on our 8th year and 3rd month together

They say behind every successful man is a woman batting her eye lash and true enough i can't even remember how many times my eyes went thru exorcism stints just to show my dismay on annoying things you do, my disagreement in some decisions you make and sometimes just to prove a point or catch your attention. But hey i love you!:)

They also say the best way to a man's heart is thru his tummy and now, look at you-your size 30 pants no longer fits and yet that bulging tummy keeps growing everyday. I lost count on how many meals we've shared, how many calories we've gained(yeah i know,i'm the tangible testament to that), how much money we've spent over unhealthy yet irresistible junkfoods, how many cuts and burns i've had just to cook for you but hey, that's how much i love you.Ü

They say if you've been together 4 years and still unmarried, it's not worth the time. But look at us, still unmarried for more than 8 years in the eyes of man but we're more than married in heart,soul and mind in God's eyes. We're in love like that.

I don't know how many more here-says they have, some even said we're not gonna last but through and through, i know and i definitely believe that in the end there will and always be "US".

A repost from my tumblr on our 95th:
I can’t even remember when we’ve said our first hi’s and hello’s, the first time we held hands nor the first time we kissed- what i remember thou is that since he came; since he’d been a part of my ordinary life everything turned out to be extra ordinary. Yes, i might forget the many firsts  but what i remember clearly were the feelings that the first encounter, first touch and the first kiss had left me-i was in awe, i wasn’t expecting a stranger like him could change my life in a nick of time. The fights we had were no exception, i can’t believe that someone can care as much as he did; the amount of concern he offered was enough to make him mad if i screw things up and for that i loved him more. Sometimes it felt like he loved me more than i loved him but he kept telling me that the amount of love shouldn’t be measured. It’s not an issue of who loved more or who loved less it’s about loving and not expecting anything in return..that’s the noble him. He might not seem like the sweetest guy on earth, he’s not gonna bombard you with flowers and chocolates nor will he brag about the things he got for you but he will definitely sweep you off your feet with the trust and confidence he’ll give you, the amount of encouragement and inspiration he gives is just immeasurable. Over the years he has been my best friend, my critic, my number 1 fan at the same time my number 1 kontrabida. We have both learned to love the worst and the best in each other, to gain strength from one’s weakness and to turn a series of bad luck to a wonderful learning experience. Almost 8 years since i let him in my life and there’s not an inch of regret from that moment on. Sure we don’t have a perfect relationship-we have the ugliest fights that no one in the world could ever imagine; we hate each other at times; we throw sarcasm and bad attitudes once in awhile but we don’t give up on each other, and thats what makes our relationship real. We don’t pretend, we let our inhibitions out and we work it out. I couldn’t think of anybody else in the world who could compliment my crazy twisted ideas but him, no one could ever love the mean girl that lives inside me but him. 95 months of “togetherness”; 95 months of memories worth keeping most of all 95 months worth of priceless, immeasurable, untainted, real, unexplainable, incomparable and worth cherishing love, life and laughter.  And yes, i fall in love more each day!♥

On our 99th month together, i thank you even more,i love you even more and sometimes hate you even more :D I don't know what the future holds for us, i dont know how many more struggles we'd have to go thru but one thing's for certain, as long as i got you...we'd battle out those problems, give them a feat and bid them adieu Ü

Thank you for the 99 months of roller coaster ride of life side by side. It was bumby, edgy, exciting, crazy & lovely-definitely worth the ride even if i go thru it my whole lifetime. Cheers to an eternity of love so crazy yet feels so right.♥♥♥

