One Great Miracle

Until now, I still couldn't believe it. I will be a mother in 3 weeks! Really thought that this will never happen ever since I am already 36 years old. But God is true to His promises and gave us this wonderful blessing. I would say its a miracle because besides the fact that I am on the heavy side and already old in conceiving, I also had PCOS. When you have PCOS, you're not ovulating which makes it hard for you to conceive at all.. Another thing, my hubby had his sperm count exam months before I got pregnant and it shows that most of his sperm cells are immobile. It's not moving which means that most of his sperm cell is not travelling to my egg cells - something like that. So this is really something we are not expecting...it's a beautiful surprise...

We've learned about my pregnancy one month after my father died. This is sad because this is his first grandchild if ever. We've been praying hard for this because my father would really be delighted to know that her unica hija would soon bear a child. It could have been a happier ambiance but God has His ways and His ways are far better than ours. I know that my Papa who is in heaven is now happy and is also excited to see his very first grandchild. If not for my daughter, I would still be in gloom till now because of my father's death. I praise God for his wisdom and I know this is all a part of his great plan for our lives.

In three weeks time, I will bear my firstborn. I don't know if it will be on normal delivery or via caesarian section. Due to financial constraints,  I hope it would be through normal delivery (but with epidural since I don't have much pain tolerance) however, if it's really necessary for me to under a CS delivery, I will gladly comply. God's will be done.

My 32nd Birthday Celebration

Last Saturday, right after my shift...me and hubby headed to Montalban to celebrate my birthday and to also take a glimpse of our new home. I took a time off from work so we could celebrate it the day after which is a Sunday. The original plan was to go to Church first and then check on the house but the plan changed and we just strolled around the village at around 6am. As what we previously do, we stroll around Villa Anna Maria, a subdivision close to where my mom lives and a village where my cousin's house now stands. Then at around 11 am, I along with the whole gang headed to Robinsons Montalban and ate lunch at Jollibee. It's my little nephew Empoy's favorite hang out and we ordered him Chicken Joy and Ice Cream. It's nice to see him smile and having fun with me and my mom. Rarely did my brother Elmer allows him to mingle with us for 

Emergency

Earlier today, I received a call from my brother saying that my dad was rushed to the emergency room because of a mild attack. To be honest with you, I've been preparing myself for this. I normally picture this scenario wherein my brother would text or call me up in the middle of the night saying something bad that happened to my papa. But I guess even if you prepare yourself for things like this, it would still shock you. I called the office and let them know what’s going on because I need to be absent. Me and hubby hurriedly rushed at Sampaloc Hospital, that is where they rushed him in. Besides the fact that it’s close to where they currently live…it’s also a public hospital. I know they don’t have the money to at least make a deposit. When I saw him the first time, I knew it’s the start of something really serious. He can’t speak and he can barely move. They cuffed his foot on his bed because he was behaving badly the night before. My little brother and his cousin are the ones who took care of him before we came. They said my papa was intoxicated the night before which maybe triggered all these. I texted Intellicare to inquire about the coverage. I have enrolled papa as my beneficiary for the health benefits we have at Convergys. Good thing they have a 

Bonding With The Family

I’m so happy that I was able to spend my Wednesday with my relatives. We went straight to my brother’s house in Antipolo City as he will treat us in a famous grill house near their place. I also enjoyed the day before that as my hubby played poker card with my brother in law and his mother and it was really an enjoyable night. Anyway, I was so happy to see my brother, his wife and my cute little nephew named Eddyson. That little boy is so hyper and I miss him so much. We arrived at exactly 1pm and just waited for a couple of minutes for my dear niece Joshua to arrive as its her birthday the day after that. We headed for the sizzling house at exactly 2 pm and I may say that the food is superb. It’s also kinda cheap compared to those famous grilling resto in Manila. For example, the sizzling tilapia only costs P150 and the sizzling seafood assorted costs only P270. We ordered crab rice, sinigang na baboy, sizzling seafood and tilapia, calamares and hototay soup. We became so full we can’t stand anymore. We joke around and reminisce about past experiences and I really miss this kind of bonding. There were akward moments regarding finances but things went well after that. Big brother paid for

My Niece's Wedding

Just recently, my niece Liezl just got married to a guy he met at the church. Both of them are serving the Lord since childhood as her husband is a member of the dance ministry and she is a member of the choir. It was like a dream come true and their story is like destined to happen as ordained by the Lord. Both their parents are very happy to see them tie the knot and anyone can see how much they love each other. Whenever I remember that memorable wedding, I can't help but sigh and wish I would have one like that in the future. Yup, like the rest of the single girls out there... I too is dreaming of a nice wedding. I want it to be solemn and simple but at the same time joyful. I want it to be a celebration of love and I want all of my guests feel that they are a part of our relationship. Jojo and I often discuss that before we sleep and both of us are so excited for that event. We're still on the planning stage but I would really want that to happen next year, hopefully by September. I already have a plan on how the wedding should be and I know that everyone would enjoy the ceremony. I saw that kind of ceremony on Facebook and I would like to adopt the couples gimmick. LOL. I hope after the wedding, all things would fall into it's proper place. I hope there'll come a time that I don't have to work anymore and just spend my spare time playing casino and socialize with my friends. Haha, I know it's not feasible especially in our current financial status but I just hope and pray that after our wedding... God would bless our relationship and would open doors of opportunities for us just like Liezl and his husband. Again to my dear niece, best wishes!

