Final Day in Australia

We were still at JM’s place in Canberra. We woke up at 6AM. The taxi we booked night before arrived at 6.30AM and took us to the bus station. We took bus 900 to go to the Jolimont Centre which was about an hour away. Soon as we got there, we took our ticket which we booked online too with JM’s help. Since our bus departure is at 9AM, we had brekkie at the coffee shop nearby. The bus left at 9.10AM and we were on our way to Sydney International Airport. Bye, Canberra. Bye JM! This is one great adventure with you. May God bless your heart. JM had been so thoroughly nice and generous and hospitable to us.

Canberra – Day 2

We were up really early as in 6AM and that’s 4AM in Singapore! JM was kind enough to drive us to Snowy Mountain which is more than 2 hour drive from his place. The road trip was really fun. The view on our way to the Snowy Mountain is really spectacular although as what JM said, rain in Canberra rarely comes by so you could see the grass were brown colored instead of green. I guess it’s much beautiful if it’s all green. There were a lot of black cows *yum black angus steak!* and sheeps. Although sad to say, there were few road kills that we saw along the way. It’s just sad. Saddest thing is you can’t blame anyone for that. The land is immeasurable. We got so excited *as in really excited* when we saw few parts of the mountain covered with SNOW! It’s just so exciting. After 32 years, now we’ll finally see some snow! Not just the man-made created kind of snow but true snow! Weeeeeee. This is just so huge and exciting for people who’ve lived in tropical countries so pardon our ignorance and excitement. We stopped by at the side upon seeing the river while JM is looking for our location, habiga and I went down and felt the snow. It’s about 10 inches thick gosh! We got lost but made it somehow to Selwyn. I was ecstatic and literally jumping for joy. I don’t care how many times in a second I cough because of the cold, I’m just damned happy to see the snow! We rented s walking boots and a toboggan. JM paid for it all again! The blinding whiteness of the snow is really beautiful. It’s freakingly cold but it’s great! We ride the toboggan, we threw snow balls at each other, we climb the highest peak we can reach and throw some snowballs again. It was sooooooooo much fun! We were there for more than 3 hours and by the time I get back inside to take a pee, I was really shaking with coldness. My nose are almost purple colored, my lips are chapping, I’m sneezing and coughing every chance I get but I’m loving it! We said our goodbyes to the wonderful snow and call it a day by 4PM. We went straight to Woden as suggested by JM so we can have a lovely steak for dinner. Only few kilometers away from the building and we’re almost there when JM’s car suddenly stopped in the middle of the street. Good thing we still made it on the side street. But we have to get out because we don’t know some cars might bumped into us. And it’s freakingly cold and we’re all tired and hungry. We walked about 15 minutes to the building and had a huge delicious steak at the Hogsbreath. I was so scared that some psycho might bumped into us and took everything from us. Luckily nothing like that happens to us. Just the experience of being stucked in the highway. JM managed to call the NRMA for road helped and the guy said that his car’s water pump was broken. Or whatever that is. The NRMA called for a tow to take us all back to JM’s place. While waiting, it was so sad that no one’s stopping by to offer help. Well, at this era I guess, I wouldn’t stopped by too especially if I see that nothing looks like emergency. A police dropped by eventually but offered no help. :( Well at least they stopped by. We made it at home quarter to 12. We’re just lucky to make it at home without losing anything. Hopefully tomorrow, JM’s car can be fixed easily.

Soon as we got settled in, we booked a taxi for tomorrow and checked the schedule of the bus going to Jolimont Centre. Thanks JM for the wonderful snowy experience :) And the lovely steak! Yummmmm!

