I’ll Call The Nurse
This is what Sandy’s yaya tells her whenever she’s throwing a tantrum. As soon as Sandy hears this, she’ll stop what she’s doing and will try to behave. I always hear the two of them talk like this but I don’t tell the yaya to stop if that’s how she can control Sandy.
Sandy: Ate Arlyn, I’m angry!! Get that, get that!! You should give it to me or I’ll get angry. (not so sweet eh?)
Yaya: No, it’s not allowed. Mommy will get angry.
Sandy: No no no no. Give. It. To. Me.
Yaya: Hala, sige, I’ll call the nurse. Hello Nurse? (pretending to call someone)
Sandy: Nooooo. Sorry Ate Arlyn. Sorry, sorry. I will not do it again.
So you see? It obviously works. One time, I saw that her yaya is trying to annoy Sandy by pretending to sleep. Sandy was getting frustrated because she couldn’t wake her yaya up. The next minute, I heard her saying this -
Sandy: Wake up!! Wake up ate Aryln!! Sige ka. Naku, wait. I’ll call the nurse. I’ll call the nurse!
But her yaya remained sleeping.
Sandy: Hala ka. Wake up!!! Wake up. Mommy, she doesn’t want to wake up!
Then she stopped talking all of a sudden. When I looked at her, she was getting her cellphone then she sat on the floor beside her "sleeping" yaya.
Sandy: Nurse? Hello Nurse? Are you there Nurse? Someone is sleeping here. Her name is ate Arlyn. Maybe you should come and give her injection okay?
That woke her yaya up. Who wouldn’t when you have Sandy for a playmate 
My Prescription Glasses
I think it’s time to buy myself a pair of glasses. I’ve been suffering from headaches and occassional dizziness when I look at my computer for the past couple of weeks. Usually, I just rest my eyes but I’ve been experiencing the same problem when I’m riding the car. Spending my supposed to be shopping money on expensive eyeglasses is not something that I can do though. Luckily, Zenni Optical is still selling their famous $8 prescription eyeglasses. All I have to do is get a prescription from an eye doctor and then order the frames from Zenni.
Right now Zenni is offering a special collection called Holiday frames. The rates range from $8-$24 a pair. Still very cheap, right? We shopped for The Husband’s glasses last month and it cost me $50 just for the frame alone.
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The Big Five
Just celebrated our 5th year wedding anniversay last Sunday. 
Boracay 2008 - part II
3rd day at Puka Beach Because of the strong waves, we decided not to take the boat to Puka beach. We just rented a tricycle and had the driver pick us up after lunch. Puka is one of the many things that I like about Boracay. It’s always so quiet and peaceful and still have the island charm intact. There are plenty of locals there who are more than willing to help you find the perfect spot, lend you a beach mat, tell you stories, etc. Of course, one reason is because they are trying to sell their wares but I don’t care.
Staying/shopping at Puka is so much different when you’re shopping at Station 2’s D’mall. Plus I always love hanging out at the beach, either sleep, drink, read or eat. There are plenty of shades there too because of the trees surrounding the place.
The Puka Beach 
Me and Sandy 
More random photos
To see them all, visit Boracay 2008 set on my Flickr.
Boracay 2008
This post has been delayed for so long so I am just going to let the photos tell the story. The trip was planned months before our 5th wedding anniversary but a month before that, my brother-in-law and his family decided to join us. I was so happy about this because it meant Chloe, Sandy’s cousin will be there as well. When Sandy has a playmate, she seems to forget about me. I’m so looking forward to a couple of day’s rest and Sandy having someone to hang out with might just be the solution.
As per Jody’s suggestion, we stayed at Boracay White House resort at Station 1. It’s beside Two Seasons, Sur and Seawind. Station 1 is our favorite area of Boracay because the sand here is so fine and the beach doesn’t get too crowded. You just have to take a trike ride if you want to shop and eat at D’mall. That is, if you hate walking down the beach. It has been raining days before our trip so I didn’t hope for a good weather that much. Plus the night before our flight, I read from the news that there was a storm coming. I was really prepared to stay inside the room and waste money on junk food and drinks.
