JEMIMAH PHILISSE TURNS TWO!

Our baby girl had her pre-birthday celebration last April 3, a day before her exact natal day. We decided to do it on Sunday so that most of her guests can come and celebrate with her.

The simple celebration was held in Jollibee Caltex Sta Rosa, Laguna at around 4pm. Since we knew beforehand that we can’t join in Skype, we prepared a short message instead. It was read during the program by our dear friends Lady and Jhay C which made the guests and even Jollibee teary eyed. 

Let me post our letter here so that when Mimay can understand things already, she’ll know that mamee and dadee love her dearly and that we are willing to swallow the pain of not being with her (most especially in this very special occasion) just to be able to provide the best future that she deserves.

Mamee’s message:

To my sweetheart Jemimah Philisse,

Happy birthday beautiful! Two years came too fast. Looking at you now, I can’t believe that you’re that once tiny fragile baby in mamee’s arms. You are God’s most wonderful and precious gift to Dadee, Mamee and the rest of the family. I just want you to know baby that you are very much loved because you have brought us immeasurable happiness. You gave our life direction and meaning we’ve never known before.

Happy happy happy birthday (tomorrow) baby! Sorry we couldn’t make it to your party. I’m sure you will have fun. I’m so excited to see you in the skype later during your party. I’ll not cry, promise anak =)

We love you so much neng, sobra sobra sobra. You are everything to us, to me. I pray that you will grow up to be an obedient, kind and God loving person. In 1 year’s time, you will go to school na. Im very much sure you will make us more proud of you. Love you nak! Happy birthday!

Stay charming, pretty and biba!

With so much love,

Mamee Nani

Dadee’s message:

Dear Mimay,

Happy birthday neng.

Sensya ka na kung wala kami ng Mami mo jan ngayon, kailangan namin gawin to for you. We love you so much neng. We are so grateful that we have you as our daughter. No matter how many birthdays come and go, you'll always be our little girl.

We are so glad that God gave us a daughter like you. Happy birthday to our pride and joy. Happy birthday to a wonderful, makulit, matakaw and malikot na bata. You are our one true treasure.

Always remember that we love you so much.

Happy happy 2nd birthday Mimay!

Sa lahat po ng bisita ni Mimay, maraming salamat din sa pagpapasaya nyo kay ineng, lalong lalo na ngayong birthday nya. Sa kanyang mga ninang at ninong, kuya at ate, tito at tita, Naynay, Lolo at Lola sa Majada, sa Calamba, sa Cabuyao at sa Batangas. Thank you very much sa love at pagaalaga nyo kay Mimay. Sana po mag enjoy kayo.

Ate selo at kuya Dong. Maraming maraming salamat po sa pagaasikaso nyo sa birthday ni ineng na kahit sobrang dami nyong schedule, meron pa din po kayong time para dito.

Thank you po uli.

We love you all.

I just pray anak that you will be proud too for having us as your parents. We love you baby!

Let me take this opportunity also to thank our family most especially my ate, kuya dong, kuya dee and mommy for taking care of almost everything. Thank you for your unconditional love to our baby girl. Thank you for accepting and treating her so well. She is so loved and we will be forever thankful for that.

To Inay, Ate Dory, Tupen and the rest of husband’s family in Majada, thank you so much for loving Mimay and for always being there for her.

And to our dearest friends, Melai, Arman, Lady, Eon and Jhayz, sobrang thank you guys! Poy and I we’re talking last night that we are really very blessed for having friends like you. Talagang extended yung love nyo for me to my family and to our ineng. Thank you thank you so much!

Let me share to all of you some of the photos, c/o Ninong Dong, from Mimay’s 2^nd birthday sporty party.

 Here’s the birthday girl in her cheer leader attire, so adorable!

Opening prayer by Tito Dennis:

The happy birthday song and blowing of the cake:

The party games:

The party guests. Jollibee party is for ALL ages =)

I love viewing the photos over and over again. It’s just so nice to see all our loved ones gathered together for our daughter’s special day!

Again, happy happy happy 2^nd birthday to our pretty baby girl! We love you endlessly! Can’t wait to see you!

JUST MAY I SHARE?

