Bulaga pa more!

Hello aldub fans! I know you've all been waiting for some news regarding our encounter with EB hosts last Wednesday so I'm sharing you some pictures that I used using my phone. :)

Saka na yung story behind the meeting the parents episode with Alden. Kelan? Sa tamang panahon. :P 

Team yaya dub all the way!:)

Please forgive my tummy and bochog face. I'm nine months pregnant! :P hahaha

We also met Asha, the girl who hated lola Nidora!:)

Thank you sir Joey and Tito Sen :)

Hi Ryzza!

Our princess Dub!

I honestly want to share the whole story to everyone who is reading my blog. But please bear with me, I am in the middle of back pains and last minute work before I pop! Hopefully I can share it soon! For now, just enjoy these pictures. :P

PS. Please do not grab any photos without any of my permission. thank you!:)

much love,

Niki xx

My first Lazada experience.

Ever since mobile phones and text messages existed, I had been an avid gadget fan. I follow trends and into exploring different mobile phones. In fact I can't even count how many phones I've owned! (oops not to brag, I do buy and sell so I get to use some of them before selling.) I just love to explore new mobiles and I have this little dream of being a tech blogger so I get to review the newest mobile phones in the market. Oh well.

In connection to that, I am a huge fan of Samsung lately. I got to try their recent top of the line models and Samsung got me this time. I am amazed by their front camera and fast charging feature! Mabilis talaga sya magcharge! But the thing is, the battery gets easily drained that I should always have a powerbank with me. My friends know me well, I never leave the house without my powerbank. I had been using my trusted Bavin powerbank for quite sometime and I can vouch for its durability. But the thing is, it's not compatible with my phone. Super bagal nya magcharge. Like 1% every 10 minutes, and I cannot use the phone or else magbabawas pa yung battery nya. So I tried looking for an alternative. I've read several reviews and found out that the Xiaomi powerbank is an option so I purchased the 16,000mah pb. But it's just too heavy for me! Good thing, my sister is looking for a good powerbank, so I just gave mine to her. Another suggestion is the Asus Zenpower. I had been a lurker online, and I found out that Lazada is having flash sales for this item. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it at first. But when I found out that they are selling yesterday, I grabbed the chance!

So I placed my order at around 2 in the afternoon. (of course I got the pink one, it's pink or nothing.) I had the order confirmation immediately and they informed me that the item will be delivered in a week. To my surprise, one of their agents called me earlier to inform me that my item will be delivered today! Hooray! I availed the COD option just to try.

Special delivery!!:)

Thank you so much Lazada!

The powerbank is wrapped in a bubble wrap with a Lazada return form.

And here's an addition to my pink addiction!:P (sorry that's the most artistic photo that I can take!:P)

I am really satisfied with my first Lazada purchase. I am really hesitant to get something from them at first because I have been reading reviews about their deliveries but I am thankful that I didn't experience any! Please bear with me, I will be trying the powerbank soon and hopefully I can post another review about it soon! 

Thanks for reading!

Our Menggay a.k.a. Yaya Dub! :)

Just a little commercial from my journey to motherhood. :) Apart from being a wife and a soon-to-be mom, I am also the eldest sister to my brothers and sisters. And with this, allow me to dedicate (naks parang dj lang?) this post to my dearest sister who is starting to finally do what she loves. (and I know she's doing good at it! Of course biased ako, ate kaya ako nyan!) Maybe most of you have encountered the "dubsmash queen" or Eat Bulaga's latest dabarkads "yaya dub!" Yes, she's my sister!

Please allow me to boast a little, that my sister had been living the life and reaching for her dreams. I know she wants to be an actress, but nobody is paying attention to that! I remember our parents laughing about it. Until dubsmash happened. One day in the office, she's alone, bored and tried to make fun of herself. Little did she knew that this will be the start of her life-long dream! A lot of agencies are sending their inquiries, asking if she can endorse their product, random people are asking for photos with her, talk about the life of a celebrity! I couldn't be happier for her!

