a bit of relaxation....

I was to head over to Ron's tonight to hang out with HIS cousins. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous. All those Sorianos in one room, and then me? How could you NOT feel like the oddball?

So I went to the King Edward Hotel for a much needed massage.......ahhhh ya'! Top that off with some wine that they were drinking, and I was good to go! :)

our last game!

I joined a beach volleyball team...but I think I only made it to 3 of our games because I was always working late!

Tonight was our last game...and I wasn't going to miss it!

Oh the days of S.W.A.T.T. are over (I don't even know what our team name stands for!) It was fun for the 3 games I was there though.
:)

"Fore" fun!

I met Ron after work at the driving range: The Richmond Hill Country Club. There's something about hitting that ball as hard as you can when you've had a bad day at work..I felt so much better! :)

Check out Ron in the photo...what form! (Tiger's got some competition!)
;)

Father's Day - 1 week late!

ooops. But it's so hard to get all my siblings together! Daddy didn't mind though...he got the trophy for World's Greatest Dad! We all went to a Chinese Buffet Restaurant to celebrate. Adults in one table, and kids in the next! (Can you believe there was no more room at the kid's table for me?) :P

Happy Birthday Eb!

We all met up at Trevor Kitchen & Bar for Ev's Birthday! The food was excellent...I should know, I think I had a bite of everybody's meal! We then headed to the bar next door, where we danced the food away.....good times! Happy Birthday Ev!

Ron gets a haircut!

FINALLY! Since Ron didn't join his usual basketball team this season, he decided to grow his hair. He wanted to see how long he could grow it....

After 9 months, I think the heat finally got to him 'cause he finally cut it! Much better Ron! Ok, you can hang out in public with me again.
:P

An evening with Russell Peters!

Ron, Tanaz, Farah and I all headed to the Air Canada Centre after work to see Russell Peters! I luuuuuuuv him! The man cracks me up!

Tanaz and I used to watch him all the time at Yuk Yuk's back in the day (before he became big!)...and we still support him to this day!

The entire show was new material and we were all laughing our arses off! It was the first time I heard him do a joke with a Filipino accent. It was hilarious!

We weren't allowed to use any cameras during the show, but my buddy Sebby managed to sneak one in! (thanks Sebby!)

Is it possible?

Ron and I headed to his sister's place for a bbq and right when I walked in, I saw a HUGE pair of shoes! I thought Shaq was over! It turns out, they belong to Ron's brother-in-law's younger brother. He's an 18-year-old basketball player, and he's 6'10" tall! Check out the difference in our shoe sizes!! Size 18, Size 14, and my little Size 7's! What are they feeding kids these days, anyway? hehe

Cousin night out!

I have a huge family. With 14 kids on my dad's side, and 5 kids on my mom's side...I'm bound to have TONS of cousins! Once in a while, we cousins all get together to have some good times! Tonight was one of those nights.

It was my cousin Sheryl's birthday, so a group of us all went to Plaza Flamingo for some salsa dancing! There's something about going out as late as you want with family...when I was younger, my parents never gave me that LOOK the next morning when I came home from a late night with the cousins! :)

Where my BOYZ at?

Derek was in town this week, so a few of us decided to get together. It was nice to see most of my boyz...it's been a while since I've seen or talked to them. The night was like a moment back in time...when we were all in highschool. We went to a club, ate after, and then hung out in the parking lot talking!

I didn't get home until 4am! Who knew I still had it in me? hehe

shopping day in Buffalo!

Ron and I both took a day off together....to relax! But apparently, our way of relaxing turns out to be shopping...and not in Toronto, but in Buffalo!




The dollar is doing well...why not, right?

Our first stop was lunch. Buffalo wings in Buffalo! :)





Our first mall had a Steve & Barry's, where Sarah Jessica Parker just launched her new clothing line "Bitten". It wasn't bad...not one item was over $20! My kinda store...and $100 later, I came out with 8 items!

We then proceeded to the Outlet stores, Tops grocery store, followed by dinner at Ponderosa before heading home!

Child Labour?

It was such a beautiful, sunny day today so I decided to have 3 kids wash my car.....is that wrong?







