Random Questions

1. In 1 word, explain today. It was a good day. Could be better, but it was ok.
2. Who made u smile today? Trisha :).
3. What were u doing this morning at 8am? Already at the office, most probably setting up for the day's work.
4. What were u doing 15 minutes ago? Surfing, finishing up my downloads for tonight.
5. Something that happened to u in 1985? Nothing signifant that I recall.
6. Worst thing currently on television: Bush fires in Australia.
7. How many different beverages have you drank today? 2 - Coffee & Minute Maid Pulpy.
8. What is your favorite part of the day? 5pm, when I wrap up work and get ready to go home to my daughter.
9. Your current To-do list? Finish my project timeline, project contract & weekly notes for a Thursday meeting. Download tons of stuff I need.
10. Any plans for tomorrow night? None.

Weekend of Jan 24- 25 2009

Saturday, Jan 24: We were out the whole day on Saturday. We had lunch at Rockwell's Pepper Lunch which we planned earlier that week, since Sherwin wanted me to try the Beef Pepper Rice. I say, it is really good! We also wanted Trisha to see the new Kids' area on the 3rd floor, but she didn't really get too excited about it since there's nothing much that she can do there.

Then before heading home, we went to SM Makati to look for the living room table we wanted to replace the computer table with. We are giving the computer to Adrian, together with the computer table, since we rarely use it anyway.

Trisha was wearing her Gingersnaps lilac jumpsuit with her Gap gold-silver flats.




Sunday, Jan 25: We headed to Greenbelt Recipes for lunch to celebrate the Chinese New Year. We had the usual order of Gising-gising, deep fried tilapia, general's chicken & beef stew. Then after, just walked around Greenbelt 5 to check on the shops newly opened in that area.

I am hoping to go back to purchase the Melissa shoes I asked Len for my birthday :). Maybe this weekend or next. I will post a photo of it as soon as I have it.

Trisha was wearing her pink top, skinny jeans, gold-silver flats & vintage sunshades, all from Gap.







Before heading to lunch, we passed by T at Greenbelt 3 and we saw this nice bag for Trisha. She immediately liked it & transferred all her stuff from her floral bag (her only hand bag) and was so ready to walk out of the shop. So there, Mommy had to purchase it :). I was tempted to get the Mommy version of this bag for myself, but since it is transparent, I figured I wouldn't be able to use it much so I had to pass it up.

I am indeed a SNAKE :)

For my friends who really, deeply, know me, they can confirm that what this says is so true about me :).

Chinese Zodiac - Snake

Personality
Occupying the 6th position in the Chinese Zodiac, the Snake symbolizes such character traits as intelligence (Tet: uhuh), gracefulness (Tet: yeah) and materialism (Tet: hahaha). When it comes to decision-making, Snakes are extremely analytical and as a result, they don’t jump into situations. They are effective at getting the things they want, even if it means they have to scheme and plot along the way (Tet: hahaha, yeah yeah).

Snakes are very materialistic creatures, preferring to surround themselves with the finest that life has to offer. This is especially evident in the home, where luxurious furnishings and surroundings help Snakes seek the peace they need in order to thrive. (Tet: hmm, this justifies my love for nice things, they help me seek the peace i need in order to thrive. should be acceptable!)

Health
Snakes prefer living a life of calmness, preferring quietness over noise and a manageable workload rather than a schedule that’s overly-booked. Snakes become easily stressed when their lives aren’t peaceful or in order. Too much of this way of life can shorten a snake’s life! (Tet: So true!)

Career
Snakes do work very hard, but they have a tendency to be job-hoppers as they become easily bored (Tet: hahahaha, again, perfect description of myself!). Their somewhat laid-back attitude causes them to be mistakenly categorized as slackers, but nothing could be further from the truth! Snakes are very creative and extremely diligent. They’re excellent problem-solvers and thrive under tight deadlines. Good career choices for Snakes include: scientist, analyst, investigator, painter, potter, jeweler, astrologer, magician, dietician, and sociologist (Tet: seems like I am on the right career track).

