First Year Anniversary: Mambukal Resort and Seven Waterfalls

I haven't been updating my blog lately due to a lot of fun at work. As you all know, I transferred into a new department and I really need to study hard to know all the basics. I'm having a good time working and I just enjoy being in the office for almost 3 weeks. Anyway...

Looking back to our Anniversary Trip, our second and third day in our Negros Occidental adventure was filled with action packed activities. We went to Mambukal Resort after The Ruins.

On the 6th waterfalls, our tour guide told us that we could jump into the water. I am definitely game for this challenge! My husband though is just afraid of heights that I had to jump three times before he leaped into the ice cold water. The feeling after you jump 15 feet high to a 12 feet deep waterfall was super fulfilling. I don't know what calms me more, the water or when you're up in the air. What I know for sure is, it was a happy moment :)

<3 Mrs. D

First Year Anniversary: The Ruins

One year na yun? As in? Parang kahapon lang! How time flies so fast! Its been 371 days after our wedding. Wow! We surpassed a whole year of being together and managed not to kill each other. Hahaha! We still have a long way to go but with God, everything's possible :) 

This year, we planned to maximize our travel plans before the little one comes along. I booked us a local destination for our 1st wedding anniversary. I chose to go to Negros Occidental because I saw people enjoy the Negros side of the country. With all the food trips in Bacolod, trekking adventures in Murcia and beautiful beaches at Caoayan, aahhh who can resist those? So yes, Negros it is! 

Our first destination was The Ruins in Silay, Negros Occidental. The mansion was built before the World War II by the Lacsons, the mansion was built for Maria Braga, the mother of the ten Lacson children and burned by the American Guerillas in the Japanese Era. After centuries, it turned out to be a beautiful garden and a tourist destination. Besides the mansion, they also offer the place for events and prenups for couples. It is indeed a photogenic site. Inside the garden, they also have a restaurant serving Italian cuisine. 

If I have known about this place a year ago, I would have booked a flight and took our photographer here for our prenup. Hahaha! (as if may budget. Lol!) 

It is a historical place and a hidden gem that you can't miss when you go to Negros Occidental. 

<3 Mrs. D

On Career: Don't make others look bad so you can uplift yourself.

In the corporate world, we all know that to be able to climb up the ladder you really have to work your hardest and compete with other colleagues who are also fit in the position. I believe that and I know how hard it is to compete with your colleagues whom you made friends with. As my previous boss said:

"It is a friendly competition"

Although many of us take this light, or in a friendly manner, some just give in to dirty fights. They'll do everything and anything to make others look bad just to uplift themselves, and for me its just WRONG. May pinaghuhugutan talaga ako. Hahaha! 

Soon I'll be transferring to another department with a higher position. (YES, I'm bragging about my somehow PROMOTION. Hohoho! Thank you God!) Someone told my superior that I am not doing well with my work and I didn't took care of my accounts. Somehow it hit me, yes, maybe I didn't give my best, maybe I didn't hit my targets for a few months, maybe I didn't have a good relationship with my clients and I am very lazy to go on provincial sales calls.

Then the other part of my brain talks, yes, you didn't give your best but look at where you are right now? Soon to be in a higher position, the position you are aiming for since you started working. You didn't hit your targets for a few months, but the Hotel Manager saw a potential in you that you can sell. 

I told my husband what happened. He just smiled and said: "Darling, they're just insecure. So don't mind them and just be happy that God has blessed you" That time, I think God is talking to me through my husband. There are so many people that will bring me down but no matter what they do, what they say and what they think, you just have to keep getting better. The sweetest revenge is for them to see that you're happy and successful. Lalala... *insert happy dance here*

I'll just leave you with my husband's word of wisdom:

"Being kind is easy and being rude is easier. But if you chose to be kind, it will give you a satisfying feeling of happiness"

<3 Mrs. D

My First Color Manila 3k Run Challenge

As I begun the year 2015, I pledged to myself to fully commit into fitness and be in my ideal weight, 100lbs to be exact by the end of the year (or earlier because we were planning to have a baby soon!). On January, I tried Zumba again until end of February, but still, my mind made excuses, my body chose the couch potato that I got used to for the past year.

Few weeks back I was looking for an inspiration to get my lazy ass going. Then I saw a colleague from my past work who aims to finish the 42k Bull Runner Marathon. Her journey to 42k took one whole year. She runs, do yoga, dance and lift weights, even when she travels, she never left her running shoes behind. Then the day of her 42k race came and she finished first! I am so happy for her though we never talked that much but yes, I'm still happy for her from a far. Hehehe!

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"There are no lucky people in this world. Whatever me, you or they have - appearance, family, money, success, sport, career, children - was achieved by a lot of stress, determination and hellish HARD work."

I want to have something to achieve, something to accomplish for myself. To have that sense of fulfillment.  This pushed me to sign up for the Color Manila Run on April 19, 2015 at Mall of Asia. So I still have 28 days to train.

I signed up for a 3K run challenge. I know its not a big deal but for me it is. It will be my first time to join a marathon and aiming to finish with a medal. I joined a few fun runs before but I ended up walking and not finishing it. 

I am currently researching for a 28 day running plan to help me succeed in this marathon. I have low endurance and stamina so I MUST work on that. It can also help me get back on track for my fitness goals. 
I started practicing yoga yesterday and danced hip-hop abs at home. Hahaha! I'm counting it as my Day1. 

Wish me luck!

<3 Mrs. D

Different shades of my hair

I colored my hair with my usual shade of Thai Tamarind by Kolours. It is the first time that I will use it with a short hair. And It has come to my attention that my hair differs in color in different lighting ever since. Maybe because I used to many? or the multiple layering of color in my hair? Hahaha! I just thank my hair for not dying up on me. Sa dami ng pinagdaanan ng buhok ko, buhay at maganda pa rin sya - at least for me. HAHA!

 Here, my hair looks like its in Chestnutty brown.

 

Here, it looks reddish

 

Here, its brown.

Its just amazing how lighting can effect the color of your hair. Try it!

<3 Mrs. D