Canberra – Day 1

It’s already 6PM and we’re now on our way to Canberra. We’re now on board Greyhound. Thr travel time is 3 and a half hours drive so got plenty of time to rest :) We arrived at Canberra few minutes before 10PM. And the wind in Canberra is much colder than in Sydney. JM is already there waiting for us :) We had dinner at a nearby restaurant. We ordered pasta which is too big for one serving. Good thing habiga and I just shared. There’s not much activity around unlike in Sydney. This is like the suburbs although Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Jolimont Centre is about 20 or 30 minutes away from JM’s place. He’s living in a place like the one you see in Desperate Housewives. Remember, the Wysteria Lane? It has so much similarities hehehe. His place is a neat duplex with a kitchen, a living room, a laundry room and a garage for his car. There were 2 rooms upstairs and a common toilet. It’s a really neat place which he said he was renting for A$360/week. Their rentals here are usually per week. There’s another Filipina occupying the other room but we didn’t get the chance to meet her. JM was soooo kind and hospitable to lend us his own bed and took out new bed sheets. Kahiya! Good thing he has a heater in his room ‘coz it’s really freezing out there. Hope we didn’t disturb them much as both me and habiga were really coughing in the night especially me. We had a good night sleep after booking our ticket going back to Sydney from Canberra.

Sydney – Day 5

We went to Ate J’s place since we never get the chance to go to Blue Mountains. Her place was in Rockdale which is 10 stations away from King’s Cross. We took a bus after that going to her place. The place was really quiet and very suburbs. They have a lemon tree! The got two cute adorable dogs – Rocky and Bo Bo. The place was really neat and very well decorated. Ate J’s boss were from Cyprus and they just asked her to go with them which was really nice of them. I guess her work wasn’t that much as she’s also helping out in their printing business  Ate J prepared a nilaga for us and a yummy lemon tea! We had our lunch and we went out for a walk afterwards at the beach which is just 5 minutes away from their place. The Sydney airport is so near to their place. We said goodbye and went straight to Martin Place and walked around. We were able to buy few chocolates from Lindtt. We went back to our hotel as we don’t want to be late for our trip to Canberra. Took our bags and took a bus going to Greyhound bus station at Eddy Ave. We don’t want to spend another 10 more bucks for the cab hehehe. We were still a bit early so we grab a bite and waited only few minutes before the bus driver calls for all the passengers to now board the bus. Yipeeee we’re going to Canberra!

Expenses for the day:
Lost track of the expenses :)

Places we've been to:
Rockdale
Martin Place
Lindtt Chocolate House
Canberra

Sydney – Day 4

We were with Michelle and Ate J today and tour around Central. We went to Hyde Park which was so “The happening” scene. Everything is green and it was clean and beautiful. We went to St. Mary’s Church afterwards which was said to be the place where the World Youth Day was held this year only. Church was impressive inside and out. It’s a must-place to see when you’re in Sydney. We then went to a Chinese Restaurant and had our lunch. Michelle seems to be so much into Chinese food. Well she said she loves to eat. She ordered a lot and our bill was A$120+!!! She paid for it of course hehehe. All we did today was walk and walk. And I don’t know if it’s just the wind but I was really feeling rather tired and weak. We went to Eddy Ave to buy our bus ticket to Canberra. We couldn’t see the Murrays bus so we had the Greyhound instead. We we’re a bit worried at first of not booking our bus ticket to Canberra earlier but it’s true that you can buy the ticket easily as hailing a cab as there were buses leaving Sydney at least every 2 hours or so each day. And not much people are leaving Sydney for Canberra so need not to worry. But for your own peace and if you don’t believe us hehehe, you can book your ticket online. Greyhound.com.au or Murrays.com.au. Only we don’t know where the office of the Murrays is. But greyhound’s office are everywhere in the Eddy Ave. Habiga paid for the bus ticket at A$32+ each using his credit card as we are already running low on cash :) We took a cab to the Central and we stopped by at a coffee shop looking at the harbour bridge and opera house. What a great view! Only I couldn’t enjoyed it much as I’m really feeling low at that time. My temperature is getting high. Habiga’s fever and flu was transferred to me. We still managed to take a few shots in front of the opera house but that’s about it. We said our goodbyes to Ate J and Michelle. Michelle gave me a pen so I can always remember her by. I was kind of embarrassed that I wasn’t able to give them anything. We went home and boy I was really hot. It was only 6pm and habiga’s now the one taking care of me. He ordered food outside but I wasn’t able to eat.

