the one with the lines

specifically, the one with the two lines.
and this story happened a week ago.

saturday morning, before going to the second ski trip, i peed on a costly stick that would let you know if you could make the two lines appear or not. and i did it. and after a few moment, i called out to trick from the bathroom, “positive!, there were two lines ( well, in tagalog ).” we were so happy and every step that i make was very careful and i told myself that when we reached the ski resort, i won’t ski.
but at the end of the day, and we have returned from the trip. i peed again because i want to be sure, and again, it’s positive. we were so happy. i could not explain the happiness i felt. but i don’t want to assume and i just shared it to the family and some friends at work and told them that i have not visited the doctor yet so it could still be false positive.

yesterday, trick searched the net for a lady doctor who could speak english. beautifully, tokyo is now used to gaijins like us, you could call a number who could search for the hospital near you with your given specs. after twenty minutes, you could know the hospitals you could go to. luckily, there’s one clinic about 15 minutes from our house by walking, who has a lady doctor and speaks english!
and so we went, she did her thing (and btw, her english was so good for a japanese) and i saw from the monitor, that there it was! there was a little seed in me. and the baby’s perfectly placed in the proper place. she said that the baby is 4 weeks old and determining the due date can be done on my next visit when he/she’s 8 weeks old. husband and i are both very very happy. and with God’s continuous blessings and guidance, we both know we’ll be parents soon

snow and ski

after a long time of not being able to write anything, i would like to share some pics taken during my first and second time to go to ski resort. the
first one was at karuizawa with friends from canon.
here at first, i was really struggling. i slipped and i even have to remove the ski because i could not stand up. well i don’t know yet how to stand. the japanese friend taught me the proper way to fall ( which by the way i did not follow ), but did not teach how to stand. but i tried and tried ( trick was patiently standing with me ) and after an hour, i was not falling down anymore i was able to ski maybe along the 5 degree slope hehehe…
but trick was more courageous and tried the one with the lift ( i thought this was already an advanced beginner slope until i saw the slopes at niigata brrrr… ). and he did it! well, other than the few slips he did really fine

the second one was at niigata. this one is a free trip courtesy of trick’s company. so despite the fact that i told myself that i would not return to ski again ( i said this during the early part of the trip above ), we still said a go! it’s free! well atleast this one was via shinkansen so the trip was just really fast(1.5 hours) and more convenient that the first time – the karuizawa trip was like 5.5 hours in the bus. my only complaint was, i did not see the same beginner’s course — like the one in karuizawa. well, maybe for niigata, the beginner’s course implied that you are living in niigata and snow is just part of everyday life. the slopes were intimidatingly inclined sleek long slopes and the next thing to it was ravine
anyway, i enjoyed the ski lift going down, for i have never seen such a view! really breath taking. i did not breath until i reached the end. the snow was just so strong and my face and hands were really frozen by the time i was at the end. in this trip, the only ski that i did was when i get off the upward lift and skied to the side. i did not push myself because of the reason i learned that morning. i’ll be sharing it in my next blog

all about links

5 days ago, Charm of Charmed Life tagged me to list my top 5 favorite links.

Here’s my own list:
1. Google Sites ( Gmail, Blogger, Google ) – i love google. so simple, so fast.
2. Wikipedia - why not? it’s free encyclopedia!
3. Mininova - of course, for our social life we need updated tv series
4. Youtube - where you can watch everything about anything!
5. Yahoo! – well, i have my yahoo email account to check which only contains subscriptions to mail magazines.

Now, it’s your turn. What are your top 5 links?
It would be awesome if you’ll share too =)