As the title suggests, clearly it wasn't flowers or chocolates (or the lack of) that surprised me during this year's Valentine's Day. When I was younger, so much more naive, and anorexic, my idea of Valentine's Day was stereotypical. Dinner date, cheesy cards, and shallow gifts that everyone else gets anyway. Still, the balloons that I got or the cakes that my sweet tooth enjoyed back then was considered a life experience.

The older I got, the more I thought about Valentines Day being a capitalist holiday. I didn't stop celebrating it though but I figured they should not be extremely special. A home-cooked dinner and a hit movie was now my idea of a Valentines Day. Surely, I didn't want to have dinner with a bunch of other people in a restaurant. I would rather be on a beach building a bonfire with the love of my life on Valentines Day. The idea was to be alone with my one true love on the day of hearts. But that's just me.

When it came to gifts, I am a sucker for them. I don't care if they're really cheap or expensive, but it's opening presents that I truly enjoy and of course, the sound of the paper being torn. It's therapeutic! Tee hee. The gift I ordered for Noodle Boy has not arrived yet. Booooo to international shipping! So let me show you what I got from my dearest husband instead.


He knows what I think of Valentines Day and he shares the same sentiment so we didn't really go anywhere special and just enjoyed my awesome new TRUE LOVE Ribs recipe. And it's easy because the only way to Noodle Boy's heart is really through his stomach. Haha! But he did get me a gift... and above all, it was wrapped!!!


Now that's a first! FACT: Noodle Boy has outdone himself this time because he actually got something for me that's wrapped!!! We usually give each other gifts but never wrapped because, well, I don't know, we're environmentally conscious when it comes to paper. NAX KA NENENG!  


Anyways. You'll never guess what he got me. Well, I never did... until I opened it. :)

You see, I'm pretty damn sure it wasn't a pair of shoes/flipflops coz I've still got one too many, not jewelry because the box is too big, and not clothes because he knows I aim to lose these extra 20 lbs I still have on. So what could it be?

Now this is something I didn't see coming although I've been pretty transparent all this time and it was easy for Noodle Boy to get what I needed/wanted. Take note that he is a smart buyer and he has actually taught me to curb all my shopping impulses all this time and for that I am thankful because I feel financially wise now. Feel lang. Tee hee.


It's a portable USB 3.0 external drive!!! How sweet is that!? You don't agree? Well... this might shed some light why he got me just that.

So you see, my husband was paying attention to my tweets! HAHAHAHA! He knows exactly what I need and God knows how happy I am that he's that sort of guy. I cannot imagine being with someone who thinks I'm better off with a nice pair of shoes or a new set of earrings.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!


He also got me a wireless mouse... in PURPLE! Though he's color blind, you gotta hand it to the guy. Noodle Boy is a real gem! I'm so blessed to be loved like this... *sigh* 


So there you have it! My Geeky Valentine... capitalist holiday or not, I got the stuffs I need and I use it everyday. Not some imported chocolate I could gobble up in a blink of an eye or expensive flowers that will just wither and die. ;) Ahhh it rhymes, too!


Gracias cariño mio... and thank you, Lord, for making this awesome guy, my husband, the father of my precious boy and my lifelong Valentine, to have and to hold for the rest of my life.

The best gift of them all... my MIKKO VINCENZO.

xoxo,

This year's Valentine's Day sucked... NOT!!! This was the most pricele$$ Valentines Day ever... in my history! :P



It was totally unexpected. Nothing was planned. (The fishball part didn't happen one bit!) Everything was as spontaneous as it could get. Even the whole flowers and chocolate moment, it left me stammering and at a loss for words. I didn't know what to say. I mean, I'm not the type of girl you give chocolates and flowers to because first of all, I have realized long before that VDAY is a spawn of commercialism and all the hype is nothing but a cunning capitalist scheme really. However, this year's VDAY was a total romantic opportunity (especially for my Udon Boy) and aside from the fact that EVERYDAY IS VALENTINES DAY for us, this day definitely went down to our books by absolutely showing love, seeing love, and feeling all the love.
Now let the pictures speak for themselves.



Words do help but okay, here's the story. Just when I got ready to hit the fishball stand (I could taste the mouth-watering sauce already), the clever Noodle Boy called around lunch time and told me he's picking me up because we're having a REAL lunch together. I was like, "Uhhh you mean like a full course meal kinda thing?" I can hear him nod from the other end so yeah, I changed to a more appropriate "lunch date" attire. Not in a dress because I don't do dresses either. I thought maybe I should just wear red for the day... and be like most people who are "WANTED".