In fact, sometimes I still can't believe that we just used to watch Eat Bulaga during lunch time. And now we're seeing her doing her stints in that noontime show! Well, she deserves it. Our "Menggay" as how we fondly call her is one of my most thoughtful siblings. She also had been my confidante when I feel down, I tell her almost everything! Who would have thought that I'll be talking to the next celebrity now??:P

It also surprises me that I gain some followers everyday (obviously because of her.) People are sending me messages that they want my sister to notice her. Well folks, believe me, she gets a lot of messages, requests and all that (AS IN A LOT) that she didn't get the chance to reply to each of them. But like what I have posted in my twitter account, she may not thank you all individually, but if she can, she will. :) busy ang yaya nyo kay lola Nidora! (pati na din kay Alden!lol)

So here's a little treat to those who had been checking (and digging up) her old posts, some of her old photos, when she's still wishing and praying for the life that she has now.

Yup that little girl is yaya dub!

God's love is amazing.

It was indeed a very tiring leave yesterday, because it's my monthly check up again. But let me skip that first for a more important realization in my life today. Last night John decided to leave his car in Manila so that he can drive for me home. He said "ayoko nang umuwi at magdrive ka magisa, pagod ka na." I am almost four months pregnant with an active baby and I drove the whole day yesterday, and it was indeed really tiring. We arrived home a bit late. At first I am planning to sleep immediately, but maybe it has been a routine for us to talk before we sleep about anything under the sun. And last night's topic was... our baby's name! I know my baby will hate me for the rest of his/her life if we'll name him/her bacon, so I said we shall think of better names, something the baby will never be ashamed of. We've decided to name the baby "Anita Anastacia" if she'll be a baby girl. (named after our beloved grandmothers) but if it will be a boy, I honestly do not have any ideas in mind. Oh, but John said we can name him "Juan Carlos" (named after him of course) but I said it's too close to John Carlos so we can still think of other names. I don't know why I suggested Fabaroti, and Juancho Miguel (telenovela-ish) and other funny names! My husband must be really amazed that he's now calling the baby Fabaroti! Oh baby, we love you so much that we're thinking of the best name to give you! ;)

So we slept late last night and I woke up a bit later than usual this morning. I was too tired to wash the dishes last night, so I told John let me do that today because I want to rest. And then he said okay. He woke me up this morning with sweet kiss telling me that he'll be leaving already. It's also starting to be a habit for him to listen to my tummy (and claiming that he's hearing the baby) and to kiss it to say goodbye not just to me but to baby. I find it sweet (and I know our baby does too) that he/she is loved as early as now. I even talk to him/her everyday, and telling our munchkin to just be healthy and hold on. Pregnancy is not an easy journey, but no worries, it is indeed a privilege to be bearing a child.

And so he left the house and after a few minutes, I went down to get ready for work. And to my surprise, the dishes are already clean and the hot water is ready! (I only use hot water when taking a bath) I almost cried because of too much happiness. This might be really usual and "mababaw" to some, but to me, it is a very meaningful act of kindness. Again I am just reminded of how God destined me to spend the rest of my life with someone who will take good care of me. In fact, I felt more special when I got pregnant. He cooks for me, cleans the house and do everything so I can rest. Sorry but I am not really a home buddy so doing chores is not really my thing. I'd rather work in the office all day than doing that. But God gave me a very loving husband that he is willing to do everything for me.

I immediately sent John a text message thanking him for loving me unconditionally. And as always, I am showered with sweet words from him. John is God's reminder that happiness is not measured by the material things that one can have. Rather, happiness is sharing your life with someone who will never let you feel you are alone.

Here's one of my favorite e-session photos that we had a few years back. A constant reminder of how happy we are having each other. :)

much love,

Baby Bacon!

