Happy Birthday Doc Helen

Dearest Doki,

Sabi nila Friendship isn't about whom you've known the longest. It's about who came, and made your world upside down sa kakatawa, kakaiyak, kakaisip sa pinagdadaanan ng isang  kaibigan na si Marianne... and etc... Sometimes its all about loving you lang talaga like a sister without any reason....kasi the best sisters daw are  the ones that you aren't related to, so thanks for being my unrelated sister! 

While writing this bday note, it made me realized those times when I really wanted to make an effort to be close to you,... pero we had our own shares of trial and errors on knowing each other before kaya parang di naman masyado nag bossom... and for that, maybe  God have this perfect timing lang in giving us each other....yung bang perfect timing to add someone in both our lives.So you were like a puzzle pieces, who didnt fit my puzzle at first but in the end all the pieces come together perfectly coz your someone na kumain din pala ng tabog tabog, inatadong mayonaise, and had her shares din ng difficulties and yet fun childhood like mine. Someone  who also have her own shares of heartaches and kaduratan hahahahhaha.... So see God made sure na when we came into each others lives parang He just wanted us to share each others own kadangagan, and inspiring experiences in a funny way...

I know that this friendship is just starting in terms of numbers but for me parang lifetime na sya in terms of feelings and its depth. And your just that someone who kept me smiling from the day i called you my friend....And everyday while were doing our usual bbms were my best times that have gone from laughter to memories of this new friendship. And you have gone from simply being a friend to family to me. 

So what else is there to say pa ba but I love you.... I really do coz your now officially the sister I never had. And a very special addition to those few friends I have allowed to enter my boring life.... 

Happy Birthday Doki.... I know youll get lots of greetings for your birthday but this one comes to you with all of my love 

BDAY SURPRISE FOR MY TWO BANENGNENGS

To Yani and Lhen,

This is not yet your bday kadramahan...... This is just my version of an amazing race  bday for both of you... Love you both....

FRIDAY DATE NIGHT WITH HUBBY

I have to pinch myself a few times to make sure I am not in Hong Kong or Shanghai  or California.... and that hubby thought of this place for our Friday night dinner date is really a bomb in its sweetest explosion...

 lets start love with this cocktail..

 too much of the good thing

 uni (sea urchin) yum yum

 escargot!!! oh you little thing Ahhh, the thing I come here for.

Seriously, we don’t need to travel far for the good stuff. 

All the best things in one place.

FOR YANI!!!

Dearest Yan,

Disclaimer: nosebleed ahead!!!!hehehe

I wanted to write this letter to you. Hopefully it is something you will read with a smile, and keep along for a very long time. You have been in our lives since adolescence and since college. Yet with you we feel we can be our authentic self, which is the litmus test for best friendedness, in our book at least... hehehhe. There is little we have to explain to you for you to get us and vice versa...

I know that you haven’t always been able to be yourself with others, sometimes because you didn’t know who you was, or sometimes because you feared on the thought of being too close.... But with us you can be whatever you wanna be coz
we just love you for you.

Today as I think about you, I started to think of you and began to cry. But they were happy tears, for in us (me and doc) you have found an ally; In us you have a protector,and in our arms is the safest place you can be next to God and your family. We are here to rescue you from your pains, struggles, disappointments and hurts; we will try to rescue you from always being weary; will also try to answer all your life questions the best way we can.

This letter is a lot shorter than I would like it to be, but sometimes words can not describe things that are ordinarily felt. I know you already know most of this anyway so do you really need telling? hehehhehehe...

There is little left to say except that we love you. I miss how you say “Not even that…,” your laugh, how you talk on and on and on, the way you pose questions. I guess only one of you truly knows me as a crybaby, but I sit here in tears, both of joy at having you beautiful women(u and doc) in my life, and at the immense sadness at not being closer, of not having your eyes to gaze into, your voice not distorted by wireless signals.

Our friendship is a miracle itself.. a blessing.. a strength that enables you to go on along any bumpy road knowing things will be just fine, because at the end of the day, you know you have someone like me and doc who cares about you no matter what happens… or what wrong you may have done in some aspect of your life....

love you neng....

200 EUROS: A PERSUASIVE JOURNEY

Heres the thing: Everyone should have at least two friends- one to talk to and one to talk about. And one of the blessings of being friends with my two banengnengs is  that I can afford to be stupid, extortionist BIR, etc with them and vice versa. lol.

The day before today... hell yeah that was yesterday... stupid jerk. hahahaahahahha .all im trying to say is that yesterday was quite unforgettable day doing all the stuff listed above:

*extortionist BIR*
- An extortion drama spanning over 2 hours yesterday came to a startling end when the kingpin turned out to be none other than the victims' friends. (yeah thats me and doc) received the mtcn confirmation number of the money transfer

M- uy meron iniwan si tito na cash gift for me worth 1200 euros
D- really o tara paghatian na natin... bigay mo na sa amin ni doc ang 400 euro tig 200 kami
H- topic: hatian ng cash gift
M- asa pa kayo. pang shopping ko to sa singapore.
H- give and u will be lucky sa lovelife mo
D- topic: lucky sa lovelife
M- wait read muna ako ng bible para makapagdecide
D- 400 euro is equivalent to a month of your quiet life. no bullying
H-  100 per week of being mabait to u.

...... this persuasive journey for our 200 euro each went on for hours and hours until she gave in for us.

 Friendship is tricky to define because everyone experiences it differently. What constitutes one person’s friendship with another may not constitute another. How does someone know if he or she has had a friendship like ours? How does someone distinguish friendship? The answer is easy as above.

