tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76704822024-03-07T17:09:16.891+08:00sPiLt MiLk"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." (MAYA ANGELOU)Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.comBlogger513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-19897687320528812282012-02-25T03:36:00.001+08:002012-02-25T03:36:21.966+08:00Goodbye, Hello.<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm leaving this space permanently. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The words will remain.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I'm excited to announce that I'm moving on to my new home, please warm it for me: </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chelsspltmlk.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://chelsspltmlk.wordpress.com/</span></span></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's more yummy and less angsty :)</span></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-85832257159279351552012-01-05T23:35:00.000+08:002012-01-05T23:35:19.516+08:00At A Standstill<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I don't know what I'll do with you. </i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>You have been with me since 2004 when I was still groping for words. </i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>You have heard me at my best and worst and everything else in between. </i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>So many moments tucked in each words that I have ever written here. </i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I have been neglecting you for quite some time now. I even tried to make you a money-making machine, but I just can't do it. I want to keep the memories here sacred. </i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wait. </i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-9982052399731405082011-11-29T01:49:00.001+08:002011-11-29T01:53:49.263+08:00De-stressed<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Not yet entirely. </div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Activating my Unionbank Online Banking account and verifying my Paypal account is a pain the rear but otherwise, all is well. </div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
I now have more time for Wolf to prep him for school. </div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy. </span></div>
<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-26874557922280281112011-11-15T04:48:00.001+08:002011-11-15T05:41:21.902+08:00Time On My Hands<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Last weekend was the first weekend that I've had in awhile wherein I didn't feel like a zombie. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
I did the laundry, went school-scouting, and cooked my husband real breakfast before he went for work. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
It's not gonna be a permanent gig though because there are bills that are needed to be paid so I'm gonna hustle and start looking for work soon. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But in the meantime, I have time on my hands and it feels like gold. </span></div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-58036684297940668192011-10-27T05:52:00.000+08:002011-10-27T05:52:19.828+08:00Boys Growing Up<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Wolf will start school next year. It was our option not to enroll him early as most parents do these days. I was on the premise that my parents sent me to school at the right age and I had no trouble coping and that my son will be the same. It's pretty risky but we figured that we want him to optimize his childhood because he has his whole life ahead of him for socialization and learning. Learning would not stop when he graduates. it would go on and on as long as he meets other people and experience lots of things outside of school. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Wolf is showing signs of independence lately. I'm a bit sad to see my punk growing up but that's life. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Here is Wolfie with my brother's 6 month old punk, Jarrett.</div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wolfie is definitely big brother material now. :)</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GWKpVlTjeSYjBG8wgejvQeb8C5SHL6JvS6-ioEMwnquQBj3wVzK59D6myIS99HwkWuJzxZ7YMteFjQeGmf4Ra4oKgEAC7OD-QR-fK5dKW17oneVgYpstm20OUmMTG2OzwRp7/s1600/320875_1578426558514_1771140903_814657_2101143739_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GWKpVlTjeSYjBG8wgejvQeb8C5SHL6JvS6-ioEMwnquQBj3wVzK59D6myIS99HwkWuJzxZ7YMteFjQeGmf4Ra4oKgEAC7OD-QR-fK5dKW17oneVgYpstm20OUmMTG2OzwRp7/s320/320875_1578426558514_1771140903_814657_2101143739_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoa1gugP8mL_oVKc-WP80wxRCK4entMfHeZJJSU_rcHmQ6PRG4bDDKeL4DEfm8z-eX27UfYYruOecJKohtcO1HeWPV4uKWKzI3f2iv9WuPCLIJpXPt4hbV2a1PcF4-3jIo1rJ/s1600/293552_1578427478537_1771140903_814661_1474318443_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoa1gugP8mL_oVKc-WP80wxRCK4entMfHeZJJSU_rcHmQ6PRG4bDDKeL4DEfm8z-eX27UfYYruOecJKohtcO1HeWPV4uKWKzI3f2iv9WuPCLIJpXPt4hbV2a1PcF4-3jIo1rJ/s320/293552_1578427478537_1771140903_814661_1474318443_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-34602740812641151792011-10-10T14:14:00.000+08:002011-10-10T14:22:30.266+08:00Good Morning Sa Inyooooo!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Happy to be back blogging.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am just happy that Wolfie is now recovered after his bout with Pneumonia last week. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I was shuttling back and forth the hospital and work because there were lots of work that needs to be done. My body felt the exhaustion and I got sick as well.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I realized that with my current work, I am unable to achieve that work-life balance. A drastic change is in order. I have been so unhappy and tired for so long that I'm throwing in the towel. My family is more important. </div>
<br />
