Boracay vacation on rainy season (Part 1)

A couple of weeks after our Macau - HK trip, we flew to Boracay for a quick trip. Literal na quick trip, 3 days lang e hihi :) I worked for a hotel at Boracay ages ago, so Boracay is not a tourist spot for me anymore. There's a welcoming feeling everytime I step sa white sand :) and amazeballs lagi ang fast development ng island for me! ang daming bagong hotels! I just wish this new development will take care of the environment too :(

For the 3 day trip, I booked a no-frills hotel...dapat sa Tides kami (our go-to hotel) but fully booked na! I looked up at agoda and booking.com and look for 5k and below hotels na beachfront. And I saw Diamond Water Edge Resort, a 2 years old beachfront hotel at Station 1. We booked the deluxe rooms.

Here are the pics

2 semi queen size beds

nice pillows and pristine white sheets!

basic kitchenette

the bathrooms are ok, walang bathtub tho :)

lcd tv and simple vanity table

basic toiletries

this is our balcony :) we had our first breakfast here :)

I will post the part 2 of my review of this hidden gem at Station 1:) for the price and the location! gem talaga :)

Mini living room makeover via New Pillowcases!

Landmark is a special place for me :) I used to spend my weekends here when I was a kid until highschool. We will go to Landmark for the supermarket and then Glorietta for Glicos! remember Glicos? the coolest place for kids nuon hihi :) To be honest before the major renovations started sa Landmark and Glorietta, I can make you a map of stores and supermarket aisles from year 1995 to 2000. :) :) :) My family switched to ATC na kasi mas malapit and less traffic pa. But everytime I go to Landmark nowadays, I will always drop by sa home section. Plus I usually stalk the blog of Mrs.Mommyholic and saw her post :) :) OMG! throw pillowcases from 49.75 to 79.75 depending on the sizes! :) :) :) very very far cry from the prices of throw pillowcases from dimensione, our home and rustans!

I got two themes - (1) green and blue and (2) gray and yellow. :) this is a very affordable way to give your living room a mini makeover! :) :) 

Thirdy and his Ben10 cupcakes!

A couple of weeks ago, our family boy saw a mini cupcake maker and he begged and pleaded to me to buy him one. Like he promised not to eat potato corner or watch  tom & jerry just for me to get him his "baking tool". I used to bake when I was a kid and I'm more than happy to support him. :) I immediately ordered online and even got two! Shopaholic for Kids have a sweet deal ongoing that you can buy a smart planet mini cupcake maker and a smart planet mini donut maker for P2,700 only! and free shipping pa :) :) 

Here's our darling boy in his robots pajamas and LOVE apron from the 88 store hihi :)

Breakfast at Antonio's Tagaytay

A couple of months ago, we celebrated my dear hubby's birthday at Breakfast at Antonio's :) The Antonio's chain of resto is love :) from the ambiance to the food! super ok :) 

Beef Tapa (P390 +10% service charge) served with 2 eggs done anyway you want with Garlic Rice & Baked Beans

Clawdaddy's at Nuvali!

Overdue Post: 

A couple of months ago, my dear Papa celebrated his 64th birthday :) Part of his birthday celebration was lunch at Nuvali :) we picked Clawdaddy's Great American Picnic :)

Grilled Oyster

Flood and Convenience stores

Hello Dears! How are you? Ang lamig na noh? :) ok na ang weather (compared nung april-may) sana mag-ok na din ang meralco bill namin hihi :) and sana walang malaking bagyo dumaan (Lord, please po talaga) maybe, you're wondering why I'm so concern sa mga bagyo, kasi lang naman ang bahay namin ay bahain. As in lumaki na ko sa scenario na pag JUne na inaalis na namin ang mga carpet namin. And we even renovated our bungalow house to a 2 storey house. Kasi pa grabe ng grabe ang baha sa subdivision namin. I hope the local government do something about our flood control talaga. Kaya nakakahighblood pag nababasa ko ang corruption about local gov't projects e.

Pag baha season na, we stock on food, water, medicines and batteries. And one of our bestfriend pag rainy season ay convenience stores. Pag may news na sa gabi na may malakas na bagyo papasok the following early morning, we double check our emergency stock and buy sa convenience stores kung ano pa kulang. I will make a separate post of our "flood kit" most of them are basic necessities lang talaga and some tweaks for the needs of each family member. Anyway, the other night we suddenly crave for green tea ice cream and we went to the nearest mini mart. And i was pleasantly surprise to see "panda theme snacks" and some unique snacks from Japan :) :) :) 

Syempre, I went home with Pocky choco-almond kasi yun ang may panda theme hihi :) and the green tea ice cream!

Wide awake at 1:17 am

I'm wide awake at 1:17 am, just got home from the Transformers movie. Hindi siya maganda, the story is dragging and meron characters na "huh!? ano ba talaga role niya?" pilit ang punchlines ni Mark and for the first time, hindi ako natuwa kay Stanley :( disappointed talaga ako :( ang tagal pa bago lumabas ng autobots :( ang tagal ko hinintay si Bumblebee. Parang hindi talaga worth ang binayad ko sa lazy boy. Anyari Transformers 4?!

I can feel my tired bones now, 2 weeks of our mini renovation and now I'm committed to my Kumon duties for our family baby. Thirdy is going to Kumon twice a week and stays with us half of the week na. Napapractice na kmi ni Mr. Panda sa pag-aalaga ng preschooler. Walang katapusan "why" "why" and "baaakkeeeettt??". God knows, nauubusan na kami ng sagot lalo na sa mga tanong nya hindi pa dapat sa age niya. Pero ok lang, I know sign 'to na smart siya :) and I'm so blessed Mr. Panda is very supportive and loving to Thirdy. The other night before we go to sleep, Thirdy and I were praying, his first request is "Bless (Mr. Panda)" then "Bless Thirdy" "Bless Ninang (me, inaanak ko talaga mommy niya e hindi siya haha) then all of our family members, then all his toys including the dinosaurs sa bathtub and dinosaurs sa bed haha! :) we cuddle to sleep and he will always pinch my cheeks, tuwang tuwa siya sa extra fats ko sa face. 

And my mom's birthday is fast approaching..... i want to do something different for her, iniisip ko nature theme party kasi lagi na lang "glam" ang theme sa mommies for 60--ish and above. We went to Cocohut last weekend to get some flyers and mukhang ok :) since wooden chairs and may "hut' counter sila. I'm thinking of a hawaiian theme :)

                        




                       

What do you guys think? :)