All eyes on me

I find it really weird when all the attention is on me even if its just for a day. When I was young, my mom would always sign me up for extra curricular activities that would involve being on stage. Yes, I've done it all, from singing, dancing, staring on a play and even a speech contest. She also somewhat want me to be a child actor back in the 90s but she gave up when I showed no interest or should I say when she saw that I have no talent. Oh hey, I never want to cry in front of people and plus I don't think I have the looks. 

Every year, when my friends would always nag me to plan something for my birthday usually I have no interest to do so. I don't like planning and I don't like the fact that everyone would have to drop their other commitments to celebrate my birthday. It's just a birthday, why does it have to be a big deal when it's sole purpose is to remind you that you're getting old and have to grow up. 

For the heck of it, I round up seven of my closest friends last weekend to red robins'. And of course it snowed so hard that day too. I wasn't bitter that the weather was crappy. I am just thankful that God gave me another year and for having a wonderful family and awesome friends. That is enough for me. I am such a bad host since I didn't even bother booking as a reservation. Lucky enough, we got a table right away. I'm assuming everybody in the city didn't bother to go out. 

Just before we head out, my friends asked the servers to sing for me. And they made me stand in my chair and called everyone's attention to all sing for me. It was indeed embarrassing. I said to my friends "You guys are jerks!"

My bestfriend for 10yrs

Used instax photos as party favours

Take me somewhere warm

Now that spring is near we can't help but think where we should go for a quick getaway. My friends really want to go to sunny Mexico but I was just there 7 months ago. As much as I want to go back part of me desire to go somewhere I never been to. 

My mom asked me where will I be heading this year (she knows I take so much vacation, like 2-3 times a year). I told her I don't want to go somewhere this year because I am saving up for something big (Hint: Not a car and definitely not for a wedding). But after having a dinner date with my girlfriends, I was convinced take a break. After all, we all made a pact when we went to Cuba to take a yearly vacation together. I have a huge dilemma: To go lay on the beach all day sipping margaritas or stay in town and save up for something I really want for years. 

Couple of weeks ago, I decided to take my car for a nice-kinda-pricey-car-wash. And Lo and behold, after a day of the said car wash, we experienced a wet snow. Yes, it pissed me off! I mean who wouldn't?. What a waste of money eh? I said to myself "Chill, it could have been worst, its not like its -40 outside". But after today, when it snowed couple of centimetres I made up my mind "I had enough of this winter, I need to get out". 

I just wish I don't get in trouble at work. I just started my new position at work and I'm already planning a vacation? Come on! 

When my friend texted me today whether I'm coming or not. I replied with a BIG YES!. I know this will cause me a little set back on my future plans however I'm the type of person who lives in a moment. If I don't see the world now, who knows when will I be given a chance to travel. Let's be realistic. If decided to settle down in the near future, I know for a fact that I would have less chance to travel. I guess do it now while I'm still young. 

Now the real question is where? Bahamas, Dominican republic or Jamaica?

"Sunset in Mexico" Taken while I was laying in my back, enjoying every minute of it

Cancun, Mexico - Playa del Carmen

PS:
The photos are taken by yours truly using iphone4, I apologize for the bad quality. I should have used my DSLR instead.

A year older

Call me weird but I don't like celebrating my birthday. Maybe because I always have a crappy birthday celebration every year. I mean, who wants to have a party in the middle of winter season? So for me, my birthday is just like an ordinary day. In fact, I don't book off my birthday at work. I just don't see the point. But I don't forget to thank God for giving me another year of life, it is a true blessing indeed. Having a small dinner with my family, boyfriend and few of my friends is enough for me.

This year, Peter made an effort to make my birthday special. He showered me with a lot of presents. I do feel guilty though, since I don't really like it when people spend money on me. I just feel like I owe them big time.

As always, I am not planning on throwing a huge birthday party nor getting wasted in the club. I just feel like its so juvenile to do that, like I stated before my party years are indeed over. What I am having is just a simple dinner date with few of my friends and family. It might sounds boring to you, but for me it is more than enough. As I get older, I am partying and drinking less - I guess this is what they call "growth".

