’09 the E-N-D (year that is)

Year End again.

It seemed only last month when i was with the la-single ladies… waiting in line for VTO’s and party the night away.

Last year we had that exchange gifts with the codenames.. which obviously backfired.. when one decided he was “MARIAH”, the other one “BRITNEY” and the last one “PALAKA” wala na obvious na…

I dont need to remember all the other details that this time last year, all i know is time flew by so quick! Faster than i could say… times first break muna! This year have been very different… this was the year of years as i have predicted in my year-end entry last year. LIFE LOVE LAUGH have been totally ahhumm in the year of the OX.

I was of course still so Blair-ish.. but without the chuckinator.. i got the mother chucker of it all (hehe) but then again.. very NATE-ly and so lonely boy.. Ive met a lot of good friends too this year.. so far so good more Facebook friends than usual hehe. Last year at this time i thought facebook was lonely.. i had 20 friends to start with, sad, everyone adores friendster then. Until boom! Online farming became the next best thing after google. Toodles friendster.

This was the year of the BIG BANG. Michael Jackson died, along with Cory Aquino and my pet goldfish Wiggy. My feelings died too.. only to be sweetly resurrected 6months later heheho! As tita mayet said, to be young and inlove ahahay! Korek ka dyan tita!

2009, i got hooked with TMZ (you know it shows daily in HBO) and laughed with the hosts as celebrities make fool of themselves in the real world. This was the year of never its-too-late-for-romance, ask mar and korina. (Sed texted me, he would never wait till he is 55 to get married ). The year of the New Moon, Harry Potter 6, and Paranormal Activities… i hated all the other movies. Except two when i was kilig from start to end coz someones holding my hands (but thats another story).

To review this year, it will take me till next christmas to complete the details. With all my misadventures, heartaches, happiness, palitaw and a stranger than Katorse teleserye life, ill say it has been a good one. Oh on a great one!

Next year will be another good one i suppose, and best of all it will be with my family in the ceettee of promise DAVAO! I couldn’t be more excited, i couldn’t be more happier.

Here’s to 2009, my barok english, my iyalurve, my sedfrey star, my happy mom and dad, my taller than me younger brothers, my beautiful baby sister and to my lala love.. you survived another year! HAYPAYB!

May Season

Its Fiesta season all over the Pinas! I feel it in the air, in the every other day parades on our street, in 4x a day people knocking on our doors for fiesta solicitations, and i most especially feel the season sa foodang..

bongga ang daming foodang!

at ang daming nakadamit princesa (iya said that, the girls are dressed up as princesses again)

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I live in a MAIN fiesta thoroughfare in my small erap country. You see i live between the kanto and the church which is the most important road  for flores de mayo sagala. Im always uber excited with this sagala thing. Maybe because i was never in one or maybe because its an excuse to enjoy some cute looking some horrible some can even cause you scary thoughts but anyways its fun to sum it up..

So when the drums started banging and the majorettes started twirling their batons

AKO, si IYA, at si TITA MAYET

takbo kaming tatlo, picture dito picture doon… just to capture the moment . The kwitis moments

It all started when iya started wishing to see her fellow fairies

bY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY MY TITA CY, MEINARD AT YNAN... *twing*

dumating na ang mga alagad ng flores the mayo:

Reyna Rayuma (see may cane na sya)

this girl earned the teasing of the crowd, sabi oi si bibi si bibi...she aint happy kasi ung crowd mas pinalakpakan yang guy.. promise

hehe mas sexy daw ung nakaputi at naka shorts

in all fairness ang galing ng wand ni ateh

eto nandamay pa ng magnolia chicken

sya si reyna elena oha ang bongga ng cape!!

at ang hermana mayor…

tumabi kayong lahat

eto na..

**A&58!!??* hahaha

Galing noh?

See you next MAY!

what can you say sa sagala iya??? iya said: ITS SO ERO!! (aw aw)

The 5 year love affair

my perfect job...being a naynay...

“Nay, i saw two doggies this afternoon, one dog is on top of the other dog and they were like screaming!! Why would they do that?”

“Nay, why is it that all the people i know lives on earth?”

“Nay, why do some dogs don’t have a home?”

“Nay, if the tooth fairy buys all that loose teeth then she must be very rich!”

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Those are the silly but valid questions my sweet babe asks me.. I try (really hard) to answer all of them, sometimes iup to the point of feeling coming short of that being a “NAYNAY”.

I asked her one day while we were trying to get some sleep, one of those lazy days – “Babi, i sometimes think im not a good mom.” And without hesitation she answered me. “I think you’re good, because you can make a star out of the rubber bands, thats good! And you make cream sandwich…” pausing for a while and said ” I love cream sandwich!” (Cream sandwich is actually pandesal with condensed milk)

This contented me. I had good dreams that night.

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While working one day she asked me “Nay, whats conscience?” – i thought for a while – (where the hell does she hear these words? i even forget the words freaking spelling sometimes!) “Well, thats the thing that tells you if your doing something right or wrong.” Babe answered me without blinking “So you are a conscience?”

Damn, Im Damned.

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Yesterday at the dentist.

