46th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show

I spent the whole day at the beach last Sunday... Friend B picked me up at around 9 am and we parked the car downtown..We took the bus going to North Avenue Beach since it's not really advisable to park the car nearby because parking in the immediate area is virtually non-existent. The city were expecting 2 million people to witness the said event. We chose a nice spot a few meters away from Lake Michigan. The air and water show in Chicago is one of the countries best. Planes are visible from the ground all over the city, but the show is best viewed from North Avenue Beach. =)This event is one of those which Chicagoans look forward to. We all agreed that the Blue Angels squadron were the best!



If I had known that it was gonna be really hot that day, I should've worn my bathing suit.. When I checked for the temperature earlier, it was 50's, and besides it was quite chilly even inside the apartment, so I chose to wear my fave pink shirt.. As a result..... Voila!!! Cath got an uneven tan.. My arms look horrible upto this day... How sad...

Anyway, here are some other pics I took.. Sorry if they aren't so good.. I just used my phone..


meet Angelica and Angelo.. they're fraternal twins.. =)




i was trying to take a pic of the planes sana e..


same with this pic..


i love this kinda hazy pic.. hahaha!


people of Chicago along North Avenue beach


taken after the airshow.. this was at Lincoln Park. I loved the view.. Marte, Angelica, Ritzel and Angelo


elliot and ate jv..


marte and cath.. the cousin.. see how red my face looked like??? this was taken right after we left the beach..

After we left the beach, we went straight to Tita Eleanor's place just to drop off the kids.. But they told us to stay coz they already ordered some food for merienda.. So we ended up eating pizza, french fries, chicken from KFC, and yummy gyoza courtesy of Elliot.. Sarap grabe! I think I ate 10 gyozas.. hahaha!!! We also had a blast with their magic mic.. The songs I sang that night were, Friend Of Mine, Somewhere Down The Road, A Smile In Your Heart, I'll Never Love This Way Again.. Paalam Na.. hahaha! Yeah,yeah.. I know.. all mushy songs...

You know what's weird? My dad didn't even notice how sunog my skin was when I got home that night.. He noticed it the next day when i dropped by his office.. Hay.. How I wish it starts to peel off.. I need your suggestions.. What's the best lotion or ointment I'd use so it will start to peel off very soon..

What I'm Lovin Right Now...


My Tuscan Aroma Jar and Green Tea Home Fragrance Oil from The Body Shop

This simple ritual will help calm the mind, body and spirit any time.. Just add a few drops of your favorite fragrance oil or essential oil to the top of the jar. Set the tealight in the base and light. Relax and enjoy as fragrance fills the entire room..

Ain't it obvious I so love green tea..?

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

This has got to be my all time fave doughnuts.. Yummy!



The Concert Ticket..

gonna be watching them tonight.. =)

Congratulations to the Newlyweds...

My cousin Paul and Pia.. Cheers!!!
I love this picture...
Last night, we finally met Pia in person.. She's so fun to be with.. Welcome to the family Ate Pia.. =)

Happy Birthday Mommy!!!


May you have more birthdays to come.. God bless..

What I Do Hate Right NOW...

Rainy Days.. Gloomy.. Makes me feel sad..

Thunderstorms.. This is a view from my window.. I would've published this post earlier, probably around 2 am.. But the thunder and lightning freaked me out! I swear I wasn't able to shut off the pc properly, I just ran and curled up under the sheets.. So childish huh? Hahaha!!! Have a great weekend everyone.

So.. how was your week?

Monday: Mom left for Daly City to attend my cousin's wedding.. So it was only Jell, Jam, Dad, and I were here at home .. Oh! Mice was here as well since no one would take care of him while my tita and Paul together with my mom were in Daly City.. Mice is my cousin Paul's pet ferret.. (Along Came Polly) I admit I am not fond of Mice..I'm not an animal hater ok.. but he just scares the hell out of me.. He looks like a half squirrel and half hamster.. My dad basically took care of Mice.. Fed him, cleaned his cage, played with him.. It was as if his baby.. Oh I'm jealous! Hahaha! Just kidding..
Hmm.. to give you a glimpse of Mice, here's a pic.. This was taken last month.. I didn't take this picture.. I was asleep when my sister took a pic of him inside the pocket of Paul's shirt..




Tuesday: Boring piano lessons.. I'm starting to get tired of it.. I'm so lazy to practice the pieces my teacher told me to. Since my mom ain't around, we were into canned goods.. Corned beef.. Vienna sausage.. Hahaha!!! And then there was Chinese food from the nearby resto along Western.. Hunan Chicken and Gen. Cho's chicken.. I swear I really missed my mom.. I think my dad was kinda jealous na nga e.. Coz i kept saying, "sana dumating na si mommy.." And he would say, "bakit, naiinis ka na ba sa'kin?" It's not that eh, I just miss her presence.. It made me realize I really have to learn my ways in the kitchen very soon.. I'm not getting any younger.. And it would be really embarassing to my future husband,(not that I'm marrying really soon ha..) coz as of the moment, I still don't know how to cook kahit simple adobo lang.. I can cook pasta, but hello!! I can't feed my family pasta everyday right???

Wednesday: I was 30 minutes late sa work.. I hate the CTA.. Grr.. Buses were late.. So was the train.. Hmp! Busy day in the office.. Went to the gym.. Dinner at the Velarde's. Yummy tinola, with lots of spinach.. Yummy leche flan as well. My fave!