Expenses for the day:
Most were treat by Michelle
70.00 bus fare for 2 from Sydney to Canberra

Places we've been to:
Central Station
Hyde Park
St. Mary’s Church
Sydney Opera House

Habedey Bunso!

Sydney – Day 3

Habiga’s feeling a bit better so we went on with our plans in going to Taronga Zoo. We took the train from King’s Cross station to Central station and took the ferry to Taronga Zoo. Ferry fare is A$5.60 each return ticket. We bought our zoo ticket at the entrance where we were able to get a 20% for our ticket which was reduced from A$39 to A$31+. Cable car included. Though there was a long queue to get the ticket, it was still all worth it. From the zoo, we can see the Sydney Opera House and Sydney harbour bridge at the same time. Believe me, view was really amazing. At the entrance I was so excited to see the Koalas. But you will be able to get a photo with them only if you pay A$19.95. A bit pricey but this is a once in a lifetime moment so we grab it  Didn’t take much pleading to ask Mr. Financier’s approval  Who wouldn’t want to have a photo taken with the most cuddly and cutest animal in the world? Plus we don’t have any of those high-end cameras with long lenses so yeah that’s our reason  The Koalas are just remarkable. The little baby koala is just so cute. Nibbling incessantly at the eucalyptus leaves while her parents are having a blast sleeping at the trees nearby without a care in the world. Koalas were said to be sleeping at least 20+ hours a day. We had our picture taken and we’re off to see the rest of the animals in the zoo. The kangaroos here are huuugeee compared to what we saw in Singapore Zoo. Joey’s are so cute!

We bought a Koala bear souvenir!

From the zoo, we walked around the harbour to see the harbour bridge and Opera house. We decided to go back to the hotel first. We bought some more souvenirs from the shop across our hotel which was a lot cheaper than buying it at malls or any other souvenir shops near opera house or Sydney bridge. We went out few minutes after that for dinner. Money left is only A$20 from the A$400 allowance we have. It’s only the third day! I don’t know where have all those money have gone. We found one foreign exchange at King’s Cross and change habiga’s SGD$300 for only A$225  We went back to the harbour bridge and opera house and took a lot of pictures at night. We walked a long way finding a cheap place to have dinner but couldn’t find one so we decided to go to the nearby Thai restaurant in King’s cross. We managed to buy a Panadol at one pharmacy store which didn’t require any prescriptions. Luckily, habiga felt better after taking the medicine. After dinner, we went back to our hotel and call it a day.

Expenses for the day:
3.60 train fare for 2 to Circular Quay
10.40 ferry fare each to Taronga Zoo
31.20 zoo ticket each
20.00 souvenir photo with koala bear
23.00 lunch
3.50 water
10.95 panadol
3.60 train fare each to Circular Quay
26.00 dinner at thai resto

Places we've been to:
Taronga Zoo
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Circular Quay

 

Sydney – Day 2

Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary, Habiga!!!

