tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:08:04 +0000boholbicolrecipekasuotanzamboanga citypagadian cityDipologbasilanpaolopinatubofamilyFoodsultan kudaratrandom thoughtsTaclobanmanilazamboanga restaurantcamarines sureventsDapitanboracayLegaspi Citydavaozamboanga weddinghttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/noreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)Blogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-9141107260915400434Thu, 31 May 2012 14:15:00 +00002012-05-31T22:15:36.227+08:00 actually, i don't have any idea.... the daddy's such a sports fan (basketball most specially) so he got the little boy these balls even when he was just 2months old i think... now that he's almost 8months and has mastered cruising around his crib (front or backways), the balls are finally useful! :-)  last sunday (May27), i was cheering his cruising around the crib when he started kickinghttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/how-to-raise-football-player.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-4307549964610427136Thu, 31 May 2012 06:33:00 +00002012-05-31T23:24:01.116+08:00Tacloban ...and finally, i will be able to continue my Tacloban series... hehe this was a trip I had with my GE buddy Ezra back in 2010 (before I got married and got myself a baby!)... i started the series but didn't get to finish, so here's another attempt to complete it, i'm just too OC to let go and leave it undone hehe :D --------------------------------------------------- when we travel http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/weve-finally-met-mcarthur-tacloban-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-5641535498804274267Fri, 18 May 2012 21:05:00 +00002012-05-19T05:05:00.604+08:00 this year's labor day was one of the hottest day this summer... and since our side of the world was still infested with 6-8hrs of blackouts at that time we decided to head to the fishpond where fresh air is unlimited.  the pao enjoyed himself soooo much with his bird watching... nothing gets his attention better than birds flying near or far... :-) he's in his best element when he doesn't http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/labor-day-at-pond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1222790474187493422Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:00 +00002012-05-18T12:00:08.064+08:00we've spent mothers' day in my inlaws' farm... and while checking around i immediately spotted the 2 aratiles trees! we ransacked it for whatever little ripe aratiles it can give us... this picking of aratiles is definitely one of the fun memories i have from my childhood... i love the picking part more than eating the harvest! i enjoy spotting ripes and trying to get it, either we climb or jump http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/aratiles-hunt-on-mothers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-7101721890934622524Sun, 13 May 2012 11:17:00 +00002012-05-13T19:17:27.075+08:00 this will be our only beach trip this summer... take note, just this summer... hehehe because there'll be more for the rest of the year, that's for sure! :-) we've been to Sta Cruz Island several times, this is my 4th i think...so we were not that excited anymore, but still we wanted to feel summer and so off we go... the plan: just chill at the beach before we need to turn to our busy bees http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/chillax-at-pink-sand-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-9012447071443691255Sat, 12 May 2012 22:39:00 +00002012-05-13T06:39:10.645+08:00 it feels a little weird that starting this year i will also be receiving mothers' day greetings... i'm now part of the elite force of mommies worldwide...and i'll get the sweetest laway kiss from my little dude... :-) it feels a little surreal. :-) i'm still a newbie to this mommy business but i'm soooo loving it. :-) and to the mamang who raised us all 3 really really well http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/happy-mothers-day-to-you-and-to-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-4401800330867748963Tue, 08 May 2012 22:37:00 +00002012-05-09T06:37:20.356+08:00 yey! finally we were able to bring the babyboo to Paseo! it was a major field day for him... he loves open spaces and lots of curious stuff around!!! :-) we've been planning for this trip for as long as i can remember... we decided impromptu after pao's immunization that day that we'll treat him with a little sidetrip... the prick didn't bother him at all the whole time! im'ma proud momma! http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/1st-paseo-del-mar-trip-ni-pao.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-4115544615352162334Sun, 06 May 2012 22:09:00 +00002012-05-07T06:09:47.660+08:00 time flies sooooo fast indeed... no, make that super duper mega fast... :-) happy 1st hon! :-)                      http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/wow-1year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1870222360883432384Thu, 03 May 2012 22:58:00 +00002012-05-04T08:47:14.450+08:00well.... that is i'm still trying to put some order in my archiving... hehehe been wanting to have pages which will lead you to a more organized index because this blog is one big chopsuey of my everything.... i realized i don't have the skills to do an elaborate page yet and also learned that blogger can only provide static pages so i'm resorting to a barbaric way (manually doing it, that is http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/05/promding-chamimay-is-under-construction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-5134661482417260068Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:06:00 +00002012-04-27T23:06:51.591+08:00 cheers to your 31years on earth honey! :-) di na ulit tayo magka-age!!! mmmmwuah! let's make today your bestest bestest ordinary day this year... :-) -paomommy- http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/happy-birthday-hubbyness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-9138222237899259751Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:10:00 +00002012-04-27T06:10:32.369+08:00 some 2years ago i never thought i would be talking about diapers so soon... hehehe... i was even shocked by the price when i accompanied my sister buy her Uno his supply while here in Zambo... and all those nappy commercials, i really didn't mind them at all. but today, lemme share some diaper thoughts... hehe me and hubby had been discussing which one's worth it... pao started with Huggies http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/nappy-verdict.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-7804088993821386Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:17:00 +00002012-04-26T15:17:53.791+08:00 i'm not complaining though...i'm actually loving it. :-) well at least for now, i just hope it won't turn into a bad habit both for me and pao... this photo was taken when he was still 4months old... this was the only instance back then... but the past 3-4days he's having some crying moments in the middle of his sleep, before it was just a sign for feeding time... but lately he wants http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/tummy-bed-strikes-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1716245758048168324Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:29:00 +00002012-04-25T22:49:57.470+08:00I was 4 1/2 months pregnant during last year's holy week. Since I was not allowed to go to Abong-Abong for the stations of the cross.... me, hubby and SIL leila decided to do a Visita Iglesia for 10 churches in Zamboanga. I will be creating one post for each church visited. Links will be provided below: Visited churches: 1) Tumaga Parish Church (Our Lady of Manaoag Parish) 2) Sta Maria http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/visita-iglesia-zamboanga-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1722016213700196021Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:33:00 +00002012-04-25T22:39:08.455+08:00 12th church stop. finally!!! this was our last church visited... we stayed longer here. that visit was my first time in Guiwan parish church... this is a newer structure i think... the first time i saw this some years before my first impression was that it's exuding some rough air... it's too concrete... but this visit changed my views about this church... despite being concrete all over, i lovehttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/our-mother-of-perpetual-help-parish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1835711039365169919Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:05:00 +00002012-04-23T15:05:57.794+08:00 11th church stop. the most striking feature of the church for me is the ceiling... i love how grand it look when you're standing at the end of the aisle. :-) we tried going up the bell tower and even got a better view of the ceiling.  