Eat, Eat, Eat and Rest, Rest, Rest

I went to my new OBG yesterday for my prenatal check-up. She's old school. She's a complete opposite of my previous OBG.

She measured my tummy and told me that my baby is a little bit small to her age. Not too small naman since it fell below normal lang sa ideal size.

First, she told me that I need to eat and eat which is for the baby. Binisto ako ni hubby na I'm not eating that much. Actually, sa house lang talaga ako hindi ganun nagkakakain. Pag lumalabas naman, I eat well. As I explained to my OBG, nasanay kasi ako sa previous OBG ko who is closely monitoring my weight na hindi ako masyadong pinapakain. Mahirap kasi on my part because I'm big at baka magkagestational diabetes ako or magkapreeclampsia.

Alam niyo ano sagot ng OBG ko? Hindi raw siya naniniwala doon. Kumain lang daw ako at saka na ang diet diet.... PATAY TAYO DIYAN!!! Hahaha!

Second, she told me that I need a lot of rest. And when I rest or sleep, I need to lie down on my left side. Sablay ako pareho sa totoo lang.

Rest? Parang wala sa bokabolaryo ko ang rest eh. Lam niyo na, para akong si Curacha. Remember, I don't have a helper right now di ba? As early as 5:30am I'm awake na. Tuloy tuloy na ang work ko niyan sa house plus I'm taking care pa of the kids. Hanggang gabi na yan. Maaga na ang 11:00pm na tulog ko.

Lying down on my left side? I usually lie down on my right. Dun kasi ako sanay. Mali pala yun, nabloblock ko yung blood flow something. My OBG compared it sa water hose na naiiipit. Actually, nabasa ko nga siya somewhere. I didn't know na talagang important ang paghiga sa left side.

So ano na?

A LOT OF REST + EAT, EAT, EAT = JUBIS!!!

Goodluck to me!

But still, I'll try my best not to gain that much weight...

(Mis)Adventures in Japan: Day 2

At Day 2, we went to Universal Studios Osaka in the morning and Dotonbori at night. Again, hindi nasunod ang schedule na ginawa ko. I planned to leave the hotel at 8:30am para masulit ang Universal Studios namin pero past 10:00am na ata kami nakaalis. 6:00am (5:00am Philippine time) pa naman ako gumising. Sayang ang gising ko ano! Ang hirap gisingin and pakilusin ng mga kasama ko. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Hindi na tuloy kami nakapunta sa Osaka Bay Area. =(

Anyway, kahit ganun pa man ang nangyari, masaya pa rin naman kami. =)

Eto kami, ang aga aga nanggulo sa sa train going to Universal Studios Osaka...

When we arrived at the Universal Studios, picture picture na kami kaagad.

At the Universal City Walk...

At the entrance of the Universal Studios...

At the famous Universal Studios globe:

My chikitings...

My family...

With the whole gang...

Inside Universal Studios before kami nagkanya kanya inside...

There were street shows everywhere in the park. Below are some of it...

We made tambay mostly at the Universal Wonderland. Dun lan kasi yung mga rides na puro pang kids. Sa iba kasi, halos lahat ng rides may height limit. Eh mga cute ang kambal ko, kaya hindi sila umuubra. Hehehe...

Siyempre, picture picture pa rin kami...

And guess who accompanied the kulilits at the rides? Of course, no other than their nannies este Papa G and Mama G...

Mga young at heart naman sila Papa G and Mama G eh. Tignan niyo masmukha pang sila ang enjoy na enjoy! Hehehe! =)

Kami ni hubby, nagkamoment kami at the Universal Studios. Iniwan namin saglit ang mga kids kina Mama G & Papa G.

Nagkaroon ng realization kaagad si hubby that time...

Doc Padu: Be, ganito pala ang feeling ng magboyfriend-girlfriend ano?
Me: Bakit? Namiss mo?
Doc Padu: Oo... Yung walang mga asungot!

Going back... Hubby and I went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

We tried the Butter Beer. At siyempre, we got the one with the mug para may souvenir kami...

Nice our moustache ano? Yung nagbebenta ang nag-advise sa amin na maglagay ng ganyan eh.

Here are some of our pictures together... Minsan lang ang ganitong moment... Hahaha!

Here are some interesting things that you can see around...

Of course, di ko natiis na di makita ng aking parents and kiddos ang the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Kaya binalikan namin sila so that they could go there too.

After Universal Studios, we went to Dotonbori...

Dotonbori is a dining and shopping district. It is well-known for its huge illuminated signboards and mga kakaibang signs...

Photo of me, twins and my mom...

Look at this... Parang sa may New York times square lang eh...

You've never been to Dotonbori if you didn't see the famous Glico Running man sign...

And siyempre, you have to have a photo of it as your background. Hehehe...

Lastly, we ate dinner na rin at one of the restaurants there. Hubby and I ordered a mixed tempura bento for each of us...

and I ordered Yakisoba for the kids...

So that's our tiring day 2 in Japan! Watch out for my next (Mis)Adventures in Japan post... =)

(Mis)Adventures in Japan: The Schedule & Day 1

Every year, we travel as a family during my mom's birthday month to celebrate her birthday. Either local or international travel yan, depende sa mood niya. For the past 2 years, puro international ang ganap. 2013 was celebrated in HongKong-Macau and 2014 was celebrated in Brunei.

For this year, we were suppose to go to Korea pero hindi na namin itinuloy dahil baka raw ang corporate planning ng office ng dad ko is at Korea. Pero buti na lang din at hindi dahil sa MERS-CoV. Mahirap na di ba?