Relationships
Snakes are excellent seducers so they never have trouble attracting others (Tet: hm, not too confident about this one though. but if you say so! haha). However, they’ll be the ones to decide when a relationship has potential and when it does not. Once they’ve chosen a partner, a Snake’s insecure side will begin to show through. Snakes guards their chosen partners much like a prized possessions, becoming jealous and even obsessive (Tet: Hahaha). Snakes prefer to keep their feelings to themselves. It’s important to never betray a Snake’s trust as a betrayed snake will make it a goal to get even some day! (Tet: Yes! so be warned!)

My First No Rice Lunch Day

I have always wanted to cut my rice intake. Easier said than done! I was successful in cutting my rice for each meal to half-cup since around December. Well, I cheated on some days - especially when we have inihaw na Bangus and taba ng Talangka. Hm, and during my almost 2 weeks Christmas holiday in Baguio - I did not measure my rice at all! And that's it, I did not progress from there. Until today :).

During lunch, one of my BFFs, who's an expert in this No Rice Diet, convinced me to skip my rice and just have the Hubad na Lumpia, a portion of inihaw ng Bangus, banana for dessert and just plain water instead of my usual Pulpy Minute Maid drink. I was worried I would faint of hunger. But, yey! I survived the afternoon without my usual afternoon snack. I had another banana instead before heading home. But while waiting for dinner, I cheated... with 1 Krispy Kreme donut & 1 glass of iced tea. I was sooo hungry. But still! I didn't have rice for lunch! Haha.

I would really love to eat healthier this year. I think sticking with this friend will help me :). She has so much self control with her food intake & regular exercise! I did ask her to drag me to the gym either lunch time or in the afternoon - half an hour in the treadmill will surely help me lose that weight I have been trying to get rid off for more than 2 years now. And I hope we could be lunchmates until I get used to the no rice diet.

Good luck to me! And may Jok have the patience to help me :). Love yah friend!

Hon + Daddy = Sherwin Lim :)

Not only am I blessed with a loving family with my mom, sisters (Len & Cai) and balong (little brother Adrian). I am also blessed with a loving husband.

I think after almost 3 years of being together, we've finally found our balance. We understand each other more & we're more secure with our marriage.

I never imagined how Sherwin would be as a father. I never thought he would have the patience to change nappies, to feed, to bathe, to run around chasing Trisha. He exceeds my expectations :). He is a very good father.

Thanks hon. Here's to the New Year coming our way! ;*

Trisha's Night Prayers

"Papa Jesus, thank you for everything. Thank you for the gifts. For Mommy's gifts. For Daddy's gifts. For Lola's gifts. {she would mention everybody she'd remember}. Please help me be a good girl. I love you Papa Jesus. Goodnight. Amen."

Trisha's Tito Adrian

I am blessed with a loving family. All of them are so in love with my daughter.

Especially Tito Adrian :). He's been baby sitting non stop since we arrived Dec 24 and has been at the beck & call of his niece.









I love you balong! Thanks for looking after your niece :).

Christmas 2008

Happy :). This is one of my happiest Christmas. Everything's just so relaxed.

Merry Christmas everyone!


Too bad Trisha was not in the mood for picture taking. This should have been a nice shot :).

I love her eyes

The Printed Dress

Here's another dress of Trisha I got from Marissa of Katricewear. This was originally longer, I just had it cut to this length. With her height, I prefer Trisha wearing this length (doesn't go below the knee) so she doesn't look too short.

She wore this today, during the christening of her bestfriend's baby sister. A lot of people noticed her dress and asked where we got it from. Us, "big girls", liked it a lot *grins*.

Trisha's 2nd Birthday

We celebrated Trisha's 2nd birthday at Jollibee McKinley with a Jollitown theme.

Here's her invitation which I did myself.

Maybe you're wondering why the invite said "Snow White visits Jollitown"... and here's why :) ...

Got her snow white gown from Prim of http://babyfashionistas.multiply.com/.

In the middle of the party, I changed her back to her boyfriend shirt which I got from Marissa of http://katricewear.multiply.com/

You can view all our pictures at http://tetdelapaz.multiply.com/photos. Her birthday albums are open for everyone to view for a limited time only. If you can't see the albums anymore, do drop me a note so I can open it up for you :).