Ffg’s cousin Ate Jessica had been working in Sydney for more than 3 years now. So when she learned that we’ll be in Sydney for a few days, she insisted on meeting us. We met her at the lobby of our hotel waiting for us early at half past nine. We took a train from King’s Cross station to Bondi Junction station *fare was paid by Ate J!*, then took a bus to Bondi beach. Since it’s still cold outside, there’s not much people lying around the beach though there were few who were brave enough to go even topless! We went to the fruit market first to visit Ate J’s niece where she works. Her boss was a Lebanese but was really nice for not allowing us to pay for the small box of strawberry. We had a quick bowl of soup at the nearest Noodle King place tended by a Chinese guy. After that, we went around the beach and lay there for a while. Some aussies were really into jogging so imagine me drooling around looking at their yummy body hahahaha. This is absolutely wonderful. The vast clear blue water reflecting the clear blue sky with the perfect weather is truly amazing. This works of God is something that we should take a moment or two to fully appreciate its beauty. We went for lunch at the Noodle King and met Michelle again, Ate J’s niece. She ordered a lot and paid for it! We went shopping for my new rubber shoes since Ate J had been bugging me to buy one. I didn’t bring any shoes except for my boots. And actually I am comfortable with it but she keeps on insisting that I should buy a rubber. You have no idea how shrewd she is so we gave in. Even ffg who’s so against of buying anything that is not that necessary give in to her. I found one - a Vans green rubber shoes which was a bit expensive if you’ll ask me for a A$60. But it’s the cheapest one so I got it. I was surprised that Michelle paid for it. I even insisted on her to take the 50 bucks but she refused it and acted hurt. We were so embarrassed but really thankful for that different kind of generosity. We walked a looooonggg way from the Bondi beach to Tamaraman then Bronte beach. All are well known beaches in Australia. The rock formations were absolutely breathtaking. The view – W O W! There was one coffee shop facing the beach and we stopped for a cup. Enjoy the view, enjoy the coffee. This is soooo going to my blog! And by the way, everywhere you look here, if they were not carrying a cute adorable baby they have dogs. You know those large, Marley-look-alike kind of dogs. And they were all unleashed and could go around the park. Awwww, that’s when I fell in love with Sydney! They were family oriented, shops or companies closes at 6pm. They have this huge park where you can jog overlooking the beach. Though standard of living here is a bit high, you can still feel the people were relaxed and very laid back. Who knows? Maybe someday!

I just have to tell Michelle’s story as it moved me so much. She’s been having menstruation all year round non-stop. When I asked why, she nonchalantly told me that she have a cancer in her uterus. Though small, she was given a year and a half to live back when she was still in the Philippines. Now she’s on her third year now in Australia, and she’s not sure if the tumor’s gone. All she know was she’s given longer life than what was given to her. She said she’s just living her life to the fullest. I truly admire her courage and the way she looks at life in spite of it all. She’s truly amazing. I hope and pray that GOD will grant her more years to live. So she can still see her 3 kids growing up. So she could touch more hearts and spread more goodness in this world. I love her not just because of her generosity. I love her because she’s someone who’s truly beautiful inside and out. I love her because she always look on the brighter side of life even if it looks like there’s not much to see. God bless her.

We said our goodbyes after our long walk to Michelle since she have to go back to her work. We took a bus to the train station. We said our goodbyes too to Ate J and went back to our hotel to rest for a while. We went out few minutes later for our anniversary dinner  We decided to try the Sydney Tower Restaurant which was a bit crowded the time we got there. We made it though to the 8pm schedule. The view was spectacular. 360 view of Sydney and it was really romantic. We had buffet for A$65+ each. We ordered a bottle of red which was really cheap at A$32 only. The food wasn’t that great but I guess you’re just paying for the view. This is truly one memorable wedding anniversary! I love you habiga. I love you for giving me the best of everything. I love you for being you and always taking care of me no matter where we are. I love you for this truly amazing nine years of my life for I have traveled some parts of the world because of you. Happy Anniversary! My only wish is that we may stay strong amidst any storm that may come our way and stay in love for another set of nine years more and another set after that and another set after ‘till we gray and old.

Habiga was having fever and flu and I asked him to take the biogesic I brought with us. So wawa.