IYA: You know what i have lots of classmates! They are all smart!

DR PET: Really you’re teacher must be really smart too.

IYA: Oh no, Im the smartest!

I had to cover my mouth to stop laughing out loud

my "working daughter"

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It has been a 5 year love affair.. It will soon go all out of proportion so im taking the silly moments all by heart. Babi made me realize lifes not that hard.. you just have to know how to make stars out of rubber band then the world will be a better place. You have to know how to kiss the boo-boos away. You have to make the perfect pandesal with condensed milk and all is great.

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“Naynay, do you remember when i was inside your tummy?” I uh-uh, being in the middle of doing things “Well, im really happy you decided go to the doctor to bring me out.” Now this is getting weirder, i stopped whatever it is that was keeping me busy and asked “Why?”. “Its cold there and all i drink is those yucky slime!” (I would like to thank national geographic’s in the womb for this) But it didnt end there what came next melted my freaking heart.. “And im happy to meet you because i can kiss you now.”

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Im not that bad after all thinking about it. I think im doing a little well than my first fears. If my 5 year old thinks that way the hell im doing good at this. hehe.

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During last months stepping up program, she got two awards (this really surprised me) best in phonics, best in writing, babe you have a future (haha). It made me proud to see her there wearing her blue ball dress all smiles and waving at us.

every momma will be proud

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eeeee

eeerrrr

saaaaannnn

seeeee

uhhhh

leeeeyyyyoooo

whaaaattttevvverrrrr…

its hard, really, those chinese stuff they taught her, tougher when i try to pinch in and sounded as if im the one needing more of those chinese lessons from her LAAAUUU— SHII (sher) what ever

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This has been the best job in the world. Im loving it im living it.

Thank you babi girl.

pretend flowers for her and cotton stuffed version

boys

I knew daddy was right when i told me years and years ago that boys are bad..

They will make you love them, adore them, then they will leave your reckless heart broken and sore. After all dad is one of them he should know better right?

fast forward 20 years later.. i knew daddy was right but somehow the evidence against that truth is always so hard to imagine..

i should say i patronize the enemy so much.

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i love them..

i love them so much i have all kinds.

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i have..

1.     the main man

the main man

- one could say that he is the lounging main man haha.. no really in reality he always dresses up pretty much .. unless of course when you have those unguarded moments he looks like that basically..

2. the bestfriends

basically they are the support group who never ever fails to make you smile.. oh i love them..

3. the cotton

the most loyal

the very loyal cotton

4. the future boysss… (ni iya)

ken and iya

5. the twin hearts… my baby boys

sam and moi

buffalo chicken wings sunday

yumm yumm humm humm

Because of our soo sooo soooooo busy scheds. Alcris promised me a sunday treat.. he will be cooking from scratch buffalo chicken wings. Iya asked me what that is, and i briefly explained its like the cow and the chicken ata… i said (so what kung jologs ako i dont care)

Well apparently its that hot hot hot chicken wings.. in that cheezy sauce, i cook but mostly filipino and chinese cuisine i have by heart and i havent had the time to check what exactly the buffalo chicken wings are.

So we went on grocery shopping at megamall, for the ingredients, chicken wings of course, tabasco sauce, hot sauce and cheese cheese cheese.. Im happy to let you know that as usual even if sya ang chef ako naman ang bitcera sa groceries i pointed what i wanted.. we ended up buying fries (which is bawal for me) and ice cream (bawal for me and iya too), alcris ian ended up almost exasperated at how many bawal i wanted..

Una naming nilafang ni iya ang half gallon na cheese ice cream.. ICE CREAM. Dun ko nadin pinasawsaw ang fries… Iya said this is not good for us we will have tummyache and sipon.. I said ice cream gives us happy feelings therefore its medicine. Alcris frowned at me “HALA SIGE TURUAN MO PA NG KALOKOHAN YAN!”

After two hours of watching tv, eating like theres no tomorrow, tickling each other and “cotton” our new puppy. Nagluto nadin si chef.. as usual sya ang chef ako naman utusan.

Ok lang we really had fun after so long na nabusy kami ng sobra. It is always fun to stay home, enjoy sundays and each other.. nakaka de-stress nakakawala ng pagod.

Its always sane to have a happy, healthy and loving family.. and i am always thankful that i have my own little one.. even if the three make it four (with the arrival of cotton) have so little time to spend with each other these days.. its all worth it knowing that you have them..

happy sunday.. oh its monday now. hehe

i named her ROPHE MIA

I named her Rophe (Ra-fa) Mia for she is MY HEALER.

Rophe is hebrew for Healer and Mia italian for mine..

My adulthood was rushed into completion with her arrival 5 years and 2 months ago. It was a spur of a moment decisions, that changed my life forever. And yet not a tinge of regret, not a feeling of unforgiveness.

It was a moments calm that i knew, I had the greatest life’s gift. Iya is a gift,she is a life of her own but a gift nevertheless.

mapping out disneyland hongkong

Just this morning i was laughing hard. Naghahanap si iya ng wallet. Akala ko kung ano na. ” I have money!!” she wails “Its 20 thousand!” My sleepy brain could hardly picture this out.. she quickly shows me her waddled monopoly play money “See? 20thousand!”

