Still here…
Filed under: family and anything goes

Hey yah! I’m alive and still kicking! Thanks to your concern guys…touched ako :)  I myself, had no idea what happened hindi kami nakapanood ng news kagabi, only this morning when I opened my email and was flooded by concerned email from offline friends and relatives. Malayo po kami doon, don’t worry and thank you.

I won’t be able to bloghop this much, heto kaharap ko drawings, calculator blah blah work load argh! I had some work deadline mga friends kaya nagnakaw ng oras para makapag-update ng madalian. Bawi ako after this.

Moving on…I would like to greet all mommies and your mommies a belated Happy mother’s day. Paano kayo nag-celebrate with your family? Mine?…it’s like this. I woke up at around 6:30 in the morning, hub’s already awake watching Tv at the living room. He greeted me casually..nothing else! no kiss? no hug? 

He told me that it’s the perfect time to have a cup of coffee, demanded and joke that since it’s my day, I should make him a delicious mother’s day coffee. ganun??

I went straight to the dining room and when i opened the door through…tada! I was stunned by the special candle with effects that seems like a tiny fireworks on top of the cake…with my three children gathered around at sabay sabay bumati. awww…I was so touched. My kids used to wake up very very late during school holiday at hindi normal sa kanila ‘yun. I really appreciate their efforts. I’ve no idea of the whole thing or where did they got and stored the cake kasi wala akong nakitang cake sa fridge the night before. Hmmm magaling magsabwatan ang mag-ama huh…buti na lang yummy pa rin at ‘di nasira hehe. Magkakasama kami the whole saturday, we hopped from one mall to another. Then, later afternoon my son Ken told me he’ll go home first because he needs to do some happy ‘pu-pu’! haha, ‘yun pala yun. On top of that of course, I was very happy. We continued the fun , hub cooked a sumptuous lunch nag feeling senyora muna ako. Then we went out for a special dinner that night. It was raining and very cold…pero ok lang, enjoy pa rin.

That’s it, hala back to work muna ako. Pasaway ‘no? See you…muah!

 

nona @ 10:08 am
Time Capsule Tag
Filed under: Tag

 This is a tag  from Maiylah. The rule is simple…here it goes,

 ~Start Copy ~  According to Free dictionary * The Time Capsule is a container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time.
* A Time Capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. 
How to play “Time Capsule” :
1. Copy from “~Start Copy~” until “~End Copy~“.
2. Post at your site(s) about “What you would like to put in your Time Capsule & Why” –> something that has a special value in your life or something that will remember you as a person.
3. Feel free to help me spread this Time Capsule by putting the “Time Capsule badge” at your sidebar blog and please tag as many friends as you can. You can get
the code in here.
4. When you are finished posting, you can leave your url post & your blog name at
picturinglife@gmail.com with the subject “Time Capsule”. And your url will be included in the Master List. ~End Copy~   

  

  

I am leaving you a picture of my painting…an oil in canvass obra entitled ” Family

I love it because it has a special meaning and value in my life. Believe it or not I did it for three (3) hours straight.

 

 I am tagging Ghee, Wendy and Mousey. 

 

 

 

 

nona @ 6:34 am
A day at Luoshan…
Filed under: Life in China and travel

I blinked awake and greeted by the smell of hubby’s cooking. Hmm…smells pancit bihon guisado and fried chicken?

He’s cooking our pack lunch to Luoshan forest park. He presumed that the place is a forest, no food stalls, shops or store. Mabuti na raw ang sigurado. Boy scout si fafa. Our meeting place was at the company’s parking lot at 8:00 am.

We crammed ‘coz we left home at exactly 8 o’ clock.  We took a cab, it’s just a 15 minutes drive anyway (but still late), when we arrived I took a sigh of relief, the bus hasn’t arrive yet..hay salamat.   

 

After some few minutes, off we go (@ around 8:30)

     

We made it to Luoshan at past ten…it was supposed to be a 1 hour drive but because nobody has been to that place (including the driver) we lost our way for three times..awooo!… It’s okay, I don’t feel bored ‘coz the highlights during

the entire travel was very interesting…including this one…

sunny side up pyramid?

Besides angel and Joyce were talking non-stop . The promising tourist guides, they sang and did the storytelling

in mandarin to entertain us, we (filipinos) don’t understand their talking…haha! 

