One of the most memorable dinners we had in Japan would be in Gonpachi.
It was where the fight scene between Uma Thurman and the Japanese School girl was.
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| Image lifted from Google |
I cannot live without white, black, gray and brown in my wardrobe. Most of it actually is. Then the little hints of color here and there, with some selected pieces of prints on days I think I'm crazy. hehe.
I'm too tamad to go back to my tumblr account although since I have a gazillion pictures and "editing to do's" for those artsy shots. Maybe next month. hahaha. Procrastinator...not good.
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| Blazer: Toppicks Couture, White Top: Uniqlo, Zebra Bow Necklace: Extremefinds, Mirror Necklace: The Ramp Shang |
I. am. so. fat. ekkkkkkk!!!!!
Being busy with work, traveling and eating every minute in very cold weather has gained me so many pounds. I haven't weighed in but I can feel it. Naku....GYM here I come na talaga. hehehe
Japanese food in Japan is obviously the best - syempre!
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| Our set lunch near the Japan office! Y1,000, around 500 pesos, not bad at all! |
Love your own
and not just that, they're the best there is without sacrificing function and fashion.
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| Tortoise acrylic with Titanium Temples: ultra light RB5136/2310 |
One of the best chickens I've ever tasted. :)
After the mid-week service at Bread of Life in Greenbelt 1, we went to Bon Chon for dinner.
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| Chicken Chops in Soy Garlic yum!!! |
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| The hubby's spicy chicken chops |
I've suddenly had the liking for plaid as in my recent post from Nava/Babo.
I love the store selection, prices and the staff are very friendly.
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| Top from Babo, Pants bought online, Belt from oOhwables & Co (still for release) - I'm so fat |
To my one and only.
I won't be here on V-day and our 9th year.
So I want to tell you why I love you despite the trials we have:
1. You make me laugh and many times you were just being you (hehe)
2. You've become more patient with the kids, now even much more patient than me (o yan, I admitted na)
3. You always make me feel that I am beautiful even if at my worst hair and allergy days
Whenever I see a COINPURSE I think of you. That's why I always carry one in my bag.
When I watch the news and see politicians, I tend to snort and people around me think I'm crazy just because the reporter said CONGRESSMAN.
You know what I'm talking about.
I love you bebe ko!
Justin Bieber, my daughter loves your songs.
Because of you, I'm in deep trouble if she realizes I might not be able to take her to your concert. hehehe
Her version of Baby Baby with dance moves:
I figured I needed tops for the office that can go from dressy to casual.
What I haven't had in my closet are plaids so when I got to Nava, I was so happy to see an assortment of patterned tops.
Everything I got was below 400! They're on SALE.
I was too lazy to wear and take pics hehe.
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| Puffed sleeved button down long sleeved plaid top |
Ate Eli has been with me since I was pregnant with my daughter. She went away to the province for family but came back 2 years ago.
I have never had a problem with her as a yaya, except that she's really just too generous and kind to her relatives that sometimes, nacoconflict ang schedules namin. But she's kindhearted and my right hand.
She does all the major tasks in the house that I don't need to follow-up. Ako actually ang fina-follow-up niya.
I go to work and home without having to worry much. She cooks REALLY WELL and the way we like it.
Basta I treat her as family.
Comedy nga lang si Yaya Eli.
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| What do you think this means? |
Seriously, mahilig mac-acting ang Yan-yan ko. AS-IN!
She even cried when I told her that she cannot join Star Circle quest because she was under 5. She approached me one day and told me that she wants to join because she saw it on tv (me: Faints!).
She likes to be a contrabida more than a bida! hahaha. I'm scared.
At the end of this video, she was actually going to pull my hair, syempre, in character nga naman! wahaha
My little ones are now enjoying playtime together!
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| my cuties! |
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| Gigil and Annoyed hehe |
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| You have now 3 visible teeth and sobrang daldal |
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| You put everything in your mouth |
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| You make funny sounds and faces |
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| Everything around you are toys, you enjoy the packaging more than the toys inside hehe |
Naku, Justin Bieber will come to Manila!
My 4-year-old daughter is a HUGE fan. She plays the CD over and over.
I said, "Okay lang, she won't know naman."
Then, kanina, she told me, "Mommy, I want to watch Justin Bieber!"
