Good news...

Today was a great day (again).

First of all, our multiple trips to MOM (Ministry of Manpower) have now gave good results. Our Dependent Pass (DP) application are almost complete. The long awaited In-Principle letters were already sent to my husband's company. By next week, we'll be able to collect them. The only thing that needs to be done is my medical checkup. MOM said that it is required for me but not for my husband and daughter. Why only me? :( Anyway, I'm planning to have the checkup tomorrow so by next weekend, we can now claim our passes. Can't wait hehe :D

It was also salary day so time to buy some long awaited stuffs hehe
Since we are quite close to Funan IT mall, we went there after MOM.
We bought a new keyboard, the one we are using is somehow spoiled already. Some of the keys are not working so it's quite annoying to use it. My husband chose a Microsoft RECLUSA, which is a gaming keyboard. He plans to use it to finish some games. Such an addict hehe

Next we went to Lucky Plaza. It's a mall located in Orchard where there are quite number of Filipino restaurants, shops and money remittance centers. A lot of Filipino can be seen there specially during weekends. We had our lunch there at Kabayan. It's a nice place that serve tasty Filipino food. I had fix of Kare-Kare and Lechon Paksiw (sorry i don't know the english terms for this hehe) while my husband had sizzling sisig with egg.

After buying some stuffs, we went to Paragon (another mall in Orchard Road) for my daughter to play in the playground. Lots of kids were there so she had a lot of fun. We had to literally drag her from the playground hehe.

My husband insist to go to Takashimaya Mall (mall again???) to buy some stuffs. While there, we saw a nice pair of running shoes and decided to buy it. It's been long time since we plan to buy one for him, now is a great time to buy, they are on sale hehe I also bought a new pair of slippers for my hurting feet.

After that we don't have enough energy left so we decided to end the day as it is.
At least now we can now stop worrying about the DP applications.
MOM, see you next week! :D

My Everyday Hang Out

I Hang out with my Blog, Hang out with my mySpace, Hang out with my Multiply, Hang out with my Friendster, etc... 'Omg' to many hang out :)

I enjoyed to much in the internet its obvious :)

Easily add people I hang out with most often.

Keeping track of my social life is supposed to be fun right? :)

View all of my new invites, upcoming plans, and friends plans all in one place.

Keep track of all the new changes, suggestions, and comments made

by friends.

Explore what everyone in Blog, mySpace, Multiply, Friendster has got going on.

Check out where friends are going and what they're doing.

Overlay my friends plans on top of my own to see what people have going on or when they are free.

And my most exciting and interesting hang out is hang aroud the house most of the day. hahaha :D

Spend time with my daughter and hanging out for a marathon series.

I occasionally overwhelming liking of Heroes, Kitchen Nightmares, Kid Nation, Prison Break, and a new season of Survivor(china)... it is all series (obvious).

That's all for now... Happy sharing :)

Start Your Day on a Positive Note!

-choose a smile-

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! When the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one, which has been opened for us.

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. You need enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. Don't count the years. Count the memories.Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away.

Hello Today, Good-bye yesterday

Hello today, Good-bye yesterday.
Move forward with my life
Refresh me a new day!

(for sharing, i just read this poem... This is a very light and happy poem, by Karen. It actually made me smile.)


Hello Today
by Karen Gallo-Dunn

Hello Today
Come quick
new ways
a new phase
Good news

bye bye blues

Hello today
Goodbye yesterday
It's not tomorrow
But a Blessed
new day

Hello today
New things
hurray

It cannot suck
like yesterday

Sunshine today
New waves
New phrase
Blessed Day
Hello Today

Hello Happy Day
Yes Today

New Memories
To Face
Filled with Grace

A New Place

Today is here
Fresh and Clear
Hello Today

Free from Fear

Relaxing Sunday

Who said you need money to be happy? Well...i guess sometimes you need some but even from simple things you can find happiness and contentment hehe
Take for example our last Sunday. It's just a very simple day but i find it very relaxing.
We woke up very late, it was raining hard and very cold so we're too lazy to get up hehe
Had a nice breakfast, bacons, eggs and sinangag hmm sarap =D
Able to attend the sunday afternoon mass after missing last week's mass sorry papa jesus
Had a nice stroll from church to hougang mall, dami palang umattend na mga pinoy
Ate dinner a.k.a. snack at mcdonalds (chicken mcwings, fries and corn cup). my husband bought hot devil drumlets from kfc. takaw namin hehe may wanton mee pang takeout galing kopitiam :D
Looking forward for the next weekend :)

