from my family to yours:

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.” – John P. Grier

During Janice de Belen's debut on Germspesyal


Kuya Germs: "Happy Birthday Janice. Ana, may sasabihin ka pa?"

Ana Margarita Gonzales (sister ni Kring-Kring): "Ilan taon ka na ngayon, Janice?"



Happy Birthday to me...ilang taon na nga ba ako? Nakalimutan ko na...31 na pala ako...totoo pala na nakakalimutan ng isang tao kung ilang taon na sya pag tumatanda na...di sa dahil ayoko isipin kung gano na ko katanda pero dahil sa nakakalimutan ko na tlga. sadyang mahina ako sa arithmetic, mars. Nakakalimutan ko pa nga kung anong taon na ngayon e. Buti nalang ang computer may date at time na chercher sa bottom right ng screen hehehe


sa tagal ko dito sa mundo di ko alam kung ano ang masasabe kong achievement ko. di naman ako si lydia de vega o si michael phelps. di rin naman ako parang si lea salonga, lani misalucha o charice pempengco (dyoskolord please wag naman yan). di rin ako si marie curie sandra day o'connor cecilia muoz palma o si tita cory . ako lang si ako. yun lang. wlang masasabeng achievement o pinagkatandaan sa tinagal tagal ko dito sa lupa. hay nako eto nanaman tayo...dramahan portion...yan ang iniisip ko at malamang yan din ang iniisip mo kung magkailan taon ka nang nagbabasa ng blog ko tuwing malapit o tuwing mismong bertdey ko...so sige na walang dramarama ngayon (malamang sa loobloob ni tin "hay salamat")..napagisip isip ko din na masyado nang maraming vilma santos moments sa buhay ko para ilagay pa sa blog ko....baka pagpyestahan nanaman ng mga crablets

"No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?" ---Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany's


anyways, Nung 2004 sinopresya ako ng mga kaibigan ko. had a blast seeing all my dearest friends. all my "old" friends were there plus marc, who, btw, is getting married on the 21st. Congrats Foolish! some of my other friends were s'posed to go there but the case of the dead cellphone and late friends (hehehe) .....anyhow, it was a blast and thinking about it just makes me nostalgic...sniff sniff...last year we had lunch in GB3 i'm wondering why this year we didnt have anything planned ...hhmmm too much work? too tired from running around boisterous and tire-less kids? too tired from sleepless nights? paging!paging!


Sabe ko nung 2004:

sometimes when life deals you a bad card. sometimes when the universe does not conspire to give you your heart's desires. sometimes when people just make your life a living hell. trust God to give you friends who will pull you up from the quagmire that you are living in. trust God to give you friends who will make your heart smile and skip an extra beat. trust God to give you friends who will turn the most depressing day of your life to be the best one that it can ever be.


hanggang ngayon napatutunayan ko to sa aking mga piling kaibigan na since time immemorial e andyan pa din. maraming salamat. we may not see and talk to each other all the time but when were all together it's like we never lost touch..we just gain weight!

Sabe naman ng Horoscope ko nung September 20, 2004:

You can forget about yesterday -- for now, anyway. The universe is seeing to it that everything is working out just fine. In the meantime, forget holding onto a grudge. Or anything else

amen.

Went to MOA a couple of Sundays back. Yes, I know Virginia, MOA on Sundays....it just spells: CROWDED! But since we needed to go to the mall and that it needs to be both mommy and baby friendly, we decided to brave MOA on a payday weekend.

We manage to get around the mall with not much hassle since its huge, lots of available elevators and the space..we needed to have lotsa lotsa space. We bought some stuff especially since almost all of the stores were on sale (yey!). Got 3 books: Ang paboritong libre ni hudas, The last Queen and a Hillary Clinton Bio. ~ sigh all of them on sale. The hubby (yuck ang corny) got another shirt (ang daya!) while I manage to get a needed bra from M&S. Every pregnancy, not only does my feet size changes (I started with a 7 then an 8 and now I'm hovering between 8 1/2 and a 9) but my bra size as well. Never mind the size, oh-kay! I wanted to get a new set of bedsheets since they were on a 50% sale but unfortch, i didn't like the thread count available.

