...no ordinary mom...

Kuya Luigi had his first field trip last Thursday, 29 September 2007. The first stop was on the Rainforest. There was a mini zoo there and a butterfly farm. Then we went to Jellyace where they gave the students free jellyace. After that, we went to Goldilocks where they had a chance to decorate their own cake. I was not able to take a picture of the cake kuya decorated because cameras are not allowed inside the plant. Then we went to Go nuts, Donuts where like in Goldilocks, they garnished their own donut. It was past 1pm when we had our lunch at Starland, Alabang. There are different kinds of rides there which kuya really enjoyed riding. There is also a pool outside but kuya like the rides better than swimming outside. And we left the Starland at 5pm. I asked him if he enjoyed the field trip and he said Opo. What I OBSERVED with my son. Kuya Luigi was quiet and behaved. He just sat beside me and asked for cookies and C2. He was not like the others who are noisy. He was also not th...

My son got the Gold Star in his report card. He is on Top One. OMG! I really am not expecting this. I even told my officemates that sometimes I feel guilty for not looking after him with their lessons. His Daddy was the one who got his report card from school. He said, when the principal announced the Top One- Louie Geraurd Ignacio! At the back of his mind, hey, that is my son! He just cannot get the smile off his face because he was so proud of his son. I told kuya, from now on, I will call you Mr. Top One. When I enrolled him last June as Nursery, I was not confident that kuya will do well in school. I was so worried because kuya does not know how to write his own name. He cannot count from one to one hundred. Unlike his classmates, I overheard from the their parents that their child can do this and do that. Everyday when I came home from the office, I always asked him what he did in school. What are the songs they sang. And he always tell me, wala , nag pencil lang saka nag -color....

She celebrated her first birthday last Saturday, September 8 at Mcdonalds. Looking back, when I first found out that I was pregnant, my mind was not set to have another baby. Jule that time was one year and seven months old. I told people that I am not sure yet if I am pregnant or not, though I took the pregnancy test and those kinds of tests really works for me. In short, I was still on the denial stage, can you believe that? O well, I hate it kasi when people ask me this way, buntis ka na naman ? As if they pay for my delivery, diba ? And of course, another baby means additional expense and we are not talking about small amount here. The milk, the diaper, the milk, the diaper, the milk, the diaper… It was really a matter of time before I conditioned myself with everything. I just told myself, God gave me this. And every baby is a blessing. If people asked me that question, I answered them, oo, bakit hinihingan ba kita ng pampaanak ko? with a big smile on my face. My pregnancy was re...

Having a great time with Annie, Anarose and Regina who is fresh from Netherlands. Missing in the pictures are Analie, the busy businesswoman and Chona who is in Canada. Okay, to make my post more exciting to read, let me describe each one of them in random. Annie - She is very simple and pretty. A bestfriend material. You can tell her everything because she listens very well but she can never promise that she wont tell it to anybody else, ha-ha! without your permission of course. A very sweet and passionate woman. She is the type of person who just cry when hurt, cry when angry and cry when sad. But she is someone I admire because of her strength. A responsible mother to Andre, she does everything for her son. She is very bubbly and she can make you laugh by just goofing around. She is addicted to chocolates and seeing one in her bag makes her happy. Anarose - Ever saw someone who knows one or two people in every crowded place, in every given time? O well, that is Anarose . I can sa...

It was lunch time of an ordinary Sunday in our unit in PDS. My office mate gave me a ring. He was asking where I am, I told him I am in the unit. Then he said, they will come over, then he hung up. That was Pangyao, he said they will come over so I thought, a potential buyer of the unit was with him. We are selling our PDS unit by the way, any interested buyer can email me. Also, it is for rent, interested renters can do the same. That was an instant ad, ha-ha! Five minutes later, they were already on our door. Pangyao was not with a potential buyer. He was with two ABS-CBN employees. Actually, they are from the Program Luvspell. I am really not familiar with the program but it is aired during Sundays after the A.S.A.P. I think. She introduced herself as Vivian, she was wearing her ABS-CBN i.d. of course. They were looking for a vacant unit which they can use for the shoot. Then she looked at my dining table and said that it was nice. (We were about to have our lunch actually and kuya ...

Margie + Bimbie + Wigs + Shoes + Craziness + Laughter = Real Good Time miss you girl! see you soon! mwahhh.

