More than supplements
Posted on February 19, 2010 - Filed Under Family, Health | Leave a Comment
My mother is still in her mid-fifties. But she is already complaining about painful joints. In fact, when I was in my teens, she suffered a kind of arthritis that kept her bedridden for days. Thank God, she recovered from it. I didn’t know until I last came home that she […]
Read More..>>At least five feet four inches
Posted on February 19, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
My father was only 5 feet 4 inches tall. My mother stands at only 4 feet 11 inches. So, I’m not really surprised why I could not join beauty contests. As if I’d be qualified even if I get the minimum height requirement! Also, I don’t have the guts to wear […]
Read More..>>Three Oh!
Posted on February 1, 2010 - Filed Under Birthday, Family | 6 Comments
I don’t want to say it out loud. Even after almost a month of that special day, I still refuse to admit that I could no longer rightfully claim I am still in my twenties! I even opted for the above “happy birthday” candles instead of numbers, or my younger cousins could have teased […]
Read More..>>I no longer jumped
Posted on January 30, 2010 - Filed Under Family | 2 Comments
Okay, the New Year’s eve is almost a month ago but the joy of celebrating it with my family is as vivid as if it just happened last week. We didn’t attend the New Year mass due to fear of firecrackers, but I tried to imitate what the others do to welcome the new […]
Read More..>>Things we usually do before New Year
Posted on January 22, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
I think almost everyone does some kind of preparations for welcoming the New Year. I don’t even believe that these things have some effects on how one fares in the coming year. At home, at least we try to fix what we can, like replacing busted bulbs. It’s far from those Hubberton […]
Read More..>>I’m sorry, goodbye…
Posted on January 19, 2010 - Filed Under Family, Sentiments | 2 Comments
My phone rang right after the alarm went off. It was my mother. She doesn’t normally call me early in the morning so I knew that she called to deliver another sad news. Nanay Soling, my mother’s aunt passed away. She was 80. I knew this was coming because she’d […]
Read More..>>Interior overhaul
Posted on January 11, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
Christmas 2009 vacation has been the longest time I’ve stayed at home since I took my 2-month maternity leave. Being there for quite some time again gave me the opportunity to sort things out as my mother prefers to just “set aside” unused things. I prefer to throw them out or give them […]
Read More..>>Shaynna and Baby K
Posted on November 5, 2009 - Filed Under Family, Shaynna | 3 Comments
My father left us more than a year ago. It is still as painful as if it happened yesterday. I know that my mother is suffering the most, but the two children at home make her burden a lot lighter. It gets so noisy most of the time but there’s joy. […]
Read More..>>Nanay Soling
Posted on October 30, 2009 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
I was so much a grandma’s girl before going to highschol. I adored my Lola (grandma) Iyang that I often went with her to church, to her choir practice, and even when she sells those Filipino delicacies she used to cook. As much as I love my Lola Iyang, I love her older sister […]
Read More..>>Me, the disciplinarian?
Posted on October 22, 2009 - Filed Under Family | 1 Comment
If my mother and my younger sister were staying with me, I would have gained a lot of weight already and would have taken into consideration using one of those weight loss supplements. My family loves to eat. Yes, there’s nothing wrong with it, unless junk food is what they often dig into.
I […]
Greeting cards
Posted on October 3, 2009 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
My art classes in primary school and highschool required us to make holiday cards for people dear to us. I usually made one each for my papa and mama. Papa was still working abroad at that time and I unceasingly followed my mother around until she mails it to papa. I also often […]
Read More..>>Failed family business
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
My mother’s younger brother had lots of automobile experiences. Although he did not take a vocational course for it, his experiences taught him a lot and he was good at being an auto mechanic. So when my father was still working abroad and things were a lot better for us financially, my uncle […]
Read More..>>Not so good investment
Posted on August 11, 2009 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment
Passenger jeepney seemed to be a hot investment in my hometown, years ago. That was before Iligan City banned the jeepneys from outside the city from picking up passengers from the city itself. But before this change took place, my parents started to invest in passenger jeepneys. The first two were pre-owned […]
Read More..>>Bundles of joy
Posted on June 10, 2009 - Filed Under Family, Shaynna | 1 Comment
It is so good having babies and children around. My father’s death has become more bearable for my mother because of my little Shaynna and my niece, Kiera. At times, they get so moody but they are such great blessings. So sad I have never come to experience and witness Shaynna growing […]
Read More..>>Still hurts a lot
Posted on May 18, 2009 - Filed Under Family | 4 Comments
May 18, 2008. I was ecstatic about Shaynna’s first trip to Bohol. She went with my parents and my sister. That day, I constantly called them and little did I know that later that day, I would hear the most devastating news in my entire life.
My family arrived in Bohol in the morning […]
Saraba Nihon, Tadaima Firipin
Posted on April 9, 2009 - Filed Under Experiences in Japan, Family, Philippines | 1 Comment
*Saraba Nihon, Tadaima Firipin - Farewell Japan, I’m home, Philippines
Before coming to Singapore, I stayed in the Philippines for a few days. My flight home was last March 24 in the evening but I was still busy packing until early in the morning (a really bad habit to break). I waited for the […]
Recreational Vehicles
Posted on February 27, 2009 - Filed Under Family, Things I love | 2 Comments
I have always wished getting on a limousine. It must be very comfortable sitting on one of those cars while drinking champagne. Well, I still don’t know how champagne tastes like! Anyway, I am more curious about recreational vehicles (RV). My family loves to travel but due to some limitations, we could just […]
Read More..>>I no longer mind living until I’m ninety
Posted on February 15, 2009 - Filed Under Family | 2 Comments
Most of us can’t help but wonder how life would turn out when we get old, if we do get old. When I think about this reality, I often dread getting old. I didn’t want to get so wrinkled, forgetful, and physically weak. I didn’t want to be a burden to my […]
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