My father’s youngest sister paid a visit to us last weekend. She attended a seminar at Ateneo de Manila and instead of going home to Quezon with her colleagues, she decided to drop by our house to see us and to see her elder sister, Tabibe. ? We chat with each other as if we have not seen each other for a long time. It is so nice to learn stories about my cousins and my nieces and nephews in Quezon. I have wanted to spent a week vacation there but unable to. I hope that next year I would be able to find time to spend at least a week vacation in there with my daughter.
One of the good news she told us is that my eldest cousin, Marian, is expecting another baby this year. Well, it’s going to be her sixth child already!
Ate Yhaga as we call her is an only child. I am not sure if is her plan to have many children because she doesn’t have any siblings. I am glad to know that we are having another baby in the family. I believe that a bob revolution stroller would be of great help for them. :)They can use the stroller as they leisurely walk their new baby around.
I am looking forward in seeing the new baby as well as my nieces and nephews. My daughter, Antoinette is always happy playing with her cousins.
The world allots every third Sunday of June to remember and to celebrate the day of the first man in our lives, our father.
The last time that I was greeted and kissed my own father on this special day was the Father’s Day in 2006. He died of lymphoma in January of 2007. Since then, I just greet him in prayers, in my mind and in my heart. He may not be physically present by I know that he is watching us from above.
Papa may not be the perfect father in the world, but he was a loving and sweet father. The pain that I felt because of his lost has been healed though, but he is always missed and loved.
If you can still hug and kiss your father, do it now. Greet them Happy Father’s Day. It is not bad to show your affection and make them feel love. I understand that not all fathers are showy about their love for you. You might even get rejections when you greet them, but do not feel bad about your fathers when they do not show affection. Deep inside them, they would really be happy if you remember them on their day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers in the world!
Happy Father’s Day to our Father up above; to my papa and to the father to the sweetest girl in my life.
Yesterday was my paternal grandmother, Lola Ading’s first death year anniversary. Due to financial matters, we decided not to go to Quezon. It’s a good thing we have a credit card to turn to, to buy food for the occasion. My Aunt Evelyn and sister Patty went there instead to join our other relatives for my lola’s babang luksa. It’s been a year since we bid goodbye and gave our last respect to our lola.
My sister, my other 2 aunts and my cousins went to the cemetery to offer flowers and flowers for my lola. They also prayed for the souls of my departed lolo Tikot and my uncles, Rudy and Serafin. My father’s body which lain in one of the cemetery in Pasig is the one that’s missing from the family. Well, we are still thinking if papa’s remains would be transferred to Quezon in 2012.
My lola Ading was one of the reason’s why I love going to Quezon. She’s been a very caring and loving lola. We would truly miss her.
Tisha, Tita Jocelyn with Nicole, Tita Lyn with Ikay and Tabibe
Patty, Pau and I’s birthdays happen only within a week. Last Friday was Pauline’s birthday; today, my sister Patty is celebrating well, her 26th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! She took a day off today and I believe she went to Antipolo Cathedral to hear mass. What could I wish and pray for you? I pray that God will bless you with good health and heal all the illness that you have. I pray for your happiness and peace of mind.
Patty with Governor Singson’s Tiger during her trip to Ilocos.
As for my gift, well, since you’re not getting any younger, a wrinkle cream would be the best! Hehehe!!! Well, I will try to find sweet dreams pocket books for you from different book sales I go to!
Last May 28, my youngest sister celebrated her 18th birthday. Oh I cannot imagine how time flies so fast! I remember when we learned that my mother was pregnant. We all hoped for a baby boy because there are already 2 girls in the family. I remember how scared we were when my mom was giving birth because she has heart problems. I and my younger sister, Patty were in Quezon when mama gave birth to Pau. Patty was 8 and I was 11 at the time of her birth.
She was the baby not only in our own family but in my father’s side. She always claimed that she’s the favorite niece of Aunt Evelyn. Well, there’s no doubt about it! Hehehe! I don’t envy her because my daughter is Aunt Evelyn’s favorite grand-niece.
We do not have money to throw a big party for her. We were thankful to Tita Lea and Tito Noynoy who offered their place in Taytay to celebrate Pauline’s womanhood! I wasn’t able to attend the “party” because I need to go to work. But I believe that it was something that she would treasure for the rest of her life.
