Aug 16, 2008
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.
Aug 12, 2008
~ 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!
Aug 10, 2008
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
Aug 8, 2008
Aug 6, 2008

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.)
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
Mar 23, 2008
Oct 2, 2007
do men care if you're a single mom or not?
do men at first send feelers or fantasize about you but at the instant they found out that you've had a child suddenly think you have a contagious disease...or worse...they just think you're good in bed but not someone to spend the rest of their lives with?
where is my prince in rustic armor and is it ok if my son rides on his big white steed?
why should men care i if am? why should it even be a factor? shouldn't I be the one to decide if I should let you enter in my life knowing that aside from me I am also in charge of another's life which is more important than mine? Shouldn't I be the one who should think if If you can ride my pumpkin ~ poof~ carriage?
I am a single mother...label me as that with all its consequences and whatevers...I happy being one...my life would be less complicated without men...and maybe..just maybe..that I am to find someone who is good enough..who is man enough that I can allow to enter my world...then that's just faBelleloush!...care to enter? care enough to be happy?
Carrie: Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous

Sep 11, 2007
Well, yes, my big B is just around the corner..just like the perennial cherry blossoms near the Tidal basin, a somber cloud descends......my life after so so years, after all, have not been on the level or plateau where I envisioned it to be...i do not have my white picket fenced house. i do not have my own family (read: 2.5 kids..) i do not have financial independence and so the litany goes on...
some naysayers might say that I should be happy since I have Alessi..and yes I am...he is my life...my whole life...and seeing him makes me extremely happy but we're talking about personal goals here ok...(ayan just making sure...pwede nyo nang ibaba ang kilay...)...and as I said i wish that there was more...I wish that at this time of my life I was content..i do not want a huge house with all the luxurious amenities that life can offer...i just want a kitchen that overlooks a garden where my kids would be playing...i want a porch that overlooks the street..that's where I would sit at the appointed time when my partner is due to arrive...i do not want all the money in the world...as long as I and my family can eat and buy the things we need i would be fine...i do not want someone who's at the very top of the corporate ladder...as long as he loves me and our family then i would be ok...but alas, the time hasnt come for me to experience all those...not yet (insert: optimism) but I know that I would ...i've been a good girl for God not to grant my wishes...
but after that has been said and done....after all the hopes, the dream and the wishes..all i wanted was for me to sit back and rest my weary shoulder into my beloved's warm embrace and whisper out loud that i am content with what I have done and content with what I have been and that is all that matters
DID I MAKE SENSE?!?!? reading through what I just wrote...NO...just read between the lines...
"Do you believe in love? I bet you don't, you're probably too sensible for that. Have you ever seen someone and you know that if only that person really know
you, they'd dump the perfect model they were with and realize that you are the one they want to grow old with? Have you ever fallen in love with someone you've never talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spent the night confusing a guy in a coma?" -WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
i finally faced my demons...i finally had the guts to decide on my own..i finally...finally did it...been a long time coming..
Who wants to be balanced? Balance is overrated!"
some say I was selfish...some said that I had guts..
who cares..i did it for my self..for alessi...
its been such a long time that I forgot how to smile...its been a long time that I forgot to look for the silver lining...its been a...long...time....
"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize
how obvious they've been all along."
and so another chapter closes...
let it be let it be
Jul 16, 2007
Jun 29, 2007
hhaaayyy motherhood and work...
I look forward to my restdays when I am able to play with my son or to go to the mall with him...nowadays i don't get "me" time anymore. it's always "alessi" time and that means playing with him at home. going to fun ranch or anywhere that's baby friendly...but I got to watch Ocean's 13 and eat Mango Banana Crepe in my old hang out ~ Cafe Breton GB3...but even with that short "me" time at the back of my mind I knew that I had to go home...that was my rd and it should be spent with my baby....haaayyy...i miss the old life I had....no bahy...my time was my own....but this is not to say that I am not happy..i just miss.....nevermind...
"Even if I get past all my problems I'm just going to go out and get new ones."
May 15, 2007
I'm a newbie to PayPerPost
but I've heard so much of this ability to blog about your thoughts and getting paid at it. Most of my friends and even frenemies are at it that I've decided to do it myself. Enough of just being on the sidelines. It's high time to be where the action is and thus I decided to join PayPerPost or which is also known as blog marketing
I'm enjoying it to a hilt! I've even encouraged my other friends to try it especially those who has a lot of free time on their hands. I've also promoted blog marketing to friends who have their own online business to try their hand at it and from the feedback that I got they're already laughing their way to the bank!
So, do you have a lot of free time? Try blog marketing and see how it can change your life!
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May 7, 2007
so on June 10th..all roads lead to................................................May 1, 2007
i've been sick...everyone at home was sick...damn the weather...the kiddo has been sick too..i had to ask help from my mom what gamot to give him...kuwawa the bagets...but kuwawa din si mami....12-13 hours sa office even if she was sick....kuwawang kuwawa.....
am trying to update everything...from friendster..myspace...account passwords...my yahoo photos....
browsed through each album and one that I lingered most on were our vacation in Galera back in 2005...that was long before singapore or psc or verizon or tnc or kiddo....think we were just there for one night but we had so much fun tlaga....as in tlaganga tlaga.....Apr 17, 2007
saw the pacquiao fight with solis.....ho-hum....
alessandro is sick...4 teeth!