 

 

We paid an entrance fee of CNY 20.00 per head (P100.00 something only) not bad huh…   

Luoshan forest park was located in the northeast of Zhaoyuan city, also known as “the gold capital of china”.

Along the way, you could find stones with gold dust in it… 

 

   

The magical legendary turtle!….It’s huge and very bright…so golden!…awesome! 

  

Better than Ai mountain ‘coz it was constructed with a good road going up to the peak of the mountain,

at least we can walk not climb….

  

  

The perfect Jump shot! Girl’s (Gee and Joy) played and I took picture….

 

 

  

 

I played, and they took picture!

That’s me, all giddy with Joy and Gee…silly me! *grin*   

 

 

Found some wild flowers along the path… 

  

 

….cherry blossoms 

 

…and trees with bird’s nest. oooo…so peaceful.

The view was nice and exhilarating…note the clear skies…those were prevalent much this season 

  

 

Mountain falling into the water are gorgeous! 

  

 

Luoshan makes me tired…and happy…

   

 

kids too! 

 

 

we made it to the last stop, the peak of the mountain which is 759 meters above sea level.. 

The last stop on this glorious journey was the final seeing of sights from the top level… 

  

 

I was mesmerized by the view of the mountains… 

 Moi and fafa mia!

   

 

I hope you did enjoy the walking too! You did? Okay…I just don’t have much to say ‘coz I’m exhausted :D

 

Thanks for viewing.

toodles! See you ;)  

 

 

 

 

nona @ 7:01 am
Meme and award
Filed under: Tag and Awards...memos..

 Hi there, what’s up? You okay? ‘coz I’m not…I catched a cold or the cold catched me? I think, too much lakwatsa kaya heto. By the way, our Luoshan forest park trip was great! I don’t regret getting this colds..I tell you, it was soooo great! I’ll post it next time, time to meme first…meme as in meme na. My medication makes me dizzy and I think my retinas may have detached so I took a break and blog from reading these pile of specification….

I’ve got tagged by sis Liza,


You Are 37% Bitchy


You’re a pretty sweet person, and you’re definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts.                

Sometimes, though, you can’t help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don’t act on them!
 
      

I’m not tagging anyone in this meme, if you want to test yours just visit the site.

I’ve got another one from sis Maiylah, here it goes…

THINK BACK TO 4TH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL…LET’S SEE HOW MUCH YOU REMEMBER AND HOW MUCH YOU REGRET…

WHAT SECTION ARE YOU?

I belonged to section one.

WHO WERE YOUR SEATMATES?

I was seated in the front row on the left side with Cristina and Lorna.

STILL REMEMBER YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER?

yup. She’s Miss Linda Amar

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLASS?

Biology

MADE FRIENDS TO LOWER YEARS?

yes, but some of the lower years students were aloof or not that friendly because they think our batch were intimidating…’though we’re not.

HOW WAS YOUR CLASS SCHEDULE?

hectic! I think, it’s normal for all graduating students. Our classes took 8 hrs a day with 30 min recess in the morning and 1 hr lunch break. And lots of activities and projects.

MADE ANY ENEMIES?

none so far.good girl eh…

WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER?

Mr. N. Durangparang (nice surname huh), he was the coolest teacher we’ve got. Approachable. I like the way he talked, with cebuano’s accent.

WHAT SPORTS DID YOU PLAY?

volleyball and hurdle. those were the days…I got chicken now.

WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL?

nah-uh…strict ang parents ko :P

WERE YOU WELL KNOWN IN SCHOOL?

medyo lang…maybe because I’m one of the school’s *pambato* dancer or maybe because my 2 siblings who were ahead of me and graduated on the same school I was, were popular kaya parang latak lang ako.

SKIP CLASSES?

oh no! I did it once…the principal of school together with our class adviser came to our house and reported it to my parents. I was grounded you know…wala talaga akong kawala.

DID YOU GET SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED?

no and never.

CAN YOU SING THE ALMA MATER?

hmm..not sure. I’ll try later hehe

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT?

Biology and History

DID YOU GO TO THE DANCES?

as long as it’s related in school activities…yes!

WHERE DID YOU GO MOST OFTEN DURING BREAKS?

me and my friends used to hang out at campus kiosk during breaktimes.

