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My New Year Song

9 January 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 3 Comments Category: Charmed Life of a Mrs, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Life

A part of me is still celebrating the New Year so let me share with you my New Year song.

“This Year” is from the soundtrack of the movie “Serendipity” which is one of my favorite movies. The movie’s OST is also one of my favorite OSTs. A romantic movie with a good story and really great selection of songs.

For a long time now, “This Year” has been one of those songs that makes me feel better whenever I’m feeling a little low. I listen to it not only during the start of the year but even in times when I need a little cheering up or when I’m having a bad day. The song’s message has been a source of positivity and hope for me. This song always reminds me to enjoy the moment even if I may have challenging situations throughout the year.

THIS YEAR
by Chantal Kreviazuk

This year, is gonna be incredible
This year, is gonna be the one
All the planets are lining up for me
This year, I’m gonna have fun

This year, I’ll paint my masterpiece
This year, I’ll be recognized
I can feel like I’ll fall in love for real
This year, this year

January, I’ll learn to fly
February, love’s gonna find me
March, April, May, I’ll get carried away
Oh, oh…

This year, I’ll reach the pinnacle
This year, I’ll get to the top
People will ask where she get that energy
This year, I’m never gonna stop

January, I’ll learn to fly
February, love’s gonna find me
March, April, May, I’ll get carried away
Oh, oh, oh, oh…

This year, is gonna be incredible

This year, is gonna be the one

All the planets are lining up for me

This year, I’m gonna have fun I’m gonna have fun

Just watch me now
This year
This year
This year

Do you have a New Year song?

Smileys That Make Me Smile

30 November 2010 Ibyang Sanchez 4 Comments Category: Everyday Life

Lift your head, baby, don’t be scared
Of the things that could go wrong along the way
You’ll get by with a smile
You can’t win at everything but you can try.

Baby, you don’t have to worry
‘Coz there ain’t no need to hurry
No one ever said that there’s an easy way
When they’re closing all their doors

And they don’t want you anymore
This sounds funny but I’ll say it anyway.

Girl I’ll stay through the bad times
Even if I have to fetch you everyday
I’ll get by if you smile
You can never be too happy in this life.

In a world where everybody
Hates a happy ending story
It’s a wonder love can make the world go round
And don’t let it bring you down
And turn your face into a frown
You’ll get along with a little prayer and a song.

(Too doo doo…)
Let me hear you sing it
(Too doo doo…)

In a world where everybody
Hates a happy ending story
It’s a wonder love can make the world go round
But don’t let it bring you down
And turn your face into a frown
You’ll get along with a little prayer and a song.

Lift your head, baby, don’t be scared
Of the things that could go wrong along the way
You’ll get by with a smile
Now it’s time to kiss away those tears goodbye

(Too doo doo…)
Let me hear you sing it

(Too doo doo)

song by Eraserheads

-Should a dive steam in the unlucky volunteer? –

I Dream of Gardens and Coffee

21 November 2010 Ibyang Sanchez 0 Comments Category: Everyday Life, Great Finds for the Home

There are three things I want for our dream house to have: (1) a large kitchen, (2) a garden with lots of commercial planters where I can have coffee with the Husband and (3) a red sofa where I can lie down and read my books. I always mention those three things to my Husband and I know one day we will make our dream house come true.

I’m not sure if I have a green thumb, but I sure hope that with the help of outdoor commercial planters available these days, our dream garden will look amazing!

It would be lovely to have a commercial planter such as this…

Or maybe some large commercial planters such as these…

Nowadays, there’s so much options on how to beautify the garden of our dreams. With the right planning, finding the right resources and of course, help from the Husband, one day soon we will have our dream garden where we can relax and have coffee.

On Selecting A Car Insurance

17 November 2010 Ibyang Sanchez 0 Comments Category: Everyday Life

It’s always exciting to have a new car, isn’t it? I remember my Husband and I buying our first car (our first major investment too!) almost two years ago and we were like kids all happy and anxious to pick up the newest member of our household from the dealer. Since it was our first time in acquiring a car and even if we’ve done a bit of research online and asked friends about their experiences, we had a vague idea on the nitty-gritty of having a car such as maintenance and car insurance. Thankfully, the staff from where we bought our car were very helpful and patiently answered all our questions.

One of the things we really thought about before we bought a car was the insurance we will be availing. We studied and compared several car insurance companies in order to get the most practical policy for us.

This afternoon, I discovered iSelect‘s way of helping car owners to decide on the best car insurance for them. All you need to do is go to their site, fill in the required details and the comparison engine will give you some options for your car insurance. I tried it and it gave me reasonable results. The process took only a few minutes.

At this time of the year, car insurance are one of the things we think about as we will again renew our policy early next year.

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Stationery on Sale at Borders

19 October 2010 Ibyang Sanchez 7 Comments Category: Everyday Life

Saturday coffee date with the Husband was spent at Borders. Borders is my favorite bookstore here. We hung out at the Parramatta branch because that’s where I watched “Eat Pray Love” with my girl friends (more on that later).

On Level 2, the CDs, DVDs, stationery and Gloria Jean’s Coffees can be found. The Husband wanted to look for some DVDs so we went upstairs.

Then I noticed this sign…

Borders has cute items from Paperchase like magazine bags, cards, gift wrapping paper, notebooks, travel paraphernalia and other stuff for the young and young at heart.

I’ve been lusting over their mag bags for sometime now but have never bought one. When I saw that some of the mag bags were on sale, I took a few designs I liked. I only needed one but oh how I wanted to buy all these…

Took me ages to choose. Even had to ask the Husband take a photo of me with one of the bags. I wanted to know how it looked in photos haha. I know, vain! I initially chose this aqua mag bag.

But I went around some more and found a more neutral design. So I bought this one instead also because the cloth of the bag is of much better quality.

I went around some more and found some cool travel bag tags. Just what we need! The Husband picked the gray ones while I picked the black ones with flowers and cartoonish design.

If ever you’re near a Borders bookstore, it’s worth checking out if their stationery section is currently running a sale. You’ll really find a lot of cool stuff that you can buy for yourself or you can buy in preparation for the Christmas season.