Alvin's 2012 Birthday

After five years we finally got to celebrate Alvin's birthday together, with our tiny kiddo (in my tummy) tagged along!  For this special day, we drove to Punta Fuego Resort at Nasugbu, Batangas.  Road-trips are always fun and spending quality time is always priceless experience.

Before we headed to the resort, we stopped by the Kainan sa Dalampasigan for a quick lunch. :-)

We arrived at Punta Fuego at around 1pm.  We took a rest for a little while and went to the beach afterwards.

Our seafront suite

The View

Since this is an exclusive resort, we almost had the beach all by ourselves.  Unfortunately, we were not able to stay in the water for too long since my birthday boy was hit by a tiny jellyfish.  We just decided to go back to the lounge to get himself some first aid from his unwelcome greeter. :-)

Mom-to-be at four months :-)

Still dripping wet, we want back to the room to grab some bites and then headed to the pool!

Love this pic!

Because the water was warm (not good for preggies), Alvin enjoyed the infinity pool all by himself with me just watching on the side, huhuhu... :-)

Dinner time!

Our evening chat... :-)

Some hearty breakfast before heading home!

My Birthday Boy happy with his surprise cake. :-)


Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday...
happy birthday to you...


We love you very much!!!

We also passed by Pink Sisters in Tagaytay to say thank you for the prayers that was granted since our last visit to the chapel.  Aside from St. Jude, Pink Sisters is really the place for granted wishes and prayers.

We thank you Papa Jesus for another wonderful and blessed year in Alvin's life.  May you continue to guide us in facing  new set of challenges and aspirations for this year, we definitely know you'd be there for us... as you always do. :-)   

Wedding Preview

Save-the-Date

This is it!!!

After sixteen years of knowing each other;

After four years of being high-school seatmates;

After seven years of being phone-pals, movie-partner and chat-mate;

and

After five years of being "more-than-just-friends" -

...

A&R 

is finally tying the knot!!!

Please save the date and we hope to see you on our special day.

:-)

Bulilit :-)

Alvin already left for Algeria last Sunday, February 27.  :-(  Good thing my 3 year old nephew, Nash, was in the house and somehow, my loneliness was diverted because of his kakulitan. 


At bedtime, I wasn't able to contain my loneliness and I shed some few tears before going to sleep.  Nash, who was then looking intently at me, with his little face worried and sad, told me after a while:


"Tita, iyak ka? Sali ka sa *(Going) Bulilit?"
("Tita, are you crying?  Are you going to audition for (Going) Bulilit?")


I smiled in an instant... touched by Nash's love to me and his pure innocence.  
How simple life is for the little children! 


*Going Bulilit is a children gag show aired every week in ABS-CBN. 

Travel Tips - Malaysia

1. It's a hot and humid country where normal temperature heats up to 35 degree Celsius during a normal day.  Make sure you bring sunblock, sunglasses, hats and comfortable garments if you are not so much into a "hot adventure".
2. Just like in any other travel places, make sure sure to plan you itinerary well.  Include research on routes via public transport like trains and buses.  In this way, you can avoid resorting to "contracted" taxi rides which will cost you more.
3. Food in Malaysia is delicious, and most of all, cheap!  You can already have a hearty lunch for RM5-RM10.  So a lot can be saved up for shopping. :-)
4. IT and electronic products in Kuala Lumpur are sold in bargain prices.  Unfortunately, there are also a lot of fake or refurbished products being sold if you are not careful and meticulous.  To make sure it's authentic, only receive sealed products from the sellers.  Some are treacherous and may ask you to leave your newly-bought articles for program installations and take this opportunity to replace it with a fake one.  Also as a rule, don't buy when it's your last day of stay in Malaysia because you definitely cannot return the product when you start discovering any defects the day after. We know it by heart, believe me! :-)         

For our last day in Malaysia, we just decided to roam around Bukit Bintang once again!

This entire mall sells only IT and Electronic products.

Inside the Plaza Low Yat Mall.
Truly an IT haven but be careful on fraudulent selling and promotions.

Putting the past behind :-)

Also to blame.

Alvin standing behind the KL Tower (and KFC).

A&R at Bukit Bintang Triangle

At BB with Petronas Tower at the back view.

BB Monorail Station

You like yellow?

Or blue?


See you again Malaysia!

My Valentines Day at Petronas

Today is Valentines Day and I celebrated it with Nikki (not with his brother!) at Petronas Tower.  Alvin called-up and said he won't be able to come with us because he has to finish some work at the office and might stay for a dinner with his colleagues. 


Petronas Tower was quite far than we expected looking at it from our hotel window.  Good thing that it rained somehow so it wasn't that humid when we walked our way to it that afternoon. 


It was a indeed a real challenge to take the "perfect shots" if you want to get the whole two towers at your back.  Everyone literally lied down the floor in the attempt to take pictures, and many (including us) got a loud whistle from the guard by standing in the prohibited flower pots of the park, hahaha!   


So here are our pictures, with the best of our efforts: :-)

That's Nikki!

That's Rowsie!

Finally, after a thousand shots :-)

Petronas is lovelier at night...

Behind me is another landmark, the KL Tower.

It was already 9pm when we hurriedly rushed back to our hotel, thinking that we both have the two room keys and Alvin might not get in if he comes before us.  When we opened the door, he was already there and told us that his manager invited all of us for a dinner and is already waiting in the lobby.  

All-in-all, it was an amiable valentine evening with Mr. Hung, filled-up with nice chat, delicious Chinese food and a quick bottle of cold beer. :-)  

:-)