Happy Birthday, Mela!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister, Mela! We terribly miss you! I had so much fun hanging out with you last December and I hope you'll be able to swing by NY again this year. I see that you fully enjoyed your 3-day birthday celebration. My wish for you is sana magkaroon ka na ng boylet! Hehe... Love you!

On Romance

I was watching Entertainment Tonight and something that James Marsden (of X-Men, Hairspray and Enchanted fame) said about romance made me think. He said that his wife of 7 years now thinks that filling up the gas on their car after he uses it is romantic.

I thought... it's so true! Way back when Lex and I were still dating, my definition of being romantic were 3-page love letters, flowers, expensive gifts, etc. Now, I distinctly remember being touched when Lex placed a soft tissue box on my bed side when I had a bad case of colds. Simple things are what makes my heart glow nowadays. Grand gestures can sweep you off your feet but they can sometimes also be shallow and pretentious. But simple, thoughtful actions that were made naturally and instinctively are sincere and heart-felt.

Happy 2nd Year (Civil) Wedding Anniversary, Honey! I Love You!

One!

We're back at the scene of the crime!

I'm not talking about the recent Trillanes episode. I'm talking about my wedding. Lex and I checked in at the Manila Peninsula today to celebrate our 1st Year Church Wedding Anniversary and to avail our expired Neilsen's dinner buffet certificates =). My wish is for us to have more wonderful, happy and prosperous years and decades together. But my short-term wish is for us to have more free time to pick and choose our wedding pictures!! So we can have our wedding album already =(. It's just our luck that we saw our photographer Dino Lara (at the hotel lobby exactly one year later covering another wedding) to remind us of our gross oversight.

Anyway, Happy 1st Anniversary Honey! I love being married to you! Mwah!

Look at my fingers -- One!

We're baaack!

Lex and I are in Manilaaaa!!! There's nothing like a Pinoy Christmas, I tell you. It will be two weeks of good food and awesome times with family and friends. I hope it won't be over too soon. It's great to be back!

Our family Christmas Tree and literally hundreds of gifts

LVoe It!

Christmas came a little bit early for the Laguardia household this year....

And two of these are actually for me!!  Yahoo!  I'll let you know what I got soon.  I'm not supposed to open them yet ;). 

Oh, Christmas Tree!

One of the perks of working where I work...


Premium seats to the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree!

It was a very chilly night so we were thankful that we were able to watch the concert and the lighting ceremony from the comforts and warmth of my office.  Although we didn't have a clear view of the show, they did set up a huge projection screen that enabled us to watch.  The free food didn't hurt either ;).  We were allowed to bring our loved ones so they can watch as well.  There were kids running around and it was really nice to hear our normally quiet office ring with children's laughter.  Christmas season has arrived and I'm definitely ready for it!

Lazy...

I've just been lazy updating my blog these past few weeks. I've also been busy with work that I couldn't sneak an entry in the office anymore =(. It's just too bad that I have so many topics and events that I think deserve some space here. So let me write them down now, lest I totally forget about them...

- Watched Rachel Ray show live
- Rockefeller Tree Lighting - we had great view!
- Autumn in New York
- Radio City Hall Christmas Show
- First snow of the season
- My 2 year old Powerbook died on me =(
- Christmas Shopping
- We're going back to Manila for Christmas!!! =)