Color Me Olive

I've always considered the bedroom as my ultimate place of sanctuary within our home.

This is where I get to spend "me" time after a long day's work.

This is where DH and I spend most of our undistracted moments with each other *wink* enabling us to give another undivided attention provided both our laptops have been turned off.

And it's my little piece of haven every waking morning where I find the most important people in my life, under one sheet. Yes, our boys never fail to "arrive" in our bedroom every 6am to "continue" snoozing after a toilet break.


Anyway, last week I pondered about giving my sanctuary a new look. It has been looking dull for the last 17 months and I thought it's about time we add "life" to it - like a feature wall.

The colour had to go with my natural/earthly colours around the house. I love purple but I had narrowed it down to shade of red or green.

DH was leaning towards green and I thought "red" was too warm. (I mean, the two of us are enough to make the room "hot". *Haha*). And the final choice was olive green!

So here's the new look and feel of our bedroom. I painted this wall for more than 3 hours. Made my back and legs damn sore for two days.
Like it?

We just love it!

See how my olive shirt assimilated with my new wall? Hehe!

It's Summer in Manila!

... and how I wish we're still there!

Just like to share this good find in San Juan, Batangas. It's the Acuatico Beach Resort found along the stretch of Laiya. It's a three hour drive from Makati.

Overnight stay (for a couple with 2 young children) was Php 5,500 that includes breakfast.

It is more expensive compared to other Laiya resorts (such as La Luz) but after our stay, I would say, it was worth every penny. Because it is fairly new (soft opening, I believe, was last May 2008), everything was CLEAN. The room we had was the smallest unit but it had its share of plasma TV, split A/C, modern toilet/shower.

My children adored the infinity pool.

The beach was a plus.

Lunch and dinner buffet meals are Php500 per head. I guess price is reasonable for a resort. Anyway, the food was always good.

We will definitely go back on our next visit!!!