Mind of a fickle

I just had a weird conversation with Dawter T. She told me that the workers are coming tomorrow. Duh. Huh. Ako naman tong, "why are they coming?" "Oh I don't know. Ate A told me they are coming tomorrow." So I asked her to pass the phone to Ate A. "Ate A, sino pupunta bukas?" Kala ko may tumutulo na naman o may sira sa bahay namin. "Hindi. Kasi tinanong ni T kung ano ang labour day. So sabi ko, day of the workers". Ahhh...

Bebi A pulled Pre's hand and showed him the Cinderella 2 dvd. She pointed to Cinderella's prince and said, "Daddy!" O di ba kinilig!

My work takes a lot of will to like. I am on duty for this week. I don't usually take a long lunch, I just eat my sandwich at my workstation and monitor the servers. However, this lunch time, I had the urge to eat rice, been craving for it since morning. It was already around 2PM, had so many cases to attend to and the servers were acting crazy all day. I went to the nearby hawker and bought chicken chop. So anyway, I don't know what happened but my tummy became upset. Hee Hee... I was already scared that somebody might call coz as I have said, it was a crazy day. So then my phone rings and it was the operator. I have this gut feeling that there's something wrong. My tummy grumbling and all but these thoughts were running through my mind. Should I answer? No way! It's so obvious that I am inside the toilet. Hmmm, s hould I sms him to call somebody else? *But what will I tell him I'm doing?* dyahi naman di ba... That's when it really clicked. I can...

I managed to touch base with one of my "ates". It has been a long time. There was some misunderstanding because of my wedding, maybe it went a longway back, I don't know. I spent 5 years with her before she moved to the US. I remembered that card she sent me when I was 6 or 7 years old. It was a card with a picture of Mickey and she promised me if I follow my Mommy and Daddy, I will surely meet him one day hehehe Those were the days when I will write notes to her to ask for "something" and will be so giddy once the balikbayan box arrives hehehe I missed her. Much more than I can say. She's family, after all. I wish that she can one day meet my family. I am asking her to come by and visit Singapore (in progress, I can be makulit if I want to). I just hope that this continues and that there won't be anymore rifts in the future. Life is too short.

If there's writer's block, could there be scrap block as well? I am trying to finish some LOs and got stumped late last Friday. I gave up and won't even touch any since then.

means decisions, life-changing ones... when it will affect not only you but the whole family. when I am faced with such, I think about it twice, thrice until my head hurts then I become fickle --- again. I guess I tend to think too much. Does this mean idealism? Right now, we, not I, are faced with decisions that we still have no answers. Do we want to be comfortable? Do we want an adventure? What's our priorities? "Ask the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out"

Bebi A has been making our house her one big blackboard (whiteboard, whatever!). Our yellow sofa has some work of art now, she used blue ballpen on that one. She has also tried her luck on her ate's white board. She has drawn some things on the edge of the white board with red pentel pen. A part of our wall has some crayon stained art. With all that, Pre has disciplined her by spanking her palm. One day, she used her ate's crayons to write on our marble floor. Ate A saw her and said, "lagot ka kay daddy, palo!" (I didn't hear that) She quickly run to the bathroom and took some tissue paper. I was quite curious as to why. She was so funny because when she run to the bathroom, you can see the panic on her face. And, she couldn't even tear the tissue paper, it just kept on rolling hahaha She managed to jerk one piece. That's when she run back to the living room. I followed her and found out that she has done some artwork on our floor. She scrubbe...

Pre has been teaching Dawter T to add double digit numbers. (indi pa naman yung may carry over) She's managing and you can see the happiness in her face. She likes making her daddy proud. She's also learning how to read and spell. So far she is able to spell three letter words like cat, car, can, etc. She would tell the spelling to the whole household. "Ninang, I know how to spell car, it's almost the same as cat but only with letter t." O di ba? I am so proud of her. She doesn't even want to skip school when she's sick. Grabe di ba?

One of our requirements when renting a flat is a big storeroom. My daughters have accumulated a lot of things over the past 4 years. There are 2 tubs, rocking chair, crib mobiles, and (hayyyy too many to mention). Dawter T's stuffs are kept in 6 boxes, four of them are full of toys, and they are kept at the back of the storeroom. Well, the back is the back of more boxes. So, when we need something, tempers will really flare up and we'll point fingers as to whom will unload the boxes. It's always Ate A though. She's so patient with those things. I don't dare because I will just mess it all up. Excuses. So, you can imagine my panic when Dawter T asked me to get one of her toys. She kept on asking me about it until I have to tell that I will give it to her on her birthday (her birthday is 4 months away hee hee). I promised myself that I will take a day off to clean the storeroom and sort those things that we can send back home. Easier said than done when on...

I miss spending Holy Week in the Philippines. I miss the tradition or reverence for the Passion of Christ that my mommy has instilled in me. During my early childhood until late teens (before mommy got sick and died), mommy, has honed us to observe Lent. During the season, there would be Stations of the Cross (one station, one house) in various houses that we would go to. We will leave after dinner and end up close to midnight. This would take from the bayan" (Binan's center) then almost at barangay De La Paz (is it barangay? not really sure hahaha). Fourteen houses to go to then at the 14th station, the hosts will usually provide some refreshments. (hmmm. i can see my hubby snickering and saying out loud that i just join them for that, hee hee) Then, on the Holy Week itself, Holy Mondays and Tuesdays might have a procession or two, or longer prayer time because the Stations of the Cross was recited. Holy Wednesdays are meant for this procession that have a lot of S...

My frustrations about my work came back. I guess, when I had a high last January (when I didn't resign), it was bound to come back and haunt me (if I made the right decision, blah blah blah) So, anyway, it just piled up. All my boss' wanting something from me, all my teammates and boss' had lunch with the PE (and I was not invited! the nerve!) And I was doing all sorts of troubleshooting, firefighting and I was all alone. To top it all, I still was not able to take my lunch (and that was already 4PM!) Ok, managed to catch my backup and ask him to cover for me for 20 minutes while I go out and have lunch. I trudged to the familiar road, not caring and doing mindless chatter over the phone (ranting to Pre about my day and him telling me to resign!), when suddenly, on the midst of crossing the street, I heard a splat! I don't want to touch my hair or look anywhere my body because I had a hunch what it is. It's just something that will happen to me on a crappy d...

I was on family care leave last Friday. A few weeks back, Dawter T asked me to bring her to school and fetch her afterwards.To put it in her school term, "I want to be on home line" (She's currently on bus line because she's being fetched by the school bus). She was so happy when I told her that I will be bringing her to school that Friday.When we arrived her school, she frantically waved to her friends, and those friends waved back at her. Some of the kids still couldn't pronounced her name properly though. She told her friends that I am her mommy and she was so proud. I was so proud! I waited for three hours. Yes, the things I will do for my kids. But I was armed with my ebooks and junk foods. To pass the time, I walked (under the scorching heat)to Serangoon Garden and bought Green Tea from McDo. I also bought Happy Meal for Dawter T so that she can eat once school is out. I went back an hour before they'll be let out. Around 1:30PM, they went to the...