Charmed Life of a Mrs

We had a very enjoyable day with Hilda and her niece and nephew Andrea and Toti at La Perouse and Brighton Beach today.

It was a great day to hang out at the beach eventhough it was a bit wintry cold. The sun shined brightly the whole day which made us capture great photos, have a small picnic, enjoy the view while having lunch and walk along the shores while sipping our hot chocolate.

Toti and Andrea visiting from Manila

at Botany Bay National Park (La Perouse)

i never saw blue like that

i love the rock formation at La Perouse

photographers at work

picnic time

at the other side of La Perouse

Lunch at Boat Shed

Our view at Boat Shed while having lunch (it was sooo relaxing)

sipping hot chocolate at Brighton Beach

still at Brighton Beach

My FAVORITE PHOTOS OF THE DAY:

A. OUR JUMP SHOTS – we had the funnest times doing our jump shots 🙂

Toti and Andrea

Streetfighter Jumpshot with Hilda (sobrang aliw ako dito sa shot na ito!)

Andrea, Toti, Hilda and Ivy

grand finale jumpshot

B. SEASCAPE/LANDSCAPE SHOTS

La Perouse

La Perouse

Brighton Beach

C. BIRD PHOTO

Black Bird at La Perouse

I fell inlove with La Perouse today—it was just sooo beautiful there. I really really love it. It has now become one of my favorite places in Australia. 🙂

all i want is to hold you forever…all i need is you more everyday…you saved my heart from being broken apart…you gave your love away…and i’m thankful everyday for the gift. (Jim Brickman)

happy sweet 16th monthsary, baby!
and i just want to let you know that i love love love being married to you 🙂

I got out of the office early today because the husband went to the City to have meryienda (afternoon tea) with me. We met up at World Square and hang out at one of my most visited cafe called “Cafe Caliniere”. The entrance to this cafe amuses me coz they have this big coffee cup that welcomes you.

Cafe Caliniere’s Giant Coffee Cup

We just had a quiet hour of sipping our cafe mochas and eating potato wedges while engaged in enjoyable conversation. A nice way of ending a busy day at work and a simple way of celebrating a tiny milestone in our married life: our 16th.

We had an accidental date at Blue Mountains last Saturday (17 May 2008). We were supposed to meet up with some friends but due to some unforseen circumstances, our Blue Mountains trip became a date for me and Chris.

We took the bus going to Katoomba and when we reached the area, we just walked towards Echo Point for about 40 minutes. It was tiring and our legs hurt but we had fun having mini stops on the way whenever we see something interesting to photograph.

When we reached Echo Point, this was the sight that welcomed us…

It’s soooo amazingly beautiful…when you see something like this, mapapa-wow ka talaga.

We spent the morning hanging out at Echo Point just breathing in all the scenery around us. It was very very windy–it was soooo cold but that didn’t stop us from taking photographs and making fun of ourselves.

L: Chris making fun of himself; R: After lunch, sinisipon na dahil sa sobrang lamig

L: at the Cliff Walk; R: Surrounded by dried leaves–I love Autumn!!!

We had an all-Aussie lunch at World Heritage Centre: Rump Steak and Fish n’ Chips

After lunch, we explored the place some more but at around 2:00PM, the wind grew stronger and dark clouds formed on the horizon.

After the above photo was taken, we decided to immediately leave. We were so cold already and I got scared that if we stayed there a bit longer, we’ll both get very sick.

When we arrived back to Blacktown (suburb where we live), I was still very cold so I asked him if we can stop by Starbucks for a hot chocolate (I needed to thaw hehehe).

Ahhh…what a perfect way to end our accidental date.

Anong ligaya ang nadarama,
Pag ika’y kasama na puso ko’y walang pangamba.

Pangako ko pag ibig ko’y iyong iyo,
Saan man makarating ikaw lang ang mamahalin,

Habambuhay, ikaw at ako ang magkasama
Sa hirap at ginhawa.
Habambuhay, sumpa ko’y ikaw lang at walang iba
Pangako ko ito habambuhay.

Mawalay man sa piling ko hindi mag aalala,
Pagka’t pangako mo, Tayo habambuhay…

Habambuhay .. Pangako ko sa’yo..
Habambuhay .. Sa Hirap at ginhawa..
Habambuhay .. Sumpa ko’y ikaw lang..
Habambuhay .. Pangako ko ito..

Habambuhay…
Habambuhay…
Habambuhay… Pangako ko …
Habambuhay… Pangako ikaw lamang ..
Habambuhay.

Habambuhay by Yeng Constantino

Photo: A Kiss by the Jumeirah Beach by Chris Sanchez

Today was a special day.

For the first time in our married life, we were (finally) able to celebrate our wedding monthsary together. No more email, phone call or greeting card…just an all-day-every-chance-we-get way of greeting each other “Happy 15th monthsary!!!” in big big smiles.

Ang sarap sarap sarap ng feeling! Sobrang na-miss namin na mag-celebrate ng monthsaries together. Since Wednesday, we’ve been reminding ourselves “Uy, monthsary na natin sa Sunday” with matching smile and twinkling eyes (sorry cheesy hehehe) pa yan. We were really looking forward to today’s little celebration.

Kaya kaninang umaga, lumarga si Inday at si Dodong hahaha — nataon na Sunday today kaya nagbiruan kami kanina na “day-off” kami :). Joke lang naman yun. Pero parang totoo yung joke kasi Friday night and the whole day of Saturday, most of our time was spent doing household chores like cleaning, groceries, laundering, cooking–we even only went out yesterday afternoon just to attend mass.

We didn’t really do anything special today compared to our previous monthsary celebrations. We actually did the usual stuff we used to do before. I think a part of us just wanted to reminisce of the good “old” days hehehe.

All we did all day was eat, photograph each other while we eat and walk around the mall. Yes, those are the things we usually do when we go out.

We had breakfast at McDo coz we didn’t have time to prepare and eat at home.

Walked around Westfield Parramatta coz it was Chris’ first time to go there.

Then we had lunch at Oscars Cafe where we had pizza and squid salad. The food took awhile to arrive and as always, we photographed each other to pass the time.

When the food arrived, we totally forgot to take a photo of our food 🙁 –i guess we were hungry after all.

After lunch we went straight to Max Brenner to have dessert where we shared a Belgian Waffle covered in chocolate. Chris had Mocha Chocolate in a HugMug and I had Peppermint Tea. Aliw ang mga glasses na ginagamit nila sa Max Brenner! 🙂

I was so full from all the food we ate all day. But more than anything, my heart was overflowing with happiness today knowing I’m soooo

by my husband who cares enough to celebrate our monthsaries even if we’re already married.

Our short but sweet stopover in Singapore before landing down under

Esplanade Theatres on the Bay

The Merlion

Singapore memories in a nutshell:

the heat (it’s sooo hot here) esplanade theatres on the bay the merlion sentosa underwater world siloso beach dolphin watching gatecrashing swissotel’s equinox restaurant for some skyline night shots orchard road shopping chinatown walk lau pa sat dinner with ivy catching the mrt reunion with issa marina bay

Tomorrow we’re off to the last leg of our trip –home 🙂