WHAT DID YOU DO ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL?

we practice our graduation rites and made super bonding time with my fellas…that was my saddest part.

There you go…I would like to hear high school memories from Mari, idealpinkrose, nance, Liza and Ghee.

Got this award from maiylah, thanks sis *hugs* I appreciate it.

I’d like to share it to all the blogger friends I tagged and also to Dhadha and Denzyl.You guys were totally awesome!  ;)                                                             

nona @ 3:37 am
Treat a Trek!
Filed under: Life in China and travel

I’m off again this coming sunday, *excited me* our company will be having another spring day out at Luoshan forest park, most of the people here look forward in going out after the dreary winter. So I must take this opportunity, I love travelling and visiting new places specially if it’s a nature’s trip.

I took a bunch of pictures during our last mountain trek, here are some selected photos I stitched together… 

                

here, we’re off to go

       

The drive seriously had some cool views, I took pics like crazy :D

Start of the mission..the land looks dry and barren after the winter

It’s moi! Buti na lang nakatalikod, nakita niyo sana how my tongue tipped out while climbing up *hingal*

It’s moi again, I looked like “intsik na nalugi” it’s the first time I got sweat for the last 6 months

This is the view from the top….

A nice view of other mountain….

ooo…pretty mountain! We saw some hikers too…get that magnifying eyes of yours to see…

At last, we’re back to our assembly point, we made it! *that handsome boy (of course I’m a mom hehe) beside me is my son Ken* on his right, my hubby…* still in shock? lol 

Say cheese….*we’re not complete here* I guess others were busy stretching and repairing their dislocated bones hehe…

in front, that’s our assistant secretary Xumei she’s a funny girl her english name is Betty, she’s very eager to lose that unwanted pounds, she confessed hehe… 

 

Everybody seems not that wasted…

….because we know something more interesting was waiting for us…yum!

Betty screamed…”welcome back pounds”!

We took a short rest in this seaside to refresh, before we finally head back home.

Till my next escapade ;)

Thanks for your time, ciao!

nona @ 4:27 am
What’s in store?
Filed under: anything goes

Hello people, hello blogworld!

I had a long weekend because of “pure brightness” festival here, it was a three day holiday. I haven’t done my usual bloghopping and sorry for that…you know why?

Our department had organized a mountaineering activity last saturday in Ai mountain and I was so dead tired yesterday, my legs are screaming in pain but I’ve no misgiving , it was fun and we really enjoyed the actions. I brought along my kiddos and hubby (belonged from other dept.) joined our trip too.

I’ll post some pictures on my next line, for now…here’s for you!

Goodbye winter, hello spring!

Finally, it’s spring time here and the weather is fine at 6 degrees C

Flowers flowers everywhere! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Happy Monday everyone :)

 

nona @ 6:43 am
Baby talk
Filed under: Babies

Hi, eooo…my name is King James. I’m six months old. Why King James? Because my dad is a BIG fan of Lebron James, the NBA basketball player from Cleveland Cavaliers team. But ah uhh..hindi ko siya kamukha, in fairness I’m good looking ten times than him wehehe! I’m Mommy nona’s nephew. Wala po siyang maisip na ipost and she thinks I am the best subject for her blog today. Do you think so?

 

 

 

Please add her new site too…

uhummm….*yawn* ginawa pa akong plugin. Can I have my milk now?

 

nona @ 2:21 pm
Charlie, the chatterbox
Filed under: Pets

I had posted this Charlie’s picture before , and maybe some of my old blogger friends still remember him.

Hubby just came back from Philippines, he broke the news that our poor little charlie had died :(

Our helper gave him (charlie) table food instead of his usual dog food. Pasaway! :(   

Charlie was with us for almost 8 years, hindi pa siya marunong tumayo at magsalita when we bought him from pet’s shop…sinusubuan ko pa siyang kumain noon.

I’ll be missing this litte creature, wala nang magsisigaw kapag dadating na ang truck na kumukuha ng basura, wala nang magsisigaw ng isda and banana cue, diyaryo etc. Everytime he saw me he would say…”wow, wawawaw!” at ako lang ang puwedeng humawak sa kanya na hindi niya tinutuka, he’s fond of greeting everyone “hellO”. Kakaiba siya kasi minsan ko na ring siyang pinalaya by opening his cage, lumabas nga siya pero andun lang sa garahe then when we came back home that night he’s still there. Baka makain lang siya ng pusa so I decided to put him back in his cage. 

