the canDIshhh tales

Three years ago on a Monday, I gave birth to Connor.  It so sudden as I was scheduled to give birth a week later.  But since I was experiencing labor pains, my OB suggested that I go the hospital immediately - she was there and she can gauge the progress of the labor. I went to the hospital thinking that I was going to be sent home.  I think I was in the hospital by 11:30am.  I remember walking up the narrow stairs to the second floor of Cardinal Santos and knocking on the labor room.  Within minutes, I changed into the the hospital gown and was lying on the bed.  A few minutes later, my OB came in to do an IE. We need to do the CS now. That's what she said.  I looked at her blankly.  When I came to my senses, I immediately called my Panget.  I told him that I was in the hospital and that I need to go to CS na.  That the staff was going to prep me na.  My Panget said to tell my OB if she can wait for an hour till he got to...

I met my Panget on the street - it was at HV Dela Costa Street on a sidewalk!  Hahaha..  I remember it clearly as if it was yesterday.  My very good friend Shirley, wanted to introduce me to her cousin - Panget.  At that time - I was in a phase of meeting people.  In the Chinese-Filipino community, it is known as *kai-siao* - it meant *to introduce* so there, we arranged a dinner-movie double date.  I remember that I came from the salon (my monthly haircut - I had pixie cut then) and so they met me on the street, on the side walk of HV dela Costa in think it was infront of the Chili's branch back then.  I was surprised because I thought it was only Shirley that was meeting me, it turns out - my Panget tagged along *meeting me* on the street.  It was a bit weird to be honest.  We then waited for the car to come around and rode it to go to the then *it* place to hang out - Glorietta 4!  Hahaha..  We had dinner in a Korean restaurant a...

Nope, they're not necessarily birthday cakes (only one was) but I got them all on my birthday! I celebrated my birthday yesterday - I won't be shy to say it - I turned 35 yesterday.  I'm sure you will all relate, but I don't feel any older than 30.  Well, except of course of certain body aches and pains, being (very) impatient, fearful of certain things, discovery of white strands of hair (quite a LOT of them), and having a hard time losing weight - yes, the battle with the (mega) bulge.  I still feel I'm the same person - only more responsible (I'm sure my mom will give me a high brow!) more mature and with a better (somehow) understanding of life. So there - it was my birthday yesterday!  Yey! A few days ago, I received a delicious chocolate cake from Starbucks. Then yesterday - I got not one, not two BUT three cakes from Anita Li of the Baked by Anita fame. We had a staycation at F1 Hotel last weekend and Pau gifted us with another cake...

Yesterday we celebrated Connor's 2nd birthday. Happy Happy Birthday my little boy! It seems only yesterday that I gave birth to you , time flies so fast.  You have given me so much joy.  Thank you for your smile, your smirks and kisses. You will always be my baby boy, Connor!! I love you very very very much!  (Even if Dada is your favorite!  Hahaha!!) Love, Mama This is Connor while listening to the Foo Fighter's Learn to Fly (sad that there is no audio :( ).  He likes music, whenever he hears it - he immediately dances or moves his head to the beat of the song. Love you!  Love you!!

Kailee is three today!! I can't believe she's three already! Time, please STOP!! Happy Birthday my little princess! Thank you for bringing me joy, laughter and happiness!! Mommy loves you so very very much!!

My birthday is in a few days (literally) and I am so happy to announce that I am having a Birthday Giveaway!! Thank you so much to my sponsors for making this possible!! :)  I am overwhelmed with gratitude and humbled by your generosity.  I will forever be thankful to you guys! So to my readers - joining is fairly easy and so, just follow the conditions in the Rafflecopter box below.  I won't ask you to do more that what you have been doing for my previous giveaways. Again, THANK YOU so much for supporting my blog for the past years - I can't believe its been that long!  Thank you for eavesdropping on my whatever things.  Thank you for staying with me through the years.  Thank you for being there for me.  I promise to be a more engaging blogger and I will try my very best to post as often as I can. Oh, by the way - there will be a LOT of winners!  So please join and encourage friends and family to join!  A winner can only win once, a...

Image grabbed from THIS site Yes, I am turning a year older this month.  And as a thank you to all of my readers (some 25 readers.. Hahaha!)  I am doing a Birthday Giveaway!  Yehey! :) I'm cooking up a Birthday Giveaway and I crossing my fingers that I will get the support that I need!  This is the first time ever that I am doing this - I'm so nervous!! :) Stay tuned!!

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!! :) Since January is also my birthday month - I am holding a raffle to celebrate my birthday!! Yey!! I am giving away body washes, lotions, hand washes, lip balms and face masks! This is my way of thanking YOU for eavesdropping on my whatever thingies!! :) THE FOOTIES! Foot Scrub & Foot Cream THE BODY-IES Body Wash/Shower Gel THE HAND-IES Hand Wash / Hand Soap THE FACE-IES Lip Balm, Face Mask & Body Wash Joining is really simple: 1)   Leave the following details on the comment section of this post:      a)  Which loot you want to win!  (The Footies!  The Body-ies!  The Hand-ies!  The Face-ies)      b)  Happy Birthday Didi!!      c)  Your email address ( a valid email address please!)      d)  Share this message to your social networking site:  Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Friendster, Etc.   My Birthday ...