Hi everyone! I am writing some positive vibes today. :)

I must admit that lately (because of reading several forums) I've been a bit paranoid about my baby. I had lower back pains and on-off morning sickness and since I am a first time mom, I have no idea if that's fine. I am waiting for Feb. 17 to come, because that will be my third pre-natal check up. My husband assured me that I have nothing to worry about. But blame it on the hormones, I sometimes want to go inside my tummy just to be sure that my bacon is fine. It's my 11th week and 3rd day today. Two more weeks and I'm done with the very challenging first trimester. I still consider myself lucky that I didn't get extreme morning sickness. I seldom vomit and feel nauseous. I am always craving for something. (Sometimes I really don't know what I am craving for.) And yes, I am always short-tempered! I get mad easily when I am in our office. (Hormones again, eh?) But the most important thing that pregnancy made me? It helped me realize that I am so blessed to have a very optimistic and caring husband that I have nothing more to ask for. Even John noticed that I had been extra clingy and touchy since I got pregnant. I love to smell his neck and his skin. I hug him most of the time. (I don't hug him before, he's the one who's always hugging me.) Although, I don't want to smell his perfume, so when we're together I always stop him from spraying.

Let me first share why I call our baby "bacon".
I know it's weird, but I think it's cute!:P It's like an epiphany, that the other day, it just came to me that I want to name my baby... BACON! Don't panic, that will be the baby's nickname, I will never register it on the baby's birth certificate! :) A lot of people are objecting (especially my husband), but my best friend is supporting me all the way and that's enough for me! LOL! Now we're calling the baby bacon. :P

Back to my prenatal check up story. hehe :P

So I went to Marikina yesterday for my check up. (I know it's far from here, but I decided to transfer to John's aunt for our peace of mind.) So kebs if I'm driving from Bulacan to Marikina. Sadly, John just got accepted to work the other week so he can't file a leave to accompany me to the doctor. Thank good heavens that my bestfriend is there to the rescue! She said she's free yesterday and I asked her if she can be bacon's dad yesterday. We ate at UP, I let her try Rodics. And then we went to St. Vincent after. To my surprise, my OB isn't there. The secretary said she's out of town and I just want to break down and cry! LOL. But! That's not the end of the story yet. I have sent a message to Tita Nida asking for another schedule with her, and she said she's on her way to the clinic! God is good!:) So we waited for her to arrive. And then we used a doppler and checked if we can hear baby bacon's heartbeat. Before doing that, she had a disclaimer that usually, a baby's heartbeat can be heard starting the 12th week of pregnancy. So she said I shouldn't worry. But to my surprise... Our baby let us hear his/her heart beating! It sounded like a tired dog gasping for air! 140-160 BPM according to my OB. I just couldn't contain my happiness hearing it for the first time! Goodbye worries, my baby is okay! :)

Now my every day goal is to get rid of everything that makes me feel upset. (I have been kinda sad lately) I will always keep the baby's sake my first priority. :)

much love,

A not-so-secret love affair.

I am surprised how people remembers me if they see green mangoes in the street. Ganun pala talaga ako kahilig sa manggang hilaw! I remember before that I almost got hospitalized because of the shrimp paste that I got with my mangoes. Sa baba ng MRT!:P And that is because I have a not-so-secret love affair with green mangoes. (Kala nyo kung ano noh?) And now that I'm preggers, I think we had a deeper relationship. I go gaga for green mangoes! Yesterday, I even went down the bus when I saw someone selling! The proof? 

These are just some! I eat green mangoes almost everyday! Sobrang addict ko lang! Wala lang, I just want to share!:) I am a happy preggers when I see my love (aside from my husband lol), green mangoes! :P

much love,

I'm not sleeping with him.

How intriguing the title! :D hahaha, last Tuesday, my sister tagged me and my guy best friend in a photo which says "My best friend is a guy and I'm not sleeping with him." So para medyo intriguing, yan nilagay ko. :P Since I am filled with chikas and all nowadays. So anyway, I remember posting something about Manuel long time ago. That I'd rather settle for something permanent than something that I might lose along the way.

