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Today is a wonderful day. And God, once again, has made himself known through these! :D

I was so surprised to see a Pond's gift bag in my room. I was thinking, "Hmmm. Did I miss an event?"

When I opened the neat envelope taped on the outside, I found out that it was from Jacqe Yuengtian, Brand Manager of Pond's Philippines. It's actually a birthday gift from the Pond's team.

My birthday was 4 months ago. But it was so nice of Jacqe and the Pond's crew to remember my birthday! As the ol' saying goes: "'Tis better late than never!"

Yihee! The gift is so timely because I'm running out of my most favorite Pond's product. I haven't done a review for Pond's' Cold Cream yet. But I will soon! Jheng of Abubots, if you're reading this, you know what to ask Jules on your birthday! Haha! :D

A few weeks ago, I saw a super cute tumbler from Starbucks Russia while I was browsing online to kill time. It's not the usual Starbucks souvenir tumbler with plain prints and the name of the country on it. It's patterned after the country's official doll, the Babushka/Matryoshka.

I am in love with this doll because I think they're super cute and unique! I tweeted and posted on FB and randomly asked if someone who's in Russia for a vacation would be kind enough to get me the tumbler. And I'm willing to pay for it! Alas, no one responded. Why in the world would people go to Russia? I mean, it's such an expensive place to go to.

Indeed, God works in mysterious ways. Last week, I received a PM in Facebook from one of my favorite Titas in the world, and she told me that she took the liberty to ask her friend (who was in Russia for a vacation) to get the tumbler for her. And she gave it to me because she read my post in FB! :D

Here's the tumbler. It's not the usual Starbucks tumbler, because it's fat, just like the Babushka/Matryoshka dolls. Wee! Another Matryoshka added to my growing collection. :)

It's so pretty, no?

Thanks Jacqe and Tita Rosan for making my day! :D