BIRTHDAY GIFTS FROM MY AWESOME BOYFRIEND

Michael Kors

Armani Exchange

H&M

Someone went shopping

I finally used the gift cards I got from my friends last christmas. Thank God for awesome best buddies!

Skirts from forever XXI

Sweater from Zara

My favourite toy so far

I found a new buddy. 

Meet Paddy my two month old iPad2. Yes I know the name is not-so-original but since I'm a big fan of "Its always sunny in Philadelphia" I decided to name it after the irish pub in the show. I got it last Christmas from Pete of course. And by far, I think this is the best gift he has given me (well I gave him an iPad2 last summer for his birthday so I guess in some point its kind of like an exchange gift, but oh well I still love it). 

Well my obsession continues as I couldn't let of this toy. It sleeps beside (or maybe the other way around). No need for PVR because I managed to make it as my television where I watch new episodes of my shows (Thank God for variety of TV apps). Now recently, I've been using it for blogging! AHA! 

Pete calls me an Mac-whore, since he thinks I have an obsession with apple products. He has a strong argument since I own an iMac, iphone4, itouch, 2 ipod nanos and soon Macbook pro (thanks in advance dad!). But I know I'm still in denial to admit that fact. You can't blame me for hating windows so much. I managed to crashed 2 laptops due to viruses swirling around the net. I just had enough. No matter how many anti-viruses I install its NO use. I guess I can blame myself too since I am no tech-savvy. 

A month before I got my iPad, My parents gave me a galaxy tablet. Since its android I have no clue how to use it. All it gave me was a headache. So when I got the iPad, I was happy to pass the tablet to my sister. And of course rather than being happy about it, she complained too (forgive us, we are not into android gadgets). 

As you can tell, Paddy is already spoiled having a Marc Jacobs case. I was going to get a Michael Kors instead but unfortunately I didn't find any good ones. 

I might get a bluetooth keyboard so that it would be easier to write my entries. The question is, Do I really need it? 

Taken with Leme Cam app 

Oh Marc Jacobs

Oh I just love presents

RANDOM PHOTOS OF MY FAVOURITE GOODIES I GOT FROM SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL

It's Chow time

Two kinds of invitation that I can't say NO to: Lunch or Dinner date. 

If its clubbing or a party that involves another drinking fest where you end up puking your guts out, usually or I would say most of the time I just bail out. It is not my scene any more, maybe when I was still 18: yes!. I am glad to say, that my party years are over. I am so done waking up the next morning feeling crap, cursing and promising myself not the drink again. Damn, I can't handle hangovers anymore. 

Whenever my girls ask me out to have Lunch or Dinner my answer is always a BIG YES. I can't say no to food. Mind you, I was a little chubby back then. Sometimes I think I am not a typical girl who prefers to shop for clothes, make ups, shoes and purses (I love that too) but instead I'd rather sit in a restaurant having cosmos with a white chocolate brownie on the side and chatting about anything under the sun. 

Being a pescetarian before is a bit challenging when it comes to dining with my meat lover boyfriend and girlfriends. It is my weakness to see a good ribs and burgers. I probably could still be pescetarian if it wasn't for burgers. It was just too hard for me to give up beef for some reason. Recently, I told my boyfriend that maybe I should go back being vegetarian. He just said "Good luck with that, you're going to get lured in back to eating meat eventually". True that. 

Now, all I can think about is when would be my next dinner date? Oh yes! That will be this weekend! 

Photos taken using hipstamatic app on iphone

White Peach Bellini

Maple glazed salmon with pineapple salsa and rice 

My favourite White chocolate brownie

Settlers of Catan Obsession

One of the things that my boyfriend and I had in common is the love for board games. For months, whenever we visit Chapters to check out some new books or graphic novels we always see Settlers of Catan on their shelves. I, myself never even heard nor have a clue of what it is, however my geeky boyfriend played it before online. Its a strategic game when you build settlements, roads, gathering resources and building a larger army (YES I know its so nerdy). It is easy to learn the basic and I can guarantee you, you're going to have a blast playing it. We spent hours over the weekend just playing this game. I recently purchased one of its expansion game called Traders and Barbarians (that's how obsessed we are). 

For more information visit their website. You can also play it online for free. 

PS: I just found out that Mila Kunis loves this game too. Try it!