Weekender: Cavite roadtrip

After a few months of hiatus from travels(my last was Tokyo in April), we managed to have a quick visit to the province of Cavite this week. We needed to go to a wake in Manila Memorial Park in Dasmarinas, where a sister of my husband's friend died due to breast cancer at the young age of thirty-five. We also planned to visit a longtime friend's cafe. It was hitting two birds in one stone kinda day.

Sunday shopping and Cafe Via Mare

As I've mentioned in this post, one of my goals this year is to have more bonding time with my Mom. She is 77 years old and still healthy but we all know what old age means. I lost my Daddy almost ten years ago to Liver cancer after four months of going in and out of the hospital and up to this day we all miss him so much. The void that he left in our lives is irreplaceable. That was an eye opener for all of us. Life is short, we should live our lives not only to be happy, but with meaning or purpose. Life becomes meaningful when we give a part of ourselves, be it tender loving care or our precious time to others.

Weekender 05: Procastination ends + Pleasant surprise

Last week was quite eventful. It started with my long overdue dental prophylaxis last Monday. Looking back, I'm glad I stopped procastinating about it because I went to the clinic just in time I needed one. Nasermunan ako ng doctor slash brother in law ko. Haha. I saved a lot of money just because I decided to came by. It caused me a few sleepless nights, actually.

antibiotic for one week

Weekender 03: Seafood and Ribs Warehouse, Coco and Mom's health

Getting back to my exercise routine(at least 3-4x a week) was one of my agendas last week. I went last Wednesday for a workout but after completing my first 30 minutes on the elliptical machine, I got bored. On a regular day, I would gladly do it for an hour. I decided to join the zumba class instead which was about to start. I didn’t realize I miss dancing that much. I really had fun. It’s been two months since I stopped attending the zumba classes. In exchange, I was diligently working out pre-Christmas with pigging out during the holidays as my motivation. Haha.

My husband fetch me afterwards. We tried visiting SM North Edsa’s newest building, the North Towers for a change.

2018 anniversary

Contrary to last year, my husband and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary in a very simple manner. We just had dinner at Dulcinea Tomas Morato branch. We want it at Concha's Garden sana but the parking lot was full. 

Our usual favorites on the table...

Beef Salpicao

Birthday Merienda at Harlan and Holden Glasshouse

After watching “The Star is born”, we craved for coffee. I like to try a cafe naman na di pa namin nasusubukan. Medyo nagsasawa na ako sa Starbucks and Coffeebean. Ganun din sa Costa  and Seattle’s best. I want something unique. If I have my way, I’ll do that every week; yung try a different Café naman. The quirkier it is, the better.

Harlan and Holden Glasshouse fits the description. I love the interior first and foremost...

hubby’s birthday 2018

My son can’t go with us because he is competing in a tournament(E-sports) so it was just me and husband for this birth date. He had to leave early morn after greeting his Tatay. We planned to go out of town but changed our minds, eventually. 

I bought choco fudge cake from Goldilock’s the night before without him knowing...

Texas Joe's House of Ribs Subic and Cafe France Caltex

We want to deviate from our usual resto picks, so we googled the best eats in Subic. We chose Texas Joe's House of Ribs and Steak, a saloon type of resto near the Harbour front.

Unexpected bonding

We went to Ayala Mall Vertis North today. Initially, I want to attend zumba, but I decided to start with my home exercises again so I just danced for an hour after washing two rounds of laundry by machine.

We ate merienda at our favorite jaunt...

We continued with our window shopping. While I was about to fit at Reebok, my husband was talking to someone na pala. We bumped into our Kumpare J. He’s one of my hubby’s best friend since the 90’s. His family is into fishing. He met up with a business partner earlier and he was waiting for our Kumare. Ayun, instant bonding. We went back to Coffee Bean and  ended up having dinner at a Japanese resto(I missed the name forgive me) in the fourth floor. Napansin ko lang minsan talaga mas maganda unplanned, natutuloy. Madami ng instances nangyari sa amin na ganun. It was an instant refresher from our daily routine. I love spontaneous meet ups like this.

unico hijo’s 25th and Blake's Wings and Steaks

It was a special day for the sole reason why I became a Mom. I will always mention this trivia about him: I gave birth to him on Mother's day. Very fitting right?  I started last year on giving him a birthday card complete with my personal dedication/wishes/blessings. Being a self-confessed old soul, I wrote it for his eyes only not for the social media to see. I don't greet him also on Facebook like what most do now. I just post pics for souvenir(and to unload my phone's gallery). I'm not against it, I just feel it's not me when I do that. If others do it, I simply respect their choice. To each his own, right? Choose happy.

Brewing Point

To break the monotony of activities, my husband and I love to dine out either in a cafe, restaurant or a nearby food joint like food parks or sometime fast food. Our 25 yr. old son is busy now with his work(on a graveyard sked), sometimes extra curricular activities(joining online game tournaments). Thus , most of the time, he can't join us especially on spontaneous moments like this. Bumabawi na lang kami sa kanya sa movie watching, out of town trips plus, we make it a point that if he's at home, it's a must that we eat together as a family.

caught this while waiting for our food 

midweek blessings

I feel blessed today. First on the list was this bloom, been awaiting for it since it's not that often that I get to see flowers in my garden. I only use blooming fertilizer once in a while. 

quick Trinoma visit

Husband had a quick meet up. He asked me to come. I window shopped while he's doing his business.

Coffee and donuts' indulgence before heading home...

Black Panther

My son watched Black Panther together with his cousins so it was just the two of us(hubby and I) na lang ang nag-movie date. Normally, we do it as a family.

We chose the 7:45 pm screening time. We had a quick dinner at the nearby Old Spaghetti House. It looks unassuming outside the resto but their food was surprisingly delicious!

husband's

Incubus Manila concert + Buddy's + Tim Horton's

My husband can't just pass up on their third visit here in  the Philippines.

birthday at Lugang Cafe, Kumori Japanese bakery

I think this was the first time that we celebrated my father in law's birthday in a restaurant. We always do it at my husband's ancestral home with a party.

went South and Conti's

Today isn't a regular Tuesday for me. I went with the husband with his business related trip South of Manila. We left at nearly 6am to avoid the rush hour's monstrous traffic.

Breakfast at 7:30 am...

Kenny Roger's

plants update, Tortang Alamang, Cocina Peruvia

Since my husband was on his regular Sunday bike me time and my son went to work for an overtime, I decided to go to mass at 8:30 am. I find it solemn and cooler at this time of the day. Next Sunday nga uli. I proceeded to the wet market afterwards. When I got home, I cleaned my fresh produce, tucked them away in the freezer and did the laundry. I then started cooking Pork Sinigang(for dinner), Torta Alamang and Ginataang Sigarilyas for lunch. Yes, I was on a roll. I even had my breakfast at almost 11 am. Hay, sinabi ko ngang iiwasan ko na mag-multi task eh. Haha. 

Tortang Alamang(tiny shrimps) in progress...

payment day + unexpected mall hop

After my boys went to work, I did my laundry chore (by machine) and prepared to go to the mall with me thinking of going to the gym for the first time this year after I settle our(my son and I) SSS and Philhealth payments. Traffic was moderately heavy but bearable. Although I have to wait out for twenty minutes with my payments, it's such a relief that I'm done with my first agenda. I went to the LTO satellite office just beside the SSS and Philhealth offices and asked if I can already get my driver's license ID which I renewed April last year.

Sarsa at UP Town

My husband and I agreed to meet up at UP Town today. I drove there while he went earlier by bike. Every Sunday is his biking day aka "me time". Normally, I'm home.