Trisha's Bday Wish List

Finally, I was able to find time to update this post.

Just to briefly explain why we decided to put up a list for Trisha's 2nd bday. She received too many toys during her 1st birthday. A lot of them she only played with briefly. Some of them she didn't even open at all. So now, we want her to receive toys that she's interested in. Or we can buy her the toys she wants with the GCs you will be giving us in case you prefer that ;D.

I had to post the pics at Multiply, it was easier for me to upload the pics there. Please click the link below to redirect you to the pictures.

See Trisha's Wish List.

More Scrap Pages

Here are more experimental pages. I only did this in scrapblog as I have yet to install my adobe photoshop.

This first one I created from a template in scrapblog, I just moved the elements around, added and deleted some that were defaulted in the template.

This second page was created from scratch :). I am happy with this. Yey, I think I am improving!

More pages to come!

my first digi "scrap" page

This is my first attempt in digital scrapbooking. Very simple (maybe even boring), but yey! It's my first creation.



I really want to start on a scrapbook for Trisha to "capture the moments". Been meaning to for the longest time but I always put it off.

Well, maybe now is the right time to start :).

Now and Back Then

y little girl is really growing up so fast. She's already wearing Large diapers and we have moved to a new section in our favorite shops - from Infant to Toddler section and even her vitamins and meds have transition from Drops to Syrup ... How time flies!

NOW...



and BACK THEN...


She's really no longer my baby ... She's now my little girl .

My Toblerone :)

Still here.

I am still here. I have just been too busy and too lazy to update my blog. I have not even blog- hopped for a while.

I hope all is well with everyone. :)

Kythe Charity Run Update

- Updated the list of our friends who pledged for MS's run in my previous entry.
- MS finished 4 laps this morning. ;)

I will be sending out the bank details of MS for the pledges within today.

A Father's Day Post :)

I have 999 reasons to brag about MS as a father, let me share with you the top 5 so as not to bore you with the long list :).

1. He really really finds time to play with Trisha. He has his uber busy moments at the office, but when I remind him about not spending enough time with his daughter, he would immediately do something about it. The house gets crazy when father and daughter run around the house chasing each other or playing hide & seek. The laughter and shrieks of happiness from Trisha are the sweetest sounding "noise" I have ever heard.

2. He spends time watching Barney with Trisha. We both hated Barney before Trisha came. We promised we wouldn't let Trisha watch Barney stuff as we couldn't really understand why kids love Barney. But today, all 3 of us (MS, Trisha and myself) LOVES Barney! We watch Barney DVDs all the time and we only listen to Barney songs on the car stereo whenever Trisha's with us in the car. Thanks to Barney - Trisha now knows how to count to 10, she knows her ABCs, and she knows all the dialogues from her Barney DVDs. Talk about a change of heart.

3. He wakes up to feed Trisha or change her nappies when I am too sleepy to do so. He has been a hands-on dad eversince I gave birth to his darling daughter. And I appreciate it when he volunteers to get up when he knows I am too tired or sleepy.

4. He makes an effort to come home early and be with Trisha when I go on business trips (has only been once so far, with another one coming this July) or when I have dinner with friends (which is very rare as well). MS has to work late because he goes to work late ;). So it really means a lot to me when he comes home early during these rare times that I need him to.

5. He patiently carries Trisha around when we go to the mall. It's so difficult to shop with a baby! I think all mommies will agree with me on that. Especially at Trisha's age when she just loves to run around and touches everything that gets her curious. I appreciate it so much when MS would distract her from me so I can fit shoes or clothes or just to make my purchase.

Hon, thanks :). Trisha is really blessed to have you as a Dad.

Happy Happy Father's day to you.

Updates on Hubby's Charity Run

- I updated the list of our friends who committed to pledge for MS' Charity Run for Kythe.

- MS was able to confirm details with Kythe and they informed him to keep track of all the people who will donate since they will be releasing Individual ORs for all the donations made :). So everyone will be receiving their individual ORs from Kythe.

More updates later :). I hope more friends will send in their pledges for this charity run.