Two weeks ago, we received the floor plan for our house. But, we made some slight revisions and helped to finalize the electrical layout. We are particular with the lighting positions so we made our own layout and sent it to the ar
chitect. We also made some revisions to the window and door sizes. We are almost done with the structural plan for the house, now we are starting to look for interior designs. I am looking and collecting photos for kitchen cabinet designs and storage ideas. We are also checking out some wooden swing sets for the lanai or for the small garden. We are pretty excited with our house. We hope to start the construction in November this year.
Here are some of the kitchen ideas I found in the internet:
I love these high chairs for the breakfast nook.
We want this color for our kitchen cabinets as well as the design. 
I also love this very neat design
We were able to avail another Hotel Buffet promo. This time it’s in Hyratt’s Market Café. We were able to avail 3 vouchers for the buffet with unlimited drinks for P995 each (original value is P1650), inclusive of 12% VAT and 10% service charge. Isn’t that great? We availed the promo for me, husband, and my mother-in-law a few days before our wedding anniversary. It was my MIL’s first time to experience hotel buffet and was so overwhelmed with the food selection. Market Café offers Chinese, Japanese, Western, Indian, Korean and Filipino dishes, and desserts. We also tried some of the slot machines at the Casino located just outside the restaurant. 
Here’s a view of their buffet:
Fresh Seafood Station
(no Lobsters and Crabs na katulad sa Sofitel)
Chinese Cuisine Station (dimsums and noodles)
Their dimsums are just okay.
Bread and Pizza Station
(Andre enjoyed their garlic bread)
Pasta Station
(they have Alfredo Sauce, Tomato Sauce, and Pesto Sauce – syempre Pasta in Pesto Sauce is our choice )
The Indian Cuisine Station
(we didn’t try this because we are not fond of Indian foods)
Japanese Food Station
(sushis, sashimis, and oysters??? – I wonder why the oysters are included here 
)
Their sushis are just so so and their tempura section is always empty. They do not refill them regularly.
Roast Prime Ribs
The best ribs I have tasted so far. It’s soo tender and the mushroom gravy is soo good.
Dessert Station
(They have a few selections of desserts compared to Sofitel, but I loved their super moist cake.)
blueberry cheesecake
Crepe station
(I asked for a mango crepe)
Halo-halo station
Now, it’s time to eat!
Plate # 1: Vegetarian Pasta
(Andre had two servings of this minus the broccoli ;) )
Plate # 2: a slab of Roast Prime Beef Ribs
with mushroom gravy, fried potatoes, and mashed squash
(I enjoyed this so much! Sarap ng beef, soo tender and tasty.)
Plate # 3: Grilled foods
(blue marlin. lamb, shrimp, squids, and kebab)
The grilled shrimps and grilled tuna are bland. They did not add any seasonings. 
Plate # 4: Tempura
Sabi nga ni Chyng, “walang tempura na hindi masarap!”
But, they have a limited supply of tempura in their station. They do not serve them right away.
Plate # 5: Assorted sushis
This should has been my favorite part, but it failed.
Their maki is just okay. But, I loved their fresh shrimp in vinegar (kilawin na hipon sa atin).
Plate # 6: Dessert
Mango Crepe with their home-made Mango Ice cream. The Ice Cream was not creamy.
While waiting for my hubby and MIL to come back from Casino, I also tried their chocolate cake and blueberry cheesecake.
I loved the chocolate cake. I just can’t get some more because I am so full na.
and I also asked the waiter for a brewed coffee.
It was another mouth-watering and gastronomic experience. And hoping for more hotel buffet discount and promos so that it would be more affordable. :D
Happy eating!
I have noticed many people wear nursing scrubs as their company uniform nowadays. I have seen employees of spas, salons, dental clinics, children’s playroom, and even nannies wearing them. There are various styles, colors, and brands. For those of you who wants to buy good-quality nursing scrubs, you may check-out this link: http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/.
Their scrub tops and pants will make women feel so great about themselves. Their design features two back pockets on the scrub pants and a tapered scrub top and uses high quality fabric. They now have the original scrubs and the new simple scrubs for women. They both offer the same slimming fit and use the same high quality fabric. The original designer uniforms have stylish stitching on the scrub bottoms’ both back pockets and matching stitching on the scrub top’s pocket, while the simple scrub sets do not have any designer stitching on the pockets and are tied at the waist with a solid white tie.
You can also check-out their designer scrubs if you want. Once you see them, you can notice the difference of their nursing scrubs from other brands.
Andre made us proud during their recent School’s Recognition Day. He is in the Junior Kinder Level and they were asked to wear their superhero costume. Andre wore a Superman costume that day. Abeth took a leave for this event. Andre’s grandparents as well as Abeth’s cousins and my sister were present that time. All parents are not aware of the awards that will be given to their kids. So, we went there without knowing what Andre will receive. But of course, we are expecting an award. 
We are expecting that each student will receive special award.
I accompanied Andre in the stage and was surprised that he was given two medals for being the Most Independent and a General Excellence medal. What is really surprising is the certificate indicating that he was a first placer during the recent Spelling Bee contest in their level. It really surprised us and made us so proud of him. He didn’t tell us that he won during the contest. We knew that there is a contest because it was written on their schedule. We thought it was just a plain classroom activity. J So, after the event, we had our lunch together with almost 20 supporters. Then, I bought him the toy that I promised to give him.
You really made us happy and proud Andre. Keep it up! We love you!
