I am ready for US Open

Hey tennis fans! Are you ready for the US Open? I sure am. And so is my favorite player - Novak Djokovic!

Novak Djokovic defeated Conor Niland 6-0 5-1 after Niland retired from the match at the 2011 US Open. Photo Source: US Open.

I wasn't able to watch his first game but hopefully I will be able to catch his succeedings games on TV.

Super excited here!

Saturday 9: I fought the law

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: I Fought the Law

1. Have you ever been on the wrong side of the law?
++ Maybe. LOL!

2. What was the last thing you described as either “surprisingly good” or “surprisingly bad?”
++ The movie Due Date

3. When was the last time you unintentionally surprised someone else?
++ Can't remember..

4. When was the last time you deliberately surprised someone else?
++ Last June, on my husband's birthday.

5. What was the last really funny movie you watched?
++ Due Date.

6. What is something that you've never done that you secretly are dying to do?
++ Shop till I drop.

7. What do you hope is different in your life by August 2012?
++ Thinner, richer and much nicer. LOL!

8. Who is the last person you greeted at your door?
++ My husband.

9. If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose?
++ Egypt?

My 33rd

I turned 33yo last Monday.

Friends in FB said I don't look my age. I know they were just being polite and nice. LOL!

I have no qualms about revealing my age. To me, it's just a number. I may or may not look my age. It does not matter. I am who I am. I am comfortable in my own skin.

That does not mean though that I stop trying to be healthy and nice-looking. I think we are most confident in ourselves when we know we are healthy, right?

Another year in my life. Another year to be thankful. Another year to be nice. Another year to do good things. Another year to love and laugh.

I can't wait to be 34! =)

Movie month for me

This month, I have watched a lot of movies in DVD. I meant to write them but there were just too many distractions.

I have watched Inglorious Basterds, Bad Teacher, Due Date, Burlesque, The Adjustment Bureau, Hoodwinked too, Water for Elephants and Rango.

I love Due Date. It was super funny. Iron man este Robert Downy Jr is so effective. I love him.

The Adjustment Bureau was also nice. I think the chemistry between Emily Blunt and Matt Damon was palpable. Emily Blunt was a professional dancer there. I wondered if she and her friends had a Billing/Coding Specialist Jobs, would it have made a difference? I enjoyed watching that movie.

I couldn't say the same for Water for Elephants. I don't know why I finished the movie.

Inglorious Basterds was graphic. I couldn't watch some of the scenes. It was too much for me. It left me wondering if the story was based on some real story? I love Brad Pitt's accent there. So cute. LOL!

Yesterday I watched Harry Potter 7 part 2 in the cinema courtesy of a friend who had media passes. I love how this saga has ended. But then again, I don't think there could be another ending. I'll watch the part 1 with hubby. Heck, I would love to watch all of the movies from the begininng and maybe even read the books. Now that's a thought.

What movies have you watched lately?

What I Ate/22Aug

My last day! That does not mean my diet ends too. I am just done posting them. It's actually tedious. So yay, my last time to post this craziness. LOL!

Here's what I had yesterday August 22:

Breakfast - toasted whole wheat bread, 1 slice cheddar cheese, fried egg, small hotdog, 1 instant coffee

Lunch - adobong sitaw (sauteed string beans) paksiw na tanigue. And for dinner, we went to Raffles Hotel Le Royal since it was my special day. And well, I indulged a little. So I ate more than I should last night. But like I told my husband, I only have 1 birthday a year so it's forgivable to eat more. LOL! Here's my dinner:

Salmon sashimi, prawn curry, 1 grapes

Prawn curry, beef curry, dory fish, chicken in marinated herbs, fried mashed potato

For dessert, I had papaya, watermelon and a sweet sticky rice.

I weighed myself this morning. Surprisingly, I did not gain weight from last night indugence. Yay!

What I Ate/21Aug

Yesterday was my sixth day. Whew! One more day and I am off this project. Here's what I had yesterday August 21, 2011.

Breakfast - dried fish (danggit), small serving of rice, tomato omelette and a cup of instant coffee

Lunch - 3 pork barbeque, corn and carrots with crab meat, red wine

Afternoon snack - Large cafe latte skim milk from Gloria Jean's Coffee

Dinner - KFC again! 1 hot and crispy chicken. I could not resist adding a small serving of rice. I wasn't able to take a picture of it because it was already late when I realized I needed to take a picture of it. Oh well, at least I am honest here. LOL!

Today is my birthday! I am 33 years old. Wow! That feels liberating to say that. Hahahaha!!!

Happy birthday to me!!!!