Congrats Kuya!

Kuya got married (again? haha!) last July 11! The Christian Wedding happened @ Dad's SM Megamall at around 6:00 PM. As you all know, my eldest brother had his first marriage annulled just last year from his first wife - my ex sister in law. They got married at the age of 16 so I think it is one of the reasons why their first marriage has been annulled along with sooo many reasons I'd rather keep to our family's baul.hehe. And would you believe, he married my used to be classmate in one of my Kuya's classes about PC Assembly. Kuya was a department head/ instructor in one of the best technical school in the country and one of their privileges is to have one relative enroll under their technical course for free. I happen to be the lucky relative hehe! I never thought that my classmate - a used to be "manang" as we call her would bloom into a beautiful woman and will soon be married to my brother. Im so happy for both of them. My new sister in law is kind, gentle, giving and even my nieces love her because of her kind spirit. Haay, Im happy that they are now one and is now officially husband and wife.

The ceremony was very solemn, I never thought that one can get married @ Megamall. Hahaha! I hosted the ceremony along with the bride's sister Ate Grace. Since I hosted the occassion, I was'nt really able

First Day of Work

Though I really don't approve to it, Jojo finally accepted his sister's offer to help her manage their new catering business. Her "lucky" sister-who married a former Congressman and a Chinese businessman-decided to put up her own catering business and hired Jojo as her assistant. Call me selfish but I would prefer Jojo to be a stay at home professional than to again accept a job that would require him 8 hours of his time. Though he is still making money for us doing online jobs and helping me through my blogs...he feels he is not contributing enough to our finances so he decided to finally take his sister's offer. He will be supervising 3 staff plus the cook in the morning till afternoon and her sister will be the one to take over on the 2nd part of the shift. Actually, I agreed to his plan only after realizing that it would also be convenient for both of us...I work at 4am to 1pm and he would be working from 6am to 3pm plus their branch is just within Munoz area so time would not be a problem for us. I agreed to his plan because I know, though he is not complaining, that he also wants to have a life of his own. He knows that he is the Man of the House and he should be the one to provide for us. I am very proud of my husband...I can't ask for more...

Bonding With Dear Liezl

I've had a bonding moment with my dear niece Liezl. She came to the house because she wants to know how to earn money online through blogging. I told her that Jojo makes money through surveys and Paid to Click sites as well. My niece really have a lot of talents - I've read some of her blogs and I may say my blogs are nothing compared to hers so I really thing she would make it big if she would try monetizing her sites as well. After some blogging sessions, we had a DVD Marathon with dear mother. She spent the whole day at home and decided to just spend the night with us. I am really happy that we were able to spend some quality time together after five long years. I hope we would be able to continue having bonding moments such as this one again.

Got A Digicam and A Ring for Valentines!

I've got a a digicam and a ring for Valentines. Actually, the Sony W120 is my gift for myself (hahaha) and the ring is Jojo's gift. I really want to have a Sony digicam with a wide screen...unlike the previous cam I had which only have 2.0 inch screen for picture viewing. I bought the pink version because the first time I saw it on an online store... I immediately fell in love with it. I purchased it online and met the guy with Imee and Perl @ Megamall after shift. After the transaction, we went straight to Dad's to meet the rest of our teammates... we plan to have a pre-Valentines celebration with their "eat all you can" merienda. It's really worth it...for just P139 you can eat a wide variety of food such as carbonara, palabok, dinuguan, puto, cake, siomai, siopao, lumpiang sariwa among others. It was such an enjoyable experience with the team with Jonjon (Mamu's better half) and Janet (Dee ate who shocked me as she know's all of our name though this is the first time we met her, hahaha). I with Melai, Perl and Jon went straight to greenhills to meet Jojo as Melai planned to buy a new CPU. Unfortunately, there is no stock left for the kind of CPU Melai wants to purchase so we just call it a day at 5:00 PM. Meanwhile, Jojo and I went straight to Greenhills Shopping Center to buy a screen protector and a pouch for my new Camera. Went home past 8:00 PM. On valentines day itself, I was shocked as Jojo gave me a silver ring. It's really not his personality - he would always tell me that since he is giving me all the money he have..I might as well purchase whatever I want to buy for myself instead of asking him to give me a gift. We usually argue about that, of course as a girl, I want to be surprised. But this year, since he is just working at home with our online venture, I really am not expecting anything from him and I was shocked that he took time to buy me this ring. I am so happy and I

Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy new year to all of you guys! Indeed 2008 has been a great year for me. I received sooo many blessings last year including our house, our health, our finances and most of all I was able to meet good friends. I spent Christmas with my good friends Melai, Perl and my sisterette Mamu. We agreed to celebrate Christmas at our house since their families are all in the province and they don't have families here in Manila. The plan was already furnished, we will all go to our place after shift with Dianne when Melai suddenly disappeared. We went to Robinsons hoping she would follow us there but she was nowhere to be found. I texted and even called her to know where she is but the phone was off. Nobody wants to go back to the office to check if Melai is still around so I volunteered. I hurriedly went back to the office, carefully checking each floor but no shadow of Melai was found. I gave up. Then we suddenly received a text message from her saying she cant come because of an important matter that she needs to address before the day ends. Honestly I was hurt. Why would she do such a foolish act? Leading us on...making us

Mama's Health Update

hi guys! here's an update on what happened to my mom. Actually, she feels better now. Unlike yesterday, she is now slowly regaining her strength. She refused to be confined to a hospital as she said she's been on the hospital all her life (she worked at uerm dietary dept. before). I asked my coach if I could take an Emergency Leave and he said I can for 5 days but I need to present documents showing that my mom is indeed in the hospital. How can I get that since mama does'nt want to be confined. I asked for EL because I am the only one attending and nursing my mom during these tough times and I need to make sure she is ok before I report for work again.I don't know if I would still file for that, but I think I really cant report for work tomorrow...

Get Well Soon Mama!

Mama is not feeling well today. I tried calling her yesterday in our house in Montalban but nobody is answering...I tried calling her in her cellphone because I want to confirm if our gimik at DIVI mall tomorrow will still push through but it is turned off. I usually make sure I call mama at least once a day to ask her how she is feeling... but unfortunately that day - I have no means to speak with her. So off I went to my work which starts at 11:30 pm...during our lunch break, we went to KFC as Ice will treat me and Gherj for Lunch (thanks for the treat Ice!), I received a call from my mom telling me to call her back because she is with my cousin Ate Nelia and they've decided to take her to the hospital. You could just imagine how my heart thumped faster than before as she speaks to me. I don't know how I would react. After she hung up...so many things came into my mind... Is my mom ok? Is she in pain? Is it a serious illness? So I hurriedly called her up in her cellphone and my cousin told me that she will accompany mama to the hospital as she was bleeding. I don't know exactly what she means so I hurriedly asked my coach if I could go on undertime and my ever supportive coach texted me back "Go. Please keep me updated ok?" Thanks Coach! Anyway, off I went to Montalban with Jojo in the middle of a heavy rain and it's good to know that mama decided not to be confined to the hospital as she could now walk and she already revived back her strength and she is now resting at my Tita's place which is just one street away from our house. Mama came with us and we

I Am Her Daughter, Indeed!

One time I was looking for something on our old "baul" and guess what I've found? Mama's very old pic... I was really shocked. I remember taking a pic of myself on my cellphone that looks so much like that...I can't believe it! (Nag-ookrayan kami ng nanay ko magkamukha naman pala kami, hahaha!) I can't wait till mama sees this. No doubt, she's my mom!

Well, her 64th birthday is on July 10. How time flies... but my dear mother stopped counting her age since 47. She would usually joke around when people ask her of her age...she would always say she is only 47 - but when the person asking shows any hint of doubt and ask again, she would say " ah akala ko address ko tinatanong mo...nasa 60's nako..." (Our address back then was 47-B Aurora Blvd. San Juan). I cant think of any other mother who is as cool and as kalog as my mama. We would usually fight about petite things, she would usually make okray my weight and would often call me "babs" and of course...gagantihan ko sya and would normally joke about how old she was. We would always tease each other about how we look kaya I was laughing out loud when I saw her vintage picture. Para kaming pinagbiyak na bunga.

I have never as close to my mom as I am now...and I am so happy about that. On my younger years, I can't even joke about things like this with her. She is always busy and would rarely talk to me regarding childish stuff like this. We don't hang out as much

Happy Fathers Day Papa!

