Vegas Vacation

My bestfriend from Vegas called me the other day to tell me she'll be home this Christmas. Finally, after three long years ... we will see her again. The last time I saw her was during my one week vacation in Vegas. She offered to tour me around the city and invited me to stay with her than stay in posh hotels las vegas. Of course, I jumped on her offer since it would mean more bonding time (and wifey talks) for us. Hahaha! Anyway, I am extremely thrilled with the good news. I think this will be her first time to be home for the holiday season with the kids. I can't wait to prepare our barkada Christmas Party. With our good friend Nette here in Manila, it will definitely be a blast.

Happy Birthday, Samantha!

Happy 4th Birthday my dear Samantha!

You are truly a heavenly blessing ... you mean so much to us,

as you continue to shower us with so much joy and happiness.

We love you so much!

*picture above taken at 12:03 am as birthday asalto. We surprised her with a small birthday cake and a gift.

travelling to New York

Travelling to New York? For efficient, reliable and affordable tour within the city and its surrounding suburbs Newark Airport Shuttle is the best way to go. I was able to personally experience this during my business trip on the east coast particularly on my three-day stay in New York. From Newark Airport, I already availed the service of Go Airlink shuttle for hotel drop off. Truly I must say I was very happy from my online reservation booking, to airport pick up which is on-time service and courteous drivers. For the city tour, I also availed the tour package which brought me to the famous NY landmarks like Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island, NY Historical Museum, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and World Trade Center. Of course, the tour would not be completed without driving to the shopping district of NY like Times Square, SoHo, Madison Square Garden, Chinatown and Macy’s. I was able to buy most of my shopping loots in Macy’s particularly bags and shoes. I must say, this is the best part of the tour. On my last day in NY, the airline shuttle was prompt to pick me up from my hotel. From JFK airport, my next stop was Las Vegas for a holiday break with my high school friends. I’ve always wanted to go back to NY. The invite from my aunt from Fresh Meadows still open, and we are looking forward for a family trip here probably few years from now. Hopefully will have enough budget to over our foreign travel. If we are lucky, the travel might be sooner than we’ve expected. Really hoping and praying …

Happy Halloween!

May you all have a fun-filled, spine-chilling, spooky Halloween night ...

Happy, happy Halloween my dear bloggers !!!

NY tour

New York City ... I so want to visit this place again and again to re-live my wonderful experience in the big apple. My last stay in NY was short and I felt like I haven’t explored the city so much. As a matter of fact, I was able to enjoy some of the famous NY sights, thanks to Bus Charter NYC which I availed on my first day in the city.

Together with other tourists, I joined the tour group that brought us to famous landmarks on New York. We availed the day trip offer which includes downtown tour like the shopping districts of Madison’s Square Garden, Times Square, SoHo, the big Macy’s store, the famous World Trade Center, the financial district of Wall Street, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall and the Broadway theatre district.

Sadly, I was not able to join the tour at Battery Park going to the famous NY icon, the Statue of Liberty. I totally forgot the time and spent my day trip doing some shopping. Hahaha! I think I lost my way into Macy’s that I’ve miscalculated my shopping time. Nevertheless, I promised myself that I’ll be back in NY soon to visit our lovable aunt in Fresh Meadows. You see, she’s been in NY for over five years now but she has not been to the famous landmarks of NY. Blame it on her work. She’s very busy with her hospital work that she missed seeing all the lovely places of NY. Anyway, we promised to visit her soon so she can take a break from work and join the sightseeing tour with us. Wouldn’t that be fun?!

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia ... the bratinella's new fave movie after Kung Fu Panda. And believe me, she can't get over it. It's been weeks since she first watched the movie and our nightlife never been the same again. Our night ritual now includes watching the movie coupled with a lot of jumping, dancing and singing by Sam on the bed. She adooorrrees and looovvees the movie so much that she was able to memorize the songs (ie: Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, Honey, honey etc...) which Kuya Ico patiently downloaded on the ipod for her to enjoy. And not only that, it has become our default CD inside the car every morning on her way to school. She really can't get over the Mamma Mia fever, huh?!

The good thing about it, she can now sing and dance the Dancing Queen song, and can jive with the videoke machine. She now performs the dance number with so much enthusiasm even to a big audience. Last family day, she bravely sang infront of her classmates and some parents the Dancing Queen song. Syempre was really proud of her! And just yesterday, she sang few lines from Mamma Mia infront of my colleagues here in the office. So kaka-aliw!! Now she's famous as Samantha , the dancing queen!! lol. Showbiz na sya talaga! And mind you, she's not into cutie highschool musical fever ... mas feel nya to listen to ABBA songs. Grabe, oldies but goodies girl.

more wishlists ...

And yes, all the Christmas wishlist starts pouring in ... families and friends already busy creating their own wishlists. Some already dropping hints what they want to receive for Christmas, including my Mom. As usual, my mom's wishlist includes kikay items like lipsticks and make-up. But, her special request for me ... another home appliance ---a microwave oven this time. Aside from this, I am thinking of buying her box cutter I saw on the web. An essential tool she can use for her everyday use. It is handy and safe, very ideal for my Mom. I hope she'll like this surprise gift together with the microwave oven. Oh, I think she will definitely like it! My only problem, with all the busy online shoppers worldwide, praying that it will be delivered just in time for the holiday season.