If There's a Will ...

... There's a way. And that's what describes this plant I saw at home. Among the potted pink and red Euphorbias at home, a plant grew out of a pot's drain hole.

When it was small, I thought it was a weed of some sort. Until one day it sprouted a nice yellow flower and really coming out on its own.





Grilling Fish

I think I'm getting into this grilling thing. Today I put tilapia (stuffed with onions and wrapped in foil) and hotdogs on the grill.

Even with a strong fire, the tilapias don't get burned much coz of the foil. They tasted really good. And its really fun grilling stuff under the mango tree with the cool breeze chatting away with DH.

Shy Birds

Today we went over at Tony Lim's. Dada and Renz went with us. That's our first stop on the way to Sony Service Center at Alabang to have the Digicam fixed (again!) for free coz it's still under warranty.

Tony gave us a pair of Lovebirds (Parakeets). The blue is a female and the yellow with pink eye is a male. He shared with us his passion for his hobby with so many stories.

We put the birds inside a big cage (big enough to house a monkey!). And I even fashioned a carton box for a bird house. But somehow the two just didn't seem to click with one another (hindi nagiimikan). What's up with that?

Che's J-S Prom as a Junior

After some last minute preparations (hunting for a gown to use), it's finally Che's prom night. I quickly sneaked out of the office around 4:30pm. JP was having the birthday bash at MOA (more rounds of "buling-lingan" or bowling) and I've already excused myself from that.

We reached Bellevue Hotel at around 5:40pm. Gemma and her mom went with us. We skipped the "retouch" appointment with the parlor coz the girls looked fine already. As I did in the service awards night, we parked at the basement and then proceeded to the lobby.

Body Pains all Over

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It's been 3 days since our swimming last Sunday but I still feel like my bod has been hit by a truck! There's so much soreness EVERYWHERE.

Must be the my poor old aging body unable to recover as quickly as before. Well, in fairness, I've been out of the pool for almost 3 weeks already.

And last Sunday was so enjoyable that I gave demos of my graceful Butterfly stroke here and there, every now and then. It was DH and the kids' first time to see it.

First Experience at Blumen Resort

Although it rained very hard this morning, nothing was gonna stop us from going to Blumen resort at Paliparan crossing and GMA Cavite.

I first heard about this resort from Prince when he was scouting for an alternative to our pool that closed down. For a moment, I thought we would have overcast skies all day.

But when DH came (she went to work early) at 10:30am, the sun was out. I even had to recreate my map using the trusty Wikimapia.

Got a New "Work-Related" Book

It's been quite a long long time eversince I bought a "work-related" book. Most books that I've bought pertained to swimming or some other hobby I have.

Because why buy when so many articles are out there at the internet, right? But today I bought a book I've seen sometime ago at Booksale.

The title of the book is "Results Without Authority" and written by Tom Kendrick. It's got the subtitle "Controlling a Project when the Team doesn't Report to You" - and that particularly piqued my interest.