..home-based mom?

everyone who may have known me during my schooldays would definitely have never imagined that i would be a stay-at-home mom..

well, neither did i..

i've always seen myself as a career woman..
took up engineering at Mapua in just 4 1/2 years (yeah, 4 1/2!)
while at the same time taking computer programming at STI..
wheew.. sounded kinda nerd..

no, i'm not..
just really love to study..
things that dig up my interest..

but love berserk it all..
typical story..
got married right after graduation..

from then on,
decided to stay at home..

well..no regrets..
i am enjoying every single minute of it..
especially when you see them grow up with your own eyes..
from their first steps..
aaah..
perhaps this is what you call fulfillment
Nirvana..



i may not have achieved my initial goal..
but maybe i am way further than those who have..

no vocation can surpass the joy
of personally looking after the family..

again.. that's just my opinion..
it still all boils down to..
loving everything you're doing..
and i simply love my family..


that i can't bear leaving them to the care of others..

trust me..
home-based mom is not too bad after all..

you'll know it when you can proudly say that
it's "my choice"..
and not
there's "no choice"...

.. ex-boyfriend

ex-boyfriend always sends message whenever he has a song tendered for me..
he will just give me the title and singer..and will say something like "search for it, my song for you".. sweet!

recent one is 'can't stop a river by duncan james'... of course, intrigued and flattered, i had to look, search, explore for it and end up simply loving it..

another song i recall way back,(when internet was not yet within reach) was 'breathe by faith hill'...
he called on the phone and asked me to tune in to a certain station and told me to listen to the lyrics, because that song is for me...
woooh! Gawd! can you feel the cold rush slowly intensifying and escalating from the feet through the head?
LOL

oh.. i just love him for that..
and i must admit.. i miss him..


in return, of course, i have my share of song...

No Air by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

..there are still more songs for us..
some of which i included in my FS playlists..

and there will be more to come..
as long as we're around...
and continues to exchange sweet nothings..

oh.. how i just love this guy..
he'll be in my heart forever and always
never to be taken for granted..
i just wish i ... err..


/sigh/
who's this ex-boyfriend of mine?
my college schoolmate..
my best friend..
my mallow..
my all..

what were you thinking?
of course, none other than..
..my ever loving husband!

well, that's how we call each other..
and often times, how we introduce ourselves..

he's my ex-boyfriend
simply because..
he's already my spouse!


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stir-fried vegetables...whenever you need some rush cooking..

Let's Play..

yeah.. you got it right..this has been my secret for the longest time..
i have been hooked with computer games since the birth of atari (what was that?) i finished all 5 series of tomb raider in play station without cheats, and now with the internet around.. ha! i am just so overwhelmed with all my interests available..

... word games (text twist, bookworm, scrabble, cryptogram, wordz..etc)
... hidden object games
... and the best ones where i am most addicted - escape / point-and-click games

these are the activities which eats up my spare time.. Lol
kinda brings out the kid in me..
and helps in working out my brainpower..

i suggest you guys try it once in a while..
it's fun..



Gtg.. still got 5 or 6 more games to play.. i am behind them all now..


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..who says you can't play around with preserved and canned goods?
can you guess what these are?




haha.. yes!
they're simply hotdogs and corned beef
... ala morcon!
voila!
Morcon Delight...

...now what?

hmmm.. trying so hard to settle on a topic from my list..
but to no avail...

....guess this is what you call absolute perplexity, utter bafflement..


....an upshot of antiquity...


/sigh/
i'll just call it a day..

..but will be leaving a shot of my chicken decadent..
(for lack of words to describe it..)





ciao...

how could things go wrong at the same time?

last night, as i was about to say goodnight to my love, pfffft! power went out! //sigh//.. thinking it would only take a couple of minutes.. i just shrugged my shoulders..

10 minutes... 20.. 30.. 1 hour.. OMG! what's going on?!?
can you just imagine the dilemma i am into?
Man! i have two toddlers who's been rolling here and there in bed!!!
bzzzzzz...bzzzzzzzzzz... you couldn't help but hear it with the deafening silence! aaaarrgh!
...not to mention that my arms are so numb manually cooling down the two babies...

what else could go wrong?
i have to get up at 5am!!


it was around 335am when the power finally came back..
Thank goodness.. i still have more than an hour to sleep..

cuckoo~cuckoo!
whaaaaat??? it's already 515am?!
darn!
hurriedly, i rushed to the kitchen to boil some water..
i felt as if i am floating in the air..
i am just so dizzy... but i have to get going....

