let it be a safe flight

tomorrow, i'm going home to philippines to visit my tatay at the cemetery.
how i wish he's still alive and he'd be there on his bed waiting for me to come home.
i love you tatay!

anyway, we found out this morning that there is another typhoon in the philippines and in 48 hours it will be hitting luzon again. i just pray that my flight tomorrow will be safe and not turbulent.
i'll just be staying there for 3 days and will be back in tokyo on monday. like my friend told me, it's like i'm on business trip... well, i say not really, because i'd be taking the cheap flights (lay over in taipei) of china airlines :D
nanay see you tomorrow!

the numbers on my lunch

i decided to have salad for my lunch today since yesterday i ate a big chicken sandwich on top of the very delicious vegetarian pasta that aya-san shared with me, so i bought this small bowl of salad (there are some corn, broccoli, carrots and whole lot of shredded cabbage in it) on my way to the office this late morning.
and now as i indulge myself eating it ... i suddenly glanced at the numbers on the wrapper...

salad bowl : 37 kcal
and then the VERY small sachet of french dressing (25mL) : 95kcal
waahaa it's three times the calories of the grasses errmm... salad!

i knew it! i should have chosen that dressing with the unreadable kanji text on it...

don't pity me... i still have this onigiri to jump to when i feel hungry later...and it's stamped with 202 kcal :D

oh numbers... even after finishing school i'm still your slave.

everyone deserves a food

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are you a filipino? do you live in tokyo/chiba/saitama/kanagawa area?
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thank you!

comfort eating

in 2 months, i gained 4 kilos! woahaa!
i know i have been getting "chubbier" these past weeks but back then, i didn't care!
all i care was i'm so happy eating and it kept me going -- life is so short so i want to enjoy my love of sugary temptations.... this lingered until....

i saw my picture from our weekend anniversary getaway in hk-macau.
surprise, surprise...i'm not just chubbier.. i'm porkier! my tummy is like that of a pregger lady (which i would really want to be one, but i'm not!) and my arms, wooow!
they're flabbier hehe...
i know it's not a pleasant idea to imagine, right?... but i can't hide from it.

i don't know... when i was so sad these last 2 months, i found comfort and happiness in every bite of the apple-sweet potato pie from the bakery at the train station. sometimes, i alternated it with the big loaf of coffee bread which was so soft and tasted like a piece of euphoria. if i was not indulging myself with those pastries, i attack a pint of gelato or ice cream, both sold in a cheap price from the nearby supermarket. they made me feel happy.

until boom! 2 months later my pants are not loose anymore, my blouses are too tight and my face is like a big bowl when i smile...like this :D :
i'm now on my 3rd day of running away from that routine. i didn't buy any pastry/bread-only for hubby's breakfast. i didn't buy any chips. i only ate white meat ,tofu, fruit and veggie. so far, i've lost about less than 1/2 a kilo. still a long way to go but slowly i will return to my normal chubby built =D and i want to flash my full beaming smile again in pictures!

pira-pirasong kung anu-ano

1. Gusto mo ba ng 1,000 yen Quo card? Pinoy ka ba? Nagpapadala o nakapagpadala ka na ba ng pera sa pinas? May cellphone ka ba? Pwede ka bang ma interview ng 5-10 minuto sa Linggo?
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2. Sabi nila kahit saan may bully. I agree. Dito lang nga sa pinapasukan ko minsan na akong nabully ng isang katrabaho. Pero mula nun hindi na niya ako binully. Ang sikreto? Tuwing nakikita ko sha, lumalayo na ako :D

3. Baha, bagyo, lindol, tsunami, wild fire, sand storm... ito ang mga naging ulo ng mga balita nitong mga nakaraang araw. Ano na ba ang nangyayari sa mundo? Hindi ko din alam pero lubhang nakakalungkot. Lubos po ang aking pakikiramay sa lahat ng mga naapektuhan ng mga kalamidad, lalong lalo na sa Pilipinas.
Kung nais mong tumulong o magreport ng nangangailangan ng tulong dulot ng bagyong Ondoy, bisitahin mo eto:
http://www.google.com/landing/typhoon-ondoy.html