Just like what I have told you here, today is a BIG day in our company that is why I wasn't able to take the day off and be with Mimay on her 2^nd birthday party. It is the long awaited Inauguration of our new mill. Just for your information, I am working as a Procurement Officer in a Steel Tubes and Pipes Manufacturing Company. And this Rebar is sort of an expansion for us although it will be offering a totally different product.

This will be a bigtime event since many VIP’s including Dubai’s Sheikh/ruler will be coming to grace the ceremony. Big time di ba?

Just because I want to share to all of you how bongga the preparations for this inauguration, I gathered some photos for your viewing. You do the math baby!

Invitations

Price: AED 1600 each (Php 19,200)

Roughly 50 pieces of this were ordered to be given as an invitation for VIPs. Kaloka di ba? 19K pesos for a single invitation? Di ako maka get over when I saw this. The invitation itself is engraved in a metal sheet and placed in a personalized box made of leather with chocolates from Xocolatl. And mind you, the chocolates are made especially for our company and stamped with our logo. Sosyal!

Printed Invitations

Printed invitations were also ordered for not so important guests hehe. But still, it’s perfect. The letterings were embossed in a high quality boardpaper that looked like a metal.

Events and PR

Price: AED 343,000 (Php 4,116,000)

This includes the corporate video, program planning, emcee, red carpet and event set-up. For more than 4 million peso fee, this has to be bonggang bonggang bongga! We even had an office shoot the other week for the Audio Video Presentation.

This is the stage layout that hopefully will be executed perfectly or else, sabog nguso ng supplier sa boss namin hehe.

Catering

Price: AED 450 per head (Php 5,400) for lunch and AED 500 per head (Php 6,000) for dinner

Ang hirap ata lunukin ng meal na worth 6k pesos! The caterer of the event will be Madinat Jumeirah. This is overly sosyal!! Take note ha, lunch pa lang yun. For the dinner, all the guests will go straight to Armani Hotel to enjoy the sumptuous dinner.

Give aways

Price: AED 3,900 each (Php 47,000)

And this one really made my eyes roll and pop out in amazement! Almost 50k pesos each for a give away??! Kakaloka so much!

Sobrang bad timing lang because kasabay sya ng birthday celebration ni ineng. Hay!

SAD MOMMA HERE

I am so sad today. Sobra.

As you all guys know, Mimay will have her 2^nd birthday party this coming Sunday (her birthday falls on Monday, April 4). Hubby and I already planned months ago that we will be joining her party through Skype by not coming to work on April 3. I intentionally did not apply for vacation leave because I know my boss will not allow me since there will be a big event in our company on the same date. It will be the inauguration of our new plant. As in bonggang event! So my plan is to just send an SMS to my boss on Sunday morning saying that I need to take the day off for some important matter.

Everything is well planned as I thought, not until my boss came to me this afternoon. Naramdaman ata ang plano ko. May pagka-Madame Auring tong amo ko kaloka! Just to make it short, he came just to tell me that Sunday is a BIG day in our company. And that he is expecting support from everyone especially from me. It’s like indirectly telling me that “Jhanil wag kang aabsent sa Sunday or else!!”

So I am left with no choice. I need to come to office on Sunday. Although I can skype naman using my mobile but the problem is limited yung time and hindi kami magkasama ni Poy on Skype. Mas okay sana if Poy and I will be on Skype for the whole duration of the party. Hay husband will surely feel bad about this.

PIMPLE FREE ME

I’m so loving my skin nowadays. I noticed for the past 2 months, I didn’t get a single pimple. That’s really a big thing for me coz I’m very prone in getting pimples. And this really makes me happy coz my face is now concealer free yey! Before kasi, it’s a must for me to wear my concealer to hide my ugly pimples, scars and blemishes. Hassle because aside from the fact that it’s time consuming to apply, it’s very messy too.

Until last January, I spotted Olay Natural White set which includes facial wash, day cream, and night cream on sale. I immediately grabbed and tried it. And so far, sobrang love ko sya! It perfectly works as it hydrates my skin so well.  And what’s best about it, is yun nga, I never had breakouts since I started using this product. Ang tipid pa nya. This set lasted to me for more than 2 months.

concealer no more! wohoo!!

I highly recommend this to all of you guys. This is really worth a try. Although hindi pa naman ako kutis artista, but I’m getting there. Pak na pak! =)

NANIPOY WILL TURN 3!