A funny thing happened when we were in the toy section. I hate it whenever those salespeople start shoving toys to the kids but I know that its just part of the job and that they're trained to do just that that I wanted to just not say anything to the guy who kept shoving 500peso worth of cars and train sets to the bagets. I told him, in the nicest way possible to let the bagets do his thing and not give him ideas since he already has a roomful of toys. Good thing it worked..or else. Parents know how difficult it is to wrangle toys from kids who wants to buy 'em especially since the nicer ones are more expensive...anyway, the funny thing was, the bagets got a train set that was wider that than him and he carried it from one end of the toy area to the other and all the time I was wondering where he was going since he wasnt making me pansin and he didn't tell me where he was going or what he was gonna do. He went through almost all the rows of toys and as it turns out he was trying to get to his dad who was on the other end of the toy area. When he reached his dad, he showed Ace the box and started babbling. And as usual, I played the bad mom by saying no. THing is, I don't want the bagets and the kiddo to get used to getting toys everytime we go to the mall. You see, we're mall persons and we go to the mall every week just to make the kids pasyal and just to ..you'know, look. For me, mahilig lang ako tumingin. Heck, if I could shop, why not but just getting out of the house is enough na for me.

I got to use their Breastfeeding station. I didn't know what to expect since it's the first breastfeeding station or room but I was tad disappointed since only 2 single sofas were available but I guess its ok na din. Its better than the disabled bathroom! You can also use it to change your kid's diaper since they have a changing bed installed and they have a lababo complete w soap and tissue.

We got home late na around 10pm i think and we were all tired na since we also did our bimonthly grocery. That's one thing I really hate about the place. The grocery is soooo crowded. I should;ve remembered that the last time we did our grocery there, we were both tired by just getting bumped by carts and people who brought the whole barangay to the mall.

Will tell you about tigers camels and a bird killer on my next post.....will need to express milk

ciao!

I got me 2 of everything. 2 stollers. 2 rockers. 2 cribs. 2 playgyms (thanks to Ninong JayPart for the green one) and I got 2...oh yea, babies! But see here...I actually got 2 babies and one wannabe..







Kuya giving brotherly advice

(Note: He actually carried Inigo not only once or twice but three times while I was out of the room!)


kuya


kiddo

Sbe nila wag ka daw manghusga ng mga tao nang di ka mahusgahan. Wag ka daw mangapi ng tao ng di ka maapi. so sana ilagay natin yun sa mga kokote nating maliit yan a. wag tayo manghusga hangga't di natin nalalaman yung mga totoong nangyari sa buhay ng may buhay. wag tayo mangaapi ng mga tao na di natin alam e baka sa pag ikot ng mundo e sya naman ang magkaroon ng oportunidad na apihin ka. sabe nga ni Manny "belog ang mundo..y'know"


kaya eto na ang huli. kse pundingpundi na ko. buti kse sana marce may alam e kaso mga 3rd party at chismis ng chismis ang alam na kwento. sabe nga ni Camille: "...not worth my time and effort".

kita nyo naman friends kahit na tinitira nyo ko e wla naman kayong narinig sa akin kahit na gigil na gigil ako magsalita. kse nga petty. kse nga di nyo naman alam ang totoong nangyari. na blog na ko ilang beses ng pinsan, ng kaibigan ng pinsan (yes, marce, mantakin mo ang mga nakisawsaw!), ng kaibigan at ngayon naman isa pa ulit na pinsan na wla pa ata sa college. dyosmio. di ako galit ano napupundi nalang tlaga ako. iniisip ko nalang na mas may pinagaralan ako. mas alam ko ang nangyari. mas matanda ako kaya sige isnabin nalang. Pero yung tirahin pati ang anak ko. wag ganun. bad yun e. iha, wla ka pang anak kaya hindi mo maiintindihan ang nararamdaman ko pero sige kerri lang. pero payo lang ano:
LAY OFF MY CHILDREN.

