Our 3rd year Anniversary

It's been a long time since we last spent the whole day together (since facebook, farm town, resto city, pet soc, farm vllle, mafia wars, etc became a necessity to our everyday life hahaha). As far as I remember, the last time we tried to explore a place we don't really know was when we visited Cebu last 2007. That time, we were with Juvz, our friend, but this time its only us (na mukang shong shong na laging nagtatanong sa kung sino sinong nakikita namin sa daan para malaman ang tamang daan hehe).

Yeah, yeah, ang OA ba pero trulii nasa Tagaytay lang kami and yet we don't know the place (but we did some map searching naman sa internet!). Although its raining and I am feeling kinda sick tuloy pa din namin, which turns out to be a good decision because when we get there its not raining that hard we still managed to choose a place to eat.

Thanks to sumptuous food of Leslie's plus their awesome view at their cottages at the back for our picture-picture-ala-inday-and-dong moment overviewing Taal Volcano... and for Bag of Beans for giving us a shot of their coffee+pancake+great ambiance that gave us some time to chillax :) All in all twas a great great day ^_^ although upon going home we've been stranded for a while in sucat paranaque, because there's still a lot of people who were there to witness the burial of our Former President Cory C. Aquino.

It's tiring yet a happy day for me and cris :) Wala lang na-share ko lang masaya ko eh :) Hihihihi

Changes are the only constant thing in this world

Changes are the only constant thing in this world. Sigh…


Two years… I used to go home with you. I used to go to office with you. Eat lunch with you. Eat dinner with you. When I got problems I used to sms you and rant about the world and the environment. We used to eat together when we’re happy. We used to see a movie after office hours. We used to chat every time we wanted to.

Two years, and then a drastic change. I’ll bet I will madly miss those things.

Marriage Reality Checklist

While I am on my Operation:Job Hunt, I’ve come up to read an article that really caught my eyes (some two weeks ago when I bought an issue of Manila Bulletin). I just want to share it with you guys, just in case this will interest you too. 

I read the article at the Lifestyle Section of Manila Bulletin, last April 27, 2008 (Sunday).  John and Benz Rana are the authors of the column “Preptalk”. Preptalk appears in Manila Bulletin once a month only, so this is very rare huh! John and Benz Rana are really writing articles regarding weddings/relationships as they are also a part of W@W or Weddings at Work.

So if you’re getting married… how confident are you that you already found the “right one”? Here it goes...

 
So you've chosen the person to live with for the rest of your life. But do you know his or her take on certain issues concerning your marriage and future family? Below is a checklist of things you ought to discuss and disclose before proceeding with your wedding plans.

Ø      PERSONAL Do I do anything that bugs you? If I can't change, could you live with that for the rest of our lives?

Ø      CHILDREN How many children do you want? Who's going to be the primary caregiver? How would you feel if we won't be blessed with any?

Ø      FINANCES Who will handle the household budget? Will we be allowed to have personal savings and spendings from each other's salary? Or do we remit our full salary in the same pool? Do you have any financial obligations to your family? Do you have debts?

Ø      DWELLING Where will we live when we get married? Is living with our families an option? If so, when do we expect to move out?

Ø      HEALTH Do we have any health issues each should know of? Are there any health concerns that we could potentially pass to our children or we should prepare for financially?

Ø      FAITH (different religions/beliefs) Do you expect me to convert to your religion? Or would you respect it if I choose to still practice what I believe in? Which religion should our children be brought up to?

Ø      PRIVACY Are we allowed to answer calls in each other's cellphones? Are we free to read each other's text messages, emails, & mails?

Ø      SEX Can we comfortably and openly discuss our sexual needs, preferences and problems?

Ø      FUTURE IN-LAWS Does my family do anything that annoys you? Do you feel they will interfere with our marriage? Will it be alright with you if I keep supporting my family (physically/financially) even if already we're married?

Ø      CAREER Do you expect me to be a full-time housewife? Would you be bothered if my job pays better than yours?

Ø      CHORES What household chores do you expect me to do?

Ø      LIFESTYLE What do you wish/expect me to changes in my present lifestyle?

Ø      FRIENDS Who among my friends do you feel is a bad influence? Are we still allowed to go out with them for late night gimmicks when we're married?

Ø      MIGRATION Do you see raising our family here in the Philippines or is migrating to a foreign land in the plans? Would you consider a job abroad and leave your family behind for a better life?

Opppsss... maganda lang ung article, hindi pa ko magpapasakal este magpapakasal haha!

Bente

Last Friday, excited ako sa long weekend! Noong una Manila Ocean Park daw with the officemates kaso ang daming nagback out wooot! Though wala ako plano for this looooooooong bekeysion, (kasi walang kaperahan) naeexcite pa rin ako kasi makakapahinga ako at nataon na April 5 ang sabado! yehey!

Bente. As in Benteng buwan na kaming magkasama ni Cris. Gets?

Pero ang ikadalawampung buwan na ito eh not usual para sa amin ni Cris. Dati kasi 2 klase lang ang nangyayari kapag sasapit ang ika-limang araw ng buwan. Its either... magkasama kaming kakain sa mga susyaling lugar na minsan lang namin kainan, or manonood kami ng sine, o magpupunta sa mga lugar na din napunthan, or basta nasa labas at paikot ikot lang sa mall, in short. Masayang selebrasyon. Or... hindi naman kami magkasama kasi magkagalit kami hehehe...

But then, its different nga dis tym. Kasi hindi nman kami magkagalit, kaya magkasama kami ng araw na ito. Pero hindi rin kami nagpunta sa kung saan saan. Kasi WALA kaming kaPERAhan. Napakalungkot. Amps. Kaya... nagdeal na lang kami na instead na gumastos eh mag DVD marathon na lang kami.

1:30pm nya ko sinundo. Naka motor haha wala kasing pamasahe. Choz! After namin bumili ng chicha umuwi na kami sa bahay, pero SUPER as in supercallifragilisticmega over hanep ang init nitong araw na to ah (ang arte amps, Naiisip ko tuloy na ang swerte pala namin pag nasa upis kasi ang lamig don hehehhee).

Its not that watching DVD's are not enjoying so I wouldnt count this in "masasayang selebrasyon". Its the first time to celebrate it plainly sa bahay. Hello?! hindi nmn kami mayaman to go to other places everytime we want to... its just that we always reserve something for our mansari/anibersari nung mga nakaraan buwan. Pero ngaun wala talaga. Ang dami kasing gastusin as in. Grrr... But I find it sweet and enjoying naman to watch dvd together and munch popcorn and chips all day.

And then, out of the blue, my niece txted me na she'll be somewhere near Cris' house to meet her friends. Mga 5pm na siguro un. Pero still, I suggested to Cris if why don't we go swimming? He He He! Meron kasing resort near their house na kakilala nila ang may ari. So I told my niece to get me some clothes na pangshwimming at magnanyt shwimming kami! Yehey!

It really feels good at times like this. You can do whatever you want to do with your partner. You will enjoy anything together, and besides, it's the memory that we can keep together as we go older. I am happy on how we deal things together as times goes by.

So ayon! simple't walang gastos na April 5. (Naalala ko lang na nung April 5 last year e nagshwimming din kami with his family, wala lang! coincidence?)

Happi 20th Monthsary bebi!