Baby Trick 101

       After the church mass, the pastor announced the children's recital scheduled 7pm today. Seeing the said activity twice for the last two years, which i pretty much enjoyed,  i decided to fetch my 2 year old niece so i can bring her tonight to watch the presentation. After succesfully convincing her that i will let her watch as many Dora Dora the Explorer dvd's  she wants if she would only come with me, i tuck her at the backseat and put around her the safety strap, and oh i gave her milkies to eat so she would behave as i  drive. Then we got home. We were already watching movies and eating when she suddenly remembered her dad whom she is fond calling as "pappie or puppy", whatever. So to  divert the topic and make her forget about it, i told her so many lies.. ( white lies ) hahaha, i did that just to make her stop whining about her dad, or else i will be stressed!!!. So here are the tricks i said and made:

1. i told her we will go to Jollibee when she wakes up ( no filipino kid will refuse to this offer)

2. i will carry her on my bike basket ( which she likes so much)

3. i will le her play with stupidoo ( our dog)

4. i made her iced tea, and lastly

4. i will take her to the mall...

       I am not so sure how effective my tricks are for other babies, but these are effective on my niece, as a matter of fact she is in deep sleep right now...zzzzzzzzzz...i took a pic of her sleeping.. so cute

      And this is how she looks when not sleeping...this pic was taken at the back of MOA last May 20, 2010.

       Cute, isn't it?





Done: May 30, 2010

She is missed!

       Its been a week since i came back from Manila with my younger brother and his family. From that time we have been doing family bonding every night at my parent's house and have dinner there. Our eldest sibling and his family are also there which leave us with one missing person - my sister. Hmmm,  where is she? She has been terribly missed. Family talks over dinner makes the simple foods turn into  a food for the Gods. Its lovely indeed to have your family around sharing and feasting on the blessings. Yes we have been doing that same activity every night without my sister. She is in Manila right now, working her ass and preparing for her future too. And how i wish she could be here with us right now, or even one night out of 7 nights a week...uhhmm so missed her..

       I am so proud of my sis because she had attained so much in life, she is industrious as an ant, soft as a dove and strong as an iron. Earlier this year, she again had her second surgery on her ovaries - this time the doctor took awa y the remaining ovary that was left from her first cut. It must be terrible for her because the things that incapacitates a woman to bear a child is no longer within her. I feel so sorry for her and i pity her. But then I always trust the Master dessigner of our lives and i cannot question why this and that happened to her. My faith tells  me that everything has  a reason, those reasons may not be revealed now but surely they will be in the near future and you can't say anothing but "now i know".

       Needless to say, we are having a good quality time with the whole family. My sis may be phyically absent but she is always in our hearts, and when she comes home for a vacation we will surely make it worthwhile. May our family be blessed until the end of our lives!

Done: May 29, 2010

Word War in Blog-go-sphere

       So yesterday was a rainy day, but the rain did not stop us ( Lainy, Lira and me ) from seeing each other for the first time. Lainy is a schoolmate back in college and Lira who now lives in the US is taking a short vacation here with her husband and kid. We accidentally met at the hotel where they stayed earlier that afternoon so meeting her at JB highway was not really an "off thing" feeling like that of  meeting somebody for the first time. Oh before i forget, Lira is such a nice and simple woman-- bloody filipina! ( Hooray to that!)

       Since the three of us were so called "generals" we got along pretty well. We sat, ate, chatted about a lot of things, you know what happened when all "tirangs" meet, whewww! its going to be a blast - like never ending conversations, one topic connecting to one another  to another and another and another. There were quite a few topics that we have discussed aside from some personal stuff, but  one of the topics that particulary catched my interest is the word war that happened in the world of blogging between a good friend of mine and another woman ( will not mention their names). I was a little confused and lost in the conversation so i just asked Lainy to send me the links so i can review them when i get home.