i don't have any connection with this church except for one or two instances back in highschool when instead of the parish priest going to our school for the http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/st-ignatius-of-loyola-parish-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-3792071777966411307Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:10:00 +00002012-04-21T11:10:55.528+08:00 10th church stop. Before we head to the west side of the city, we decided to pass by the churches at downtown. So we included St.Joseph... though I don't feel any attachment with the church (as much as i have with Fort Pilar and EAAB chapel), this is where me and my siblings were baptized.... i can also remember Christ the King celebrations where my mom drag us here to join the procession and http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/st-joseph-church-zamboanga-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-8265614618841938296Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:47:00 +00002012-04-20T08:47:51.133+08:00 this is my latest pasta craze... :-) i'm the kind who kept on cooking the same pasta recipe discovered over and over until i grow tired of it... hehe  i can't remember where exactly I got the idea for a lemon-garlic pasta... but I think i've tried it or seen it in menus of one of pasta restos in Manila before... and since my discovery of lemons being sold at La Tienda here in Zamboanga, this http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/lemon-garlic-pasta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-7818992683711701671Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:24:00 +00002012-04-17T06:53:51.389+08:00 9th church stop. (i'm still struggling to complete my Visita Iglesia series despite Holy Week's 1week ago already hehe). Fort Pilar is my go-to church here in Zamboanga (UP Chapel's the one for me in Manila)... here's where i pray for my heart's wishes and say my super duper thank you's to Him. :-) basta it's my serenity place...  this is the only outdoor Catholic church in Zamboanga. These http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/fort-pilar-our-lady-of-pilar-shrine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-1082810970984597248Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:56:00 +00002012-04-16T21:56:58.797+08:00 to the kuya who  made me and the other kids in the neighborhood climb our guava tree and play Star Trek, play-pretend that the guave tree's our version of the Enterprise hehe... made me play baril-barilan and even made us one wooden gun each(with bottle caps as bullets) and made the whole neighborhood our battlefield made me eat leaves of "batuan"... well he and my other crazy cousin helpedhttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/happy-big-birthday-kuyapots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-7986873091108925271Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:28:00 +00002012-04-13T13:28:49.976+08:00 8th church stop. since moving from the west to east coast of the city we will somehow pass by the Cathedral (well at least based on our route) so despite our goal to visit new churches we included it in our visits.  The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepcion in Zamboanga is one of the most photographed churches in the city, well for obvious reasons... so i will just be sharing http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/metropolitan-cathedral-of-immaculate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-4712466836385135071Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:41:00 +00002012-04-09T23:42:01.927+08:00 we went back to the beach!!! supposedly for Easter but we know how the beach around here is during that day so we decided to go back on the last holiday before workweek starts... and right on it's our little siopao's 6th month!!! it was just a little family gathering... my parents and my inlaws... plus hubby's cousin that i was able to bond during her review here in Zambo... we went back tohttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/happy-05yo-birthday-my-siopao.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-7496890677600446869Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:07:00 +00002012-04-09T00:07:37.225+08:00 7th church stop. This is also my first time to see Claret church... :-) I remember taking entrance exam for Claret high school some yeaaars ago hehehe but i don't remember seeing the church hehe. more photos after the jump. Please click "Read more". what's striking for me about this church is the series of stained glass above the altar...  and this one above the entrance. http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/san-antonio-maria-claret-parish-canelar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-5025510221387887491Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:26:00 +00002012-04-08T16:26:36.345+08:00 6th church stop. Another church from my past! My papang used to work in the Philippine Navy's base here in Zamboanga. And this is the chapel inside the base. We would spend Saturdays of our summers in this base playing at the beach and we were even taught how to swim by their frogmen... :-)  I will always associate this chapel with Easter!!! because there were several Easter sunday spent herehttp://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/our-lady-of-la-naval-chapel-phil-navy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-2524761457527521726Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:53:00 +00002012-04-08T15:53:29.634+08:00 5th church stop. from San Roque we were thinking where to go next... i suggested we try going inside Wesmincom (formerly known as Southcom), because we can visit 2 chapels there... good thing we were allowed to get inside, they're usually strict specially if they are on red alert. we first visited Southcom chapel because it is the nearest from the base's main entrance. i don't have memories http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/wesmincom-chapel-zamboanga-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-2278611487558593148Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:47:00 +00002012-04-08T10:47:49.923+08:00 4th church stop. This is also my first time to see San Roque's church... i love how each church we went to has its own character... this one feels the most friendly for me... i don't know why, but that's how i feel when we got there.  It looks big from the outside, and a lot bigger once you enter... It also has a big courtyard... very spacious inside and out. :-) church's facade... this http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/04/san-roque-parish-church-zamboanga-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (promding chamimay)4