Due to unexpected conflict in my work schedule, our vacation will be delayed for a week. Hayz! This means additional days in our countdown. Buti na lang husband’s boss is so nice and he approved husband’s revised vacation leave. We were able to rebook our tickets as well. But what’s good about it is that we will be celebrating our 3^rd year wedding anniversary and my 27^th birthday in Cathay Pacific’s aircraft. Isn’t that cool? Poy and I decided to stop over in Hongkong before we head to Pinas and have our simple celebration there. I’m so excited about it. It will not be a usual anniversary cum Nani’s bday celebration for us =)

Aside from our short HK trip, we will have our ‘real’ celebration in Pinas. It will be a 3-day family bonding trip for me, my hubby-bi Poy and ofcourse our Jemimay! We will celebrate it in Camsur Watersports Complex.

CWC is a cable park for wakeboarding and wakeskating located in Camarines Sur. It offers different activities such as swimming, kayaking, wakeboarding and pool inflatables for kids. Mimay will surely scream in happiness!  She loves swimming eh. We are more excited for her. And this will be our first time to ride the airplane with our baby. Hay I really can’t wait for June.

           

By the way, thanks to my ever reliable sister for booking our tickets and accommodation. Life will surely be very difficult without my ate, I love her dearly!

WHAT’S KEEPING NANI BUSY LATELY?

I’m so sorry for the lack of posts. Just been very busy lately with our crib hunting. Thank God we have a very supportive family na super game for site visits on our behalf. For more than a week, it has been part of my daily tasks (even during working hours hehe) to check out the internet for different subdivisions and their model houses.

I have been religiously communicating to this sales agent for a subdivision in Canlubang. The location is very nice and accessible. We are highly considering this particular unit from them.

This is a 2 storey house and lot by Camella Homes with 3 BR, 2 T&B, balcony and a carport. Nice no? I’m so excited to see it in actual. My mommy and siblings told me it’s nice nga daw but they would prefer us to come and see it first before we decide. What’s good kasi with this subdivision is that they are on pre-seling stage pa lang. Hindi agad maluluma yung house because it’s not yet built.

Below unit from Excelsis Land is also in our top choices. Its way out of our budget but we are considering it still because of their house specifications. It’s fully painted and finished na kasi upon turnover. It’s near the Batino exit and we once saw this subdivision and I like the ambiance. Very peaceful.

We are also loving this unit by DMCI in Cabuyao. Ang mahal lang nya, but the fact that it’s by DMCI, I’m sure it’s worth the visit. We will surely check this out kasi it’s just one tumbling away from my kuya’s house.

Then last night, my kumareng Melai sent me a link to a house and lot by Carmona Estates. Floor and lot area is bigger than that of Canlubang and it has 4 BR! And its way cheaper!!! Na excite naman ako. The amenities of the subdivision are nice as well. We will surely visit this too in June.

So that explains why I wasn’t able to visit my blogsite for days. Naaaligaga ako sa excitement! I’m so excited also for hubby’s entertainment room. We agreed kasi that we will not be putting a TV set in our living room but instead make a separate entertainment room in the ground floor. Hmm i’ll just make a separate blog about this. I’ll show you my interior inspirations for our ‘future crib’ in my next post =)

Sometimes, being a grown up is mixed emotions no? Ang hirap tumanda because responsibilities are becoming more serious and bigger but it’s exciting as well. Imagine before, my only problem is how to ask my mommy to get me the latest model of Nokia and now we are actually getting na our own house and lot! From our own sweat and blood. God is so good talaga!

Everyday, God is giving us many reasons to be excited about tomorrow. Ang saya! =)

LETTERS TO JULIET

Have you guys seen this movie? This is the most romantic movie ever of Amanda Seyfried. I just feel that this movie deserves a blog from me because sobrang nakaka relate ako. Ahaha!! Why? Secret =) Tehee!

Basta watch this! This is a super kilig movie which proves that everybody deserves a second chance in the name of TRUE LOVE =) The power of true love always work indeed! And I know, even sa real life.

I believe in marriage of course, no doubt about that. But I believe more in TRUE LOVE and at the end, it will always prevail.

We’ll see…