Below are the pictures that we took while confined at the Medical City Pasig.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMGfv0f70FLctqAl1N0TAu05fFTVveCdKhDUj-1Kpr6MLTmFjRcLvHZqkq7M2vggVwB20J9s228_QDEVjQi1eEo3QepK8eXGjYgCe4FQDKHs-VqjBeGIoIr7MRbH97qRkwmA/s1600/11+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMGfv0f70FLctqAl1N0TAu05fFTVveCdKhDUj-1Kpr6MLTmFjRcLvHZqkq7M2vggVwB20J9s228_QDEVjQi1eEo3QepK8eXGjYgCe4FQDKHs-VqjBeGIoIr7MRbH97qRkwmA/s320/11+-+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Wolf said that he 'loves his room!' </div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCWG54b_XRBuU7KzaEqZAmj5y5UimX8ctxXJME6MdyrqlIrd0sqBvTAqwK-pvYRdbJIDH8MPneGxkPuIMGA5cvKZ42RdS72OaVfdHsbxCa2PdyIEsZILNtDWaCIYs_LcDGWfG/s1600/11+-+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCWG54b_XRBuU7KzaEqZAmj5y5UimX8ctxXJME6MdyrqlIrd0sqBvTAqwK-pvYRdbJIDH8MPneGxkPuIMGA5cvKZ42RdS72OaVfdHsbxCa2PdyIEsZILNtDWaCIYs_LcDGWfG/s320/11+-+4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Trying to have fun with his dada.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhKQqgn7rNphXdMDVNUB4y3TW2U0XDWOc51kWLStBlzBHE2vKWQq37KdtIZUbwdHNw9FoyWLihnrlPX6YcpR6NdV0BFERUHfdIu8kvCZ-HdwSBqeO7fPBA6uV1FxxlojcYTD-/s1600/11+-+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhKQqgn7rNphXdMDVNUB4y3TW2U0XDWOc51kWLStBlzBHE2vKWQq37KdtIZUbwdHNw9FoyWLihnrlPX6YcpR6NdV0BFERUHfdIu8kvCZ-HdwSBqeO7fPBA6uV1FxxlojcYTD-/s320/11+-+3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A boy who just can't wait to get home.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBhtgbLlXUhj4rfY14b6fuECM0o0Cq1296MaomkLRlrv0m64sX-3uRZzovTrVmzObyk4FGB14B4_8zX-iTaA1SOr-VwiqYYVGEahMT3wqt9rUoYZrWVUPBYsnxJOlOun2qOfu/s1600/wolfie_carrots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBhtgbLlXUhj4rfY14b6fuECM0o0Cq1296MaomkLRlrv0m64sX-3uRZzovTrVmzObyk4FGB14B4_8zX-iTaA1SOr-VwiqYYVGEahMT3wqt9rUoYZrWVUPBYsnxJOlOun2qOfu/s320/wolfie_carrots.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Eating his carrots.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc6IAh_XMFtFuf7vxC3MgvCbl4N67-ezUot0yWpSMa5txEf8qfTvlwNfqI9h3GZr5WeuX1gs1x5xedhgyjSk6lO4YCzxr4h-54FCjfVTHu5p0U32zGAbyWWDRWj0k6M6WjeI8/s1600/wolfie_nebulizer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc6IAh_XMFtFuf7vxC3MgvCbl4N67-ezUot0yWpSMa5txEf8qfTvlwNfqI9h3GZr5WeuX1gs1x5xedhgyjSk6lO4YCzxr4h-54FCjfVTHu5p0U32zGAbyWWDRWj0k6M6WjeI8/s320/wolfie_nebulizer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Pure exhaustion.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-23524162542475650482011-09-26T10:21:00.001+08:002011-09-26T10:21:55.751+08:00Recovery<div style="text-align: center;">
I spent my weekend literally spent. I was so exhausted from work last week that all I was able to manage is sleep. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
As always, I am hoping and praying for a better week ahead. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
:)</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6395931 120.9040585 14.7625181 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-38502688320983960042011-09-19T07:11:00.001+08:002011-09-19T07:11:13.313+08:00To My Best Friend<div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: right;">
<i><span class="sqq">“I
know some good marriages - marriages where both people are just trying
to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each
other”</span></i></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: right;">
-Erica Jong</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-LPsCeSJcJnaLRvsBUAYfIPl9_3gOGbsxHrkl6WRKWunlRFbHZBxxJBTnGipr4a4Kwam-wtycsU6sM0zCJWC3JpANa0asUuMoJi6DAvrk7WnIHiH_01Z7Y28AT444kTPqy6G/s1600/305063_10150809895130537_555660536_20624171_1051401402_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-LPsCeSJcJnaLRvsBUAYfIPl9_3gOGbsxHrkl6WRKWunlRFbHZBxxJBTnGipr4a4Kwam-wtycsU6sM0zCJWC3JpANa0asUuMoJi6DAvrk7WnIHiH_01Z7Y28AT444kTPqy6G/s320/305063_10150809895130537_555660536_20624171_1051401402_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<b>Happy Anniversary, El Boaman! </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-48290794516257379622011-09-12T05:22:00.000+08:002011-09-12T05:22:09.594+08:00Hardworkers<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My nature-trip shots of the week:</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOQKDmEiUL8mRTEwBL5WZ_F8yDZC8joHDQlYLHugRQQBk13_gVKIaK5zKCM8DSkA0Qe2uNAvdiw4_MNOS6pXaxsWia7TwBHPjrKLHtc01aai7jvTuVjcLiH_lJ6rnjhPJ-x68/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOQKDmEiUL8mRTEwBL5WZ_F8yDZC8joHDQlYLHugRQQBk13_gVKIaK5zKCM8DSkA0Qe2uNAvdiw4_MNOS6pXaxsWia7TwBHPjrKLHtc01aai7jvTuVjcLiH_lJ6rnjhPJ-x68/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3idnMCa9lYrd0wlZEAZWvrnosN_qDpHUOYfqhX2Jwwpzha9bLwxR9yyGKfSMpX2G8ufr2BKc3i4HCT4dyNcbNkMuAf0fpQrGdgTRS4l4Nk9VZ3FHIC5zbOIQ_L1A1BmvRddg/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3idnMCa9lYrd0wlZEAZWvrnosN_qDpHUOYfqhX2Jwwpzha9bLwxR9yyGKfSMpX2G8ufr2BKc3i4HCT4dyNcbNkMuAf0fpQrGdgTRS4l4Nk9VZ3FHIC5zbOIQ_L1A1BmvRddg/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-26957617106257799412011-09-12T05:06:00.001+08:002011-09-12T05:07:04.656+08:00Yummy Yam Cha...Not!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
My blog has a guest! El Boaman! He is gonna share his review of Yam Cha restaurant for us today.</div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm7Ti6QuStElZbivM1NHwVF5z4GVX3VU8cCpwMY0_lB_YRyfR7mIarcYiAn1nKg8BEfCTuC6PGzo_OWLWRPpJV1rgdrO4OtCEedhlnmv4rpSq8knzUNZek2kCzV5k1GSvt3-s/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm7Ti6QuStElZbivM1NHwVF5z4GVX3VU8cCpwMY0_lB_YRyfR7mIarcYiAn1nKg8BEfCTuC6PGzo_OWLWRPpJV1rgdrO4OtCEedhlnmv4rpSq8knzUNZek2kCzV5k1GSvt3-s/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<u><b>El Boaman's Review*:</b></u></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
If you are looking for a well spent 250 pesos for a buffet, well this is completely the opposite of it. Nothing to like, everything is to hate. I started with a very thick soup (like "<i>uhog</i>".. so "<i>uhog</i>"). </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
The buffet table comprised of some usual Chinese dishes (e.g. sweet and sour pork, dim-sum, fried rice, noodles and etc.). Unusual was the inclusion of "Palabok" which I did ot attempt to taste, for my own sake. There was an assortment of Japanese food (sushi, maki) which nobody touched. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