Expenses for the day:
4.95 breakfast meal Mcdo
2.50 mineral water
10.00 towel souvenir
7.00 juice
7.80 train fare for 2 from Bondi Junction to King's Cross
5.40 bus fare for 2 to bondi beach
12.80 grocery at woolworths
8.99 book, postcards
7.20 trrain fare for 2 from King's Cross to Martin Place station
30.00 photo souvenir (sydney skytower)
65.00 each for buffet at sydney skytower
68.00 souvenirs

Places we've been to:
Bondi beach
Bronte beach
Tamarama beach
Sydney Tower Restaurant

12 Days before the big one

Time to walk down the memory lane again. This is me musing over the last year's biggest event of my life. I guess this is just something that I really need to commemorate every year as this is one of those dream-all-you-want-but-definitely-won't-have-it kind of realization before but actually happened in my life. So this is a big deal for me. Maybe not just to me but to everyone else who've experienced a childhood dream like this. It's not just the wedding I'm talking about actually. It's just so sweet to taste that amount of happiness when something in your life transpires when you least expect it or when you've worked hard enough to get it or when you always thought that dream will never materialize but still continue to dream about it.

This same day last year, my emotions were rocketing high. Mixed emotions that is. My heart was filled with too much anxiety but totally loving every beat of it. I couldn't feel the excitement yet at that time as there were too many on my list that was too impossible to happen in 12 days. I guess keeping list keeps you on track but it can turn your planning into a total chaos when out of every 100 on your list to do only 25% is happening. Well, looking back now, I know I didn't regret any single decision we've made on our wedding plans. All goes well according to what we've expected. We didn't expect much grandiose thing to happen, anyway. Ours is not a fairytale story or extraordinary or overstated kind of wedding. But it is the best thing that ever happened to me. And after all that time and money spent and year of preparation, the year just passed by and up to this very moment I know that our wedding was still the best thing that happened in my life as I am now looking at that person and I still feel the bliss of getting married to him. It is what's important. That person may not be the perfect person in the world but it all falls into place when that person makes a perfect fit of who you are and what you are in this world. Anniversaries are not clichéd or were they invented by women just to have a reason to get something from their partners. It is imperative as this will remind you of how you've started your life together as one, of how you've surmount the storms in your life and how you've established that strong bond you both shared now. It is a roller coaster ride you will truly enjoy - no matter how many obstacles there are, it's the ride that's so worth all those trouble.

Advance Happy Anniversary, Habiga!!!

Post-Honeymoon Trip - Ticket Hunting

We so love travelling but honestly, I think none of us wants to do all the trouble hunting for cheaper fares and hotels. And going to a place where a tourist visa was needed which requires a lot of things to complete added up to that little burden of planning your travel. We've looked for days in the internet and going to chinatown and calling some travel agencies collating the quotations given to us for comparison later. Below were some of the quotations we got from ChanBrothers, Asino and Perfect Travel. But from those quotations, the tax is what's making the price so high.

ChanBrothers
Flight No Date From/To Dep
Arr
QF 032 N 28AUG 4 SINSYD DK1 0930 1850 28AUG E 0 744
QF 031 N 07SEP 7 SYDSIN DK1 1655 2245 07SEP E 0 744
QF - QANTAS AIRWAYS
SIN - SINGAPORE
SYD - SYDNEY

Adult Selling Price $ 598
Agent Service Fee $ 60
Taxes $ 557 SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Total $1215 per adult

Chan Brothers Travel Pte Ltd
150 South Bridge Road #04-04 Fook Hai Building Singapore 058727
E-mail : airfares@chanbrothers.com.sg
www.chanbrothersflights.com
Ticket Collection Hours : -
Monday - Friday : 10.00am to 6.30pm
Saturday : 10.00am to 2.30pm
Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays

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Perfect Travel (99) Pte Ltd

Stella Siow
1 park Road #03-21
People's Park Complex
Singapore 059108
Tel: 6538-6812
E-mail: sales@perfecttravel99.com.sg
www.perfecttravel99.com.sg
Monday - Friday : 10.00am to 7.30pm
Saturday: 10.00 am to 7.00pm
Public Holidays: 1.00pm to 6.30pm
Close on Sundays