I love you more than i hate you,hehe!Ü Happy 99th!♥

my futile attempts to cook

I've always been a foodie, i guess my figure is enough testament for that :D But, more than anything, i also love to cook, i'm not saying that i cook good but i just felt that a busy kitchen is my happy place. So, whenever i have the opportunity, i try to prepare something usually for dinner. I'm not that experimental yet about the dishes i make, i just whip up the staples on our dinner like adobo, sinigang, binags etc. If given the chance, i really would love to enroll in a culinary school, i feel like i have so much potential(echos!Ü). live*love*eat!:D

potato salad and chicken bbq

herbed chicken&baby potatos

garlic buttered broccoli 

chopsuey

guinataang calabasa & tiger prawns

i don't have a name for this-it's ground chicken sauteed with snow peas and celery

southern fried chix&chips

chicken shanghai

cheesy chili bombs

unappealing yet yummy carbonara

my very first strawberry shortcake with cream cheese filling

another no namer-chix with cabbage

No, i'm not a trying hard chef, nor do i say that i cook great. I just enjoy my time in the kitchen & i'm not frightened of pans, and knives and burns :D happy cooking!Ü

my new favorite

kitkat dark ♥

generous amount of bittersweet chocolate, crunchy wafers,hmmhh..what more can i ask for?! :D thank you to my sister bianky for acquainting me with this little pack of a sweetheart Ü

random nothingness when im sleep deprived

by Ella Vicedo on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 1:06am


Love oftentimes gets me confused. It's such a strong word that it defeats its own meaning. It's so dynamic that sometimes i can't keep pace. It's so deceiving that once in awhile it leaves me dumbfounded. It's too broad that up until now, i find it hard to define. It can make you or break you. It can make you whole then let you crumble to pieces in an instant. It can liberate and contain you at the same time. Love gives you the sweetest dream and couples it with several sleepless nights. Love will allow you to seek truth entangled with lies. It'll teach you to be tough but will make you vulnerable. And yes it'll keep you sane but at some point would drive you crazy. Love will leave you scars of an ugly past with a promise of healing for a beautiful tomorrow.


P.S: i made this out of a heavy heart and a sleepless night using my mobile phone as a note on my facebook wall. But, as we all know-all bad things,including bad feelings come to an end and it's just a matter of days after i wrote this that i turned into a happy hippo again :D

Nostalgia: Superfriends

Now, everyone has our own set of friends-be it superficial ones, the fair weathered fews, the gimmick friends, the reliable ones, those that are just as good as the last time your wallet was thick, the reel and the real ones. As for me, i have what i call "superfriends"-they are a little bit of everything. They annoy me and frustrate me as much as they make me happy. They bore me as much as they excite me. They lie to me and i pretend i know nothing about it but that's just us, we are right-smack down-ass crazy real. We have dramas, we have rifts but we complement each other. Wether they like it or not they know deep within that we love each other,more like sisters. Our friendship is constant, with or without "appearance", "jiji" or not- at the end of the day we got each other's back more than anybody else in the world does.Over the years, the friendship has matured without us knowing it. Rain grew more competitive, Eric as always has been the one to give us a good laugh but he'd grown more open minded and mature.Ann grew from being the party animal to being a domesticated wifey hehehe and i perhaps grown more boring as i'd rather stay at home than go out-that's just me, im the "mader" :D Ann's marriage triggered the walk down memory lane and made us look back on how we used to be 4-5 years ago. Let me show you how...hehehe!:D

Ekang transformed to Erich and now once again back to Eric...

Ann from being the ultimate party animal to a loving wifey...

Raniel, hasn't changed much except that he's now a Registered Nurse and had grown more competitive and is slowly but surely achieving all his goals.

(look at him here doing the disney princess signature hand gesture :D)

We've grown from riding the pedicab, PUJ and the EMP's and R&E's to travelling by plane to some miles away. From eating binags and killing time at frio drinking 16oz iced tea to sharing sumptuous dinner at some flashy restos. We've gone from sharing a bucket of SML to Stella Artois, the classic Granma to our first bottle of a chic champagne and from bar hopping in the streets of Malate to partying at Lan Kwai Fong from one bar to another. So much has changed except for one thing: our genuine friendship that has gone from the ugliest badtrippans to the sweetest moments that we'll always cherish. 