The food itself was really hard to swallow. The Yang chow fried rice smelled weird. Sweet and Sour pork tasted like it had some medicine included (like Cough Syrup, I think. Boys you will definitely enjoy this). </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Pansit ... mmmm .. I would rather go with Lucky Me. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Finally the dim sum. One would think that a chinese restaurant would not go wrong, but they did. .The dumpling and the siomai was so hard and was served in room temparature. The soy sauce and chilli sauce helped me scour down the meal. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
The roasted chicken and the steamed hammerhead fish was edible enough. The Iced Tea tasted good. My Son had his fair share of my Iced Tea. I just thanked God that I didn't pay for the meal. This was a waste of hard earned money. </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Yam Cha, Bite me! </div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<b>My Final Words: "Eat at your own risk!".</b></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3udDZC9nCuYJ2gAx5i54q5mY3qWQepK-0YjQejturqgY8jhDpg-NWD4G1Mz0R9rl3-UzyLIA7Jz48MLRY_IQ2kZnVlLiXPqBgu71IO5xyre8vCkVVUB_ADu_0518iRRq6hSfV/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3udDZC9nCuYJ2gAx5i54q5mY3qWQepK-0YjQejturqgY8jhDpg-NWD4G1Mz0R9rl3-UzyLIA7Jz48MLRY_IQ2kZnVlLiXPqBgu71IO5xyre8vCkVVUB_ADu_0518iRRq6hSfV/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<i>Uhog</i> Soup</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfkP-YhlGXFjEB_P_-sM4mX6z3uTuEqLOba40ipIkIcYYz1466b_eoqeFc-pSRGjZbwfeDJ7miOJ8EYeaGhmY9JeLw1LcIBllrpuHCDOVcJdV9g6860UfsllAi4YvbNajvnUK/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfkP-YhlGXFjEB_P_-sM4mX6z3uTuEqLOba40ipIkIcYYz1466b_eoqeFc-pSRGjZbwfeDJ7miOJ8EYeaGhmY9JeLw1LcIBllrpuHCDOVcJdV9g6860UfsllAi4YvbNajvnUK/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My family eating the <i>uhog</i> soup. Yum yum!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw7dvVbovdCDeSMGgnY2H1ylTAkBuoH_pyLjT7QvbFvPjGkDHf9DCGrO5KYDWoDZurQhMoRiP7SAeig-GYb4A_3Ro3d25SVnSXD3FoaE5YUuME6L9pyHAZaZjJQi8nyYMWaqt/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw7dvVbovdCDeSMGgnY2H1ylTAkBuoH_pyLjT7QvbFvPjGkDHf9DCGrO5KYDWoDZurQhMoRiP7SAeig-GYb4A_3Ro3d25SVnSXD3FoaE5YUuME6L9pyHAZaZjJQi8nyYMWaqt/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is Chel's plate. She did not go back for seconds.</span> </div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">*Disclaimer: This review is the sole opinion of El Boaman, not mine. </span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<u><b>Chel's note:</b></u></div>
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<ul style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<li>Everything was so thickly gelatinous. Too much cornstarch. </li>
<li>I do not even want to get started on the Oyster Cake. Ugh.</li>
<li>This is the first time that I did not go back for seconds at a buffet. Everything was just so unappetizing. </li>
<li>Service is a fail. They are in a habit of getting your plate even if you're not yet done eating. </li>
<li>We are so not going back. :(</li>
</ul>
<br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div>
<h1 style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Yam Cha Seafoods & Dimsum Restaurant</span></b></h1>
<div class="label" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Address</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>:</b></span></div>
<div class="label" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;">44 Timog Ave. Cor. Scout Tuazon <a class="siteLocality" href="http://www.myfoodtrip.com/tags/quezon_city/restaurants.html">Quezon City</a></span> </b></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="label" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Contact Details:</span></b></div>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">373-1359 / 372-8136 </span></span></b></li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.7010556 120.983022514.6396201 120.9040585 14.7624911 121.0619865tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-9918556496982364312011-08-29T06:32:00.000+08:002011-08-29T06:32:26.693+08:00Growing Critters and Real Critters<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Despite the heavy rains and howling winds yesterday, we went to Antipolo (coming from Valenzuela) to celebrate the 9th birthday of my beloved nephew Louis.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I was like a surrogate parent to him. My brother and his wife used to work abroad, and they left him to us when he was about 4 months old and just went home every 6 months. They finally stayed here for good when Louis or Motti (as we fondly call him) was 6 years old. So for the most part of his infancy until his pre-school years, I was mostly taking care of him. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Admittedly, since I was in college during that time, I hated the responsibility. I wanted to party on the weekends but I can't because I'm taking care of a baby. He was actually such a joy to take care of, it's just frustrating for me that my <i>gimik </i>times were affected but I have learned so much from taking care of him. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">That experience taught me how to take care of my own when I first had Wolf. I wasn't a fumbling first-time mom because I already know how to take care of a baby. What's also nice is that now that Motti is all grown up, he helps me now in taking care of Wolf. :)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">My wish for him is that he grows up to be an accomplished individual. He is such a calm and well-mannered kid and I hope he stays that way. