New place

I'm blogging from my room at the Boston Park Plaza! The owner of the apartment where I'm staying at is in town, so I have to stay here for the meantime. No complaints here! :) It's a fancy hotel, I must say. Love the location. Love the room. Love it.

Beantown!

I'm in Boston! :) I'm still adjusting to the time and all. It's 1am here and I'm awake hehe I've been sleeping for hours! I actually missed a boat trip I was invited to. :-( I'm just too tired right now and I have a killer headache that just won't go away!

Anyway, Boston is beautiful! My apartment is gorgeous and is located in a nice neighborhood called Beacon Hill. I'm around Charles Street - a few steps away from the Cheers bar! hehe The streets are paved with cobblestones, and the old houses and buildings are great architectural masterpieces! I'll post some pictures of the neighborhood soon.

Tomorrow, I'll have a full day of sightseeing. I'm planning to go grocery shopping and get a prepaid phone kit. (photo: the view from our office).

A few hours to go...

In less than 24 hours, I'll be on my way to Boston. That's approximately 20 hours of travel - on my own! I'm nervous about it, but it hasn't sunk in yet. Perhaps, when Sharjan and his sister, Sabrina, finally drop me off at the airport that's when panic mode sets in.

This is my first time to travel ALONE. No boyfriend to carry my bags and lead the trip for me. :-( I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I have mixed feelings about it. But I'm sure the experience will be fun!

Anyway, I'm all packed. But another thing I'm worried about is my suitcase. I can fit myself in it! It is HUGE. I'll be the lost Asian dragging around a huge suitcase asking for directions at the airport! Ugh! Embarrassing!

I'll be posting pictures soon! Hopefully, I can get Internet where I'll be staying. xoxo

I've got a swimmer in the family!

Yesterday, Sharjan and I brought Chewy to Jo's By The Sea for lunch. He was his usual spunky self, barking at the waiters and little kids. (I know, I'm an embarrassed parent!) Other than that, he really was behaved. After our meal, we decided to walk on the beach to burn off all those calories. Lo and behold, my baby boy jumped right into the water! This was the second time he did that. The first was during our Bais/Manjuyod sandbar trip last April. We were in the water and he jumped right off the boat to swim toward us! The dog's got guts! This time, he swam a little longer. In fact, he did laps around me (show off!). We are so proud! Sharjan and I are terrible swimmers! It's good to know someone in the family can swim :-) Check out the pictures below:

A night out with my girls

This week, I caught up with my girlfriends for drinks at Pier One. We were missing Dee that night as she had to work 'till early morning. :( It was one of our mini reunions, and, as always, we had a blast!

An insomniac rambles...

It's 3AM and I'm still awake. I've watched an entire season of Sex and the City and channel surfed for almost an hour now. My dogs sleep better than I do - believe me, they're snoring their fat asses off and completely hogging my bed!

I've had this problem since forever. It probably started when I used to stay up late as a kid - watching hours and hours of TV while everyone was sound asleep. I heard from someone that lack of sleep would result to weight loss! I know, I know, it's sick! I was a heavy kid and I had issues! Now, I know that lack of sleep only slows your metabolism and messes up your system. So, staying awake is not an attempt to lose a few pounds. It's plainly a problem that I can't seem to find a solution for. There was a time when I heavily relied on Tylenol PM to help me sleep (well, I stopped a few months ago when I ran out of pills). I knew that it was bad; but with my two previous jobs, which both required me to wake up early, I badly needed the help (or else, I'd be a walking zombie).

A lot of factors come into play with a sleep disorder. I've read that stress causes one to lose sleep. Am I stressed? Well, I've recently left my job of 10 months, and I'm moving on with another job - so, that could be it. I'm handling my parents' new house, which by the way, is having delays worse than our so-called Filipino time! And I'm also trying to fix my passport and thanks to the agencies involved, the process is getting longer than I anticipated. So, I guess I'd have to answer my own question with a "yes."

I have 2 months to figure this out and find a solution ASAP. I will officially work full time for my new company this Monday, but we have no office yet so my schedule is pretty flexible. However, by August, I would have to go to work at a new office environment with a fixed schedule. I better be sleeping like a baby and waking up like a rooster before that! :-(

mlog #2: Eat-all-you-can grill at Why Not?

The festive music and smoky aroma of grilled meat make eat-all-you-can Thursdays at Why Not? Restaurant a treat!

From the spicy Hungarian sausages and bratwurst to the slabs of grilled pork chops, Why Not? offers you a taste of Oktoberfest every week! For only P290/person, you get to eat all the grilled meat you want in one sitting! The buffet also includes potatoes cooked in three different ways, one trip to the salad bar, ham, and French bread.The price beats Rockwell Powerplant's Brazil! Brazil! - we paid around P650/person the last time we were there! That's almost twice the price!



A perfect way to cap your meal is to order their wide array of desserts! We ordered the Romanoff, which is made of whipped cream, nuts, vanilla ice cream, and strawberries! Yum!

I suggest you visit the restaurant before 7PM as it gets a bit crowded by then and oftentimes a little hard to get a table. Nevertheless, the wait would still be worth it!