if you love neil gaiman...

i'm sure you can't wait too... :D taas ang kamay ng mga fans at excited nang mapanood tong movie!!!

keon does a close open

click! click!

too lazy to blog for now so pictures na lang muna from last night and having fun with my boys

namamahay...

i definitely have the tummy aches now since namamahay ang aking tummy. i don't go number 2 that easily as other people do. try as i might the only place i can go is at home. and it's been hell today for me. iu should have gone before coming to work, but i woke up late. so there...

i hope it's 7 pm so that i can go home and sit and read some magazines... then. success!!

hahaha

why am i blogging about this?? hahaha i'm so bored. done with the tasks for the day...

and yeah. monday sucks!!

PG??

PG?? just beacuse of the word... breast. ayos!!

yep it's monday again

seriously, it's hard to work on a monday. i'm too sleepy and a bit lazy to start working. but i have to. what more now since aishi has the day off because it's pasig day. unfortunately for me, i have to go to work since i no longer work in pasig. haaay... i miss podium and ortigas (di ba ple?)

it's 1158am and still haven't accomplished anything. i'm still not in the mood. my eyes are actually half closed and i'm trying my best to wake up. the coffee i drank this morning didn't work at all. my brain hasn't functioned that properly to come up with content on the website we're working on and probably planning to launch in august.

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ple sent me this mms yesterday as she was on her way to greenbelt. of course natuwa naman ako. may ganung taxi pala. hehe

o di ba ang ganda?? hehe

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we brought kyle to greenbelt last night after hearing mass and eating at jollibee. siympre i had to meet up with his ninangs (ple, roscel and dra. dolly ) after so long. while catching up with the ninangs, asihi took kyle to powerbooks. after a while they came back. i thought pagod na si kyle. yun pala nag poopoo so we had to go home na since i didn't bring any nappies and extra stuff for kyle. and so the "tambay" was cut short. but i'm sure mauulit yan, soon! di ba mga girls? hehehe

at least nag enjoy naman si kyle with his day-off. next time kasama na si keon when he's bigger na and most probably would enjoy the crowd. medyo antukin kasi yung bunso ko eh. dede and meme pa lang ang gusto gawin sa buhay unlike his kuya.

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naku, si kuya kyle, bata pa lang matinik na sa chiks! nung nagsisimba kami. may little girl sa likod namin. so nakikipaglaro siya (peek a boo). aba maya-maya nakita ko eh hawak na ang kamay! aba! nilayo ko nga agad. hehehe bata pa lang eh nagpapa-cute na sa mga babae. hahaha buti nalang after nun eh hindi na niya pinansin yung bata. yun nga lang, malikot habang nasa mass. hehe

more than meets the eye talaga!

panalo!! i'm going to watch it again... sino gusto sumama?? :)

grabe the whole time aishi and i were watching i had goosebumps. lalo na nung sinabi ni Optimus Prime na "autobots, roll out!" ay!! kilabutan ka parang kang na-jebs! hahaha

ang pogi talaga ni Optimus Prime!!! I heart you talaga!! ahihihi
nood tayo uli!!

next up... harry potter. game?

IMAX tickets:

P350 - monday to thurs,before 5pm
P400 - monday to thurs, 5pm onwards, friday,saturday and sunday,holiday whole day
tel# 5564629/5560242
as per phil inquirer june 29,2007:
july 11-8pm sold out
july 13-8pm sold out
july 14-2pm/5pm/8pm sold out
july 15-2pm/5pm/8pm sold out

keon's 5th month

today is keon's 5th month. it has been 5 months already and my bunso doesn't look like a newborn anymore. not at all. he's starting to show his personality day by day.

and right now here are the few things he can do:
-he can roll over
-he can call your attention, either by shouting or making loud cooing sounds
-he can hold his bottle: which he did last June 25 when i was feeding him around 530 in the morning. he just held his bottle on his own and finished his milk! amazing!
-first outing: glorietta last June 24. (terno pa sila ng porma ng kuya niys hehe)

we're still finding the right moment to hear his loud laugh.