We are opposites you see. While i shy away from the limelight, Iya adores the being adored. “Its her duty kookie, you should be satisfied, eh kasalanan nya bang naging pretty-prettihan sya?” my friend pointed out. “Kung ikaw nasa spotlight., aba! mahiya ka naman!” she said laughing

at the airport going for a vacation

Iya too is an avid traveller.. She has been to more destinations than I have been! All over Asia all over the Philippines all over the compound and the house..

Its just so amazing how she grew up so fast, i hardly noticed how tall she grew, how she outsmarts me, how she kicked the bigger neighbor who bullied her (i do not tolerate her in this ha but i must admit i laughed when i learned the bigger kid cried for help when Iya started kicking her). And how she dresses up like barbie. Two weeks ago i was proud to say she has accomplish a feat that made me really proud. It has been my christmas tradition to clean out my closet and personal stuff. It is my way of thanking God for another year and faithfully asking him to provide for me and my needs the coming year (believe me this tradition has never failed me). I wanted Iya to voluntarily do this too, so in her 5 years of life since she has been all for herself. This december however, I was amazingly touch how she one by one sorted her toys, old clothes and old books to give out all in her choices! She tooked out all the stuff that does not fit into her being a “big girl” to give out to younger babies.

a night in laoag

There has been times when i wanted to give up too. Frustrated to wits end. This is after all still a world filled with people who would want to see themselves in better places than you are.

How they look down at us for never having that ideal family. How they pity Iya for not being sheltered more than other children are.

But seeing Iya makes all the difference. She dolly gails her way towards me. Kisses me on my forehead and warmly comforts me. And when she needed comfort all she does is lightly tilt her head towards my heart and listen intently.. “Nay, your heart said – tug – tug -tug, does that mean you love me?”

– baby i do, very much –  INAY..

This is for you Iya, For turning 5 years and two months tomorrow. For bringing that constant healing that i needed, for completing the Joy that i have always been named to be. For being little bitchy at everything, for turning out to be the youngest diva in the world, for being scared at you own puppy, pointing out that you like the more expensive barbie, for rooting for me (even if i am failing).

Babe, I will always be your bestfriend. Here, there and everywhere…

525,600 minutes

525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes – how do you measure,
measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In
inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes – how do you
measure a year in the life?

its all coming to a close.. the year that is.

let me think of all the things that a happened in my life this 2008.

ANG DAMI!!

i got engaged, i got almost hit by a car, na dulas ako sa edsa sa may crossing…. i went to the bank for the wrong reasons and withdrawed money for the wrong reasons, i drank loads of nescafe kahit bawal, i laughed at my self kahit bad at higit sa lahat i had my horrible horrible 2008 picture taken for the nbi clearance (friends mukha akong kinulam)…

525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan. 525,600 minutes – how can you measure
the life of a woman or man?

if i counted the wasted minutes.. medyo madami un, but as much as i want to regret those minutes i just have to be grateful for another year given by chance and like every year i promised to do better this 2009 no matter if i absolutely had no list of resolutions..

In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or
the way that she died.

its like my birthday every new year.. i get half excited half annoyed that i am more than two decades toooot tooot this year and still i am an absolute mess and utterly confused (confused sa buhay ha). I looked at my friends and it seems confused din sila, so i partied hard, drank beer like its water, snugly sniffed secondhand smoke, didnt sleep for solid 52 hours last march.. and now im ending the year still thinking where is this going to?

i travelled this year too… and again i would reiterate how precious travelling is kasi i learned a lot and i realize how blessed i am to have that kind of chance. I would say that the highlight of my travel was in Saigon, Vietnam last May – inside the remants of war museum.. where all the horrors of war were showcased.. in one of the backparts of the museum (if i remember well, guillotine area) i went out crying i imagined how painful it would have been to the families of all those involved .. totoo nga, walang panalo sa gyera.

eto ung hayop na guillotine nag-paiyak sa akin!!

It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends let’s celebrate remember a year in the life of friends. Remember
the love! Remember the love! Remember
the love! Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love.

I moved to a new company after a 5 month work haitus and ive gained a lot of friends. so far suplada parin ako haha, at mababait lang talaga sila =) thank you so much friends..

annaheim

annaheim 2

of course theres those little things that made me smile.. like holding hands with ara, plotting revenge with ghen and shopping for anything pink and red with cese. mariah getting married, madonna getting divorce and beyonce wearing tanga singing single ladies…

things that gave me a shocker… i won a top end laptop, i saw john llyod at shangri-la and dingdong and karylle breaking up.

and those things that made me sneeze… si cotton ung bagong aso ni iya.

then theres a continuing life ang continuing chance..

ok lang ang chaos pag kasama ko sila

fare thee well 2008 and hello new 525,600 minutes of new life, new season, new moments, new things to laugh at, new wonders to smile for..

happy new year everyone.. at manigong bagong taon!

p.s. pwede mag wish? i wish pumayat na ako para gumanda na ako lalo haha…