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Saturday, December 31, 2011

My 30th!

I celebrated my 30th with my family and friends at home, I totally forgot to take pictures of the food.. Oh well, thanks to my super thoughtful and loving hubby who helped me all through out the party.. Grabe ang PATIENCE, to the highest level! mmmwah!♥ THANKS BABE!!

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I made my own cake, by the way. I just love red velvet cakes!♥

Red Velvet Cake

Thank you, Lord for giving me another year. Thank you for giving me a wonderful husband and family. They are everything that I need in my life. ♥♥♥

I've read a lot about what happens when turning 30, I realized there’s lots of things to do, things to change..

Love is not enough. Although we must love, love is not enough to survive. We must take action to show others that we care, to show them that we love them. I think I'm losing it, I need to get back into action.. I need to enjoy life more.. I think I'm too uptight..

P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E ~grant me more, oh please..

Weight control is very important regardless of age, but after 30 this becomes all the more crucial as at this age losing extra pounds becomes difficult. So, before celebrating your 30th birthday, prepare a proper fitness plan to keep yourself in shape. I have one but its hard to stick to it 'cause it's Christmas and then New Year, so I guess I can continue my fitness plan next year!

Forget-me-not! I need to do something about this, I tend to forget almost everything!
Time Management, I need to work on it ASAP!

This kinda' serves like my New Year's Resolution... Hmmmm.. Oh well..

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Papa's Birthday!

We celebrated my Papa's birthday at Gilligan's Trinoma, because they used to have yummy food in big servings. Sadly, they serve small servings now.. Can't get over how tiny their lumpia was.. I wasn't able to take pictures of the food because we were disappointed.

Our big family

my sister and her hubby

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Bitin sa food, so we decided to eat desserts at Red Mango which was right beside Gilligan's. Our family's favorite!

behave pag may food

enjoying tito Kevin's M&M's!

with mango and cheesecake toppings

with mango and blueberry toppings

mama and papa

gulo namin! :)

Happy Birthday Papa!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

An Early Present from Hubby!

Got my Christmas / Birthday gift early this year..

A new camera!! And it's all mine!!!

I love, love this camera, it's a DSLR but smaller.. The Nex 5N.. ♥♥♥ It caught my attention when we were driving by Trinoma and there was this huge advertisement on the window.. And I just fell inlove.. ♥

Thanks Babe!!!!!

SONY NEX 5N

System

Camera Type	Interchangeable lens digital camera

Lens Compatibility	Sony E-mount lenses

Image Sensor

Type	APS-C type (23.5x15.6mm), "Exmor" APS HD CMOS sensor with RGB primary color filters

Effective no. of Pixels	Approx. 16.1 megapixels

Total no. of Pixels	Approx. 16.7 megapixels

Anti-Dust System	Charge protection coating on optical filter and ultrasonic vibration mechanism

Recording System (Still Image)

Recording Format	JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), 3D Still Image: MPO (MPF Extended stereovision) compliant, RAW (Sony ARW 2.2 format)

Image Size (Aspect Ratio 3:2)	L: 4912 x 3264 (16M), M: 3568 x 2368 (8.4M), S: 2448 x 1624 (4M)

Image Size (Aspect Ratio 16:9)	L: 4912 x 2760 (14M), M: 3568 x 2000 (7.1M), S: 2448 x 1376 (3.4M)

Image Quality Modes	RAW, RAW & JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard

Picture Effect	Posterization (Color, B/W), Pop Color, Retro Photo, Partial Color (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green), High Contrast Monochrome, Toy Camera, Soft High-key, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Mono, Miniature

Creative Style	Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, B/W (Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness adjustable in +/-3 steps)

Dynamic Range	Off, D-Range Optimizer (Auto, Level), Auto HDR (Auto Exposure Diff., Adjustable Exposure Diff.: up to 6EV between 1.0EV to 6EV in 1 EV steps)

Color Space	sRGB, Adobe RGB

Recording System (Movie)

Recording Format	AVCHD Ver.2.0 (Progressive) / MP4

Video Compression	MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)

Audio Recording Format	Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC

Image Size (AVCHD)	1920 x 1080 (50p/28Mbps/PS, 50i/24Mbps/FX, 50i/17Mbps/FH, 25p/24Mbps/FX, 25p/17Mbps/FH)

Image Size (MP4)	1440 x 1080 (25fps/12Mbps)

Image Size (VGA)	640 x 480 (25fps/3Mbps)

Recording Media

Memory Stick	Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo

SD Memory Card	SD memory card / SDHC memory card / SDXC memory card

Noise Reduction

Long exposure NR	On/Off selectable, available of shutter speeds longer than 1 sec.

