Sam's summer look .. the bob cut!

Since the weather is so hot, I've decided to give Sam a new "do". After her footbal game at Meralco camp, she had her hair cut at Little Lamb's Salon in Fun Ranch Tiendesitas. And I was so pleased... it was her first time visit to a real salon and she enjoyed the pampering treatment.

Look how behave she was the entire time ( eerrr...kudos to Barney video for keeping her busy!)

taaddaaa...Sam's bob cut! real pretty and suits her nicely!

Oh My, truly envy my daughter... she got her bob cut ala-Greta look and looks beautiful on her! She's got small frame face and the bob cut suits her perfectly for summer! Haayyy..one of my frustrations answered through my daughter. lol!

Diet Blues 2 : The Game Plan

I strongly believe hubby's sabotaging my weight loss goal. He's trying NOT to make me win our bet!!! And boy, he's really good at this ...

Here are the reasons why ...

1. Hubby invited me last week for our usual dinner date, that is...Dampa Ortigas. Our favorite affordable, quick and yummy get-away. He made sure that I won't resist the ff yummy treats:

buttered-garlic crab

salt and pepper squid

2. Food take outs and delivery to the max for the entire weekend:

Friday: Jade Palace's pork siomai, asado siopao and beef wanton noodles

Saturday: Greenwich Special Family size Pizza (imagine just three of us ate the family-size pizza!!) with chicken!

Sunday: Bought chocolate caramel cake and ice cream!

3. Encouraged me to eat more by buying midnight snacks from the grocery such as: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs and hotdog buns, coke zero, chocolates, lemon square cheese cupcakes! He won't stop eating...he won't stop eating infront of me!! How can I resist? I am only but human ... (insert cry here!lol.)

Think he's determined to win his bet ... need to do some drastic measures, and fast! Lipo-suction perhaps? Naahh! don't think I am willing to undergo some medical procedures...yet! I am too chicken for this!

Wish me luck.

April 27 910pm weight: 138 lbs (still!)

Gucci Sale at 20%-off at Greenbelt

Great news my dear bag lovers, Gucci on sale at 20% off at Greenbelt Makati until May 4 only. Wohooohoo! Only selected bag designs on sale, mostly CLASSIC bag designs you would love to have! You might want to check it out ASAP ... bags on limited stocks only!!

As for me, my plan to check and fit the LV Galliera that day was not successful. No Galliera style (PM or GM) available! Totally sold out almost upon arrival. Hmmmm.. the bag must be really, really nice!

BUT, went home not empty-handed. Yes, can't resist the magic word SALE. I gave in...again. Totally bag-aholic now! Very bad. Went home with my new baby Gucci princy I've been eyeing since last year.

At dinner, I confessed to hubby my bad deed... you see, I need to tell hubby because I don't want to betray him or keep any secrets from him. Even a teeny-weeny impulsive purchase, I need to tell him. Not that I am obliged to...but I want to. (hehehe! bait na wifey!)

Anyway, he raised his eyebrows and told me calmy, "so you will pay for that bag, right?" and told him meekly...yes. He asked me again about our $1K bet, and I told him... still on. But no more bag-buying. If ever I'll win, will use the prize for home improvement/appliance. Then no more questions asked. End of story.

So now, I am happy that I've got my first-ever Gucci bag bought out of my own money. Hehehe! My first Gucci bag was a hand me down from my Mom...tipong 80's clutch bag-style na super outdated na talaga! lol. Truly feel proud ha!! Grabe, ngayon lang ako nakabili after working for 10 years. Ang sarap ng feeling!lol.

Diet Blues 1 : ready ... all set ... and go!

Never imagined losing weight can be this difficult ... and costly. I am so determined to win our bet hence I am all set to do some "losing weight" activities this week.

For starters, I enlisted to our gym aero class here in the office. Classes every Tuesdays and Thursdays. Then every Wednesdays, will join my officemates brisk walking/running around the UP Sunken Garden.

Then I bought early today at Nike-woman store Trinoma, a new pair of cross training rubber shoes and dri-fit gym pants, really nice. I so love Nike's gym outfits... so sporty, girly and fashionable. I so want to shop more but restrained myself. Baka di ko din magamit eh..puro porma lang ako! lol.

I just hope and wish I have the discipline (and dedication) to lose my 15 lbs excess!! Yes my dear friends, I have 15lbs so-so excess weight. My goal to lose this super excess fat!!

My Actual weight as of April 20, 1140pm : 138lbs. (ayan, I finally admitted my weight and posted it here at my blog!)

I've already accepted the fact that I am overweight. Stage 1: denial no more. stage 2: acceptance already done and fully recognized. And I am on my way to stage 3...doing something about it!