TODAY, these made me happy. :)

fried rice, bacon and egg for breakfast... yummy :)

talking to someone who shares the same thoughts...

daddy singing with marielle. It was soooo cute!! Although probably only because he have a good voice and was singing the hi5 songs [you're my favorite person..you are my no.1]. It made me smile.

a homemade recipe of mine... for dinner (it was steamboat cut beef marinated in soy sauce with lime juice, garlic and onions).

the shower running exactly the temp i like this afternoon when i got in ...

my free time... internet

the weather was a lot nicer! finally :D

family day out in the afternoon... kids playground
family/friends. lucky to have an awesome hubby and beautiful daughter.

treats. I bought myself donuts, root beer, old chang kee(sotong and sotong wings)...

good health (i know, very obvious)...

that lovely feeling of laughing without a reason. ha ha ha won't give any details but it rarely happens to me. i like it when it does. (okay, i am putting a lot in this one but i am thankful for it all).

• - view mommyallehs multiply for the pics

Beautiful day

Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life, ever.There were times when I wondered if I would make it today; but I did! And because I did I'm going to celebrate!

Today, I'm going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far: the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships because they have served to make me stronger. I will go through this day with my head held high and a happy heart.

Today, I will share my excitement for life with other people. I'll make someone smile.

Today, I'll give a sincere compliment to someone who seems down.

Today is the day I quit worrying about what I don't have and start being grateful for all the wonderful things God has already given me. I'll remember that to worry is just a waste of time because my faith in God and his Divine Plan ensures everything will be just fine.

As the day ends and I lay my head down on my pillow, I will thank the Almighty for the best day of my life. And I will sleep the sleep of a contented child, excited with expectation because I know tomorrow is going to be the best day of my life, ever!

Yesterday Rose

Yesterday was our First Wedding Monthaversary... My husband suprised me when he bought me a red rose. We were in the kids playground when he gave it to me. It was really sweet of him... :D I was speechless. That's how he is... for me, he never really changed.

Wordless Sunday

Hay payb

This entry was already long overdue my apologies hehe.. :D

Last week, we had a great time watching the Hi5 circus stage show held at Expo. Since this is the 1st time we watched a concert as a family, we opted to buy the most expensive ticket we could afford (88SGD plus GST to be exact). Good thing the ticket attendant was very kind, she offered us to use her friend's discount card so we only paid ~150SGD for 2 front-row seat. Kids around 2-yrs old are free to watch, our daughter can enter for free.

After rushing to Expo (as usual we took our time going there), we barely made it on time. Good thing the show didn't started at exactly 7:00pm. We bought a Jup-Jup (1 of the char. in the show) stuff toy for Marielle. But it was kind of expensive for 40sgd. We bought it anyway hehe :D

Our seats were located at the right end of the 2nd row, which allowed us to have a great view of the stage. The place was almost full except for some seats at the back. The show started a few minutes later. It was like watching a Hi5 episode but this time it's live. They had 2 new members, Sun and Stevie. Sun replaced Kathleen (who is a Filipina) when she left to take care of her family. Stevie is a temporary replacement for Tim, who is for unknown reason, not part of the circus show. We still enjoyed the whole show as Sun and Stevie were also good performers.

There was a 20-min break in the middle of the show. Time for a bathroom break hehe, We also bought a headband with some blinking lights. It was nice but my husband thought it was expensive and a bit in the "useless" side. We just bought it since our daughter insist to buy one after seeing the other kids wearing it.

The show continued after the short break. During the whole show, the kids are allowed to go in front of the stage and dance with the song. At 1st, just a couple of kids went there but by the end of the show, i think almost all the kids (even adults) were there to have fun and take pictures.

We were having a great time that we didn't noticed that the show was ending. They performed a great song and dance portion before leaving the stage. To bad there wasn't an autograph signing or something. We just want to maybe meet and greet them and even take a picture with them but i guess it wasn't part of the program. Still it was great show and if they are gonna perform here again next year, we'll definitely watch them again. Hope you could watch them too hehe :D

'Oh my god'...Is this an earthquake?

Last night, while we are enjoying our dinner, we felt some shaking. At first we thought it was nothing but suddenly my husband told us to hold still and observe our surroundings. We were scared to see that the things on top of the table were shaking, even the window blinds were swaying though there was no wind.

We ask ourselves, 'Is this an earthquake?'. My husband told us to stay put while he went to the window to look outside. That time I was so scared. I'm afraid that our floor will collapse since we are located near the top of our building (10th floor). The 1st thing I want to do is to go down the building and go somewhere safe. I think the earthquake lasts for like 4-5 mins, I'm not exactly sure.

