Raviv’s Wardrobe Diary #4: Little Valentino (Feb. 14, 2013)

After more than a month, maipo-post ko na ang outfitey ni Raviv on V-Day.

I know it’s baduy to wear red on V-Day–but this fashion rule applies only to grown-ups, or even pa-grown-ups (tweens and above).  But not for toddlers.  I think it’s cute for toddlers to wear red on V-Day.  So Raviv wore red on Valetine’s Day.  Here he is:

The Little Valentino

The Little Valentino

  • Red polo shirt given by Lola Emma from SM Department Store
  • Denim pants from Stanley
  • Brown booties given by Yaya Isay

Recent realization:  Ang galing pala ng porma ni Raviv ‘coz on the day of love, most of what he was wearing were gifts from the people who love him :)

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Scoop: MomsterTeacher Dating Hot Young Men!!!

Guilty as charged!  Yes, I dated hot young men last week.  Yup, young mEn and not just a young mAn.  I dated four of them at once.  All of them barely legal.  And the best part is that Randy encouraged me to do it.

My dates

My hot, young dates (L-R: Josh Torres, Rohan Sugapong, Neils Francisco and JC Reyes

But before you sue me and have me exiled to cougartown, teka lang!  These guys were among my favorite students last summer, and I was with my Raviv, Yaya Isay and a driver. #walangmalisya!

So why did I date them?  Well, these boys had been very kind to help us out in something.  Isang post ko lang sa Facebook, to the rescue agad sila!  It was actually no surprise–I was kinda expecting it.  Last summer, these boys were a joy to teach!  I and the other Brain Train teachers were so lucky to have them as students (and they’re luckier they had us as their teachers ;P)  It is quite rare to find cool, popular boys at a pangmayaman school like La Salle who at the same time are also respectful, eager to learn, and smart.  These young men are gems, I tell you ;) Before I took them out to eat, we stopped by our still-in-the-works building at Greenfield, Sta. Rosa City. Here are the four hot, young men with the hottest young boy in the world–Raviv!  Daring pa si Raviv, labas ang tiyan! ;)

la salle boys with raviv at brain train sta. rosa

The La Salle boys as the first image models of Brain Train Sta. Rosa

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DIY Pirate Accessories: Treasure Chest and Cutlass

As promised, here’s the step-by-step tutorial on how we made Capt. Raviv’s pirate accessories.  They were loads’a fun to make…very easy too!!!  Yes, super easy because I actually only started making both a few hours before we headed to Ayala Alabang for the trick or treat.

Capt. Raviv and his DIY pirate accessories: treasure chest and cutlass

How to Make Pirate Sword/Cutlass

Materials:

  • cardboard/illustration board
  • double-sided tape
  • scissors/cutter
  • pen/permanent marker
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Capt. Raviv and the Treasure Chest of Candies (Raviv’s First Trick or Treat) Part 2

Continued from Capt. Raviv and the Treasure Chest of Candies (Raviv’s First Trick or Treat) Part 1

When we reached my cousin’s house, her lovely daughters were already dressed! Her eldest Dani was a vampire while her bunso Peyton was an adorable cow.  Yoona was the Wicked(ly cute) Witch of the East.

The cute Sales kids in their Halloween costumes at Ate Frances’ frontyard

Pasingit: One thing I hate about seeing my Ate Frances is that seeing her makes me think life is unfair!  Yes, unfair because she has already had two kids and she’s a tad older than I yet she’s still slim!!!  And very pretty.   And fabulous.  Grrr!  Nevertheless, the two of us are living proofs that the Sales clan has an excellent gene pool.

Look at that gene pool!
Frances Marie Sales-Garcia and Dewmaine Sales-Ladaga

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Madramang Wednesday!

I’ll go straight to the point…I’m still too exhausted of long talks!

Image lifted from theatre.pppst.com

Drama #1: Employee vs. Employer
At 5 a.m., I was roused from sleep with the bomb that Randy dropped: “Uy, hindi na raw babalik si Cynthia (our helper).  Kung galit daw tayo o si Lina (our other helper) sa kanya, hindi na raw siya babalik.”
I was roused because I was riled.  What the?!?  Background story:  On Sunday, Yaya Tet declared she is going to have to leave Yoona…Yaya Tet has a new lovelife…ibabahay na raw siya ng new boyfie niya!  First time daw niyang  yayain ng boyfriend na ibahay in all her 42 years of existence (take note, one week pa lang silang magkakilala!) ergo, she has to grab this opportunity.  Of course, this posed a problem for my brother & my sister-in-law, especially because my sister-in-law is bound for Spain next week to pursue her master’s degree.  Our helper, Cynthia, was recommending her friend who lives in Subic.  On Monday, Cynthia had her day off.  Little did we know that she volunteered to my sister-in-law that she will fetch her friend from Olongapo!  Thus on Tuesday, we were all surprised that she still hadn’t returned!  Windang kami, because we sent our boys to our Sta. Rosa building, and it was Yaya Isay’s dayoff.  Result, we were understaffed and everyone got dead-tired.  Had we known that she’s going to have two days off, we would have asked Yaya Isay to postpone her day off when Cynthia returned.  So a pissed off, naturally-mataray Lola Yaya Lina called Cynthia and berated her for not informing us of her plans that Tuesday night.  And then on Wednesday, we were told what Cynthia texted.  Kaasar!  In my mind, didn’t we have a right to be pissed off?  All she had to was tell us her plans!  And worse, it seemed as though she’s telling us we can’t get angry at her!  Bawal pagalitan! [Read more...]