And what do you know? Boyfriend took me to a restaurant where we had the whole place to ourselves. Okay, maybe because it was an hour past 12 when we got there... you know, being the girl that I am, it took me that long to get changed. :P
Food was ready when we arrived. Nothing more exciting than grilled prawns in lemon butter sauce, kinilaw, and some crispy pata. Alright, so maybe he didn't go all the way and got us caviar and fois gras (as if you can really find that in Ormoc!), but this meal was absofckinglutely awesome! We just had to order extra rice. ^_^




By the time I was stuffed and burping like crazy, Noodle Boy held my hand and said, "I'm sorry I'm not really good at this." He claims it's his first real Valentines Day date *ever*. Okay, okay. Ask him if you don't believe me. Then out of the blue, he magically pulled out a bouquet of flowers from under the table and a box (or can) of chocolates! WTF!

My expression was priceless or so he told me later on when he saw me BLUSH for the first time ever since we've known each other for the past TWENTY FRIGGIN' THREE (23) years! Good heavens! It never occurred to me, really, that he had some tricks up his sleeve. Not an inkling! I swear, man... I felt ambushed. >.<


We drove around the city the rest of the afternoon, for what seemed like forever, not really knowing where to go... but I couldn't care less. I was with the love of my life! Even though Noodle Boy kept talking endlessly about how I reacted when he gave me the flowers and the chocolates telling me that it was really priceless... (and for everything else, there's Mastercard!) Haha!



So what did I get for him? Nothing that money can buy. A labor love I'd like to call it. Here's a clue:


Now, he didn't see that one coming. ^_^

Because I was feeling loved and all, I did what I do best. Whine and act like a big baby? NO! I decided to go ahead and make my Noodle Boy dinner. Yes, I can cook! I'm not good for nothing, you know.


I make absolutely delicious fried chicken and mind-blowing gravy! I'm not kidding. My cousins would ask me to make some for them when I was living in Cebu before. You gotta try it!



After all that heavy lunch we had, I could hardly believe Noodle Boy finished more than a platter of rice for dinner! Such is a man who is in love, huh? And the only way to get to a guy's heart is through his stomach they say! Tee hee!

Haaayy... gugma. ♥


Don't you just love Valentines Day? Makes you act all corny. But who the heck cares? I'M IN LOVE. So bug off if you don't understand what it's like...


I love Valentines Day.
But most of all, I love Cariño Mio!



xoxo,

I'm back! If you read my tweets, you'd know what I was up to but for those who didn't, I was in the City of the Gentle People. (See my blog post at http://theramenoodleshow.blogspot.com/2010/02/dumaguete-city-of-gentle-people.html) I figured I'd blog it over there since I was with my Noodle Boy. The food posts are what you need to watch out for because man, oh man, Dumaguete flavor is just sensational!

I was just thinking the other day of how I should blog more seriously this time, that I need to polish my writing skills and being a wordsmith. I feel like I'm getting rusty at this and rely on the pictures to paint the thousand words I used to compose. Must be writer's block again!? Dang!

So I wanted to write about love... but it's February, I think it'd be redundant and I'm sure it's going to be supperrrr cheeeezzzy (because I'm in love!) and it would probably make you guys get brain farts with all the sweet sugary corniness. LOL. So I'm not going to do that. But speaking of love, I did ask Noodle Boy what's his big Valentines Day plan for us (because I am impatient and I wanted to know, okay!?) and much to my chagrin, he said: "I'm going to bring Borg [the guy in town who sells those mouth-watering fishballs for the past 22 years] and we're going to have a date with him... with all the fishballs you can eat!" He said it with so much amore that I thought I saw his eyes twinkle and his tear ducts glimmer for a bit. I couldn't believe that was his BIG PLAN and he must have seen my jaw drop obviously as he hurriedly added, "Hey, no one has ever done that to you before, right?" And with a smirk so handsome that only he can pull off, he said, "And I know you want me to do something extraordinary to please you." He was so convinced of himself and his ingenuity that I could have kicked him in the head right then and there. Okay, mentally I did though. Tee hee. But then I couldn't muster the energy to fight him as he looked into my eyes so lovingly that my heart must have melted, so I changed the topic.

Anyways, here's the picture of Borg and the fishballs I posted in my FB. Note: These pictures were taken by Mallory. (Yup, that's the name of my new iPhone 3Gs.)












I guess we'll have to wait and see what VDAY this year would be like for the RameNoodles. ;) I do know it won't be the usual boring dinner date with sweet music plus chocolates and flowers. That's just not us. So I'm sure it'd be anything besides that. Maybe we'd go bungee jumping at Agas-Agas Bridge with cheese and wine. Who knows? LOL.

I might be busy in the next couple of weeks as I'm trying going to help in the family business and I also need to sell our residential lot in Mejia Subdivision. So guys, if you want to settle down in Ormoc City, buy our "CORNER" lot and live the beautiful provincial life! ^_^ Only for PHP 3,500 per sq. m. (negotiable) with a total of 370 sq. m. lot area! Message me if you're interested or if you want me to email you pictures. Anyways, here's the satellite view of the place.


Alright, I think I just had a brain fart so I am ending this blog post abruptly. I'll write some more next time, hopefully within the week.

Wait, if you have any suggestions on what "unique" things we could do for Valentines, do leave a comment. ;) I'll appreciate it a lot! TIA!

xoxo,