How I wish I can share something that had happened a couple of days ago. But to make the long story short, I came to realize that there are just some people who are meant to push you to your limits. And the best response? The art of deadma. Manuel and I had been friends since high school. Apart from my husband, I consider him to be my bestest guy friend, just because we have this "platonic special connection" which we both know will stay forever. (naks!) So last Tuesday, our friendship was put into test, by someone who is really clueless of what had REALLY happened. Some people are putting malicious levels on us. I want to laugh hard, just because that is not true! Not at all. In fact, we had this conversation about "kahit maghubad ka sa harap ko, di kita papatulan!" And it's mutual! I tell him everything about me, and he does the same! That is why I wonder why people are just too malicious to think that there is "something" happening between us. FYI, I am married. And cheating with my husband is really not my cup of tea. I mean, yes, Manuel and I go out, oftentimes we eat out and have coffee alone, and we'd rather have it that way (just because there are some issues that he's not comfortable to share to anybody else except ME.). And I can't see anything wrong with that!

So just to pacify the issue, I, no scrap that, we decided to keep things on ourselves and just see people bury themselves to negative vibes. All I know is that I got my guy bestfriend no matter what. :)

To add good vibes, I'm sharing some of our fancy pictures over the years. ;)

I just hope everyone will find someone like Manuel in their life. Someone who will be your friend for the rest of your life, no matter what. I am just so blessed to have a guy bestfriend in him. And yes, I am not sleeping with my bestfriend. ;)

much love,

Past. Present.

Pardon this mushy cheeseballs post, I just feel romantic and thankful today, and I want to share it to everyone. :)
I am a big fan of timehop app, because I want to know what happened to me few years back. So this morning, this is what surprised me.

This happened three years ago, when he put a drum of vetsin in my food and I fell inlove with this weirdo. I am a huge fan of happily ever after before a storm came and shattered everything into small pieces. But then again, when I learned things the hard way, I became whole again. And right after that, he happened. The extremely makulit guy who asked for my number in exchange of a twenty-peso Mcdonalds meal is now the first person I see when I open my eyes every morning. It amazes me really, how fate leads you to somewhere. You'll just know, that's where you should be.

And then here's what happened last night. In the middle of waiting for our food and stories of friends, he kissed me. He always does, I am showered with "ang ganda ganda ng asawa ko" every now and then. Something like "ang swerte ko ikaw napangasawa ko." Who would not love hearing those things? Apart from the love, it is the appreciation that mattered most to me. In my entire life, I have always been trying to be on top. From family, to ex-lovers, friends. But now, I have the crown. hahaha! And nothing feels better than having someone to share your completeness with. He's my husband, my bestfriend and my life. (OA na sa kakesohan to!)

Just sharing!xx

That thing Called Tadhana.

I cannot not post anything about this movie! Okay, before sharing my thoughts about the movie, let me share my little adventure just to make it to the last screening.

My friend Michael sent me the movie poster last week. I said okay, we will watch the film, because I am a die hard fan of Filipino movies, not to mention that we have this somehow tradition of films like this every year. Anyway, I didn't realize that they will only be showing this until Monday! And since the movie won the Audience Choice Award, they had another showing day (which was last Tuesday) So I told Michael that I can never miss this, because of positive feedbacks of random people online. Our initial plan is to watch it in Greenhills. Screening time, 5 PM. Can't. Next option, 7 PM, Glorietta. Tickets sold out. Last option... FAIRVIEW TERRACES! 7:10. Where's Fairview again? I cannot remember the last time I went to Fairview. All I know is that there's a way somewhere from Sta. Maria Bulacan to Fairview via San Jose. Okay, the adventure starts here. I trusted Waze with all that I am, and it's all that I have so I have no choice. Haha. I kept on driving... and driving.. To make everything more exciting, my car's aircon is not working so I have to open my windows. Ang ineeet! But after an hour of driving... I arrived in Fairview Terraces at around 6:30! Yipee! I rushed into the ticket booth and bought our tickets. Michael said he'll be coming late so I have some alone time in the cinema again.

