A Time Present

My favorite gifts of all time are watches! Yes, I always gift friends and families with watches. Though I'm not so fond of watches myself, I find myself giving them people. I'm not sure if it has to do with how I value them and how willing I am so share my time with them or how I eat their time! Ha! Either way watches are just my option in looking for a gift for someone, for whatever occasion.

While looking around the net, I found some nice Casio gshock at very reasonable prices. My brother's birthday will be this May and I think I already know what to give him.

Things I Look Forward To in 2010

Hi folks! How did you find the new year so far? We're all moving great it seems, don't you think so? Well today's the first Monday of the year 2010 and it's going to be FUN and meaningful!

I'm your host for Fun Monday this week, the first for the year and I am just so excited to read what you have for this week.

I know most of you probably have their list of New Year's resolution, I'm not going to ask for those. What I'm interested to know are the things you are looking forward to this year. It could be an event, a date, or anything. You can add photos if you want!

The reason why I chose this topic is very simple. I am a person who is a sucker for looking forward to something. Huh! Is there such a thing? No, not so much on the planning part but really more on the looking forward to a lot of things and as time goes by I get to develop plans around it. That's how I am. And yes, I complain I have insomnia I guess that caused that, too much thought, too much imagination.

For this year, trust me there are so many things I look forward to. And I don't mean wish list. These are the things I know will happen regardless and I am so looking forward to them.

I am looking forward to --

- Cebu's biggest festival the Sinulog! We always have it every middle of January and it's always fun, as you can in my Sinulog post for 2008.

- Chinese New Year on Feb. 14. (The new year's eve will be on the 13th!) As some of you know, we always celebrate Chinese new year and it's always fun and we always do it with a bang. (You can check our past Chinese Year celebrations for years 2008 and 2009!) This is something I really look forward to. I love wearing red silk on this day. I love the food, the fruits and the visit to the temple. Call me crazy but I'm already starting to plan the menu, and the number of people to invite since it falls on a weekend. I guess it will be nice hosting a party at new year's eve!

- May 8! IT Guy and I will turn another year together. We plan to go out of country for a vacation and he is in charge of the planning. So I am so excited with what he has in mind. :)

- They say this year is a good year to make grand changes, be it a career move, moving to a new location, and even marital status. I am so looking forward to that too. (I refuse to share more details for now! LOL)

- I am also looking forward to a meeting that will take place middle this month. It will be with an old business associate. Nothing fix on this, but I am crossing my fingers hoping to get that good career move I just mentioned. (I promise to share more about it soon!)

- My birthday as I will turn 31 come August!

- The birthdays of my loved ones as I always do the preparation for them, be it small or grand. ;)

- Reading more books! (Some of the gifts we received last Christmas were books.)

- And believe it or not, I am so looking forward to next Christmas already. I just happen to have a new theme for your Christmas decor and I can't wait to try them already! Geez!

I guess those are the things I look forward to in 2010 at a glance. I'm sure there will be more as time goes by but it feels good to have something to look forward to as early as now. If there is one thing that helped me get by, they're the things I looked forward to. It made me conquered difficult times because I know there are good things waiting for me in the coming days. I hope we all have a good list of things to look forward to this year.

If you are joining Fun Monday please sign up below so others can visit you. For the others, I invite you to make your quick list. Trust me it feels good after. I wish you all a happy Monday and a wonderful week!

[ADD] Let me know if you want to host Fun Monday next week!

Finding That Dining Room Set

I'm helping a friend shop for some furniture for their new home. For whatever reason friends always go to me for home advices, duh, as if I'm that good. LOL Anyhow, I love to do home makeovers and stuff so I guess they see that. Plus the fact that it's not always that you see a very patient woman shopping around for other people.

My friend is just finished their home and well they need furniture. She seemed to be about done with her living room but need help with their dining room. Just a background, this friend rarely stay in the kitchen and doesn't like to eat much. Despite that she know that her family needs to eat so she has no choice, they need that dining room! Ha!

When I first spoke to her over the phone about it, she just told me to jest grab anything to put there. I told her if that's all she needed, she could have done it all by herself. Then she told me she trust I can do better. There you go. It's more than just filling in the room with furniture. It's way beyond that. So Mariposa had to visit the house to take a look. She wouldn't let me take a photo of it because she said it's not done yet and she'd be too embarrass to show it to the world. Pfft! Anyhow, I did my check. The area was not that big and the paint was just simple. By simple I mean no fancy colors like orange, yellow, etc. So that means any neutral colored furniture would readily fit in there. So I hurriedly check online for some dining room furniture available. Bingo! I found a site which offers several kinds. Now she has a list of options and hopefully can make up her mind asap.

I Conquered 2009!

I got an award from Nancy at More Than Conquerors! What a nice way to start a year. WOOT!

Yay, I did conquer 2009 with grace! At least that is how I'd like to think. ;) I'm sharing this award to everyone. Obviously we did all conquer 2009 to make it here now!

And here is my first Unconscious Mutterings for 2010!

1. 365 :: 365 days of joy and laughter!
   
2. Tombstone :: R. I. P.
   
3. Dumb :: ... and Dumber!
   
4. Intrusive :: This annoys me alot!
   
5. Fat :: Felix the Fat, is how I tease my Dad when I was young. LOL
   
6. Axe :: Deodorant
7. Planned :: ...vacation
8. Spike :: Spike TV
   
9. Bleach :: Bleach episode
   
10. Shopkeeper :: ...at the bookstore.

 Happy Sunday!

It Makes Him Tick

PhotoHunt: Every time I LICK!

Please excuse my photo, as this is what I found in my dig. So you can go ahead and tag this with PG rating. This was taken November last year. We went out with my staff, and after several shots of tequila, well I maybe thought the IT Guy as salt?! LOL

Anyway, this is nothing unusual for me and I don't mind showing it to the world. LOL

I wish you all a very happy weekend. And no other ordinary weekend, it's the first weekend of the year 2010. And I wish I have more meaningful tip for you to go, but well, what can I say? Stay safe, stay happy and just take life one lick at a time! ;)

 

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