flaky week offs...

i've been glued lately to ghost whisperer's latest season.  that darn tv series is  quite addicting. 

today.

i bought myself a new journal. i know it's really cheesy to be keeping a journal this age of cyberspace where everyone else are blogging. but hey, you can't write everything on your blog of course. a journal is where unspoken words belong. anyways, i thought, i could get one from papelmeroti but i didn't find any because they still do not manufacture journals. they have lovely stationeries though, very eco-friendly. they even have bohemian wind chimes. 

new years resolution.

i promised myself, to not be an impulsive shopper anymore.

preparing for new years eve.
i went to the groceries to pick up some nestle cream and graham crackers for our mango float this coming new years eve. the first time again (after last year) i'd be spending my new year with my sister who was at work last year whilst the rest of the world celebrated nye with their families.

and for me, i bought my parents coffee mug presents. i wrapped them up with red japanese paper (papel de hapon) instead of the usual newspaper or bubble wraps most people use. i re-used this christmas paper bag i found at home and there you go, instant gift for less.

mewi kwismas~

hey merry christmas first and furmost! i hate to be staying home and not going out of town for xmas. i usually spend my christmas up north and i'm still sad i wasn't able to do so this year. anyways, still hangin' on. i bought kfc's christmas bucket last night after work for noche buena (even though it's just me and my sister who would be celebrating). it was a huge bucket with 8 piece chicken, 4 fixins (i picked mashed potato), 4 regular sized soda & 8 brownies. the worst part was i couldn't find any cab last night so i need to walk and was forced to ride a jeep instead, as if i had a choice. moving on, what matters most was i got home safe and sound. when i got home my sister already made fruit salad, frozen and chilled. i felt happy although we spent noche buena home alone whilst the rest of our family were up north. work that's all. and for myself, i stayed up 'til past 10pm and as much as i want to wake up as soon as the clock ticked 12 midnight i really can't. i was dead sleepy already and tired for the day.

as i'm writing this blog, it's already christmas. i woke up early to cook spaghetti and yeah it was overcooked lol. i hate using electric stove. the tomato sauce was super sweet as well. our brother paid us a visit and brought brownies, polvoron and non-fat chiffon cake.  our dad must've sent him  for christmas since we're celebrating christmas in our lonesome.  i went out later today to buy me this cute scrapbook since the one i had was all filled and that i need a new one for this year. it's like a new scrapbook for another chapter of my life. 

merry christmas. i'd be busy today stacking all the leftover pasta in the fridge. i'm still looking forward to new year's eve!

xmas rants...

this past week wasn't good to me. i was so stumped at work and even during break time i'm still doing admin stuff and i hated that. i really need balance in my life right now. i'm a bit worried lately, my hair breaks pretty easily i guess due to stress and chemicals.  i also thought, maybe it's due to hair re-bonding since i had my hair re-bonded three times already and the recent was last month. so, i bought myself this hair treatment pack with keratin and promised to at least take some time caring for my hair /go for hot oil treatment whenever possible. maybe i just relied to much in salons to take care of my hair and i failed to do my fair share in caring for it as well.

i'm a bit feeling bad because i won't be able to go up north this christmas. as much as i would love to since i don't have work from christmas day up until the 28th of december because i just can't leave my sister behind since she has work after christmas. maybe, we'll just figure something better like watch movie or cook some pasta for noche buena. sob. i feel so sad about it. why does it have to be that way? my elder sister told me she loved my gift for her, this m&s' hand lotion since it's really cold where she's based and the weather makes her hand so dry. our niece baby gab also loved the clothes i bought for her and that the little fella screams every time she would take those clothes away from her! t'was funny, i really don't know if she already knows how to appreciate it or she thought it's a toy lol. it's hard to be home alone this christmas.

christmas countdown...let's get it on!

bibingka

puto bungbong

christmas is fast approaching and you can tell by the cool wind breeze. i can feel a cold coming again. i often look forward to christmas because of christmas presents. one of my most memorable christmas was way back when i was still 6-7 years old. we're not allowed to open our presents underneath the christmas tree until 12 midnight or we won't get another one the year after lol. we used to celebrate christmas the typical filipino way where we would attend the  'simband gabi' (midnight mass) which commences the 16th of december until christmas day. after the simbang gabi we would buy bibingka or puto bungbong (only available during christmas season) unlike nowadays you could buy bibingka even if it's not christmas. my parents are very traditional people and they brought us up that way. the tradition wavered as years went by. i guess it's because as we grew older we spent less and less time together. being the youngest in the family, my twin sister and i saw how the family tradition seemed forgotten.  

let me just share when i was in kindergarten, my sister and i were conned to believe that santa claus visited us and was responsible for the candies in our socks hanging by the window. our parents never admitted up until now lol. it's so refreshing to go back and reminisce those days. life was simple yet full of surprises. those days you yearn for simple things and simple joys, nothing money could buy. it's eighteen days to go before christmas! my wish for christmas? a fruit cake lol. seriously, that's what i always wish for every year. call it crazy, but i love fruit cakes lol.