I didn’t have a party when I turned 18. But, it was one of the happiest days in my life because honey was there.
Her friends on the Food!
Well, I pray that Pauline will be able to finish college and will graduate with flying colors! I know you can do it (her report card shows!). I also pray that God will bless her with a good job after college (so, that she can help me pay the bills for Nonet’s education.. hehehe!).
Her friends sang the birthday song as she blows the candle on her birthday cake!
I pray that God will bless her with good health, good luck and many more birthdays!
I was checking on Pauline’s debut pictures when I stumbled upon these pictures. These were taken 2 days before ney left to work abroad. We called it pre-departure date. Hehehe!!!
I took the above picture when ney and I went to see a movie at Ever Gotesco Mall. Well, we actually went to SM Taytay but wasn’t able to find an interesting movie to watch so we landed on Ever Mall. After seeing Shutter Island (which gave me a terrible headache!), ney watched some peeps playing the “giant” chess board. Ney then took his turn in playing chess. It was a tough and tight game. In the end, ney has to give in because we were both hungry!
This one was taken when we had our date with our daughter at SM Megamall. Nonet enjoyed the horse ride.
Antoinette watched her father hit the drums. Ney’s passion is playing the drums. He is a musician by nature. It may take a while before he would beat the drums again. So, while we’re at the mall, I let him enjoyed it! I guess we spent around 200 pesos for the tokens!
Nonet and I are looking forward to playing at Tom’s World and Worlds of Fun with ney again.
Talking about grandfathers, today is my father’s birthday. He would have been 58 years old now. He may not be physically present but I know that he’s always there for us. In our hearts papa lives on.
Happy Birthday Papa. We miss you and we will always love you..
In my previous post I told you that my youngest sister will be turning 18 this month. The planned beach will not push through anymore because our schedules will not meet. Aside from that, we are on tight budget since my daughter will be going to school this June. To compensate for the “lost outing”, I got her instead a new cellphone. Like me, Pau doesn’t like a very high end phone. She just wanted a simple yet elegant phone. Small and thin. Has music player and atleast 2MP of camera.
We went to Galleria last Monday with our Auntie Tina, Nonet and ney. We went to Nokia store and checked on the phones there. It just took her about 15 minutes to decide on which phone she would get since she has the specifications on mind already. She ended up getting Nokia 2700 Classic phone. I am glad that it’s the model she got because it is very affordable and I can pay it in terms (Thanks Auntie Tina! :)). The phone has quite good specifications and it really met my sister’s want. It wasn’t a latest model of Nokia. Infact it was released about a year ago, July 2009 to be exact. It has a 2MP camera, supports bluetooth technology, has Music player for MP3 and MP4. It came with a 1GB microSD RAM. It is a very awesome phone!
She really enjoyed it. I told her to take care and value it because I need to work harder to pay for it. Well, I know that my sister would.
Happy birthday in advance Pau and enjoy your new phone! God bless!
Sunday is said to be Family Day. Well, it’s true for us, and I believe for most of the families. It is the day when everybody is present in the family. In our family, Sunday is the day when we get bond with each other through videoke. Oh, everybody in my family sings! I sing, my sisters sing, my mother does sing and even my little girl sing! We have one those midi players that you will find in Quiapo and in Greenhills. Last Sunday was another videoke day! I woke up at around 6AM. Well, that’s too early to have “videoke session”, so I let my mother listened to 60’s music which is being aired over Love Radio. I cooked and ate breakfast. At around 8:30AM, when my mother stepped out of the house to do an errand, I turned off the radio and setup videoke. My sisters and my daughter were having their breakfast then already.
While setting up the videoke, Patty mentioned that she is already planning to resign from her current work and look for any jobs in administration. She said that she wanted something different and she knows that she’ll succeed in it. I told her to apply and be sure to get hired first before resigning. It’s so hard to lose a job these days.
When I finished setting up the videoke, they are all done with their breakfast as well. Our youngest sister Pauline is already browsing through the song book and reserving the songs she will be singing. I selected couple of songs as well, then Patty had her own choices as well. Our family’s favorite singers are the Carpenters and Abba. Oh, who would not love those great performers!
One of Patty’s favorite song is Super Trouper by Abba. Since we have 2 microphones available, I joined her singing Super Trouper. It was really a lot of fun! We also started singing couple of songs together. :) Like other siblings, we often have misunderstandings and “tampuhan“, but at the end of the day, we are still sisters who will be there for each other. We just need to end our videoke sessions due to church calls. Sunday does is a family day!