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Below are some pics from yesterday's celebration:</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF90dMJLLhZrRSisLfw3VuKEvjSzEFiDlWgePKereto9XPlxqeDORWuzs8xO182Ti2Jf5GmdLC2g_1EG_DnF6PXheUJxVCJxELG_As9iisRstCFcrXXacXGeivjZrGv5UfLYQZ/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF90dMJLLhZrRSisLfw3VuKEvjSzEFiDlWgePKereto9XPlxqeDORWuzs8xO182Ti2Jf5GmdLC2g_1EG_DnF6PXheUJxVCJxELG_As9iisRstCFcrXXacXGeivjZrGv5UfLYQZ/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZD30Ol9wtDWI3NUPOYX5iZFcFPMA2ro577tygnsWglWMXktqwBx45NVmS15F7EYHCy8AuzOH7WSisz9ek9DGODCUMw9KndnJND_Y3ck0aTg_GmUHNUEEJT10i-DSVUmPSzR5/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZD30Ol9wtDWI3NUPOYX5iZFcFPMA2ro577tygnsWglWMXktqwBx45NVmS15F7EYHCy8AuzOH7WSisz9ek9DGODCUMw9KndnJND_Y3ck0aTg_GmUHNUEEJT10i-DSVUmPSzR5/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3syYScRnHxS4KWQnUn7R5Lzf9EHiNnANwNVH3X9HSqY-MlYBWQwvxgIRpvmsHnSUJzBZvDNfkXxTkjgs8JP_At9t_9-zbr4QXawgy2exssZEhT_TogdTVSIyvEBsCahl6gwO/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3syYScRnHxS4KWQnUn7R5Lzf9EHiNnANwNVH3X9HSqY-MlYBWQwvxgIRpvmsHnSUJzBZvDNfkXxTkjgs8JP_At9t_9-zbr4QXawgy2exssZEhT_TogdTVSIyvEBsCahl6gwO/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4X8JQNVtEs2tnz1u0lf_ta98dTr97nGYavDtP1i_h0I3Bf28kwynrqvLjPXNob5Ma8r84p6xKv2IURbYMja0U60oScVDAf6jFjLZiSgUoNFPMNzQLJH3kFoVmlnB_3DSeaS_/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4X8JQNVtEs2tnz1u0lf_ta98dTr97nGYavDtP1i_h0I3Bf28kwynrqvLjPXNob5Ma8r84p6xKv2IURbYMja0U60oScVDAf6jFjLZiSgUoNFPMNzQLJH3kFoVmlnB_3DSeaS_/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSnvUg4QDdXWM7_Mi6TJx3pnsNXuQyhBdDCphsc4KHXapbtIhRWnAiVmWg175iVE0H0DlmaKNDogFx5gIicO5NzbkKX1kV8MlscJxQfeXtFLjYhIrNy7ScEQ__bnxLPNbhyphenhyphen1B/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSnvUg4QDdXWM7_Mi6TJx3pnsNXuQyhBdDCphsc4KHXapbtIhRWnAiVmWg175iVE0H0DlmaKNDogFx5gIicO5NzbkKX1kV8MlscJxQfeXtFLjYhIrNy7ScEQ__bnxLPNbhyphenhyphen1B/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And speaking of critters. Another reason why I love going to my brother's house in Antipolo is the abundance of little critters that are not usually seen here in the metro. I get to test my Super Macro lens:</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMIR68_6H6S0QKFJXWVzRbDprs-wNZTtZVDd2RviSbt82KwsPg9W6uojyxp7lOEo9ivxsWIzdyJKeJpgP5i7d9wJYDkbSkInxItMuxl1HZB_xlk_g08qq2Vn2789lUooFNqJa/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMIR68_6H6S0QKFJXWVzRbDprs-wNZTtZVDd2RviSbt82KwsPg9W6uojyxp7lOEo9ivxsWIzdyJKeJpgP5i7d9wJYDkbSkInxItMuxl1HZB_xlk_g08qq2Vn2789lUooFNqJa/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB32L_3fOyWmHpGP0q86gcoIWzIBvinKwOQ-ynh0hjk-G9SV4jE_v5sXPB3-znfZdOjWAKPPcT1VISfaIi_vIxARfpy1CUmKlrKss2TcawvM6e7IZAFcx_IZQHp3E6mbitXN-z/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB32L_3fOyWmHpGP0q86gcoIWzIBvinKwOQ-ynh0hjk-G9SV4jE_v5sXPB3-znfZdOjWAKPPcT1VISfaIi_vIxARfpy1CUmKlrKss2TcawvM6e7IZAFcx_IZQHp3E6mbitXN-z/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAneMR3Q5F_dPTpr_sQIFZS_ZGyVX3PMh3crumVrdpTUq8pPPi10MZJyg8b5O9XEy4MsbGERjRGiXX-27Y_1B9V293_t5dZPVPuNvDXKI937gi-Su4nlZJQkjpCHaBC0NPx1g/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAneMR3Q5F_dPTpr_sQIFZS_ZGyVX3PMh3crumVrdpTUq8pPPi10MZJyg8b5O9XEy4MsbGERjRGiXX-27Y_1B9V293_t5dZPVPuNvDXKI937gi-Su4nlZJQkjpCHaBC0NPx1g/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPlku_PAmDJuvqMMRo0atCz-6Xz_iFI-W5nQ6PZR8BTofnnKpwqhTftrHOWBxoTjYB0TPIWDTlvUUL1cnTam55-RP-iF4WqDrw4a7HiuGEJqQGGL_RNmBHwFnA-pArkZwers5/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPlku_PAmDJuvqMMRo0atCz-6Xz_iFI-W5nQ6PZR8BTofnnKpwqhTftrHOWBxoTjYB0TPIWDTlvUUL1cnTam55-RP-iF4WqDrw4a7HiuGEJqQGGL_RNmBHwFnA-pArkZwers5/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am hoping to be more creatively productive. I needed this.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com1Valenzuela City, Philippines14.6827778 120.9669443999999914.6405418 120.91758939999998 14.725013800000001 121.0162994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-13206995587059436252011-08-21T17:36:00.001+08:002011-08-21T17:40:57.497+08:00Sticky Trap<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Nature is harsh.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While having merienda with Boa (pasta cooked by yours truly), I saw my brother intently staring at something just outside the screen door that leads to our kennel. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Boa and I were looking at him curiously for a full 5 minutes before he explained what he was doing outside. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He was apparently watching a very intense fight between a small house spider and an ant that was caught in its web. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's a Nat-Geo Photo Op!!!!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Grabbed my cam, set it on super-macro and handed the camera to him. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a vicious battle with the ant putting up a fight: </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdKfyHIJ9BM_nOaZqhCIscBK5YccEh6emYCf9SwVfHwWgVwRJQqs8H_K3FzuVY3FWp6oqHYnU7PjI-1DmsohHYCHVI4OerT8M0AIjJsupEoYUxRjxHI7D10sWIjXeXQrZdYiv/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdKfyHIJ9BM_nOaZqhCIscBK5YccEh6emYCf9SwVfHwWgVwRJQqs8H_K3FzuVY3FWp6oqHYnU7PjI-1DmsohHYCHVI4OerT8M0AIjJsupEoYUxRjxHI7D10sWIjXeXQrZdYiv/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9G5XGZ9c0xm_R8H1cRCWXS6rrbr5QRVerqDUvJAF-1ddy5yPE9aadqV0SPhtHOyWcPw8fpo8SCxuM02zKcQdwjYePpGd7nb-rYMzGfoOdFgUmDZ30PJeKJrrDsEqZ7b4dsDD/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9G5XGZ9c0xm_R8H1cRCWXS6rrbr5QRVerqDUvJAF-1ddy5yPE9aadqV0SPhtHOyWcPw8fpo8SCxuM02zKcQdwjYePpGd7nb-rYMzGfoOdFgUmDZ30PJeKJrrDsEqZ7b4dsDD/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But it was a home-court advantage for Spidey. It's kinda like watching Shelob and Frodo go at it, only in miniature. Spidey wrapped the ant inside the web and paralyzed it with a bite or two before consuming it. Yeech:</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReSd617qt3w_pQEZjxlIsfinT_fnmpjx5FRkcWcLgdZSR583qsZEkzZPwW6h7dpQbY0VAsGtYFVmDKd-lTPjGXlwNgHAtSrFYUABrNxFWhSz_6Pv9UzxvzI6Rxw7sVc7vPwDo/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReSd617qt3w_pQEZjxlIsfinT_fnmpjx5FRkcWcLgdZSR583qsZEkzZPwW6h7dpQbY0VAsGtYFVmDKd-lTPjGXlwNgHAtSrFYUABrNxFWhSz_6Pv9UzxvzI6Rxw7sVc7vPwDo/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCtCMbB_m1PS0leEfDLFyiN_nvHjlK9eV0tHmyCjJiPtmN3KI3JdUctjjwzPpe-ZTVESXEDv_BZRMgo4-MWVLXPO4ncyE2rjfNbH3wk7YnxpDgIsjakw1AZGmZn5H9Cy0ueK2/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCtCMbB_m1PS0leEfDLFyiN_nvHjlK9eV0tHmyCjJiPtmN3KI3JdUctjjwzPpe-ZTVESXEDv_BZRMgo4-MWVLXPO4ncyE2rjfNbH3wk7YnxpDgIsjakw1AZGmZn5H9Cy0ueK2/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fNzr-DmQJNYw3TMO3Avu-zx2ukAgB-Vdnb3aWfW3hDhmJfYsKedoF9b7OaMR1_V8voLN6MeX1JlyJqo9igHrjnwlvxz4Cwt_3yzDmRKlg3ZW5mdah_Na9pHAHzOrORYYu1dr/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fNzr-DmQJNYw3TMO3Avu-zx2ukAgB-Vdnb3aWfW3hDhmJfYsKedoF9b7OaMR1_V8voLN6MeX1JlyJqo9igHrjnwlvxz4Cwt_3yzDmRKlg3ZW5mdah_Na9pHAHzOrORYYu1dr/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Poor ant. I wondered out loud how did the ant got there and he gleefully answered, 'I placed it there!'</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Nature is harsh, but people can be really blood-thirsty. Tsk</span>. <br />
