Year 2011 and Some

Let's see if I remember how to use pixelpipe, the supposedly easy and convenient way to post a blog from an app. It is easy enough but just needs some sort of a motivating feature to have me get off my fat ass and update this blog.

Speaking of my fat ass, I gained weight! I might be back to my pre-baby weight. Before my trip to the Philippines, I weighed a lot less than what I used to be before I got pregnant! Blame it on an overactive toddler and loss of appetite, the weighing scale just kept reading less and less. One of the main reasons I love going back home, other than seeing my family, is the food. Green mangoes dipped in warm garlicky salted-shrimp paste has been my all time favorite! And for 5 pesos a stick, my salivating mouth was very happy! My father made me burung-nasi (fish-preserved rice), sisig (chopped pork and liver), and barbecued mudfish!!! Things I never get to eat in the land of milk and honey. As nasty as they may sound translated in English, they are all appetite-inducing goodness!!!

Highlight of my trip was my tour at ABS-CBN, one of Philippines' major TV networks. Robin, who I later found to be holding roles on Philippine TV, gave us the tour, so it's really like I hung out with a celebrity all day! He was in Wansapanataym last week and looking as cute on tv as he does in person. (Note to self: remember, I'm married!) Anyway, we got to see all the sets of most ABS shows, if not all. We watched a live episode of Pilipinas Win na Win and yours truly had some camera time! It paid off retouching my make up at least 10 times before the show aired. LOL!

I got to see a lot of my relatives, unfortunately, I didn't get to see all the people I wanted to see. Again I want to apologize to my friend, and hopefully still my friend, Richard. We never got to meet despite all the money and energy he and his wife had spent in preparing for it. I just can't apologize enough and I don't know if I can ever make it up. Out of the goodness of their hearts, they told me they understood why but I feel that a great deal of damage was done that permanently dented our friendship. The sad thing is, I don't know how to make it better. I can keep apologizing but it doesn't discount the fact that I totally goofed and probably lost two great friends! :'(

Tyler is 20 months old. He is talking so much more and so much more is an understatement. He loves to say "No!" (surprise! surprise!) "Oh boy!" and "I don't want it!" We constantly have to watch our mouths as he repeats everything hears. No surprise there either. He was certainly happy to see me and is very happy to have me back after 2 weeks of wondering where I was and why I left. I feel like I missed out on so much being away from him on Christmas and New Year. Fortunately, Tony made sure he had it all on film so that I could watch as if I was there the whole time. Remind me to get him something nice for his birthday.

As far as work. Ugh! I don't even want to go there as I have nothing nice to say. They rolled out the much-anticipated new ERP system while I was gone. Nothing works and add to it the people who bitch about it every single day. I really am tired! I need a vacation!!! Oh wait....