So wish me luck girls... can I do it?! Let us wait and see....

my new buddies: nike purple swoosh and nike dri fit gym pants

The Biggest Loser : $1,000 Challenge

Since I sooo want a new bag as a Mother's Day and birthday gift, I've been trying to find ways how I can make hubby agree to give me a new LV ( or Gucci) bag.

Made several proposals how I can get my desired gift, until finally he suddenly came up with a "brillant plan" for me to get the gift I wanted. That is, I need to work hard and move my fat a** to earn my gift! (Darn... I should have known, he'll make me pay up for this gift! lol.)

Game Title: The Biggest Loser Challenge
Prize: $1,000 -- prize depending on the prevalent forex rate upon pay out
Period: Two Months ; April 15 - June 14 (my birthday)
Challenge: Reach my desired weight at 120 lbs. , lose 15 lbs. by JUNE 14.

The game mechanics are simple:

1. I need to lose weight starting today, April 15 - June 14.
2. I need to lose 15 lbs.
3. I am free to do anything to lose weight ie: enrol gym class, do running, do south beach diet, drink diet pills ... anything except lipo or any medical procedures!

lastly, the "daya" mechanics part ...

4. If hubby loses weight more than the my 15lbs challenge by June 14, Prize forfeited! (waaah!! kahit na-reach ko 15 lbs challenge, wala....)

Actually the main objective is for me to lose weight in preparation for Baby No. 2 this year. I told hubby I need to be slimmer than my actual body weight now so as not to get more fat when I become preggo. Nice objective, right?

Thus he made sure that I'll be prepared for Baby No.2 and get my birthday gift too!

He thought it will be more challenging and I will be more motivated if there is an actual prize tag with strict target timeline to get my prize. (Kainis noh!he knows I am tamad kasi to diet! Grrrrr...) He specifically chose the US $1,000 prize than a new bag because as he claims, I've got too much bag na daw and he wont buy me bags more than $1,000 .. it is against his philosophy! Really too much (and expensive, stupid, illogical blah-blah-blah). BUT, I am free to do anything with the prize money. If I want new bag, bahala ako to add. Or use it as shopping money for our trip to Macau, or buy myself the Philip Stein watch, or buy things for the house basta..anything! Limit $1,000 no more, no less!

Now my next challenge is to lose that 15lbs!! Believe me... I am sooooooo motivated to lose weight! and I am so motivated for him NOT to lose more weight than me! I've been planning dirty schemes to win the challenge. Hahaha! Buy him take-out food, get pizza, buy crab and shrimps, cook his favorite viands etc... but boy, he's also motivated. He ate little last night with two slices of mangoes to satisfy his hunger. Kainis, galing din ng discipline!!

So , wish me luck friends.... grabe, challenge ito...ang hirap kumita ng gift!!!! lol.

Couple Time

I saw this Couple Time post from Aggie and suddenly it struck me that I too had my couple mushy moment just this morning. Funny because haven't seen Aggie's post about her couple time with Edil and it made me smile after reading her post. I share the same sentiments/feelings with Aggie today ... feeling mushy and KSP.

Well, I think these occassional "mushy" (read: papansin) moments with our husbands, are just normal lambing ways we wives do..for no reaon at all!! Tipong, wala lang....papansin lang talaga! hahaha!

My mushy kwento goes like this...

While in traffic earlier at C.P Garcia on my way to work, I suddenly texted hubby ...

Jacqui: TEXT MESSAGE: "Honey, do you love me? As much as you love me four years ago?"
Hubby: SURPRISED and WORRIED immediately called me in less than a minute. "Hey, where did that came from?" , "What happened?"
Jacqui: "Nothing... just want to ask you lang... Why can't you give me straight yes or no answer?!!?"
Hubby: "You know I love you without me telling you ... Of course I love you so much...with all of me! My love for you did not waver from the time I met you until now ... " (hehehe! forgot na ano pa sinabi ni hubby basta ok na narining ko he loves me ok na yun! lol.)

Then after putting the phone down he immediately texted me pa ... I saved his text message and it goes like this...

"with all my heart .. with all my soul ... with all my being ... my love for you hasnt dwindled a bit for the past four years .. and in everything that i do,you are the reason. you are the center, you are the essence ... sorry for not saying "i love you" enough .. but I DO LOVE YOU...SO MUCH... more than myself, my parents, my daughter ... I love you my one and only!"

Wow...mas mushy pa si hubby sa akin! Pang-hallmark greeting card dating!! and haba mag-text noh! The power of Nokia communicator di lang text pwede i-send! lol. Anyway, was kilig, contented and happy all day! Wala lang...just want to hear him say he loves me. Babaw noh! Hahaha!

