excitement and dread

in a little over a week, i will be going back to manila.

i'm excited to see friends and family. but not without an ounce of dread as i too will see him again. it's been a week since my last emo episode and i'd like to keep it that way.

on the upside, i will be back here after a week. so all is good.

====

on a different note, i'm off to Timesquare to buy me a tripod for nikki (yes, i named my toy! deal with it!)

happy weekend everyone!

cam fiddler

with the arrival of my new toy comes the birth of a new hobby which i think deserves it's own space in cyberworld.

come check out my photo blog

disclaimer: i'm nowhere near good. but i'm learning. :)

eating my words

last year, i said that running is not for me as i, for one, am not athletic.

a couple of months ago, thanks to my uber persistent friend tolits, and, after finding the perfect running shoes, i turned a new leaf. i began to run. and i loved it.

who would've thought that i, the ever clumsy, ever maarte non-athletic, can't-even-ride-a-bike girl would appreciate and love running so much that i already finished two 5k runs! one of which was at night, under heavy rain.

yup. i did and i never felt so friggin good!

======

5K Nature Valley Run
5K Rock and Run

found

the quest for the perfect pair of running shoes is over.

i had myself analyzed at Runnr in High Street and found out that my feet needed stability. yes, my feet are bobo hahahaha!

i initially wanted an adidas but when i saw the nike lunar elite+ in stealth and pink, i just knew it was the shoe for me. plus, it had reflectors at the front and back. hindi ako masasagasaan! hahaha!

last night, i ran 4K and my feet didn't complain at all. love it!

the weekend that was

Friday

dinner at National Sports Grill with dear friends from UP. angela, who is now based in Singapore, came home for the holidays and we had our usual post Christmas get together. it was as close to the LB experience as it could get - drinks, food and lots of wonderful conversation. oh and we got to hang out with a Freestyle member til 6AM!

Saturday

anele and I spent the night at angela's house in Antipolo. stayed up til 8AM. slept for about an hour. and i taught baby basti the first nursery rhyme i could think of. by noon time, he was going baa-baa followed by words he could only understand and it was adorable!

Sunday

it didn't rain! hurray hurray! april, celia, arlene and I drove to Tagaytay. the reason, we wanted to try our new cams! hahaha! april just got her new lomo cam and of course, i gotta test my pink cam too.

we had lunch at Firelake Grill overlooking Taal Lake. it was a pretty good spot for photo op but first off, we had to eat!

i ordered their pesto pasta with tiger prawns. it wasn't on the menu but the waiter was kind enough to tell me since i wanted pasta but didn't wanna have angel hair. the pasta was ok. nothing really special about it except that it was a tad bit citrusy for my taste. the prawns are a different story though. they were sweet and perfectly grilled.

celia had the norwegian salmon which was served with butterred veggies. (april and arlene ordered lamb but i failed to take a picture)

after lunch, it was time for pictures and boy did i get carried away. here are my fave shots:

hope your weekend was as good as mine.