Me: Ok, you can watch him on TV
Yan-Yan: NO!!!! My classmate said he will come to see us
Me: That's not true (gulp...white lie)
Yan-Yan: PLEASE!!!! He has a concort
Me: A what? you mean concert!
Yan-Yan: Yes, like Dora show in the glorietta (took her once before in glorietta)
Me: Ah, if mommy is not busy (which really means if mommy has extra money to buy tickets)
Yan-Yan: Mommy PLEASE!!!
Me: But you're still a baby anak, they don't allow babies in concerts
Yan-Yan: But my classmate said her mom and her will watch it and she's a baby like me
Patay.
Realization: Nagchichismisan na tungkol sa gimiks ang mga 4-year-old? Pahamak na classmate yan. Kainis.
| GOLD-A | PhP 5,268.00 | Reserved Seating |
| GOLD-B | PhP 5,268.00 | Free Seating (FCFS) |
| SILVER | 3,687.60 | Standing Only |
| BRONZE | P 2,107.20 | Standing Only |
| GENERAL ADMISSION | 790.20 | Standing Only |
I WANT.
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| From Vita Fede online at $50 (It's kinda expensive here - Rustan's - though huhuhu) |
Dear Ms. Tina Tagle,
I LOVE your blog to bits!
It has been a great "story book" before I sleep. I read through your blog from the first post onwards.
So amusing and educational. haha.
I hope one day I can be as cool a mom as you when my kids are bigger.
I admire your wittiness amidst your trials and the fact that you are so "raw" (as per your description) with your writing just gives your blog so much character.
Your bag and fashion collection is to drool after.
But what I really like most is your stories about your interaction and thoughts when you deal with your kids, funny all the time. I take mental notes on how I should handle situations like that in the future.
I'm not rich like you, I'm just an average person living within the restrictions of my means, but what's important is we're all happy and have the same great outlook in life.
I love that despite your status in life, you show your readers that wherever you are in life, everyone has ups and downs, little hang-ups and quirky moments. You are so real.
I shared your blog and sent to all my female friends at the office. They all like it!
I look forward to every blog entry from you. You are on my top 3 daily viewed blogs apart from Chuvaness and Daphne's Blog.
Thanks for inspiring us.
http://tinatagle.blogspot.com
PS
I giggle and sometimes even laugh out loud when I read your funny entries. My kids get weirded out so I also try not to read as much when I'm at the office because I cannot humiliate myself any further there haha.
I don't spend most of my days in the poshest parts of the metro. Simple lang ako, masaya na ko sa Glorietta and Shang-mall Plaza with my kids with me. I only go to Megamall if field visit from the office to the stores or Forever 21 because I can't stand on how super crowded (unless I'm alone and not with the kiddies) although, anything and everything, you can get there na.
Going to the topic at hand, I dress casually on weekends but really do try to dress-up as much as I can during work because It's the only avenue I can dress-up without getting the "ano-tong-suot-nito-feeling-artista/fashionista" stare.
Which reminds me, I will document my fasyon office mates soon! :) hehe
So If I dress-up like the pictures below on a normal day while in a mall, while shopping. I really think I would get "the stare" and I don't like attention like that. I just want to mind my own business. Magtall boots ka nga lang dito, "issue" na unless modelesque ka. Hay...
Buti pa sa ibang countries no? They can get away with whatever!
ITALY, PARIS, etc (via The Sartorialist)
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| So chic but if you were wearing it in a regular mall, THE STARES! |
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| Ang hipster! But in a normal setting here, they'll think you've got no money you had to borrow pants hehe |
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| I like! If I ride a bike to work, in a typical setting here, nabunggo na ko ng bus pero at least maganda outfit ko hehe |
My daughter asks me the strangest questions and I always get amused with her reactions.
Yan-Yan: Mommy, did you get married with Daddy?
Me: Yes anak
Yan-Yan: Are you in love with him?
Me: Yes baby
Yan-Yan: When you kissed did you have a baby in your tummy and lived happily ever after?
Me: ...
Yan-Yan: Mommy! I was asking you!
Me: (OMG, is this the birds and the bees question?!! If I say yes baka naman she'll assume when she kisses a guy later she'll get pregnant!) When mommy and daddy met, we fell in love, got married and then later we had a baby princess named Yan-yan then after 4 years we had a baby prince named Peyton and are still living happily ever after.
