new years resolution?

In a few hours, it will be the start of the new year. The first day of the year always brings to mind new year's resolutions. When I was in grade school (even in high school) the teachers made us write our new year's resolution the first day we went back to school. We were made to list the things we did wrong the past year and the plans we have for the new year. Do we have anything we wanted to change or do? I can't remember much what my new year's resolutions were, except for one. It was a long time ago but I remembered writing at the top of my list about losing weight. You see, when I was in high school, I was fat. And I mean, fat. I was over a hundred pounds and with my less than five feet height, I looked awful. I felt awful too especially when I heard remarks about how awful I looked. So I made the resolution to lose weight come hell or high water. Thankfully my parents helped and so I was able to overcome it before the year ended. It was tough but I did it. So far, this was the only resolution I can think of that I really worked on. For the coming year, I initially did not think about making any resolution. I thought I will live by the saying que sera, sera but remembering that one resolution I made years ago I realized I may need to make a new year's resolution again. I need to lose weight. This time, there will be no parents to help since they are thousands of miles away but I have the husband to help me through. In fact, he said he will help me by going to the gym himself. I hope we will work on this one though. We are gaining weight fast and since we are getting older it is harder to get rid of. We could not believe we let ourselves go like this but we only have ourselves to blame. We have to work really hard and diligently for this problem.

baptism

Christmas day is my niece Aliyah's baptism. It is actually tonight or more aptly, today in the Philippines since it is Christmas day in there right now. The Philippines is thirteen hours ahead of the American time. Anyway, my brother chose the date so he can celebrate it with the rest of the relatives. It is a double celebration and I am sure there will be lots of people to attend. I am still waiting for their text message telling me if they already are in town. I have tried calling several times but I could not get any signal. Perhaps it has something to do with all the calls people make on Christmas day. There is more traffic right now than on regular days. I would want me and my family to be there to join in the celebration but that is not possible so I can only wish them to enjoy. Perhaps next year if He will allow, then we can go back to visit and have the little man baptized. I found out we can do it here but we want his grandparents to be present when he is baptized since they were not here when I gave birth. Hopefully our plan will push through. But it will still be months from now so we will just wait. For now I just want to know what preparations the family in Leyte are doing.

missed call

Last Saturday I got a missed call and a message on my voice mail from my brother. I called right away but I was about a half hour late. My brother was already at home by then so I started calling my parents who were luckily in town so I got to talk to them. They did not know why J called but they had an idea, financial. I don't know if he wants to ask us monetary help for his daughter's baptism or just to tell us to send extra to our parents in case they get short. The baptism will be on Christmas day and knowing what it is like when there is an important occasion in my parent's house, there will be lots of people to join in the festivities. He might be afraid that the food will not be enough. When I told the husband about it he told me to call my parents again if they need money and then just send more money since it is, after all, Christmas. I did send extra and informed my parents about it but they said they think they have enough and will only withdraw the money should they need it. I have not heard from my brother again. I hope they will enjoy the holidays and not worry about anything.

new look

When I was younger, hair highlights was popular. It still is now. I don't blame people who want to have highlights because it does add color to and vibrance to the hair. Instead of just the normal brown, with the help of an expert the hair will look better and livelier. I did not have the courage to let anybody mess with my hair though. I was afraid it will not turn out the way I want especially with my hair coloring. I did not trust the hairdresser a bit. But if it is going to end up like the hair of this woman in the picture to where the the highlights look natural, I will be all for it. I want to have a new look and if I can achieve something like this look then it will be a good deal. Not that I have the same hair color. Mine is black because I am Asian but I am sure I can find different hair color ideas for my type of hair. And with the help of the Advanced Hair Collection DVD, I am hoping I will know different styles and hair colors to suit my black hair and my looks. I long for a different look and not just the usual I am often seen with. I sure hope the salon I often go to have this DVD so they will have more ideas what to do with my hair without me having to explain everything to them. For those who are interested to own the video, you can call 1-800-414-2434 or visit www.VideoShelf.com. Catch a glimpse in the video I embed in this post.

Hair Color


Hair Cut Hair Color Highlights

my parents

I just got this picture in the mail today. When I asked my parents to send me some dried fish about three weeks ago I also asked for new pictures. This was taken last May during the fiesta that is why they were dressed up. I should say they look good. I have never seen Mamsy smile on a picture and this was as close she gets to smiling. Will you look at my Papsy? He is sixty but he is dressed like somebody younger than his age, lol. He has always loved outfits like these shown in the picture. He prefers Levi's jeans, white shirt, and rubber shoes. He said he is tired of wearing slacks and long sleeved shirts. He wants the comfortable look of the younger people. Besides, he claims he doesn't look like sixty anyway :) Can you tell the thirteen years between them? Yes, he is way older than her and they are proud of that fact too.

reunited

My younger brother and his family are now in Leyte to spend the holidays with Mamsy and Papsy. I called last night and scolded everybody for not even letting me know either through text message or calling. Their reason? They were busy. Huh? Just how much time one has to spend in typing a message? Barely a minute I should say. But anyway, I sent my message across and I hope they will inform me about their plans next time. This is all I ask of them since I am not there to enjoy the holiday with them. Mamsy enjoys spending time with her granddaughter, claims she looks like the little man and that she is a good baby. I hope she is because we don't want both of their grand kids to be a handful, lol. The little man is unbelievably defiant and playful that he gives me headaches sometimes. Add the fact that he is full of energy. You get the picture. We hope to spend a few weeks with them next year if we save enough. This Filipina needs to relax and take things easy and the best place to do it is in Leyte where I can be sure somebody will watch the little man while I recharge. I am keeping my fingers crossed :)

up all night

I can barely keep my eyes open as I am typing this entry. I have been up several times last night because the little man was irritable due to sore throat caused by the common cold. I barely slept. I feel like I am going to drop any minute. This is the first time the little man acted like this because of a cold. He has been sick with cold before and there were no screaming in the middle of the night. Last night was awful. He wouldn't quit screaming even if I told him it will only make his throat worse. We stayed for almost 2 hours in the living room in the middle of the night with him screaming. I got so frustrated I did not know what to do. I hope he will feel better soon because any more night like this and I will go nuts. For real.