What I Ate/20Aug

Today I am on my 6th day of this project. One more day and I am finished with this craziness. Well, I had fun. But it's also a bit tedious. Hence the one week span only.

To date I have lost 2.1kgs. Exciting! But I have to give credit to my exercises as well. I've been diligent with it.

So anyway, here's what I had on my fifth day, yesterday.

Breakfast - whole wheat toasted bread, two small cubes of cheese, fried egg and 1 cup instant coffee.

Lunch - from KFC {2 hot and crispy chicken, fried egg (I know! Only in Cambodia), rice (I only had 1/2 of it)}
Dinner - Adobong pusit (4 small ones), broccoli in oyster sauce

I think I forgot to mention that my drink of choice is always water. No more sodas for me from now on. When at home, I like to have green tea.

Saturday 9: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

1. In a relationship, have you ever hung in even when you knew for sure it was over?
++I guess. But I learned my lesson well. It's over when it's over.

2. If you had the ability to perpetually alleviate any pain on your body, what would it be?
++My perennial back pain.

3. What place would you visit if money were no object?
++Only one place? I'd love to go around the world!

4. What is one thing you would love to change about yourself?
++I wish I have more discipline.

5. Do you think your parents were too strict growing up?
++Nope.

6. In general, how many old friends do you have that you talk to at least once a year?
++If you include "talking" in facebook, then I don't know how many. LOL!

7. What was the last compliment you received?
++That my new rebonded hair with bangs looks good on me.

8. Have you ever told someone you loved them but didn't really mean it?
++I don't think so.

9. In your opinion, would it be harder to lose someone close to you more as a child or harder as an adult?
++I am not sure. I think that's too difficult to hazard a guess. Maybe the same?

What I Ate/19Aug

It's a busy Saturday. I wanted to post this entry this morning but we were out of the house at 9am, I had no time to open my laptop.

Anyway here it is:

Breakfast - toasted whole wheat bread with a slice of cheddar cheese, 1 small hotdog, fried egg, 1 cup of instant coffee. My breakfast's getting boring, I know.

Lunch - 2 BBQ chicken

Afternoon Snack - I had 5 peanuts. I forgot to take pictures of it. Tsk. Tsk.

Dinner - Giniling (ground pork with potato), small serving of rice, 2 small spring rolls

What I Ate/18Aug

My third day. And I am already tired of taking pictures. So I am thinking I will just do one week of this. Hahaha!!!

Here we go...


Breakfast - toasted whole wheat brea with a slice of cheddar cheese, fried egg, slice of bacon (it looks sad, doesn't it? lol), and instant coffee

Morning snacks - small seedless mandarin orange and a cup of green tea

Lunch - 1 whole tomato sliced, paksiw na tilapia with okra, and probably 2 tablespoon of rice

Afternoon snack - cafe latte skim milk large size from Gloria Jean's Coffee

Dinner - tinolang manok (1 slice of chicken, slices of sayote and malunggay with a small bowl of soup)

What I Ate/17Aug

Second day of my project and diet. Here's what I ate yesterday 17 August:

Breakfast - toasted whole wheat bread with peanut butter, 4 small slices of bacon, tomato omelette and instant coffee

Morning Snacks - 1 small banana with 2 cups of green tea

Lunch - small serving of rice, adobong kangkong, a slice of fried tilapia, and a small chunk of pork fat hahaha

Afternoon Snack - small apple

Dinner - small bowl of macaroni soup and 3 fried wings

It looks like I ate a lot of food yesterday but to be honest, I was hungry most of the time. My stomach really needs to adjust to small servings.

What I Ate/16Aug

I am starting a new project for this blog and for myself. It's called "what I ate project." I am going to post pictures of what I ate the whole day.

I have done food journal before. So I want to do something different this time. I want to see the real food.

I am doing this to chronicle my food intake for diet/health reason and to see what fun food I had. LOL!

I will try to do this for at least two weeks.

Okay, let's begin the game! This is what I ate yesterday - August 16, 2011. What you see in the picture is what I ate, nothing more, nothing less.

Breakfast - fried egg, small hotdog, toasted bread with a slice of cheddar cheese

Lunch - Nilagang baboy (string beans, pak choi, potato, pork)

Afternoon snacks - Low fat latte regular size from Gloria Jean's Coffee

Dinner - Nilagang baboy (leftover from lunch hahaha!), 1 siomai

Did you have anything exciting to eat yesterday? Do share! Mine was boring. LOL!

I am too old to party

That's right. I just realized that recently. I am too old to party! Yikes! LOL!

When my cousins were here last week for their Indochina tour, I went out with them two nights in a row.

