Today is Wife Appreciation Day!!!
So Husbands, make sure you do something EXTRA nice for the Wifey today.
Wifeys, enjoy your day!
Thanks Toni for the lead!
Charmed Life of a Mrs
Went back to the optometrist this afternoon because my new pair of glasses is just not right. Now I know how it feels to be a macro lens or have eyes that see macro only…seriously I do.
Ganito yan. I got my new pair last Wednesday. When I tried it on inside the store, they let me read this brochure, it was okay. I put back the glasses inside my bag and when I went out, I told the Husband, “Maybe I should try this on while walking.” And when I did, I knew there was something wrong. Parang macro lens ang paningin ko! I was looking at Husband and the scenery behind was so blurred. 50mm is that you????
I wore it at work the whole day yesterday thinking that my eyes just needs getting used to the glasses. It didn’t work. I really can’t bear it.
So I went back today and confirmed what the optometrist had done. He made me a pair of reading glasses only—not an all around glasses. I can use it only for reading which I don’t want because my work entails movement, I just don’t stay in my desk for hours. I need normal glasses, one that can help me read and move without getting it off my face. Naloka ako! So he’ll change it and I’ll get my new pair next week.
Finally got my haircut today after three months (my rule is to have a haircut every 2 months but I’m too busy since August) and for a change, my stylist gave me full bangs!!!! I’ve never worn full bangs since what? uhmmm…five years old???
Just when I was about to tell my stylist “No, hindi bagay ang full bangs sa akin!!!” it was too late, ginupit na lang niya ang hair ko sa harap! My stylist told me, “Just try wearing this hair for once, kaya mo yan.”
Okay, good luck to me coz tomorrow is show time.
Sometimes you just have those mornings that are extraordinary…
Taken yesterday at Featherdale Wildlife Park, where I took Husband for his birthday. I took him there so he can experience feeding Kangaroos and to see Koalas (his first time!).
More kwentos and photos of the Husband’s birthday celebrations…he still has one more (post bday party) this coming Saturday ;). From the bottom of Chris’ heart, he sends his BIG thank you’s to all who greeted him. At bilang munting maybahay niya, maraming maraming salamat sa lahat ng nakaalala. Yun lang pow sa ngayon. Busy-busyhan muna ulit. Catch yah all later! 
I was tagged by Gneth to answer 10 random facts about me and since I’ve done several of this kind of tags already (all you have to do is click on one of my tags called ibyang memes and you’ll find it all there) but I always try to find a way to be creative in giving random facts about me, this time, I will focus on my love for reading books.
Let me also take this opportunity to answer Dave’s question on how I choose a book I plan to read next.
Fact #1
These are the books I have right now within my reach. It so happened that I did my forthnightly sorting-of-stuff-inside-our-room today and made an inventory of all the books lying around our room. The books include:
a. Modern Asian Living – the book that validated the design I want for our future home, this was also my first book on interior design.
b. Photography by Peter Cattrell – given by my husband, my quick reference before I do a shoot or when I’m needing to brush up on photography skills.
c. The Little Prince – one of my favorite books, it was hardbound so I bought it.
d. The Starbucks Experience – supplies me with Marketing and Customer Service ideas.
e. Pugad Baboy 18 and 19 – helps to uplift me when I’m in need of entertainment and humour.
f. We Are All Welcome Here – about a Mom-Daughter relationship.
g. Recipes for a Perfect Marriage – just one of those books on marriage, very funny and had a lot of insights.
h. Love In A Time of Cholera – they say this is one of the best love stories ever written.
i. Brida – I always seem to have one Paulo Coelho book within my reach all the time.
j. Wicked – the latest book I bought and is now the book I read before going to bed.
k. Book of Affirmations and It’s Never Too Late – two books I that inspire me and help with the upkeep of my positive outlook in life.
Fact #2:
Those are just the books within my reach, I still have lots! Most of them are now in storage boxes waiting for a new home. Husband and I are currently looking for a new place to stay and most of our things are now in boxes, ready for transport. I’m also limiting my book acquisition at the moment because I don’t want to do more packing than I should.
Fact #3:
My dream is to have a library inside the house or at least a study room that will house all my books—lots of it–arranged by author’s surname! hehe.
Fact #4:
I read two to three books simultaneously sometimes. May pang-morning train, afternoon train and another one before I retire at night.
Fact #5:
I also read magazines but only because I want entertaining or I just need to be updated with medical breakthroughs, health issues or what’s new in fashion, etc. But I seldom buy them…I just borrow from workmates or sometimes friends give them.
Fact #6:
I haven’t read or finished reading all the books I bought…like two of the books in the photo above: Love in the Time of Cholera and We Are All Welcome Here. I’m finding them boring and both stories are slow for me, but I’d still finish them later.
Fact #7:
My favorite bookstores in the Phils would be: Powerbooks and National Bookstore.
My favorite bookstores in Australia would be: Borders and Kinokuniya.
Fact #8:
On how I choose my next book to read:
a. I don’t judge the book by its cover BUT I sometimes judge the book by its first page: if I find what I’m looking for in the first page, I’d buy it! What do I look for in the first page??? The way an author makes an impact on the first parts of his/her story—I look for IMPACT, if it will make me think or feel something when I read the first page, then it must be good.
b. I crave for books the way I crave for food. With food, you sometimes crave for sweet or sour…with books, it’s the same for me. There are days when I crave for humour, inspiration, marketing strategies, a love story, on marriage, etc. When I enter a bookshop, I sometimes have a feel of what I want and I follow my craving.
c. There are times that I enter a bookshop and have no idea on what book I want. I just let my feet lead the way when that happens.
d. I get recommendations from friends and the net.
Fact #9:
Some of my favorite authors include: Paulo Coelho, Elizabeth Gilbert, Victoria Morgan, Anne Rice, Marg Stark, Audrey Niffenegger and John Grisham.
Fact #10:
If you were to ask what my top 5 books are, these would be it:
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
4. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
5. What No One Tells The Bride by Marg Stark (I’ve written something about it here)
Husband and Wifey waiting for their train ride.
Wifey suddenly stands infront of Husband and playfully pinched his cheeks while whispering sweet nothings.
An Old Man comes to them says “Cute, very cute. He’s such a lucky man.”
Husband and Wifey sheepishly smiles, a bit embarrassed to get an old man’s attention.
The Old Man made small talk for a bit, then left and said “Go on, pamper him always.”
The Husband and Wifey laughed and thanked the Old Man…believing an Angel has touched them.
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Based on a true story .
After a while we run under a tree
I turn to her and she kisses me
There with the beat of the rain on the leaves
Softly she breathes and I close my eyes
Sharing our love under stormy skies
Oohh, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oohh, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine
Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka