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Collection 2010 - part 1

for every city mug that i have, there is a story behind. that is why it is not just a mug with a city or country printed on it, but it is a collection of stories of different people who have been to the cities across the globe.

for the first half of the year, three were added to the collection. the first two were from pilita when she had her trip in taiwan last march. one of the mugs was her gift for me and i paid for the other one. it costs me 500 pesos. not bad. it costs 600 to 800 pesos to other countries.

then the third mug was from edwin. he borrowed my dslr as he wanted to have a quality photo of him at the eifel tower. in exchange, he bought me a city mug.

march 2010

july 2010

Collection

a friend sent me a picture with an email subject line - for your inspiration. wow!! this is cool! as of now, only have 23 (im not sure) city and country mugs in hand.

still a long way to go before i can attain this..
 

Silip lang

mga kuha ni tita tonee tatlong araw pagkatapos ng aming kasal.

nahirapan si tita tonee at cesar sa kin. haha!

masaya ako sa piling ng aking asawa :-)

Collection

(from my october 2009 blog. i think there is something wrong with how i edited this post. )

to auntie tita, auntie tina and kuya ruel, maraming salamat!! love you :-)

instead of auntie tina's usual pasalubong (the japanese cherry blossom body cream from bath and body works), sweetly i bid to wish for a city mug..and was granted! yey!! hehe 

kuya ruel celebrated his birthday along with auntie tita and uncle manny in vegas. kuya thoughtfully grabbed me a city mug and auntie paid for it hehe. kuya uwi ka na!

Journal (part II)

long overdue pasalubong from jen's US trip last year. waited for 2 or 3 months, i think, for the package (she send her other things, including this, via courier due to over baggage). she picked the starbucks journal instead of the city mug. i looove it!! im excited to fill in every pages. it's different from the usual journal. nope, this is not a planner which at first i thought when jen told me that she bought me a journal. i was thinking of the starbucks planner that i always wish to have every end of the year. each page has a "life's little reminder". like -- try something new, feel the wind, invest in your future, etc.

there are 120 pages, which means 120 different life's reminders and 120 new stories of my life.


indeed, life is beautiful.

thanks, jenny!

Counting (part II - surprise! surprise! surprise!)

surprise #1: chrissy gift from ayan (my teammate). she got the idea when we were looking for any starbucks item for the team's exchange christmas gift. i so liked this one and repeatedly told her and myself that christmas won't pass without buying this mug. before the holiday break, niyaya nya ko sa greenbelt 5. yun pala, we are going to claim her gift. she reserved one christmas mug for me as this is already sold-out sa ibang stores. that was so sweet, hetty! maraming salamat!! i am using this mug at home kahit na hindi christmas season :-)

surprise #2: last february, mommy jude went to my workstation and she handed me a mug wrapped in brown starbucks wrapper. it was a bacolod city mug!! wohoo!! she said that this is her long overdue birthday and christmas gift. na-touch ako..thanks for remembering, sis!!

fact: my first domestic flight was in bacolod to compete for the National Secondary Schools Press Conference (NSSPC). 4th year highschool -- i joined the regional press conference and won 3rd place in the photojournalism category. if my memory serves me right, we were around 50 delegates from the different schools in metro manila to represent NCR in the NSSPC.

surprise #3: my boss, edwin, went to pakistan last two weeks ago for a business trip. they had a stop over in dubai and he had a funny story upon looking for this mug at the airport -- language barrier :-) honestly, i was not expecting this because i thought (as per becky) that he was not able to buy a city mug. maraming salamat, boss!! sa uulitin :-)

Counting

it was tonee who gave me the idea of collecting the starbucks city and country mugs. quite challenging yet interesting on how i will get these from the different cities around the world. as of today, i have 18! not bad.. i will keep counting :-)

may 2008. my trip with tonee and jen to macau and hongkong

may 2008. overnight stay in hongkong

august 2008. tonee's indonesia tour

september 2008. pilita's trip to sg

october 2008. from joni's 2-week vacation in london

november 2008. from my analysis and controls teammates' first south korea tour

november 2008. birthday gift from lirio, kuya archie and asaph

december 2008. i received from our exchange gift plus a tumbler!

december 2008. from deanna (yearly, her family is spending christmas and new year in tagaytay)

last year, my family had the christmas and new year brekky using the city mugs. our own little way of saying "cheers to the past year and to the upcoming new year!!"

june 2009. from cesar's first out of town trip in aussie

august 2009. from auntie tita (kuya celebrated his birthday in vegas)

august 2009. pasalubong from auntie tina

september 2009. gift from kuya milo and ate mary

september 2009. overnight stay at manor hotel, camp john hay

september 2009. cesar's comeback trip to melb

september 2009. gift from gian, also a city mug collector (exchanged kami! i gave him the manila and phil little mugs)

october 2009. from tonee's second visit to south korea

i'm expecting three more mugs this december. lirio promised to give me the new manila city mug as a birthday and christmas gift. yey! then i will ask again jen to buy me the new tagaytay mug. lately i was told that there's already a city mug in pampanga. i know nanette, my college barkada, will spend the holidays with her family in magalang. papabili ako of course!

excited na ko for more city mugs next year! anu ano kaya madadagdag?? let's see :-)