“You’re so pregnant, but you’re so beautiful.”

Guess who said this to me. Not my husband or even my close friends and relatives, but a complete stranger. Who would have thought that I will receive this complement now that I am pregnant and I would even need an acne treatment? LOL.

I was waiting for my dad at the drop off area of my office building one afternoon. I noticed a foreigner looking and smiling at me. I just dismissed it and just turned my back on him but then he approached me and shook my hands while he said his piece. I was speechless and I don’t know what to say or how to react because I haven’t really received this kind of complement (except from hubby of course) in a long while now. And since it is coming from a stranger, it made me really more surprised.

Oh well, maybe he is just joking and he just wants to make me smile that day and he was really successful because hubby and I have been laughing about it all night. It was really a good joke. LOL.

Last Sunday, we had an impromptu family outing at Amana WaterPark Resort. Howell wants to go to our house in Bulacan to do some cleaning and he decided to invite my other cousins so we can have a mini family outing again as his treat for Mother’s Day. I was really not up to his plan but everybody that he invited said yes.

It was already 10 AM when we finally decided to go. My aunt went to the market right away to buy some food for our mini outing. We left Manila almost 11:30 AM already and we reached our house in Bulacan around 12:30 PM. We stayed at our house first to cook food and have lunch.

While they are busy preparing our lunch, Howell, my uncle and I checked out two resorts near our house to make reservations since we are late already. We chose Amana since we will be allowed to stay until 12 AM if we checked in at 3 PM unlike Villa Concepcion where we will only be allowed to stay until 5 PM which I think is too short a time for the kids to enjoy the pool.

After lunch, we rested for a bit and then head straight to Amana. Since it is a long weekend and it is Mother’s Day, the place was really crowded. But this did not stop the kids as they quickly change to their swimming attire and dive to the pool right away. We left the resort around 8 PM so the kids really had a lot of time to enjoy the water and to cool off for a bit.

The kids especially Bela really had fun and it really one good way to spend our weekend.

You can view more pictures here.

As I posted in my previous post, we went to Amana Water Park, a resort near our house in Bulacan, last Sunday. We checked in at around 3 PM but the sun hasn’t set yet and we find it still too hot so the adults decided to just stay in our cottage while the kids jumped to the kiddie pool right away.

While we are waiting for the sun to set, we were able to have some talks about our plans for our next family adventure. Last time we went on a family adventure was last 2007 where all of us (total of 21 persons) had a three-day vacation in Hong Kong.

Now we are planning to go to Bohol by December or January (this is just six months after I give birth so I will need the top diet pill so I can go back to my pre-pregnancy weight right away before our family outing).

Bohol is really a family place and it is really one of my favorite out of town destinations so I can’t wait to bring my whole family there. It will be a first time for most of my relatives there so it will really be fun and I am excited to take them around places that I love in Bohol.

Hope this plan will really push through so I really have to keep an eye for Cebu Pacific promo as I will be booking for a minimum of 20 pax for this trip.

As soon as we woke up last Sunday, Howell was already convincing us if we can go to our house in Bulacan to do some cleaning and then go swimming after. I was too lazy at first, but everybody was up for Howell’s plan, and so even without any preparations, we quickly packed our bags and drive north.

We left the house around 11:30 AM already. We dropped by our house first where we cooked and had lunch. While my aunts and my cousins are busy cooking, Howell, my uncle and I checked out Villa Concepcion and Amana so we can make a reservations since it is already late.

We decided to go to Amana Waterpark. The place is a bit crowded since it is a long weekend (I just hope that the pool is clean and we won’t be getting any skin disease like eczema even if it is crowded).

It was so hot and humid but of course the kids really had fun especially Bela. I will make a separate post about our quick trip at Amana and I will post some pictures here also. Howell went around to take pictures of the place and I will post it here so you can have a preview of Amana Water Park, one of the famous resorts in Pandi, Bulacan (our hometown.)

One of the things that I was not able to get from my mom was her passion and love for make up. My mom can’t even go out of the house without her make up on. But you know, it is actually my frustration.

If only I can bring back time, back in those days when I was still single and I have all the time in the world, I would have enrolled at Regency Beauty Institute, a Cosmetology school in South Carolina.

The advantage of enrolling at Regency Beauty Institute is that you will be guaranteed to get the best training as they have very experienced educators. Students can also get hands on experience as their campuses are all modern and salon-like so their students can get nothing but the best training. Another advantage of enrolling at Regency Beauty Institute is that they have a program whereby they help their students after the course to get a job in the beauty, fashion and health industry as they have connections to salon and spa owners.

Imagining me as a makeup guru really puts a smile on my face. If only I can really turn back time.