I’m sick.

Last night I was out with Jai, had dinner and coffee till twelve midnight. When I got home I was not feeling quite well… At around 2am I checked my temperature and I was surprised to see that I was 38.3‘C I was burning up and I couldn’t sleep. My jaw hurts a lot. Although earlier I saw it was a bit swollen but ignored it.

Sunday morning… I woke up with this… (Yup! That’s me with a double cheek! Meron bang ganon?! Kalokah! I have a pear shape face… Whaaaa!!! Ang laki-laki na nga ng face ko tapos lalo panglumaki! HUHUHU!!!)



Although my fever was already gone (this morning) because I was drinking Biogesic every four hours, I woke up with this really really swollen jaw. Ate Lita (one of our angels) said I might have mumps. MUMPS!!!! That’s impossible! I already had them when I was in Grade 4 and what I know about it, once you had it, you won’t catch it again. GAWD!!! I’m close to 30 and yet I have this “childhood illness”. WTF!

The uncomfortable part is chewing food. I’m so hungry and yet I couldn’t eat well. It’s like your jaw is breaking apart and anytime it would just drop and it throbs a lot. Isusumpa mo ang pagnguya!

There’s no cure for Mumps. You just take paracetamol and painkillers and take a lot of rest. I'm also using my relaxing eye mask to cool my throbing jaw, o diba! Imbis na sa mata eh napunta sa panga! For more info about mumps just read this site.

I don’t know why I had it again. But I know where I got it, I didn’t think I would catch it though because as what I’ve said before, I had them when I was a kid. Having it now means I won’t be seeing Jet this week and I feel so bad. Once a week na nga lang kami magkita tapos this week hindi pa. Hay… What a fucking life. Malolokah ata ako! But I don’t want him to catch it too although he’s been exposed to me three days before the symptoms started appearing. Nonetheless, just to be safe. Let’s see kung hindi ako matiis ni Jet at sumugod dito sa Q.C. yun… Hehehe!!!

Anyways… Bedrest… I hope tomorrow’s a good day…. Hope I could eat na…

Visiting Enzo

Last Saturday, Jai, Tet and I met up at Starbuck's Katipunan. We were going to visit Enzo for the first time since he left the hospital. I'm so excited to see him again since Kim's been sending me MMS of Enzo the whole week.

Jai came directly from work (call center) while Tet and I…. straight from bed.

Jai was the first one to arrive at Starbucks, 30 minutes later I came and an hour later Tet followed. We went to Red Ribbon and bought Kim her first Mother’s Day cake. Then off we go to Pansol, Balara at around 10am.

Enzo was sleeping when we arrived. So kwentuhan nalang and we looked at their old pictures. One album contained all our barkada pics. Some pictures taken from my birthday, I think 4 or 5 years ago. And I was surprised she has them and may picture pa na kasama ko ex ko! Everybody had a good time making fun of me… All I could say was “Tapos na yan!!!” “Tanggalin na!!!” Hahaha!!! Of course I was joking.

si tet gutom na kaya ang napagtripan - popcorn

that was one humid afternoon... mukha nakong dugyot... hehehe!

Then we had lunch. By 2:30pm Rency bought half a case of beer. Biruin mo naman, hapon na hapon we were drinking… Ang init! Sobra! Hehehe! Pero ang saya naman…

By bottle number three I was sleepy. That’s the effect if I drink at sobrang init ng panahon. Inaantok ako. I didn’t get drunk though. I was sweating so much pano ako malalasing nun! Hehehe! I was just worried about Jai. She’s been awake for 24hours already. Plus there’s beer pa… Makes you want to sleep nalang… But she said she’s enjoying and carry pa daw nya…

Every now and then Enzo would wake up and Kim would bring him to us. But I was too scared to touch or even carry him. He’s so small kasi. Parang he’s so fragile. Plus! He’s only 1 week old. Maybe in a few months I could carry him na. But for now, I’m just content with taking pictures of him.

Kim’s family made us feel so welcomed. Daming food pa… Wala kaming ginawa dun kundi ang kumain ng kumain. Dami rin pulutan. By 5:30 Tet needs to be in Pateros. So it was only Me and Jai. More kwentuhan and beer for Rency and Jai. Hindi namin namalayan it’s almost 7:30pm. But we didn’t go home yet, magdinner daw muna kami. Whaaa!!!! I couldn’t eat anymore… My stomach was so full already but then Ate Marv cooked chilly wings! I couldn’t pass that up… besides they didn’t let us.