High ISO NR	High/Normal/Low

White Balance

Modes	Auto WB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, C. Temp 2500 to 9900k, C. Filter (G7 to M7 15-step, A7 to B7 15-step), Custom, WB fine adjustment

Focus System

Type	Contrast-detection AF

Sensitivity Range	EV0-20 (ISO100 equivalent, with F2.8 lens attached)

Focus Modes	Autofocus / DMF (Direct Manual Focus) / Manual Focus selectable

Autofocus Mode	AF-S (Single-shot AF) / AF-C (Continuous AF) selectable

Focus Area	Multi (25 points) / Center / Flexible spot selectable

Other Features	Tracking Focus, Predictive control, Focus lock, Built-in AF illuminator (Distance: approx. 0.3-4.0m with E 16 F2.8 lens, approx. 0.5-3.0m with E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS)

Exposure Control

Metering System Type	1200-zone evaluative metering

Sensitivity Range	EV0-20 (ISO100 equivalent, with F2.8 lens attached)

Metering Modes	Multi / Center / Spot selectable

Exposure Modes	Programmed AE (iAUTO, P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter-speed priority (S), Manual (M), Sweep Panorama, 3D Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur, Scene Selection

Scene Selection	Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait, Night View, Hand-held Twilight

Exposure Compensation	+/-3.0EV in 1/3EV steps

Exposure Bracketing	3 continuous exposures, in 0.3 or 0.7EV steps

AE Lock	AE is locked with focus locked

ISO Sensitivity	AUTO (ISO100-3200), ISO100 to 25600 selectable (in 1EV steps, Recommended Exposure Index)

LCD

LCD Monitor Type	7.5cm (3.0-type) wide type TFT, Xtra Fine LCD with TruBlack technology

Total no. of Dots	921,600 dots

Brightness Control	Auto / Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2) / Sunny Weather

Adjustable Angle	Up by approx. 80 degrees, down by approx. 45 degrees (from the camera back)

Display

Histogram	Yes

Real-time Image Adjustment	ON/OFF

Other Features

Face Detection	Up to 8 faces detectable automatically

Smile Shutter	Selectable from 3 steps

Precision Digital Zoom	1.1x - 10x

MF Assist	Yes

Shooting Tips	Yes

Help Guide	Yes

Shutter

Type	Electronically controlled, vertical traverse, focal-plane type

Shutter Speed	1/4000 to 30 sec, Bulb

Flash Sync. Speed	1/160 sec.

Drive

Shooting Modes	Single-shot, Continuous shooting, Speed-priority continuous shooting, Self-timer, Bracketing

Self-Timer	10/2 sec delay selectable, Cont.: with 10 sec delay, 3/5 exposures selectable

Continuous Shooting (Approx.)	Continuous mode: max. 3 fps, Speed-priority continuous mode: max 10 fps *1

No. of Frame Recordable (Approx.)	Fine: 10, Standard: 10, RAW: 6, RAW & JPEG: 4 *2

Playback

Single	Yes (with or without shooting information, RGB histogram & highlight/shadow warning)

6/12-frame Index View	Yes

Enlarged Display Mode	L: 14x, M: 11x, S: 7.3x, Panorama Standard: 24x, Panorama wide: 34x

Image Orientation	Yes

Slideshow	Yes

Interface

PC Interface	USB2.0 Hi-speed (Mass-storage, MTP)

HD Output	HDMI mini connector (Type-C), BRAVIA Sync (link menu), PhotoTV HD

Compatible OS (USB Connection)	Windows(R) XP3 SP3, Windows Vista(R) 4 SP24, Windows 7 SP1, Mac OS X (v10.3-v10.6)

Audio

Microphone	Built-in stereo microphone or ECM-SST1*5 attachable to Smart Accessory Terminal

Speaker	Built-in, monaural, Volume settings in 8 steps between 0 and 7

Flash

Type	External flash (supplied), attachable to Smart Accessory Terminal 2

Guide No.	7 (in meters at ISO100) *6

Flash Coverage	16mm (focal length printed on lens body)

Control	Pre-flash TTL

Flash Compensation	+/- 2EV in 1/3 EV steps

Flash Modes	Flash off, Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync.

Red-eye Reduction	On/Off

Recycling Time	Approx. 4 sec.

Compatible Standards	Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting

Power

Battery	One rechargeable battery pack NP-FW50

Battery Performance	Approx. 430 images (CIPA standard)

External Power	Battery charger BC-VW1(supplied), AC Adaptor AC-PW20 *5

Size

Dimensions (W x H x D)	110.8 x 58.8 x 38.2mm (without protrusions)

Weight (Body Only)	Approx. 210g

Weight (With Battery & Memory Stick PRO Duo)	Approx. 269g

Operating Temperature

Range	0-40°C / 32 deg. F to 104 deg. F

I hope I can learn all these features! hahahaha!

Friday, September 2, 2011

Andi's 4th Birthday

We already had an early celebration of Andi's birthday, we granted her birthday wish to go to the beach. But of course, it's not a celebration if you don't have the cake (or cupcakes), food, balloons and loot bags (as to our kids!), so we gave some loot bags to her classmates as her school doesn't allow parties in the classroom, and we had a small gathering at our house with some friends and her cousins.

I made her cupcakes! "Kikay" themed of course!

Me: Andi, wag malikot, I'm gonna fix your hair para pretty kasi it's your birthday.

Andi: Eh pano pag di ko birthday? pag birthday ni kuya? pag birthday mo? pag birthday ni daddy?

♥♥ hehehe oo nga naman..

red velvet cupcakes with marshmallow fondant toppers and cream cheese frosting

the birthday girl!

We ordered food from Boy Ching Woo Restaurant (our all-time favorite!), we had Pancit Shanghai, Mr. Woo Fried Rice, Battered Chicken, Lechon Con Tokwa and Beef Broccoli.

Hubby had to order again, buti na lang you can place your order in advance and just pick it up in 15-20 minutes. Takaw namin! :)