       An hour after we said goodbyes, i find myself reading terrible, horrible, deplorable and hell i dont know how else i would describe the  comments  posted  by a visitor in my friend's blogsite.  After reading all of those exchange of comments ( nice, rude, calm, religious, arrogant, legal, etc ) i came up with two words to describe it - HOLY CRAP! I can't believe ( but i guess now i am starting to believe) how big wars arise from small misunderstandings.Really. It just turned out into a big battle. We fight our own battle - everyday. But what i learmed from this is  to fight your own battle and to keep in mind how to win or loose such battle. Winning a battle, if you have the right strategy is easy, but i also learned that loosing one is easier. Why? because you are doomed to lose and always in the pitfall if you fight like a whore...

       Good thing my friend did not stooped down to her level and stood by the essence of the word "professional". And the winner is .......................

Done: May 29, 2010

Shirley Bassey Fanatico

       Guys, have you ever wondered why the old songs are better than the songs we hear now, somehow? In my personal opinion, such is due to the fact that the singers in the past put more emotion and sensitivity in the songs they create. Thus  they are called classic - famous  then and still  famous  now.

       Late this afternoon after the last group who defended their thesis were done, i went to buy a birthday cake for  my niece who turned 4. After having dinner i drove home and found a package waiting for me  right after i have opened the front gate. The "not so smart" post man, who i guess is well versed already that i get packages few times a month, just left the package there or better said "threw in the package" while i was out. I said " threw in the package" for 2 reasons: one - my front gate is locked; and two- my front steel fence is high and he can't just jump over , lay the package on the paved alley to the main door  and then jump over to get out of my property, huh. weird ...Nevertheless, my closest suspicion was he just threw it in without even a bit of tact. I also have a japanese spitz who would roam around my lot and would bite into anything it would come across with. Good thing, he did not touch the package. A star for you stupidoo ( that is the name of my dog).

     The sight of the package made me wonder, who would have sent me such. I was talking to my husband few days earlier that the amazon ( the site we use to order stuff from) would be able to deliver the Cds he bought by March 25. To my surpise, i saw the Amazon logo on the box and hurriedly grabbed it to open. It were indeed the Shirley Bassey CDs.. How i love to listen to her songs. Yes, they are  oldie, as in certified old songs but as i have said they are full of emotion. The intensity of the voice and the weight of the message revealed in every song just leave me in total awe.  I am just as happy to have few of the best CDs she came up with.  I was young then when i started singing her songs, i would listen to battery operated radio and i would memorize the lyrics, until i get familair, then very familair after some time.

       Now i am singing, not as good as Shirley though, but emotionally and sincerely as if i am singing to the man i love  who is just in front of me. When i become a mother, i would sing these same old songs to my kids to tuck them to sleep.. i just wish they will have a good night afterwards..hahaha..."Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.."

      To Shirley, thanks for all the songs you made, songs you sang and song you gave meaning to. It has been my pleasure to be one of those who found comfort in your songs..

      

Cheers to the raise!

       It has been two week since my husband got  promoted and until  now i still feel the excitement and happiness it brought as well a some uncertainties. I am definitely proud of him for the promoion which is of course ver much deserved by him. He has been working very hard and i am flattered that he was noticed. I remember those nights that his call would come late or worse not come at all due to a lot of work he has to do  and bunch of reports to make.

       Happiness is always the feeling when there is some nice things  happen - and it always calls for a celebration, eh! Yes, i celebrated his success in my heart and meekly thanked the Lord for another blessing.

       But now we are talking about the unsure R&R ( which was originally set for March 20). He said he is not sure if he can get that date because he was transfered to the international camp in Baghdad along with his promotion and that he has to somehow get himself very familiar with the new base. Yes, i understand that pretty well, i just can't contain my excitement to see him gain be it this march  20 or a little later.  

       Although it is uncertain when it comes to date - its absolutely certain that we will have this much needed R&R very soon and i will just be here..........waiting.

       Cheers to life and to success!