This is why I love being a mom

Wala akong masabi sa anak kong si kyle. He makes me really proud with everything he does. Kagabi pagdating namin sa bahay with the kids, nagkwento si aishi sa akin na sinali daw si kyle sa preschool ng pinsan niya. Ang anak ko eh naging saling pusa. Ok lang naman considering na 3-4 kids lang naman ang students dun. And ok lang naman daw dun sa teacher. So eto na nga, saling pusa ang little boy ko. Aba aba! Ang teacher natuwa sa kanya kasi behaved daw at marunong sumagot. As in pag nagmention ang teacher ng word nakukuha nya or nasasabi nya. Tulad daw nung tinuro ng teacher yung horse, aba sagot din si kyle ng horse. Ung cat, sagot din cat, nde ko lang sure kung pati tunog ng cat ginawa ni kyle pero malaki ang pusta ko na ginawa niya yun. In fairness magaling naman siya gumawa ng animal sounds. kumbaga may playlist na siya ng mga alam niyang animal sounds. pero kahit i-shuffle mo ang playlist, alam pa rin! Hehe

Natuwa naman ako sa sinabi ng teacher na ready na siya for school. Oo, alam ko yun. Ready na kung ready ang anak ko. Pero, ang problem dyan eh hindi si kyle at kung ready ba siya o hindi. Financially wala pa kaming means to bring him to school considering that school charges 85k as tuition!! San naman kami kukuha nun di ba? I’m sure naman there are other schools na ganun din ang turo at the same time, mura naman.

Personally, I choose na mag enjoy muna si kyle with playing. He can learn and play at the same time naman kahit wala pa sa school. Hopefully next year na lang, if time and money permits. Another factor din eh he’s not showing any signs of being potty trained. diahe din naman sa mga teachers and classmates niya na dapat pa siya asikasuhin because he's not yet potty trained. No pressure from mommy sa potty training. Magsasabi naman siya kung ready na siya. May mga moments naman. Pero ayaw ko lang talaga pilitin ang bata. Baka ma-repress pa.

But then bottom line. I’m so proud of my little boy. I never imagined na naging behaved siya in a very different environment. At least nawala ang worry ko na may takot siya sa ibang tao. I guess what helped na rin was that there were other children his age. Si kyle pa naman mahilig sa mga bata. Alam agad na pag may bata, playmate yun.

Haaay, soon little boy, mag school ka rin pero hindi siguro dun kasi ang mahal masyado ng school na yun.

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Tapos this morning naman katabi ko matulog si little boy habang naliligo si aishi. Si keon naman pinapaliguan na ng yaya niya. Naramdaman ko nang gising na si kyle, pero nag kunwari pa akong natutulog baka sakali eh matulog ulit.

Gulat ko na lang eh biglang kinuha ni kyle yung unan sa ibabaw ng mukha ko (natutulog kasi akong may unan sa mukha) sabay sabi “mama! Kekap!” (mama! Wake up!) sabay kiss sa lips ko. At hindi pa nakuntento, nag hug pa sa akin tapos kiss uli. Nag HI pa nung nakitang nakadilat na ako.

Aba! Maganda ang gising ng batang to ah! Hehehe

So yun, sige na nga gising na si mama. So tayo na ako sa kama. Aba, may pahabol pa. nag hug at nag kiss pa uli. (hmmm nde kaya may gusto tong batang to? Hehehe)

At yan ang dahilan ng maganda kong umaga. Umaga lang ha? Hehehe


Sarap maging mommy noh?

I just recently got hooked on heroes. I’m one of the few who got word from others about this series when it was about to end. At that time I was still finishing my prison break marathon – and I can’t wait for the 3rd season!

Anyway, on with heroes, I’m still watching it and I’m on my 12th episode. I still have a lot to watch but from this point I must say this series is one of the best. I’ve been searching the web for some quotable quotes because some of the lines are quite worth mentioning. If you know such sites, please share it with me.

I really can’t talk about heroes that much since I have to finish the series first, so, I’ll just mention little tidbits…

Hiro Nakamura: he’s just the cutest Japanese boy ever! Cute in the sense that he’s like a little boy, with his little voice. Wahahaha :P he’s my favorite hero!! now I want to learn Japanese too!!

Now, with Sylar, he’s just the hottest villain ever! Hehehe kahit siya maging contrabida ng buhay ko, ok lang! hehehe

Sana Sept 24 na… para Season 2 na!!! :D

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Since I’m on the series streak, might as well list the series I’m dying to watch:

Grey’s Anatomy Season 3
Lost Season 3
Prison Break Season 3
House – all seasons
All of which are currently gathering dust under our TV with all the other dibidis at home. I miss those times when you could just watch one episode after the other and just veg out

today is the day....

more than meets the eye... woohoo!!

praninger-Z

Aminin natin na minsan nakakaparanoid pag may nakikita kang 2 tao na huddled close together obviously whispering about something. Minsan maiisip mo na baka ikaw ang pinaguusapan nila.
Nakakapraning noh?

