Socializing Babies

It's been a while since I last entered anything here. There is so much thing to do and finish and start again.
Time flies by so quickly and then I see Kiara as not so small and not a baby anymore.
There was a time when she wouldn't smile or laugh, and I thought of socializing her by enrolling her to Gymboree
or even mainstream her to all the kids in the neighborhood.

But now she's changed, she can laugh and make fun and say a lot of things.
I guess it is just a phase or a stage in babyhood that I can't accelerate or push her to do the things her parents want her to do.
Now she is displaying the behavior I dreamt of like singing, dancing and counting..
nature has its way of surprising you right?

Kampana ng Balangiga

Every Filipino should know what happen to Balangiga even if you are not from this place.
"Know Thyself" said Socrates, it is only by knowing yourself that you can gain wisdom.

Book Smart is Not Enough

This is a funny and informative video for graduating students that it is not always the grade that counts , or who you know but how you deal with problems, carry yourself and communicate.

I like the part where the nose is bleeding. It looks gross though.

Mossimo Casting Call 2010

Out of 2, 263 kids there are a total of 1,799 kids selected and only 20 will be declared winner.I got his information from myfameandfortune link to se click here frensz.com site.

I received an email last June 24 informing me that Kiara was selected, though i do not know the criteria, I was excited.. I know Kiara is cute,, just like what every mother feel. i was excited on that day, i even want to have a pedicure for myself and had the gap clothes cleaned in the laundry shop and even had it pressed.

I even loaded the car with a thousand peso gas and paid the toll fee and then had to dine at Don Henrico for the Casting Call at Festival Mall. In short, I spend a lot for this and was a little disappointed when I see the crowd of babies and kids.

You know, it's like Kiara was special or so I thought then I learned of this statistics and I was correct at my hunch that they tried to include almost everybody. Make everybody feel special to even go to a a very far place, it will totally help the Festival Mall and i am sure there are a lot of kids who were wearing Mossimo clothes. Though it was not a requirement that they be in a Mossimo clothes. But I am sure they had a bit of earning from the mothers who wanted their baby to be models. I was fighting the urge to get a Mossimo shirt for Kiara, secretly I had that wishful thinking that I want at least for Kiara to be considered but then again I know it is really hard to get Kiara to do what we want. Kids are kids.

I do not want to accuse Mossimo, myfameandforture.com and the Festival mall of deceiving us mothers, because we came there at our own free will and we did not pay for anything. It is a valid model search and I just want to wish those selected luck and hope next time we can attend earlier and Kiara will learn to smile. She will be older then..

It was fun though seeing the mothers and the kids, prepping their children. Though it was also not fun seeing mothers asking their children to do what they want, like I've been in the waiting area and one mother was yelling to his son " sit, sit sit!" just like a dog..

What a sight!

Not Like The Movies Lyrics

I was surprised to know KC is the singer of this song. I thought it was a foreigner.
Good song, Original..

Not Like The Movies
(KC Concepcion)

I’m your average dreamer, I’m a true escapist
Always expecting a happy ending
Maybe I’ve been watching too many movies
Maybe I should grow up and start pretending
When I saw your face though, everything was slow mo
And I started wondering why..?…
Why can’t it be?
Just a pathway full of roses
Leading to a sunset view
Where the one you've always dreamed of waits
Why can’t it be?
It was like a movie scene, the way I felt for you
Only you didn’t fall, now it’s not like the movies at all
(…not like the movies at all..)
Should'a kept my heart charged
Should'a been more patient
Should'a kept an eye on my addiction
What was I expecting
Did I have a vision of a scene
That only lives in fiction
Now I know that you are not gonna be my co-star?
And i start to wonder why..

Vieux Chalet at Antipolo Rizal

Father's Day was celebrated at Vieux Chalet in Antipolo, Rizal. There were 9 adults and 3 kids, the total costs of the food costs 6,000 plus inclusive of tax.

When we got there and about to order pizza, they told us, there were no more pizza. So take a look below at what we ordered.

I did not get a picture of the Shrimp Ravioli in tomato sauce and the Fetuccine Alfredo.

Overall my rating will be a 2 out of 5 because of the cost, the cleanliness and quality of the food.
Cost is very expensive, Cleanliness, there were lizards at the dining area, cockroaches near the piano where the kids were playing and black ants in the restrooms, we had to call the attention of the staff to eliminate the black ants. It was everywhere, if you use the toilet it will crawl to your legs!
As for the quality of food, there was nothing special in the food, can get the same taste of the pasta and the entrees at a cheaper price in Mom and Tina's or any hotel.

Maybe I would recommend it to people who are on a date but if you are eating as a group, it is not worth the experience and the money to eat there.

I will not go back there, pictures lie, reviews lie, see and try it for yourself. But just like what I said or commented in the other blogs, we all have our individual differences. I may sound like I am releasing a bad review but I was not satisfied especially when they announced that they have no more pizza and I was craving for one. They reasoned that they were jampacked earlier and all the pizzas were ordered.



This is the herbed rice, 225 grande this is 3 orders of it..





Look at the presentation of the herbed rice at yugatech.com site.




This is the beef tenderloin grande costs 1250.00, sorry for the photo but it really looks like that..


Pink Salmon in Sauce Cafe de Paris
This one costs 885.00

Pink Salmon with Butter base sauce served with Rosti and Vegetables. Where is the Salmon, find it under the vegetables?
Around 2-3 pieces.. how much is 500 gms of Salmon? Go figure..


This is their table setting, awesome??


I am not sure if this is Berne Platte or Assorted Sausages this one costs around 1300.00. Expensive again!
Anyway it was my sister who paid for the bill and she will bill us later..
Not so reasonable, marami pa ang pinitpit na hashbrown..



This is Salad Tony costs 445.00. I enjoyed eating this as they have a different taste but then again, it is still expensive,
I could have twice the salad with another gourmet taste at Gumboo.


This is the left side of the restaurant, too simple, not too extravagant.


Sausage Festival costs 425.00
This is too pricey, I could get a bigger platter at a hotel particularly at Dusit Hotel with an overload of sausages, this could be just two pieces of two different kind of sausage.


This is a detail of the art at the other side of the room, you can see it in the other end of the hall in the picture below.


This is what you see when you reach the top stairs, it was a very small restaurant, do not be fooled with the image, we are using a wide angle camera.

Marco Vincent Resort in Puerto Galera

Perfect Vacation just outside of Batangas, I love it!