congratulations baby!

chris got promoted! and with no less than an A+ rating.

i do care you know. mwah! :)

3's

for lack of better things to write about:

three names you go by:
1. karen
2. michelle (just with relatives)
3. kar (my mega officemates)

three screen names you have had:
1. champagne
2. heather
3. wabykaren

three physical things you like about yourself:
1. hair
2. lips
3. eyes

three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. arms
2. thighs
3. tummy

three parts of your heritage:
1. spanish
2. filipino
3. chinese

three things that scare you:
1. snakes
2. scary movies
3. sleeping alone after watching a scary movie

three of your everyday essentials:
1. lotion
2. lipstick
3. face powder

three of your favorite musical artists:
1. usher
2. chicane
3. d' sound

three of your favorite songs:
1. i don't wanna be (gavin degraw, one tree hill)
2. take me home (sophie ellis bextor)
3. simple things (jim brickman)

three things you want in a relationship:
1. fidelity
2. respect
3. passion

three lies and truths in no particular order:
1. i'm happy.
2. i'm sad.
3. this is the life that i want.

three physical things of the opposite sex that appeals you:
1. eyes
2. lips
3. height

three of your favorite hobbies:
1. shopping
2. dancing
3. reading

three things you want to do really badly now:
1. lose weight
2. go shopping
3. sleep

three careers you're considering/you've considered:
1. tv host
2. something in advertising
3. preschool directress

three places you want to go on vacation:
1. new york
2. spain
3. russia

three kids' names you like:
1. matthea
2. camilla
3. samantha

three things you want to do before you die:
1. travel all over the world
2. own a really big and nice house
3. have cute grandchildren

three ways that you're stereotypically a boy:
1. i eat a LOT!
2. i'm competitive
3. i like sports and fast cars

three ways that you're stereotypically a girl:
1. i'm a crybaby.
2. i love nice clothes.
3. i adore chick flicks.

three celeb crushes:
1. chad michael murray
2. brad pitt
3. craig david

three people I'm tagging:
1. angel
2. diorelle
3. patching

fatty me!

i have to admit it sooner or later. truth is, i gained so much weight! there, i said it. do i feel better? not even! why am i having an extremely difficult time to shed off those 5 pounds?! i even had to take out my fat jeans. how depressing. the more i tell myself that i have to cut down with the calories, the more i eat. it doesn't help to have a boyfriend who's unsupportive of my diet days. i. need. help!

it's not like i haven't been in a situation like this before. those who know me for a long time now are used to my yo-yo weight. let's just put it this way- my heaviest was around 130 lbs (yikes!) and at my thinnest (just early this year), i weighed around 95 lbs. give or take, i'm around 104 lbs now and i'd give anything to be 100 lbs again. and i mean anything.

but i have to admit that it's mostly my fault. i love eating! but chris is to blame too. everyday we eat at least 1 meal together. during my ms. piggy days and actually up to now, all we'd do is eat. we really enjoy eating out or at least ordering in. i just don't feel full after eating "lutong bahay". i don't know if it's psychological, but normal "ulam" doesn't quite hit the spot like mcdonalds or kfc.

i just hope i can lose the extra pounds soon. it's starting to really get me down. why can't we just eat that we want and never gain weight?! i guess i just have to stop whining here and start doing some pilates. ugh!

last weekend

1. the cutest kids in the world!
2. a-choo!
3. yaku (dix, stef, me, pichon, katz, jols and diana)
4. maestro (katz, me, stef, diana and cheny)
5. me and a very drunk chris in embassy

i had a pretty packed weekend. see for yourself!

thursday

if you want to find me and chris on a thursday night, just head to yaku. the crowd's pretty nice, as well as the band. they play a great mix of 90's and more recent alternative music. it's a nice change from the usual r&b or house music that bars play all-week long. anyway, it was another fun thursday night with diana, katz, stef (and their boys! haha). for me and chris, weekends officially start on thursday!

friday am

our preschool had its first field trip for this year. we took the children to little gym in el pueblo. our kids had so much fun! with about 30 students running around all over the place, it was hard to keep track of every one of them. good thing their yaya's were with them! i was so tempted to do cartwheels and do pullovers on the bar. haha i had to settle with spotting the children while they do forward and backward rolls. all in all, i think i enjoyed little gym more than my kids. :)

friday pm

me, chris, diana, gio, paolo, katz, and stef celebrated with cheny in grilla and maestro. she's celebrating because her group finally passed their thesis! she's really excited about graduating and we're all happy for her. congratulations cheny! welcome to the real world!

saturday

me and chris attended the despidida of chris' friend, julian. it was actually a csa party, but so many of my high school friends (from miriam and lsgh) were there. in our table alone, 3 guys from csa had girlfriends from miriam. i'm sure not one of us imagined a scenario like this back in high school. it's funny how small this world really is!

after the party, we ate in embassy's cafeteria. we ordered tapa with rice, chocolate chip pancakes and arroz caldo! me and chris love eating after going out on a gimmick. guess that's why i've been gaining weight! yikes, i really have to go to the gym soon!


that's all for now. time to hit the books, i have a long test in my "statistics for teachers" class. wish me luck! :)