A lot of firsts this year:
1. No Chong.
2. No spaghetti for noche buena.
3. No exchange gift (because of Jewel!).
4. Hassle free (I still can't believe it 'til now).

Here's how the 24th and 25th happened for us. Merry Christmas!

1. We didn't want to eat them pretty round things. 2. Jewel's very nice bracelet. 3. No party at the Ku-bo. 4. Sleepy Julian who couldn't keep his eyes open!

After cooking, we went to Mamita's place.

1. Deion is just soooo cute! 2. We were supposed to take a picture of that angry bird stuffed toy. 3. Julian and Ate Colline, who's super thin by the way, and the angry bird stuffed toy. 4. Wacky!

Ah, Christmas really is for kids. I'm not sure how long it took Julian to open ALL of his gifts.

The little boy probably got all everything in his wish list (except for Buzz and Hulk).

Cutie pie is tired. Sorry for the blurry pic. I'm still working on the settings of the camera.

I was checking out the movies coming out next year (because I really think 2011 kind of sucked with the exception of Zombadings and a few, very few, others) and one of the most anticipated is Batman 3 or The Dark Knight Rises. I saw a post somewhere that Barney a.k.a. Neil Patrick Harris is playing The Riddler! Of course I was more than excited and searched the Internet Universe to confirm this.

Instead of finding answers, I found more questions or rumors about the Riddler. First, who will play the part? Some say it will be Johnny Depp, while a majority of posts say it’s Joseph Gordon-Lewitt or will he? Second, there’s no Riddler in the movie after all!

Few months ago, I read a post (of course I couldn't find that post now) that the villains will be Bane, Doctor Strange, and Catwoman. They said that the Scarecrow will be there, too. Will the Riddler be there as well? I hope not. There's already too much and for those who only know Batman from the movies should be given the time to fully understand each villain (ultimately stopping them from making stupid and uninformed comments from there on and worship the Dark Knight more).

The first time I watched the trailer and saw Robin Williams, I never would have guessed that he's playing Dr. Hugo Strange if it weren't for the posts about the movie. The feeling was rather weird: Mrs. Doubtfire a bad man? Oh no...

WHAT: Julian's first Christmas Party
WHEN: December 21, 2011 Wednesday 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
WHERE: School

We were pretty excited about Julian's first ever Christmas party at school but Aj and I kept to ourselves. The night before we bought the gift for Toto (exchange gift: to worth 50 pesos, we got a snake and ladders board game). We were tasked to bring a box of pizza and I thought it would be impossible to bring one at eight in the morning. Thanks Shakey's (open twenty four hours!), we did it!

I got up at around seven, tidied myself up and woke up the party boy after 30 minutes. We were already at his school by eight-ish and went to Shakey's after dropping him off. Around 9:15 AM we were on our way back to deliver the pizza. The kids were screaming when I knocked on the door! They were having so much fun, Julian didn't notice it was me who was carrying the box.

When we got home, Aj and I seized the opportunity to wrap up Julian's bike. Two LCD TV boxes, a butcher's knife, a pair of scissors, and lots of tape did the job. A couple of torn cardboard boxes here and there and a few slices of pizza and we were done.

Later that night, I asked Julian if he had fun and he said yes. He told me that he joined in all of the games but didn't win anything. He got a toy car for the exchange gift. Ah the joys of being a kid.

GLAM ROCK!

WHAT: A Plus English Online Christmas Party

WHEN: December 16, 2011, Friday 7:00 PM - ish...

WHERE: Ms. Jenny's crib, Ayala Alabang

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: Sir Ryan Teves, Jen Agorilla, TL Carla Salalac, Me, Marie Domingo, Kriska Dacayan, Mirelle Nery, Joe Miranda, Euke Bordeos, Andrew Amit

We danced. Yes, we did.

Song: Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO. Rehearsal: Four days! Result: Awesome! We need another performance to 'redeem' ourselves though.

Course Writers!

Rockin' that baby bump Mama BJ

Oh yeah....

COURSE WRITERS LEFT TO RIGHT: Ms. A, Jes Favor, Julz Calvez, Billie Jean Montillano, Grace Licerio, Elisha Hernandez, Sir Paul Paez, Drew

Girls versus Boys

OM and TL, in their most daring roles, yet...

Carla Salalac and Ryan Teves

Support Group

Ms. Ube, Eli, Ems, and Ice

COMDDAP, the Philippines’s leading computer and technology trade association, holds its biggest IT sale yet, with prices on a wide range of products slashed by up to 70 percent.

More than 30 exhibitors will participate in Got I.T.!, the 28th edition of COMDDAP Expo Manila, to be held from December 9-11 2011 at SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. COMDDAP EXPO Manila 2011 is open to the public free of charge from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hall 1.

Details here

Someone Like You - Bamboo

Design-your-own-Christmas-tree project at work.