Sign of old age :)

JSQ, our former Senior Manager at PwC, now a Partner at KPMG, celebrated his birthday last April 15.  His birthday celebration is one of the occasions that I look forward every year though I just started attending this big event last year.  It was fun seeing old friends.  Sabi ko nga parang "Kuya Germs" birthday celebration ang peg ng birthday ni JSQ.  hehehe (may reunion ng That's Entertainment hehehe) kasi it's like a reunion of old friends particularly Familia Zaragoza kaso almost all are now based around the world.  Laging tanong ni JSQ, "Kelan kaya tayo makukumpleto?" sana soon kasi ka-miss ang buong family ng JSQ/ISG :)

Nice seeing and chatting with Kuya Tom, Arby, Carlo B. and of course with Che.  Last April 20, it was rare moment where you can hear Kuya Tom, Arby and Carlo B. talking about marriage, married life.  Little did they know that I learned a lot from that short but fruitful conversation :) (uy ang drama! hehehe) Iisa isahin ko. hehehehe

Kuya tom discussed with Che and I about Language of Love.  He told us that you should know the language of love of your husband so you would understand them better.  Most of the time, husband and wife have different language of love so if you don't know what's your spouse's language of love, it would create some misunderstanding.  Also, you must have an open communication, you should settle your problems within the day, do not let the day pass without discussing your differences.  Kuya Tom, ang tanda mo na! (ako din naman..hehehe)

Kay Arby naman, he was mentioning about individuality between husband and wife.  When you were single, you have your own life, same with your spouse.  When you get married, you should still have your own life but of course, you have a new life with your spouse. 

Si bags, basta ang sabi niya "wag na wag nyong sasakalin ang mga asawa nyo, pag ginawa nyo yan, lalong magpupumiglas yang mga yan!" (may pagbabanta??!)

Nice mga kapatid! tatanda nyo na (ako din! :) hehehe ayan ah, wholesome yan, walang laglagan :)  Seriously, I appreciate it! :)

Next reunion uli este JSQ's birthday celebration pala!

Again, happy bday sir jim! Wish you good health and more blessings! :)

Nakakataba talaga ang horizontal stripes :) hehehe excuses! excuses! :)

Practicality is the best policy! :)

I am so glad that my husband and I are not "brand" conscious, we don't mind wearing the cheapest clothes.  We would like to share with our kids that kind of attitude.

Yesterday, March 21, 2013, was Kuya Kiel's recognition day.  All of us were there, tatay, nanay, ethan, lola, lolo and even ate mean :) Full force ang drama ng family namin hehehe

My husband and I have a rule that for once we agreed without any argument hehe (knowing us, it seems that every topic has a debate...hahaha mag-asawang di papatalo sa isa't isa.... which eventually we managed to learn our differences and that's the most important thing.)  For every special school activities and special occasions, we need to make sure that our schedule will permit us to attend.  Kesehodang may deadline sa office work, basta school activities/special occasions ng mga kids, super top priority for both of us :)

Look at kuya Kiel's outfit yesterday:

 

 

Polo and slacks were from my favorite department store, SM! hehe "we've got it all for you" (which is very true and cheap pa, un yung part na gusto ko, mura lang hehehe) Actually, I just got his polo for Php 175+ only since it was 50% off and the slacks (Colours) was only Php 380.

For the shoes, we just borrowed it from his cousin, kuya Eydi.  We didn't buy him a new black shoes since he will not use it most of the time, it's expensive to buy one for just one use.  He cannot use it since the required shoes for Senior Kinder is still white rubber shoes so we decided not to buy him a black shoes.  Aside from that, we thought of teaching Kuya Kiel on how to value money.

On the day of recognition, he tried to wear kuya Eydi's shoes then said, "ayaw ko suotin yan", sabi ko "bakit naman?", sabi niya "nakakahiya", sabi ko uli "bakit?" sabi niya "e kasi di naman sa atin yan e."  I convinced him to wear it and I asked tatay to help him convince, he said to tatay, "nakakahiya baka malaman classmates ko indi akin yan"...hehe ang anak ko, malaki na talaga.  Buti na lang at marunong mahiya, I explained to him na di na bumili sina nanay ng black shoes kasi di naman nya laging magagamit, sayang lang. Finally, he agreed to wear it :)

I hope Kuya Kiel will appreciate small things that we do to teach him about reality in life. :)