Today the whole world is celebrating father's day. I am so happy that I still have a father, a loving father who, despite of his situation in life, has always been there for me to support me in everything I do. I do have a lot of fond memories of my Papa (as I call him). I was such a papa's girl when I was young and my mom would usually gets jealous because I always take papa's side whenever they quarrel. I can still remember those times when I was still a kid, papa would buy me almost all the things I ask for. I am Papa's only child at that time (mama already had 3 from her previous marriage) so you could just imagine how Papa values me so much. My brothers and sisters would usually call me a spoiled brat because Papa would normally buy me expensive toys and would buy me whatever food I want. Usually, in the middle of the night...I would wake him up and ask him to buy me balut or lugaw downstairs (we lived in the third floor) and though he is still sleepy, he would always give in to my request. That's how spoiled I am with my Papa. I can still remember how he would normally pack and deliver my lunch to my school when I was still in High School... how he surprised me with a typewriter because he noticed that I envy my classmates who does'nt have to rent a typist for their project. I can still recall how my father utter words such as "sana ako na lang ang magkasakit, wag na lang ikaw..." whenever I feel sick due to fever. I really feel that I am Papa's greatest possession. I hope I can still bring back the time and go back to that moment when the world seems so safe because I have my Papa to protect me.

Everything changes, so is my relationship with Papa. Our relationship has been ruined because he does'nt like my first boyfriend. I became a black sheep and would reject Papa's advices regarding love and relationships because I feel that I need to follow what my heart desires. That broke Papa's heart and since then...we fell apart. Papa also resigned from his job as a cook in UERM Hospital and is just getting small amount of money by getting cooked food in a nearby laundry shop. Everything seems to go from bad to worse until its time to leave him with my brother as I with mama left for Montalban. In as much as I want Papa to go with us...mama does'nt want to be with him anymore. I was left with no choice. I hate my brother and I can't live with him on the same house anymore so I decided its time to leave but I never thought I would be leaving Papa as well...

Papa's life has been hard with my brother, my kuya would not share the food my mother would give for both of them. He said he would normally just walk for hours just to pass time as he does'nt want to stay at the house since he and kuya is not in good terms. He is always hungry and since he does'nt have a stable source of

Our Sweet Princess is Leaving for Singapore

I'll gonna miss my niece AJ. She (with her father) will be going to Singapore to join her mother who is working as a nurse there for almost five years now. I feel really sad as we bid farewell yesterday after watching the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" with Mama and Dina. I came straight to their house (which will be ours from now on) from my work at around 8:00 am so I can spend my restday with her. I would really miss the gimiks we have with their family as my sister wants AJ to just continue to her studies in Singapore. Although I was'nt able to visit her often before because of my work shedule - I know life without our sweet princess would never be the same again. I spent the whole day bonding with her, laughing with her knowing that I might never be able to experience this "I'll gonna teach you how to draw" kind'a stuff because I'm sure when she comes back - she already know how to draw and will not be interested anymore with this kiddie form of art. I really wish at that time that I could freeze the time so I could spend more time with her - but I cant. After watching the movie, it's time to go home and say my final farewell to my sweet niece - who has been our angel and the center of our happiness for the past 9 years. I would really gonna miss her.

I remember that earlier that day, she saw me writing something in my organizer and she started asking things about what I am writing and started to check on my organizer. She also showed me her diary and her planner while saying "tita mimi meron din akong ganyan..."... as if she wants to show me her stuff as well while she reads some of my entries on my organizer. I told her to ask her father to buy her one at National Bookstore if she wants that kind of planner. I never thought she remembered what I said and when his daddy arrived from worked that day - I heard him

empoy makes my day...

I really miss my angel Empoy....seeing him really makes my day....

how can I not love him?

my journey of 28 years...

I celebrated my birthday yesterday.. I was'nt able to sleep - maybe because I feel that from 12AM of February 22nd to 11:59 pm of the same day is mine so I think I might as well seize the day....though I really have no plans for the day besides going to church with my husband to thank God for giving me 28 wonderful years on earth... I intend to enjoy my birthday....Early morning was spent in front of the computer did some review tasks and checked on my blog - and found out that Liza gave me an award...such a nice gift for my birthday sis, that was actually my first award ever and it really means a lot to me...here it is...

Me and my husband went to Quaipo Church that day at around 9am...why Quaipo church? Hahaha, I remember one fellow blogger I love Philippines too asked me once why I am always in Quaipo area, that is because Quaipo is just 10 minutes away from our house and there are a lot of cute cheap stuff that you can find only in Carriedo. Also, I

simple yet happy valentines date....

I've been craving for Chinese food for almost a week now...that started when I saw a show @ living asia wherein the host went to China and explore a street selling out the usual Chinese Street Food. You would'nt believe they sell like hotcakes! They feast on Chicken Noodles and Dumplings - and grabe, since then, this craving to eat an authentic Chinese cuisine grows inside me. I'm just fortunate that at this day February 13 falls under my restday and my fiance decided not to go to work today to treat me out and celebrate Valentines Day.