Guia’s World

Welcome! Mabuhay!

Posted on August 13th, 2006 by guia.
Categories: General.

Welcome to my humble page, it’s all about me with honey Jon and our two cats,Rusty and Bunchy in Pittsburgh,PA. A new chapter of our lives to live on,places to explore and every new day to look forward to. Enjoy!

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project of the day

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by guia.
Categories: General.

hello! Last week I did a mini project…window treatments for our bare bedroom windows and a drape to cover our closet in our bedroom since the doors were gone and it’s unpleasant to look at … I am not a pro in sewing but tried my best to remember the basics of it back in high school since Jon gave me an electric sewing machine for a gift last Christmas so I might as well put it to use. I got the cloths for it from Berkeley. At last now is the chance for it to serve it’s purpose. I started measuring my windows and the closet. Got ready with my sewing box and laid out the cloth flat on the floor then thought of the simplest design I can think and capable of doing. So I settled for the simplest and common design so I can do it as long as it can add a little charm to our bedroom. The paint of our bedroom is like yellow ocher so either beige or lighter brown can go well with it. I have a green cloth that has leafy design with light brown on the background. I have another piece of cloth with a plain ocher color that can serve as an accent to my curtain. Then I started laying out my measurements to the cloth. Cutting it was the hardest decision I made coz if I was wrong then it can’t be undone. I had high hopes that it would turn out well and it did. My luck was with me.hehe! I started doing it at 3:oopm and was done at 12:00 in the morning.I didn’t stop till I was done and put them up on the windows.hehe! I spent 9 hours straight doing this project and only paused to eat and drink. The following day I was dead tired and my back was so sore but I was happy I love my new valances and closet drapes. It may be so simple but I worked hard for it besides libre! No need for us to spend extra bucks to buy them in the store. Tipid pa! Now I’m thinking of doing more for our other windows in the other rooms since winter is coming I might as well make them beforehand so it will keep our rooms a little warmer and look homier. Here are some pics of my project on the making..enjoy and thanks for reading!

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another fun day

Posted on August 15th, 2006 by guia.
Categories: General.

I woke up yesterday with a bad stiff neck…well having a stiff neck is bad already but its the worst I’ve experienced so far. So I stayed at home being lazy and finished reading John Grisham’s novel “The Partner”while the tiger balm patch was doing its work with my stiff neck. I finished the book later in the day(it was very good!maka adik mopay tagsa rako mobasa..haha) and we decided to go out and walk down to Schenley Park. Along the way we picked up some acorns and scones for my next project, a wreath for the door(wala man ikapalit..hehe!bitaw uy kana pay paliton). We stayed in the park and had our little snack, bam-i for me and apples for him. Took some pictures then decided to go home before the rain started to fall. Rain was forcasted later yesterday. We stopped by at Kazansky’s and had dinner. It’s a Jewish Deli and they have great foods. It was my first time to try the Matzoh Ball soup..best ug magkasakit ka…there’s a feel to it.hehehe! I had my order of corned beef with grated potato(sa ato pa ni kay bitso-bitso!) IT was great! perteng busuga sa akong bitok..hehe! So we went home with a very full stomach..kinsay di ma busdik nga dagko man kaayo ug serving…jumbo size! Later, hon made margarita…I had a glass of it and made me drunk and tipsy kay wala man maanad. He had 2 glasses but he was only a little bit fazed by it. We were kind of funny and silly for sometime then we watched an episode of Rescue Me. After it was done he felt like making vanilla ice-cream and so he did. We ate it with popcorn while watching an episode of Angel. It was finished at 1:00am then we decided to call it a night. It was a long nite but a fun one. We slept soundly.

some of the pics

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reunited with my buwads

Posted on August 20th, 2006 by guia.
Categories: General.

Hi folks! This post was about the arrival of our car last Thursday. We thought that it won’t get here at all coz we had it out a week before we flew here in Pittsburgh. It’s been a month to have it here finally. That’s no big deal though. The most important thing for me was 1 big box of dried fish and lucky me noodles of different flavors(reserba pang winter higop sabaw) that was in the trunk of the car. hehe! It’s always food with me especially my everdearest buwad(dried fish). Wherever I go the fish will always go with me or I’ll be miserable if walay fish or any seafood in the place that I’ll be living in. It’s one of the things I missed about Cali, the choices of Filipino foods! The island girl in me will always prevail. Nabuhi nga taga dagat den pagpakamatay nga taga dagat!haha!

We were a little bit worried about those boxes coz as we all know that dried fish really stinks(that’s why it yummy!)and the driver might toss it out due to the smell. Luckily the couple who drove the car wasn’t bothered by it that much. They said that there was a smell but they were used to it after a week of driving it.hehe! They were surprised to see the contents. They were suspicious at first but just didn’t care that much though they were too happy that it wasn’t some kind of drugs in them. That’s too risky than just dried fish. You see, we had our car driven here by other people instead of us kay Jon hates driving as in..basin ug puro lang mi speeding ticket in every state we passed by. It’s cheaper this way than the other ways. We’re paying a certain amount to a company who looks for people who drive this way. It’s safe and a cheaper way to do it. Our car had no dents or whatsoever so it was a safe deal and my buwad are safe and sound too. hehe! Now they’re happy back in the fridge to keep their smell minimized. I’m more than happy too to have an option to eat buwad anytime I like. Daginoton tawn para mo last ug dugay.

here are some pics:

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