The first night, we went to Memphis bar along Sisowath Quay. The band playing there was Filipino. It was actually Mel, our friend who brought us there. They do play nice reggae music.

I only had two Singapore slings that night and I got so drunk real bad. Imagine that! I actually did not expect it. I have had two Singapore Slings before and I was only tipsy at worst.

Hubby told me, it was probably from dancing too. It made me more dizzy and drunk. Probably.

I woke up at 6 in the morning the following day to prepare for my son's school and the minute I stood up, the world started to turn around so fast. I ended up throwing up. Two times. Gross!!!

I tried having breakfast to fill up my empty stomach.

I ate the greasiest food - fried garlic rice, fried chicken, fried hotdog and fried egg. But it did not work. My head was still heavy and I had no choice but to stay in bed the rest of the morning.

I do declare, it was the WORST hangover ever! And I vow never to drink alcoholic beverages again while partying.

The following night, we went to Qba in Cambodiana Hotel. Guess what I drank the whole night? Just two bottles of water. Hahahaha!!!

I am really getting old. I could not party like I did when I was in my twenties. That's a fact. And in just six more days, another year will be added to my age. It's reality. Gotta accept that. LOL!

Saturday 9: My Best Friend's Girl

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: My Best Friend's Girl

1. Have you and a friend ever have an argument because you were attracted to the same person?
++ No. I don't think so.

2. Who never returns your phone calls?
++ No one.

3. What was your favorite childhood toy?
++ My baby doll. It cries when you take the pacifier away and laughs when you put it back.

4. Who is the last person you greeted at your door?
++ My husband.

5. Would you change anything about your life right now?
++ Some minor things maybe. But then, I am happy with my life so, probably nothing to change.

6. Who is the easiest person for you to talk to?
++ My husband.

7. If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose?
++ Greece?

8. What is the most exciting event you’ve ever witnessed?
++ So many that I can't choose one on top of head. Hahaha!!

9. What do you consider the ideal age to have a first child?
++ I have been thinking about this and I believe the ideal age should only be when one is ready. But definitely not earlier than 21, I think.

My Tuesday Thoughts

I am thinking of posting pictures of my daily lunch. It's not gourmet or anything like that. I just want to keep track what I have been eating everyday for lunch. I was planning on starting today. But guess what, I only remembered when I was half way through my meal already. I resisted the urge to take a picture of my half empty plate. It wasn't nice.

But what did I have for lunch? Well, I had a "tuna salad my style" and saltine crackers. I mixed 1 can of drained tuna with tomato, onion, garlic, a spoon of lime juice, a spoon of mayo and a pinch of salt. It was good. And healthy too.

Yeah, I am trying to be healthy again. And this time it's for real. Hahahaha!!!

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I am thinking of going back to school. Probably take up Accountancy. Don't laugh. I did well with my accounting subjects back in college. So I think I can swing it. Hehehe.

According to yahoo, accounting is one of those careers that will always be in demand, wherever and whenever.

Seriously, it would be so cool to have another degree. I may not use it for work purposes, I am sure it will be beneficial if I have my own big business someday.

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My birthday is coming up! I wish to receive a gadget on my birthday if not a bag. Hehehe. Why not? It's just a wish. Who knows someone might be really generous with me and grant me those wishes.

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It's a nice day here in my side of the world. I wish you guys, a nice Tuesday too!

Saturday 9: I wonder what she's doing tonight

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight

1. Have you ever lost a lover and spent way too much time wondering what they were doing?
++Nope.

2. What was your favorite vacation ever?
++Since we live abroad, every vacation back to my home country is my favorite. Last month, we had a vacation in Philippines and it was awesome!

3. Do you like surprises? If yes, what kinds? Or are you one of those people who absolutely has to know what's going on before it happens?
++I love surprises. Only the good ones though. LOL!

4. Have you ever written a poem? Feel free to share one. Or even a dirty limerick is OK.
++Yes I did once, way back in high school. I lost the copy though.

5. Did anything interesting show up in your mail lately besides the bills?
++Nothing.

6. How many of your friendships have lasted more than ten years? Which of your current friends do you feel will still be important to you ten years from now? Family members don't count.
++What about cousins? LOL! I have a couple of friends since childhood.

7. Do you own a pet? If so, do you buy them presents for holidays? Do you consider your pet(s) spoiled? If you don't own one, do you think you will one day?
++No pets at home. But we want to have a dog someday..

8. It's Friday afternoon and you're planning your weekend. What's on your agenda on a hot August night?
++Just dinner out with the hubby.

9. What's your worst nervous habit?
++I get grumpy.