mommy matters

I will attend the 38th Pedia Talk at the Dusit Thani Hotel today, October 17,2009, 8am-12nn.

very busy

Hi! It's been a while, been very busy these last few days, cleaning the house, replacing damaged appliances and buying new clothes and I would like to say that we are OK and recovering from that traumatic saturday disaster.

I'll do my best to upload pictures this coming weekend, need to get back to work now.

Typhoon Ondoy, Saturday, September 26, 2009

6am

I got out of the office earlier that scheduled to attend Family Day in school. It was raining since last night. When I got home, Tenten was crying because their dad said we won't be going to school anymore because of the heavy rain. He tried to reason out, said his teacher told them that their report card will not be released if they will not attend the said activity.

7am

So I went to school with Tenten. There were only 10% of total attendees. My fault, I didn't know that the school principal announced thenight before that the event is cancelled due to typhoon. We went home around 8am and I started preparing breakfast. Journey had his oatmeal, Tenten ate the sandwich we bought at the school canteen, Chanel had her usual milk and gardenia bread and Jake was having his morning rituals. I took a nap to recharge before doing the household chores.

I'll be back tomorrow again, still busy cleaning the house.

Typhoon Ondoy

I am still in shock over what happened. We are affected by the typhoon Ondoy last Saturday. Everything was wiped out but the good things is that we are all safe.

I'll be back tomorrow for the details of what happened last weekend. Hope I can upload some pictures too.

Bye for now...so busy fixing the house.

Busy Wednesday

I was not able to post anything yesterday coz' hubby needed to attend an emergency meeting at the office. I was the only one left at home. Nanay is sick , went to Montalban to take a rest with Tatay, so there's nobody to help me out. Kids were still in school. Then when they got home, told me that there will be a Family Day in school this coming Saturday,.

missin' my bespren Amie...

been a while since we talked...
can't take away this thought...
that u r not missing me as much as I am missing u...
am I still your bespren?

parang hindi rhyme noh? wala lang bespren, just missing u so much!

My toddler Jake

Earlier today, I was reading the "Editor's Notebook, Courage of Love" by Baby Magazine when my toddler started "snatching" the magazine away from me. I gave him another old magazine and some toys to keep him busy but my oh my! He just kept on taking it away from he. I finally gave him what he wanted and started on writing something for my blog but he instead took the paper and the pen I was holding.

This is the moment where mom should keep their cool, close their eyes and count to ten and think what is the better way to handle situations like this.

We ended up watching his favorite tv show Sesame Street while he was having his milk and he eventually doze off to sleep.

What a day!

T H A N K Y O U

I had 4 near miscarriages during my last pregnancy. When pregnant, they say that you are also risking your life. But of course, all mother would be more than willing to risk their life for their babies.

Anyway, it was the reason why I need to resign from my job as call center agent. It's either I keep my job or lost the baby. Of course, me and my husband chose to have the baby. We were actually hoping to have a girl this time. Then, Lord gave us another boy; which we are also grateful because gender doesn't matter as long as the baby is healthy.

Going back, I was in and out of the hospital every 2weeks at that time. The OB-Gyne told that it was a low-lying placenta that later developed into Placenta Previa totallis wherein placenta first and then baby at the woman's cervix.

Then I was confined at the hospital for more than a month before I gave birth because of premature contractions, complete bed rest at the hospital. That was the defining moment for all of us, my parents, my brother and my 2 sisters, my cousins especially Nonoy who never gave up on me. It was an amazing discovery, that all members of my family were willing to help me financially, emotionally and spiritually.

My cousins for the effort of donating blood for my transfusion; staff of Infrastructure Committee for providing blood, Makati City Hall (forgive me, forgot the particular department who gave me 1 bag of blood); Rescue Team of Bgy. Poblacion who served as my transpo (hehehe); Parong family for supporting Nonoy all throughout and being a friend and a mentor to him and other friends who prayed for my recovery.

My brother who shouldered my expenses on my CS operation and medicines, my sister Marivic and Malou who helped us paid our monthly bills, and of course, my parents, Nanay and Tatay for the unconditional love and undying support for me and my family, took care of the kids when I was at the hospital.

Let us not forget all the doctors and nurses of Ospital ng Makati for the job well done.

Thank you so much!

My Baby Jake

There is something about interacting with Baby Jake that ignites magic in me. He stares at me with wondering eyes curious about everything that is happening around him. I, together with my husband, Ate Chanel, Kuya Tenten and Kuya Journey will do our best to give him all the love and all the that things that he needs in this world.

To my son Jinnee Christian Kyle

Fondly being called as Tenten, was born 10:10AM to give you a background. ;))

What is  a brother's place in a family? To a younger brother, he may be a guide to  help travel the complicated path of growing up. To an older, a little brother may be seen as a tag along and pain in the neck. As much as siblings squabble when they are young, this is not a sign that they do not love each other. Most siblings would lay down their life for each other if someone threatened their sibling. As children grow up they usually find it easier to get along and relate to each other in rewarding ways. And this is what I am conveying to Tenten, be a good younger brother to his KUYA JOURNEY and a protective KUYA to baby Jake.