 

HILTON TOKYO BAY- BDAY TREAT FOR FONG SAN

We wanted to try this place for a long time and finally made it on Saturday for our good friend Bong`s bday. We were there at around 11:15 am and the buffet table were not fully ready ( says started at 10:30 am). We glad we were there early because it got very busy by noon.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the food.  OMG.  The omnivore and vegetarian alike will love the flavors.  Everything is well-prepared and delicious!  Numerous choices - it's hard to even get a taste of everything before getting stuffed. 

Happy Bday Fong san!!! Hope you had a blast

REVISITED: New Sanno Hotel- BONG @ 53

Im back again at New Sanno Hotel for Fong san's bday brunch...Oh well, was it better the second time around? Usually my dining experience depends greatly on the company I have. What makes a great dinner is after all not just great food, but also great company. Yeah Yeah i need to  rest my case na lang and will just talk about foods...hehehehehe

the cheezessss - a delight

the buffet spread

the salad station... spell yum

the only reason i was there... hehehehe love u girl

plus an added few...

Thats New Sanno Hotel on my second visit...nothing more, but all less.

Happy Birthday to my dear friend BONG!!!

To my dear friend bong,

For your bday dont worry much kung malapit ka na maging senior citizen coz for as long as im here, I will take good care of you even when your already grumpy and in your dappy (diapers). i love you so much my friend,

ikaw na aking utusan at secretary when Im moody;
ikaw na aking kaibigan kahit na akoy bratty;
my shopping buddy pag akoy maraming money;
my travel buddy when im galante;
my agua when Im bendita.
Your all this and more sayong apong si dovie.

Sa mga prayers namin, isa lang naman ang lagi kong hiling: ang makasama ka hanggang sa pagtanda at maging healthy. Sobrang appreciative ako kay God kasi sobra nya akong mahal para ibigay ka nya sa akin... Ikaw na aking kaibigan sa panghabangbuhay.

 I love you my dear fong san Happy birthday...

From Us

Debut @ 57

Whats funny is that it wasn't even my idea, it was my two "banengnengs" surprise for my dear mother. How lucky can she gets @ 57.... huh!!!

From this sosyal tarp

... giveaways....

 Foods...

 And her beautiful cake...

...was planned out and perfectly executed  and paid for her by my 2 "pasale" friends/sisters at heart... Well do i need to thank them for all of it? of course not...coz they gave me the biggest stress of my life with their pasale... while my mother was just having fun doing this.....

 Life is really not fair.. hehehehehehehe. But on second thought, i should thank them still for sharing the loads of having a mother like her. hahahahahaha love you my two banengnengs!!

Happy Birthday MA!!!

My Darling mother, 

  

Ma… you are the world to us.   Regardless of how much I may or may not look like you, my insides are all because of you. hahahaha  Yes, I might have some of you in me from birth, but everything since then has meant so much more.  I’m already picking up things from you that make me who I am.  Mostly I’m picking up the best  and funny stuff about you.  Don’t feel guilty about what you aren’t doing or what you wish you were doing better.  You’re so incredible at what you’re already doing.  Nobody loves me like you. Your love comes out in hundreds of ways every day, too many for me to count, which is good because I can’t count so good yet. hahahahaha  

 You love us even though we don’t act like we love you all the time. Thats brutal love...But here’s the thing.  I do love you.  I don’t know how to say it enough yet and maybe I never will but you need to know how much I love you. There’s just something special about it.  You’re my mother!  Nothing more… and nothing less.  But that’s all that counts to me.

 Thanks for all you put up with to make sure I’m well-fed, clean & dressed.  Those little tasks could be so menial and degrading but somehow you have the humility to do them day in and day out when I was small.  You put up with so much to teach me the right way to do things, to learn all the things I need to learn before I go to school.  Most of everything important I learn in life I’ll have learned from you before I ever go to class with some other teacher: that I am loved by the people who know me best, that the world is a place that we need to be safe in but more than anything it’s a fun place, that reading is a great way to learn and something fun to do together, that friends are important, that siblings should be respected and loved, that toys aren’t as important as relationships, that sharing helps everyone, that saying you are sorry is hard but nothing is more admirable, that you’re proud of me for who I am more than what I do, that the way I look on the outside is less important than the attitude I have on the inside, that making funny faces will always be funny, that there is a God that loves me too, that He loves me so much.  You  taught me the most important stuff of life.  You were my greatest teacher.

I could go on forever about you…and your funny acts  and for the rest of my life no one will be able to talk about you in my presence without me coming to your defense or without me singing your praises.  You mean so much to me.

Thank you so much for all you have done and will continue to do in raising me! Happy Birthday!!!

LOve 

Nene

 

TONKATSU WAKO

Yesterday, during office lunch break I met up with my good friend fong.Choosing to meet at a japanese resto in yurakucho worked out well, because it was a nice half way point from where we both work.

pork tonkatsu- these are deep fried pork cutlet set meal with unlimited rice, miso soup and vegies...yum yum!!

my dearest  friend bong...dashing as ever

Tonkatsu WAKO

BEVERLY HILLS/ RODEO DRIVE

RUN, don't Walk to get an opportunity to "Experience" BEVERLY HILLS.

The beautiful City of Beverly Hills. What's not to love about a city that has the greatest restaurants and shopping. If you are tourist or just visiting you must spoil yourself.

What strikes me most about Beverly Hills is the cleanliness of the whole city and the general feeling I get during our visit. This city is the epitome of what a typical tourist feels is Los Angeles. 

A Playground to the rich, the famous and the glamorous

on becoming famous and rich.... "yeah lets work hard on that..." lol

for now lets just be glamorous..

famous celebrity hangouts

Would I want to live here? No, the traffic and laws would bug me, but visit here yes over and over again.