Pero deep inside naman alam mong hindi naman ikaw ang topic kasi work related siya.

Epekto ba ito ng kape kaninang umaga? I guess I should stop buying mr. donut’s coffee and go back to starbucks. Baka may ibang halo yung sa mr. donut eh. (excuses o!)

Malamang, antok lang to…

Meme time! Pwde kaya? Hehe

dada turns 55 today :)

birthday ni dada ngayon!!! :D

whee!!! 55 na siya pero hindi siya mukhang 55. para lang siyang mag 45. promise! ganun ka pogi ang dada ko! :D

more dada kwento later. coffee and work muna :D

sharing lang

naaliw ako dun sa ale na katabi ko sa jeep papuntang office...

amoy tide siya! parang ginawa niyang pabango ang tide OR madami siya gumamit ng tide sa paglalaba niya. hehehe

the heroes test

Your Score: Peter Petrelli

You scored 54 Idealism, 58 Nonconformity, 25 Nerdiness

Do you ever... get the feeling that you were meant to do something extraordinary?Congratulations, you're Peter Petrelli! You are a compassionate, idealistic person, which is great. You're searching for your identity and purpose in life, and you have a strong desire to be special, and do something great for the world. You're a bit on the emo side, but you have the best of intentions. Your best quality: Empathy Your worst quality: EMO

Link: The Heroes Personality Test written by freedomdegrees on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

pampakilig lang...

You And Me - Lifehouse

What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

Cause it's you and me and all other people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

Cause it's you and me and all other people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right

Cause it's you and me and all other people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
And me and all other people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive

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this song just sends shivers down my spine and one day i'll hear this when aishi and i get married in church... hands down this would make me cry my eyes out or literally make me cry like a baby.

AND if this will be my wedding march song... naku!!! goodbye make-up. wa-poise na kung wa-poise. iiyak talaga ako. hehehe

haaay... this wedding planning thing has been put on hold for quite a while. wonder how's my wedding prep blog doing... hehehe :P

*kilig*

thank you kerol

i would have to say i was deeply touched when i read kerol's latest blog. she's one of the few people i could really talk to about being a mom with all the ups and downs. we learn from each other, we share what we know. she understands that being mom does not require one to be perfect and a know it all. it's a constant learning process from yourself and your kids and a few "special" people along the way.

it's rare to find people like kerol and ple and those select people really really close to my heart to really see your value as a person. mahirap talaga makahanap ng taong totoo at hindi natatakot sabihin sa mukha mo kung ano ang totoo masakit man o hindi. and in the process after sabihin sa iyo alam mo it was all in good faith.

on a side note: kerol, so sorry didn't make it on your 25th bday. but i know you had fun. i was there in spirit naman eh. and kung may gig si ken somewhere in makati, i'll do my best to be there. para chika din tayo :)

:D

i've been tagged!

The rules -- list 7 random things about yourself on your blog. At the end of your post, list 7 people you are tagging. Let them know that they are tagged by leaving them a comment in their blogs.So here goes...

Here are the 7 random facts about me:

1. addict ako kay tigger. kahit anong gamit basta andun si tigger gusto ko. :) - kaya kung may bibigay kayo na gamit (ehem ehem) tigger sana.
2. mahilig din ako sa mga gamit na purple. pero hindi ako kumakain ng ube ice cream... eeew!
3. for some weird reason, lagi akong nilalapitan o natatamaan ng bola ng basketball o volleyball. kaya takot akong maglaro ng sports na may bolang involved. exception lang ang billiards. hehe
4. i still sleep with a nightlight. oo, takot ako sa dilim. hindi ako makatulog pag madilim.
5. pag kasama ko si ple for some weird reason eh naglalabasan ang mga lumilipad na ipis. so panic mode kami. takot kami sa lumilipad na ipis. pero pag nasa lupa lang, kayang-kaya silang pataying gamit ang tsinelas.
6. nung highschool ako, napagkakamalan akong tibo dahil sa short hair ko. pero girl po talaga ako!!
7. up to now my bag still looks like a trash can - di ba ple? . pag tinignan mo yung loob, may mga papel, wrapper ng candy, etc. better nang makalat ang bag wag lang ang paligid. :D

i'm tagging: anyone who wants to answer. i'm sure lahat kayo nakagawa na nito eh. hehe

updates sa buhay-buhay

Been quite busy the past few weeks. And I missed my blog and blogging. I just check it while I can to see if there are people visiting my site. Awa naman ng diyos meron naman. (salamat!) anyway, a few updates on what has happened to me and my boys…

