On my way back to the house, I thought of making Jeff something special. So I dropped by the supermarket and went to the cold cuts area. I grabbed a 500 gram pack of bacon and went straight to the cashier. Also, I had to buy my favorite Quickly drink. Just because. 

I went around to find plastic flowers but the woman in the flower shop won't sell me hers because she said it is for display. I hopped from one supermarket to another, but it was too hot so I just decided to stop. But then I thought, I am already sweaty so what the heck? I walked from Puregold in Presidents Avenue to the school supplies shop near our village. I grabbed some sticks, green cartolina, and colored masking tape. 

I am making Jeff a bacon rose bouquet. How? Watch me. 

I met Mike Unson sometime in April of this year in El Pueblo, Ortigas. I didn't know it was him, until during the latter part of the meeting, he gave a sample of his set. He is funny. Dude, I was hysterically laughing. I told my husband that I love how sarcastic he delivers his jokes. How witty and smart his punchlines are. 

Here's one of the many things a wife, husband, girlfriend, or boyfriend can do. I got the idea from the coupons and vouchers craze today. I've bought Jeff coupons for his Titan special a few times already. So why not give him a coupon that he can claim from me? I googled it, and apparently, many people do it. 

I tried looking for a template but it was eating up my time. So I just used my Phoster app in my iPad. At first, I just thought of making 14 vouchers, but I enjoyed it and ended up making 24. First, I thought of the things that he likes having the most -- shoes, haircut, massage, and eating anywhere. Second, I thought of the things that I want to do for him -- cook, cuddle, make him feel better. Third, the simple thing that I'm pretty sure will make him happy -- sleeping on my side of the bed (I don't understand why he wants to sleep in my side but yeah), me shutting up when we fight, swapping a chore. 

Here are some samples of my coupons.

Breajfast in bed (redeemable on weekends only), a pair of shoes (redeemable on his birthday, Christmas, or anniversary), one duty swap (any day), and ending one senseless argument.

One story that touched my heart greatly was shared to me over private messages on Facebook by my friend, M. I've known her since 2006 when we both worked in Ortigas. She's been with her boyfriend for almost 10 years already, and they've recently been engaged. A few months ago, she got pregnant. It was a joyful day. Two months later, it was discovered that it was a blighted ovum. In layman's term, the baby didn't fully develop. Or bugok in Tagalog. She's the third person I know who went through the same thing this year alone. I did some reading and according to the American Pregnancy Association, a blighted ovum is the cause of about 50% of first trimester miscarriages and is usually the result of chromosomal problems. A woman’s body recognizes abnormal chromosomes in a fetus and naturally does not try to continue the pregnancy because the fetus will not develop into a healthy baby. This can be caused by abnormal cell division, or poor quality sperm or egg. It is defective or unhealthy eggs or sperms. Blighted ovum was not the end of her story. She told me that it was also discovered that she has a cyst on her right ovary which is twice as big as the ovary itself. The ovum was removed, as well as her right ovary. I almost cried. What can be more painful than going through those two things all at once? But what made me admire her is that she keeps her positive disposition and told me that she never regrets any of it. I told her that Delamar Arias also has one ovary left and now she's pregnant with her second kid. She told me to stay strong. I really wanted to give her a hug, and cry.