2009-08-27 PMS Anniversary

Busog na busog ako :) Our company celebrated its anniversary today
and we had free lunch, then free snacks at the Palace by 2pm, free
merienda at the Penthouse by 4pm and free dinner just after 6pm.

blood donation

I'm sad that I wasn't able to donate blood to Philippine National Red
Cross today.

I was disqualified, and so were most of us in the office, because our
flu vaccine was last Aug. 3 only.

Add to this that I just had an operation last April and a myoma :(
The doctor said that a year after an operation has to pass before one
could donate blood in order for the effects of anesthesia and other
medicines to subside and the open wound to be clear of whatever :)

Too bad for my good intentions :( I don't think that there are many
type ABs here.

blood donation

I'm sad that I wasn't able to donate blood to Philippine National Red
Cross today.
I was disqualified, and so were most of us in the office, because our
flu vaccine was last Aug. 3 only.
Add to this that I just had an operation last April and a myoma :(
The doctor said that a year after an operation has to pass before one
could donate blood in order for the effects of anesthesia and other
medicines to subside and the open wound to be clear of whatever :)
Too bad for my good intentions :(
I don't think that there are many type Abs here.

Hersheys

Thanks to my sweet tooth, chocolate companies are making profits :)
The thing is that I buy in bulks most of the time.

I didn't have any intention to buy any chocolate tonight. But since I
was already in the supermarket, I bought all these. My supermarket
complex attacked again :)

Unfortunately, I forgot to buy sweeteners for coffee. I haven't taken
any coffee since Thursday so the sweetener escaped my mind.

Bread Talk

I don't want to shop anymore this month but I need a new blazer for
our company's anniversary celebration.  So this Saturday, I wore out
my family, walking in and out of shops in Makati, looking for an
inexpensive blazer.  It seems everything costs thousands.  But my
perseverance paid off and I found one.

Unfortunately, we passed by Bread Talk.  In the absence of my favorite
Double Trouble, I bought Kick Kick.  But I couldn't help myself and
also bought the following products.

Whatever I managed to save from the blazer went to Bread Talk alone.

I told my mother afterwards, I will not buy these types of bread
again...that is, if I can prevent myself.  I spent hundreds only last
Sunday at French Baker, and a few days before that, at Manila
Pavilion's Patisserie.  And I could go on and on.

sayong
08-23-09  2:55am

buying spree

After today's 3-day sale in SM Sta. Mesa, I will try to refrain from
shopping...at least until next month :)

Yesterday was literally window-shop/shop 'til you drop. My mother and
I left home at 2pm and we couldn't walk anymore so we left just before
11pm and decided to just come again.

Today, we left for SM before 6pm, so we only had 4 hours to look
around and shop. We immediately proceeded to Rusty Lopez and I was
disappointed that the shoes I wanted to buy for my nephew yesterday
had all been sold. I wasn't sure of his shoe size so I didn't buy
then. Anyway, after more than 3 hours of looking around, we went back
to Rusty Lopez and my nephew settled for another style.

I ended up buying the same style for myself for work. This is on top
of the two shoes (loafers and slip-ons) I bought yesterday and a Tribu
slipper from Toby's. Again, this is on top of the slippers I bought
in SM Manila last August 8 while my sister was looking around for
shoes on sale and the two shoes I bought last July 31. Granted that I
bought all of these at discounted prices, 5 shoes and 2 slippers in
just two weeks is a record for me. I remember that our priest once
told us to donate extra shoes.

Anyway, I also bought myself two shoulder bags yesterday and this is
on top of the two bags I bought last July 28 and 29.

A friend once called this buying spree as my supermarket complex.

sayong
08-16-09

Singapore Food

A friend's comment on the pictures I posted in Facebook about
Patisserie in Manila Pavilion reminded me of Singapore.

During a trip in Singapore with my mother in 2006, I loved a dessert
called Ice Kachang. I even had it for lunch and dinner the same day :)
Aside from the food in our hotel, my mother and I ate only varieties
of fried rice (yang chow) at Western Food, wherever we were.

I wish that I had known food photography then so people will get a
better idea of how delicious these foods were.

sayong
08-16-09  11:25pm

Patisserie

After getting the depressing result of my ultrasound yesterday, I
could only think of one thing to lift my spirits – sweets. So from
Manila Doctors Hospital, I went to buy some at the nearby Patisserie,
inside Manila Pavilion Hotel.

post-operation ultrasound

The result of my ultrasound today saddens me...

The Half-Blood Prince

I finally saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tonight.
I'm quite disappointed not to see some of my favorite scenes in the
book like The Other Minister and The White Tomb.
I don't understand some additional scenes, not in the book, such as
why the Weasleys' house was burned.
I love the depiction of Weasleys' Wizard Whizzes but I might have
missed the funny U-No-Poo poster or it just wasn't there.

sayong
08-10-09

harried day

It's a harried day. I didn't even have time to see if Harry Potter's
still showing :)

I've been running almost the whole day, I'm having leg cramps now.

I hurriedly left the office this Saturday morning to catch my doctor
in Delos Santos Hospital. I almost forgot that I need to get her
referral for an ultrasound. I planned on seeing her last Saturday but
it was raining heavily and former President Aquino died, so I was
glued on TV. Anyway, I ran to get a taxi to ensure that I'd get there
before 12nn, hurriedly took my lunch after seeing her and ran back to
the office. At 7pm, I ran to meet my sister and nephew at SM Manila.
We only had time to eat dinner, shopped for shoes and slippers (sale
at 10-50%, then my mother and I sent them off at Lawton.

But the day has not ended yet for me...

sayong
08-08-09 11:40pm

2009-08-04 inside Manila Cathedral for Tita Cory's Wake

It was 7:20pm when we got inside Manila Cathedral. My officemates and
I thought that when we got inside, we'd just line up to pay our last
respects for Tita Cory and be out again in 15 minutes. But we were
blocked and told that public viewing was on the opposite side. Those
inside had to hear the 8pm mass. We were so near and yet so far from
Tita Cory.

For the meantime, we had to contain our hunger.

Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal officiated the mass.

Ordinary and popular people, young and old, private employees and
public servants, students and working people, or simply, people from
all walks of life mingled in that mass, and in the queues inside and
outside the church.

After the mass, Bayan Ko was sung and people showed the Laban sign.

Kris Aquino-Yap's son Joshua generated people's interest.

Former Secretary Cesar Purisima managed the queue of those who attended mass.

Picture taking was not allowed once you crossed the line going to Tita Cory.

I found it funny that when we got out of the cathedral, some children
were saying congratulations, thank yous and giving out food (siopao,
boiled egg, banana) and water.

On our way out of Intramuros, we saw how long still the queues were.
We passed a long queue from Palacio del Governador going to PLM,
turning at DOLE. We believe that it will go straight ahead and turn
back to Manila Cathedral.

It has been raining hard and I feel so sorry for the children and
senior citizens still lining up to get a last glimpse of Tita Cory.

No wonder that the children giving out food were also saying congratulations.