my third year, we had just finished doing our feasibility study when my group decided of getting some Red Horse Stallion, I had a bottle but passed out after two glasses.

The last I tasted beer was three years ago, it was January 2 on a reunion with friends, I had a bottle of San Mig Light, the following morning, my body was full of rashes.

I don't understand it, I may be allergic with alcohol but it did not appear on the results of my allergy tests. I wanted to try, it seems really cool and "sosyal" but I just can't find my way towards it.

If there's one recent thing that I met wine, it was last week, I poured it in a pot of beef stew.

What about you? Do you love beers and wines? The only alcohol thing friendly with me is, right, Coke!

She's Me, Physically

What can be more fascinating than after a day's work, you close your eyes and think of what you have accomplished, count how many people you made happy and how many people made you smile.

Each day, when I arrive home, I ask her what achievements she did in school, and she'd just close her mouth and say nothing. She wouldn't tell me the things that kept her busy and activities they had in school.

One day, I surprised her in school while they had their lunch break and found she was wearing a medal. I asked the teacher what the medal was for, and she told me that my daughter's been the most behaved girl during the day. And funny thing is, she's been wearing the medal for days already for different reasons at all, like she was the only one who answered the teacher's questions or she was the only one who was quiet that day.

These simple joys, after a long tiring day, makes my heart leap.

She's me. Physically. She's dad's. Behaviorally. Well, to those who knew my husband, he's the quietest man I have ever discovered.

Meet Guillain-Barré Syndrome

A friend of ours, wife of hubby's distant relative died last Sunday. The news shocked us all because, first, the last we saw each other was June 6, burial of a relative also. She was really healthy that time we saw each other, we thought she was feeling all right. Second, she is only 34 years old, so young at that age, and she left her 5-year old only child to the husband.

According to stories, it all started last April, she had been feeling headaches, and recurring headaches the following months. The husband said she had been attacked by head-splitting headaches that she could not sleep, area around her eyes were already very dark. According to him, of the 24 hours, she only had 2 hours of sleep. And that was her daily routine.

In two weeks time, her pains and sleepless nights plunged. She became blind partially, then totally. The doctors could not decipher the cause of all these pains and agonies she's felt. The tests, MRI, CT-scan and other lab results showed negative.

The headaches were followed by a slow paralysis, until half her body was paralyzed and she was diagnosed with a cyst on the head. They were told to prepare 400k, soon they were ready, but the doctors would not operate on her because of something different about her tests. It took the doctors long to tell the family she had Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves or the peripheral nervous system. This is likened to a short circuit, but happens on the nerves. It is a rare case to which rates 1 out of 100, 000 people. It can attack any gender, of any age. The immune system of the body attacks itself. And it happens fast because of the nerves being attacked. No specific symptoms, no sure as well.

I just heard of this syndrome, and felt fear because of my recurring headaches too. Migraine it may be, but I realized life is too short to waste away. I may live today but I could not be sure of what happens the next day, or any minute now.

Life is really short, but if you are prepared, then maybe life could be lived to your advantage, and to your fulfillment as well. Live today's life as if it were your last. This I was reminded.

Rest in Peace, Zeny.

One Day Life of a Model

I have a photographer for a husband. And yes, I am thankful for that. The Lord has given me a very creative husband who understands me inside and out and knows me very well that I am not, NEVER fond of modeling for him.

But GandaEverSoMuch has this really challenging photo contest, and I have to join, hence I wouldn't have that much coveted red Opera shirt I have been eyeing for, from my friends.

So I budged the hubby as to what we will be doing for the contest, and knowing his creative juices do not run low in supply, he made me do this:


That really heavy set of gorgeous colors came from HK, and it was actually the first time we opened that box, just for the photoshoot. The brush and everything else, including the face having my glasses on are just his ideas. Oozing with creativity, we did this all one very hot afternoon.

While having to carry that set of colors, he was maneuvering his camera way up above my head, hoisted on tripod and his hands on the remote. It was a number of poses until finally, he got his satisfied shot. I thought it was over, but I found myself posing for another concept. This:


So that's the life of a model, tiring. I felt weary after all the poses I had to do. It was as if some really serious shoot is ongoing. But i liked it, it was really rewarding after having seen the results.

That was only for a day, I was a one-day model, errr half day even. But it's sinking in me now, models do hard work just like what I did. And then after that, they get really proud of themselves having displayed such nice image.

I always wanted to be a model. But no, not this kind of modeling... I wanted to be a model, a role model for my kids.

Do visit GandaEverSoMuch.com to find out which photo won!

Me na Me! Agree?

Hello. This is me. Indeed this is so me.

When Blogusvox announced on his blog that he was giving away a caricature for those who can answer his blogoversary treat, I was more than willing to try. It was a thing I wanted, and knew that he can make me a good cartoon of myself. He is that good.

And when he announced that I was one of the winners, I was more than ecstatic. A few days after that, I got my caricature.


Blogusvox is a really cool guy I have met on the net. He has helped me once with my queries regarding a trip to where he is. A kind and responsible father for Bea and a good husband to the wife. i love his insights on different things, a very intelligent man as seen from his blog posts. I am an avid fan of his Buhay Buhangin series and wants him to get on the groove with making this into a book and have it published. I am sure this will be a sure HIT.

If you have not checked out his site, please do hop over here. He will keep you coming back for more.

Thanks so much Blogusvox, I am enjoying myself here. Shoukran!

Ganda Ever So Much!

Hello guys!

Let me introduce you to a blog i have been visiting daily for almost a year now.


I knew he was the guy who made things possible in festivals and other events, but I didn't know we could get closer.

It wasn't until Bariles announced that his brother (or sister for that matter) already has a blog after a few budging and forcing to. And it was then announced to many of his networking sites like plurk and blog, and even thru the SMS to ask us to visit the blog and see what makes of it.

Of course I couldn't get more giddy, I felt excitement, here's the big guy doing a blog and trying his way to pour out what he feels through his online journal.

...and so I went to visit, and everyday I visited, and the next days, I was still there. I wouldn't just be there for the wrong impressions, will I? BUT, it is because his blog will sure keep you coming back. His stories though may not be one of a kind, the posts are at times nice and at times angsty. Of course, that's what a blog must be, honest and true to the self. This is one main reason why I keep following his blog and his life. His stories may be complicated but he sure has all the energy to make people laugh, even when he is down.

We have become good friends and when times I feel stressed out, he knows. That's when I get to realize I need a break and I get to his blog to read his stories, because I find de-stressing capability of his blog posts.

We have been together for some events and he does not fail to make us laugh, and though we can feel his sadness deep inside, he would still be the one to cheer the place up.

He is frank and surely not subtle on his comments, which for me is a good thing. I admire this guys and his blog because they are so ONE.

And it's Gandaeversomuch! anniversary! I couldn't be happier for the man!

Sir Orman, Happy blogversary. As always, Gandaeversomuch! rocks! Get on with it. Thank you for the inspiration I get from your blog. The laughters may not be counted, but they are are a lot! And if laughter is counted by the dollar, I am a poor little self now. Thank you ever so much.

And just to let you know, Gandaeversomuch! is a daily habit I cannot resist.

Happy Blogversary! Congratulations for a year of blogging and
keep counting the years!

More power to the author of this wonderfully created blog.

Kokak pa!