 Keon’s finally baptized after so much delay. Last june 9. It was a very simple event, as in close family and friends. One thing that I didn’t like was the fact that we were not informed by the church that we were supposed to bring our own candles. Siyempre assuming kami that as part of the payment for the baptism, we will be supplied with candles. But no… bad trip talaga since nagmukha kaming mga engot kasi wala kaming dalang kandila. Ano ba yun di ba? So, ang nangyari eh, pinahawak na lang kay aishi yung gigantic paschal candle, as representation. Ang saya di ba? Ang isa pang nakakaloka eh, nung bubuhusan na ng tubig si keon, eh itong pari (which is vietnamese by the way – kwento to follow) eh pawang pinaliguan ang anak ko kaya ayun, pati mata, nalagyan ng tubig. Nagpigil na lang ako kasi gusto ko siyang umbagan. Tama ba naman kasing ubusin yung tubig sa bata? Eh dapat “trickle” lang ang ilalagay sa bumbunan. Ayun, kawawang keon, nagwawala…

So yun nga, si paring vietnamese… wala kaming naintindihan sa kanya. Since vietnamese nga, wala kaming naintindihan sa kanya. Ang nakakatawa pa eh ang pag pronounce niya ng Satan eh ganito: SA-TAN. At sino naman si Sa-tan?? Bwahahaha!

After ng mga nakakabaliw ng incident sa simbahan, smooth sailing na. deretso na dencios para kumain. Saktong tanghalian so masaya ang lahat. After kumain at naguwian na ang mga guests, nagstay pa kami ni aishi and the ninongs and ninangs. Yung mga chikiting ko, pinauwi ko na at pinatulog. Kawawa naman eh. Inaantok na. so dun muna sila sa mga inlaws ko. Kami naman nagstay sa dencios until 530 or so. At doon nabuo ang plano na mag outing dahil long weekend. 

 The long weekend getaway… silip na lang kayo sa multiply ko para sa mga pictures.  basta, masaya siya at finally nakahabol sa mga natitirang araw ng summer. At ako’y umitim naman. Yun nga lang ngayon eh nawawala na ang sunburn ko at bumabalik na ako sa dati kong kulay. Kainis!!

 I’m back to working. 3 weeks na ako dito sa company as a marketing officer. Hindi ko pa pwede sabihin kung ano kasi hindi pa siya na-launch. Confidential pa eh. Pero masaya naman ang work. Makukulit ang mga tao tulad sa dati kong work, minus the backbiting nga lang (well… we’ll never know. Mawawala ba yun sa isang trabaho?) siyempre kahit 3 weeks pa lang ako eh babad na rin sa dami ng trabaho. Kaya pa naman ang work, sa totoo lang nageenjoy ako. Bagong challenge eh. At least in the coming days eh may reason nanaman ako para may ma-blog di ba?

 Mukha nanaman akong boy. Short nanaman ang buhok ko. Hehehe. We brought kyle to cuts for tots to have his haircut and nainggit naman kami ni aishi. So nagpagupit din kami. Siyempre feel na feel ko ang short hair ko. As in wash and wear lang kaya tipid din sa shampo. Hehehe imaginin nyo na lang ang itsura dahil hindi ako magpost ng pictures. Hahaha! Unless magkita tayo sa daan. :P

happy sad

i couldn't think of a better title than that. i was, and still am in a rollercoaster of emotions. happy one moment, sad the next. although i try not to dwell on the sad side of what happened to our week. and blogging about it would bring closure, for me.