Thursday: Tried to call up the trucking companies to pick-up some shipment... Unfortunately, G&J Trucking was not yet accepting shipment going to Florida because of the hurricane a few days ago.. And then there's this other company I could not get hold of. Grr! Kainis.. Voice mail parati.. And they would not return our call.. Went grocery shopping in Argyle.. Bought more instant noodles.. grass jelly drink (black gulaman) and some ingredients for fridge cake like honey grahams, table cream, condensed milk and peach halves in syrup.. Prepared the fridge cake for Friday dinner.. Made a little one for my sis Jam as well..

Friday: Mom arrived from their trip.. Got some shot glasses as pasalubong from her.. I decided I'd collect these when I first got one from Sir Pat.


If you would look closely, most of my glasses were from San Francisco.. I got the yellow ones from Mom, the one with my name on it was from Sir Pat when he went to San Fo, the one on the farthest left at the bottom was from Jam (she went to San Fo last week as well.. Haha!) And the one on the top right was given to my dad by Maggie as pasalubong when she went to New York. Dad decided to give the glass to me.. Haha!! I have yet to buy one here in Chicago to add to my collection..

Went to the gym as scheduled.. Went swimming for more than an hour.. I think I did more than 30 laps yesterday.. Well, 36 laps=1 mile.. I know t's nothing compared to how Olympic swimmers swim 12 miles a day.. Treadmill for 10 minutes.. Table tennis.. doubles.. Kuya Rommel and I, Sir Patrick and Tito Rommel.. Guess who won??? Who else?? Hahaha!!! Nice game.. Adrenaline rush..

Dinner at home... Mom cooked nilaga, rellenong bangus (actually she ordered it last Sunday and just stored it in the freezer) and ginataang alimasag.. Whew!!! The last one was my fave.. Actually my mom knows that I don't eat nilaga that much so she cooked some crabs.. Surprisingly, the crabs were fat.. Ooohh.. I love the aligi.. Did i spell it right? Yummy! Of course my dad was observing me again, he does that everytime I eat seafood.. That's because I'm allergic to it.. He tells me when I've had enough.. Pero kung ano un bawal, yun ung masarap e..

After the sumptuous dinner, mom brought out the dessert I made last Thursday. The fridge cake.. At first, I was really hesitant to admit that it was I who prepared the dessert.. Kasi they (my friends) know that I don't know how to cook/prepare any food.. They were surprised nga e.. Hahaha!! I'm more into a bit of baking or making simple desserts rather than cooking.. Tamad lang ako e.. Hayy.. Promise I'll start learning soon na..

Saturday: Even though I slept at 3 am, I woke up so early.. Decided to go with my mom, dad and tita to the Sto. Niño celebration.. I fell asleep while listening to the welcome remarks.. And fell asleep once more during homily. Bad no?
Hayy.. It's Saturday and I'm stuck here at home right now.. Alone. My parents and Jell went to Westmont to attend a birthday party. I'm too old for that! Jam went to see a concert..Bumming around..Fell asleep for a while.. Cooked Lucky Me instant pancit canton with calamansi for merienda.. And here I am right now.. Updating my blog.. Hahaha!! Checking out friends' blogs as well.. Peace! I'm out..

On the lighter side: Here are some fab finds..


A white Lacoste shirt I bought at Water Tower place.. It was on sale for $30. Used to be fifty bucks..



A pair of green slippers from Gap, and a pair of pink flip-flops from Abercrombie and Fitch.

Random Updates

It feels good...

It feels so good to finally reap the rewards of the strenuous work-out in the gym. My friends noticed that I've really lost weight.. My arms don't seem to be like those of a "boksingero" as what they used to be a few months back.. My tummy, I can't say that it's really flat na, but still, I really saw the difference..
Just set your mind into doing something you really want, and trust me, you'll achieve your goals sooner than you expected.

Us again..

Yeah i know.. We're addicted to pictures.. Haha! That's my sister Jam and I at a photo me booth in Lincolnwood..

Pissed Off

*Hmp!!! My piano teacher did not show up last Tuesday.. And he didn't even call me to say he won't make it.. I even went home really early just to practice the pieces we learned last week..

*The pool at Swedish Covenant won't be available for the whole week.. I feel that the work-out ain't complete without swimming for an hour.. I do 20-30 laps every other day.

Good luck Poopie..

My sister Jam is leaving for San Francisco on Saturday to perform together with other Philippine Rondalla of Chicago members.. They'll be gone for a week.. Lucky you poopie!!! Hahaha!!! I wanna go but I got work.. Hmp!! Take care.. I'm pretty sure you'll have a blast.. It'll be successful.. Just like your previous concerts..

Weird Weather..

It's supposed to be summer here in Chicago right now.. But from the look of it, it ain't..Coz just the other night, it was raining so hard that my bed got soaked because I left the window open.. This week, it's been cool during the day and late at night as well.. And last week, it was super hot naman.. I guess I should get used to the unpredictable weather here.. Hayyy..

Bills..Bills..Bills..

I just hate it when i receive my bills.. I swear they freak me out!!! When I get 'em from the mailbox, I open each envelope slowly, hoping i didn't maxx out my credit card.. or i didn't exceed the free minutes of my phone.. Right now, I'm not really in the mood to go to my fave stores and shop.. I've been trying to save.. For the past months kasi, it seems that I've been spending a lot on some silly stuff, when I have to save at least half of my paycheck every 2 weeks...

Pics from the party..

Jackie, Jell, Cath


Kami ulit.. Hahahaha!


With Paul naman this time.. Haha!!

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I can't seem to write anything interesting.. Please bear with me dear friends... (",)