For Future Investment

       Less than a week ago, a friend of mine told me of some residential lots for sale in a subdivision located in Klinan 5, Barangay Mabuhay. What made me very interested and eager to get one was the price which is very affordable. This is how affordable it is  - 42 thousand pesos for every 120 square meters of lot. Add 15 thousand pesos for the processng of title. Put a 5 thousand deposit, sign the contract to sell, take the payment receipt and wholah!!!- you are off to go and start your monthly amortization the month after for 3 year....yes, you heard me right, for three years, isn;t that very easy and affordable? I thought so too.  The 15 thousand processing fee was equally distributed into ten months which is added to your monthy amortization, so expect that your due for the first ten months will be a little higher - but sure its okey.  Interest for the capital is only 6 percent per annum and whever you have fully paid before the three years term - you can always be charged only with the applicable interest. Sounds just fair, eh!

       

       I went to the site and checked the place and this is how i will describe it.:

      - in higher elevation that you can over look part of the city

      - air or wind is good from the hillside

      - in the exact opposite direction is the magnificient Mount Matutum

      - what makes it very nice and ideal for investment is that it is close to the diversion road..

    - and take note development  and infrastructures by the local government in  few years will be in Mabuhay area..

       So i tought, why not invest in lots ? Anyway they don't get spoiled and they even apprecaite as years pass by. I can put there apartments in the future which i can rent out and so easy money - you will have monthly collection  wtihout so much hassle.

       I am just happy that when i relayed my idea to my husband, he was very supportive. So i wasted no time, though i spend a day inquiring at the responsible government offices for this matter and it turn out let say satisfactory ( that is because  they are still in the process of having the mother title subdivided). Then i went on to sign the "contrat to sell" and put my deposit.

       Hmmmmm, how i wish tomorrow is already the last month of the 3rd year - so i can say " Yes, I made it!" hahaha, just being silly - but there  is a good truth in it. Thanks for he news and thanks for all the provision that i have received.

       Enjoy the night.   :)

There's a reason for everything.......

  

      My husband's last R&R for 2009 started November 8 and lasted until December 5. We intended to be together to celebrate our 3rd year anniversary and his birthday which came 7 days after our anniversary. Months before his arrival, I have frequently been visiting my gyne for some check ups and preparations in  the hope that we can successfuly conceive this time. Just like any other couple, we desire to have a kid, or should i say kids. Yes, we are no different. In the past three years, I have been longing to have our firs baby  and evey time i get my period or pegtest indicates "negative", I would just lay in bed in frustration. A few days delay in your monthly visit makes you somehow excited and crazily anticipate that you are on your way. But period would still arrive. Negative, negative, negative. How frustrating, indeed.

       For this R&R, my hopes are high, he is staying for 28 days and I will be in my fertile period during his stay.  Then, I missed my period on the expected day, then on the next day, then on the next. I have been rejoicing silently, hoping and crossing my fingers that this is it. Until it startred - I had spots, I bled. Still not convinced, I took a quick pregnancy test and it was again, negative. I became weak, cried and thought of so many things. I was asking what was wrong. I have been sad for a couple of days or more.  My husband would always cheer me up saying, "it will happen in due time", and my simple reply would be, " I'm old, I'm 30, I'm old."

        But everything changed. After the car accident  I got involved with more than a week ago, I realized a lot of things. One is that maybe, JUST MAYBE, God did not allow me to get pregnant becuse i will be in the car crash. If i was pregnant that time,  I could have a miscarriage during the impact - I would lose my baby, and that would be a very terrible, terrible thing to happen.  And the ultimate reason - its not yet the right time. God is good, cause now i am still alive and can have many chances of getting pregnant. Everything happens for a reason. The "have not gotten pregnant" , the "accident", - they all happened for a reason. It was God's way to tell me that there is time for everything. This I learned.

       When we ask something in our prayers, God answers  - and his answer is either Yes, No or Wait. I know He will give us the desire of our hearts, I just have to wait. I just have to be patient, as the saying goes "patience is virtue".