I’m so happy with my new gadget. We can do many things with it, like Facebook, mail, chat, etc. Andre can play games on it as well as his dad. It is my first smartphone. I think it has been 5 years since I had an expensive phone. However, I bought a new handy phone last year to replace the phone that was stolen from me by the robbers a year ago. I got a low-priced handset that features a dual simcard and querty keypad. With its price, it is so practical and performs well. It has a good battery life that lasts up to 4 days. I have no plans of replacing it with a new one because it is still working and in good condition. But, my husband wanted me to have a new one – and a smartphone – so that we are not being left-behind by the latest handy phone technologies. Eh syempre, who am I to refuse to give in to his offer? So, I give in. Hehehe. I want to thank his officemate that made my husband realize that I deserve this new phone. This is my husband’s gift to me for our 6th wedding anniversary this month and I love him more! I told him that his gift doesn’t end here. He should start thinking a gift for my birthday and mothers day presents.
I have switched to a new OB-GYNE to treat my PCOS. I am under medication to treat them and recently finished my last shot of HPV vaccine. My doctor advised me to take Provera for 6 months and will give me an ovulation pill after that. I am also trying to lose weight now because it is one of the factors for having this hormonal imbalance. I now eat cereals for breakfast, a complete meal at lunch, and a very light dinner. I also steam some camote for my snack. I’m also starting to make a food diary to monitor what I eat. I really have to make a move for a healthy life and getting ready for our next baby, if God permits. I’m also glad that I do not suffer from severe acne just like other women who have PCOS because women with PCOS are more likely to get acne. I’m glad that I don’t have to deal with it.
I hope that this will work this time because Andre is asking for a brother na. Nakakpressure!
Continuous ink systems (CIS) have been so popular nowadays because they are so cost-effective. When Andre was in nursery, we make use of our printer to print a lot of pictures for his homework that consumed lots of ink. We are all aware that branded ink refills for various printers like Canon, HP, and brother printers cost too much. So we decided to have our printer converted to CIS and it resulted to huge savings. I use them in printing not only Andre’s homeworks and worksheets that I download online and his cousins’ as well. I also use them to print colorful labels and even photos without thinking that I may run out of the costly ink. An ink refill costs almost a thousand, while a 250 ml of a black ink costs only Php200, which lasts for months. For moms like us, it is a huge saving when it comes to printing our child’s homeworks. I have used them to print our personalized calendar giveaways last December. Isn’t it great?
As I’ve mentioned before, one of the reasons for being busy these past months is our transfer to a “temporary” home. Why temporary? It is literally temporary because a friend asked us to stay in his home while he is away. It is just in time for our plan to construct our own house in the late part of this year, which is also located in the same village. We are still in the process of finalizing the floor plan. Husband and I are working together for the locations of lightings and switches, as well as the sizes of windows and doors. I even made my own design of our small kitchen, including the cabinets, and the service and laundry area. I am yet to design my small work station for my home-based work. We are also starting to scout for suppliers of the materials needed during the construction like lightings, switches, cabinet handles, doors, windows, and tiles. I like Hinkley lightings most especially their designs for ceiling and bathroom lighting. I have saved the photos of the designs I want and will check our local stores if they have these designs. We also intend to elevate our house to at least 1.3 m so that we won’t experience flood inside our house anymore during heavy rains. We are excited for our simple dream house. We hope that we could find a good contractor and, of course, to be approved for a housing loan.
I have noticed that there are several online educations being offered in the internet nowadays. Today, it is possible to earn a degree irrespective of age and location. These online education programs are very suitable to moms and single parents who cannot go back to school full-time, as well as for many other students who prefer flexibility in study schedules. In this country, it is popular to local actors and actresses who have no time to attend a “real” or “traditional” school due to hectic schedules. UP is one of the universities in our country that offers distance education, which they refer as UP Open University. They are now on its 16th year.
I wander how effective this type of education system, most especially in the medical field, for example, an online nursing degree. Course like this necessitates hands-on job. And the best way to learn this is by experience. There are various things or traits that online nursing degree students cannot learn from book like being compassionate and the interaction with patients. A good nurse should learn how to properly deal with “real” sick patients through hands-on training. However, despite of doing well with the online nursing classes, still, there are topics that no amount of classes can teach you. These topics require not only experience but also personality traits.
However, there are also advantages, like the flexibility and convenience of staying at home. Another advantage is that online courses are usually more affordable than the traditional ones because the course fees are often lower and there would be no transportation cost for students, which plays a huge part in a student’s education expenses.
So, if you want to enroll in a distance education program, here are some points to consider before signing up an online degree:
1. Check for accreditation
2. Check out the school’s reputation
3. Check if the credits earned at this online degree will be accepted at other online schools if you may want to change schools
4. Ask about the refund policy of the school
5. Check the school’s teacher-student ratio.
Heto ang kulay rosas na Lotus Flower na aming nakita sa Lotus Garden na matatagpuan sa Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Dito kami nagpalipas ng ilang gabi habang kami ay nagbabakasyon sa Puerto Princesa kasama ang aking mga magulang, kapatid, asawa, anak, at dalawang kaibigan.
Ang Palawan ay isang magandang lugar na masarap balik-balikan. Sa katunayan, noong nakaraan taon ay dalawang beses kong nakita ang ganda ng Palawan. Una ay sa Coron noong Setyembre kasama ang aking mga ka-oposina, at pangalawa ay sa Puerto Princesa noong Nobyembre naman. At ngayong taon na ito, El Nido naman ang aming pupuntahan.
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