The Joys of Mothers

Once more, I met half of my “inaanaks” - hehehe, parang ang dami dami nila, by the way, apat lang naman sila! LOL :-)) So I met the two of them, Pauline and Gabriel, at Rafael’s christening. Madie was there earlier but I was not able to catch her because I came very very late. I was the last visitor actually. Aiden could be there earlier also, but I'm not sure.

Meeting up with them never fails to cheer me up! ^_^v Kaya kahit malayo ang byahe, nakakalimutan ko na ang pagod. Hearing new “kwentos” about their kids, how they are actually growing up – is like cherry on top, the best stories!!! Naaalala ko din kasi yung experiences ko with Jelly and Karla, really some good memories to keep inside my mind and my heart… :-)

Our next get together would be by the end of 2010. Can’t waaaaait! See you Angels!

 Pauline and Gabu (picture from Ate Lanie's Facebook) Panakaw!

Gabu and Rafael (picture from Ate Rina's Facebook) Ninakaw ko ulit

Now here is Tinay's Little Madie (alam nyo na, ninakaw ko din from Tinay's profile)

Antuah's HipHop Aiden, Hehehe! Ayos to ah

Needless to say – my friends are very blessed to have these kids. Although, aside from love, it also takes a million of courage, patience and understanding to raise their “makukulit” yet adorable children and I still see them being grateful despite the challenges.

The only thing that keeps me going is knowing that someday I will have that joy too, the joy of being a mother! Weeeee :-)

 

School Time!

 

School is opening again soon and the “Tita” in me roused to provide the school supplies for the kids. I always do this for my nieces, Jelly and Jaja. This is a yearly thingy for me, but this year is much special because I am including my cousin’s kids: Nene, Nonoy and Bibi.

 

I love these kids. Even though they were just busy the whole summer playing outside, they could really cheer me up in different ways. They have been a dose of fresh air to me everyday.

 

As kids, they love to play – with a lot of fights in between, but then again playing more afterwards. Sometimes I join them. I could play Chinese garter, hide and seek, UNO, Monopoly, or Pictonary with them. My inner child is always alive when I am with them.

 

They also love to dance and make their own dance moves!

 

When I cook, these kids are always invited during eating time. I would set up our table in the front yard and call them afterwards. They would tell if the food taste good or not! Trust me, they are genuinely honest when it comes to food. LOL! :-D

 

I love barbeque and marshmallow parties at night. I would ask them to wear pajamas and gather at my place for the party. And they are always game for this.

 

We do not talk about love life or job security but I somehow enjoy chatting with them. We would talk about deserts, junk foods, their rivals and sometimes about ghosts.

 

Summer is over again but I hope they still find time to do their weird stuffs that makes me agree with Edna St. Vincent Millay’s saying that, “Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies”.

 

As a gift to them, I gave them the basic things they needed for school. During my student years, I got very fortunate enough to have both of my sister buying all the school supplies I needed.. I am just sharing the blessings now…

 

  Give me some medals on March 2011, okay?

 

 

A Weekend With My Families

10:00am, Saturday, I was still on bed when I received text message from Raed asking if I would come to Infinity’s invitiation. I said yes but I got back to bed again :D. I woke up after an hour, Jewel texted me that they were already on their way to SM Bacoor. Waaa, hindi pa ako naliligo!

 

I was a bit late when I got to Infinity’s place in Bay Town. When I saw her house, naimagine ko yung bahay ko :D I would write an entry about it maybe next next month, kapag natapos na talaga sya.

 

The last time I saw my best La Salle buddies was when I had my despedida party. That was so sad. I’ll write about it some other time. We call ourselves as Angels. We even had our own mailing list in La Salle as angels@dasma.dlsu.edu.ph. Haha! Courtesy of our Network Administrator, Flooney. We had there our kulitan messages and exclusive tsismisan conversations. Hayyy, I miss the good old days... when I chose ITC to be my second home and still is. Even though we are separated by distance right now, I can still feel the comfort and happiness I felt before whenever I am with them.

 

 

Only Jewel, Infinity, Gabu(Lone's son), Lone, Polin (Jewel's daughter), Raed and me were present.