> kyle had his fair share of yayas in his "lifetime" he hasn't reached two yet but he had been taken care of 6 yayas. the most recent one being the 6th. we found it quite amusing that all his yayas stayed for more or less 6 months with us. para bang nag probi lang sa amin anyway, speaking of yayas. there was this yaya kyle had that stayed with us for about 9 months. initially she was very maasikaso with kyle. we thought she would stay longer. but things took a sudden turn and she showed her true colors. she was the type of yaya that would get mad if she didn't get her way. as in nakasimangot siya the whole day kung bad trip siya sometimes for reasons we don't even know. one vivid memory i had of this attitude was when aishi and i arrived late to pick up kyle from our in laws. imagine the first face you see upon entering the house is that yaya's face all scowls and frowns. sinong hindi maiinis nun di ba? apparently, she was in a foul mood because we came late to fetch them which meant that she has to go to bed much later than her usual time.

basta nainis talaga ako sa kanya nun. after nun, halos everyday na lang siyang galit. then our ever loyal taga laba ang plantsadora, told us that she found kyle's yaya really weird. her moods are more crazy than a pendulum's. one minute she's mad, crying, happy, depressed and very hard to talk to.

but things get more juicy from here. (disclaimer: this is just an account, it does not mean that i believe in such things also) based from one of my in-law's helpers, this yaya admitted that she dabbles in witchcraft. if you want to know more details about this, i'll create another entry entirely about this incident. better explained in tagalog for more emphasis and feelings.

> we've been staying with our in laws for almost a week now. and staying with them wsa quite a torture for me since i miss our tv, our pc, the internet and sleeping much later than usual with kyle. i just don't like the feeling that you're in the same house with your sons but you only get to see them when they're sleeping. i feel so ineffective as a mother when your sons are just within your reach yet other people are taking care of your sons. but then again, i have a valid reason why this happened..

> my lola which i talked about in my previous entry passed away last may 30. after being confined for almost a week. she finally let go. maybe because she didn't want to burden her children anymore. we're happy that she's happy now with her hubby. sad, because we don't have lola honey anymore to visit. no more endless food when we go to her house. no more laing to eat with bread. no more special sopas for me..

i heard the news from my brother who texted me if we're going home that night. he texted me this way: "ate, kakain ba kayo dito? nga pala, wala na si lola, namatay na siya nung 4pm." at that time i just woke up from my nap with keon. i wasn't even done deleting the message when i just broke down. i immediately called my mom and my bestfriend.

while at the wake, the first time i went there i was doing everything i can to delay looking at her in a casket. i had this bitter knotted feeling in my stomach and throat. i was having a hard time dealing with the loss. after much prodding from aishi, before we left for home, i finally looked at her. and broke down. i had a good cry for about 10 mins standing there, talking to her. telling her how i'm going to miss her so much. thanking her that she was able to keep her promise of seeing her first great grandchild, she even saw her second. her face was so peaceful. literally para lang siyang natutulog. even in death she still looked beautiful.

come the next day, i was at the wake again. i approached my mom and told her i dreamt about lola. in my dream she was wearing blue. the last garment i saw her wearing during my uncle's despedida. she was sitting down and she told me: "wag ka na iyakin, happy na ako" she was saying this with a smile. after that, i can't remember the dream anymore. but that part was the most vivid one. after telling my dream to my mom, she mentioned that my cousin, the youngest among the grandkids. i'm the eldest by the way, dreamt about lola too. this time she gave her a kiss and with her was her hubby (when our lolo passed away, i was the only grandchild then) and they were floating upwards and waving at her. it was funny that lola only made her presence felt to me and my youngest cousin. lolo after he passed away when i was 1, also visited me that time. in short, kami lang talaga ang binisita ng lolo at lola namin.

after that dream, i stopped crying for the loss of my lola. i'm now happy she's happy and in a better place. i've got another angel to look after me and my family.

> and i guess this is with my lola's help, i'm back at work. today's m second day as an internet marketing officer. the pay's good, the environment's relaxed and stress free even if there's a lot to do. i'm just thankful i was able to get a job just in time with my self imposed deadline as written in my planner to have a job by june. and here i am. what's more, my office is near our house so i could come home early and see my kids.

> as for keon, he's getting bigger and smarter by the day and every inch as kulit as his kuya kyle. i'm excited for saurday to arrive since we'll be celebrating his baptism, after much delay.

kuya kyle (which i call him now) is still learning new words everyday. he can now say his name after me. he'll repeat it as "kay huuuu" aka kyle hung last night while putting him to sleep, he learned a new word. i taught him his dada's name. when aishi came home last night, imagine his surprise to hear kyle call him dada titoy aka dada pitoy with matching big smile. next would be teaching him to say my name, that would be tonight's assignment.