<br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-44465611228212886242011-08-21T11:36:00.000+08:002011-08-21T11:36:15.496+08:00Banzai!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Jumping back into the fray. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Tomorrow night. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">It's such a shame that I see my current work place as a battlefield. I thought love was the only battlefield that mattered. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-32243367407006270972011-08-18T09:11:00.000+08:002011-08-18T09:11:40.692+08:00Enjoying My Downtime<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">My week-long downtime gave me the pleasure of taking care of my son full-time. I haven't had this opportunity in a while because I do not have any leave credits yet. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">With 5 days of unpaid sick leave, I can just imagine my paycheck on the 30th but <i>c'est la vie.</i> You win some, you lose some. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Since I'm contagious, I was advised to isolate myself from people but Wolfie hasn't left my side since Sunday. It's a bit of a risk but he just had his MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine less than a year ago so I figured, he'd be safe. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">If he catches the virus, at least he'll be immunized for life but more than anything else I think he's also enjoying having his mama for himself. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All we do all day is watch TV, alternately Disney Channel or Disney Junior and if he lets me, I get to watch TLC. I admit that I am very lenient when it comes to television but I'm very selective when choosing the shows that he can watch. I'm not against local shows but I find most of them lacking in educational values so I try to steer Wolf away from those types of shows. The only time that I can't control it is when I have to go to work and leave him with my parents. For the life of me, I just can't figure out why mom likes watching Willy Revillame. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I felt better enough to do the laundry today but the detergent aggravated the itch. :(</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">My eyes are still a bit sensitive to light but I hope that the headache that have been plaguing me will go away. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We will be productive today. </span>:)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-69665840568171044322011-08-16T19:51:00.001+08:002011-08-16T19:52:50.770+08:00Ruminations<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So contracting measles is nature's way of slowing me down. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm chatting right now with a friend who's halfway across the world. I just told her that it is scary to gamble. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am thinking that I've been trying to move forward but what if the right way is to move a step backwards? Or maybe even to take on a different direction altogether.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few days past, I've undergone a terrible breakdown. Or maybe it was a breakthrough. I don't know. I haven't sat and wrote like this for a long, long time. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Day to day practical necessities rendered me mute. I still haven't forgotten Virginia's advise to get a room of one's own.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Despite the emotional turmoils that I have been battling these past few months, one thing is clear. A change is definitely in order. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Everything else will be collateral damage.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0Valenzuela City, Philippines14.6827778 120.9669443999999914.6405418 120.91758939999998 14.725013800000001 121.0162994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-68896743361945314222011-08-07T12:45:00.000+08:002011-08-07T12:45:15.176+08:00Jumping Ship<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The sudden shift of career plans made me so busy that I haven't had time to update this blog. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This is it for now. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-36085115496479635702011-04-17T14:28:00.000+08:002011-04-17T14:28:12.743+08:00Thursday Mayhem<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thursday afternoon, Wolf and I were playing when we heard Maya's frantic barking just outside the window. We looked out and found my brother restraining Maya but thought nothing of it and even waved 'Hi!' to him.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We resumed playing and after a minute I heard my brother yelling my name and asked me to get the cat.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Holy...</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So I raced out back and found my heavily-perspired brother restraining Maya while a thin and bedraggled cat lay a few feet away. <i>Kuya </i>was grasping Maya by the scruff of her neck while poking the cat away from Maya.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cat, unfortunately, chose to wander into our house this one afternoon that Maya was freely roaming around. According to my brother, he found Maya clamped on the poor cat's hind legs and was swinging it around. Which is probably the reason why the cat was lying around helplessly because her legs were injured. The cat is a fighter though because she was still hissing and clawing at us for all she was worth. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The problem was how to move her without getting scratched at the process because she was really going at us with her uninjured paws.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I managed to find a shovel and carefully slipped it under the cat to avoid further injury. I was still scared to move her because she may jump and scratch my eyes out so Dad had to do it for me. Hehe.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, we put the cat outside were we had a small patch of land that has a fence on it so that she can recuperate undisturbed. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By nighttime, she was gone though. Hope she survived. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What would've happened to her if we hadn't intervene? Imagine the mayhem.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHEQeiWKwfnpADbUg0HieWn3CDwfQ7VmYCvVIxIzeboW6cTxrlM3WsLbeDwU2ILA3J9PNnmLYZ0zmqDgvuyXO8TaKzApXPNaLitXO_NJ1pbFP-cCMNPK5oEOykDIXQNOyeJao/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHEQeiWKwfnpADbUg0HieWn3CDwfQ7VmYCvVIxIzeboW6cTxrlM3WsLbeDwU2ILA3J9PNnmLYZ0zmqDgvuyXO8TaKzApXPNaLitXO_NJ1pbFP-cCMNPK5oEOykDIXQNOyeJao/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Maya, the aftermath</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4LPsYM81RTLote7QE5NFZ7EISWRsLWU8EDWzJJAopivgalKa8r5y7uDjrXwmiduHy4epUKqEexQCDyhV200gOyxY6iFqPC9-DHcs9Nn3StnDbe7Dyoeut8XU5am815ASXx4x/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4LPsYM81RTLote7QE5NFZ7EISWRsLWU8EDWzJJAopivgalKa8r5y7uDjrXwmiduHy4epUKqEexQCDyhV200gOyxY6iFqPC9-DHcs9Nn3StnDbe7Dyoeut8XU5am815ASXx4x/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Poor kitty.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-49139476402329033882011-04-13T18:13:00.000+08:002011-04-13T18:13:06.028+08:00Looking Forward To The Holy Week<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Haven't been blogging much, have I?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There have been many instances and happenings that I would have wanted to write about but for some reason, I find myself running dry on words.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I blame it on my lack of space. We're still nomads without a place of our own. A recent event triggered yet another reason to temporarily move someplace else and my muse must have been fed up by the constant disruption and has left. Temoporarily, I hope. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am not particularly religious but I find myself looking forward to the weeklong vacation that I am going to have. I am hoping that the downtime will restore my words. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It has been too long. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-86960226144117004872011-01-24T03:52:00.000+08:002011-01-24T03:52:51.117+08:00Big Bad Blogging Brouhaha<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I knew this issue is just gonna be B-I-G in the blogosphere. As in Big and Bad.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was checking out my favorite blogs while my brother was rampaging, <a href="http://www.dantesinferno.com/home.action">Dante's Inferno</a>-style, when I came across <a href="http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/i-told-you-so">Marketman's latest post</a> and then<a href="http://chuvaness.livejournal.com/1027404.htm"> Chuvaness</a> and then <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20110122-315972/Please-Dont-Give-Blogging-a-Bad-Name">Margaux Salcedo's </a>Inquirer article all in the span of 10 minutes.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All I can say is that if BBB is who I think s/he is, then I'm not surprised. Never liked that blog anyway. For some reason, I find his/her reviews lacking in depth. Like, s/he has-been-paid-to write-positive-reviews-depth.<i> Hehe</i>. The scanned menus are of a big help though. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm not sure if s/he also pays for the meals that he reviews, but I would say that if you were given the meal for free and you have to review it, it is going to be an effort to keep an open mind. I'm just saying. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Margaux did not name names so we can only assume. It was good that she wrote about the 'dark' side of food blogging but guessing the characters on the blind item is what netizens are clamoring to find out. Doesn't the yet un-named PR firm who resorts to restau-extortion has accountability as well?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love Carlos Celdran1 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=170984842946705&id=329069471130">He actually asked a blogger directly if he was BBB</a>. No matter what the Church says about the whole Damaso issue, this guy definiely has more balls than the entire PBA league put together. =)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, what say you?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-77688685018136420652011-01-11T21:33:00.000+08:002011-01-11T21:33:02.695+08:00Winners All<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong> Meet the winners of my contest, Free T-shirt for my 500th post:</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Dea from </strong></span><a href="http://deaguwapa.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>http://deaguwapa.com/</strong></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq1h17n7l1E4Zxx9ZvyVIkDw_Zgcunw1S5QWND2qAL7TNZMtA1Ybgm9Cgyh4zY6PdaqOspxMWLaKHP2a9GCbm1HrYnpt1gDdf5wa66h7gCYq6sWgZqCH_9SL6MhkG14_TBrDu/s1600/Huli%2521%2521%2521093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq1h17n7l1E4Zxx9ZvyVIkDw_Zgcunw1S5QWND2qAL7TNZMtA1Ybgm9Cgyh4zY6PdaqOspxMWLaKHP2a9GCbm1HrYnpt1gDdf5wa66h7gCYq6sWgZqCH_9SL6MhkG14_TBrDu/s1600/Huli%2521%2521%2521093.jpg" /></strong></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>And Nonoy from </strong></span><a href="http://cebuanddavao.