"The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident."

-Hugh Walpoe

I'm so tired yet I feel that I have to share these quotes. It's no secret how deeply and madly in love I am with the husband and the quote just strikes me. Well, he just fell asleep minutes ago. Too tired to move and press the end call button but I thank God for that sleepy head!

Good night, fellas time to sleep!

Note: check out other wonderful quotes here and here.

MBC Fun Run

After a week, I finally have the time to share my experience of the fun run we attended last sunday.

As I have mentioned previously, I didn't prepare much for the run itself. On the night before the run, the husband and I had a long bath. I thought shedding off the extra dirt and dead skin off our bodies would make us feel lighter and later make us run faster. I'm dead serious about that though I know it's not true. You know me, I have my own way of reasoning out.:).

The husband of course, is not convinced. As usual. But he loves me and we're allies so he just tagged  along.

After doing some stretching exercises, we slept like babies and woke up excited minutes before the alarm rang.

We were really excited about the run since it's our first time to join a super organized fun run. We had our breakfast on the go: peanut butter-chocolate sandwich and bananas. Not too heavy but enough to sustain us for the run.

Many participants were already in Star City when we arrived. Here are some pre-run shots:

surprised to see friends and classmates at the site

yes, we're close friends.:)

pabix so payat

photo courtesy of pinoy fitness

my bonkie

and some post run shots:

i don't look so happy anymore.hihi

"the ok guy"

I used to say that I don't find fun runs to be all that fun because I generally do not like running as an exercise, but things change. Indeed, fun run is fun!

Tatakbo ba Talaga Kami?

I have mentioned here that i have some things to look forward to for July. Krystel's wedding (no picture, sorry!) and second is the MBC run. Well, this is the point where I am torn kung tatakbo ba bukas or hindi. I am successfully done with the carbo loading phase (super easy!) but I am not yet sure  if I am prepared for my 10k run tomorrow. errrrr 

According to the husband, we will run. Ok, fine we will run! I am half convinced. 

Actually, running is not new to me. As much as time would permit, I would always run in the afternoon. But work has been so demanding lately and the farthest that I've run in the last couple of months is only 8k-ish so tomorrow still gives me the nerves! Prepare the ambulance, please!

Anyway, here is a picture of our kit. I will run 10k while the husband will run 15k.

the husband blocking the wind to keep the bibs from flying

While the husband has been preparing for the run since forever, the only preparation that I ever did was to clean my running shoes. K.

this pair has been with me since 2009

P.S.

Follow up story on the MBC Fun Run to follow.

After taps buzz

I just got off the phone then started musing over everything after telling the husband how much I love him for the nth time today.

It’s quiet here in my room and I was about to turn my computer off when I bumped in to our wedding video. I have watched the coverage over and over again that I could already memorize each frame. Hay. I just love gian. God has truly been so faithful in all areas of my life and that includes sending gian as the person whom I could share my life with.

so much love

The first time I saw him I knew that he is someone special. We were friends and then lovers. He is my challenger, my number one fan, my ever loyal ally, my teacher and student, my manager, my lawyer, my researcher. When I’m with him, everything makes sense. He understands me better than I understand myself.  He is everything to me.

I love you for that, gian.:)

Tuesday Liqueur Night: Hopia Like it!

For six years, gian and i finally i got to celebrate our first hearts' day together. Well, at least the evening. We didn't plan of having a romantic dinner somewhere (gian is not a fan) so we just celebrated the day spending quality time together. 

Gifts? Again, Gian is not a fan. I am a big fan though but I think mindoro has really sucked out the creative juices in my head so I opted for something  I know Gian would surely like and appreciate. And guess what that safe choice is. Food. Food is one of the many things that really bond us together and I know I can never go wrong with it so that day, I decided to find my way to Ongpin Street to buy his favorite hopia.:)

now i got to experience commuting in this part of Manila

Gian is not a fan of dates nor gifts but definitely a SUPER BIG FAN (all caps, ikr?) of hopia. Any hopia will do even those which cost super cheap. On my part, I have heard good reviews of Eng Bee Tin hopia so I bought a few for my valentine.