So eto nga, sa mga comment ng comment, sa mga sumusulat sa mga nangyari sa buhay ko. tama na. kse una ~buhay ko naman yun e..di nyo buhay.gets? at pangalawa~napupundi na ko. kung may galit kayo sa akin, sa akin nalang, no? wag nyo na idamay ang iba. kung may galit o inis kayo sa akin, tell it to my face. wag patalikod. wag sa blog. wag sa mga comment na may fake name. fake email address at fake website....fake e. duruin nyo ko in my face wag sa likod...masakit yun e and frankly, i'm not into that...if you get my drift. this is the last time. from now on, i will ban any ip any name any reader who will say anything derogatory about me and especially about my family especially my children. STOP IT. Di na uso ang utak talangka sa panahon ngayon.sabe nga ni Obama: "Change..We Can Believe In" Ang uso ngayon..peace..peace pare. Tama na ang war sa Georgia. Tama na ang war sa Mindanao. Tama na. Palitan na. Nakaalis na si Marcos, no. Laos na ang utak biya.

besides, di ako yayaman sa pagpansin sa inyo. kayo mga dear kamaganaks, yumaman ba?
i doubt it. di naman ginto ang apelido, di ba?




(yan ni comment. yung isa ni edit ko na pero kita nyo yung email address? same as yung sa baba no?)




ayus!

Happy 1st Month Birthday Inigo!

30 men lift bus to save baby in New York

NEW YORK (AFP) - About 30 men lifted a schoolbus to save a pregnant woman struck by the bus, enabling the baby to be born before the woman died of her injuries, the New York Post said Friday.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid tribute to the victim, Donnette Sanz, 33, a traffic cop who was off duty when she was hit Thursday by the bus in the city's Bronx section.
"It is a terrible poignancy that Donnette's son's birthday will now coincide with the day his mother died. She gave her life in service to our city," the mayor said.
"A superhuman effort by 30 strangers who lifted the vehicle off her body miraculously saved her baby before she died," the New York Post said.

"We did not really communicate, we all just started lifting. We lifted it up and someone pulled her out," Madalina Diaz, 42, told the paper.

The woman, six months pregnant, was rushed to the hospital, where the baby was born by caesarian section a few minutes before she died.

From The Motherhood Place:
~ Motherhood ~

If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called "Labor!"

going out nowadays entail such a grand preparation that that itself is tiring na.it used to be just the 3 of us and it got easier when the kiddo got older because it meant less bottles to bring, less diaper ..) but with the new bagets we're back to square one plus the kiddo. When we had to have myself and the bagets checked a week after giving birth, we...~err I, manage to put everything in 2 bags. And to think that was a wholeday trip since the baget's pedia sked was at 10am while my ob appointment was at 5pm. The second mall trip, last Sunday, was another tiring one. Ace was arriving from work between 4:30-5pm so that meant that before that time I had to get both kids cleaned, dressed and their dalahins prepared. I started at 230 and ended just in time Ace got home. Actually he got home at 5 but I finished at 530.hehehe...why too long? i had to fix the kids' stuff (which I managed to squezze into just one ..yes, 1 bag!), babath Alessi, get him dressed while he jumps and rolls on the bed, clean Inigo and get him dressed while he squirms like a worm being poked by a stick by pesky kids, express milk to make sure that I don't leak and the bagets has fresh milk, fix the car seats, make sure the strollers are both in the car aaaannnnndddddd presto!!!! we're now ready to leave....its tiring no? hay i miss the days when I can just come and go...another thing that I have to worry about when going out is to make sure that we're going to a mommy-baby friendly mall and that means, they have a clinic (if not a breastfeeding room) where I can express my milk, bathrooms that have clean changing tables and not just those that can be found outside the ladies' room which can be dirty na, elevators that would fit 2 huge strollers and take note there should also be quite a number of elevator available to make sure that we can go up and down each level with ease unlike in Greenhills Shopping Center where they only have 1 (in the Vmall building only.Shoppesville doesnt have any) plus not to mention, the area where people would stroll and walk about while perusing each store should also be ...WIDE. Again, Greenhills doesnt have this if you're in the Tiangge area and in the Shoppesville building. I'll blog about this another time. I hafta to go the kids are awake and bawling their lungs out..babu!

