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We're capping off the long holiday weekend (and TL#1's 4th birthday) here in Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL), one of our little family's favorite places to hang-out. It's pretty cozy and mostly quiet and there is free wi-fi for Swirl Rewards Card members. Hubby is a big coffee lover. I am not but I like their lasagna. TL#1 loves being treated like a big boy with a slice of cake and cream-based drink. Our TL#2 is yet to join us in this kind of weekend bonding. Maybe a year more and we can already drag him along, most probably with a book or an ipad in tow, too, to keep them from running around the place and disturbing the peace. Speaking of CBTL, they are having the Espresso Cream Open House on August 18, 2013, 10:00-11:30 am. If you are a coffee fan, that is, you can avail of the free 12 oz. Espresso Cream Ice Blended or12 oz. Espresso Cream Iced Latte (only). Offer is valid at all the CBTL stores in the Philippines except University Mall and CBTL Coffee Bar...

Thankful for today - an ordinary, almost boring, rejuvenating Saturday. Just what I badly needed. About three weeks ago, I snapped big time. Something in me has gone pretty mad and I waged a silent war - me against the world. I feel so stretched yet it seems I should give room for more. Hinde ko na alam kung saan ko huhugutin ang kailangan ko pang ibigay! I lost control of myself. I wallowed in victim mode. I threw major tantrums. I turned against my easiest targets - my hubby and the kids - shouting at the slightest provocation. Maybe, it has got something to do too with the fact that I am soon turning 32. Getting old? And fat? Hehehehe . Frustrations? Baggage? Masarap din minsan to give in to your emotions . To acknowledge that you are human. To give yourself time to process what you are going through. I am good at feigning indifference. How else could I get through each long workday without thinking much of the safety of my kids who are left under the care of strangers?! How else c...