After dinner, Ate Marv, Ate Tzel and Rency brought me and jai home. It was almost 9:30pm… Almost 12 hours. Hehehe…

It was a fun day. First time to hang out at Kim’s place really. Yup… Naisip ko nga… We’ve been friends since highschool but it was only now that we got to hang out at her place. It’s been always my house…

Hope to see them soon…

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Oh well… That was my weekend…

Sunday…

Mother’s Day…

I just stayed at home.. Had some food delivered for the occasion. It was only Me, Nanay and the angels. Quite sad but then... that’s life – as usual. Got to talk to Ate Cindy though. Downloaded a few episodes of Grey’s Anatomy. Will watch them soon.

Come night I went to Cubao to pay for some stuff I ordered from the net and to spend time by myself… I miss Jet. I’m missing him so much. Sadness…

My Nanay

Happy Mother's Day Nanay!

I'll always be here for you no matter what.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

THANK YOU for everything...

Enzo

Kim already gave birth! Wow!

Went to PCMC with Tet earlier. It is also where our friend Ariesyl gave birth to her first born.

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Kim and Renzy have been married for seven years already and they've been through a lot of trials while trying to have a baby. Finally! After a looong wait, here he is!

A gift from God. In His right time…

Lorenzo Melquiades Sambilay Peralta
May 4, 2007 / 1:27 AM / 6.+ lbs.

I'm so happy for them.

Congratulations Kim and Renzy for a very healthy and cute baby boy!

Welcome Enzo! You just don't know how much you are wanted and loved even before you were born...

We love you!

Movies

Can't wait for these Adam Sandler movies to come out...

We'll see a different Adam here... so different from his usual movies. Just like Spanglish... (love that movie too!)

Reign Over Me




And the usual Adam Sandler film. Funny... and cute... :)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Gay?

1 out of 10 Argentine men are gay? Hehehe! This is funny...

Jet's Birthday

Yesterday was Jet's 24th birthday...

We didn't have anything planned.

But his father did.

Actually, I had one but due to unavoidable circumstances and WRONG TIMING EVER! I had to scratch it and just greeted him. Plain and simple. Perhaps next week everything will be clear… Not to late to give him my present… Hahaha!!!

My real gift though was given a week early - a couple of shirts from TOP40 are all he asked from me. No surprises he said, no expensive gifts this time. Just shirts that made me.. well us... travel from Quezon City to SM South (?)… At first I told him I’ll just give him the money and let him buy the shirts because I was thinking he lives within the area so he could go there anytime (so heartless of me) and I didn’t really want to go there that time, nalalayuan ako… but he insisted that I should go with him. So I did! Nagshopping narin ako. Ang loko! Dalhin ba ako sa Mall Hehehe!!! What should a girl do when she’s in a mall? Eh di magshopping! Hahaha! Magtiis sya.

So anyway, last night Jet and I went to Bangkal, Makati. His grandmother prepared something for him. Everybody was there. Tito Ramon, Nanay Magda and Tatay Ado, Fritz, Shang, Ana (tito ramon’s sister), her husband Noli and their baby Miguel. I was so nervous… Ewan ko ba, although I’ve been there a couple of times already and have met his grandparents, I still feel so anxious.

The pansit was great and the barbecue I loved. Plus the menudo that I didn’t recognized but also loved.

Tita Dolly (Jet’s mother) and Fatima (his sister) called from New Jersey and talked to all of us.

It was a nice dinner. Nakakatawa. Especially when Nanay Magda cried after talking to Fatima and when Jet saw her crying and asked her why she’s crying… Her answer made all of us laugh… “Masarap kasi yung pansit e!” Umiiyak yan ha at the same time ngumunguya ng pansit… Hahaha! She’s a funny old lady. Funny funny funny…

Miguel was so cute… Ang puti puti! He likes to make these sounds as if he’s talking to you and he smiles a lot… Nakakatunaw talaga ng puso ang mga baby na ngumingiti sayo… They have this effect na parang kahit may dinadala kang problema o sama ng loob o galit tapos once ngumiti sila… nagiging okay na. Ewan…

Anyway, we had out kodakan moment…

Nanay Magda - busy sa pagaayos ng mga pabaon...

Baby Miguel - already asleep, too bad I wasn't able to take his picture while he was awake.

Noli and Tatay Ado

Fritz, Me with my baons and Anna

Kulit ni Jetong eh... Sabi ko ayaw ko magpapicture eh... Me, with my freddy krueger (yan ang tawag ni Jet eh) favorite blouse... Hehehe!

Shang with Tito Ramon

Take 1

Take 2 - Sabi Tito Ramon kelangan sarado ang polo dahil mukha daw syang manginginom... Hehehe! Kaso naka ngiwi naman si Jetong.

Take 3 - Ayan! Ok na!

The birthday boy with his Papa. Mukha daw syang bafing dito... Nakakatakot na bafing if ever!