He’s a typical madaldal and nakakatuwa, he respond kapag may sinasabi ka sa kanya…para siyang tao.

No big deal? It’s just a bird but Charlie has became a member of my family and he gave us joy once in his bird’s life.

Goodbye, chatterbox

nona @ 3:26 am
I…nothing but I’s
Filed under: blah blah and Tag

 Here’s a tag from sashe…sis, sowee…now ko lang naalala hehe. The letter I, Q’s

I AM… always concious of how blessed I am…
I WANT… to live longer for my children.
I HAVE… learned not to feel under pressure to make things perfect, realizing that many things is beyond my control.
I WISH… Philippines would be a crime free country.
I HATE… people who took advantage of other people’s weaknesses.
I FEAR… of lightning! When I was a 8yr old. our neighbor  was struck by a lightning while fixing their gutter  :(   it was a traumatic scene
I SEARCH… nothing, hmm…none at the moment.

I WONDER… why people had to kill other people…
I REGRET… something. I’m still thinking about it. I’ll post it one day…
I LOVE… my family….
I ALWAYS… try to focus on the good stuff…when I replay memories in my mind.
I AM NOT… good at compromising about what I believe in.
I DANCE… to the beat of Shakira’s whenever wherever and La Tortura..can’t help it lol! Le do le le…le do le lele le…yay! pigilan niyo ako!  :D
I SING… whenever I feel the blues started to creep in.
I CRY… a lot. Iyakin ako….
I WRITE… when I hate someone, I pour out my anger through writing so that I cannot say hurting words towards him/her.Mahirap kasi makapagbitaw ng masakit na salita, once na nasabi mo na hindi mo na pwedeng bawiin pa, bawiin mo man…wala na, nasaktan mo na siya. At least sa sulat murahin ko man siya ‘di niya marinig. After that? I’m relieved. haaaa….
I WON… a 3rd place in a miniature modelling exhibit for my hotel and beach resort entry when I was in college.
I AM CONFUSED… which comes  first, the egg or the chicken!  Harhar (^;^)
I NEED… to clean up my children’s room, they’re coming on Sunday for school holiday, wuho!
I SHOULD… update more often?  lol!

THE LAST THOUGHT YOU GO TO SLEEP WITH IS… Did I locked all the door?
 

Tomorrow March 27  is my Tatay’s 88th birthday…my tribute post here 

please add my new site , thank you!   :)

nona @ 6:49 am
Reminiscing….
Filed under: friendship and In blogging

Wow, I never realize that I’m blogging for two (2) years now! Paano nga ba ako nag-umpisa? It’s like this…I was curious about KC concepcion’s blog , she posted her acquiantance with father (a former actor Gabby C.) and it was sensationalized by the media. Since then, I came..I saw..I blogged!

First I created my own site at blogger, the first two blogfriends I met was sis monica and mam tekla (she used to call me ninang here in blogworld :)  )…’til I met a lot of bloggers *many to mention* para kaming isang circle of friends noon, nakakamiss din..coz  some of them had stopped blogging or just maintained their multiply and friendster account, others were on a long hiatus, some were busy monetizing and few I couldn’t take a visit ‘coz of a strict browser here, and maybe siguro they’re tampo na rin *woot* . and ‘yung iba we still get connected with each other up to this time.

I created another two, my art site and my wordpress  it’s still up but unfortunately I couldn’t stopover and update  kasi naka-block dito ang blogger, wordpress and etc.  

Then I was adopted by mamakoni here in akoni.info :)

EYEBALL?

Yup, Sasha was my first moment of truth lol! Before that, we already became friends through constant comments, tagging..and texting. We’ve met  here  in tiendesitas, we had lunch together…umaatikabong kwentuhan na animo’y matagal na kaming nagkikita..it was good, no dull moment as in! Our first is not the last kasi nasundan pa ng maraming beses until we had our regular ‘girltalk’ as we called it, basta maisipan namin…be it in eastwood, megamall, padis point, grilla and saan pa ba sis? haha *miss ko naaa* she’s also the first blogger friend who came to my house.

At first I have qualms o