night out

Very recently, I had dinner with one of my long time friends, Billie. We had dinner in Greenhills' Promenade (Mexicali) & we had a cup of delcious chocolate drink from Xocolat. Life has been so stressful lately & it's actually a breath of fresh air to talk about stuff that happened in the past & have a good laugh about it. It's still nice to have a little girl bonding every now & then. My hubby & another friend, Alen joined us a little later.

Billie is also my partner in kajologsan, kme yung nakakakilala pa sa mga members ng That's Entertainment... and guess who we saw drinking a cup of coffee behind us...he used to be Billie Joe's best friend in Tuesday group, Fatima Alvir's loveteam....

Brylle Mondejar! (hahaha, stolen shot ni Alen 'to).

Marriage Enrichment Retreat 1

This past weekend, my husband & I attended our very 1st retreat as a married couple in our community (CFC), the MER 1. Actually, most of the talks were like the talks in Singles Engagement Retreat which we attended before we got married. The only difference is that the talks in MER1 are given in present tense while the ones in SER were in the future tense. But it's ok, it is still a very enlightening moment to each couple who attended. There were just actually 5 couples who attended (because the others who were supposed to attend went to GK Expo), our whole household (except for our heads) & KC's older brother (our co-household) and his wife. All of us are part of the young CFC (tlagang kailangan pang i-mention yung young CFC). The retreat also became a bonding moment for our household. While waiting for our fellowship activity, we went to the overlooking part of the retreat house, listened to music, ate some chips & shared stories (mostly ghost stories which freaked Sharon out, hehe). We just played a fun game for our fellowship which was filled with so much laughter (thank you sir, maam hahaha) :)

As I mentioned, most of the talks are not new to Kokoy & I but I am so glad when I saw how it affected the other members of our household. There is really no other way to run a relationship better than letting God run it. By the end of the retreat, a mass was given to us by the resident priest of Maryhill and we renewed our marriage vows:)

random musings

- i'm still here in the office, waiting for my husband (who will be coming from his mba class in lsgh). i need to work overtime to finish the hr report (for mancom due tomorrow). i'm just so tired, sleepy, bored & hungry at this time!

- my tito bot sent me an instant message this afternoon to inform me that the place of my tito tec had a flash flood... most of their belongings & appliances were damaged (even their car). they had to go to the roof of their house to save themselves from drowning:( last tuesday morning i heard in the news that there was a flash flood in cainta, since i know my siblings won't be affected (they live in the 3/f of a certain bldg at the heart of cainta) i never bothered to listen to the whole story. i forgot that i have plenty of relatives & friends living in the area, it's just so sad that we were not able to help them...oh well, maybe it's not too late yet.

- i was able to find a gown to wear for mel's wedding. i found it in the box where jeng & i put our gowns, it was given by ate lydia to jeng. surprisingly, it fit me really well...at least i don't need to buy a new one:)

- i miss third & trian..sigh

- i was able to cook our family recipe sago custard for the first time & i was able to cook it the way it should be cooked , i served it as dessert (iba na talaga sa cfc, full course meal ang hinahanda ng tao, hindi katulad sa sfc, kahit bread & juice lang ok na) in our household last sunday & they loved it,hehe

- i know it's weird but the day after milenyo hit our country, i felt the first thump of christmas spirit (maybe it's because of the cool weather). shorter days and longer nights are here once again.

***those are my random musings for the day, i think my hubby will fetch me any minute now. at last, i will be able to eat my dinner na (it's almost 10:00 p.m.)!

being there

Last Saturday, I spent almost the whole day watching this Koreanovela called "Fireworks", it's funny & touching at the same time. I finished it after my hubby & I attended our CLP at Brookside. The said series somehow relaxed me & lightened my mood. You see the past weeks have been draining for me, physically & emotionally. My husband is going through a difficult stage in his career. He felt so down & the usual makulit & smiley husband I have is recently frowning & has no energy for everything. I know I had to be there for him, it is my commitment to him and to God on our marriage day. It's hard but I tried my best to make him smile & to be just there for him. Of course, there were arguments in between, but in the end through constant discussions & fervent prayers, everything turned out fine. Up until now, things are still uncertain but I am just so elated when yesterday in one of our discussions, he said something that made me smile. I know, God heard my prayers because even if the light is still not visible, my husband's view on things already changed. I am aware of the fact that he is still scared but at least now he can smile & can already crack a joke.

We are both looking forward to the 1st retreat we will be attending as a married couple (MER1) this coming weekend. We need a rest from all the pressures around us and when our household head announced this retreat to us, we know that this is one thing we needed most at this time, an occassional rest with Him.