My parents received their Christmas gifts from us last week and according to them, they love love love their new Pulsar watches πŸ™‚

Last Sunday, I got my Christmas present from them…which i love too πŸ™‚

Click here if you want to know more about this phone: Motorola RAZR2 V8

To Daddy and Mommy, thanks so much for this wonderful christmas pressie…I love it! But I love you both more. I’m definitely missing you two this Christmas season but don’t worry we’ll be together again soon. Mwah!!!


Baby Back Ribs at Tony Roma’s (Sydney)

Appetizer
What was your first β€œreal” job?
Training Assistant at a Pizza Company

Soup
Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?
In the streets watching people. I’m a psych major so human behavior inspires me.

Salad
Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…
I said something I shouldn’t.

Main Course
What values did your parents instill in you?
The value hardwork and discipline. Without those two, it will be hard for you to achieve your goals in life.

Dessert
Name 3 fads from your teenage years.
1. The bangs!!!!
2. Hip hop baggy jeans
3. Spraynet

Today was a Halo-halo Day! When I say Halo-halo Day, it means my day was a mixture of happy and irritating moments. Sometimes you just have those days that will really piss you off but then you’ll still see the humor in it.

Today I had a very challenging day at work and I barely breathe with all the work being thrown at me. So many participants bugging me, changes changes changes, endless paperworks and a late lunch. Parang nagkaisa yata ang buong universe at napag-desisyunan ng mga alaga ko sa training na “I will bug Avigail regarding my training needs today” at parang lahat sila sabay-sabay. Susme!

BUT after my late lunch, one of our external trainers approached me and formally introduced herself to me and told me this in her Scottish accent:

Hi, you’re Avigail right? I’m Paula, it’s so nice to finally meet you or more like to shake your hand. I’ve heard so much about you , you’ve been an inspiration to the participants.”

And all I had to say to that was “oh thank you!” I was really speechless after hearing all that from her, she’s like one of those trainers here that I really really admire. Coming from her, it was WOW!

Hay naku, ang Training talaga, may pa-konsuelo sa akin πŸ™‚ And I really appreciate it. Although there are a lot of very irritating moments in coordinating participants, I’m still happy I’m able to help them and to hear compliments makes it all worthwhile. Pag ganyan naman eh parang feeling ko eh tumama ako sa Lotto.

After work, a very silly thing happened to me when I tried getting money from the ATM. Guess what????? I forgot my PIN number. I’m so pissed at myself. I tried twice. Ayaw. Pinauna ko muna yung nasa likod ko so I can think. I tried again. Ayaw pa rin. Minumura ko na ang sarili ko. I decided to walk away and call the bank when I get home. On my way to the train station, I miraculously remembered!!!! Ano ba? Manang memory hehehehe.

When I told my tita about what happened she told me “dapat sa lahat ng card mo, isa lang ang PIN Number mo.” Eto naman ang sagot ko, ” Yun nga tita eh, ISA lang ang card ko, isa lang ang bank ko, kung di ba naman may topak ako.” So my tita had to laugh and that made me laugh too. How ridiculous.

So that’s my halo-halo day for you. Good night!

P.S. My husband will laugh really hard when he learns of my ATM fiasco.

This is the season to be jolly, merry and generous…so here’s my first ever Christmas wish list.

At this point, you will discover that I can be very specific with things I want and from whom I will ask what I want. Ganun talaga ako, pati sa needs and wants organized hehehe.

From Myself

Until now, I haven’t decided what I will give myself this Christmas. Since I have travel plans next year, medyo mas kuripot ako ngayong mga panahong ito sa sarili. But if I were to become surprisingly generous to myself, I’d get myself a DSLR camera. But if I’m too coward to buy anything as expensive as that, I’d probably just buy myself a very good bag that I will use for work or travel.

From Chris

  • Resignation from his work in Dubai. This will of course depend on his visa approval which I’m hoping will happen before Christmas.
  • Make an artwork of me. It has been my dream that I’d be drawn by an artist. I told him this is what I want for Christmas but there are no deadlines coz according to him, it will take him months to do this. And the things is, this wish seems to be a challenge coz I told him I want a cartoon-ized me. Gets? I want an Ibyang-inspired cartoon artwork. All the more making it difficult for him.
  • Since we won’t be together for Christmas (again), I just want to receive a greeting card from him.

From My Parents

  • A mobile phone. This is actually a need and not a want. I need a second phone coz when Chris and I move out of my tita’s place, we have to have a phone that my parents can text for only P1.00 (Smart). So the phone I’m using now, will be our Smart phone, while the new one will be my Aussie phone. I specifically told them I want a phone that flips and has a 2megapixels camera. For other specs the phone might have, I don’t really care. Maging simple na sya at lahat basta dapat 2 megapixels ang camera.
  • Commitment to being healthy.

From my relatives and friends here in Sydney–kung trip nyo talaga akong bigyan, you can choose from these:

  • bath towels
  • serving plates or bowls (different colors)
  • cook books
  • DVD: The Lake House (this is tricky–you have to let me know if you got me this at baka maka-limang DVD ako nitong movie na ito hehehe)

From my friends and online buddies abroad, if you ever think of me this Christmas, don’t buy me a Christmas card, instead I encourage you to do any one of these:

  • add P30.00 (if you live in the Phils) or $10.00 (those living abroad) in the Christmas Mass Offertory
  • give a bag of groceries to your parish church or to a less fortunate family in your neighborhood
  • sort out your closet and gather up the clothes and shoes you don’t wear anymore and donate it to an institution or orphanage
  • cook a simple merienda and ask some of the less fortunate kids in your neighborhood to join you.

Should you be able to do any of these or maybe you have another way of showing generosity to other people, I will consider that your gift to me πŸ™‚ and I will be very very happy.

Reasons why we just had to have dinner last night:

1. To celebrate Rache’s birthday (belated happy birthday hane!)

2. To celebrate my recent milestones (permanent job, my soon-to-be reunion with hubby)

3. To eat!!!!

4. To catch up on what’s happening with our lives:

a. Yyoni on pregnancy
b. Rache passing the driving test
c. Michelle and closing chapters
d. Hilda’s upcoming travels to Thailand and Phils
e. Ara and Tom on newlywed anecdotes
f. Dewi’s acting and dancing classes
g. Ibyang on when Chris will arrive in Sydney (welcome party to the max!!!)

5. Because we miss everyone’s company =)

Thanks everyone for coming and for enjoying the night!!!!!
For more photos, please click here: Pancakes at The Rocks.