Made me miss my own family and think of what used to be... Oh well... that's life I guess... :(

After dinner Jet and I had our usual tea before going home. Then we watched 10 Items Or Less by Morgan Freeman… By 1:30am He went home na.

Goodbyes...

I hate saying goodbye...

I hate going to the airport and dropping someone in the departure area (may it be for a short trip or otherwise).

I hate that…

I’m not good at it but I pretend to put up a brave face when I’m forced… Wait! Forced is a negative word let me rephrase that… when I “must” go there.

The last time I was there was when my Ate Cindy and her family left for Canada. That’s almost three years ago. Before that, I don’t remember anymore. I’m telling you, the scene that took place before they went through the immigration was not nice. I was crying all over the place. My Ate and I were hugging each other and crying our heads out as my two nephews looked on with traumatized expressions… Hahaha! Nico, the eldest, was in the verge of crying too while Victor was asking his Daddy why we were acting that way… I could still remember all the habilins my Ate gave me and all the assurance… Oh well… those were the times of uncertainties… Mind you! I didn’t care if a lot of people were staring at us. Hehehe!

ENOUGH! That is not the reason why I’m blogging about goodbyes…

Last night at around 11pm Jet fetched me here at home to go to his house. His sister, Fatima was leaving for the States and I wanted to see her before she leaves. Although we are not that close, I still feel she is a part of my family (if God permits it). It is also my way of showing her my support and love. So at around 12midnight we arrived at their place and just hanged out. Waited until she’s done with her last minute packing, checking and habilins. By 3AM, two vans packed (our van contained Me, Jet, Fatima and two of her female friends and the other van being driven by Fritz has Shang, Tata, France and two of Fatima’s male friends), we slowly headed for NAIA. Her flight was at 7am so three hours before the said flight she must be inside already.

Jet was tensed the whole time. I couldn’t even make him smile. I don’t blame him. I know what he’s going through… Parang lahat ay naka fast forward… Million things going through your mind. Emotions going up and down. You wanted to cry but you can’t. Well… not yet.

When we got there, all of us (except Fritz and France who parked the vans) went to this designated area where in passengers could still spend a little more time with their family before going inside. Nerve wracking! Is all I could say. Jet was smoking the whole time and trying to distance himself from our pack. Shang was silent too. Fatima was with her friends making little conversations. I on the other hand, was smiling. Smiling. Why in the hell was I smiling when people around me were silent and lost in their own thoughts trying not to cry? Because I didn’t want to cry. I didn’t want to start crying and I could feel tears starting to form but I didn’t want them to see me cry for god sake! Then Fritz arrived with Franz and Tata. Picture time… The four siblings are complete for the last time. I wanted to take more pictures but then after a few moments of laughter and biruan… naging serious nanaman silang apat. When Fatima started hugging her friends it signaled that its time for her to go inside. She then turned to Shang and embraced him, then Fritz, then Jet… All the while Franz and Tata were making comments about crying is like a infectious disease and how Franz is already used to seeing people leave all his life. I was laughing with them and every now and then I would look away. Then suddenly Fatima, Shang, Fritz and Jet hugged each other and they were crying. God! That was the moment! The moment that I really wanted to cry. Even Franz and Tata was surprised by it and was silent until Franz broke the ice and asked “Sinong may yosi? Penge yosi naman oh!”…

Ewan, it was crazy… All the memories suddenly came to me. How the four of them would have these silly fights and how they would remain silent maski apat nalang sila sa house (ever since their mother left for America almost three years ago and their father don’t live in their house anymore). I mean, lacking with parental guidance, they had a rough time. But in the end they patched things up and showed us how they’ve matured over the years. Forgiveness has been given, old clashes have been forgotten, wounds have been healed and they’ve survived, until one of them has to leave. Painful I know… But that’s life. At least before Fatima left things are all right.

After seeing Fatima off, Jet and I together with Shang went to Quezon City. Time for me to go home. But before that we had breakfast at this Pares Pares that Jet and I loved. We let Shang have his first taste of Pares Pares the Q.C. way… By 5:30am I was finally home.

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Now that things are a little bit different in their house, I know they’ll be okay.

I know goodbye is sometimes a good thing because it let you show how much you love the person you’re saying goodbye to and sometimes it sucks because you won’t be seeing that person for a very very long time. Either way for me, I still hate saying goodbye… I would rather fetch them from the airport even if his or her flight gets delayed… I’ll be there the whole day. Hehehe!

...

I could seat here

And look at the ocean

Forever . . .

Thinking of you.

(photo from the net)

Monday

I was supposed to just watch DVD the whole day (after I’ve bathe my three babies) and go to Cubao to buy a few things when Mariel asked me what my plans were for the day. Then it got me thinking, why not visit that girl for a change. Go to Makati and spend some time with her.