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And from today's quick visit to chinatown, we found a good deal. Well, it's not cheap but at least it's way better than the other quotations we got. We were already desperate with some of the prices from some travel agencies. Since we need to secure the tourist visa first before we booked our ticket, one agency requires $500 as a deposit before they can provide you an itenerary eventhough the flight isn't confirmed yet. Five Star requires 80% payment of the total price so they can provide us a booking. If visa got denied, this is the exact words of the girl, "Oh I'm sorry we can't do anything about it. We can't return you your money." What the hell? And this agency that we found was having a cheaper package but was only asking $100 / person as a deposit. If visa got denied, they will be returning the $50 only. So we made the deposit and went home with a smile on my face and that itinerary on my hand. I thought, at least now we're moving and I can say that this trip is definitely on :D

Pre-Birthday Dinner Date

We had our "dinner date" for habiga's birthday celebration earlier at Oscar's restaurant in Conrad Hotel in Millenia. We're on a "tight budget" mission so we choose this place so we can make use of our voucher hihihi. They server international buffet at $60++ per person which is really worth every cent spent. There wasn't much choice on the hot dishes as they were serving either an indian or malaysian cuisine. But really the unending supply of shrimp, lobster, crayfish, oyster and sushi's were all worth it. Just don't eat much rice :) Supply of bread will be served too. There's a bowl of mix fruits, salad, soup and a lot choices for the dessert. Their dessert lists waffle with ice cream, 3 or 4 flavours of ice cream, banana crepe, hors 'd vours and my favorite chocolate pralines. Plus you can still get a cup of coffee at the end of it all. We did get a 100ml each of red and white for only $9 each! Our total bill sums up to $160+ with GST and service charge less $60 voucher, a $100 dinner date isn't bad at all having all that delicious meals. When I called for reservation, I also asked a birthday cake to be serverd. When I got the bill, I was so surprise to see it was FOC. And to top it all, service is the best! Although ambiance wasn't that at all romantic inside the restaurant, well compared to Swissotel's Equinox, you can request to be seated outside so that it won't be too noisy. This was my birthday gift to him along with the CK long sleeves :)

The Ceremony

We arrived 30 minutes earlier before the mass. I was told to stay in the car so no one will see me yet. I was getting nervous and very much high in anticipation. I thanked the Lord for He have helped us fulfill the only wish I couldn't let go - to have our closest friends be with us in the church. When everyone was inside, I was left outside thinking if everything back in the reception is ok. If we didn't left anything out that's too important. I know that there are a lot of things that didn't go as planned but there were no regrets or resentments for that matter in my heart. He showed me that the significance of the event is not just about the material things. When the door started to open, I see a glimpse of what my future would be. And at a pace of taking one step at a time, walking towards the altar, I see nothing but the sparkle of the soft light at the altar and the smile of the people i love looking at me with much happiness in their hearts. Halfway through, I saw my parents waiting for me. Just like how they've been with me through all the events in my life. Ready to give up their first-born child. But what God made me really see that time was the person on the other end side of the church. The person who can't looked at me, busy trying to hold up his tears. The person I've shared unforgettable moments with for nine years. The person I was about to spend the rest of my life with... more kodak moments

A year of preparation

We started booking for the church in July 2006 and started scouting for possible suppliers in september. The wedding date that was suppose to be august 25 became september 1. We managed to book the church, reception venue, caterer and coordinator at this early stage. I was really excited and started collating the flyers I got from the wedding expo when we went home for a short vacation in manila. We initially wanted to have a budget wedding where guests will enjoy themselves and remember the wedding as fun yet elegant affair. I never liked games that abashed the singles whenever I attend a wedding and I initially want this out of the program. I want our program to be just meant for dinner and dance without the tiring traditional cake cutting and toasting. I don't want any of our family to talk in front to make us cry. We want it to be purely fun in the reception. Emotional scenes should be left in the ceremony only as this is where the solemnity of the event truly lies. I started doing the save-the-date cards with a wishful thinking that it would help us save a big part of our wedding. Little things that I wanted to add in that small card that went unnoticed by others had amass a huge amount in our budget. So the idea of doing the invitation by myself was rejected by Rommel. Still, the year of preparation have given us enough time to prepare financially and mentally for what we're about to face.

