I have been a very busy mommy the past several weeks fixing my baby's first birthday. And for all the mommies out there, you'll know that the 1st birthday is one big production number. My baby's party is no different!

My days were spent making sure everything is complete while my nights were spent finishing up his AVP. His is a basketball-themed party. My father and husband wore referee shirts while my mother and I wore cheering outfits. My brother went as Pat Riley and wore a suit.

Everything went very well. Our host, Astarte Abraham, was very good and the kids enjoyed her singing. We had a mime-magician that went around since the start of the party to do tricks. He also performed for about 20minutes getting kids and parents to participate in some of his tricks. Then acrobats from the PAGCOR show, Flow, also performed. Who doesn't love acrobats!

Now, things are back to normal. Although my son's room is now full of toys and his closet full of new clothes thanks to all his family and friends. But I guess the busy schedule caught up with me and I'm now down with tonsilitis and colds.

I can't wait for vacation to come so I can have a day or two of rest. Hay!

Prayers

Please...stop this violence.

Jumping Ship

Sorry Team Edward, I think I'm jumping ship and sailing away with Team Jacob.

Watched the premier last night (tickets courtesy of my BFF's big sister) and seeing Jacob all buffed up standing beside the pale and waspy Edward it's obvious who has the better bod!

I mean...just look at the difference!

New Moon: Twilight Saga

Man! I can't wait!

Ayala Cinemas started selling tickets weeks ago. I heard the first couple of days are sold out already.

Jacob goes shirtless several times...he is a werewolf after all. Not to be outdone, Edward takes his shirt off too...

Sigh.

Blue Blood Series

Okay, so Twilight opened a floodgate of vampire themed novels. My officemates are so into vampire novels that somehow it rubbed on me. Never mind that most of the stories are so high school-ish. One series that caught my fancy was the Blue Blood Series by Melissa dela Cruz. Name sounds Filipino? Actually, she is! She was born here in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family. She has written several series for teens.

The Blue Blood Series is like Twilight meets Gossip Girl. Vampires in the Upper East Side. They're rich teens with fangs! The premise of the vampires in Melissa's books is they reincarnate and were fallen angels. The plot doesn't feature only one character. Sort of a mesh of the different lives of these vampire teens. So far there have been four books released. Although from forums, the author says she will be doing ten...six more to go!


It's difficult to get hooked on the book coz now, I have to wait a year for the next one. And the last one was really a cliffhanger.


I recommend it because there's no more Harry Potter to look forward too. Other than the last two movies. I wonder if they turn this into a series, how it would look?!

I'm a GLEEk!!!

I love musicals. I love singing and I love dancing. GLEE has both. And it's about high school. What's not to love about it?!

This is one of my fave production numbers.

Speaking of musicals...have you heard?

CATS will be staged here in Manila with an international cast. Our very own Lea Salonga will be part of the cast too! Tickets will be sold exclusively to Citibank cardholders from November 3 to December 6 and there's a 10% discount to those who will purchase tickets from now until December 31, 2009. The show will begin July 24, 2010. Paylite terms are available.

It's been awhile since I've watched a good musical. I'm writing this down on my calendar! In the meantime, lemme go watch Glee again.

I Wonder...

Hermes at Greenbelt

Look who's coming to the Philippines???

On my way to a baby shower a month ago I saw the familiar orange color...and got really excited! I had to slow down and take a picture.

But I'll probably enter the store just to check the yummy loot. I'll never get to buy anything there, unless I win the lotto...then I'll buy the scarves in all colors...

It's still exciting nonetheless. It means Philippines is becoming a center of fashion and style too, that big name brands are putting up stores here. And I'm sure people will still buy despite the exorbitant prices.

I will just wait for my mother dear to buy her own. The perks of being the only daughter is that I just borrow from her closet. She almost bought a Kelly the last time she traveled. They didn't have it in black though, which is what she wanted. Awww...