Off to Hongkong

For sure by the time you'll read my family and I are in Hongkong for a short 4days-3nights vacation.

My Christmas holidays starts today...

Credits: Elements by Michelle Coleman, L. Teague

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A Little Update

Hello all, I got so little time to blog these days because of the many occasions that are happening. I'm also busy finishing my Christmas shopping and just like today I went out again to re-book my niece and nephew's HK trip then later on did some shopping.

I have tons of photos to share but I got no time yet to download it form my camera but hope I can do that before the year ends hehe. I'm still giddy with our upcoming highschool reunion on Saturday and our Hongkong trip on Monday wahoooo.

Have a great day everyone!

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Busy as a Bee

Hello all, I guess most of you are all busy with your holiday shopping and have attended some Christmas parties as well. My days are becoming busier because there are many events and occasions that has happened in the last few days and more events will happen in the coming days. I’m also noticing that I’m slowly becoming sluggish at work (which should not happen in the 1st place) and just wanted to go on a holiday hehe. Can’t blame me cuz the holiday season is creeping in me.

I still have to download photos from my camera’s memory card but there are times it’s slipping in my mind. Forgetful or just plain lazy? Looks like I need to keep my brain alert perhaps by playing free puzzles online. Nah…I guess my brain is just focusing on the forthcoming like highschool reunion on the 19th and our Hongkong trip on the 21st. Ahhh.. I can't wait!

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Looking at the Sky: Before the Rain

I got excited when I looked up at the sky and saw the clouds like this so I hurriedly went on top of our garage with my niece. We took some shots of this awesome cloud formation and colors at the roof minding that we need to be careful bec. we might fall haha.

Minutes after that, it started to rain so our photoshoot was packed up. Have a great weekend to all!

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A Unique Way to Warm your Towels

I was at the mall the other day and I noticed that people mostly women are in the home department maybe trying to buy some house fixture to improve some areas in their house. How I wish I could renovate our house but I have no budget for that.

I know you have found yourselves glued to home depot stores admiring all the nice home and bathroom fixture that they have on their showrooms. Bathroom fixtures are improving through the years bringing new, innovative and useful fixture for every household. Towel Warmers are for one, they are seemingly practical to have in every bathroom. Owning an electric towel warmer in your bathroom is a unique way to keep your towels warm and dry. I reckon not only towels are perfect for that but there are times when you can just hand your bathing suit and other delicates.

Just in case you’ll be needing towel warmers for your bathroom, a tour at QualityBath.com online can be of help because you can find towel warmers of different brands and styles. They have top brands like Rohl, Mr. Steam, Jeeves and even Myson Towel Warmers and more.

However, there are many things to consider if you want to install one in your bathroom. Do you need to have an electric or hydronic type of towel warmers? Do you want it plug in or hardwired or with timer or not? What ever specifications or concerns that you need to find an answer just read their buyer’s guide and resources. Here’s one of the top selling Jeeves towel warmer, also perfect as a holiday gift.

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Clean Up Day

I've been wanting to clean my room for a while now and finally I got some time this morning. It is seldom that I do general and thorough cleaning so it took me a while to finish it. Dusting and mopping and I also threw some old stuff in the trash. I still need to open my drawer and for sure there are some papers or bills not are needed anymore. I will also select some of my clothes and give it away but I've already done it last month where I gave jeans and blouse to my niece and SIL (yeah we almost have the same size).

I wanted to clean the whole house but it is impossible for me to finish all of them today so I stopped and I will continue it by tomorrow or Saturday. It's a tiring morning for me and I can say that cleaning is one of the hardest jobs in the world, hehe. It's always our routine to have a general cleaning each year before the year ends to give room for new items that will be coming in. My sis and her family from Sydney will be coming home this Christmas so we also need to make our place more neat and presentable.

I guess most of you are also cleaning , purging or throwing old stuff as well.

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We Bought a Capiz Christmas Lantern

It was 2 weekends ago when we bought one of the Capiz Christmas lanterns being sold at the streets near our house. The lanterns are made out of capiz shells and added with bright and colorful lights that are twinkling in sequence.

There are actually lots of different sizes to choose from and aside from lanterns shaped Santa Claus, candle, coconut tree with lights are also sold. Capiz lantern prices ranges from 1,000- 5,000. We bought ours for Php1,200 and is now hanging at our garage and we lit it every night.