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>http://cebuanddavao.com/</strong></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KKlkraJRgWp2I-xifSoUV8Cc0_kS0i5NxU3jZl-uXv0fDhXYhhO6jb44SkolWrhZDEC0nHsJB9xxBieslJFq5QAAbxv_2MFLxzMJ0lkaqiQaXkZUCJg7eG5qOWrnRvXDAoWK/s1600/30-12-10_1127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KKlkraJRgWp2I-xifSoUV8Cc0_kS0i5NxU3jZl-uXv0fDhXYhhO6jb44SkolWrhZDEC0nHsJB9xxBieslJFq5QAAbxv_2MFLxzMJ0lkaqiQaXkZUCJg7eG5qOWrnRvXDAoWK/s320/30-12-10_1127.jpg" width="320" /></strong></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Don't they look fab!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I'm sorry because I have been busy due to the recent holidays but I'll post again soon and watch out for my new contest!</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-55863954331579235322010-12-04T18:34:00.000+08:002010-12-04T18:34:27.377+08:00WINNERS OF FREE SHIRT!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So finally, after a week's delay, I am now announcing the winners of the <a href="http://www.chelsspltmlk.com/2010/11/free-statement-shirt-for-my-500th-post.html">Free Customized Shirt in honor of my 500th post on this blog</a>.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There were seven entries all in all. It's a bit scant but I am optimistic that many will join my upcoming contest as I have a very, very cool prize to give on my next one.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0hYEsc3OF2ZvLRw1wcppmqzWYgwxnoXkFd8dPFQQoiJDGmrYMPbFp6A-uriPbHm-1VStEE-KKGv14QgZZaeHRtoogME0cWcW7eF9kLt28Yvv39TY_w-bLbXJxIHL_xScKDcH/s1600/Entries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0hYEsc3OF2ZvLRw1wcppmqzWYgwxnoXkFd8dPFQQoiJDGmrYMPbFp6A-uriPbHm-1VStEE-KKGv14QgZZaeHRtoogME0cWcW7eF9kLt28Yvv39TY_w-bLbXJxIHL_xScKDcH/s320/Entries.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> With the assistance of my son Wolf, and my brother Mark, we folded the entries and placed it in the glass jar:</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkkspXJ4CSx95x7rnP_9uBjXB4xbXP_rc8_W3CJvbGZ9qofKZgPIXZpS7r8NGyKHCpxln0be4ukEM-I7D0pqS6DQzhpTM79aFpwQLN_6aDo3QkecjsMinsOBG3BR78GuBV8JN/s1600/Wolf+Pick3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkkspXJ4CSx95x7rnP_9uBjXB4xbXP_rc8_W3CJvbGZ9qofKZgPIXZpS7r8NGyKHCpxln0be4ukEM-I7D0pqS6DQzhpTM79aFpwQLN_6aDo3QkecjsMinsOBG3BR78GuBV8JN/s320/Wolf+Pick3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KVRtJntnviFRFNNHDEt5w8uFuKXbV4x7VxC8HFcTgtZ-gFvVx16b4ianO50m3acAeqDgFJLAI72UPePjnsVYAb-35RO5UGLoqLqH9X6rLLoX8KAWA9EF-IcnbV_zQSWZ1CID/s1600/Winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KVRtJntnviFRFNNHDEt5w8uFuKXbV4x7VxC8HFcTgtZ-gFvVx16b4ianO50m3acAeqDgFJLAI72UPePjnsVYAb-35RO5UGLoqLqH9X6rLLoX8KAWA9EF-IcnbV_zQSWZ1CID/s320/Winner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepurZxL1NDOc-ySzfG-u4R_Vz8EGxPkpmWZZUHqAgdwfJ8V_vuxqJRvLK_W_ZCRzjq38F9rjwGkpY1FzZUyqLAmWZy5rPOUPRsDjJGvHNJl4rwfaJhlQ_s0ajXo4OkJt_Lfmo/s1600/Wolf+Pick2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepurZxL1NDOc-ySzfG-u4R_Vz8EGxPkpmWZZUHqAgdwfJ8V_vuxqJRvLK_W_ZCRzjq38F9rjwGkpY1FzZUyqLAmWZy5rPOUPRsDjJGvHNJl4rwfaJhlQ_s0ajXo4OkJt_Lfmo/s320/Wolf+Pick2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPX1BSvTbmvmuKI0HvJqGEuMTKR9n7nHZnkdiaR2JiZ7XIPEHqs0ApjN06JOwaMfBH07ewzYwVY4u0oOaiijBVjfIqdT3i6N0dguY-R0L8v9jfJUvdoFvfy0vC2PFOsbyvCMP/s1600/Folding+Entries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPX1BSvTbmvmuKI0HvJqGEuMTKR9n7nHZnkdiaR2JiZ7XIPEHqs0ApjN06JOwaMfBH07ewzYwVY4u0oOaiijBVjfIqdT3i6N0dguY-R0L8v9jfJUvdoFvfy0vC2PFOsbyvCMP/s320/Folding+Entries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wolfie picked the winning entries: </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gjIWPDULmlloqXtQ9kGbsoO-ngjeYJf28IFiLWOLxxCDx_GJt9QItKQ8AuH7Y41OMDl-Xvqr_3SR7qFEexscaxr2ZpArKQTm0E7JFxPCcipsOHgobGh-T-SmiycaosQg-SMv/s1600/Wolf+Pick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gjIWPDULmlloqXtQ9kGbsoO-ngjeYJf28IFiLWOLxxCDx_GJt9QItKQ8AuH7Y41OMDl-Xvqr_3SR7qFEexscaxr2ZpArKQTm0E7JFxPCcipsOHgobGh-T-SmiycaosQg-SMv/s320/Wolf+Pick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I am so happy to announce that the two lucky winners are:</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>DEA from http://deaguwapa.com/ </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>and </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NONOY from http://cebuanddavao.blogspot.com/ </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Fzq_DtiLK7bKEEjTG-X9b2K4F-VNk8HNQNDDNtzJ03Z3j8ezh5ziKdPSbCtwbuhhVaMBtOp0ngFqCjT3UPNJFJJ-rNImxdMNldLjogXmXtVwzhHXH3-rhXP2qLr3_3Qx4veh/s1600/Canon+A490.1+131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Fzq_DtiLK7bKEEjTG-X9b2K4F-VNk8HNQNDDNtzJ03Z3j8ezh5ziKdPSbCtwbuhhVaMBtOp0ngFqCjT3UPNJFJJ-rNImxdMNldLjogXmXtVwzhHXH3-rhXP2qLr3_3Qx4veh/s320/Canon+A490.1+131.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrimQKY3eWS_ZroZLIOQR2nErhSVHplEB3-e8tM0tfmvlXtc9m2br79uHWdUaPgfC_zUefcPHSN1Mg1rlaqXCkYPGaqNVfQBYsm-GUy3Zmo_Sgn1ltmr5VBPXRARkNfvoGqph/s1600/Canon+A490.1+126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrimQKY3eWS_ZroZLIOQR2nErhSVHplEB3-e8tM0tfmvlXtc9m2br79uHWdUaPgfC_zUefcPHSN1Mg1rlaqXCkYPGaqNVfQBYsm-GUy3Zmo_Sgn1ltmr5VBPXRARkNfvoGqph/s320/Canon+A490.1+126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Xu_NgbY6XRx2SvcVCIg7vTbZCzJMlQlMdttnEO4sL_7FEvXjTDP00_YWG0oNxzxXH3XIPTN19asyiQYNdb0n3wjWBMXkmTni2FdKhW5XLz5q2RkiXyD-1WT61QxsokatAhd/s1600/Canon+A490.1+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Xu_NgbY6XRx2SvcVCIg7vTbZCzJMlQlMdttnEO4sL_7FEvXjTDP00_YWG0oNxzxXH3XIPTN19asyiQYNdb0n3wjWBMXkmTni2FdKhW5XLz5q2RkiXyD-1WT61QxsokatAhd/s320/Canon+A490.1+130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><br />
<br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><br />
<br />
Congratulations to Dea and Nonoy! And thank you for everyone who participated!<br />