Yan-Yan: ...
So moral of the story, explain really long until your 4-year-old just gets impatient and forgets about her question. hehe
Looks like our office trip to Japan will push through. 4 days of learning the buying process for my brand's next line-up and update on collections would be exciting!
At the same time I'll miss my kids. I have rarely (one occasion only for an overnight stay for a team building session) not slept beside them. Laging parang may kulang and I can't seem to sleep properly.Nakakamiss also the milky scent of my 2 kids. :(
Until my colleague and I googled stuff in lieu of the trip and we found out winter! OMG.
First, I don't have any winter clothes except for my 2 trench/pea coats, a couple of thick leggings and tights and my scarves. YIKES.
Sabi ko, I'll buy the stuff if super sure (meaning na-book na ang tickets).
Mahirap na, where will I use the stuff? Here? sus, baka I might die of heat stroke.
Anyhoo, here are the things they said we should have:
1. Pairs of thermal top and bottoms - mahirap na daw maging ice cube, 550 a set in Greenhills
2. Boots (preferably flat and long) - having a hard time finding these. Ang mahal sa Aldo, nakakaguilty magspend ng over 3k sa shoes sa dami ng gastos...kainis
3. Thick coat - My friends offered to lend me a jacket or two, if I go on a spending rampage again, I might actually just buy one. hehe
4. Long sleeved tops - I have these thanks to Forever 21, pero ang nipis ng fabric nila. :(
5. A pair of gloves - sa Greenhills daw
6. Scarves - I have lots so this is good unless I see something nice but mura
Tapos my luggage is so busted so I need to buy a new one. Hay, ang gastos!
We're not rich, my husband and I are just starting out in life and we try as much as to never ask from our parents. If we do, as in lista yan (except for my dad, "sulat sa tubig!" as per his words, he never wants me to pay back, ayos! hahaha)
Thing is, its a business trip and corporate daw and based on what I've seen so far, Japanese are so fashionable. I think destination is Tokyo so double yikes!
So here's what I plan to wear (at may style concepts pang nalalaman, 4 days lang naman! hehe)
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| How nice! I have a brown peacoat. Boots nalang ang kulang! |
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| I have similar top in white pero I feel I'll still freeze to death |
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| I like this! But where will I wear it after? Unless I ask the office, pakitodo ang aircon please! hehehe |
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| I have this in Lavender and Khaki so I'm good |
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| Also an option |
"Fataleng bored nakita ni lolabelles ang link na techi and i couldnt wafung laughing janno gibbson that erlyn was having such a stressful day!"
TRANSLATION:
"Sobrang bored nakita ko ang link na to and i couldnt stop laughing given that I was having such a stressful day"
If you're having a stressful day, check out the link! Enjoy! Made my day a little lighter indeed although a guy office mate couldn't decipher hehehe. Naloka siya sa, parang riddle daw!
Link:
BEKIMON TRANSLATOR
Starting techiday tarush, my blog will vecome tag-lish chenelin. ang daming pinoy words jokaw can't just replace with english kasiski diva! tarush?
hehehehe
I decided to make this blog an online diary of everything I want to remember when I get old and one day when my kids go online, they can see who I am from this blog apart from how they know me as their mom.
I am inspired. :)
I hope my day continuous to be a good one.
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| My Little boy turning 8 months on the 5th! |
I love shoes. My husband says I have too much but week after week, I feel I still lack some pieces (hehehe).
I was going around the Nike shop in Glorietta looking gym stuff (note to self: need to go back to gym ASAP) when I stumbled upon the cutest shoes / baby kicks ever!
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| Priced from 1,200 and up |
Since I changed my line plan from Flex to Fully loaded, I had so many Blackberry service and billing issues. It took a whole 6 months to finally get Globe to fix the issue.
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| The Blackberry I cannot live without |
I'm mostly into accessories and recently I've been into gold toned hardware.
I particularly love the collection of Angel Wings
I literally carry loads of stuff in my bag so I'm the kinda girl who carries medium to over-sized bags because i'd rather lug a ton of things than forget something (which makes my day really off).
That said, I'm so happy I came across Chuvaness and she featured these ever adorable bags from Banana Taipei whose importer Heidi of Bagahollic Bags is the nicest and most accommodating seller.
