100% Kelly

At the end of each week, the school sends out a newsletter that offers parents a sneak peek on the major classroom activities of their kids.  I always look forward to reading these weekly bulletins but this one below got me especially excited:

It’s my little boy’s first ever project!

Me and the husband immediately brainstormed (hahaha) on what the design theme will be. It was a no brainer actually.  The design will all be about dinosaurs

The binoculars which came from school were just two pieces of empty tissue paper rolls that were glued together.  Just imagine how it looked like since I didn’t any more took a picture of it.  Now, a picture of it “semi-bare”, i.e., after the dad finished putting extra cardboard rolls at both ends of the rolls and gluing several cut-out pieces of tissue paper on the “very bare” binoculars:

And here’s the finished project!

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Got tagged by Pat

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1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.2. Get back to ME and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list HERE {Note that you are not ALLOWED to change this links and make sure to leave the exact URL.}3. Copy from Start to End.4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Who played along:1. Music of my Heart 2. Me and Mine 3. Creative in Me 4. For the LOVE of Food 5. Little Peanut 6. Pea in a Pod 7. It’s Where the HEART Is 8. Around the World 9. Quicker8 10. Eds Mommy Life 11. My Precious Niche 12. Just Me.. Eds 13. Princess Vien 14. In The Spirit of Dance 15. A Pocketful of Happiness 16. 1 Twelve St. 17. Shopaholic Ties the Knot 18. 100% Kelly 19. YOUR BLOG HERE

Questions and Answers:
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:  There’s only one line on this page and it is “Pop the tops off, one by one!”

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?  A book — “My First Jumbo Book of Dinosaurs”

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?  Winnie the Pooh

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:  12:15 a.m.

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?  12:30 a.m.

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?  the hum of the aircon

7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing?  a couple of hours ago — came home from my parents’ house

8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?  n@w messages

9. What are you wearing?  lacoste forest green pique polo and a girdle (it’s a wardrobe staple!)

10. Did you dream last night?  yes!  it was one of the most horrible dreams that i ever had!

11. When did you last laugh?  a few minutes ago

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?  pictures and shelves

13. Seen anything weird lately?  can’t remember any

14. What do you think of this quiz?  so-so (i’m honest! what can i say? )

15. What is the last movie you saw?  Bee Movie

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?  a house and lot in an exclusive subdivision, say, ayala alabang?

17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know:  i’m afraid of flying

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?  the people who live in it

19. Do you like to dance?  i love to dance!

20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy?  my first female child would probably be named Isabel

21. Would you ever consider living abroad?  maybe but not as of the moment

Tagging Apols, Thea, Joy, and Peachy.

Jen, you’ve just made me blush (like, a week ago! ). Thanks for this

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 The rules of the award are:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.

Previous awardees: Mabelle, Prily, Ate Norma, I Love Philippines Too, Shenga, Nova, WebbieStuffs, Nancy, Webloglearner, Pinay Wahm, and My So Called Life, Let’s Spice Things Up, Beauty and Shop, Idealpinkrose, allin, kimchiland, Korean Food, The Paper Vision, Embrace Simplicity, Me and Mine, A Window To Our World, A Grateful Heart, Can of Thoughts, A Mother’s Stuff, http://housewifeatwork.blogspot.com/, MommaWannabe, Lourdes Mia, Praning’s Shoutout, When Silence Speaks, Etc Atbp, Aeirin’s Collections, Life is What we Make it, Underneath It All, Cellulitic Bliss, 100% Kelly, YOUR BLOG

I’m passing this on to some blogs I’ve recently stalked

• C’est La Vie
• Maver’s Most Wanted
• My World
• A Reality Bite
• Shopaholic Ties The Knot

It seems like everything modern has to have the word “digital” inscribed in its marketing these days.  Gone are the days when “analog” things ruled the world (i.e. cellphones, microwaves, etc.), in the here and now digital is the by-word.  We recently setup an lcd picture frame at my office.  It’s so “all-in-one” that all my other frames had to go since is has hundreds (or even thousands) of pictures stored in it – On a higher note, Ayala Avenue is the location of the new digital signage which literally lights up the streets come evening time. Boring, non-moving posters or pictures – beware!  Digital, though more costly and requires electric power is getting bigger and bigger.

