ajay in excelsis Originally uploaded by annalyn. Ajay will be signing off for the Christmas holidays.For those who have been good to me in the past year, thank you for being part of my life. I wish that my stockings will be filled with all the yummy food to make my hips even bigger,health for my family, success in my chosen career, mucho dinero to make my shopping happy, and a good man to love and to hold.In the New Year, I hope to travel more, read more books, be a better mother, try more recipes, have great sex or even greater celibacy.Cheers....! ... Continue Reading...

Tito Rolly had a laugh over this email I forwarded him on annual performance reviews:Outgoing personality - always going out of the officeGreat presentation skills - able to bulls**tGood communication skills - spends a lot of time on the phoneWork is first priority - too ugly to get a dateActive socially - drinks a lotIndependent worker - nobody knows what he/she doesQuick-thinking - offers plausible excusesCareful thinker - won't easily make a decisionUses logic on difficult jobs - gets someone else to do itMeticulous attention to detail - a nit-pickerHas leadership ... Continue Reading...

...and the countdown goes this way:9 gifts given out8 Christmas cards mailed via good ol' post office3 Christmas parties attended2 Christmas cards received (thanks Tonigrrrl)0 e-cards (hurrah!)5 times i ransacked my bank account for shopping money1 time i used my credit card (good job!)4 Christmas gifts i wrapped last night12 times i looked at cookbooks in panic over Christmas menu12 times i received Christmas gifts the past week, including1 set kitchen canister1 box apples1 box ham1 box canned goods gift pack good for sending to Iraq1 box chunky brownies1 chunky ... Continue Reading...

A mother's worst nightmare happened to me yesterday. I lost Dionne while we were shopping in the supermarket. She and Paolo went off to the noodles section on their own while I was stupidly examining the label on an eye cream.Of course I was imagining that my daughter had been snatched and because she was darn pretty, anybody can put her up for adoption. What more, Dianne seemed worried about her "missing" twin sister. After ten minutes of my panic attack, the intercom blared:Paging the mother of a four-year old girl wearing pink jeans and pink sandals, please proceed ... Continue Reading...