My mom's birthday is this Sunday. And I want to make a tribute to her in my blog.  Photo borrowed from THIS site Do you know that when I was younger, I didn't like her as much?  This is because I knew she favored my twin brother more than me.  She used to make me work in the office on summer vacations, but let my twin brother go to my grandma's to play with our cousins.  I think I resented this for a while. But as I grew older, I learned to appreciate those things.  Those missed summer vacation, trained me to who I am now, a hardworker.  I learned simple business ethics early on, answering phone calls from clients, filing things, counting money, computing for the payroll.  These things, I don't think I can learn outside.  So you see, at a very young age - I was trained by my mom to do most anything. It was from her that I learned and breath courage and confidence.  I learned that the meaning of 'lakas ng loob', it was also from her ...

To one of my cyber-kada, a dear dear friend, a fellow foodie, Plurk-mate, chicka-mate and dinnermate.. Happy Happy Happy Birthday  Fran!! of http://frannywanny.com Panget and I wish you all the BEST!! We love you!! :)

Don't miss your chance to win a Bath & Body Works Body Cream!! :) Here are the mechanics: 1. Leave a comment on my blog by clicking HERE ( not on this entry!! ) - any positive comment will do!! You can leave as many comment as you want. ( the more comments you make, the more chances of winning! ) 2. Then send me an email at candishhh.contest@gmail.com with a subject : HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIDI! ( one email is enough for one nickname with multiple comments ) 3. Indicate the following details: .....a) Nickname: Your nickname/name on your comment (so I will know, it's you!) .....b) Complete Name: Fist and last name please .....c) Contact Number: your number will be kept confidential Contest will run from today until 11:59pm of January 24, 2010 The WINNER will be picked from the pool of comments and will be announced on my birthday - January 25, 2010! 5 more days to go!! :) Hurry! Hurry!!

To the most wonderful woman in the world!! Happy Birthday Mom!! Mwaaaaaaaaah!!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Kymie !! :)

Happy Happy Happy Birthday to my Panget!! :) Today - he turns a year older! :) Yehey!! :)

Happy Happy Birthday Sophie !

Happy Happy Birtday Liza !!! She's the sister of my Panget.. Happy Happy Birthday! :) Enjoy your party!! :) Mwah!!

MOM!! Hugs and Kisses to you!! Thanks for everything!! :) Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Again - this will be in bullets! hahaha.. Friday was actually a slow day - the highlight was my mom cooking crabs! Yummy! I couldn't believe that I dozed off at 9pm! I wasn't even able to catch my favorite Teleseryes! Since I slept at around 9pm - I woke up at 1:45 in the morning! I actually thought that it was morning already! Since I couldn't sleep - I watched TV for a couple of hours - then, when my eyelids felt heavy - I decided to sleep (agai Woke up to sounds of heavy rains! I was planning to to go the Rockwell Urban Bazaar to support my friend - a new and upcoming designer - Tammy Tan . But since it was raining cats and dogs - and for fear that I'd get stranded in Makati - I decided to skip it for the next day My Panget picked me up for his cousin's daughter's birthday party at Acropolis - the theme - a Disney Princess' birthday! :) The food was okay - the place was really cold!! But it was fun! After the party - we headed to Cyma i...

Last year, I was depreived of a birthday cake. Apparently, my Panget - forgot all about it. And so this year, I had to remind him to give me one. Two years ago, my Panget surprised me with a 'Didi' cake - I still keep the picture of it - because it was so cute, and because my Panget's sister-in-law told me how my Panget called her every single night to make kulit not to forget to make the cake, she said my Panget gave her explicit instructions on how the cake should turn out he was so hands on with the cake! It was a super cute cake! I love that cake to bits! Here's what it looked like: Chef Sasa Tel. 633.0949 / 0917.5339275 Yesterday, I was expecting a simple cake - I told my Panget that Sugar House's Honey Cake or the good ol'reliable Hizon's Mocha Cake will do. I was expecting any of the two - but when he got to my house - he was holding a box - I'm assuming it's a cake. He told me that the cake is special. Hmm.. why was it special? We...

Yesterday was an event filled day, I witnessed a burning luxury van in Murphy Cubao, went to look at the Corelle sale at Eastwood, check out The Block in SM North Edsa, shopped in a hurry in Gateway Mall in Cubao, literally walked through Aurora Boulevard in Cubao, ate delicious steak at New Manila, had my pedicure in Posh Nails, and finally had foot massage at Footloose in Tomas Morato. All these I did from 2:00 in the afternoon till about 11:45 in the evening. Let's a have an actual run down, shall we? I left the office at around 2:00pm to accompany my mom to the Corelle and Pyrex sale at Eastwood in Libis. On the way there, near Camp Aguinaldo - we were met by heavy traffic. The driver told us that there was a fire somewhere because he could see black smoke. The weird thing was that it looked like it was coming from the street and not inside the camp! When we got closer - we saw that it was a luxury van, the ones like celebrities used! It was burning like crazy and dark bla...