I would like to thank Mommy Jac of Mom’s Special Diary for giving me this award.


The award implies:
Green: symbolizes the new buddies
Yellow : represents the guys who are always active
Blue : symbolizes the bloggers with PR
Platform Red : symbolizes that we are all equal and that we are brothers and sisters

I'd like to pass on this award to:
Evan’s Mom of A Little Boy’s Blog
Eden of Moments to Remember
Karen of My so-called world
tejan of Insights
Maritz of Amazing Grace

Thank you so much Enchie of Sweet Nothings, Mys of Thoughts and Obsessions, Beng of Beng’s Entertainment Spree, and wickedlysexy of Mom from Manila for this Friendship Chain.


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1. Make your Authority Technorati explode.

2. Increase your Google Page Rank.

3. Get more traffic to your blog.

4. Make more new friends.

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1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1.Picturing of Life 2. Juliana’s Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7. On A Wonderful Day Like Today 8. House Everything 9. The Creativity in Me 10. Travel and Photography 11. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 12. You Are My Sunshine 13.Song to Remember 14. Super Blog 15. Philiippine Tv Marathon 16.Simply Blue 17. Breaking the Boundaries 18. Top Five 19. A Simple Life 20. Simple Happy Life 21. A Great Pleasure 22. Glossa~licious 23. Time Goes By 24. Sweet Nothings 25. Thoughts and Obsessions 26. Beng’s Entertainment Spree 27. Mom from Manila 28. Pensive Thoughts 29. You're Next!
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I’m passing on this Friendship Chain to the following:

Rachel of Heart of Rachel
Kaye of WAHMaholic
Cecile of Life Is Good and Beautiful
Race of Beyond Horizons
Juliet of My Pastime
Beth of trust.loyalty.bliss
Online Mommy of Online Mommy’s Corner
Hazel of Delineating Des

Wow! Two of my new blogger friends gave me this Treasured Friends Forever Award, and I say I’m forever grateful to both of you. Thanks so much, Seiko of Seiko’s Diary and Jacris of Mom’s Special Diary.


I'm sharing this award with some wonderful people I've met in the blogosphere:

Rachel of Heart of Rachel
Ibyang of A Wife’s Charmed Life
Wenchie of The Sweet Life
Kaye of RandomWAHMThoughts
Cecile of Things that Matter Most
Shy of My Solitude and Serenity
Laine of Laine’s Abode
Genejosh of Her and His Story
Michelle of My Crazy Life With a Toddler
Cacai of Cacai’s Step and Journey

One of the disadvantages of condo living is that there’s minimal to zero social interaction among neighbors since most, if not all, of the tenants/unit owners are busy working people. We also don’t get to see our neighbors' kids or know if they even have kids, so Justin doesn’t really have that much friends in the building since we moved here a little over a year ago.

The only time he gets to mingle with other kids is when he goes to the playground or to the swimming pool located at the building penthouse. I also think one of the reasons he enjoyed his summer class is that he gets to be with kids his age, playing with them, singing with them, and learning with them.


This is when Justin attended playmate Gabby’s 3rd birthday party held at Pizza Hut, Robinsons Galleria last November 2008. Justin met Gabby at the playground. From left to right: Gabby, Sophia, and Justin


Justin enjoying his balloon and posing for a souvenir shot with his classmates on their last day of school.
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I Heart Mother Earth
Thanks, Jona, for this wonderful tag.



Here are the rules:

~Click the badge and get the code then put the logo on your blog sidebar and post.

~Tell us what is your contribution to our planet. You live here for sure you've got something to share!! Post any pictures or share some of your ideas on how to help and save our planet Earth.

~Post these rules.

~Share this meme-tag to as many bloggers as you can think.

How do we help save Mother Earth?
In our home, we make it a point to unplug unused electronics when they’re not in use. We don’t just switch them off; we unplug them. This is because electronic devices that are turned off, but not unplugged, still use energy and contribute to global warming.

Now, I’d like to share this tag with everyone in my blog list.

2009 Friendship Award
Shy and Chris gave me this awesome award. Thanks so much, guys!


Rules:
1. Take your award here.
2. Put the logo on your post.
3. Link the person who awarded you.
4. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
5. Add links to those blogs on yours.
6. Leave a messages for your nominees on their blog.
Now, I’m passing on this award to Evan’s mom, Kaye, Lis, Genejosh, Vivian, Abie and Katherine.

Perfect Blend of Friendship Award
Meeting wonderful people online is one of the benefits of blogging. Thanks so much, Jes, for this friendship award.


Now I’d like to give the same award to 7 amazing and friendly bloggers:
Shy, Lis, Dhemz, Cacai, Rose, Eden and Vhing.

The Blogger Awards
My deepest appreciation goes to Shy for giving me this blogger trophy. I am so honored.


I am now giving this award to all the passionate bloggers who regularly visit my site.

My best friend Remie and I held a joint birthday celebration with our closest friends at Banana Leaf at The Podium last night. Banana Leaf offers Malaysian and Thai cuisine.

We had two salads for appetizers. I found the Pomelo Salad Thai Style too sour and the Roast Chicken & Mango Salad too sweet.

The group was unanimous in saying that we should have ordered steamed rice instead of the Penang Fried Rice with Salted Fish & Chicken as it did not complement the viands we ordered. It actually overpowered the other dishes.

I liked the Stir-fried Chinese Kangkong with Sambal Sauce and the Squid Garlic.

However, I did not attempt eating the Stir-fried Crab with Spicy Golden Garlic because it’s too messy to eat. My husband said it tasted okay.

There was nothing extraordinary with the rest of what we ordered.

Meegoreng

Oat Prawns

Malayan Chicken Curry with Potatoes

I did notice something, though. We weren’t served any sauces, dips or condiments for the the shrimp, squid and crab in our dinner table. That could have made our food more appetizing.

Oh, I loved my Thai iced tea, by the way. It’s definitely worth a try. Too bad, we weren’t able to take a picture of it.

Banana Leaf did well with their food presentation. Overall, though, I’d give them only a 2.5 rating out of 5. I was full but not completely satisfied.

Shy of Simple Happy Life gave me this wonderful award. Thanks, Shy. It sure is nice to be friends with you.


These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I would like to share this award and be friends with these amazing bloggers:

Rachel, Ibyang, Juliana, Chris, Enchie, Laine, Niko and Elizabeth

Hubby and I committed a mortal sin. We binged on food and drinks last night. But we’re not alone in our crime. We had nine co-conspirators, all friends and former officemates, and a special guest, Ana’s pretty teenage daughter Ynah.

We feasted on crossover buffet at Saisaki-Dads-Kamayan, filling our plates to the brim and drowning ourselves in bottomless iced tea. Well, we had to get our money’s worth. After all, we each had to pay Php720.00, tax included.

You think it’s way too much for just one meal? I think so, too. But this is no ordinary night. It was a gathering of friends, of people who has kept in touch with each other for years, people who make it a point to get together before Christmas to celebrate life and friendship. We’ve made it an annual event for three years now, and we don’t intend to break it.

So are we pigging out again next year? I think so, but I hope not. I think it’s about time we start eating healthier stuff. That would be a big change for sure, but definitely one for the better.