Okay, now the movie. What can I say about it? It's one light, HUGOT (with emphasis on hugot), funny and a movie full of lessons for you know, tatanga tanga people in love. :P I can relate to Mace character, because of her thing for One More Chance, sacrifices, and hope in love. I was once a Mace, who gave her everything just to win back the man of his life. But just like her too, I was led to my "tadhana" now. I was once singing "where do broken hearts go" in videoke, night after the break-up. And thanks to my friends who sang with me that night. I was one broken soul, who wanted to see the world. Someone who remembered everything about the ex. Oh Mace, love na love na talaga kita. :) I fell in love with the way Angelica portrayed Mace's character. It is as if she had this "been there done that" slate. She's helpless, but she's strong and determined to move on. As for JM de Guzman, oh my JM, I didn't realize how good looking he is until this movie. Ang sarap nyang i-hug! I also love his character. He's really perfect for Mace. 

And what's my favorite part of the movie? The Sagada scene where Mace let it all out. I saw myself in her! That was full of emotions, and heartaches, pain, everything! That hurts. So much. No wonder she won the best actress award. And I bet a lot of people can relate to how Mace handled pain. 

As what I've heard, they are trying their best to show the movie again due to insistent public demand. My best friend is one of those who are dying to see it and of course, I will watch it again, this time with her. :) We're keeping our fingers crossed.

.Sweet November.

Pardon me for not posting our entire Korea trip, my husband is still in busy mode, and our raw photos are still raw, (meaning, I cannot even browse them on his laptop) and his photos are better than mine (since I only used my phone to take our pictures) so I decided to wait for it before sharing our story to everyone. :)

Yesterday was our 10th month anniversary of being a married couple. As I grow older, I am becoming less of a fan of monthsaries. (Don't get me wrong, I still want to celebrate) but because of other priorities, we'd rather not make a big fuss about it. Anyway, yesterday, it's a miracle that my husband remembered. I always make "tampo" when he forgets, but when I do, he can't get mad! :P hehehe. Anyway, we decided to celebrate a bit last night. We're too lazy to go to Manila to look for a decent resto, so we decided to go to SM Marilao instead. (naks SM Marilao!hahaha) But it's too traffic so John looked for an alternate route. Then we passed by this restaurant somewhere in Bocaue. Wakamatsu Yakiniku. We heard a lot about it, so last night, we decided to give it a try.

It is an eat all you can Japanese restaurant. 419/pax, not bad! :) and I must say that it's good! My favorite is the mixed salpicao! (Big fan of salpicao here) Their maki is good as well. John tried the beef tongue and he said that it's also good. :) I forgot to take pictures of our food because I am too hungry that night to do that. :P

And after our dinner, we decided, no, scrap that, I decided to go to Starbucks because of Toffee Nut!:) Yaay for my fave drink! Not really a fan of their planners, but I love Toffee Nut! So we had some well-deserved quality time for each other. 

And, let me take this chance to be cheesy and all. To my husband, who has been very supportive in all my decisions (big or small), my absorber of all of my topaks, my best friend, my adventure buddy, and my love... Thank you for the ten blissful months of marriage. I will always believe in you. I love you!!

much love,

Fangirling.

Last night we had an impromptu dinner with my bestfriend, my parents, and her parents. (FYI, our mothers are the best of friends as well, so that explains the dinner :P) I am so happy that I finally convinced my parents to eat in Cerchio, because they never trusted my taste in food. I get a chance to play with Ghia's niece (who is super hyper btw), Ely! She's such a cute and smart little kid!

Believe me, this kid is super duper hyper! I have only played for her for about three hours (with Ghia) and I am totally exhausted! I was not able to eat well!

So this is our obligatory group photo, and as always, my father is not looking. 

But that's not all! While we're eating our dinner, we saw a lot of people shouting outside.. And when we checked.. It's Dingdong Dantes!! Inaki! (TGIS days, 90's kid, okay?:P) Our moms are bigger fans than we are, we waited for another three hours just to see and have our photos taken with Dingdong!

What an amazing photo! Blurred! I would like to thank my mom for this, ang labo! I wanna cry! Opportunity knocks only once! Just once! So unfair that I took a perfect photo of her with D! And my photo is just. fab. I wanna cry. *end of story*

till my next adventure! :)

much love,