Alessi suddenly kneels on the floor and does a sweeping gesture

Mommy: what are you doing?

Alessi (standing up and at the same time gesturing to the floor seemingly trying to show off his good deed): good? good?

Mommy (realizes that the kiddo was trying to clean the floor, laughingly asks): are you good?

Alessi: No

Save Quiapo!

in between taking care of a boisterous toddler, a 2 week old baby, expressing milk, picking up toys on the floor, fixing our stuff and clothes and doing other household chores (ugh!), i decided to fix my online life. Thus the previous entry about moving houses. I signed up for several online community some eons ago and have forgotten some of them so during downtime (read: when the kiddies are having their nap and I'm eating my lunch at 2pm, I try to update my online life. I know that its gonna be a painful process but I guess ita high time that I come around doing it....good luck to me!

Let's Volt in!

Bayanihan ni Joselito Barcelona, 1993

Pagpapatayo ng Bahay (Constructing a House)

Kung magpapatayo ng bahay, laging magsimula sa kabilugan ng buwan. (If you are to build a house, always begin during a full moon.)

Ang pinakamainam na panahon sa pagpapatayo ng bahay ay sa mga buwan ng Marso, Hunyo, Hulyo, Agosto, Septyembre, at Nobyembre. (The best months to build a house is during the months of March, June, July, August, September, and November.)

Huwag na huwag magpapatayo ng bahay sa pinakadulo ng kalsadang walang lagusan. (Never build your house at the end of a cul de sac, or "dead end" road.)

Malas ang bahay na may labing-tatlong poste. (It is bad luck for a house to have thirteen posts.)

Kapag magpapatayo ng bahay, laging isipin na maglagay ng ilang bagay sa ilalim ng bawat haligi o poste ng bahay, gaya ng mga lumang barya at mga medalyang pangrelihiyoso. Ito ay magpapa-alis ng mga masasamang espiritu at mangangalaga ng prosperidad.

Ang mga piyesa ng musika, medalya, at mga barya ay magngangalaga ng pagkakaisa at katahimikan sa loob ng bahay. (When building a house, always remember to place certain things under each structural post. Old coins and religious medals willdrive away evil spirits and ensure prosperity. Musical score sheets, medals, coins ensure harmony as well.)

Ang bilang ng mga hakbang sa hagdanan ay hindi dapat napapangkat ng tatluhan. Bilangin ang mga hakbang mg oro (ginto), plata (pilak), at mata (kamatayan). Ang huling hakbang ay hindi dapat magtapos sa mata. (The number of steps ona stairase should not be in multiples of three. Count off the steps as oro (gold), plata (silver), and mata (death). The last step must not fall on mata.)

Laging lumipat sa bagong bahay sa araw ng Miyerkules o Sabado. (Always move into a new house on a Wednesday or Saturday.)Kapag ikaw ay lumipat sa bagong bahay isang araw bago sumapit ang kadiliman ng buwan, ikaw ay hindi magugutom. (If you move to a new home one day before the new moon, you will never go hungry.)