Gian's stash

happy boy

mahopia

What's so funny about it is that Gian didn't immediately try each flavor. He took each one slowly as if he is savoring each single bite. Kung ako yun, wagam na kagad,hahahahah

When the husband went to Malaysia last December, he bought a box of Anthon Berg liqueur chocolate. At first, I hesitated to indulge since I had a bad experience with liqueur filled chocolates last christmas. When i first had one, it felt like my head would explode and i was dizzy evening to dusk.

But this one's different. It's so chocolaty (chocolate naman talaga,toink). What I meant is that the liqueur is there but it didn't took over the chocolaty taste. 

parang sumabit lang ung baba ko sa braso ni gian

senglot boy

yummmmehhh!

at the end of the day, hearts' day is just any other day. it's up to the people how they want it to be. for me, hearts' day 2012 was a blast simply because i celebrated love day with my beloved.

already consumed, sir!

What's left of it after a couple of sesh. NAUBOS DIN SA WAKAS!


Click to check our other hearts' day shots.

True Love Waits

It has been eighteen days since the husband and I saw each other. In earth-days, that is just two weeks and four days ago but for me, it has been a very long and excruciating eighteen days times twenty four hours and that's another excuse why i hate math because I miss Gian so bad!!!!!:(

Gian and I started with a long distance relationship. He studied in ozzilandia and the only time we see each other is during December breaks. That sucks, I know. The good thing about it though is that it makes my holidays so much special. All the more reason why i love Christmas on top of everything I mentioned in december_in_september. 

Here's how we looked like back then:

Gian's 2006 Break

 Gian left PMA for ozzilandia on 14 nov 2006 and this photo was taken when we reunited after more than a year.

2007 Break

Swimming, our favorite activity aside from running. Cough. Cough. Cough.

2008 Break

 Malulusog kme

So what is this post really about? Well, I just want to express how I am so thankful for having survived a long distance relationship for quite some time. It's a W-O-W considering it's my first and i must admit that Gian was so kind to understand me and just listen and make everything better for me. Thank You Father for sending Gian!

so true!

UGG in Baguio City

 I have been longing to wear ugg boots since I first saw them. They're very simple yet they look so stylish. i could imagine how my long legs would look sexy wearing them. Oh well, reality check: ugg boots are worn during winter and unfortunately (?) we do not have that season here in the Philippines so when the husband and i decided to go to baguio, i thought i would be my chance of wearing one.

Enough with ugg boots.

You might be pissed off why I shrugged off ugg boots when my post is entitled ugg.hahahah funny me. I entitled this post ugg since I will be talking about UGG. UGG stands for Upper Ground , unit G. UGG is our first venture on real estate and gian and I are so up and giddy about it.

Last 17 february 2012, gian and I went to baguio to check the unit and at the same time attend the PMA Alumni Homecoming. I'll be posting another article on Revisiting Baguio City some other time so watch out for that. Anyway, Gian and I were so excited because it is our first time to invest in something big, yes, 1.13M is already big for a young couple like us. 

We left cubao around 4 am of 17 and arrived at baguio City around 10 am. First stop was at Goshen land Office at kisad road. Gian settled everything from the move in fee, the utilities and all the other stuff that needs to be processed while I just sat and observed everything that is happening around the lobby. I felt like my king is prepping everything for his queen! Ang ganda ko!

Busy people at Goshen Land Office

The plan was to inspect the unit then leave so we can make gala in baguio city. Afterall, it’s in this cold city where our love story started. But as always, travel fatigue and laziness has taken its toll on us and we just found ourselves sleeping in each other’s arms in our new found crib.

Of course I felt like I have to wake up and take pictures for my not so documented life’s sake.

