Drivers here are in the Philippines ranked low when in comes to pedestrian courtesy. That’s true for for those who drive public or private vehicles regardless of the location.

Case in point: I am 7 months pregnant (which makes my big tummy very hard not to notice) and I just crossed the intersection from the Mind Museum to the parking lot. The pedestrian crossing started its countdown but 5 vehicles, big and small, private and public still made their way on my path and did not allow me to cross even if the light clearly indicated that it’s my time to do so. I just shook my head in disapproval. Imagine that I am already in BGC with plenty of traffic lights and yet drivers still do not have the courtesy for pedestrians crossing the street!! Paano na lang ang mga matatanda at batang tumatawid?!

This experience reminded me of our short trip to Singapore. Drivers in that country really have concern for pedestrians. The moment you step on the pedxing, they would automatically stop. They would do that at any time. They may be driving a Lamborghini or a bus, but they would always let you pass. I wish it’s the same here *sigh*

Today is our 11th month as husband and wife. Our monthsary coincides with our baby’s 29th week. It certainly calls for a celebration! So, for lunch, I cooked our favorite pansit bihon 🙂

Too bad we were not able to take a photo because we were too hungry hehehe….

In my previous post, I have let out the frustration that I felt with my task yesterday. By the end of it, I said that I would look for inspiring and creative sites to cheer myself up. I did found some when I Googled the keyword fashionably pregnant and came across these lovely websites:

Skinny mini Kiki

Baby Space: The Bump

A Lovely Lark

As a soon-to-be-Mommy, I was really delighted to visit these webistes. They are eye candies for me. The women behind these sites are young mothers themselves who simply adore their children. I wish I can be as passionate  and creative like them 🙂

Last night, while driving on our way home, hubby  told me about a minor glitch in his workplace. He said that it’s tough to do difficult tasks that a teammate can’t execute while managing his own workload. I cheered him up and told him that it only means that he’s really good at what he’s doing that he could take on other people’s task. He argued that it’s not easy because he is working on two different platforms and that it’s hard to shift each time.

Today, at work, I have a new responsibility and part of that is to manage social media accounts which were previously handled by a colleague. I don’t mind taking on hand-me-downs but the ones that I got this time are really messy. Though I appreciate that my boss trusts me completely in doing whatever I want with my new project, I still feel frustrated that I had to clean-up a lot of areas. Hay!

Now, I know how you feel, Honey!

I need to get this off my mind. My baby can feel the stress already. I’ll just browse/read on a few inspiring, happy and creative blog sites before I resume with the clean up. That would make my mood sunny again!

Yesterday, I bought two pan de cocos from Pan De Manila for our merienda. One of them expires on our 11th monthsary as husband and wife.

We were so tired yesterday that we collapsed in bed the moment we got home after eating dinner at my parents’ house. I barely had time to remove my rings. Now that I’m on my last trimester, I can no longer remove my rings without the aid of soap and water and lotion. I didn’t have the strength to exert extra effort to do it so I just wore them to sleep. So, since last night, I haven’t taken them off my finger even after I had taken a bath and washed the dishes.

The perks of being preggy in the office! Coworkers always give me something to munch on. Today, a teammate offered to give me some biscocho from Tagaytay. I’m someone who always checks the expiration date of what I consume (food, meds, etc) and I noticed that this pastry expires on Christmas day.

Wala lang! I was just amazed 😉

I hope our son gets to inherit my hubby’s gift of sketching.

Here, hubby copied a character from the hit 3D movie, Rio. He first sketched the bird using a black ball pen and did the colors using the watercolor set that we bought from the grocery that evening. When he was finished, my nephew and niece who were having an art session with him, were so amazed with his work.

I hope the kids would get inspired to play with their materials more often rather get hooked with the iPad, PSPs, and mobile phones.

Had a much needed bonding moment with my good friends Che and Kat last Friday at Megamall. We dined at Orchard Road and I was able to enjoy a glass of Milo Dinosaur. I felt like a child at that time. I was so giddy when I saw it at the menu and insisted that I have it despite my friends’ protests hehe…

It was a stressful birthday for my hubby. He had a delay in renewing his license at LTO. The printer at the Ayala branch broke down and it cannot be fixed ASAP. The UAT that he was expecting at work didn’t push through that day. When we were about to go home, it was raining cats and dogs. The street outside the resto where we had a late dinner was even flooded.

It was a good thing that I bought him a birthday cake (though the icing to which my name was written already melted), complete with candle pa! I sang him a birthday song before our orders came. He smiled and was happy with my gesture.

When the flood subsided and we’re about to leave the resto, he posted that photo in Instagram. I was glad and relieved that after all the hassle that happened that, my husband was still able to enjoy his birthday.