quick december view

for the first two weeks of december we prepared for our dance for the hdb christmas party.. yah yah i know it's been years since i last had a chance to show my prowess *bwahahahaha* anyway, it all went well during the party itself. the party was last dec. 15 dinner time. there were lots of food, games, raffles and band playing courtesy of our good friends ulrik, buru, ffg, pader lew and 3B.

the following day, it was pitibifor's christmas party celebration at costa sands eastcoast. we rented a chalet for our overnight stay and had some food cooked for our dinner. we played some few games that entangled them together, guessing games that frustrated us to the last minute for not being able to come up with that one word.. hehehe.. then we went out for a walk and had some nice hot cup of coffee at the coffee bean. went back, played card games and jammed with the guys.. well they did, i dozed off while boss was telling some ghost stories. after 3hours, it was daylight so we packed things up and cleaned up the leftovers. niño and i went ahead with ami coz we need to get back to the kids early.

after some 4hours of sleep that sunday, we went out again to start christmas gift shopping. yeah, we wanted to start early to get the nicest pick. i was really dead tired so we didn't stay out so late and just took a cab on our way back home.

last dec.22 we had our department christmas party in hdb auditorium. we participated in the christmas carolling competition, well it's more of a just-for-fun competition. there were lots of food, drinks, logcakes!, ham, turkey and other food that i wasn't able to check out anymore. it was also the last day of this year that pitibifor would be together because most of the guys would go home to pinas to spend the holidays back home. we had dinner at food republic in wisma and it feels like one big happy family dining together, having fun and some few laughs.. remembering all the wonderful things that happened during the whole year.

dec.24, noche buena. some few friends came by the house to share our simple feast. niño's cousin and her family was expected that day. unfortunately, they weren't able to come due to the rains. later that night, some friends of ice from her church came by and spend some time in our home. at 12midnight, we started opening gifts. nixon was very excited and noah as well. it was our first christmas together as a family away from pinas. it's totally different being away from my bro and sisses and parents.. the following day, christmas day, we woke up late and decided to go around vivo city. that place is really huge and swarming with so many people. we just decided to go and have dinner at home.

in between those days up to this time i've been burried with tons of work in the office. nevertheless, i tried to keep up and give as much time as i can to my kids and niño. we're also preparing for nixon's school come jan.3. oh how time flies.. my eldest boy will start schooling and he'll meet new friends and learn new things.

the next few days, i need to think about my plans, our plans for the coming year ahead...

staying in the battle

i've been burried to work for decades i guess.. it's been soooo long *for me* since i dropped a note here in my blogsite. good thing wedding preps is at a limbo right now and floating smoothly and soundly at the moment. i have been finishing a project involving different systems, left and right, and my bosses and users are having their vacation leaves altogether so i'm left into assuming what else to do with those codes. i haven't been 'sick' lately so i can't get any medical leaves, i just let the days go by until another holiday would come by which is happening in the next two weeks still. i've been counting down the days til march10 so we can all go home and have a vacation. i've been practicing for our presentation this coming friday for the hdb pinoy christmas party. hell it's been two weeks that almost everyday we have to learn and memorize the counts and steps. in between all those, i am a mother of two boys when i get home and a wifey to dadi niño. good thing we're almost done with our christmas shopping.

a 5minute of my day today gave me a break thinking of things i wish would happen in the next few months... celebrating another wisdom in my youth hehe... celebrating noah's first year of blessedness :) ... going home to pinas, being able to see our families... taking care of our wedding preps, booking most of them... go to phuket thailand to have a short break... finding a new job *the most dreaded part*, being able to stay in sg for another year or two... applying for PR? maybe... celebrating dadi niño's youth bwahahahah... being able to go home again on september for hani's wedding :) , booking more suppliers for the final leg of our wedding preps... celebrating nixon's fifth... finally, going home again for our wedding day and spending the festive season with our families...

*it's like drafting a list of christmas wishes don't you think? hehehe*

side story: a warm hug and lots of kisses to mareng friend hanipay for landing that fedex job! wiipppeeee let us know when is the next shipment going out of sg, maybe we can tag along? heheheh siryusli, congrats friend mwah mwah mwah! ok, congrats also to ffg for getting that damn noisy guitar, peace! bwahahahaha!

side story2: a big congratulations to pareng buru and mareng twix for landing a slot to that US visa!!! wiipppeeee don't forget to bring home some goodies! mwehehehehe!

side story3: another congratulations also to my mareng trina and pareng ken for being pregnant! yeyeyeyey!!!


*sign off.. will be back in the next couple of days or weeks, i hope sooner :) *