UGG is not that big but it is already furnished with a dining set, a refrigerator, an electric stove, a flat screen tv set, hot and cold shower and a wash area. Our objective in buying this unit is not for our own use but for business. The building is located at the back of St Louise University thus the target clientele will be the college students so UGG is accordingly designed to be used not as a residential condo. Hay, ansarap na pla maging college student nowadays. Buti pa sila!

the husband. so tall. so mighty.

the wife. so wife.hahahaha

 Oh wait! UGG stands for another thing though:

UBER GWAPONG GIAN! 

my Uber Gwapong Gian!

Love love love!

click me for more photos.

alone again

i thought i will be spending my long weekend with my dear husband. we had everything planned from day 1 to day 4. i have even prepared the clothes that we will be wearing for the whole weekend. it's just so frustrating how things change so fast.

sunday afternoon. we were at the mall for grocery and family day out when gian received a message telling him that he has to report back to zambales at 9 o'clock of the same day. how i wished he had just turned off his phone and never have read the message. stupid and selfish you might say but it was what crossed my mind at that moment.

i have been in the military service but until now, i still hate it when siga people would just throw things away. in a snap, they want everything to happen the way they want it to be. sad but we are all helpless. we can't do anything about it.

wife-ness

while waiting for my reporting date, i got the chance of staying in my husband's house (it's actually his parents' house). i have our room all to myself and that would automatically mean i have to attend to everything from the fixing of the bed, how the dresser would look like, alignment of our clothes inside the cabinet and of course the whole crap of Mt. Dirty Laundry.


janet, the house help. is around but i looked at it as if it was my first time to manage our own place. it was tiring and frustrating but i enjoyed every bit of it. i was challenged with the whole laundry thing but i realized that i was only washing my own clothes. gian's not included and that would be waaaaayyyyy toooooooo different. gian's plus the kids'. do the math and that would equate to me bugdowner and windowner late in the afternoon.

i washed my backpack so all these mess came out of it

chin

yes dear, ausin q to

long gray line

when i finally finished tucking everything out of gian's sight, this is what the room looks like.

pwd na to. rally e.

dresser. look at how the bottles are aligned. the pile of clothes you can see are gian's change of clothes.

our cabinet

unpolished shoes

kelangan pa rin mag coat and coat

 this is the pair of combat boots which i will be using for the next couple of months.

alsa balutan mode: EOBC edition

this is just i peep into what's in a domesticated wife's life is. maybe i'll get through the same in the future when i finally leave the uniformed service. just maybe.

hay... it's so nice to have a place you can call your own. wala kasi akong ganito sa mindoro. i can't wait to change to my "sleeping uniform" and get all comfy. early taps. night night fellas!:)

puerto galera: sweeter the second time around

Weekend started with gian’s almost ten hours of commute from zambales to calapan, oriental Mindoro then me fetching him at kurba at around 03:30am of Saturday. Rested for a while then travelled from naujan to puerto galera on a jeepney with only three out of seven bolts working on one of its wheels. Whew! Transformer! 

this is what 10 hours of travel can result to

pagsasamantala in action. gian hates it whenever i take shots of him sleeping. sorry, love.:)

We checked in at sandbar hotel and tried snorkelling late in the afternoon. Gian is used to it but I found it frustrating. Im not used to breathing through the mouth.

welcome to sandbar, boquete island, puerto galera, ormin

we were only able to snorkel near  the shore so this is all that we got

ok, gian's turn

when gian finally returned the blue coral, he was amazed when he saw a crab-like thingy coming out of its shell. i don't know what it's actually called and i wasn't as interested as he is. what i enjoyed the most is how gian was sooooooo in to it. i have seen a lot of these things in the province, but the city boy is less exposed to this. he is more into reading and studying and knowing how things work.

gian: "look what i found , bu!"

hala cge, pati yan, ppikturan pa!