I asked a few more friends if they want to come along. Jai was the only one available. She has a few hours to spare before going to work.

The ride from Quezon City to Makati was pretty fast. It took us more or less 30 minutes to get there. Maybe because it was a holiday and a lot of people are still on their way back to Manila from a very long vacation and of course work is out – for most of the establishments there.

When we arrived in Greenbelt 3, surprisingly walang tao masyado. Went straight to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to wait for Mariel. Dun ang maraming tao. It took me a while to get our orders. 10 years in the making! Hehehe!

When Mariel arrived we did nothing but talked and talked about our relationships (bad and good), stuff and people watch and after a while nagutom ako and asked them kung gusto nila magearly dinner bacause Jai had to leave by 8pm. I told Mariel let's try something new na wala sa Cubao... Hehehe!

We ate at Mr. Rockefeller (by Oyster Boy). We tried their Rockefeller Oysters that was amazing. Love it really! More than Mannang’s.

Mariel had soup. I forgot to take a picture of it. It smelled so nice though; I think it tasted good as well.

Jai had a Cheeseburger.

And I had their Rockefeller Cheeseburger. I loved the fries.

Kwentuhan galore parin kami more so when Jai left. Before I knew it, it was already 8:30pm and Mariel has work pa the next day at 7am so we had to call it a night.

We should do that more often. Have dinners or afternoon teas. Looking forward to it!

A few more pictures were taken by a waiter with a shakey hand... Kainis... Sayang we all look nice pa naman... Hehehe!

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My Holy week was spent mostly at home. After Holy Thursday (my Bisita Iglesia with Jet) I just stayed at home with Nanay and our Angels. I had nothing to do but watched DVD’s and I cleaned my closet! Hehehe! So many clothes to discard. Old clothes that haven’t been worn yet have been rediscovered. “Meron pala akong ganito?!” you could hear from me amidst all the clothes piled up on my bed and my floor. “Kasya pa!” was the second one. It took me almost two days to get it done.

Now, I’m a happy girl with a clean closet! Hehehe! Babaw ko talaga!

Bisita Iglesia with Jet

Yesterday was our 4th year to do our Bisita Iglesia. Went to six churches, dapat seven eh kaso naginarte ang tiyan ni Be kaya we had to go home as soon as possible... Hehehe! No vacation out of town for both of us. He has work and I don't have anybody to go with... :(

Oh well... Here are some pictures:

Miraculous Medal Church, Project 4

St. Joseph Shrine, Anonas

Immaculate Concepcion Church, E. Rodriguez

Mt. Carmel Church, Broadway

The Chapel of the Carmelite Monastery, Gilmore - my favorite church, want to get married here someday... :)

Mary The Queen Parish, San Juan

We went home watched Season One of Miami Ink till 6:00pm.. Met with Jai and had dinner at Que Rico... Er.. Actually she had dinner while Jet and I had a couple of beers... Kwento kwento... After that, Jai went to work while we went home to watch more dvds... Masaya na kami sa pagnood lang... Hehehe!

YouTube 2

Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You




Edwin McCain - Could Not Ask For More




Steven Curtis Chapman - I Will Be Here




LifeHouse - You and Me

YouTube

I was browsing YouTube about this song that I heard from the Ellen show when it brought me to this page, I believe, of a great musician.

I fell in love with his voice and his ability to play instruments while singing. He's really amazing...

Here are some of his cover songs that I loved...

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me




Five For Fighting - 100 Years




Dan Fogelberg - Longer

MYOH

Went to this event today with Jet. Got there an hour early and we were second in line. This is my first Havaianas event that I've attended. Wasn't able to take pictures though because I was too excited (hindi ko lang pinahalata kay Jet dahil aasarin lang ako!).

Thank you Be for being supportive, maski we had a little misunderstanding last night and I ended up hating you, you still went with me... Hehehe!

2 hours later we came out with these:

He made these... Sabi nya I SHOULD wear it! Whaaa!!!

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2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Some one Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Smuggling Diamonds"

7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......

Send This Link To Someone To Make Them Smile.

read this one from a fellow blogger http://www.sonotkosher.com ... i think it's so funny.... hehehe! :)

Toshi's Graduation

Went to Toshi's Graduation at La Salle Greenhills last Saturday (March 17). I'm really proud that kid made it through 7th Grade! Hehehe! Four more years... College naman... Hay... They're growing so fast na.. Binata na ang aking pamangkin...



After, we had dinner at Mini Shabu Shabu....

Ang mag-ama, nagtatalo kung ano ang oorderin... Hehehe!