I looked around the web and found this video. I know that you guys will enjoy this. I know that Abba’s legacy will be passed on from generations to generations. Their songs will continue to linger and bind many families. Enjoy!
It has been 3 years now, since my father died of Lymphoma. I must admit that there are really times that I miss him. I miss his presence. I miss his singing. He is not a perfect father, though. But if I will be born again and be given a chance to choose a father, it would still my father. Of course, I would still choose Mama to be my mother again.
Yesterday, we offered mass intention for his soul. There are people though who believe that praying for a dead’s soul will not give the departed any good. Once you’re dead then you’re time is up. And, that includes your chance to be in heaven. Well, I still believe that God’s forgiving heart will hear our prayers for Papa.
My sister Patty and I are both on vacation leave today. While our youngest sister Pauline, has no class on Mondays. So we are complete when we visited Papa’s tomb today. We didn’t stay that long in the cemetery. I believe we only stayed for only 20 minutes then we left. We know that only Papa’s remains is in the cemetery. Yet, we still feel that visiting his remains would give us certain happiness. Just a few minutes being with him.
Papa may not be physically around us, but I believe that he is always looking after us from above. We are all girls in the family and I know that he would keep us safe.
I know and I believe that Papa is now with the good Father in heaven. He is happy. He is at peace. He will never be hungry. He will never be thirsty. Although I miss him, I am still glad that he is at peace now. He will never have a chance to commit sin again.
Papa we will always miss you. We love you much. Oh, how I miss you singing the song Delilah… Until the day that we will be together again.
Honey arrived to spend Christmas with us last December 26. Since, we have limited time to be together (because I need to go work), we didn’t waste any moment and went to different places as much as time permits.
Our original plan was to go to Star City but we thought that we might not be able to enjoy there as much as we wanted. It was a Saturday and a day after Christmas day, so we knew that there would be a lot of people in the theme park. We decided to go instead to Market! Market! As always, my youngest sister was with us :).
It’s just about 30 minutes away from we live. We took an FX first and got off at Buting, then took a jeep ride going to the mall. My daughter loves going in there. It has a large recreational area where she can run and enjoy the fountain. There was a huge Sponge Bob Square Pants balloon on display. Of course, we had our pictures taken with it using our videocam!
We had our lunch at KFC. We strolled around the mall and let Antoinette play at its Amusement area. I know she was having fun. Well, she missed her father so much. It has been 2 months since we last seen him. So, she was really excited.
We really had a lot of fun! Antoinette was so tired that she fell asleep on our way home.
About 2 Saturdays ago, Metro Manila was hit by another storm again. In fact, Manila was under typhoon signal number 3. I wasn’t able to go early because of the danger brought about of the storm. I and my officemates decided to stay in the office. When the strong wind subsides, we decided to stroll around first in one of the malls inside Eastwood City. When I go to the mall, I always drop by a bookstore. I love books so much!
We went inside Fully Booked and National Bookstore. I was lucky enough to find A Nancy Drew collector’s item from Fully Booked. When I am finish collecting all the Hardy Boys hardcover books, Nancy Drew series is my next project.
My sisters and I love playing board games. Playing board games is one way of our bonding hours. When I was in National Bookstore, I thought of getting another Hardy Boys series to add up to my collection, or get a board game instead. Well, it has been a while since I buy that we can enjoy playing together. So, I decided to buy Visionary.
When I got home, I showed my sisters the new game I bought for us. No one knows how to play it! I asked my younger sister to read the instructions. She said that she’s having difficulty understanding the rules and the game procedures. I read the instructions, rules and game procedures, and found out Visionary is like charades!
I explained to them the procedure and how to play the game. We started playing the game at around 10PM that Saturday and ended the game at around 3AM of Sunday already! :) Our mother was so mad at us then because were laughing so hard every time one of us, act out or draw a certain category from the game.
Well, it was really a night of laughter and bonding!
Aside from that, we are on tight budget since my daughter will be going to school this June. To compensate for the “lost outing”, I got her instead a new cellphone. Like me, Pau doesn’t like a very high end phone. She just wanted a simple yet elegant phone. Small and thin. Has music player and atleast 2MP of camera.
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