Noee’s Nook

I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to go back to Manila.  I feel like it’s been years since my last trip to Manila considering we were here just before Christmas.  I was so excited that I felt like clapping my hands when the plane landed.  I’ve never felt so much like an OFW before – well technically I’m not because I don’t work. Maybe it’s because this is the first time Luke will be back since bringing him to Singapore.  He’s grown up so much since then.  Maybe it’s because it was the first time ever we didn’t spend Christmas Holiday in the Philippines.  Maybe it’s because we are going on our first vacation as family with Luke.  Whatever it is, hubby and I both couldn’t contain our excitement.

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Or is it the other way around?  Whatever the case, I have one very smart baby!  He wasn’t even at his most active in this video because he was sleepy.

I don’t know why he keeps going to the edge of the bed.  He’s been like that since he was younger.  That’s the reason he’s fallen off the bed a few times.   And I thought he would develop a fear of heights but no.  It hasn’t stopped him from crawling to the edge of the bed.  At least this time he knows to turn around and go down feet first. 

Haha! The title makes me laugh!  But it’s true.  I’ve been trying to prepare get my body the closest I can get to bikini worthiness. 

We’re going to Boracay on the 3rd week of March and I want a decent looking body so that I don’t need to buy a one piece swimsuit because all I have are 2 piece sets. 

My friend Grace says I have an excuse for having a less than worthy bikini bod because I already have a son.  She’s been egging me to exercise for the longest time.  So I gave myself a month before our Boracay trip to do something about my post pregnancy tummy.  (Yeah right! Like it wasn’t like that pre-preganancy hehe.)

My ideal weight is 98 lbs. 

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Here’s another shoe I’m crushing on but it’s not for me.  It’s for Luke.  It would go well with his palos / ivycap that I scoured for over the internet.  And it wasn’t easy finding one in his size.

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He laughs at achoo and fookie.  He’s funny.  He likes peekaboo too.

As a prize Jor bought me the shoes I was crushing on. 

I’ve wanted a similar pair last year at Giordano Ladies but I remember they were too expensive.  S$200 I think.  I also saw a similar one at one of the shops in Venice.  The release of the Sophie shoes from Vans was just a sign that I should get one and I’m happy Jor finally got me one. 

It’s more expensive in Singapore at S$109 compared to $55 in the US but they no longer have it in my size anywhere on the internet. 

If you see me swing my pitching wedge, there’s a chance you might think I’m good.  But in fact, I can only swing one club – my pitching wedge because it was the only one we shortened so I could manage the weight and the length. Though Jor insists that I have good form and I can start playing in the small courses using my pitching wedge, I will only play on the green when I am confident enough that I wouldn’t look stupid or annoying. 

Last Sunday, we were practicing our swing at the Poh Brothers driving range with Jor’s cousins.  The nice thing about this driving range, though it’s a bit more expensive than the others, is that the balls are tagged.  The driving range has specific targets at certain distances and when you land your ball on the targets, a monitor on your bay will keep a record.  You get points based on how far you are from the target.  That way you get to practice your accuracy instead of mindlessly hitting balls.  Golf is after all about accuracy.  You aim your ball at a certain distance in a certain direction. 

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Here’s another reason you should watch your credit card bills closely.

Aside from making sure you are not paying for fraudulent charges made on your card, you should also take a look at the finance charges you are being charged with.

I usually pay my credit card bills in full so that I don’t pay finance charges.  I pay them online through BPI Expressonline.  But due to my own carelessness, I mistakenly paid my HSBC bill to my BPI card.   It was a scheduled payment but I only noticed the mistake after the payment was made.

The first thing I did of course was to call BPI and ask them for my money back which they returned a few days later.  Thank you, BPI.  The next thing I did was find out the rate of finance charge  – 3.5%.  When I was in college, I thought that 3.5% was applied to the balance after you’ve made the payment but actually that interest charge is applied to the outstanding balance before your payment.  So if you have left even 1 cent on your balance you would be charged interest based on your previous balance.

Up till recently, I thought that was all there is to it – until my booboo.

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