20 years too long..

Heres what a bored 5 year old most often does..

A pure generation gap syndrome..

Hmm.. i just finished browsing facebook.. what to do next?

This adult business is surely not my type ano ba talaga?

you see everyone has changed the delicate balance of my nature.. i feel that you as an inay has grown so outdated .. is that what all this money making life that you darn work so hard to live made you?

let me show you with this chess pieces how as a person you should always always try to stand your ground even among the odds of being heller na iiba..

can you see what i made?

hello! come closer and seeeee

yan oh! the poor collie is trapped among all the powers of the universe! But see how that plastic furless piece held her head high?

what?! youre so un-posh! look at it in another angle! this is art if you know whats good for you, better get a good look here (IYA in her most blairish moments)

see now? hay nko inay you're so out of my constance billard elite society.. ang jologs mo..

Right after this she opted to go shopping..

again generation gap.

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

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…