The house is untidy from window to door, Marks on the walls and food on the floor. The washing's unwashed and the dishes are too, There's scum in the bathroomAnd fat on the stew. There are toys in the passage And under our feet; The garden's a jungle When seen from the street. So what have I done, then To earn my repose? To just look around me You'd say no-one knows! I've held a small hand As her first steps she took. I've made animal noises As we read a book. I've built a mud pie And admired a snail. I've rescued the cat From a grip on her tail. I've wiped away tears, And I've listened to tales. I've used mediation To get smiles from wails. So I guess what I've done Isn't easy to see - It won't clean the house And it won't cook the tea. But if I have helped make a child feel good, know that she's loved andthat she's understood, then I know that my work, though not easy to see, is just as important as any could be. ~~ ...

1. Chocolates. 2. Reality Bites. A movie starring Wynona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. It is about friendship, relationship, sex, school, fashion and everything in between. A must see. 3. Ralph Fiennes. Good looking-no doubt. 4. Pearl. I have been wearing pearl since college days. They say, single women should not wear pearl but I do not care, I just love them eh. 5. Native bags. 6. Lip gloss and lip balm. I love the shinny shimmering effect. 7. Pencil. I prefer writing using a pencil than a pen. 8. Kerokeroppi. I used to have a kero pen, kero pad, kero hanky, kero pouch and kero cologne. 9. Also, the Zashikibuta. Kero and Sashiki are both from the Sanrio family. 10. I love the combination of Pink and Green . 11. I love wearing slippers. 12. Marlboro lights. I have been smoking since first year college. I only stop unconsciously when I am pregnant. I do not know, I just hate the smell of it. I am like a cat on a hot tin roof every time I get irritated with the yosi smell haha! 13. Black an...

Memorial: 26 July Profile: Mother of Our Lady . Grandmother of Jesus Christ. Wife of Saint Joachim . Probably well off. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when Mary was born, and that she was their only child. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was condemned by the Vatican in 1677 . Believed to have given Mary to the service of the Temple when the girl was three years old. Devotion to her has been popular in the East from the very early days of the Church; widespread devotion in the West began in the 16th century , but many shrines have developed since. Canonized: Cult extended to the whole Church in 1584. Name Meaning: Gracious one; grace Today is the Feast Day of Sta. Ana. It is the time of the year where the statue of the saint will be placed in a ferry for the river procession. That is why the event is called Sta Anang banak. Actually, there are three processions during the feast day. Early morning, there is a street parade of stude...

My princess Gayle at ten months showing off her FIRST teeny weeny tooth!

Today, my second son, Jean Gaberell just turned THREE! Jule, that is how we call him by the way and it is pronounced as Yul and not Dyul , has been the baby of the family for quite sometime until Gayle came along. Jule as a baby is so quiet. He never had tantrums which became his hobby nowadays. We thought, maybe it was because of his baby sister. Maybe he was used to the attention all around him and everything, as in everything is all for him. Maybe he thought, the new baby girl would take away all the attention from him. Actually, we understand it very well. We treat it as a natural scenario in every family. It never entered our mind that Jule was such a brat. We just call it the middle child syndrome. Unlike his kuya who is very outspoken, friendly and sweet, Jule remained quiet, he just sits in the corner looking around. He is never magulo or malikot but one wrong move from you and you are in big trouble. And yes, his mood swings, too. One minute he is very quiet, the other m...

The bride and groom with the barkada With me and Cecil as Secondary Sponsors With the bridesmaids We're showing off our shoes, isn't it obvious? Oda, missing? Pretty smiles at different direction...haha!

I had a date with my high school friends. Actually, it was our make up dinner for not attending the Shower Party for Rochelle last February 17. Our original plan was to dine at Northpark but since the food at Northpark does not meet the standards of our boss Jaspers taste buds, we decided to dine at Seafood Island. In attendance are Pongx, Edward, Alex, Jasper, Cecil, Jennie, Rochelle and me. Rochelle distributed her wedding invitation which will be on 10March. Someone asked, I do not know if it was Pongx or Alex, why the name Glued is written in the envelope that reminds me, I created a yahoo group for us and me and Rochelle named it as Glued92. Why Glued92? Glued because we were thinking of an acronym for us who have been friends since First Year High School. Ninety two simply because we graduated High School on year 1992 making us friends for fifteen years now. Whoah. We had a really superb dinner. Clams, Inihaw and ginataang fish, Kare-kare, Sisig, Pork. After dinner, we moved t...

