A Night to Remember

Who would ever thought that a high school dream will ever come true?

And I also thought happy endings only happen in fairy tales.

When I was young, I always dreamt of spending a romantic candle light dinner, whether in a five star hotel or in just a private place. Somehow I thought it already happened when we had to eat dinner with candles in our dinner table because of a brownout :P. But then, come to think of it, that’s not valid, haha!

I never expected it to happen. I never really thought it will ever come true.

Thanks to Dove beauty soap, my dream materialized. My Valentine celebration did not end last February, I had another one this April, probably an advanced birthday gift…? A dinner date in a yacht! Woohoo!!!

I was contacted by Fernando of the Unilever team  2 weeks ago informing me that I won in Dove’s Valentine Promo. I was hesitant at first because it was almost April then and I can’t remember joining any contest from Dove. He reminded me of what I did on that promo. Mechanics was to post a romantic song and to tag my partner on that post, person tagged has to comment with lyrics from the song. And well after continuously scrolling down on their fan page, I finally found my entry:

The dinner was set in a private yacht owned by Mr. Jean O. Kim inside the Manila Yacht Club. The captain himself served our food which was prepared by Chef Tim Lee of Annabel Lee Restaurant. 

Everything was so perfect... the candle light.... the wine... the ambiance...the gourmet food.... the water was so calm.... the wind was so cool....  I didn't want to wake up if it was just a dream. Almost forgot... there's fireworks too!

But I'm so glad it was not a dream. Everything was real, it really happened.

Thanks to this wonderful team...

But most specially thanks to Dove for making my dream come true!

Here's some shots of our food!

A Mom's View on the Internet Explorer 9 Launch

I'm not tech savvy, I'm just a Mom. But hey, I got an invite from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Launch held March 21, 2011 at 6750 Ayala. And guess what?... I attended, weee!!! But of course, hubby came along with my Spongebob Little Troopers. My kids and I wore similar shirts, or should I say, sandos, with Spongebob print, just goes to show how non-techie I am, LOLZ!

We came in late, hehe, we were not able to register so we didn't get to join the games. My little son wanted to join Jitterbug, so they just played it when the games were over. They even enjoyed running around and eat lots of food.

When I turn my laptop on, which is everyday, my internet browser is what I double click first. This is the only application that I always use and never misses to open. I open my email and login to facebook, and that's it. It never crossed my mind that there are some tricks and advantages in using a good web browser. Does it matter which I use? After attending the launch, I realized that it matters.

I was overwhelmed with the community. They are so hyper. And I wonder if any of my kids will be like them, most specially my eldest is interested to become a hacker, and 1 more year he's off to college. As I watch the young crowd, only then that I realized how important this event is and the application itself. Is it an application? See... I don't even know what they call it. Everyone is so upbeat. And when Master Yoda, Mr. Dexter Quinn Yabut Dar, had his turn on the podium, then I learned a lot, as in a lot. Tricks that I never knew existed, those may be simple to the people who were there, but I have to admit, I have to ask my hubby everytime a new term was mentioned.

And this morning when I double clicked my IE, I came to the realization that there's more to browsing, not just playing games or checking statuses in FB, but there's a long way to learn more. Hopefully one of my kids will become one of those young people in the event. And a dream came to my mind, that someday, just maybe someday, one of my Spongebob Troopers will bear a company ID with the Microsoft logo.

Getting into blogging.... Can I do this?

I want to blog! Hmmm.... lemme think... or should I ask these questions first?

Am I  a good writer?  Can I compose interesting articles? And best question of all, will people read my posts?

I hope so, hehehe... Let my journey begin!