So here’s the first batch on our first day. (click any of the thumbnails to view the bigger version)
We were advised to hurry up at the Caticlan port because a storm was supposed to arrive in two hours. Just our luck eh? 
Inside the Family Room of White House Boracay resort. 
No storm yet. On our way to d’mall to buy some board shorts, have lunch and buy groceries for the kidlets. 
We spent the entire afternoon sleeping and drinking cocktails when the storm came. Happy Hours were from 7AM-7PM so we took advantage of the room service and ordered anything that we can drink. The kids had so much fun despite the weather. I brought loads of activities so they won’t get bored inside the room. I wanted to bring a laptop for myself but I was afraid The Husband might not be too happy about it.
Second day - Sun is up! 
At the pool / Breakfast at the beach cabanas 
More photos of Sandy taking care of her cousin Chloe (so ready to be an ate :)) 
Part II up next.
Neverending sales
So many warehouse sale, so little time (and if I may say cash too). First, the Toy Kingdom sale at Megamall, then the Richwell Toy sale which I’m still planning to go to and now, the Gingersnaps warehouse sale in Pasig. You all know how I love the designs from Gingersnaps and although I think some of them are too pricey for a toddler’s shirt, I still buy them. So what more if they’re on sale right??? I promised I won’t shop anymore because I’ve already bought so many stuff online last October with the reason that they’re for Christmas. Yet here I am wondering how much I am willing to spend AGAIN for these upcoming sales. The Husband doesn’t really care unless he needs to drive me, which will be the case for Gingersnaps. 
On a Weekend
It’s a Saturday and I’m trying to catch up with backlogs at work. I woke up very early today so I can finish before lunch and have enough time to get ready for Bela’s party. I already missed two MBAP kiddie parties and have no plans of missing another one. I’m so excited about my shoes and The Husband’s!
Has anyone tried Hydroxycut hardcore? I’ve been hearing and reading great reviews about it but I’d like to hear experiences from average people. What I know is that this is being used by professional body builders and that it can stimulate the metabolism process much better than any common diet pill in the market. My friend who would like to try it hates working out so I’m researching if it can be used by just anyone.
I just remembered that we need to do grocery shopping too. I used to love buying groceries when I was single but now, it just feels too tasking. We’re meeting up at MOA with the MBAPs later but the crowd there is unbelievable. I hope I can convince The Husband to go to Rustan’s Makati as soon as the party is over.
Have a great weekend!
Promise I’ll post about our beach trip next week. Let me leave you with this photo of the little girl on our first day in Boracay. She was still all smiles here because if you can see, she was still wearing her slippers. The tantrums started when she had to walk barefooted the next day.
We have so many things to do lined up this weekend. First, we’ll be meeting Peachy in MOA because the stuff from our online shopping spree arrived. I need to make sure to hide it from Sandy though. Her Leapster LMAX (supposed to be a birthday gift) will now be her Christmas gift. Then we’ll try to drop by at Bela’s party and then buy groceries. On Sunday, it’s our 5th wedding anniversary so we’ll try to spend the whole morning with the little girl. That way, we won’t feel guilty when we leave her for our dinner date. How about you? What’s your plan?
Great Finds
I’m sorry but I’ve been very busy the whole day. Not with work, for a change. But with browsing and hopping from one online shop to another planning my wishlists (here and here). Some of the bebots and twittermates are having another online exchange gift so we we’re all busy with our lists. For once we weren’t talking about earning online, raising kids, losing weight through fat burner or photography. All the twits were about Etsy this or Etsy that.
So far, I’ve spent five hours hanging out at Etsy.com. I have bookmarked so many items that when it came to listing them, I didn’t know what to add first. I love all of them! Clothes, shoes, accessories, paintings, gadget skins and protectors, furnitures. Name it, Etsy.com has it.
More example below. I’m saving up so I can buy some of these. I already bought loads for myself, my mom and my mom-in-law so I hope they will arrive just in time for Christmas.
Clutch / purse:
For the kiddies:
These stuff are amazing. I always see Etsy stuff from Yen’s blog but I rarely look close. Thank God for that or else I’d probably be bankrupt by now.