Civil Wedding

In Singapore, church wedding is very very rare to happen. Aside from the fact that there's not much catholic here, it is also really expensive to do the church wedding. Though they have one option which is the civil wedding or ROM (Registry of Marriage). We agreed to have one only for the purpose of getting the marriage certificate in preparation for our church wedding since we don't want any hassle of applying one in manila. So on the 25th of January, year 2007, we took a cab, half an hour late, and went inside the Registry of Marriage, and was out 15 minutes later. Ceremony was only 10 minutes, the other 5 was for I don't know what. It was still fun. We had dinner with friends after the ceremony and things happen really fast. =) Here are the Kodak Moments

Much awaited proposal

After numbers of countries we've travelled together, friends who got married, had kids, and 8 years later, we finally decided that it's now time to take our relationship into the next level. Though for us, this is still a big step, some doesn't have that much enthusiasm as we do. For some, they feel like it's a project way overdue and doesn't feel like celebrating it. Some, especially our families, still share the same excitement. Still, we took things at its slowest pace to fully appreciate the taste of the ecstacy it will bring. It was January in 2005 that we decided to choose the date for the big day. Proposal came only in December of the same year. I was busy preparing my things at their place when he asked me to go with him at the rooftop of their home. The moment we got there, I instantly asked him to go back to the room since it was the middle of the afternoon and it was really humid. No idea, really, that I have ruined part of his plan. When we got to the room, he pointed a box on top of the pillow and asked me to open it. For years, whenever I see a box I always felt agitated, thinking that it contains the ring that i've been waiting for. But that box, never made me feel that way. Maybe because I was expecting a candle lit dinner and a romantic ambiance and not in his sister's room in the middle of the afternoon. I opened it and looked at the ring twice and asked him a couple of times if he's serious. He asked me to marry him and of course, I said yes with eyes full of tears and heart filled with gladness. Few months after, I asked him if he could do the proposal in a romantic way thinking that it will be the best story I could tell to my children and grand-children. He took back the ring and didn't say a word. I'm really a pain his ass :P August of 2006, he surprised me with a cable car dinner in sentosa and did the proposal again for the second time. And I realize, though it's romantic, the impact of the surprise is more on the first time. Well, at least now, I have two stories of the proposal to tell my grandchildren :) Btw, he told me that he didn't do the proposal over a romantic dinner because he knows that it's what my expectation is and the element of surprise won't be there. And yeah, he's totally right. =)

Sabado Nights

We went to Orchard to settle the payment for the ring *yipeee* then went to Cathay to book 11.30 pm movie (Breaking and Entering). Obvious ba na movie addictus talaga kami? Even if we're on a tight budget at the moment, watching movie will always be part of our routine. Iba pa rin pag big screen. For us, this is our stress-reliever. Went to Marina, bought a screen protector for our new member - Mr. Lumix and a casing, then watched a fashion show. Hunky mga models hehehe kakalaway nyahahhaha. Went to Gluttons Bay afterwards to have dinner and see Barbie Almalbis perform at the Mosaic Festival. Pero before Barbie's performance, we saw this band (Sasha Bach) performing that we later on found out that they're from Denmark. Galing! First time ko makawitness ng band na puro puti hehehe. Galing ng drummer *cute pa hihihi*. Parang snow patrol dating wohoooo. Saya saya! *borrow lang cuz hihihi*

Today's High: Wedding Ring paid na yipee, watching concert, watching movie
Today's Low: Tumataba daw ako waaaaaaa