Raffi Alec's Christening

seriously i'm so sleepy to get back to work now so before this days ends let me blog my Sunday activity (Dec 21),

it was an invite from Albert over lunch in celebration of his son's christening at Max's Las Pinas(btw, Albert is a friend from high school)...met there some of our batchmates and of course his wife Weng, finally!

Raffi Alec's Christening (L-R: Weng, moi, Albert, Mrs. Vicedo, Albert's mom and Henry)

Chocolates, Road Trips, Friends and Festival...all in a day!

everything freshly from our road trip and good finds last saturday...we had a wonderful weekend :)

well, after picking up our boxes of FFG (Food For the Gods) at Pines Brownies last Saturday morning we explore a bit and drive towards Roces Avenue to look for this store that sells Nama chocolates...the place is Heavenly Chocolates, and was so jumpy to get a free taste of this chocolate and probably judge how comparable it is to Royce. should say that this is very very close to Royce Nama Chocolates and a lot more cheaper, a box is sold for P350.00 only.


we brought 4 boxes of Strawberry flavor...btw, they also sell chocolate fondue package ideal for small and potluck parties.


Heavenly Chocolates
#01 Roces Centre, 127 Roces Avenue
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Tel: (63)2 6662208


later that same Saturday afternoon (Dec 20), the whole family except for Tatay travel north for this year's Giant Lantern Festival at Robinsons Starmills San Fernando, Pampanga. the kids were ever excited everytime we travel in group because we get along during the entire travel period, we exchange stories, we share whatever is there to share --it's wholly a famliy bonding!


captured during the Giant Lantern Festival in SF Pampanga...big crowd awaits the opening ceremony and lightning of the lanterns at Robinsons Starmills..


we enjoy this day though we were very tired, hungry and sleepless...


before i forgot, Robinsons Starmills houses to some international brands at great value --Mango Outlet (70%), Bossini, Naturalizer, Florsheim, Topshop and Plain and Prints (50%)

we did not take time to finish the entire program because the kids were getting irritated of the humid weather, decided to leave at around 10:00pm while the lanters were being lighted this time...but before our exit at NLEX, i dropped by Lourdes Heights to see my old friend Arlene (the last time i saw her was more than a decade ago...so finally!),

Arlene and Moi, she was the missing link of LEARA :)


it's Blakdyak! actually, this was at a traffic slam near crossing while we are on our way to exit Manila...Oliver and Blakdyak converse in native dialect (as if they knew each other dearly!)

it's almost christmas! happy holidays to everyone!

partying late at Delifrance!

right after our PMG Sales Salo Salo at Limketkai, our all girls groupie went straight to Theater Mall for our Kris Kringle revelation...we were supposed to do it at Starbucks but the usual it was jam-packed and it was very well-timed that alongside Delifrance was mostly unoccupied...

i was all excited when it's already my turn to open my box...guess what i got? P500.00 worth of Orita papertowels! i love papertowels and i love receiving it , it make sense preferably than those dust collectors :)

Ciel and Minerva, see how excited my friend??? truly, she wants this surprise look more bona fide...hehehe

groupie...(L-R: Ana, Jingky, moi, Jing, Cata, Len, Minerva, Lene, Roma, Zanne, Dana, Ciel and Jam)


Delifrance's cappuccino taste so so good...P96/single order

for the nth time...Merry Christmas everyone!

my beauty loot from Style Manila...

finally received my beauty loot from Style Manila (Sasha Manuel) last week! Thanks again Sas and more contest by 2009!

a week ago...

about a week ago, i had the chance to go out again with my college buddy, co-worker, and kumare Minerva...this time it's just the two of us who bonded the whole day (minus Ana and Cata). we have been planning for this fairly long but we you see we are equally busy during the past two quarter. finally, we had the chance to go on sched VL both last Dec 3 and had the chance to do some girl thing...


i took this photo after finishing my tall dark cherry mocha (hot), i was some kind of 30mins waited for Minerva at Starbucks, Shangri-la...but tell you my waiting is so so worth :)


...because she brought me this hair straigthening iron, curler in one! this is her early Christmas gift for me and i love it! thank you my dear friend, you're the best...hehehe

she was really an angel that day! my christmas santa all in one! she treated me on a lunch buffet at Hotel Intercon's Jeefney Cafe...the imported cheese selection was such a treat alone! dunno if it has something to do with the year of the rat but i'm becoming a big fan of cheese lately :)

at Jeepney Cafe --see how my steak was cooked? gross!! actually i ate it with bloody clot all over...


after a bursting lunch, we both shopped a pair of stiletto for our company wide christmas party set last dec 5. all the way from makati, we ended our day at Megamall...and have a pretty relaxing moment at Mocha Blends.

Frap from Mocha Blends, nothing so special with this blend...it's just that Starbucks was under renovation so we have no choice...

well, it was indeed a great day!

ICS Christmas Party at Crowne Plaza

it all happened last Friday (Dec 5) at Crowne Plaza...dinner, raffle and surprises from the newbies (did remember our newbie presentation 8 years ago...hehehe)

this year's theme was Masquerade (di naman obvious...di bah?) and everyone came so so stylish and i love my scarlet ruffled dress more than ever :)

uploaded some pics here --

right after the party, my group went to Tiendesitas and we had coffee and chitchats at Starbucks and Oliver joined us too...

we look good together in his favorite color...he just loves RED all year round!

i won a beauty loot!

Style Manila by Ms. Sasha Manuel recently launched this contest wherein you just have to comment oh her beauty blog entries and the 5 most number of comments will win beauty loots...well, lucky me i was one of the hailed winner :)


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Beauty Loot 3 (2nd runner up)
Victoria’s Secret Refreshing Body Mist in Pure Seduction (250ml)
ARTISTRY™ Light Reflective Lotion SPF 15, Blushing Radiance
Shu Uemura Skin Purifier High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil (sample size)


thanks to Style Manila for this early christmas gift!