Last February, we went to SMX Travel Expo to check on promo flights. We got a promo flight going to Japan via PAL. Actually, the price seems not to be a promo kasi mahal pa rin ang kuha namin compared sa mga Piso fare ng Cebu Pacific or promo flights ng AirAsia. We got it at around P16k each. Ang pampalubag loob na lang is you can earn miles from it, it includes meals and 2 check-in baggage (50lbs each). Hehe!

So there! Japan it is and medyo napaaga ngayon. Instead of August, July ang naging alis namin kasi summer sa Japan kapag August at baka di raw namin kayanin ang init.

As usual, ako ang in-charge sa schedule and everything. That's always my role. Siyempre, effort ako in preparing it. As much as possible gusto ko kasi sulitin yung stay namin. Our schedule is from July 1 to 8. Pero kulang pala yun days na yun. Di ko nga alam kung paano sisiksikin ang mga pupuntahan eh. Buti na lang at may mga nakuha kaming flyers from the travel expo, at least may guide ako.

So here is the schedule that I prepared:

 

Yan din yung schedule na sinubmit namin for our Japan VISA. We got the services of Discovery Tour Inc. to process our Japan VISA application. P800.00 lang per head ang binayad namin. Mura sila compared to other travel agencies which is libo mag-charge. Mabait sa amin ang Japan Embassy, they granted all of us a 5-year multiple entry VISA. Bongga di ba? Pwede pa ulit bumalik!!!

So you saw already the schedule that I prepared... And guess what? Isa lang ang tumama ang schedule dun. Yun ay yung pagdating namin sa airport for our departure. Hahaha! It's either late na kami nakakaalis or di na namin pinuntahan yung mga nakalista. Haaayyyssstttt...

Alam niyo ba, ako pa naman si Miss OC. So pag-sinabi ko na yan ang schedule, yan dapat ang schedule. Kaya na-stress ako sobra sa pilit na pagsunod sa schedule na yan. Kaya pati yung mga kasama ko, na-stress din. Hahaha!

Share ko conversation namin ng dad ko about the schedule:

Papa G: Anak, ini-stress mo naman masyado sarili mo dahil sa schedule natin. Pati tuloy kami na-sstress sa iyo...
Me: Kanino pa ba ako nagmana?
Papa G (aminado): Kaya nga. Nagdaan na ako sa ganyan. Di ka na dapat matulad sa akin. Ganyang ganyan ako nung kaidaran mo ako.
Mama G (singit sa usapan and referring to Papa G): Parang ngayon di siya parati nagmamadali...
Papa G: Kaya nga dapat di na ako gayahin eh. And remember, it's not the destination but it's the journey...

O di ba? May nalalaman pa si Papa G na it's not about the destination but the journey. Wala naman akong ibang pagmamanahan kung hindi siya. Hahaha!

So balik tayo...

Everything went smooth naman sa Centennial Airport except na sobrang init sa airport that time. As in nakakajabar! Anyway, we got our boarding passes...

We just patiently waited for our boarding time. Ang maganda sa amin, kami ang priority sa pila. Eh paano ba naman, buntis ako tapos may kasama kami infant and senior citizens. Hehehe.

Here are some of our pictures inside the airplane:

Ian, Chris, Papa G & Mama G

Christoff & Doc Padu

My brother, Paolo, and his fiance, Liezel

and of course,

Me

For this plane ride, medyo magiging memorable sa akin. Eh paano ba naman, sa sobrang katakawan ng bunso ko (Christoff), inupakan yung meal sa airplane plus uminom pa ng 1 tetra pack ng milk. Ang kinalabasan, nagsuka!!! Nagcause tuloy ako ng pila sa CR ng airplane plus nangamoy suka ako all throughout. I learned na my lesson here. Kaya nung pauwi kami, di ko na masyado pinakain. Hehe!

The flight going to Japan is smooth at first. Then nung malapit lapit na kami, medyo turbulent na. Umuulan ulan kasi that time sa Japan eh. Basta ma-clouds, nagiging turbulent ang flight. Pero praise God, we arrived safely at Kansai International Airport. In fairness ha, ang galing ng pilot namin kasi di namin ramdam yung pagland. Sobrang suabe...

At the airport, di naiwasan na magpapicture sa wall kung nasaan ang favorite Marvel character ng kambal...

Ian & Chris

At sige na nga, family picture na rin...

Doc Padu, Christoff, Ian, Me & Chris

Then in going to the immigration area, we rode a train. At dahil excited pa lahat magpapicture, di namin pinalagpas ang pagpicture picture sa loob ng train.

Mama G & Papa G with Ian & Chris

Me, Doc Padu (with his gay pose) and Christoff

Ok yung angle ko dito ano? Hindi halata ang aking preggy tummy... Hehehe!

At the immigration area, dun na nag-umpisa magkalintik lintik ang schedule namin. Eh paano ba naman, mala-Pantera sa haba ang pila tapos iilan lang ang immigration officers. Imagine, more than 2 hours ata kami doon. Nakakawala ng pasensya talaga. Parang wala kami sa Japan eh. Haaayyysssttt talaga...

Finally, nakalabas na kami sa immigration, kaya masaya na ulit...

Ian with Papa G

Ian with Mama G & Chris with Papa G

Then at the train station, pila ulit kami to get our Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass)...

With the JR pass, you can ride all JR trains for free for 7 days. We got the ordinary JR Pass which costs 29,110 Yen each.

So there, finally we boarded the train going to the apartment that we rented at Namba area...

Chris & Me

Ian, Doc Padu & Christoff

We arrived at the place that we rented past 11:00pm already. Kaya ayun, di na kami nakaikot sa Dotonbori. =(

So that's our adventures and misadventures during day 1... Wait na lang ulit sa susunod na kabanata...