Where the Moon Shines

I’ve had this book marked for a week or so, and today I just had to check it again and finally come out and admit it – I have bag lust! Doesn’t help that the seller was featured on a local show on cable – Shop Talk. First up: School of Satchel’s Weekend Bag/Holdall Source: theschoolofsatchel.multiply.com via Vera on Pinterest I don’t really travel that much but I love big bags and this is even more appealing because there’s that outside pocket perfect for a camera. And it’s unisex too! If I...

March was a busy month. 28 posts across three blogs: Where the Moon Shines – March 2012 Between the Covers – March 2012 The {Newbie} Photographer – March 2012 Not bad. I feel like there could have been more. For my Comments challenge I left a total of 114 comments all over various blogs. That’s 114% to goal and also 48 comments more than February. So for April, I’ll aim for 115 comments. Just because. 1 incomplete week spread for Project Life. I could do more there, and yes I will. 1...

We went on an impromptu road trip on Sunday. Nothing too grand, just a quick drive up to Tagaytay City and back. This was our map: It was the first time I drove that far and without a guide. Fun! Everything still looked familiar, and yet new, all at the same time. Funny how they were familiar sights, but I’ve not been to many of those happening spots around the City. And on this trip we again went to an old familiar place for their famous Bulalo, and spectacular view: Leslie’s. The view,...

Today is video day on Where the Moon Shines. Yes it is. First up is a Pat Benatar video from the ‘80s, Love is a Battlefield. The movie 13 Going on 30 was on cable again this afternoon and I watched it, again. I also watched it last week when they showed it. I couldn’t NOT see it. Haha! This song was a theme song for Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner). She and her 13-year old friends sang and danced to this video during their slumber party. It was seen on this scene here: image source: Hollywood...

Checkout this great deal over at Deal Grocer, PhP600 pesos worth of haircut services for only PhP 345! Louis Phillip Kee Salon recently opened its branch at the Bohol Mansion, Sgt. Esguerra, in the vicinity of the ABS-CBN studios. I’d never think of simply walking into such a posh salon for fear of having to burn a hole in my wallet, but thanks to Deal Grocer, soon I will! With an estimated savings of 255 pesos off the original price for a woman’s haircut, it was already a great deal....

I’ve been hearing so much about the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM. I wondered how they could make it happen and didn’t think about boxes. Seeing it in action (no, not experiencing it), it makes perfect sense – how it’s done I mean. 24-hour cupcakes makes total sense of course. Duh. haha Nice. As I drove home alone this morning, I was thinking about a blog post to vent on things that upset me today. But I realized that I had already had my chance to express that (thanks, Ric, though you are not likely...

We’re running a TL Development Training series at work and I’ve been attending additional classes this week that I will later on run. It’s such a nice break from all the work we’ve had to do all these months and being in training does a pretty awesome job of knocking some sense into my head on why I got into this job in the first place. Anyway, the trainer showed us this video on Teamwork and I felt like I really wanted to share it. Cool video. Such a good and fun way to relate the message...

If you have time to check your Facebook stream, or go blog hopping, then you have roughly 30 minutes to spare. Spend it to watch this video. You simply must. KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo. Thank you. I will not tell you why you must support this campaign, I think he’s said it all. I will tell you though that I was deeply moved by this video. This is not news to me, these children were once not invisible to me. I am aware of the plight of these children and their stolen childhood....

Well, the time says 10:35PM, but it’s really more 10:35AM when I tweeted that on Wednesday. I finally got a taste of Magnum ice cream that I’ve been hearing about all over the social networking sites. It was love at first bite! That Belgian Chocolate is yummy! Richmond (Senior Line’s resident angry bird, at work) agreed to run to the Supermarket across our office building to get us a bar each. He was back very quickly. My Almond Magnum almost melted only because I insisted on taking these...

Just a few minutes ago, I saw this post from the I Heart Photography Blog: Source: iheartfaces.com via Vera on Pinterest It’s a wonderful idea actually, to photograph from Zune’s perspective. If only Zune were still around. Perhaps it is time I wrote about it. It’s been three months after all. Three months since Zune left to live with another family. It was really painful but we had to give him up. He’s been getting more aggressive and we just didn’t know how to handle him anymore. He bit AJ...

This showed up on cousin Nikki’s timeline an hour ago: My thought bubble – I can so relate. Same thought while I was watching the Oscars. There are so many good movies, but it’s so expensive to see all of them at the cinemas. You use up gas driving there. Parking fee. Lunch/dinner OR drinks and popcorn. And the cost of a movie ticket – wow. PHP 140 to PHP 220 for regular screenings, double if it’s iMax or 3D. Because of the cost, we thought we’d just see a few movies on the big screen and...

image source Sarah G. Live! aired its pilot episode tonight (February 26) and it was a great show! I was lucky to catch it because I’m still on RD today. Ric swapped Sunday for my Friday off because he’s going somewhere next weekend. He didn’t really ask for it, I actually volunteered. What with the picnic, the bikes, and seeing Sarah G. Live!, I daresay it wasn’t a bad choice for my part. We were out for lunch and only came home at dinnertime so I have no idea how ASAP was without this young...

On Tuesday last week, February 21, 2012, I took my first ferris wheel ride. Yep, it took 30 years before I would step in on a ferris wheel gondola. I’ve always just chickened out. I shared the moment with the boyfriend – who almost didn’t get on. It was also his first time! It was a week day and we both had work but we went to the Mall of Asia anyway to meet up with Alfred’s parents, his older brother Andy, and little cutie Alphonso, his nephew. We were there for a birthday dinner to...

I’ve been feeling good about work lately – I get excited about projects that involve research and troubleshooting, and learning something new, yadda yadda yadda. Before moving to APAC, my call center life was all out tech support. My educational background is nowhere near tech, but it was something I found that I could actually do. Somehow, my mind was wired for it. Funny! The last time I felt this energized about some product was when we supported this web host solution for small businesses....

At the Memorial Park, that is. We had potluck lunch at the Loyola Memorial Park in Tandang Sora to celebrate Papa’s birthday. He would have turned 85 tomorrow, February 27. On Tuesday, it will be the 40th day after his death. We will mark that with a Memorial Mass right here at home, followed by dinner for family and friends (guests). So here we all are (minus Alfred, who took the photo), just before leaving: By the time this photo was taken, we had: - A sumptuous lunch of chicken adobo,...