Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

A Timeless Mother’s Day Celebration With Downy

To be invited by a brand I truly trust for a Mother’s Day celebration is big deal for me. BIG DEAL. Specially knowing that most of my friends will also be attending the said event.

We were reminded, not just once, to wear something chic to fully enjoy the event.. I wore a simple black dress and wore pearls on my neck…the pearls did it! Guji serenaded me:

EDIT>>> here’s the digital copy of my photo… for the first time, ang photogenic ko! Thank you again Downy!

*All photos with the same quality came from the agency.

Well, actually, all moms who attended the event were asked for a few shots (with a little styling and pose tutorial!). Little did we know that these photos will be displayed as Guji Lorenzaga serenaded us with some classic songs. A printed copy was also given to us!

And since my two older boys were with me during the event, I can’t miss the chance to have a photo ops with them:

Of course, a photo ops ala Familia Zaragosa with the Kumare Club..

I had another photo with my two friends but I don’t have a digital copy (I have a digital copy na! LOOK!). Truth of the matter is, if I had more time, I would have had more photos with my mommy blogger friends. As I have mentioned earlier, most of the attendees are my friends.

This Mother’s Day celebration is Downy’s initiative to introduce the newest in Downy Parfum Collection. A combination of playful notes of citrus fruits, scent of flowers and a a trace of musk and sandalwood, Downy Timeless provides a classic scent that mirrors how a mother’s love never goes out of style, said Deirdre de Padua, P&G Communications Manager.

The first time I tried Downy Timeless a week ago , I was moved. The scent it leaves to our clothes evokes a certain feeling of familiarity, of being home, of timeless love. It’s hard to explain, you have to try it to really know what I am talking about. It will make you want to just hug and smell your clothes!

After the event, we got to take home a few P&G products and to my surprise, Olay Regenerist is included on our kit:

It is as if, P&G reads my blog and knows that I am trying to make it up with my mother.. Olay Regenerist is her only bisyo!

Thank you so much P&G for giving us products like Downy and for treating us to an early Mother’s Day Celebration.

My Commitment To My Mother

Motherhood changed me a lot. And one of the most prominent change is that I became more authoritative. “Kapag sinabi ko, sinabi ko at kailangang sundin nyo,” ring a bell?

That’s how I am to my kids, that’s how I build my authority over them. And sometimes it’s hard to shake that authority off. I tend to be “motherlike” even when I talk to my mother. In fact, I was hard on her the past few months. We don’t agree on so many things, specially parenting related and I have to tendency to “correct” her. I realized though, that motherhood does not changed the fact that I am still a daughter, her daughter.

I remember when we were kids, Mother’s Day is like Christmas. It’s a very exciting event for us, we felt like it’s our chance to serve her. I want to remember that feelings. That kind of excitement, that kind of eagerness to please her.

But it’s hard, really hard. I do not know what pleases her anymore? I think most of you can relate on how our moms would always tell, “gagastos ka pa” or “mapapagod ka pa.” Eh we want to spend for them, we want to let them know that we’re still their little daughters who only wants to make them happy.

I realized though, it’s really not what she needs from me, gifts may give smile to her but it is the little things that can really make her happy. So this Mother’s Day, I promised to be more kind her and be her daughter again.

I promise to listen to her, even though she’ll be telling the same stories over and over again. If I have time for other things, I will have time for her stories.

I promise to agree with her, our views may be different but there’s no use arguing with her. She’ll always be my mother and as they say, mother knows best. I will try my very best not to question her authority.

I promise to always assure her that I will always be at her back.

I promise to hug her more and more and tell her how much I love her.

I promise to make her feel important and to make her feel that I still need her even though I already have kids of my own.

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Sometimes I question the need to celebrate Mother’s Day… but I am thankful now for a celebration like this. It made me think, it made me stop and appreciate my mother more.

How To Book GrabTaxi’s Sexy Fox Car

You use GrabTaxi. ALWAYS.

That’s how I booked Sexy Fox and got my free ride!

Actually, it’s just my second booking of the day when I got this notification:

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To book GrabTaxi’s Sexy Fox is already a cool thing, what more if it is a GrabTaxi free ride! coolness overload! By free, it means, no pay at all.. not just no booking fee but no fee at all.

There are more than 10 cars of this kind, but you have bigger chance to book Sexy Fox if you’re in Makati and of course if you always use GrabTaxi. So download the app in your phone and use it always! It’s available in Google Play, App Store and Blackberry World.

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