Christmas is here!

Just because we got our very first Christmas present this year, I suddenly felt it's now really Christmas. I admit, I have not been feeling the Christmas lately. I told Aldrin this. I had so many things in my mind, about some personal stuff, work, trips, etc... It even cost me my health. A lot of times I suggested to Aldrin we'll go to the malls to see the decors and the Christmas trees but experiencing the heavy traffic on a daily on my way to work makes me really cringe.

So here it is, a gift from Ms. Joy.... all the way from California.

2 bottles of Beringer Bernet Sauvignon
1 box of Kirkland Europan Cookies with Belgian Chocolates

To add some more happiness, we added in the picture the 10 KitKat Peppermint packages we bought from Ensogo. Each pack (9x2fingers) is sold with SRP of Php110 but Ensogo sold vouches for Php50 for each pack. Each member of Ensogo can buy 10 vouchers. And so we did. 

Hmmmm... This is pure LOVE. Thank you, Ms. Joy for the goodies!!!

My 2011 Christmas Wishlist

I'm excited to blog about my wishlist. That is because, I know some of my wishes are about to come true. *wink wink*

But let me give you an update regarding my 2010 wishlist. A year ago, I wrote THIS.

2 out of 5 of my wishes came real. Well, sorta...

I was able to get my first wish which is the Blackberry 8520. But I sold it and upgraded to Blackberry 8300.

I also got my Lonchamp bag. Although it is not a Planetes, I got something better. I got the Le Pliage in Bilberry with insects. Go check my post about it.

Now for 2011. Get ready.

1. Surf board. Yup, the very same wish I had since last year. Hahaha!

I'd like to have a longboard or funboard

 
2. Rayban Outdoorsman. Since I love the sun and the beach, there's no better way to protect my beautiful eyes with these perfect shades. I tried one already and Aldrin promised to give me this fab eyewear this Christmas. Yeeebaaah!

RB 3030 model

3. Sperry Boat Shoes. I just love it. Saw one when my cousin bought her very own Sperry during her birthday. I wasn't really even thinking of getting a new shoes for Christmas but when I saw their metallic collections, I fell in love with them. Well, last Christmas, I had shoes on my wishlist that may have looked like a boat shoe but it's actually flats. Now, I want to have the real thing.

I'm torn though between the two designs. Can you help me out?


Women's Authentic Metallic Boat Shoe

Women's Bluefish 2-eye Boat Shoes

Ugh!!! I would really love to get all these....

Enchanting Baler

My surfer friend and a high school batchmate, Chloe, decided to spend our 4-day long weekend to go surfing. And since Baler will host a Surf Festival on that weekend, we decided to head on. 2 weeks of looking for an accomodation, we were unfortunate.We've already settled in sleeping inside the car just in case we really don't get lucky. Until 2 days before our departure, Chloe got us some good news. We will be staying at Aurora Taekwondo gym. Yey! Staying in a gym is a no fuss for me especially that the owner of the gym is my hubby's senior in taekwondo. I thought this would be easy and fun!

We left Sunday morning because we have to wait for Chloe's friend - Lourdes - who just came from her 30-hour shift in TMC. We left Manila at about 2pm already because we need to eat, buy stuff and have the SUV checked. We arrived Baler at around 7pm.

The Concert - Salamin is on

Chloe's entry. She won!

Our friend Jeff's entry. He won too!

Chloe, Lourder and Kr went kalesa riding on the beach.

Baler waves at night.



Capped the night off drinking with taek friends.



The next day, we woke up at around 6am to catch the early waves. Trust me, the waves were oh soooo good!!!! I.LOVE.IT!!!!

Wake up, girls!!!

Before riding the waves.

After riding the waves. We were sooo hungry.

Baler waves. Perfect in the morning.

After eating, we could not get hold of boards because everyone was renting them out. So we had our second session in the afternoon but the waves were no longer friendly, we hated surfing that we have to end it after 45 minutes.  The waves were driven by the wind so they were not consistent and we couldn't get up okay.

After our afternoon session, we headed back to the gym to prepare for our departure. Thanks to Sir Eric Go and his team for giving us snacks. Pancit canton and Baler sweet pandesal are the best!

After our afternoon session.

With the Baler Taekwondo team + Aldrin's seniors in TBB

Again, thanks to Sir Eric Go for accomodating us in Baler. Thanks to the whole team, we really felt special and pampered.

The Gym

The armors

The rubber mats



Last supper



We left Baler at 6pm, made a wrong turn and ended up in some dimention. It's a whole different story but we ended up passing through the most damaged road in Aurora. We crossed boulders of rocks, streams and deep rivers. The off-road run went about three long hours. We could not rest and sleep. We just chatted the night away until we reached a concrete road, Hello Cabanatuan City!

After that amazing trip, I have a newly found respect for Toyota Fortuner. Seriously.

Davao Love and Jump

Last October 21, Aldrin and I left for Davao to attend Raffy and Christine's wedding. Raffy is my friend since high school. From Manila, we landed in Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday to meet my family. Friday at 3am, we left CDO and headed to Davao. The bus trip was excruciating. The trip should only be 6 hours but we arrived Davao after almost 9 hours of travel. The roads leading to Davao isn't really good.


We arrived lunch time in Davao, checked in at Enrico's Apartelle. We took some rest and went to a grocery shopping after our dinner. The rest of the night was spent Aldrin teaching my friends how to play poker.

tired from the trip

Enrico's Apartelle



our unit - Apartelle A



They played poker. I just watched

Day 2 was spent for the wedding. The ceremony was at St. Francis Assisi in the other side of Ma-a road near the Diversion Rd. By the way, Enrico's Apartelle was also in Ma-a but at the opposite side of the church near NCCC Mall. The reception was held at Sunny Point. It's just about 300 meters from the church. So near!

Me and Aldrin

Aldrin, Me, Junpens, Bamba, Kaye and Miko. We were the ones who traveled from CDO.

The groom with his parents

The church

The Bride, Tweet-Tweet

The  Kiss

Friends

Leila - Ikoy's eldest daughter

Aldrin, Me, April and Bemboy

 We ended the wedding by drinking the night away.

We woke up Saturday morning feeling excited because we're going to Samal Island!!!!Woohoo!!! Every agreed we go to Maxima Aquafun. This is my second time to visit Samal Island, by the way.

We had a not-so-long roadtrip but the time we spent on the barge was super fun!

Picture while we're on the barge.

Then the fun starts!!!!

The longest and steepest slide

really scary

Look at the view. Breathtaking!

 Of course, we have to try our best jumps....

Mark B.

Me!!!

Pampi

Blu - my inaanak

Bemboy - Blu's dad

Sandro

And the winner - my hubby, Aldrin!

We took decent shots as well....

We did not stay overnight because we should be heading back to CDO that night. We left Maxima at around 4pm. We were dead tired.

Saying goodbye

Overall, it was a fun vacation. I would definitely love to go back to Maxima. I super enjoyed the jumps and slides.