This is us..then and now.... :D

from crazy KTV nights to Ann's wedding that made us teary-eyed

sleepovers to crossovers

 coal, central&the streets of malate

from slumber party to travelling "party"

We definitely had changed over the years, our preferences, our gimmick choices, our availability, the food we eat even the booze we drink but one thing's for certain-even if we don't go out as often, the friendship we have won't wither. Like what Rain & Ekang said on our last night out: Our friendship is to infinity and beyond :D

Soon to be monthly :D

Last Saturday, i went out with my two high school girlfriends and their boyfriends :D You know that giddy feeling whenever you catch up with old friends?! I haven't seen June for the longest time, perhaps since high school but we somehow kept in touch thru social networking, im an avid viewer of her chic photos ;D June is the queen bee, the epitome of beauty and brains,the witty and outgoing that can outsmart just anybody with her charms. Grace among the 3 of us is the lesser daldal,she has been my friend since ever and we go out every so often, we constantly keep in touch  and we can talk just about anything and everything under the sun plus she knows just about everything about my life's happenings even my deepest darkest secrets hehehe. Put them both together with their beaus over a sumptuous dinner=endless chikahan and a great great time. The nicest boyfriends Bim and Ivan just listened patiently and intently with our crazy kwentuhan and just nods in agreement wit our stories once in awhile. We've talked just about everything from our boyfies to work to travelling to past loves etc etc..:D Too bad we're pressed for time but we promised to do dates monthly plus were planning on a sort of couple trio trip early next year so yes we'll be spending more time together,yay!:D
Thank You Je and Gra for a wonderful Saturday night spent and to Ivan and Bim for keeping the ladies happy and pleased even if it meant listening to irrelevant chismis hehehe :D Here's to more saturday nights spent at Banapple, next time Momo naman for the cute waiters ha?! :D ♥xo

L-R(Je with that charming smile,Me as usual,Gracie in all her demure glory:D)

The sweet couples and me as their chaperone hehehe :D Ivan,Je,Me,Gra&Bim

the girls,again with our almost untouched plates :D

'till next time my loves!:D

Blissful Beginnings: Anne got hitched at HK

You know you're getting older when going out on a friday night doesn't appeal to you anymore, when people watching gets boring and you're constant girl friend no longer talks about boys and flings and dates. Instead, she tells you about how she sees herself 5 years from now, how madly in love she is with her beau and the next thing you  know she's engaged and while she leaves you breathless with that announcement she makes you skip a beat even more by dropping the wedding date..June 30 2011..and yeah it's already halfway thru May!!! Well, why am i surprised?! I got a crazy bunch of friends! Ann's announcement made me walk back memory lane (insert Fashionista by Jimmy James fo a great musical scoring here lol). Was it already 5 years ago when all we cared about was how much money can we scrimp from our allowances just so we can hang out on a friday night? Had it already been 5 years since i met this crazy bipolar friend of mine?! Had 5 years gone so fast that i haven't noticed it?! Am i that old?! Am i getting married next?! So i dig old files and check old pitures-i went from laughing to sobbing and reflecting...here's why...

this is us 5 years ago on my birthday (eric/ann/me&rain) we've always been crazy :D

that's me(leftmost) and ann (rightmost) with jeka and love when a good friday afternoon is usually spent having a fruitshake at greenbelt.

and yes our friendship had gone from coffee dates... 

to gay bar hopping with rain and eric...

were cool&crazy like that! Ü

And from that, in a span of how many years?! im sorry i lost count hehe..here we are, the very first superfriends wedding-all smiles and some cries...braved the pacific ocean, the turbulence and the fear of heights,the immigration officer and the chinese language barrier just to be here with ann on her very special day,after all..that's what friends are for right?! :D

