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preggy pictorial

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I totally love this photo, it was taken when I was about 4 months pregnant with my baby. In my former work (a call center) pregnant women are transferred to the morning shift for convenience + probably more because of health considerations. Instead of toiling in my usual shift, which starts at 3pm, I was going to work as early as 9 am back then. This means I have less time on the phone since there are only too few callers around that time, but it also means dealing with drunk + a lot of prank callers! During my time there are about a dozen pregnant woman in the morning shift, aptly called the preggy ward! Can you imagine being surrounded by that many pregnant women all at the same time? For me it was sheer bliss + I had the time of my life 😉

Anyway, going back to the photo, what makes this all the more interesting is that, all the preggy mommies back then decided to drop by the next studio + have our photos taken + flaunt all our baby bumps (mine is just a bit visible around that time, since I started gaining a lot of weight into the 3rd trimester of my pregnancy) + cleavages. We  recruited Papa Byron to be our photographer (he is very good by the way;)) + he did a great job! I had about a thousand photos of all the preggy mommies stashed in a dvd from that pictorial, of course, not most of them are allowed to be posted here, so I chose the next best thing.

We planned to have another session when our tummies are a lot bigger, but, sadly it didn’t push through + I really regret it since I only have only a number of photos when my bump was in its prime.

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cops: my very first purple post

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Life and then Som

I am crazy about purple + I do have quite a few stuffs in varying shades of it (which reminds me, I have yet to photograph them ;)), that is why when I found out that sis Bambi of PMC recently unveiled the maiden edition of her very new + exciting blog meme, Crazy Over Purple Saturdays I just have to join, yes, even if it means I’d be a few days delayed. But hey, the last time I checked the linky is still open for the next couple of hours or so, I might as well grab this purplish opportunity.

For my share this week, here’s a photo of myself  with my then very little baby, Jared (yes, including his skin rashes + allergies, that my baby had when he was several months old, which later on disappeared much thanks to Physiogel + Elidel cream ;)) in my purple shirt. If my memory serves me right (which is wrong most of the time, I tell you!), this photo was taken between October-Novemeber of last year. This purple shirt is one of my favorites, not only because purple is my favorite shirt, but also because of the cute stitched-on design it has in front, really cute.  Too bad, I do not have it in photo.

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Have a great one 😉

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teleserv's bloggers' night out at the cinema

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On May 04 I was lucky to get invited to a blogger screening of the movie Fast Five (the fifth installment to the Fast + the Furious series), many thanks to Teleserv for making this event possible. This is one of those few occasions I can leave my son at home (much thanks to his tita who agreed to look after him whilst mum had some night-out fun!)

Teleserv, Fast + the Furious Five, bloggers

I arrived in Gateway Mall at exactly 7pm + on my way to Cinema 4, I chanced upon another PMC member, Mommy C5 with her pretty girls in tow. I went on to the registration area, I presented my invite + got my loot bag.

I bumped into another PMCers sis Ning + sis Fehdz (who generously doled out yummy polvoron treats to anyone she sees 🙂 – anyway I’ll write a separate post on that!) on my way to the cinema and we queued for the food (consists of Wendy’s Burger, Iced Tea + a pack of popcorn!) then had some of our photos taken with the hunk Vin Diesel + Paul Walker in the backdrop.

Before the film started, Teleserv presented a simple + short slide show of how they revolutionize + expedite the process of applying for passports + getting NSO certified documents (like Birth Certificate, CeNoMar or Marriage Certificate) in the country thru their services.

A raffle was also held and quite a number of my mommy blogger friends, including Vance + her mum, Divine + Ning, won. Too bad I didn’t win, I was eying the DVD player since ours was busted a few months back. Anyway, it is all good!

Fast Five Screening, Teleserv

I was never a fan of Vin Diesel nor Paul Walker nor this action-packed film, but I remember how my Papa + my brother, Pj would go crazy about these films of car racing + whatnot.  Even my nephew, Sean, is watching Fast + the Furious when he was just a little boy.  A few minutes into the film + my heart was pumping, hands clammy + pulse racing. It was one heck of a ride, really! The race scenes are all heart-stopping, I enjoyed ogling at the beautiful cars  + I simply love the scene where they had a toast for Dominic’s family. Quite touching if you ask me!  I’d say this is an action-packed flick with a heart + I’d recommend it to all my friends for them to see 😉

Teleserv, freebie, jacket, mug

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All in all, my night was a blast, I was in good company, watching a good movie whilst munching on my Wendy’s sandwich + I even brought home some cool freebies. What more can I ask for really? Thank you Teleserv, till the next event 😉

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