Ellie's Thoughts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Unexpected Surprise

Well who would have thought that I'd still get a surprise 5 days after my birthday? Yes, I did and it was pretty sweet! Our shift almost ended and I was excited to get off work because I'll be seeing Paul for our regular midnight coffee date when he told me that his client suddenly wanted him to do an urgent report. I actually thought he'd be late for like 2 hours so I procrasticated (lels). It was 30 minutes before my shift would have ended and my colleague Gerson and I were having a good laugh because I was making faces when suddenly...a happy birthday song was sung by everybody in the floor. When I turned, I was shocked that it was for me and I was more shocked when I saw Paul.

He's really got best actor skills and so does my team mates. The surprise was actually by my team and they asked Paul to be a part of it so I will really be surprised.. well, it worked you guys! A for the effort and for bringing Paul in extra early from Eastwood to Mckinley.

Thank you so much! My days at work are extra brighter because of colleagues like all of you :)

Ellie

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Turning 24

As many of you know already, the new year doesn't mark the end of festivities for my family. It's actually just the middle of it. Right after new years, it's the birthday of a very awesome person (ahem) and this year she just turned 24.

I really think God loves me so much because he blesses me and the people I love with so much and we couldn't be more thankful. My 24th birthday, well it's the best ever! It should be that way. Every birthday of yours should be better than of your previous ones. So let take you to the moments last January 2 where everything went quite magical for me (lels, must be my curls).

As mentioned in my previous posts, some of our relatives flew in from Mindanao to spend the holidays with us. We ate at Vikings for lunch and it was so much fun! Being with a larger group is just more jollier! Me, my dad and my sister Neue are January babies so we ate for free. Many buffets in the metro are offering that kind of deal so that kinda rocks.

Right after our lunch, Paul and I had our birth-date in SM Aura where we watched the very funny film English Only Please. You guys should watch it, it's pretty cute. We then attended mass at the Chapel of Pedro Calungsod which was situated in the upper part of Aura overlooking Taguig. It was splendid! I mean yeah, the view was super nice and it looked more amazing when we took pictures using Paul's new GoPro Hero 4.

After the mass, we then decided to try the famous Magnum cafe. Dessert went first because we were still full from our Viking lunch. 

After the sweets, we felt the need to have dinner so we headed to NBA Cafe. Paul was so giddy because yeaaah, he's such a fan boy!

Then of course, a day wouldn't be called magical if it wouldn't end with a coffee date with your coffee partner for life. 

Ohh life is so beautiful and my 24th year on Earth started with so much happiness. Claiming for the same and for the better the whole year round.

Happy new year folks!

Xoxo,

Ellie

Christmas and New Year

Our holiday season for 2014 was pretty much the busiest of all. We had our relatives flew in from Iligan to spend the season with us and it couldn't be any jollier. We spent Christmas simply and exchanged gifts as per tradition and out of love. We then had a blast welcoming 2015 and waving goodbye to 2014 who had been very good to us. Claiming it as early as now, 2015 will be a blast and we'll continue to be rockstars in our every day lives.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

You Are In Love

One look, dark room
Meant just for youTime moved too fast
You play it back
Buttons on a coat
Lighthearted jokeNo proof, not much
But you saw enough
Small talk, he drives
Coffee at midnightThe light reflects
The chain on your neck
He says look up
And your shoulders brush
No proof, one touch
You felt enough
You can hear it in the silence, silence
You can feel it on the way home, way homeYou can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
You are in love
Morning, his placeBurn toast, Sunday
You keep his shirt
He keeps his wordAnd for once you let go
Of your fears and your ghosts
One step, not much
But it said enough
You kiss on sidewalks
You fight and you talkOne night he wakes
Strange look on his face
Pauses, then says
You're my best friendAnd you knew what it was
He is in love
You can hear it in the silence, silence
You can feel it on the way home, way home
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
And so it goes
You two are dancing in a snow globe round and round
And he keeps the picture of you in his office downtown
And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words
'Cause you can hear it in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love, true love
You're in love

You can hear it in the silence, silence
You can feel it on the way home, way home
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
You're in love

You can hear it in the silence, silence
You can feel it on the way home, way home
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
You're in love

Pay It Forward

When life showers you with blessings, you need to pay it forward in one way or another. We have been blessed beyond belief this year and with that, me and my family have decided to start something that will hopefully be a tradition within the family.
My dad put me in charge and I have chosen Concordia Children's Service as the beneficiary of this initiative. I visited the orphanage way back 2012 and I could remember being so attached to the kids. Going back, me and my family together with Paul, brought some of their necessities such as alcohol, lotion, baby oil, tissues, etc. We also brought food from Jollibee for them to enjoy. Aside from the feeding session, we were given the chance to bond with the kids. It was such a joy carrying them around and giving them the love they deserve.

The kids need our love and support as they can't get that from their own families. If you want to visit them, check out their website at: www.concordiachildrens.org/

Let's pay it forward. =)

Xoxo,

Ellie

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Two Years

Sometimes in a person's life you get involved with someone whom you don't even think can last up to forever. If there is such a thing as "forever", I want this to be the one. It seems like it was just yesterday when we celebrated our first anniversary in Enchanted Kingdom. And now, we are celebrating our second anniversary still in the South.. in Tagaytay.
The schedule was perfect, well, it could have been better sans the traffic but nevertheless, it's pretty worth it.
It was also the first time I got to bring on a roadtrip my parents' gift.. little red riding hood. :)

Isn't she lovely?

We started our trip at around midnight but we stopped over for some coffee first. This was right after our IS party at Sofitel.

To sum it all up, the entire trip was magical! Paul and I were blessed to have such good weather and everything was just entirely perfect! Our anniversary is December 12 and almost all of the things that day just ended up with us being placed always at "12". It was so awesome!

We even saw a rainbow! We saw one together during our Boracay trip too. :)

Roadtrip = Foodtrip

And this was such a vain day for us... lol :p

I love you with all my heart, thank you for everything Paul! :)

I definitely can see a happy and fulfilled life with you.

You're my Clyde, I'm your Bonnie.

Xoxo,

Ellie

Busy Week

I have predicted early that my December this year will be really busy and I wasn't wrong. The time we got back from our activity-filled trip to Cebu did not end all my "ganaps" or happenings in Manila. Weddings here and there, parties everywhere!

Keystone Christmas Party
Venue: The Tent, Enderun, Mckinley Hill
Ganap: Chinese Girl
HMUA: Myself