our first mag appearance as h&w, weeee!

Thanks to my friend, Bubs, for volunteering me and Francis--a newly married couple--for GH's section on financial concerns. Not that we're in a financial crisis this early into the marriage--God forbid that ever happens! The article is about various money concerns from different individuals with different backgrounds.

So go grab July Good Housekeeping pronto! There's a money trick (or two) to learn.

P.S. Thanks also to Alona for scanning the page! And to Eugene for making our photo the biggest one in this feature. How vain can I get, hahaha!

so what makes an ideal wife?

My colleague asked me to ask Francis if it's okay with him to answer some questions about his take on an ideal wife. Francis said he's just fine with it. So when he checked his email a while ago, he was surprised to see just one question: What makes a good wife?

His (not serious) answer, which he said out loud?

"Maliit, maingay, mahilig maglaro ng computer games, late matulog, matigas ulo, mahina kumain, minamasahe ako."

(Small, noisy, likes to play computer games, late sleeper, stubborn, picky eater, gives me massages.)

Hahahahahah!

my husband made me cry last night...

...But it's not because we fought or anything like that. It's like this.

You see lately, I've been thinking about selling my Canon Powershot A620 to get myself some brand new P&S camera. Beren, my Powershot, has served me well and has witnessed my beginnings as a novice photographer (not that I'm a pro now). It's not just a Point-and-shoot cam; it's actually a prosumer camera that has manual settings. Beren was there to replace my very crappy Olympus camera (my first digital cam), and he was also there to witness how I first tinkered with aperture and exposure settings. In other words, Beren is sentimental to me. And much as I hate to sell him, I can already feel the need to, especially because I already have Ken'ichi, my 400D DSLR. I just need a simple P&S for blogging and snapshots purposes (but one that already has a higher resolution and can produce better image quality). I'm just hoping that someone I know would buy it from me so I can still get to see Beren every once in a while, see how he is (and how his new owner is treating him. haha!)

Since Francis knows how sentimental I can get--and how annoying I can be just wondering out loud how Beren is in the hands of his new BFF--he thought of a very bright, über sweet idea: he'd just buy it from me to spare me from missing and worrying about my cam. That way, he gets to have his own camera (as if mine is not conjugal!) and he won't have to hear me whining. Hahah! But seriously, his idea made me so happy and I was so touched I couldn't help but cry!

I super thank God for giving me such a sweet and thoughtful husband that's beyond what I imagined...

P.S.
But Francis is still not thrilled about my plans to buy an iTouch. I guess I'd have to put that off. Haha!

japanese cravings

No, I won't be talking about my Japanese boy crush, Ken'ichi Matsuyama. Haha!

This is about a yummy biscuit that Francis brought home from their office. Whenever a Japanese colleague comes back from Japan, there'd always be some Japanese goodies. Good thing Francis grabbed 2 packs of these, now I'm craving for it (the half-moon shaped biscuit is goooood!)

Can someone tell me what they're called and if they're locally available? Puh-leeez!

this ain't happening to me...

The other week at the office, a colleague came up to me and she seemed to have an urgent matter to discuss.

O: Muther shine!!!!
Me: Yes po?
O: Mamu, may bilbil ka na!

At that very moment, sana bumuka na lang ang lupa at nilamon ako...

i just need to test this...

My other blog here on blogger is automatically cross-posted on Multiply, which I don't want happening. So let me test if the html code for not cross-posting specific entries will work. Pardon me.

extending the bounds of my musings

I am currently working on another blog that I hope to maintain religiously. It's quite different from the ones I already have. To know what I'm talking about, follow me!

http://musingsunderthesun.blogspot.com/