Holy Trinity Parish (Pasonanca, Zamboanga City)

3rd church stop. This was my first time to see the Pasonanca church both from the out and inside... i guess i never get to pass by this part of Pasonanca before, or if i did i always miss out their church... 

out of the 10churches we visited this was my no.1 fave... i love how it looks simple from the outside...

 and i was awed by all the lines and high ceiling inside. :-)

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Our Lady of the Purificacion Parish (Sta Maria, Zamboanga City)

2nd church stop. This is another church from my past! nyaha! i grew up in Sta Maria but we rarely spend sundays here (it's usually at the EAAB chapel)... but i can remember several Sta Maria church activities which we joined (i just cant remember which ones). This was not the original structure... I think this replaced the old Sta Maria Church sometime in the late 80's or early 90's (i'm not so sure, I just have this image of my sister in her angel outfit during a procession of the church... she was around 4-5years old then).  I wish I will be able to find an old photo of the older structure.

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Our Lady of Manaoag Parish (Tumaga, Zamboanga City)

first church stop. This was the nearest church to my inlaws' place so we started here. Tumaga church is right beside the river and is along the main road. Structure utilized every space so it's almost at the edge of the road. To make it a bit exclusive front stairs was covered up and side stairs like the one in the first pic was created.

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i'm pass the 3decade mark!

it felt like stopping for the view at one of the highpoints of an uphill&downhill route after running continuously... then that natural high feeling knowing that you're in a good spot to see and appreciate what you've covered so far. my heart does not want to stop smiling... i know i have covered a good run. i have more than a million happy memories along the route. :-) 

the last few years went by really quick. i don't have the usual list before turning 30 thing (i'm a sucker for that kind of goal setting hehe) but right now I am really grateful that God gave me a smooth ride and really wonderful people to travel with me. Thank you YOU!

what's up for the next decade? for sure it will be a totally different journey than the past 3 because i have my little siopao in it. i'm excited!!! :-)

there will be one major life lesson I will carry forward from the past decades :

See things in a positive way... ALWAYS! 

...and everything else will follow. :-)

round 2 papayat

ok...let me do this one more time...

i set a goal for me to lose 35lbs by March last January... i only reached 14lbs... still not bad right? now, lemme have a second chance... hehehe goal is still to reach 125lbs but this time it will be just for 60 days... wish me luck!!!

Goals:

weight: from 147lbs to 135lbs

waist: from 35" to 28"

hips: from 38" to 34"

hehehe setting goals real high...

here's update posts from my Jan-Mar attempt:

Day 01 

Day 30

Day 60

Day 90

Final update on my 90day challenge

nothing really big to update... i am just putting an end to my Jan-Mar 90day challenge.... 

because....

i will be starting a new one!!! for April-June that is...haha!

anyways, here is a recap of what i achieved after all the project meltdown during the 2nd and 3rd months... still not bad right??? (just trying to convince myself here actually hehe)

well, let's keep the positive point of view in everything shall we? 

• 14lbs is still 14lbs! that's more than 6kilos! (isang paopao na!!)
• 4.5" and 6" off the waist and hips gave me another chance to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes again!!!

i did not take a last photo because there's no difference anyway... but will do for the start of my new 90days (hehe i'm a cheater that way hehehe)

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also, i will be blogging less here in Chamimay on Flats... will be blogging almost all the time in Promding Chamimay... so anybody following here but not in Promding Chamimay I hope you could follow me there too... :-)

thanks so much!!! :-)

little dude's first beach trip

his phlegm's back... although we're giving him some meds, we just thought of trying one of the oldies' beliefs about cough and the seawater.... so finally, we were able to bring the little dude out! :-) at first he was the usual scaredy-cat when we rode Lolo's hummer... then eventually he was loving the moving view. :-)

little dude loved the new environment instantly, he was asleep when we arrived but when he woke up he was very giddy... 

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struggling to run again

our activities (at work and the lakwatsas) really slowed down our running momentum... we've been running like crazy back in January (and yes iv lost 10lbs from that), then everything was a struggle in Feb and March... April will still be a difficult month i think to go back... we have a big project again which will start on the 1st working day of April... so i guess that would mean staying late at work and the running will just be on days we can sneak out early... :D

anyways, here's some photos from our most recent after-work-run... we tried Pasonanca this time...actually my runmates already tried this route 2-3x already but this was my first... we were there during Pasonanca's scheduled blackout so t'was kinda dark... we just run close to each other ensuring nobody's gonna be a victim of anything bad along the way... t'was a more challenging short route with more uphills (compared to the plain oval in Grandstand...so hello bigger calves!!!)... got all sweaty already after the first round... we decided to spend the rest of the time inside the Butterfly garden because we were worried of everyone's security outside... 

my 90-day challenge will just remain that...a challenge... hehe im not gonna hit the 30lbs goal i set for myself by March31 (which is tomorrow already by the way). so i suppose im starting another 90-day? like April01-June29 challenge? but this time target will just be 20lbs. hehe im a big cheat really! :D

balance

my new hairstyle: Cybersport

well... that's the name the hairstylist told me... he'll transform my long lifeless hair into this cybersport of a hairstyle... i was intrigued so i gave him a go... :-)

i just relied on his stories about the hair during the cutting but googled it once i had my hands on my lappy... my hair's supposed to look something like this hehehe... minus the coloring (i dont want to color or treat my hair in any way, i wanna keep it virgin for as long as i can hehehe)

so here's how it looks on me.... nyaha! major fail ba? :-) at least fierce looking pa rin! bwaha! i can't seem to reconcile my hair now with the should be cybersport style...hehehe but anyways i know shorter hair suits me waaaaay better than long hair... i actually want to have it cut (almost pixie hair short), but i'll let this Cybersport thingy stay for a few months then i might have another chopping session. :-)