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Charmed Life of a Mrs

Everything May Change But True Friendships Last

One happy Friday night with my girls Hilda, Ara and Chloe as we met up after work for coffee and dinner.


One realization that night: my, how we have grown!!!!

Used to be that we talk of boyfriends, past relationships, work, fashion and any other thing that single ladies talk under the sun.

Nowadays, we have moved on to talking of our love for our partners in life, managing a home, sharing recipes, insurances, travels & get togethers that involves family and sometimes, we even talk about our health and appointments with doctors.

Yes, we are getting old (hehe). But it’s amazing that we’ve been in a journey together for a long time now…as friends and as sisters. And it’s awesome to look back that during our younger days, we were there for each other…and now with the many changes in our lives, we are together still.

In a woman’s life, a lot of things may change—careers, dreams and even one’s partner/husband (yes, pwedeng mapalitan ang asawa hehe)…but it’s very possible that TRUE FRIENDS will remain constant.

For more photos of our dinner and coffee date, click here.

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31st Monthsary Breakfast at Cascade Cafe

Since the Husband started work last year, it was very seldom that we have breakfast dates as we both like arriving to work early so we can also go home early.

Last week, I attended training for two days in the City which fortunately coincided with our 31st monthsary on Thursday (20 August). So we grabbed the chance to have a breakfast date as a way of celebrating our special day of the month.

I initially thought we would just have coffee at Starbucks but the Husband took me to Cascade Cafe which is just located in the train station where he gets on and off. Nothing really spectacular about the Cafe, the only special thing about it is that it has this faux waterfalls.

I find it relaxing just hearing the sound of free-flowing water even if I know I’m in the CBD. I think I found another place where I can have my “Me” time.

Now, for the food….the Husband had a latte.

While I had a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice. I love it!!! The price of the OJ, on the other, made me cringe–it was AUD$5.80. Really expensive but worth it. If ever you visit Sydney, you should never leave without having a taste of our freshly-squeezed OJ.

Main event. We shared a plate of their Big Breakfast. It had 1 big sausage (sliced in half), mushrooms, bacon, 2 eggs, big tomatoes, 2 toasts and chips.

With that serving, even if we already shared, it was difficult to finish it all off and we were both so full afterwards.

Cascade Cafe is located at 15-16 Town Hall Square, Sydney.

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My Photo Featured in Erick Guerrero’s Site

Check out Erick Guerrero’s new website.

http://www.erickguerrero.com

Erick, a Filipino Photographer based in Sydney, does Portrait, Weddings, Prenups, Still Life, Food and Events Photography. He’s a professional and a joy to work with. Check out his site to find more about him and his work.

The best surprise of the day was seeing my photograph featured in his site (salamat Erick!).

Grabbed the real photo from his site…

Aliw!

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My Top 3s This Weekend

3 Things My Girlfriends and I did on Friday night:

  1. Visited the Swarovski store
  2. Coffee at Starbucks (I had hot chocolate and a vanilla cupcake courtesy of Hilda)
  3. Dinner at Pepper Lunch

Lovely time with my girlfriends Hilda, Ara and Chloe. It’s been awhile since we’ve had dinner and as always, it was nice to catch up and plan of more get-togethers in the future.

3 Rewards I Gave Myself:

  1. A haircut
  2. A pair of black jeans
  3. A cute little red bag

I broke my own rule on Saturday when Husband and I went to the shops. Before going in, we both agree that we will only window shop–no buying. But I found these pair of black jeans at 70% off and this cute bag at 50%.

3 Afternoon Snacks My Husband and I Indulged In:

  1. Turon
  2. Karioca
  3. Corn…as in Nilagang Mais

We bought Turon and Karioca at the Filo store priced at AUD$1.50/piece (mahal!!! so forget about converting to Peso hehe) and ate them on Saturday afternoon. We bought raw corn and cooked them for our Sunday afternoon tea.

3 New Dishes I Cooked:

  1. Salmon Steak
  2. Honey Soy Chicken
  3. Buttered Prawns in Garlic

3 Networking Sites I will Regularly be Visible In:

  1. Multiply
  2. Plurk
  3. Twitter

Multiply will always be home and Plurk is a fun environment, then I finally learned to love the simplicity of Twitter. I’ve decided to only visit Facebook once in awhile as FB is becoming “too noisy” for me–so many applications and games I’m really not interested in. Stressful to the eye.

3 Silly Things My Husband and I Did:

  1. After we accomplished a certain goal we had for the past month on Saturday morning, we suddenly sang “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands..*clap clap*” like two foolish kids.
  2. We jumped on top of our bed on Saturday night like two kids on a slumber party.
  3. Danced inside the house to our favorite songs intermittently. Dunno why but dancing inside the house is becoming a habit—a very funny habit hehe.

3 Great Lessons Learned:

A recent happening in my life has once again revealed that life is indeed short. And so with this premise, I have learned that:

  1. As long as I write in good faith, nothing or no one should stop me from writing about things I do, love and care about or restrain myself from sharing my thoughts.
  2. As long as my conscience is clear, I don’t want to care about what other people think. If people will react negatively to what I do or write and they don’t have the guts to tell me upfront, then they can all go to hell.
  3. Life is all about having fun…so I’m going to have fun.

This is the beauty of hanging out with girlfriends. We get to talk of things and they give me advices that make sense, one of which is a validation that I’m doing some things right.

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The Husband is Out Tonight So I’m Having Some “ME” Time

The Husband is dining out tonight with friends at work and so I have our home all to myself tonight (or at least til he arrives home). Since I didn’t have any gimik of my own, I decided to just chill at home with Chinese take-away dinner and watch an episode or two of Lovers in Paris (I suddenly missed watching Koreanovela).

I love it when the Husband goes out with friends once in a while. He’d usually invite me to come but more often than not, I’d decline. I respect his time with his friends the way he respects my time with mine, so no problem at all. We believe that hanging out with friends separately is one of the things that make our relationship healthy and an exercise in giving each other some space even if we’re already married.

Sometimes when he’d say he’s going out with friends, I’d cheerfully say, “Really? Weeeee, I’ll have the house to myself while you’re gone!” And we’d just tease each other to death. The best part is when we’d have to say goodbye and I’d wish him “Enjoy, baby!!!”, and he’ll reply, “You too, babe.”

Oh I definitely will.

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