Lucban Buhusaya + IJ's 1st Bday

We celebrated my inaanak's party last Easter sunday in lucban :)

His parents chose the date to have a pool party theme as the town celebrate the "Buhusan" festival. 

When M told me about this tradition, I thought there are people throwing water along the road. 

I didn't know they also setup inflatable pools in front of their houses, kids having fun with waterguns and most of the people are wearing rashguards / swimmng outfit. :)

I love our traditional pinoy birthday parties - with hotdog on sticks + marshmallows, home-cooked foods and games like Pabitin and basagan ng palayok, neighborhood kids -  it brings back childhood memories ;p

Kids having fun :)

Happy Birthday IJ!

Birthday Month

Good Food

Good Friends

Good Times

Ramen dinner at Ukokei Ramen

All ramen bowl cost P260 but I remember that it's exclusive of service charge.
We chatted all through out while slurping the flavorful ramen although my ramen does not have a strong miso taste.

Tonkotsu, Kumamoto Mau Ramen

Sapporo Miso Ramen

Soft tasty gyoza 

Gyoza P160

Binondo
(Jan 14)

We picked up my bff Chel at the airport early sunday morning then we went to Binondo.
After our morning divi trip, we went to MOA for lunch at Vikings.

Vikings with HS bffs

happy to have a get together with my HS besties and 

celebrated our bdays together = Jan 8, 16 and 21!

Thanks to chel for the treat!

my plate, luge ako sa vikings haha

Binondo
(Jan 28)
Another balikbayan friend invited me to binondo =)
I accompanied her at Fair n Square = a very cheap appliance store! new discovery for me :)

I brought her at Sincerity for dinner. She also agreed that their chicken is goooood
We also ordered Spinach Garlic and Kikiam, happy balikbayan ;)

And look Hopia Ube lite

My first time to try tikoy roll, sarap! 

PeriPeri Lumch 

lunch with colleagues at Megamall
We all love their flavorful chicken :)

It was busy month after all. We were out all weekends. 

But it was an amazing month as I've spent time with special friends and also make new ones.

I can't forget our experience in PCAS that I shared here and I will continue to support animal welfare groups.

Last year, I told myself to fulfill the need of my body, mind, spirit.

On my Instagram and FB, I followed inspirational accounts, play praising songs (mostly from Hillsong), read personal development books. 

Looking back, there have been a lot challenges and I would say I learned a lot.

I'm not the type who really set specific life goals but I will continue and hope to improve again this year :)

30th Birthday and a day at PCAS

I turned 30! :))))

It was M's birthday a few days before me and we just had a simple celebration for him.

A bucket of chicken joy (free from BPI lolz) and our fave donut. 

Then came saturday with my family, we had a simple lunch feast and merienda.

For our celebration, I just wanted a simple and meaningful one so we booked a visit PCAS (Paws and Claws Animal Sanctuary) in Bulacan. We brought some donations and also our cake to share with their staff. I'm also very excited to see our sponsored dog Vino ( they changed his name to Leo) but the name "Vino" already stuck in my mind.

The sanctuary:

The long roof in the left side is for the dog's kennels and the right one is the cattery.

Vino's kennel

The dogs kennels are very spacious. Some dogs are in cage because they have conditions and need to be isolated..

 sick puppies guarded by a duck 

This puppy named Aki, is roaming free :)

In the cattery...

cats' names

this one wants me to carry her :)

very malambing one

The staff are very accommodating. They even bought softdrinks and sang "Happy Birthday" for us :)

This is ate rachel holding Vino. Special thanks also to kuya Erwin, kuya Eddie, kuya nestor and ate jenny ( I hope I remembered their names correctly)

Vino is such a fluffy and beautiful dog.

Snowbell met Vino :)

Tired snowbell

I do hope that they walk every single dog outside of their kennels to minimize the need to clean the kennels everyday. We were not able to bring some cleaning materials, I think they need a lot of those - detergents, gloves, sponge, garbage bags etc.

I would say, it was a nice, inspiring and opening experience for me.

 It was a great stress reliever and I felt ready to take on the week.

It inspired me to be more, to give more.

Seriously, even if we don't have the means to adopt a pet for now, we can sponsor, donate or volunteer. This kind of non profit organization relies heavily on donations so we really need to help them so they can also help a lot of furry friends.

For more info:

http://www.philanimalrescue.org/

About the sanctuary

http://www.philanimalrescue.org/the-sanctuary.html

August Celebrations

Celebrating birthdays for 3 days :)

Friday = Colleague's birthday treat @ Yakimix, 

It was my first time to eat okonomiyaki :))))

Saturday celebration for my lil bro, hello Mernel' cake and cute Party with bear cake from TLJ :)

Then Sunday @ Luisiana Laguna for M's grandmom 

Mernel's cake again, Mango flavor this time and has yema fillings.
(ok naman parang yema cake)

I got to eat pancit lucban after n months :)))

I remember last year I wrote some piece of advice to my lil bro, this time I would just like to add this:

 Vote wisely (wag iboto ang mga oportunista at sumusuporta sa mga religion fanatics okay?) 

btw snowbell luvs ice cream cone ;p