Oh, I just received another email from our former classmate. He said we should try Stingaree too when we head downtown. Anyway, enough of that.

Yesterday, I bought two charts (colors and shapes) for Mikee. I was so excited to put them up. Mikee of course, was excited too. Then she approached the charts and started pointing to each picture saying “To! To! To!” her version of “Ito! Ito! Ito! (This! This! This!) This left me clueless as to where she got that. But she was so cute, looking like a grown up ordering something from a menu.

I started teaching her. The funny thing was, I was blabbering for a while when I suddenly noticed that all the while, she was mouthing words (without any sound coming from her) while nodding. Hmm, this is very familiar act. Way back in high school, when I do this, it’s either I agree to what the teacher was saying or I was just pretending to listen. Ugh!

Speaking of high school, my high school friends are meeting up in San Diego sometime this year. They were asking me if hubby and I can join them. No final meet-up place yet. But suggestions include the Mira Mesa Blvd (they have Jollibee, Chowking and Red Ribbon there) and Villa Manila and Zarlitos in National City.

Although I suggested that we cook the dinner ourselves for that authentic Pinoy cooking (I sort of tease them when I emailed that we’ll cook adobo and sinigang. I wonder if ingredients are readily available within their area. Still waiting for the next email exchange) but will go out after to experience San Diego entertainment.

We’ll probably wait for the happy hour before heading to Baja or Blue Haven (our former classmate sometimes guests as a DJ there hahaha). These are just their suggestions but nothing final yet. As you know, ideas seem to be endless when you’re all pumped up with excitement.

Thanks Jody for this tag. I’d say my high school life is a bit ho-hum, and that’s when my rebellion started.

THINK BACK TO 4th year high school… Let’s see how much you remember and how much you regret..

What section were you? Section 1

Who were your seatmates? No permanent seating.

Still remember your English teacher? Yes, but he’s not worth mentioning.

What was your first class? Christian Living

Made friends to the lower years? Yes

How was your class schedule? Can’t remember.

Made any enemies? Yes. But we patched things up when some of us started getting married and having babies.

Who was your favorite teacher? Hmm, in 4th year, none…

What sport did you play? None. Like Jody, I’m not sporty.

Were you a party animal? I attended parties, but not nmn every party, I had to attend.

Were you well known in your school? This I honestly can not tell. But let’s see, throughout high school, I’ve been courted by guys from same, lower and higher batches.

SKIP CLASSES? Yes. Nyahahaha.

Did you get suspended/expelled? Not in 4th year. (I was very studious but rebellious)

Can you sing the alma mater? No.

What was your favorite subject? Math

Did you go to the dances? No.

Where did you go most often during breaks? to other sections to talk to friends

What did you do on the last day of school? party with my batchmates.

I’m tagging Vannie, Ris and Joanne.

I’ve been window shopping for two-piece swimsuits. And I’m looking not just for one pair, but two to three. First, I want them to match Mikee’s swimsuits. Second, I want them to match my digital scrap kits. And last but not the least, I want me to look sexy when wearing it. Tough call huh?

I guess it’s either a genie appears to me or I opt for a liposuction.

Not that I am a non-believer of liposuction, it’s just that I am so afraid to go under the knife. Hearing those horror lipo stories, body parts gone awry, I’d think twice before plunging in. But have you heard of tumescent liposuction? Btw, tumescent lipo and mini liposuction are different. I’ve read this is safer. In fact, they claim that patients are able to walk immediately after.

But, well, I’m thinking. If I’ll be carrying Mikee most of the time, I guess I have a very good (and very cute for that matter) excuse strutting this big bulge of mine.

Mikee is definitely a big girl now. While strolling around the mall, she didn’t want to sit on her stroller. Instead, she liked to run AWAY from mommy and daddy as far as she could. She had fun knowing we were trailing behind her. And when we tried to hold her hand she let go immediately.