Got this from Jane. Was just curious on “what my handbag says about me” :D  The results are pretty accurate save for the practical part. Haha!

What Your Handbag Says About You

You are concerned with how you appear. Projecting your high status is important to you. You tend to be on high alert. You are very aware of your surroundings. You are a high maintenance person. You feel lost outside of your normal environment. You are open and comfortable with who you are. You don’t hide anything. You are practical and down to earth. You tend to be a rather reserved and quiet person.

What Does Your Handbag Say About You?

I’m better now as expected.  I can’t decode what has been written as I really am not used to pouring my soul out, even to the husband, when something really bothers me.  From a third person’s point of view, I am my usual normal self, but really, my heart is already beating a thousand beats per minute, my hands are sweaty, and inside, I already want to scream.  But as I’ve said, everything’s fine.  The matter which most bothered me was much simpler than I thought.

So anyway.

The little boy will be strutting down the aisle again as a ring bearer and I can’t help but be excited!  I really am especially when I learned that he’d be wearing a suit!  Now that.is.just.cuteness.  Don’t cha think?

I’m excited to attend another wedding as it gives me a reason to buy a whole new set of head-to-toe clothes, and go to the salon and prettify :D  I am wishing upon the stars though that I could have enough discipline to work my b*tt off at the gym and not succumb to taking diet pills as a last resort to trimming excess body fat

Our planned Singapore trip at the end of the year may not happen, so I am a bit disappointed.  I was hoping to meet with the MBAP founder pa naman! 

It’s already nearing December and that means that more work is coming my way!  Speaking of which, I should be moving along because my boss will be looking for me any minute now and I’m still here at home!

Oh and one more thing.  Something’s wrong with my photo uploader.  I can’t upload my Pics of the Week!  Better find out what’s wrong and seek help from Amore.

Ta ta for now!

…isn’t exactly one of my best.  Just a few of the reasons —

Her phone was ringing for like ten million times, yet she didn’t bother to answer (I even suspect she knew it was me on the other end of the line).  Piss me off again and you get 0, zilch, nada on your fourteenth.

He didn’t follow the instructions I gave him — instructions which I repeated, stressed, and clearly pointed out.  What the?!?!?!?

She reported that both he and she left and had a few “drinks” near the area.  She denied the report.  He still has to be questioned.  Whatever the case may be, he and she must be warned.

There are 3 more days left before the week ends, and I wonder what else could stress me out.

Two months ago we were shopping around (via internet and inside malls) for a good digital camera to replace our outdated one. We kept on hearing that shopping via the internet will give us the lowest priced item – but what about shipping? And warranties? And after sales service? But true enough, after scouring the local shops we ended up closing the deal through an internet seller. It’s funny to think that the best buy is so far away (in a 1st world country at that) yet can be priced lower than what we have locally. Its probably the taxes being applied. But then we never stopped to ask since we got a great price for a product we like so much.

Anyone up for a 2nd hand camera?

It’s that time of the year again when we ready ourselves with the coming holiday season and all the hooplah that surrounds it.  Since becoming a parent, the Christmas season has become a time to pamper our kid and show him how joyful the season is for the younger generations.  Of course, it isn’t Christmas without all the sights and sounds – which we already start to hear in the malls.  It is after all the best time for business as everyone cannot avoid shopping for family members, young and old alike. The sounds of Christmas are very peaceful and calming as lyrics never mention financial woes and economic conditions.  At least during this time, we can all sit back and pretend (or even forget) all our worries away.  Christmas images always begin with “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” – though as a kid here in the Philippines you’d seldom come across a house with a fireplace and chimney, but even then we’d still known what it looks like and can even imagine what it must feel like to stand close to a chimney with log or gas fires (due to modern technology though, wood logs and gas fireplaces are becoming less trendy as electric fires are the thing of the future). At his age, though, our kid is already looking forward to his boxful of toys – whatever happened to “a sock-full of toys”?!? Blame this on all the Lolo’s and Lola’s who pamper their grandchildren.  Somehow one gift isn’t enough, two is not yet plenty…. You really end up with a boxful since you multiply it by two (2); three (3) if you have generous godparents!

The end goal though remains the same, whether you celebrate with all the trimmings and fanfare, or just simple and quaint – Christmas is a good time to get together and share the blessing of being a family (at least that’s what we intend to do).