Not So Ordinary Billiards Night

It was payday Friday, and with that usually comes a slew of spontaneous invitations from officemates/friends for a gimmick. Frankly, I try to steer clear of gimmick places and popular restaurants on Payday Fridays because of the crowd -- either you wait to be seated, or you are seated but you're waiting for your food, or you've got your food but you're waiting for extra rice that takes years to serve....

So.. when my officemates suggested billiards at Paeng's, my hubby & I decided to tag along, thinking that since it was still quite early, maybe we could still get tables, and at least it's not some crowded restaurant. We thought we got all things considered -- until I remembered that we were supposed to meet our parents because we were eating out with them. So what to do? what to do? We don't want to keep our parents waiting for an hour while we play billiards... so the next best thing is to...

...bring them along!

Yup. We did. They went.

Initially, our parents were only supposed to look at the bowling rates of Paeng's (we plan to make a career out of bowling haha), but then my hubby asked dad if he wanted to get a separate billiard table. Dad said, sure, it's been a while since he played and so the game commenced...

Mom trying to wing it :D

Dad trying to work around those goddarm balls :D

How often does one get to play billiards with their mom & dad? Dads do, but mothers usually don't. Hehe. So it wasn't an ordinary billiards on payday friday night after all.

Ciao!

Oh yeah, got a new sig :D

Oh yeah, I just recently learned how to put my signature here. teehee. I've had this signature for quite some time but didn't have the time to learn how to put it here --- until yesterday :D so there.

For those who may be wondering, I have been cross-posting from multiply since last year (meaning I post in multiply and I simply check the box that says "cross-post to blogger" and viola! my post is reposted here!) but for some reason, when I changed my template, the cross-posting doesn't work anymore. Therefore, I was coerced to learn and be familiar with posting here manually. And with that, I found out I could get a signature and whatnot, like I do in my emails. So maybe I'd start pimping my blog now.... We'll see. :D

will be signing my posts with something like this for now (see below) ... until I get bored and change it to another one. LOL.

Ciao!

Don't be a Blinker! *blink*blink*

Who thought something as mundane and as trivial as this could have a definite impact on something important?

TIP for those to be wed or to have their pre-nuptial shoot: Don't blink right after the first flash -- wait for a few seconds more because the photographers are taking follow-up shots...


(I just shared this with my co-w@wies) Ok, here's the thing. Having seen the raw pictures from my wedding, I noticed that the photogs take around 2-4 bursts of shots for a single pose, usually for the important couple shots (like the ones in Church after the ceremony etc..). I noticed that altho most of the 1st shots were good enough, there are times when the smiles are still not that warm and the poses still a bit awkward so I tend to choose the 2nd or 3rd shot of the same pose. However, more often than not, I realized that my hubby had already blinked by then, so his eyes are closed/partially closed in the succeeding shots -- just when the rest of us in the picture were all warmed up and ready. Ergo, I end up settling for whichever shot has all our eyes open, knowing it could have been better if only my hubby (or I) did not blink immediately.

I asked my hubby why his eyes were always closed in the latter shots, and he says after the flash he blinks already because of the glare, not really aware that there were follow up shots.

So especially for the couple, do try to keep from blinking immediately after the flash goes off. Remember that this event won't happen again, and it would really have an impact later when you start to pick through the hundreds of pictures to put in your final album.


ciao!

Got bored, chopped my hair and (gasp!) almost Kissed A Girl?

I got bored with my hairdo.... so I stomped over at David's and had them chop my hair off, complete with sided "bengs" as my stylist said. Lol. I also got myself a new pair of specs (eyeglasses), since I realized that my last eye check-up was dated 2004 (eek!). I guess that explains my headaches and nausea.

• Haircut by David's
• Eyeglasses by Charles + jacob eyestudio (eo-executive optical)
• Background by yours truly (yeah, literally, since those binders you see are my project documents etc...)

Oh and I said I "almost" Kissed A Girl coz I almost looked like the song's singer, Katy Perry. Long face, short bob with bangs. LOL. Gotcha.

(did u honestly think I literally kissed a girl? ..... yeah ok, i did, but not now! i'm married! teehee.)

Free Doughnut & Coffee!!

I got free doughnuts & coffee from Krispy Kreme, thanks to Dina from ePLDT who gave me a coupon for free Chocolate Glazed Doughnut and Coffee. Thanks Dins!!!

Oooops... I Thot this was a barkada pic! (teehee)

I was finalizing my wedding pictures for the final album when I came across this picture:

OKAAAAY. So I admit that for a moment I kinda forgot about being a bride.... Or maybe I thought it was normal for brides to do that with their coin-bearer /inaanak... Or maybe it was an instinctive reaction to my inaanak doing the "Korean peace" thing... Or maybe... maybe I just had to let my hair down and not care if this was normal or not -- I just really felt like goofing around with my inaanak. Hehehe.

Whichever way, this is absolutely one of my favorite shots during my wedding.

Kudos to my photographer's team for capturing this moment. (I guess no matter how hard I try to hide it, i still tend to lose some poise in front of the cam.)

Strolling along the....huh? Is this the airport?

Take a look at this picture.


This actually reminds me of HK's airport (where my friends and I spend a lot of time waiting)... or Naia Terminal 3 (where my hubby and I spent a lot of time waiting too).

Having in mind that I seem to have a history of waiting (and therefore strolling) through airports, this picture could very well be just one of them. Right?

Wrong. This ain't no airport. This is the newly opened SM Marikina (opened September 2008, they said.)

Yep, see the bottom part of the "airport" facade is a Wall climbing activity by a sports shop, sponsored by Tribu. The partially obscured back of the guy in blue by the pillar is actually my husband, wishing to heck he's one of those climbing those walls.


It even had a Philippine flag, and an SM flag, if you look closely at the first picture. LOL!

I love the high ceiling effect. But the stores aren't that many. It's not that big, actually, and it lacks one important store: DAIRY QUEEN. hmp. Plus, the foodcourt is small! Even less than half the foodcourt in SM Southmall. Of course, the ambiance is nowhere near that of Southmall. Wish they would revamp SM Southmall too. :D