venue/food: Max’s – dp paid

• food for adults and kids
• party package includes birthday cake, party ‘crowns’, lootbags, prizes and party host
• cake upgraded to pink castle
• one hour extension

theme: Baby Disney Princess (to go along with Max’s Royal Kingdom theme)

host: Alex Lagula (c/o Kidstar Kastles) – dp paid 

• aside from the party host of Max’s, we booked services of Alex Lagula para mas fun. but he won’t make it on time so i guess we still need the free service of Max’s party host to kick off the party

face painter: Kidstar Kastles – dp paid

balloons/decors: Kidstar Kastles - dp paid

• will probably not use Max’s balloons
• i specifically requested not to use red and royal blue

backdrop/signage: Kidstar Kastles – dp paid

cake: Kitchen Krafts (c/o Kidstar Kastles) – dp paid

invitations: Kidstar Kastles – dp paid 

• BG’s pictures taken at BlowUpBabies for the invites
• will send them BG’s pics next week

theme backpacks: Kidstar Kastles – dp paid

pinata: Leth/Business-Shoppe (Castle)- pencil booked

guestbook: Leth/Business-Shoppe – pencil booked

P/V: John Aguas – pencil booked

lootbag contents/prizes: divisoria – will shop next month

• aside from lootbags and prizes from Max’s, we’ll buy goodies for the backpacks, and prizes.

party dress: June na magpatahi para sure na kasya

party shoes: jelly shoes bought from Rustan’s. cute, looks like Cinderella’s glass slippers.

i’ve been consulting friends regarding my (career) predicament. i’ve chatted with one friend in Japan and another in Singapore. hay, kakatuwa kasi they know me na talaga. they know how my mind works, and i think soon, i’ll come to a decision.

BG has LBM. i thought it was just a reaction to the pumpkin soup she had when we went out on mother’s day. we ate at In-yo in Katipunan. but came Tuesday, she pooped 6x and got me worried. i checked with her pedia and was advised to give her pedialyte. she was active naman. when pedia checked on her, it was viral (not bacterial) diarrhea. hay buti na lang. i don’t want her to be confined in the hospital. wawa nmn kung tusukin for the dextrose di ba? saka baby yun eh, she would probably cry and try to remove the needles. she wouldn’t understand why they had to prick her, and why mommy would not remove it di ba?

hay buti na lang talaga. so much to thank for.

sana she gets well soon.

i applied in another company for a position very similar to my previous job. luckily, they are considering me for the position. now, it got me very confused if i should stay or leave my current job.

 advantages of current:

• good company name
• mornings can be spent with my baby (madami ngyayari sa buhay ng isang bata sa umaga so pwede na kesa naman buong araw talaga ako wala–still sulking over cancellation of work-from-home benefit)
• reimbursable globe, pldt and dsl
• good medical coverage (me and family)

advantages of the other:

• this is the type of work that i really want
• business trips
• my four-year work experience will be of very good use
• i’ll be one of the pioneers on their philippine branch

salary is out of the question because the take-home that i’ll get from the other company’s new offer is just a few bucks away from what i’m getting now. this is because of our company’s flat 15% tax. kung icocompare mo sya sa offer nung kabila minus philippine tax, hay halos same lang.

ok, exagg. ndi nmn few bucks away. malaki din ang difference. kaya lng yung difference na yun, is not enough to compensate dun sa effort na ieexert ko for that new job. mukhang magiging puro OT ako from mondays to fridays. though, i specifically told them no work on saturdays and sundays.

contradicting ito kasi the reason i wanted to leave my job is my disappointment over the  work-from-home benefit. less time with baby. if i accept the offer, lalo lang walang time with baby. hmmm.

naisip ko nmn, with the new job offer, at least i get to follow my passion (embedded systems engineering).

parang it boils down to deciding between time for my baby and my passion ah?

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hubby’s argument:

yung ibang tao nga gustong pumasok sa inyo, ndi  makapasa. kaw nmn, gustong umalis?

i didn’t blogged for a while.

guess i’m still sulking (reason? read previous blog entry).

i’m thinking of resigning. but as hubby had advised, i’ll wait for my anger/disappointment to subside before deciding.

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tonight, i saw the new olay commercial. gretchen was saying something like she’s willing to trade her “expensive products” . i don’t know but i was turned off by the remark. parang, are you proud to tell people that you could buy expensive products using your boyfriend’s money? (related words: gold digger, social climber) ah ewan. badtrip lang talaga ako sa work. pati commercial, pinapatulan na.

pero ang ganda nya

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we made our reservations on the venue for BG’s birthday party. now, here again comes the adrenaline rush. weeee!

i’m in a very bad mood today (since yesterday afternoon pa nga ata)

The reason why you are keeping your current job:

-work from home (more time for my baby)
-good pay
-15% tax only
-good medical coverage
-reimbursable pldt, dsl and globe
-good company name (gandang ilagay sa resume in case mag abroad)

not totally gone, but i used to work from home all week. mondays only for meetings. but now, i’ll be entitled to this benefit only once a week.

i’m not sure how much longer i could stay.

sometimes i step back and look at the big picture.

• i am a happy person. a happy and satisfied person.
• i may not be perfect, but people who are important to me love me as i am.
• my family may not have everything we want, but we have what we need. the “high” i get from seeing and hearing my husband and my daughter laughing together is more satisfying than the one i get from shopping. but still, we continue dreaming, and continue aiming for our goals.
• i used to hate my new job. but now, i have learned to love it. yes, i’m still not happy with what i do, but i’m sure happy with what i get and what i have.
• i may not have come to the peak yet, but i’d say, i’ve come a long way.

yes,i see it’s one good big picture.

me: daaaad-dy!

BG: jaaaaj- jeeee!

me <—- so happy mommy