Honey, who blew up our kid?!?!

Sitting on top of the building of Shangri-La Hotel Beijing

I have always told mini-me to eat and sleep right so that she will grow in height. But look what happened to her!!! She certainly is blaming me for making her a GIANT KID. Now that's a warning sign to those parents who have hoped for their kids to GROW. Click on the pic!

Levitation

Our newest trick: Levitating

I have had an out-of-body experience when I was 16. And it was overwhelming and scary at the same time. And I've always been into these kinds of stuff since then. Levitating is one of the things I've always wanted to try. But thanks to Badeedadee, he was able to help me try it and he even captured it. :-) Click on the pic to view the photo, 'like', or comment. :)

Trying to defy gravity

Teleported or resurrected?

This is the recent project of hubby Marl, who is also known as Badeedaddee. He had me levitate up in the air, trying to defy gravity in the lobby lounge of Shangri-La Hotel Beijing! :) But after editing the photo, he later realized that it looked a bit like the non-religious "resurrection" - which is just in time for the coming Easter Sunday. But mini-me thought, "looks like mommy is captured by aliens in a spaceship!". Click on the pic to see it on his Facebook album and post your comments. :)

Time to cheer up Omlet Nosaj! :)

I'm so glad to have been a part of this huge Filipino community on Youtube - NOYTUBE - for a couple of years now. And whenever I am asked to join a video collab (short for collaboration), I'm more than eager to join in especially if I'm asked by my good friend and father of Noytube, Jason Telmo. I always have time for friends. :)

This is the Cheer Up Collab by my idol bestfriend, Jason Telmo (chinaeyes22). His alter ego, Omlet Nosaj (his name spelled backwards - gets?), who is a sorcerer, was sad and depressed and needed to be cheered up. So we did our part to show him that he is loved by us. :)

This is quite a long video but it's worth to watch the whole of it. It really hilarious and entertaining and Jason really did a great job in editing it. He works for ABS-CBN and his pro skills are obvious in every video that he does on Youtube, especially on this one. If you want to skip to my part, jump to frame 8:38. I also have a part towards the end (frame 9:56) and with the other girls (frame 10:00). But please do try to watch the whole video and view the comments HERE. :)

We're Mac addicts!

Each of us have our own Macs that we love. And here's my daughter getting some pointers from her dad. In fact, she has a "job" every night when we go to work. And that is to do some online work on our Macs. :)

Mini-me's visa extended successfully!

Chinese Embassy in Manila has really made quite a record in denying visas to some applicants for the past year for whatever reason that we know nothing about. At first I didn't understand why and somehow I incorporated the recent hostage tragedy in 2010. But knowing that there are lots of Filipinos rare overstaying in China, I now understand why the need to be strict with visa is implemented.

When my daughter applied for Chinese visa in Manila together with my sister-in-law, we made sure that her papers were all complete, notarized, and authenticated as needed. I even opened a local bank account here in China with a deposit US$ 4,000 so that I can get a bank certificate as one of the requirements. Apart from that, we also banked in 50,000 pesos in my sister-in-law's bank account in Manila as one of the requirements on her part. In the end, they were only given a 10-day Chinese visa. I was disappointed. After all those hassles... my daughter who was intending to stay with us for more than a month was only given a 10-day visa! My sister-in-law asked the one on the counter why they were given that short of a stay, she was replied with "be thankful that you were given a 10-day visa when most of the applicants were denied of a visa". Guess that was enough to shut us all up, eh?

So fast forward... my independent daughter came to Beijing unaccompanied almost 2 weeks ago and the first thing that we did the day after her arrival was to go to Public Security Bureau (PSB) Exit-Entry Department right away and apply for a visa extension. I prepared all the necessary papers, even had her registered in the hotel so we can could get a registration slip (to prove that she's staying with us) as one of the requirements. But we were asked if we have the bank certificate that shows we have deposited RMB 20,000 (US$ 3,000) in my bank account. Unbelievable! Of course, I didn't have the bank certificate at that time and told the guy that I don't have it. He told me straight to the point - "Sorry, no money, no visa". Sigh.

Two days after, I went to the bank and deposited RMB 20,000 into my account just to get a bank certificate with a 3-day validity (that means I can withdraw the money back after 3 days), then went back to PSB. This time, they couldn't find my daughter's name in the registry of Shangri-La Hotel Beijing because of some wrong information. Whaaaat the hell?!? Luckily, we didn't need to go back to the hotel to have it fixed. I just made some phone calls to the hotel and they hurriedly uploaded the updated information into the PSB's database. Soon enough, they gave the yellow receipt with the visa collection date on it... what a relief!

Yesterday was the visa collection day and it was such a breeze. We just went to the cashier to pay for RMB 160 then went to the visa collection counter and voila! Mini-me's visa was extended until April 30.  We'd have to extend her extended visa till her departure before mid-May. And so, we now know that they'd be needing the same set of requirements for an extension of a Chinese tourist visa. We know what to do the next time we apply her another extension. As for now, we'll enjoy and savor each minute that she's here with us... indeed worth the hassle! :)

April Fools' Day Special: Scary Maze Prank Reactions

Here's the special video that I did for this remarkable pranking day. A compilation video of the pranks I did to my friends some years ago (2005-2007)... during those times when scary pranks still weren't rampant on the net. I must admit that I also had a funny reaction when I tried to prank myself for the first time. The laptop was on my lap and I almost threw it away towards the end of the maze. LOL. So here are the funniest reactions from some of my friends who got victimized by my crazy old trick. Enjoy! :)