..then went back to check on the water.... OH DEAR!!
just ran out of LPG!!!


well.. good thing i have a coffee maker with an electric pot
.. and there's some bread and spread around..

really.. when it rains..it pours..
as of this minute, the delivery man hasn't delivered my LPG yet..
so, no cooked lunch for today..
just have to settle for "to go's"..


..is there any better way for things to go wrong??

hmmmm... no worries.. i'll just sleep this off later..

intense empathy?

a couple of weeks ago, my husband who's currently out of the country, got sick..
as he informed me of his condition (minor flu), our son (17 mos) started behaving indifferently.. it's as if he's feeling something but don't know what.. he's been relentlessly crying.. not in any mood to play.. just wanted to cuddle in my arms.. (which really nearly got into my nerves because i can't do anything... grrrr.. :P)

i recounted this to my husband and asked him if he's already feeling okay.. perhaps not wanting me to worry, he said he is..

so, we just assumed that the cause of our son's behavior may be due to his developing molars.. the thing is, he's been in this constant annoying responses which does not relate much if a baby is just uneasy with the emergence of new teeth.. he did not even have a fever nor loose bowel movements..

..until the third day..
hubby and i regularly exchange messages first thing in the morning but it was only after giving my babies a bath (ie., already after lunch) that i was able to check the message, since babyboy is still "under possess" - as we labeled it (with tantrums), that time...

so, what's with all these brouhaha? upon checking the message, it mentioned the usual good mornings and something like 'i'm feeling ok now.. how's babyboy?'
pfffft! suddenly.. it's as if that an angel passed by and took the crying out of our son.. at that very instant!
i don't know how nor why.. but he started playing since then.. and acted his usual self--bubbly and comic..

this could be an unusual occurrence..
just coincidence, we may say..

well, strong paternal connection perhaps..
or as i may term it - intense empathy?






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i just had to slip this in.. my penne rigate in pesto sardines sauce.. this is what you call cooking with a style and naming it exquisitely so as to conceal the fact that you don't have a prepared dish to cook.. LOL ..

so, whats's for lunch today?

this is the hardest part of everyday decision making... what you have to serve for lunch and dinner.. arrgh..

well, good thing i can make magic in any food.. LOL.. modesty aside, i feel and think that i am a good cook ( or so my husband and children say! ;p)

for today, i prepared Bul-Ko-Kee.. my version of Korean Barbeque Pork.. this has always been part of my recipe for its uncomplicated preparation and cooking.. no more thinking involved! haha



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last week.. i had jap chae and chicken in jamaican curry for the first time..
also recalled serving garlic chicken in honey-mustard sauce..

guess these are the perks of being a stay-at-home mom..

we can always have international food at the comfort of our home..

what's good is, it doesn't cost me much..
getting the same food for the same taste.. or perhaps even better...

my secret?
..simply loving everything i'm doing..

can you live today without the new technology?

OMG! this was a question asked by my daughter the other day pertaining to the new technologies we have.. viz., cellphones, internet..
admittedly, i had just a minute to pause, then replied that i can do without a cellphone..

but the internet? NO WAY! My whole day revolves around the internet!!!!

..frantically watch local tv shows via my PC.. that is to say..i start with "unang hirit" and end at "money wars"

.. send sms via chikkatext

..then open up another window/tabs for my games, blogs, emails, FS, FB, PTCs, search, etc..

wooooh! that's what you call multi-tasking!

so.. how would you expect a person like me to live a day without an internet???

DARN... i really don't know..
i just love the company..
it helps to further enhance my knowledge..
consequently exercising my brain each day..

i always refuse the idea that the new generation surpasses the knowledge of oldies when it comes to these technologies..

nah! with parents like me around.. youngsters would still be needing elders' opinion..
after all, we still gain wisdom by experience...
and with that, we always have the edge point...

Finally..a new Friendster profile!!!

yay! finally changed my friendster profile using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2... uhmm, i guess i'm beginning to get the hang of it.. anyway, here's a screenshot of the profile...







LOL.. so, what's with the own-photo-bragging? just so that everyone would know that i personally made my profile!

well.. it took me a long time (gave me a hard time is a better description) to link the profile to friendster because i was caught at the time when friendster is filtering their site.. grrrr.. made me gave up at 3am and finally linked it in the morning... (yes!)

thanks to my ever reliable forums..

check out my site.. and my new uploaded photos... enjoy!

Friendster - ✿ Qυε£✿ Velarde

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after finishing the profile.. i also decided to change my PC theme from Monster's Inc. to Blue's Clues, since our babyluv and babyboy are simply so hooked up with steve and joe..

..manually changed the sounds and pointers.. and now simply enjoying it... cute!