WW - Much Afraid
Tuesday Update
Hello friends! We’re back from Boracay. I won’t be blogging about our trip yet because there are about 20 design tasks sitting on my inbox. It sounds bad but it’s not. They are pretty easy to do so I’m not the least bit stressed. My boss and colleagues were cool while I was away because they finished all the urgent ones.
I will make sure to post some photos soon and possibly hop on all your blogs because I missed your posts so much. I wanted to browse the Internet using my phone while we were in Boracay but I stopped myself. The reason why we went on a trip is to get away from it all right? Plus I might see something urgent in my email and I might not be able to ignore it.
The downside from our trip is that The Husband had to go to the ER last night. (See my Hi-Lo) We pigged out a lot and while we were in Bora so this wasn’t a surprise at all. Good thing it was him and not me or Sandy though.
Anyway, have to get back to designing now. Do come back later as I’ve scheduled to crop and post some preview photos this afternoon.
On The Best Hosting
Everybody is in search for the best web hosting package. Your online presence, especially for business owners, whether big or small is very important. When a server goes down, it’s like having your shop closed during the busiest time of the day. I know this for a fact. Just recently, I’ve experienced downtimes because my blogs got hacked. Thank God the hosting company has a back up (another important thing you should ask before you sign up) so I was able to restore them.
Anyway, I always visit web hosting review sites like webhostinggeeks.com whenever I’m in the market for new hosting. On their home page alone, you can see the top 10 web hosting under $10. The Web Hosting awards section is also a great place to start because the hosting packages are categorized by needs - budget, blog hosting, forum hosting, unix/windows, email hosting, ecommerce and many more. The webmaster reviews is my favorite because the companies are reviewed by experienced web masters and current customers. Plus the packages start at $3.95 a month with free domain, which falls under my usual budget.
So if you’re looking to start your own website or move to a new company, do your homework with the help of webhostinggeek.com. It always helps to be knowledgeable so you’d know what to look for and don’t end up spending on something that you don’t really need.
Hullo!
No post yet because for the first time in months, I’m having a break from the Internet. Make sure you come back next week so you can read about our trip and possibly see some photos too. That’s if I don’t get too lazy after getting back from paradise.
Have a great weekend! And don’t forget to pray that it won’t rain. I’ve had enough with the weather. All I want is just a nice day on the beach, if that’s not too much to ask.
Shopping Spree
Eversince my friend moved to the US, me and my other girlfriends have started planning on having an online shopping spree. But before we can do that, my friend needs to ask first where she can get a box, who will pick it up, total fee, etc. They just went there last November 2 so we need to give her time to get settled.
Most of my friends wanted to get high luxury items like Tag Heuer or Movado watches but I discouraged them. Not only it might get lost through shipping but it’s not something that you can put in a ‘balikbayan’ box. We should concentrate on buying clothes, shoes, books and toys instead. It’s so much cheaper online and I have two boxes coming to prove that.
What’s really exciting is now that I’ve discovered how convenient it is to shop online, I can now buy gifts for my boss, clients and relatives who live in the US. It would be something inexpensive of course but totally memorable.
Sandy - The Host
Here are some photos of Sandy with her Ninang Emily.
Emily grew up in the UK so Sandy couldn’t get over her accent. I asked Sandy if there was someone that reminded her of her Ninang’s accent and she just smiled, probably thinking about Harry Potter, etc. Before her Ninang stayed with us, I instructed Sandy to keep her Ninang entertained because she might get bored. This was just to prepare her so she won’t be shy around her Ninang. When the time came, she just wouldn’t leave her Ninang’s side. She talked to her all the time, followed her around the house, won’t even let her Ninang take a nap. Her Ninang didn’t mind the attention because she too loves Sandy to bits. However, I know she gets tired too so from time to time, I ask Sandy to give her a break. Sandy will try her best but after 15-30 minutes of not seeing her, she’ll start wondering then go to her room to check what’s taking her long. When I told Sandy for the nth time to give her Ninang some time to rest, she said in a very confused voice, “EHHHH,WHY DID YOU SAY ENTERTAIN HER???”. Wahahahaha. That kid is smart.
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I am Dzoi, a 28 year old Filipina who currently works as a web designer. I am a loving wife to my equally loving husband Sherwin and a mommy cow to my 2-year-old daughter, Sandy.
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