Ang unang mga bagay na dapat ipasok sa loob ng bagong bahay sa araw ng paglipat ay bigas at asin. (The first things one should carry into a new home n moving day are rice and salt.)Sa paglipat sa bagong bahay, isabog ang mga barya sa sala upang ang prosperidad ay maghari. (When moving into a new home, scatter coins in the living room so prosperity will reign.)

Ang bilang ng mga taong natutulog sa loob ng bagong bahay sa unang araw ng pagkalipat ay dapat pareho sa loob ng siyam na araw. Kung hindi, may mamamatay sa bahay na iyon. (The number of people sleeping in a new house the first night should be the same for nine consecutive days. Otherwise, death will occur in that house.)

2. Mga Palatandaan at Pahiwatig (Signs and Omens)Kapag nakakita ng mga bubuyog sa loob ng bahay, ito ay maghahatid ng kayamanan at swerte sa mga naninirahan. (Bees found inside the house will bring fortune and good luck to its occupants.)

Kapag ang mga kalapati ay lumisan mula sa isang bahay, ito ay tanda ng kawalan ng pagkakaisa at harmonya doon, dahil ang mga nakatira doon ay laging nag-aaway. (When doves and pigeons leave a house, it is a sign that there is no harmony there, because its owners quarrel all the time.)

Mga Dapat at Di Dapat Gawin (Dos and Don'ts)Kung nais mong maalisan ng mga surot sa iyong bahay, maglagay ka ng ilan sa isang papel at iwan mo ito sa bahay ng sinuman. Ang mga surot ay lilipat sa bahay na iyon. (If you want to rid your house of bedbugs (fleas), place some on a piece of paper and then leave them in someone else's house. The bedbugs will move to that house.)

Kung gusto mong umalis agad ang mga bisitang hindi kanais-nais sa iyong bahay,patago kang magsabog ng asin palibot sa iyong bahay at sila ay agad na aalis. (If you wish to rid your home of unwanted visitors, secretly sprinkle salt around the house and they will soon depart.)

Ang isang bisita ay hindi dapat umalis ng isang bahay habang ang pamilya doon ay kumakain pa, dahil ang pagbubukas ng pinto ay magiging sanhi ng pagkawala ng lahat ng magandang swerte ng pamilya. (A guest should not leave the house while the family is eating because opening the doors will let out all the family's good fortune.)

Ang lahat ng bintana sa bahay ay dapat bukas sa Araw ng Bagong Taon upang papasukin ang biyaya ng Diyos. (All windows in a house should be opened on New Year's Day to let God's grace in.)

Sanaysay

Sa Pilipinas, ang mga lugar sa mga bayan ay may mga pangalan ang mga kalye at mga pananda kagaya ng mga maunlad na bansa. Gayunpaman, ang mga Pilipino ay kadalasang nagbibigay ng direksiyon base sa mga pananda tulad ng nakikitang mga gusali, bahay, tulay, simbahan, at iba pang malapit sa patutunguhan. Ang mga iba't-ibang salitang nagbibigay-kahulugan tungkol sa direksiyon ay ang mga sumusunod:

malapit langkatapat ngsa likodsa kantoderetsopapasokpapalabastatlong kanto mula sasa eskuwelahansa simbahanpagkalampas ng tulaybago dumating ang tulay

Sa mga baryo o sa mga lugar ng malayo sa bayan, ang kalupaan ang ginagamit na pananda sa pagbibigay ng direksiyon. Halimbawang ginagamit ay ang mga sumusunod:
bundokmga pangalan ng mga punong kahoy kagaya ng mangga, sampalokilogbatis

Kung minsan, ang mga layo ng patutunguhan sa mga lugar na ito ay nakakalito dahil sa ang mga tao ay hindi alam ng karamihan kung gaano kalayo ang mga lugar. Kalimitan, sinsabi na lang ng mga ito na, "malapit lang, mga tatlong bundok na lang ang dadaanan ninyo. Kung minsan ang layo ng mga bundok ay higit kumulang na 20-30 kilometro

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