Is it considered child labour if they WANTED to do it? What kind of aunt would I be to deny them of such happiness? Look at them...they look happy to do it, don't they? :)

A technological upgrade!

So I FINALLY did it! It was a momentous occasion.

After 2 hours at the Telus store with Quel (she made me do it), I came out of there with a brand new spankin' cell phone: the LG 8600 ChocolateFlip phone. Even the name of the phone suits me, don't cha' think? ("chocolate Flip"? hehe)

Why you ask? I was actually quite happy with the cell phone I've had for 7 years. It was a gift from Diana and Huddy on my 25th Birthday when we were in NYC. It had great reception, and worked during the big blackout a few years ago. But what I had been noticing lately, was that the phone would heat up (I mean, too hot to hold kinda' heat), when I've been talking on it for a while...and I figured, that just can't be good for me.

So here's a new start to the technological page of my life...I don't really know how to use it, so if you find I don't pick up...don't take it personally. It's probably cause I don't recognize the ringtone! hehe

WHO'S A...

?

Yah, that would be ME! I had just finished telling the girls last week that sometimes, I forget where I park my car. Sometimes it's Finch, and sometimes it's at Warden, so I have to make a mental note of it before I go home. (because I've made the mistake of not getting off at the proper subway stop!)

So what do I do today? I went ALL the way to Warden station...and I mean, out of the subway station and walked over to the parking lot looking for my car. For a split second, I was freaked out because I couldn't find it...I thought it had gotten stolen! And then I realized what I did. I completely forgot that I parked at Finch station this morning.....arrrrgh!!

LOOO-ZHERRRRRR!

Ride for Heart....AND for Quel!

Quel and I decided to do the Ride for Heart this year. It started off great...in the first little while. The weather was warm, and I was listening to music while leisurely riding on the highway.
I turned around to see where Quel was, and noticed that she wasn't behind me! I slowed down, but still couldn't find her. I finally pulled over to the side, and waited.

Next thing I know, Quel calls to tell me that there was a problem with her bike! It turns out, her pedal fell off! Oh boy. She walked her bike over to where I was and we tried to fix it but couldn't. So what's a girl to do on the DVP? "Hey, take a picture of me!" (come on, how many times can I stop on the highway to take a shot?)

Anyway, there were some peeps from the organization that finally came to try and help...but the threads on the pedal were too worn off to fix...they said we just had to wait until the yellow school bus came at the end of the ride, which probably wouldn't be for another hour or so.

And y'all know how impatient I can be...so I improvised! I offered to ride Quel's bike with the one pedal! We strapped the one pedal to my foot, and I rode all the way back to the finish line with one leg pedalling. It wasn't easy, lemme tell you...especially going uphill! By the end of the ride, I worked out my left butt cheek and my left leg so well, that it may be uneven now! haha

It was going really well...until I had to stop! I completely forgot that the pedal was strapped to my foot, so when I tried to get off the bike, I fell off of it instead. Ah well, it was a great day nonetheless, with only a few scratches to show for it.

Thanks to all those that sponsored me!

FOBulous!

25-years ago TODAY, my family and I went on a plane (not a boat!) and started a new life here in Canada! Yes, I know..."FOBulous!". My mother was only 32-years old...can you believe that? That's how old I am now, and I can't even imagine having that many kids and shipping them all off to a whole new country! Crazy!




This photo was taken in the Philippines before we left. This was my "sliding doors" moment. I always wonder what my life would have been like had we stayed in the Philippines. I certainly wouldn't have all of YOU in my life! (what a sad thought!)

And here we are 25-years later...we certainly have all gotten bigger! In numbers AND in size! haha.

So here's to 25-years in Canada! Happy Anniversary to us! (I think that finally qualifies us to the 'non-FOB' status, don't cha' think?)
:)

dinner at Saads!

Saads invited us over for a bbq dinner tonight at the "Topless Terrace"! She made the cutest little home-made hamburgers, and they were delicious!

After dinner, we helped Di make mini-cupcakes, and then the rest of the evening was spent playing Nintendo DS against each other!

Mini-burgers, mini-cupcakes, and then video games? It was like being a kid again! Thanks for bringing back my youth ladies!