Mr&Mrs Mac Sabinano on the 30th of June 2011

I have so much faith in this couple, i know Ann loves Mac dearly and i've seen in Mac's eye how much he loved our Andrea. I'm confident that they can withstand whatever, whenever, wherever. After all, can you tell me any couple who kept it cool on their wedding day even if one's arm is almost broken and the other's got sore sore eyes as in real bloody red sore eyes?! Nah?! That's them! All smiles despite all the whims and drama and yes i love them both dearly..i can't wait to hug little anne's and little mac's, hurry please?! :D

kissy kissy ♥ ♥ ♥

superfriends family Ü

superfriends family with the honorary member Mac Ü

eating time Ü who has the fullest plate?!Ü

the emotional moment of mom&daughter

Can you see eric and rain in the background?! yes that's them wiping off tears with kleenex :D While Ann and Mac exchange i do's they start reminiscing everything from their crazy galera trip to eating lunch together at binags and sharing iced teas at frio :D I felt like crying too but i chose to hold it back and cherish the moment instead. Seeing Tita Beh sob and hug her bunso so tight made me remember our little conversation early that morning.Ann is lucky to have such supportive mom and tita on the other hand is lucky to have a responsible and mature daughter :D We are lucky too that tita appreciates our friendship and we know that she loves us as much as we love her  bunso. And so this is the essence of our Hong Kong trip, to celebrate love,life and friendship Ü Nothing but the best wishes for Ann and Mac and thank you for choosing us to become a part of your blissful beginning.Ü

Congratulations and remember you both got superfriends who love you to bits and pieces!;D

P.S: notice the weight gain in our pictures?! it's alarming!! nah..it's the food and drinks shared over years and years of friendship that caused more love handles lol :D

Hog Kong 2011: A Childhood Dream Come True

As a kid, i've thought of Disneyland as a place near the kingdom of Heaven :) I imagine it's gates perched on a fluffy cloud up there and Mickey & Minnie opening it if you're lucky enough and guessed the correct password-my imagination is wild i know :D I was told that my tita Ann was rewarded unlimited pass to Disney Anaheim because she goes to church every Sunday and helps out anybody needy. She was generous and kind and she was rewarded for it. I tried to be like her and got impatient for the unlimited passes to get to me hehehe until i realized it was just my Ma and Pa's made up story boo!:D I eventually realized that it's not located at cloud 9 and no you don't need passwords or what have yous to get there :D Instead, you gotta work hard and save up to buy a plane ticket and Disney passes. Thank God, i almost thought i can never get there because of the good deed requirements my parents made up haha!:D And so after 23 years of existence, i set foot not to Disney Anaheim but still Disneyland-in Hong Kong thou. It was indeed magical, memories of my childhood came rushing back, the dream of having my own prince charming, the princesses and their gorgeous ball gown i wish i had and the music that plays whenever a Disney show is about to start that makes you run towards the TV, i was close to tears. The place looked exactly the same as how i imagined it  15-20 years ago minus the clouds ofcourse. LO!:D Thank you to my own prince for making this dream come true ♥ ♥ ♥ It's one item off my bucket list, i love you hun! So here it is, my short and sweet visit to the place where most child's dream come true, and no the rain did not stop me from roaming around. Too bad there's no parade because of the rain but i'm very certain that im coming back with my siblings..soon :D

                       lovie on the disney coach that's taking us to disney resort :D

                                                         finally :D

im lost for words :D im just soooo happy.

Hog Kong 2011: Welcome to Hong Kong the Lan Kwai Fong Way

So we walked from our "hotel" to the tram station..

that's the 4 of us walking our way to the tram station & our attempt to be cutesy mushy: thanks ekang for taking this picture :)

                                                      hun&i at waiting for the tram

                                            crazy BFFs goofing around the tram

And then we arrived at LanKwaiFong-the so called gimmick capital of HK. Let the pictures do the talking..

We met with Al's sister(Rose)@insomia.She lives@MongKok for 10+ yrs now.That's her with all smiles :D

             From Insomia to Zinc then to Hong Kong brew,we sure had a blast...

All sorts of unimaginable shots shared with the craziest people is F-U-N! especially if ekang is taking the wheel and making fun of almost anything and everything :D

                                                            more drinks!!

 i dont even know how we all managed to get home and wake up early that same morning :D
Umh, and did i mentioned we didn't have to pay even a single penny?! Filipinos in HKG are the warmest, thank you for giving us a blast on our first night Mac&Friends and to ekang for cracking the craziest punchlines!:D This trip wouldn't be as fun without you :)