Tenten is a very loving brother, always taking of baby Jake. I remember one weekend when we were home, he was the one incharge at that time and he might have been tired of running after baby Jake for 30minutes that he asked his Kuya Journey to take over for a while but KUYA just brushed him off. Tenten said "Kuya, hindi mo love si Jake kasi ayaw mo sya alagaan, parelax-relax ka lang".

My heart swelled on what I heard. I realized that the reason why he is taking care of his baby brother is not just because I asked him to...but because he loves his brother so much!

To my son Journey Charles Kristoffer

I am doing my best to show Journey how to be a responsible KUYA to Tenten and Jake;
Respectful to his ATE CHANEL and other members of the family; that being an eldest son will give him the responsibility of taking care of his siblings whenever we are not around.

Teach him to be God-fearing and respectful to others.
Show him the wonder in all the small things...
Teach him that God is The Great Creator of all things...
Guide him with discipline balanced with freedom...
Raise him with love so he'll know how to give it.

I know that growing up is hard. The challenges that you must deal with are overwhelming. Physical, emotional and psychological changes as you grow. There is actually no manual for growing up. We, as parents should provide guidance to you so you won't be lost. Parents are there to help children navigate this confusing and amazing world.

Don't worry son, me and papa will always be there to help and guide you.

My daughter Chanel

I am trying to provide her with insights into the important things in life in order to make her life as happy,fulfilling and complete as possible.

I am a mother who tries to teach her daughter to be good, always helpful to other people.
To be fair, always treating others equally. To have a positive attitude at all times.
To always make things right when they are wrong.

To know herself well.
To know what her talents are.
To set goals for herself.
To not be afraid of working hard to reach her goals.

To laugh and have fun every day.
To enter into friendships with good people.
To honor their friendships and always be a true friend.
To adhere to her values.

To appreciate the importance of the family.
And to particularly respect and love our elder members.
To ue her intelligence at all times.

Noyski

I thank God, our Great Creator for giving me Nonoy, a wonderful husband and beautiful children Chanel, Journey, Tenten and Baby Jake.

Nonoy, who is always there when I need a friend, a partner and a husband to share all the burdens in life and weathered many storms. We've shared so much through the years and we've created many memories. We compliment each other and have no fear of what's to come as long we have each other...together we will be strong.

I Love You TART!

The day I created my account...

Hello W O R L D !!!

Morning Rituals

My youngest son woke up when I got home yesterday and smiled when he saw me. I went down to my knees so I can hug and kiss him and he immediately came running towards me.


This is the scene I will never get tired of every morning of weekdays, reason why I'm always eager to go home after work. had coffee and talked with hubby over what happened earlier that morning. If my parents are not around, my husband is the one who prepares breakfast and takes care of morning rituals at home, like cooking baon for Chanel, Journey and Tenten, bathing baby Jake, the destroyer as his kuyas and ate fondly call him.

While we were talking, Jake would run around the house, well, not really a house but a studio type apartment. He will either throw his ball everywhere, turnoff the TV, scream at the top of his lungs or do something that will catch our attention. That's how hyper my youngest son is.

Different Types of Behavior

Today I read about behavior and found out that it is important to define emotions carefully and distinguish emotions from moods. Take note that defining emotions is a complex issue, but the experiential component of emotions—the experience of pain, anger, and joy—is central and manifests itself as an action tendency, a biasing of perceptions, or a state of feeling.

POSITIVE EMOTIONS takes pride in what one does; clear thinkers; takes initiative

NEGATIVE EMOTIONS is insensitive to the emotions and needs of others; talks too much; more interested in work than the family

EGO likes talking about oneself.

from: http://www.geocities.com/aleksey-y/sahaja-e.htm#E

Support Underground River

I attended TravelExpo at Megatrade Hall last Saturday at Megamall with my officemates Myra, Heny and Czarms, only to find out from people who are incharge of the Palawan Booth that Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River is not included anymore at the top7 of the new wonders of the world because of some confusion.

* Other people thought that they can only vote once. FALSE !!! You can vote once every round of voting.
* You can use different email addresses to vote. So if you have 2 email IDs, you can vote twice.


This is the 3rd and final round of voting, so please do take the time to visit http://www.new7wonder.com/ and cast your vote for Underground River or Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River.

Local government of Puerto Princesa City tried to ask help from the national government but to their disappointment, it was declined and was told that there is not enough funding for it.

So guys, this will be like a "You are on your own" thing. Let us support our entry and tell your friends about it.

Thank you so much!

give me a sign...

i'm so confused today....haysz. don't know what to do.