 

Our favorite foods were served, prepared by Infinity’s Mom. She already know what are our favorites! She prepared Rellenong Alimasag on Tahong’s Shell, Sinigang na Hipon, Crispy Pata (Jewel’s best friend), Adobong Tahong, and Fried Chicken just for us. Bundat kami pagkatapos. Paguwi namin, may pabaon pa si Daddy.

 

Polin and Gabu are my Inaanaks.

 

Infinity, one of my best buddies! Love ko yan.

 

Here are other pictures from Infinity's camera. Ganda talaga ng bahay ni Infinity sa Baytown

 

Snowbell, Flooney and Prudence weren’t there.  I hope we will see each other next time.

Sunday, after our Church service, we went to SM Bacoor. And daming tao. Nagkayayaan lang kanina. SHopping shopping.

 

We ended up at the grocery. Birthday kasi ni SisDoll sa August 15. We'll celebrate it the next day.

That was my weekend. I am having conversation with Avalanche right now at YM. Kamustahan lang at sumbong to the max. :D

How Cool Is This? Ha Ha

This sign hangs outside our gate, Jelly made it for our cool business. I and my nieces are selling ice candy since tuesday. :D . My inner child is really shouting for some excitement. At first, it’s nice to see the same kids buying our chocolate ice candy everyday. Ha-ha-ha!

Yes, the same kids! I can count them with my fingers. SisDoll even told us, “Lagot kayo sa mga nanay nyan.”

 

Hehehe. @_^ Patay! My ice candy really tastes great, I am telling you. But of course, my social responsibility to those kids that spending too much for my mouth watering ice candy… nakakakunsensya talaga. So I asked one kid, “Saan mo nakuha yung pambili mo?”. The kid said, “Sa baon ko.” Hala! Hehehe.

 

When I was a kid, I was also a regular buyer of Aling Susan’s ice candy. She used to make orange and grapes flavors. Ice candy was P0.50 then.

 

I made chocolate and melon flavors. It’s funny that my nieces are quite very serious about business thing; they are even suggesting that we make special flavors like buko and avocado! Well, kids know what they really want. The news has spread the neighborhood and even moms and dads are buying. ^_^

 

Based from our last inventory, the 52 ice candies are down to 11 in three days.

 

It’s fun! I hope KarlaJ is here with us. This is totally a cool bonding with my nieces.

 

 

Growing Older

I’m turning 28 next week.

I can only smile right now while remembering all the things that I have done and gone through in the past 28 years. Even though my life story is not pang “Maalaala Mo Kaya” category, I still believe it is inspiring in so many ways. :)

 

Bahay-Bahayan

 

At grade 6, I was a part-time student in real life and a full-time mother in our bahay-bahayan game with my cousins. A day was not complete without spending time with my kalaro. I was the oldest in our barkada; I was 12 and they were 9 below. My girl classmates were already spending time with their kikay kits while I was still playing piko, taguan, ten-twenty, agaw-bahay, many more and of course, our bahay-bahayan. My playing needs were very much satisfied during those days and perhaps that is the reason why I was a certified homebody when I became a highs school student.

 

School is Cool

 

I am proud to say that education is one of my greatest achievements in life. I was able to finish schooling without giving headaches to my family. I was receiving special awards every recognition day during my elementary days and I was a scholar during college.

 

The Family

 

As I grow old, I can see how important family is. Our family is physically separated from each other. Nanay Rose is in heaven, BettyB is in England, Batotoy is in Canada, SisDoll is in the Philippines living with her own family, and I am the only one with DaddyDemz. Our family has gone through a lot of difficult times, hindi ko na mabilang. But God is always with us especially during those hard times.

 

On Maturity

 

I am turning 28 and I am dreaming of becoming a mother someday. I will love my kids like the way Nanay Rose loved us. I know God has a lot of good plans for me.

 

 

Few more years from now, I know I will still be writing here; perhaps in different room or using different computer… A different Meeyeow maybe…Nevertheless, I am still daddy’s little girl and my sibling’s little sister.

 

Advance happy birthday to me. :D