Guess Who Passed the Bar?

Congratulations Tita Atty. Jill Sabitsana! :)

Aside from my sister-in-law Jill, i only know 3 other people who passed the bar this year:

Jang Moreno -Batchmate in Zobel
Jordan Pugeda- Batchmate and Search-In Circlemate
Jomi Manalo- Husband of my co-teacher

Congratulations!!!

Elorde Awards Night

Last Tuesday, March 25 I attended the Elorde Awards Night at the Manila Hotel. Here are some pictures taken at the event. (Sayang Drago had exams that night so he wasn't able to make it)

(L-R) Rose, Christian and his girlfriend Ara, Me, Cucuy and manong waiter :)

With Richard, Charlie, Bong, Pacman and his cute little Princess :)

Girls with Gerry Penalosa


Pacman, Charlie, Me, Richard


With Luisito Espinosa :)

Cucuy and I with Manny Pacquiao's daughter Princess (she's literally a princess!)

By the way, President Gloria was there too and gave a short welcome speech. I'm really not a big fan of GMA, but because of all the clamor and commotion i can't help but be a bit star struck. It's probably because of all the cameras, bright lights and the swarm of bodyguards around her. Plus it's also my first time to see the President in person :)

Videos

Peek-a-boo with Papa (Julia was just 5 months old)


Laughing with Ninang Krissy (New Year 2008)

It's my first time to try uploading videos but i don't have any recent ones so these are just random stuff :) Enjoy!

Swimming!

Julia skinny dipping in the inflatable swimming pool in bf :)
Thanks ninang krissy for the pics!

9 Months

This is my struggling attempt on a photoshop-like layout :) Powerpoint lang yan. Hehe. Drago laughs at me everytime he sees me do stuff like this. Sabi nya pwede na daw akong graphic artist. Harhar.

Anyway, Julia is 9 months old today! This photo was taken 2 weeks ago at a baptism that we attended. I wish i had taken more recent pictures. Maybe on my next post nalang :)

The past month, we've been teaching Julia how to sign. Char gave us a complete learning kit and we were so excited to use it! (Thanks Char!!!) We even made the yaya watch the DVD so she could learn it as well. Ang galing! It really works! We just sort of introduced the basics one at a time and of course the response was not immediate. At first she doesn't seem interested at all. Later on she seemed to become more responsive. It's really fun :) We've been teaching her to sign alot more now that she picks up easily. She recently learned how to do the milk and fish sign :) She is still learning to do the eat and more sign but she already understands them when you sign to her. We are teaching her all the basics first. It's so exciting seeing her make a sign. Sometimes i think i'm just imagining it, but sometimes i know it's for real! Even Julia's titas in BF are helping her learn the signs. We're trying to make it a family activity :) it's more effective that way :) If you saw "Meet the Fockers" the baby in the movie does sign language. Ang cute! :)

That Time of The Year

The last couple of days was the busiest time of the school year for us.

Last March 12 we had our Graduation Program. We look forward to this every year, and this year is special for me because it's my last :( The school year went by so fast! Time flies talaga... In fact, 4 years went by so fast. I can't believe i've been teaching in Zobel this long. Parang kelan lang, i was just a newbie! (hehe)

Anyway, our program was a blast! I cannot be more proud :) The kids did really great! Even Drago says so :) I make him watch our program every year-- he has never missed a single one. It's that important to me :) It's sort of like a culminating activity for the entire school year. Haay... I cannot even begin to describe what we all had to go through to put together such a production. Props making, choreography, costume, logistics, practices, practices, practices! In the end, all the hard work really paid off.

The day after the program we had our farewell party. I brought Julia to school with me :)

Here are some pictures taken during our Farewell Party

(Julia the socialite baby)

And here are some pictures during our Graduation Program

Me and my little Siam Kids :) My class did a number from the musical The King and I.

Just Visiting

Mishy, my very good friend and former co-teacher visited Julia today. She's 5 months pregnant :) Another playmate on the way! Yey!!! :)

After such a busy weekend...
A typical night in BF :)

Eventful Weekend

Saturday, we attended the Baptism of our friend's daughter.
Congratulations Sai and Ruth!


and Sunday..

We went to Tanauan to visit my lola, titos, titas, cousins, etc. We spent most of the day stuffing food into our mouths :) My cousin Nina from NY is here and it's her first time to see Julia. They all said that Julia is such a happy and friendly baby :) She goes with just about anyone and is always smiling (contrary to her first few months). Don't be deceived by her sungit face! She's like me, mukang masungit lang pero hindi naman! Hehe. The other baby in the picture is my niece Mia who is 11 months old (she's 3 months older than Julia). According to my brother Archie, Gabby (my niece in NY) is just about the same size as the two girls, but she's already a year old! Ate, petite anak mo! Hindi mana sa inyo! hehe...

Speaking of my brother Archie... It's his long awaited homecoming! He's here with us for two weeks. Ang saya! It's his first time to come home in 7 years! So we're probably gonna be busy taking him around in the next two weeks. More excuse to eat out! hay! Anyway, my sister sent us more stuff, lots of really cute clothes and toys! Thanks ate!!!! We loooove the new outfits! We're really lucky because we get lots of hand me downs for Julia. From the states pa lahat! Sosyal! Thanks to Maddie and Gabby! :) Oh, and the pictures you're looking at are taken using my new Canon SD 870 IS (yabang!!!)

talaga.