finally! a reason to CELEBRATE

(nope... i'm not yet pregnant. )

woohoo!!! finally!!! the much-awaited transfer of my boss to another department materialized early this week and i am finally out of her claws! bwahahaha! i am freeeee!!!

Ay... not entirely free pala. She still included me in the Interfaith Dialogue (hosted this year by RP, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia) which will happen at Cebu on March. Hay. I haven't been to Cebu yet, and i would have loved to go there, but under the circumstances, i think enjoying my stay there for almost a week will be out of the question... and of course, without Jon there, I know i'll be miserable... waaaah!!! :(

But then again... she's outta here... and the Dialogue will take place in more than a month pa... still more than enough reason to celebrate!!! yahooo!

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and celebrate, i did! =D I took a much-needed rest from work for two whole days. I read a book (Digital Fortress by Dan Brown), surfed the net, watched videos, ate, and slept.

Jon and I also went to Tiendesitas at Ortigas Wednesday afternoon to check out this new shopping place i've been hearing about... only to get a little disappointed.

From afar, Tiendesitas looks promising. It sort of looks like a resort, really. The place was nice, in fairness...(nice for a photoshoot even)... And i found the "village" concept appealing since each village is devoted to a certain theme (food, handicrafts, pet, fashion, toys, etc) so one would know exactly where to go for that item one is looking for. BUT (shopping-wise), the place is super hot (no airconditioning)!!! It made us really uncomfortable while shopping and to think that there still weren't a lot of people there! Also, prices were a bit steeper and the range of choices were not that many. =(

But I did enjoy looking at the pets at the (wherelse?) "pet village", we also tried some of the native delicacies available there (u gotta try Tita Lynn's flavored suman!), and bought some abubots... so it wasn't entirely an unproductive trip... =)