So how about you, care to share your couple time? -- hahaha! ginawang tag pa noh! :)

Featured Friends

Got this tag from Pat.

1. I am one of Pat's featured friends.
2. As such, I should include her name and also pick 4 or 5 more of my own featured friends.
3. I have to inform ALL her featured friends to keep the ball rolling.Note: If you use Blogger, you can add your featured friends using the new page element ‘Link List’.You may read everything about how this Featured Friend started by reading here and here.

My featured friends are: Abie, Apols, Aggie and Peachy.

Mother's Day wish list ...

Just saw the new LV Monogram Canvas LV Galliera PM. Real nice and eye-candy, right?

I know, I know...I promised I won't be buying any designer bags for the next monthssss ... BUT, aargghh... really, really tempting!!

Look at the bag-design, hobo-type with shiny LV plate and adjustable strap. So girly and pretty!! I just wish the Galliera PM looks good in person than the website picture. But the price, haayy... way beyond my budget!!

And do check out the new LV Montorgueil PM Bag... shoulder-type monogram canvas with zipper enclosure. Really nice with its unique bag shape. And as Jody posted in her blog, budget-friendly too! (the magic word!)

Oh well, need to do a quick trip to LV Greenbelt this weekend for a bag fitting ... that is, if these bags already available here in Manila. Haay...wish, wish, wish! :) I can only wish (and drool) for now ...

Hmmm... how about an advance Mother's Day and Birthday gift? Do you think this will work with hubby? Bwahahaha!(honey, if you can read this blog: major hinting going on here, ok!!)

Futbol Funatics Summer Camp

Registered Sam for Futbol Funatics Summer Camp yesterday, and boy..I was so happy and excited seeing her enjoying the game. Only few girls enrolled for the Beckenham Buddies class (age 3-6 years old) , and I can see that she slowly enjoys the game despite the summer heat.

First day, was simply getting to know the game..playing and kicking the ball around. Sam at first was quite hesitant staying on the field because of the heat, but eventually she participated with the group excercises. The class size was initially overwhelmingly big, with celebrity parents Mylene Dizon and Paolo happily cheering for their son Tomas, while Marvin Agustin came for the trial class with his twins. Real Cutie pair!

Second day was even better, longer attention span and playing time for Sam. She enjoyed kicking the ball towards the goal, running and goofing around with other kids, happily enjoyed doing the warm up games and play scrimmage with her classmates. Class size was divided to maintain the ideal teacher-student ratio too.

Futbol Camp is chika time too with another fellow mommy blogger, Tet. While our kids Izech and Sam busy playing under the sun with our hubbies watching them, Tet and I busy exchanging chika moments away from the sun! Vain mommies!! We’re afraid of getting burned noh! Mahirap magpa-puti..wala na kami budget pa-Belo! Hahaha!

Sharing some of Sam's Futbol Camp pictures... pardon the pictures if too small and far. Afraid si Mommy to stay under the sun! Hahaha!

one-on-one with coach

sam wearing black shorts playing scrimmage with the boys

during warm up excercises

finally, game over ... with proud daddy!

online shopping

Finally, I was able to buy some items from Old Navy's Spring Sale.

Bought few items (capris and skinny jeans) for the bratinella. Super happy I got it really, really cheap!

Now I am really addicted to online shopping! Hahaha! Thanks to my online shopping guru, Peachy!
















Then I got her this cutie pair of sneakers from RL ... nope, not on sale but still nice for her everyday use.

Just plain lazy ... and etc.

Nope...not bitten (yet) by the preggo bug.

Just plain LAZY to blog. Eversince my other blog got PR0 rating, was so tamad. Very few "rakets" received lately. As in. Huhuhu! Nahinto ang aking pagyaman!! Syeeet! So, no kwentos and updates lately. Di kailangan ng fillers eh.. Hahaha!

But, I've been very busy with work, with online shopping (HAH! inabot ko spring sale Old Navy and Gap) ... and mostly, downloading music for my ipod. Hahaha! Now I have Rhiana, Akon, Neyo and other hiphop songs! Bwahahaha...feeling hip, cool and young! (nakikisabay lang po kay Kuya Ico!)

Also, I enjoyed bloghopping more these past few days... nakiki-tsismis and nakikibalita ng buhay-buhay. Oh, in case you've noticed dear MBAPs, sipag ko mag comment ngayon! Hahaha!

Then... I sooooooo envy mga twitters nila Aggie, Apols, Thea and Kelly. Hmmm... ito ba uso ngayon? I wonder if this is possible with blogspot.

So yun... little etcetera updates lang. babaw noh!

Promise, one of these days I'll enrol this new blog to "rakets" ... kaya, babangon uli ako at yayaman!!! bwahahaha!