Today is Ash Wednesday. I attended the mass at the office. And the homily was really nice. It says there, Do not give alms like the hypocrites do. They give alms in public for the reason that they want people to see that they are serving and reaching out to the poor. You can give alms in secret. Do not let your left hand see what your right hand is doing. Do not pray like hypocrites do. They like showing themselves that they are praying truthfully. You can go to your inner room and pray quietly. Do not fast like hypocrites do. You do not have to look gloomy just to show the people that you are fasting. You can fast secretly. Hypocrites do those things to show off. And they got their reward- Public praises. And it ends there. GOD see everything we do in secret and then He gives us our reward. And it is very TRUE. GOD sees everything people do in private. No matter how you read it, how you interpret it, It is very TRUE. That phrase left a huge question mark in my mind that made me analyz...

This morning, I received a txt message at around 9:05:29am. It is from Merle girlfriend: I wake up 2day smyling as I rmember I have a loving friend. I hope many yrs from now, I wud stil wake up smyling 4d same gud rison dat I have you… mownin! Another txt message at around 09:20:12am This time it is from Bimbie girlfriend: …Life is all about waking up each day to discover something new …about meeting old people but making new conversations …walking thru old roads but still feeling nice about it …realizing that you have grown a day older but still feeling young at heart …meeting busy skeds but still finding time for old friends …being nostalgic about gone days but looking forward to a better day…u Girlfriends! You two have been my shock absorbers whenever I am down. And since, you two were not around Which contribute so much for my sadness… O well…enough with the being sad and lonely. Enough…enough…enough… These txt messages wiped out my sorrow…la lang I was not able to reply though… Bu...

27 January I've got mail from her. She send the pictures of gayle from her celphone when she paid Gayle a visit sometime ago. Again, I miss her. I know she’s doing good. She called me up. She read my blog. I miss her too. She seem ok. I’m sad. Because I miss them both. 05 February I felt her sincerity with her email. And she’s right. Maybe I really have to let go even just for a while. I’ve been pushing it hard for us to be okay with everyone and everything. Maybe, it will really take sometime. OKAY. 19 Febraury OMG! I was teary eyed this morning during our General Assembly. There was this portion of the program where we were being serenade by the BCDA talents…(haha!) (which by the way, Merle was one of the original cast) with the slide show presentation on the background. The theme was family and friends so, there are pictures of the employee’s families and friends. Going back on the being sad and lonely, I was sitting beside Libay. While watching the presentation, she whispered, ...

Today, I am a bit fine, still sad though and incomplete but anyways, at least some of my questions are being answered. I was so relieved to receive an email from mama. She did not mean to send me a blank message that by the way made me cry. We had exchange emails this past few days and I really want to see her and hug her. Until this morning. I passed by their area on my way to the canteen. She was not there. I went straight ahead to the canteen. And got an egg sandwich and instant noodles for my breakfast. On my way back, I saw her standing. I continue walking thinking if I should go to her or not. And I went back to her area. I went there and gave her a hug. I felt good. And much better after receiving an email from her. God has always a purpose for everything. In God's time, all concerned will be healed and we can start life anew. It is a time of renewal- this situation is an instrument to make us better, stronger and wiser persons. True. In God’s time.

Everything went out of control. A bomb exploded last Wednesday. Everybody was very nosy to know every detail of it. It was like a lechon in a barrio fiesta. We were so worried for Page. I even tried running after her after knowing that she just stepped out of her area. I really thought that she went out of the office. I even asked the security guard where she headed, if she took the elevator or the stairs. I tried reaching her through her celphone, I really thought she was rejecting my call. Just to find out that she just went to the ladies room. We asked her if she is ok. She said she was fine. She was kinda expecting it. She may be unprepared but she understands that this could happen and now it is really happening. She may be judged by some. But her true friends stood by her. Until it reached the top management last Friday. That made her file a terminal leave. We really wanted to talk to her but we were advised not to do so. I tried calling her up, but again, my call was rejected. ...