Too bad I wasn't able to register for this year's Philippines National Election, but the good thing is - at least hubby was able to do so when we went home last June and went to POEA. We really thought he can't vote as we failed to see his name online, until he received his ballot by post last month (March).

Since voting starts 10 April, hubby decided to fill out his ballot on the same day. Before so, he scanned the list carefully and marked the names of the candidates from President to Party List. He made sure that he choose those he thinks are the right candidates because he's now contributing to the future of our country and that the future of his kid/s are at steak in that very critical choice.

 

He's now sealing his ballot praying and hoping that his votes will not be wasted, instead counted on the coming election.

Wondering who he voted??? LOL! It's obvious, right??? At loooong last... After 11 years of being eligible to vote, he now has decided to exercise his right. I believe, being a parent really changes a person's view so much. 

Let's all hope and pray for a clean and honest election. As the cliché goes, "Love your own". No one will love and care for the Philippines, but its people. WE ARE PROUD TO BE PINOY!!!

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Yeah!!! It's his last year on the 20s roll and he isn't liking it! wahahaha!!!

Of course, the little girl is Dad's helper in candle blowing...

Friends came over to celebrate with us and it was much fun... as always...

(The boys are happy to have bought San Miguel Beer... They missed it! LOL)

Here's our menu... I managed to cook everything... except the cake! =)

Once again, Happy Happy Birthday My One and Only LOVE...

 I love you soooooo much, Dad!!! 

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During the weekend, hubby's officemates from PWC Philippines came by and slept over.

Ms. May (from Dublin, Ireland) and Alyssa's Ninang Lea (from New Jersey, USA) in London's famous Telephone Booth and London's Time Square, the Picadilly Circus.

Though this entry is for Pixel Bug Weekend, I'll also include the Thursday night event because it was also a day of meetup of auditors. Lovely couple, Ben and Coco (from Bristol UK), slept-over for the 3rd time around and was able to meet Lea (above). We had pasta over dinner and a lot of audit topics on the side. (Oh, I can't relate! LOL) But, too bad I wasn't able to capture even a single moment of that night so I'll just post pics of their 2nd visit.

Ben, Dad, Alyssa, Coco and their Christmas gift to Alyssa. 

We really love it when friends come over. We enjoy preparing for their visit because first, house will surely look clean and fresh (happens only when visitors are coming...LOL) and secondly, I can get other people taste the foods that I prepare for my family. 

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We set our Saturday the "Cleaning Day" and it was a success! The weather was fine and we were able to open the windows while we clean. I cleaned the sitting room, dining and kitchen (which is actually only counted as 1... LOL) and hubby cleaned the toilet and bathroom (which is also counted as 1...LOL) Quits? Yeah! =) But I wasn't able to take pictures as we clean so it I guess it won't count as the highlight of our weekend.. Nonetheless, there's a more exciting happening which I just took pictures of.

We'll be having visitors next week-end (hence the "Cleaning Day") and because our airbed got broken last December, we've been thinking the whole week on what to buy as a replacement. We know that airbeds are really prone to damage so we just thought of buying a sofa-bed... until just this afternoon when hubby decided to bring it back to the store and try asking for an exchange, repair or refund since the product was bought less than a year. And without any question, the product was replaced! Hooray!!! =)

We tried pumping the air bed and as a result...

Daddy and Alyssa used it to have a nicer and more comfortable movie time.

And another highlight (according to Daddy) was - he was able to finish the game he was dying to finish last week. And guess what?

He can't get enough of it, so now he's doing another game... Oh, FYI, he's playing Modern Warfare 2!

Productive because we were able to clean the house, airbed was replaced, and hubby was able to finish a game, but not so because we just stayed in bed the whole day of Sunday. =)

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We've been celebrating Valentines ever since we met. Our First Valentines was really memorable, but Dad never changed, until now. 

A week before Valentines day, hubby's been planning so much on what to do and where to go. I don't really have a clue if anything will push through. Then, come Saturday, we were still undecided wether to go out or not, until we both get up and convinced each other not to go back to bed. =)

We had a Valentines lunch in a Chinese restaurant to join with this year's theme "Valentines in a Chinese New Year".

Then we headed off to the movie house to watch Avatar and have our first 3D experience. 

And since we still have time, we went straight to Canary Warf to stroll around.

Inside Zara to goof around.

We waited for the next train... and home we went.

Our super fun Valentines celebration for this year has ended... or so I thought - Until...

The next day, I woke up to the many sweet hugs and kisses from my dear hubster with a lovely morning greeting of "Happy Valentines, Mum!" It was a nice Sunday morning and I asked Alyssa to get our no-longer-surprise card for Dad. Wait for my Mommy Moments entry for the story behind that surprise card, I'm sure you'll laugh your hearts out - because we did! =)

I asked hubby what time we're going to church and instead of the usual answer, "Of course, 11:30", I got the answer "Let's think about it later". So since it's still too early, we went back to bed and watched the whole week's episode of "Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo". We jumped out of bed when we heard a loud bang from a broken glass - it was Alyssa on top of the kitchen counter reaching for some chocolates  from the kitchen cupboard. Good thing she wasn't hurt. While we were cleaning the kitchen, the buzzer rang. I have no plans of opening it because I am not waiting for anything, I always assume they are just some promo persons giving away leaflets. Hubby forced me to check on it, though I am hesitant, I did. When I opened the door, it was a delivery man handling a box of Marks & Spencer. I read the label and was surprised to see my name printed on it. I asked the delivery man, "What's this?" he answered, "Flowers dear, it's Valentines day". Oh my! I knew it! And I said, "Hhhhmmm... That's why my hubby doesn't like to open the door... this is some kind of a suprise!" And we both laughed, but as I climb up the stairs I can't hold my tears back. It just keeps on falling. When I saw hubby, I hugged him tight and kissed him. I really wasn't expecting anything at all, because I told him not to buy me flowers anymore, all I want is a card and every time I say that, he doesn't answer back. That's the reason why he can't answer what time we're going to church, he doesn't know when the flowers will be delivered.

And I though that was it. Then he said, "Mum, can you open the oven please?" Of course I asked why, he said "Just open it, I'm going to clean it." When I opened, a giant card was sitting on the oven. And again, my tears continued flowing and much more when I read his message.

A dozen of red roses for me, a giant card and a box of Belgian chocolates for our dear Alyssa.

I always say this line, "My hubby doesn't fail to surprise me, in any occasion", but it's true. We've been celebrating Valentines the 6th time today, but nothing's changed. It was just as sweet as the first.

Happy Valentines Everyone!!!

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