<br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-32304069380215626222010-11-30T18:26:00.000+08:002010-11-30T18:26:58.312+08:00Contest Extended!!!!! + Lotto News<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My ongoing contest: </span><a href="http://www.chelsspltmlk.com/2010/11/free-statement-shirt-for-my-500th-post.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.chelsspltmlk.com/2010/11/free-statement-shirt-for-my-500th-post.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has been extended because the prize picker (my son Wolf) is on vacation. So the contest will end on Friday, December3, instead. So please encourage your friends to join and you can get your own free statement shirts!!!!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">----</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The P741 million lotto jackpot has been won, finally! (See news here: </span><a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20101129-306070/Lucky-bettor-from-Luzon-wins-P741-M-Grand-Lotto-jackpot"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20101129-306070/Lucky-bettor-from-Luzon-wins-P741-M-Grand-Lotto-jackpot</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The winning combinations are: 11-16-42-47-31-37.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The winner is just one lucky SOB. Hope s/he manages the windfall well. We hear a lot of stories nowadays wherein lottery winners ended up worse than before they won the lottery. Tsk. Tsk. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-59634265048165982362010-11-24T16:23:00.000+08:002010-11-24T16:23:13.802+08:00LocalRoam | Refer friends, get giftIf this isn't a sweet deal, then I don't what this is.<br /><br />All you need to do is refer friends, create an account and you'll get loads of discounts from different stores in the metro.<br /><br />Click on the title to go to LOCAL ROAM.<div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-1638338744157422092010-11-23T23:53:00.000+08:002010-11-23T23:53:19.667+08:00We Have A Date!!!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So Will and Kate have set a date for their very much anticipated wedding: April 29, 2011!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Coincidentally the birthday of one of my brother (the third one) and my Godson Gab. V. cool.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Below is the news from People:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mark your calendars: Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen a wedding date! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hope they declare it a holiday because that means we get a day off from work. Double yay!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em><strong>Below is the news from </strong></em></span><a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20444429,00.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em><strong>People</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em><strong>:</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Royal wedding will take place on Friday, April 29, 2011, according to the British Monarchy Twitter. It will take place at Westminster Abbey, the venue for the 1947 wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth, William's grandmother the Queen. <br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The couple, both 28, have received their wish to have a relatively early ceremony. William is known to have wanted as short an engagement as was practical, PEOPLE understands, and they both wanted a spring wedding. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Early clues as to the venue came only a day after their November 16 engagement, when Kate was seen leaving the Abbey after receiving a tour by officials. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sources early Tuesday said that despite the fact it can seat 2,000 guests, the couple like the Abbey's "intimacy." The palace officials have also announced that the Royal Family and will pay for the church service, the music and parties. The cost of security – likely to run into millions – will be met by the British taxpayers.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Meanwhile, the couple are continuing their lives as they had been pre-engagement. Catherine Middleton, as the palace calls her, was seen shopping at upmarket superstore Waitrose in Menai Bridge, not far from the home that the prince rents in North Wales. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It will also be a public holiday in the U.K, the Prime Minister David Cameron announced. There is already the May Day holiday on the following Monday, making for a festive four-day weekend for the country. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The BBC reported that the date is also the feast day of St. Catherine of Sienna. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670482.post-45906482735129977912010-11-22T22:19:00.000+08:002010-11-22T22:19:44.670+08:00Mommy Concerns<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How's this for another run of not-so-goodluck? Wolf have had a case of the sniffles this past week. He was on his way to recovery when last Saturday, after our trek to the mall, he caught a fever and by nighttime, he has shown symptoms of his amoebiasis (he got it way back in 2008 and it recurs every now and then).</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is not as severe as the first time he got it but I'm concerned about his lack of appetite due to the onsaught of sickness. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We're hoping and praying that he recovers soon. It breaks my heart always, always to see him sick. Ah, such vulnerability when one becomes a mother. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">On a more positive note, I got some fantastic news last Friday but I'm not authorized to divulge yet. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's good news but for some reason I felt teeny, tiny bad about it. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Anyway, I'll shout it to the world as soon as soon I'm given the go ahead signal.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And please, do join my ongoing contest: <a href="http://www.chelsspltmlk.com/2010/11/free-statement-shirt-for-my-500th-post.html">http://www.chelsspltmlk.com/2010/11/free-statement-shirt-for-my-500th-post.html</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We still have a week to go. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">(spiltmilk at her best and worst.)</div>Chel Tamayo-Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486605848335102655noreply@blogger.com0