Dinner was served at the resort’s resto and it was almost perfect except for the palengkerang nanay. Umm umm! Ang ingay mo, nay. i bought fruits the day before so we savored and enjoy the fruit basket experience offered by Victoria, OrMin.

the food was served after 10-15 mins so we got bored

melad

making faces

i combed my hair, promise

this is the nth time gian gave me a paper flower. upgrade please!

fresh avocado from victoria, ormin

Breakfast was complimentary the following morning so I pigged out on bread and butter. I’m Not so much of a breakfast person but whenever gian’s around, we really eat a lot. A lot as in we eat food for 4-5 persons. Company really affects appetite. The whole morning was spent eating. Eating. And eating. Swimming is our favourite sports and it's a good thing that we had the resort’s pool all to ourselves. Thank u ms elvie Garcia.

I LOVE THIS SHOT. my arm looks long and slender

the bread is mine

the usual

sizzling sisig

the vaulfiles of ccafp!

 We checked out before lunch and headed to white beach were we stayed at a friend’s transient house. The place wasn’t as cozy as sandbar’s but we transferred there so we could be closer to where gian ‘s boat to batangas docks. When the sun was low and its scorching heat is almost gone, we headed to the beach for our late lunch and super early dinner. We were so hungry that we ordered food for 3-5 persons.hahahahahha gutom. The gay waitress( may crush kay gian) was making kanchaw kc antakaw daw namin. Kaon gyud kay wla ra ba mi ginikanan sa Mindoro. We later checked out the tiangge for cheap finds. Mahina tlga aq sa tawaran.  When the funds are low and the debts are high. When we want to smile but we have to sigh. When care is pressing you down the beat, rest if you must but don’t you quit! We transferred from one tiangge to another to bargain and haggle for the best items. Nakakapagod pero it was all worth it nman. Our legs and feet were tired so we finally gave up and just sat on the beach while watching passers-by. We later decided to change to our swimming attire and played with the strong and very powerful waves of San Isidro.  It was my first time since I was a kid to play with the waves. Jumping around. Gulping sea water (ewww!). running around has never been that fun without my dear husband.

food trip

again

and again.

was busy with the tiangge and when looked for gian, i saw him busy writing this on the sand. that's "awwwwwwwwwww"

finally bought my wide.brimmed.hat. i need this for the 2o-ha tree planting project

the bubu pose. gian should show his arms so that mine will be partly hidden,:)

Then night finally came and we went back to our crib but it wasn’t really that late so  we agreed on a ice cream date night. i found out that I didn’t like the flavour of the ice cream when I already consumed half of the pint after 20 minutes, I think.hahahahahh

thanks to first sgt's wife

we went to the grocery store straight from the beach

what flavor?

magkakampi kme

i wanted drumstick lang sana but it's bitin so drumstick in a pint na lang.

Monday morning at white beach are lazy. The tourists are gone and the beaches are almost deserted. Gian opted for a massage. I didn’t because I didn’t like the idea of lying almost naked in public. But Gian liked to display his beach boddddeeeeehhhhh so ok, game.

gian's beach boddeeeeeehhhh!

manang, wag mo sakalin asawa q!

beach massage costs PhP 200. i prefer sydney massage in cainta. 2hrs for PhP299

I hate it when bubu time is almost over but we can’t do anything about it. Anyway, there will always be next time and more time nxt time. That’s three times in a sentence.

here are the other photos. check it out!

inhale

exhale

gutom na aq bububok

tarrah: dear upo ka lang jan ha, pipikturan kita. gian: ok dear!

errrr payaaaaaaaaaaaat!

aq naman dear

going gaga over my bubu

forgive my gorilla pod. monkey bars.

batooooooo!

battooooooo akooooooo!

yes, magulo ang kwarto namin

a jar of iced tea costs Php145. we ordered two jugs and offered drinks for passers-by

cummeerree, my love!