Meet Manong, our 70 yr old Sofa Maker

Hi Fans.. hehehe

That’s Manong, our mabait and masipag na sofa maker. Manong also refurbished the sofa of Tita Josie ( Rj’s mom) and since his works met Tita’s standards, she recommended him to us. Very masipag and malakas pa si manong inspite his age. He said that he’s been in the sofa-making industry since his early 20’s. Imagine.. almost 50 years na syang gumagawa ng mga sofa kaya naman I have high expectations of him! Lagot ka manong, spell P-r-e-s-s-u-re!

Pero since we’re refurbishing 3 pieces of chunky sofas, medyo kawawa naman si manong and he can’t do it alone so his son ( who is also a sofa maker in Saudi.. chochal dba?! ) and his apo are helping him out.

So far, here are the pics of our fab sofa @ works..


Manong and his apo Sorry if you can’t see their faces.. naka focus kasi ako masyado sa sofa. Hehe

looks ugly now I know, but wait ‘til it’s done!

Here’s the dark brown colored leatherette that we will be using. I Love it. I think it fits the color of the wall and the Amorsolo painting.

3 more days to go and I can’t wait to see the finish product! Make me proud Manong!

New Sofa.. coming soon at last!

I wanted a new sofa soooo bad and have been making bulong to Rj non-stop to ask ( or even plead ) his mom if we can have it refurbished or just buy a new one. You see, Rj has been living in this house for sooo long ( 12/13 years I think ) and I’ve been living with him and the kids for almost 4 years now. The house is owned by his mom and step-dad so of course, I rarely make pakialam of the furnitures specially when it comes to changing the color or disposing or refurbishing or whatever. But since we can now afford to finance our kaartehan in making the house prettier.. his mom lets us decide na on things ( Thanks tita! ) so unti unti nang lumalabas ang nagmamaganda at nagfeeling na designer instincts ko at ofcourse hindi na ko nagtumpik tumpik pa at pinuntirya agad ang sofa!

The old sofa was ok.. un nga lang nagbakbak na the leather so kita na ung ibang foam and the bottom has all the ngatngat na of our mababait na alagang mickey mouse. That’s why it was a necessity na to change it. I was the one who chose the color of the leatherette ( ayaw kasi ni rj ng tela, dumihin daw ) that we will use.. I chose dark brown, by the way kasi when you have kids around ( even if they’re 14 and 9 already ) hindi pa rin maiiwasan madumihan ung gamit and it will really make me sooo mad when I see one bit of stain on the new sofa ( feeling OC naman talaga tayo specially when the furniture is new dba?! Kung pwede lang I plastic cover ko gagawin ko para lang hindi madumihan for some time )… so it’s leatherette and it’s dark brown.. Manong, our 70 years old ( oo, 70 na si lolo pero in fairness malakas at malinaw pa ang paningin ) sofa-maker started to demolish ( demolish? Ano toh building?! ) the old sofa and will use some parts of it to build the new one. Exciting!

So now I can’t stop my kiti kiting utak to think of a style that is perfect for us: it should be MODERN, should have ENOUGH SITTING and of course COMFY. SO far, here are the styles that I picked:

( this is supposed to be L-shaped kasi un ang bagay sa house.. it looks soo nice and there’s a mini side table where we can maybe put the phone and a long slim vase and a classic picture frame.. ganda dba? )

( this one naman looks modern and it looks clean kaya lang parang hindi masyadong malambot ang cusion kaya nagdadalawang isip ako )

( this one definitely looks comfy, and since we chose dark brown for our brand new sofa, this makes me imagine how the real sofa would look like )

I find all these 3 pretty naman and met one or two of the standards I’m looking for. What I’m actually thinking is maybe we can incorporate na lang the bits and pieces on each design and apply it on our sofa! Like, the mini side table concept of the 1st one, the length and stylishness of the 2nd and the comfy cushions of the 3rd.. whatcha think? Good idea ba? hmmm.. I’ll try to look for more pa so we have more options.. I’ll post pics of manong demolishing the sofa a little later ( nasa office pa ko eh.. hehe ) …

New Look!

More color.. more texture.. more shapes...MORE FUN!

I love the new look and I am soo excited to post funnier.. more exciting.. more "sensible" blogs! hehe

Hope you love it too! :)

Generous FP!

Aside from the Levi's GC that you can win in guessing which European Cities FP will be visiting.. He's adding 4k Gift Certificate from Health and Beyond and a chance to win a pair of shoes from CMG Rockwell!

FP is sooo generous!!!

So what are you waiting for? Join na!

Are you a Levi's Fan?

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Well, Fashion Pulis is going to have another 10 day vacation in Europe ( I know I know.. kakajealous daba? ) but of course he won't leave his readers unhappy.. All you need to do is to identify the five cities FP will be visiting on this trip and you'll get a chance to win the GC!

The 1st city is the capital of this country.

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In fairness nahirapan ang brains at mata ko kakagoogle ng mga cities na to ha.. so it's your turn!

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Note: The Cancer Survivor won the Lasik giveaway from Ms. Daphne O. See for yourself! Check out Daphne.ph now!

Who is deserving?

I didn't get into the top 12 ( very beauty pageant naman ang dating ) for the Lasik giveaway.. sad kasi I'm sure my dad would be really happy to get the surgery. But after reading through all the entries of the top 12 chosen entries , I realized na maybe they really need it more than me. Sabi din siguro ni lord.. hellooo anim kayong magkakapatid aba pagipunan niyo no! hehe

Here are the Top 12 candidates and a little insight of why they need the surgery..

Tia - second year medical student, she broke her eyeglasses and her dad had to fix it with a screw driver.

Elsie Quinto – she doesn’t have facebook and had hesitations of joining, but when I changed the mechanics she joined for her 56 year old social worker mother.

Ramon Monteclaro Sawit – now in his 50’s and would like to be able to say “why did I wait so long.” To prove that it’s never too late.

Lara Gozum – single mother of 7year old, wrote a short entry with no drama. She has astigmatism and her prescription goes as high as 875.

Cris Pablico-Alano – new mom to a 6 month old baby, she joined last year’s LASIK giveaway too, now trying her luck again. She wants to be able to breastfeed her baby without having to look for her glasses first.

Che – for her 59 year old father who she promised to help. They are now focusing on helping him get dentures.

Karla F Santos – she’s been wearing glasses since she was 6 y.o. and she has delivered 3 babies via CS while not wearing glasses. She wasn’t even able to see the faces of her babies clearly.

Hazel T – 33 year old mother of a 5 y.o. son. A recent cancer survivor.

Ria Cabral dela Cruz – for her husband she calls Mr Frugal. He hasn’t changed his eye glasses in over 8 years.

Gerry Torres – works in design and art. Has had many fears including LASIK. He just conquered his fear of driving and said “why did I wait so long?” Funny stories about contact lenses flying off and getting lost inside his eye. I can relate to everything he said.

Thysz – short entry but said he sees the world in “bokeh” haha.

Kristine Santos – OFW from Libya, now home after losing their work due to conflict in Libya.

Nakakalungkot kasi only one of them has the chance to win the 100k worth of Lasik Surgery ( sana ung cancer survivor ) but I really wish them all good luck!

As for me.. oh well.. better luck next time! :)