Christmas here in the Philippines is not complete without lanterns (can be made out of paper, plastic, capiz, wires etc), this year we wanted to have a different lantern at home so we bought a capiz one eventhough it's a bit pricey.

This big Capiz Christmas lantern is sold for P5,500 but of course you can still haggle for the price. What about you do you have any lanterns hanging on your homes already?

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A Godmother Once Again

My cousin was here yesterday and he handed me an invitation and he called me "ninang". He is actually asking me to be the godmother of her twin daughters and of course it's an honor to be asked. The baptismal will be on Saturday already so I hurriedly dropped by the mall to buy a gift for the twins. I'm actually having second thoughts of what to give but decided on something that the twins will use and I think it's cute.

I also strolled at the mall, fitting shoes but could not find what looks good on my feet. I also tried on some red blouse because our reunion requires us to be in red but it doesn't fit as well. I could have canvassed for glass tiles as well but I was pressed for time because I need to go back at my shop.

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My Holiday Mood

Christmas tree up, check. Christmas lights, check. Christmas cards, check. Christmas shopping, check. Wow, I dunno about you but this Christmas holiday mood is getting into me already. The days are also getting colder each day that sometimes I want to curl up in my bed and stay more.

I still have some few gifts to buy and hopefully by next week I’m done with all of it. You know sometimes, it’s not easy to think what gifts to give. My days will be busier once again:
1. Dec. 12th Saturday I have to go to the baptismal of my cousin’s daughters as I am one of the major sponsor
2. Dec. 12th afternoon I need to attend the meeting with my former hs classmates.
3. Dec. 14th, we’re going to fetch Micah at the airport from Sydney because she is coming home ahead of her family for their holiday vacation.
4. Dec. 19th is our highschool grand silver reunion
5. Dec. 21st is our Hongkong trip
6. 25th-31st – Christmas and New Year

Our days will be filled with things to do and we also wish that one day we can also go to Singapore or Thailand and who knows take on myrtle beach vacations. I guess your family has lots of fun things to do this Holiday as well. I hope you are as excited as I am for Christmas this year.

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I Won at Chikai's B-day Bash

Ok this is a very overdue post already and sorry for that. Blame it on my laziness sometimes on uploading photos and my memory gap for forgetting to post it right away.

Anyway, my dear online friend CHERRY ROSE had a birthday contest last September and I was the top winner. My prize is not one of those modern sofas (but it would be nice if it is hehe) but I got this nice Guess necklace that I already have worn. It arrived from the mail last November and it is only now that I got to post it hehe.

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Final Results and the Grand Winner: MEGHAN AND CHEYNE of the Amazing Race Season 15

It's Amazing Race time once again and here's the Results of The Amazing Race 15 Final Results and the Grand Winner of the Amazing Race Season 15 is MEGHAN AND CHEYNE (my fave team). They won $1 million.

The game was sooooo exciting, I can't wait for the Season 16!!

From Chezch Republic they flew to Las Vegas,
ROADBLOCK: Face first Raffel at Mandalay Bay

~Then they went to THE MIRAGE- where they join the cast of LOVE cirque de soleil. One member must be in a bungee cord and need to bounce to get the flower.
~ They need to find out what is the most famous casino in Monaco where they need to go there. The answer is MONTERCARLO CASINO where they played CHIP COUNTING. Count $1 million worth of chips to get the next clue.
~They need to got to MGM and look for MR. LAS VEGAS, which is WAYNE NEWTON and he'll tell the finish line which is his home.

Here's the team standing: Top 3 of the Amazing Race Season 15
1. Meghan & Cheyne
2. Sam & Dan
3. Brian and Ericka

VIEW OTHER AMAZING RACE 15 EPISODE RESULTS HERE

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Our Family HK Vacation soon!

I can already count on my fingers the days that my family will be away for a short vacation in Hongkong. It’ll be for 4days and 3 nights that we will be away this December everyone is actually getting excited over it. The kids are imagining how Disneyland will look like while we adults are thinking about our shopping!!!! I know it will be a blast and we are praying for our good health so our trip will be great. Ahhh I can’t wait.

I know many of us will have a family vacation this holidays and no matter where you go we should take the most out of it and enjoy. Just take the moment to bond with your family and friends since it’s a holiday. Just in case you don’t have plans of going out this year bec. we all know that it’s fully book already, you can perhaps browse www.karismahotels.com for your future family vacation. With the wide array of vacation packages like seaside suites or hidden beach resort that they have there’s no doubt that you’ll find a package that will suit tour budget and travel needs.

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