My Look Styled by erbentherese

It was Friday night around 11pm, I'm suppose to be at home already and my single friend/colleague (Erben) should be somewhere partying, but we are both in the office, working.. you'll think that we are some losers who doesn't have social life but we are not. Its just unfortunate that we have to work on this night. I prefer us being called hardworking women who gets the job done with passion.. (that's more like it.) Well anyway, this post is not about work of course... this is about an idea that came along 15 minutes before we decided to finally leave the office.

Get Vaccinated! (HPV)

get vaccinated just like nica and me.

I'm writing this blog while my arm is experiencing some pain and mild swelling from the vaccine that i took earlier today. Our company has commissioned a provider who will administer the Anti-Cervical Cancer Vaccine to its employees and family members who would like to take advantage of getting the vaccine at a very reasonable price. The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Types 16 and 18, which are generally acknowledged to cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases, was the vaccine given to us.

SCRAMBLE!

 Anyone born in the late 70's and grew up in the 80's with street games like patintero, tumbang preson etc. are more likely to know what I'm about to share. Do you remember that pink colored street food made of shredded ice with powdered milk, sago and chocolate syrup? Which is sold outside our school ..and when the bell rang, we'll run outside the gate to look for the manong who shakes a bell and calls out... SCRAMBLE!

We no longer see 'manong scamble' in our schools since the notion of street food is that its dirty and not properly  maintained or cleaned...and so some genius entrepreneurs have brought manong scramble into a more acceptable venue... the malls!

Have you heard of Manila Scramble? The latest craze in some malls (Robinsons Pioneer and Galleria.. as far as i know where they have a kiosk) with a pink colored kiosk that have a long line of people waiting to be served? I am one of those people who patiently waited for my turn. I was craving for it for 2 days and I always end up disappointed because there's always a long line..but last Friday, I said to myself that the long wait is over.. and I have to endure at least 20 minutes just to get my hands on my scramble.

they had to buy more ice..didn't anticipate this much patrons

one of my best highschool memories... scramble :) piso lang noon ang isang cup..sulit! kudos to the people behind manila scramble...let the new generation taste what a real scramble is...

 they only knew blended coffee and frap nowadays.. So boring...scramble is all fun and being a kid again. they don't know what they're missing ♥ 

My post on their facebook wall :)


yummy-ly yours,
S

 finally. enjoying my scramble before going home :)

Google Snail Mail

I've been getting a lot of mails this month. Well, aside from the usual bills that I get every month, I actually received a package from my recent online shopping of tees at Threadless.com, a delayed VIP pass for a private sale at TopShop (how sad .. I got it 12 days after the supposed private sale).. but no need to cry over spilled milk so they say. And now, a few days ago, I got a surprise from them mail ... its a note from Google AdSense. I was so excited to open it but very careful not to tear it. No it was not a check (as I was wishing for) but a very important account information that I need to supply under my account to enable payment. I have to read it all over again just to make sure I understood it correctly. It says "To enable payment for your account" ..really!!?? ohmigad! this is really happening?? After 6 years of blogging, they are finally giving me my AdSense paycheck!

And so i did as i was told and open my account and check the Payment History and entered the Pin..and so here I am now still ecstatic and waiting for another notice from Google.

Life is great! happy Sunday everyone! xoxo.

who would have thought..

...that a 5-year old Sofia Coppola could sing the Philippine National Anthem , Lupang Hinirang and count in Chinese. Somebody twitted this and could not hear it from the site.So I downloaded it. Hear it and be amazed. She sound so cute :)

In this recording, Francis Ford Coppola asks the young Sofia to talk to her future adult self. She describes her family tree (most of which are her siblings and cousins), what she want to be when she grows up (there were a lot of course) and she sang the Lupang Hinirang which she learned here in the Philippines while filming Apocalypse Now. She also learned Chinese and counted.

video is also available in http://www.npr.org