Toys for our little boy

We're done shopping for the major baby items that we need! We have a crib, a playard, a steam sterilizer, a breast pump, a gazillion bottles, and clothes. YES! There are still a couple of items that we need to buy, like the Jellybean Sling, a sturdy carrier, and about a dozen more Chino Pinos, but those can wait.

Now that we've crossed the major items on our list, my OHA and I can concentrate on buying fun stuff for our LBJC. NINTENDO DS LITE! Oooops, that's for mommy. Teehee.

There's this really cool waterfall soother from Fisher-Price that I really like. I just don't know if it's available locally.

My OHA wants to buy this for our LBJC:
Actually, we have a super long list of toys that we want to buy. Here are some of the items from that list:

Lamaze First Mirror

Lamaze My First Fishbowl


Lamaze Musical Inchworm

Lamaze Catch & Glow Bug Jar

Lamaze Balancing Bug Stacker

Pepper Lunch photos

Here are photos from our dinner at Pepper Lunch. We would've taken more photos but we were afraid that we might overcook the meat. So instead of taking a gazillion shots, we took a couple of shots, then we attacked the oh-so-yummy food.

Here's OHA's cut steak and hamburger combo:



Here's my Pepper Rice:

We're going there again tomorrow, and I'll try my hardest to take better pictures. Maybe I'll even have the chance to capture it on video.

OMG, I'm so excited to go there again!

Approximately 29 hours to go!

Pepper Lunch!!!

Guess where my OHA and I are eating dinner later? :p

Here are some clues:
1. It's local franchise of the diy steak restaurant from Japan
2. It's in Rockwell
3. It has branches in Singapore, Korea, US, Australia, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand

Since I know how annoying guessing games are, I'll just tell you. We're eating in...

(drumroll please!)

Yay! Pepper Lunch!

I'm super excited to eat there. I've been salivating over the pepper rice for the past couple of days, while my OHA's been craving for the cut steak and hamburger combo. He also wants the Shake! Shake! Salad.

I brought our camera so I can take pictures of the lurvely food and post it here.

My Favorite Flash Game of the Moment

It's simple but so addictive that I'm almost tempted to eat sushi myself. Almost...but not quite.

Today's my first year anniversary at work. I didn't think I would last this long, but I'm glad I did. There were a lot of things that were bothering me before about my job, and I didn't think I'd weather it out.

I owe it all to my colleagues. They're wonderfully understanding and they made my transition easier. When I left my old job, I was really depressed because I thought that I wouldn't be as close to my new colleagues as I was with my old colleagues.

My old colleagues and I always had fun together. Since our editor was not strict about work skeds, we'd go to Starbucks during office hours and smoke about a pack of cigarettes just talking about random stuff. We'd go to Greenbelt and take two to three-hour lunch breaks. I guess I could say that we've cultivated our friendship through fun activities.

I couldn't forget how bitter I was to leave it all behind. That was a year ago. Fast forward to a year later, I could say that I'm no longer unhappy. I've gotten quite close to my colleagues. Though we don't hangout with each other outside the office, we've bonded with each other really well. I guess it helps to have a difficult boss. If with old colleagues, the basis of our friendship was all about fun, with my new colleagues, it was all about stress.

We encounter a lot of problems in our line of work (or maybe it's just me because this is the first time I went corporate) and it takes out a lot on all of us. A difficult boss also adds tremendously to the stress. The only good thing that came out of the situation is that it brought us together. We cheer up each other, we encourage each other, and we support each other. Although I very much appreciate the kind of relationship I have with my old colleagues, I'm more grateful to my new colleagues because they have helped me more in terms of personal growth. My new colleagues made a stronger impact in my life.

This doesn't mean that I'm not at all grateful to my old colleagues. I AM VERY GRATEFUL. The time I spent with my old colleagues were two of the happiest years of my life. The only reason now why I'm more grateful to my new colleagues is because they were there for me during the hardest time of my transition period--meaning my first few months here at my new job. Those were the times that I needed friends the most.

My new colleagues do not know about this blog, but just the same, I want to thank them. Thank them for welcoming me into the group. And I want to thank my OHA. Thank you for helping me cope and for understanding me. I love you.

Happy anniversary to me.