the canDIshhh tales

Congratulations to: Camille Q. for winning a copy of the Spot.ph's Top 10 Everything Food Lists book!! :) Please wait for my email on how to claim your prize!! :) Congratulations Camille!! :)

I am on the way again! As of yesterday's count - 8 weeks and a few days!! We had an ultrasound and I saw the heartbeat and the lifeline! I can't believe that I'm starting this journey again! Hahaha... Good luck to me!! :)

As more yoga centers open up across the city, the convenience of having a yoga studio nearby is giving more people added incentive to give yoga a try. Reflecting this interest surge in yoga, teachers with certifications in a variety of yoga styles are showing up. Ashtanga, vinyasa, Bikram, jivamukthi, gentle flow, power yoga, hot fusion and sivananda are all styles that are available locally.        With so many to choose from, a question often posed is : how do you know if you are already proficient in one style when you keep practicing so many?              As if in answer to this question, Bikram Yoga Manila, the pioneer studio that introduced Bikram yoga to the Philippines, just conducted a series of posture seminars at its studios over the past 2 weeks. These seminars were aimed at giving Bikram yoga students specific knowledge about the set postures that comprise the Bikram yog...

I remember when I was younger, an allergy attack was one of the things I feared the most because I didn't know when it will happen.  I always had about 2 pieces of allergy medicine (celestamine) in my wallet, just in case it happens.  Thankfully, I never had an allergy attack when I was out of the house. Last night, we had an allergy scare.  After dinner, I noticed Kailee scratching her tummy while we were watching Agent Oso on TV.  She was scratching and scratching - I then noticed that her tummy had a LOT of rashes.  I assumed that this was her normal rashes (Kailee has skin asthma/eczema so rashes were a norm to us once in a while) and since we were on maintenance antihistamine - I instructed Yaya to give her an early dose of it.  After giving Kailee the antihistamine, I left the room and took a bath.  When I came back, I was surprised to see that the rashes has spread to her face and legs!  These rashes were big red patches and they were spr...

Update 04-16-2012 I just received our SOA dated April 12, 2012 and STILL our consumption was averaged to 41cu, same as it was in the previous bill.  I called the Maynilad hotline and they didn't know why it was the same.  The following day - a Maynilad representative went to us and informed us that there was indeed an erroneous reading done last February - that instead of 5728, the meter reader input 5782.  The current reading as of that day was 5779.  He said that he will make sure that an action will be made immediately.   Photo grabbed from THIS site Everything is still done manually in our country, even the meter readings for electricity and water.  A person still has to go around the metro listing down readings.  In the recent year, I saw an improvement with Maynilad's service, instead of these meter readers reporting to their offices of the readings they've done for the day - they have a wireless device (like the wireless credit card...

Last Saturday Kailee had her first haircut at Cuts for Tots.  The experience wasn't as stressful or traumatizing as I was expecting it to be.  It was actually pleasant - a bit of strange for Kailee, but something very memorable for me and my Panget. Kailee was immediately seated in those car like chairs.  The salon was prepared with distractions - toys, TV with various cartoon shows as entertainment and bubbles!  Their staff doubled as entertainers as well. It took us less than 30 minutes. Kailee was a very good customer over all.  She didn't cry, she only stood up to dance when she heard music and she kept on looking over both her shoulders at the person cutting her hair!  I think Kailee was most irritated when the hairdresser held her ears!  Kailee's hair is now shorter.  She looks more like a baby!   We've joked that she looks like a boy - a really cute boy (so this is what a baby boy will look like!  hahaha) The h...

One of the perennial problems of people who love to eat out is - WHERE TO EAT.  Thankfully, the world wide web provides us with an easy alternative - just type in the cuisine that you like and voila - you get search results!  But there's another problem - which are the BEST places to eat?  Of course, if you're a food lover - it means that you appreciate good food and by that you wouldn't want to be disappointed right?  Enter Spot.ph's Top 10 Everything FOOD LISTS! The premier authority on food FINALLY launches a food list!  I was so happy to learn this and when I was invited to the launch, I was excited.  I immediately opened the book and scanned through the pages and I was impressed.  The list was complete! During the launch we were served with the #1's in the list - I was able to try the following: Cibo's Iced Tea - very refreshing, it tasted to natural! Bar Dolci's Thai Iced Tea Gelato - this has got to be THE best Thai Ic...