I thought that was the last of it. But again this morning, while I was in our bedroom I felt the building shake again. Then I thought 'Oh my god! This is stronger than last night!'. My husband was already gone for work so I was left alone with my sleeping daughter. I was so scared that time. I wake up my daughter and hold her tight. We stay besides the wall and wait for the shaking to end. But thank God, the shaking eventually stops. I think this one lasted around 5-8 mins. But I was still thankful that God did not allowed something terrible to happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070913/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake
http://beta.malaysia.news.yahoo.com/cna/20070913/tap-299419-231650b_1.html

To look back...

F*R*I*E*N*D*S

Throughout our lives, we meet people who are either passing through or who remain and become a part our journey. We build stronger bonds with them, share intimate feelings; our joys, our pains; our aspirations, and our disappointments... It is friends who are able to bring a smile to our face on a cloudy day; who with their simple presence, demonstrate to us that we are not alone...
I have had the privileged of having my life enhanced with the presence of friends I have met on-line. These friends have seen me both at my best and my worst and have accepted me without prejudice. To these friends I send a heartfelt thanks from the bottom of my heart.

When i am falter, I thought of this...

Give me enough

Give me enough tears to keep me human, Enough humour to keep me wise, Enough setbacks to keep me humble, Enough accomplishments to keep me confident, Enough patience to teach me waiting, Enough hope to teach me trusting, Enough friends to give me love and Enough memories to give me comfort.

I am married

Now, being married doesn't mean that someone has a good relationship, but we really do. My Husband...He is my best friend, hero, protector, counselor, helper and provider. He is my greatest fan and does everything to help keep our family happy and healthy. I am extremely blessed and grateful that we work so well together.We may have our rough moments, but I really am blessed. It is so neat to have others tell us how much they want what we have!! I feel successful because of our love and friendship.

I am now Mrs. Shella Galgo!!!, We just got married last August 17, 2007!!!, I am so happy to be finally bound to my soul mate :) ...

THEY ARE MY HEROES

My Husband... i love my husband, truly good and kind.

My Daughter... i love my daughter, "beautiful", cute and sweet. She's 2 years, 3 months and 25 days old.

My Parents...

In my world, they are my heroes. When I falter, they are strong. When I lose my way, they lead me. When I hurt, they hear what's wrong. When I need a life to lift me, they have ample hearts to share. When I need a new found spirit, they have energy to spare. When I need a true example, one to be my guiding star, they're my source of light and caring, reaching out from where they're at!

My Poster Profile

It is great to have friends all over the world. And today you have an opportunity to meet someone from the Philippines. Guess what, that someone is me hehe :D
My name is Shella but you can call me Lala for short. I am currently living in Singapore with my husband Paulo and Marielle, our 2 year old daughter. My husband is currently working here as an engineer. I love my family that is why they are always one of my favorite blog subject mainly focusing on our everyday memories. I just began weblogging recently since most of the time i am just staying home taking care of Marielle. I really missed going to work. If possible I want to work again but for now my main focus is my family. Making blogs and updating my site are the things i love doing now.

What is my favorite photo?

One of my favorite photo features Marielle making a cute pose. Unfortunately, the quality is not the best. It is kind of blurry, but I really love my daughter's facial expression.

What are the three important things that I consider when I make a blog?

1. Time, the most important element. I am may not able to make blog when I do not have enough time that is why I am an extremely slow blogger (always shifting around everything takes a lot of my free time).
2. Music. For me, it is very hard to make a blog when it is completely silent.
3. Most of the time I have to be in a good mood. When I am sad, angry or something, it is hard for me to concentrate.

Where do I turn to for inspiration?

Since I am blogger, I usually read and browse thru a lot of new article, posts and other things. Sometimes when I see nice color schemes, I immediately fall in love with it and will use it as soon as I am able to blog again. And I also browse through online galleries and look at the amazing layouts and awesome blog design. But most of the time, I get my inspiration from the pictures I use. They remind me of lots of good memories and feelings whenever I look at them.

A typical day in my life is:

Usually around 8:00AM, I woke up and make breakfast for my little monster (Marielle hehe :)) and do all other stuff like cleaning, cooking, etc. After doing all that I can have my free time which is just enough to do things that I love. During the afternoon, I tend to my daughter's need, make her meryenda and then cook again (for dinner). And when Marielle already went to bed (a bit late most of the time), I can finally have time to blog again unless my husband insist to spend time with him hehe ;P