Just this afternoon, we tried leaving her and hiding from her behind some stores on each side. We still can see her watching her and expecting her to panic. Guess what? She didn’t. She just kept looking around for us and smiling at people passing by. And still, she was having fun!

I’m not sure if this was because she’s familiar with this mall or simply confident that her parents will come back looking for her. I’m not even sure if I should teach her to be cautious instead. (Need some parenting advice here, hahaha)

How time flies. The next thing you know, she’d still be enjoying the mall, but with her friends instead and will never want to be seen with her parents at all. Yeah, because that would be uncool.

Few minutes from now, we will turn off the TV, air con and plug off our laptops in time for the earth hour. Hubby and I agreed to just talk and play with our daughter Mikee. I would probably organize our room and perhaps a little dusting on the shelves. Move around some stuff (No, I won’t unscrew the tv wall mount and place it elsewhere. That would be too much). Yes, I do these things when bored.

An hour without electricity can be boring. But that’s fine with us. Because we know our little help to the environment can make a big difference.

I’ve blogged before that one of our entries to the Morning Rush with Chico and Delamar made it to the Top Three. I was waiting for Chico to post it on his blog to link it here.

Hubby and I travel less than 2 hours, arriving the office before 9am. We don’t get to finish the shows. We just listen when we’re inside the car.

So it’s quite surprising to see that one of our entries made it to the Top One! (We just found out through Chico’s blog. Since hubby was the one who actually thought of the entry, I sent the entry as “DD’s Bloggerhappy”)

Curious? Read here.

I think it’s high time I share what I know about choosing a domain name. It seems that by the time a friend or an acquaintance asks me my opinion of the new domain name, it has been purchased already. A little reminder, I am not an expert. I am just blogging what I have learned while pondering with mine.

1. Make it relevant to your content. Or at least your targetted audience. Bloggerhappy - I blog on an impulse. Berryscrappy – it is about scrapping. (There are some things related to scrapping like cats, sugar and in my case, berries)

2. Make it short. If it isn’t a business name, go with a one or two-word domain name. They say 12 characters max. The only ones that can get away with the long ones are the ones that are common remarks, quotes, song/movie titles, etc. (You get what I mean)

3. Make it simple. Here’s a test that I actually did before finally deciding on bloggerhappy. Ask a 7-year-old to spell the words for you. If he/she can spell it correctly, then it’s good.

4. Avoid plural words (ending with ‘s’) and the “the” word. Why? because people often forget. Same goes with dash and underscore.

5. This one I didn’t follow. Don’t use words that can be spelled in many or slang ways. Like “hapi” for “happy”, “2″ for “to” or “n” for “and”. Why? Again, people tend to forget.

This is why some people cash in on the alter domain name. If you think twopeasinabucket.com is great, you’re sure to get hits for 2peasinabucket.com without much plugging.

6. Go for the .com. I know some people may argue but not all people are net-savvy. When you say a domain, people tend to think .com instead of .net, .us, .ph etc.

That’s all I could think of. Feel free to comment to add more to the list. Again, I’m no expert. Just sharing.

There’s this guy in our office who, while working, sings ala Mariah Carey, with the piping and all. But still, he insists that he’s not gay. He dresses too well. Yet, he claims he has a long-time girlfriend (who has never met anyone in the office). I don’t know, but I’m not buying it.

Why do people pretend to be someone they are not? Are they not happy with what they are?

I’m telling you, every single person has something in him/her that another person would find disgusting or simply unappealing in one way or another.

So just get real.

I noticed how bloggers have become creative with tags lately. Thanks to Ris for tagging me with this one. I enjoyed it so much I had to take the MI test too.

Though I can’t seem to find a badge that would further describe my results, I love the badge below.

I’m guessing I got the overseer/protector personality from being the eldest among the brood of four. I think people who know me personally or have been reading this blog know that I am a logical/visual person (no conceit intended).

Want to see your results too: Aggie, Joy, Alpha, Yen and Diane.