In everything you do, be patient.

I am sometimes a very impatient person. So when I learned that I would be left with my niece 24 hours, in my head I heard a warning sound. I do love my niece and I love children. Who wouldn't love them I guess? Their little smile and sweet hug are the sweetest thing in the world. But children do not smile all day, they cry, they have tantrums. Being with my niece taught me how to be patient. She taught me how to care more, how to extend my understanding a little further beyond words can compare.

I can now say that I can handle her as easy as one, two, three. I can bathe her without drama and now it's lesser please. She enjoys the water. I can change her diaper while singing ABC's and love songs. I can feed her and bring her to sleep now. Stepping out into my comfort zone taught me a lot, I think. So 'til the next lesson. :)

Meet my adorable niece. ^_^

It's been almost a week now since I landed here. Homesickness still struck in the middle of the day out of nowhere, I just keep myself busy to ward off the feeling. Being away from home taught me so many things, and I decided to blog them one by one.

Singapore's First Lesson to Nicka Gracia:  GO TO THE MARKET/ DO YOUR OWN GROCERY

I intend to blog this for quite sometime now but never got the perfect timing, so now, I think this is the perfect time to blog immensely about this matter. Yes, finally, MY BEST FRIEND IS GETTING MARRIED! Two weeks from now she would walk down the aisle and say her "I do". It was last May of this year when she told me the news about her wedding. I was excited and ecstatic by the news of course, so excited that I even blurted out, "Paano nag-propose si Wyng?" Then happily she chuckled and answered me, "Walang nangyaring ganoon noh. Basta napag-usapan na lang. Saka hindi na naman tayo bumabata." I must be lingering on the romantic side of me about wedding proposal and all but hearing her say those words I felt that my best friend was more mature than I. Nasaan na ang maturity ko? Asan? HAHA

Going back to my story, I've known Len since high school. We're inseparable. Finding true friend is tough, maybe I've been so good in my past life that God blessed me a good person. Our friendship had its ups and downs, time tested how strong we are and luckily, by God's grace we've been best friends up to this moment. *kahit na lagi mo niya akong tinutulugan sa gitna ng chikahan session namin late in the evening* I've witnessed  their love story, countless times that I've witnessed how time and trials tested their relationship, but despite all those their love conquered all. So, I am so honored to accept being their matron of honor. Kahit na ibig sabihin ay aalilain nila ako on their wedding day. huhu. And because I love them so much I am more than willing to be their alipin. haha.

As they step to the next adventure of their life, let me share bits of their step before the big day!

I've been with her in searching for that perfect wedding gown. :)
But none of these made it to the finals, este, to her actual wedding gown. :) Her gown is so beautiful. *insert envious look here*

They look so in love! <3

Behind the scene

Sweet but shy couple. *naks*

"Love is God's finest work of art." -I do by Marie Digby and Jericho Rosales

I wanted to post tons of picture of them here, seriously. Love radiated through them. Getting married is not a game and neither just a word. As Kind Vidor said, Marriage is not a word, it is a sentence. I remember that this line was also used in a film. Likewise, marriage is sacred. It reflects what God taught us, to share His gift, love. We are reminded that more than ever marriage is not only between them or the people around them. It is about the celebration of God's love.

Aside from papers I love books and yes, I do hoard them, too. You can see books lying around almost anywhere at our house. Most of them occupies a large amount of space at my worktable and it's getting to be an eye sore lately as I continue to hoard and hoard books. hahaha.I always plan on cleaning and arranging them but just like most of my plan it really stayed as plan. And as I enter our room (I shared room with my cousin) from an event, a really nice surprise just warms my heart. My books are all sorted out, clean and neatly arranged according to their length. Plus my table is sooooooo clean. I wanted to cry and hug them for doing the tedious chore for me. I can imagine the enormous task they've been through! Thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart! <3

see, it was neatly arranged. :) the books at the back was also arranged in fashionly manner. LOL

So excited to work! <3

But the blessing did not end there. I was given a privilege to attend our company's cocktail event considering I haven't submitted a single manuscript since last month. Talk about being so prolific, huh? [in sarcastic voice] And look what my writer-buddy/friend Gypsy Esguerra gave me:

Cute little box! Can you guess what's inside? :)

Ta-da! Hah, imagine how wide my smile is as she handed me this box! :) And can you guess what's inside? Paper? No. :) Books!!!!!