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Mother and Child

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Having a child is a blessing and being a mom is a lot of task and a big responsibility. I would say, it is very fulfilling and rewarding when I see my child growing so adorable and healthy. For mothers, Emotional Availability is very important, it is more than picking them up from school, putting dinner on the table, or squeezing in some "quality time." They also need you to be there emotionally -- and the degree and quality of my communication and connection can play a big part in my child’s confidence, his success in future relationships, even his success in the adult world.

Last night I spent with my friend, we had dinner and a serious long talk about her life and her daughter…being away from her daughter makes her emotionally battered. I can relate and feel how hard to be away from children. God hope that will not happen to me. The longings of affection and love are always there. I don’t know if all moms believe this, but somehow I do believe that wives can always replace husbands but mothers can never replace their children...

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BLOGadagzzz....

Thursday, June 21, 2007

This is a continuation of my blogs dated June 17, 2007. I call this BLOGadags because of the misadventures and the sojourn trip with my cousins. I met my cousin Ricky at Cebu International Airport...and I have this gut feeling or I may say I already assumed that I am going to be the nanny of my dearest cousin, well knowing Ricky, I have to change a little of my role to him. In short taga bantay sa gamit ni Ricky :) Ricky had an advance shopping galore in Ayala Cebu...hmmm the power of credit card!!! When Ricky asked me what I want, I thought he would buy something for me...but in my disappointment, he was just asking me if I wanna buy something then I have to pay for my own LOL...grrrrrr...

Upon checking our baggages in Cebu, Ricky just left his back pack at the x-ray machine and just walk through the immigration counter, so I knew it, this would be the beginning of my task...and that is to look after his things :) I simply called him up reminding of his back pack. Then we approached the immigration area for our passport. When we left the immigration counter, for the second time, he left his passport, i got his passport and gave it to him. I really knew it...but I was expecting for that,kinda prepared for that task. When we are about to board the plane, the officer incharge was looking for the boarding pass, I boarded the plane ahead of him because he was stuck in the gate looking for his boarding pass... well what can I say, just smile at him.

Welcome to HOngkong at exactly 12:00 midnight !!! when we arrived the airport, we were so tired and recieved a message from James(hubby of Che) to be quick in claiming the baggages since the last trip of the bus going to kawloon(where our hotel was located) is only until 12:30 am. When I claimed my trolly, I was wondering it already had a red ribbon tied at the zip area, but we hurried up that I just ignored the ribbon. Ricky wanted to drink water but our water was in my trolly, I did not allow him to open my trolly since we are already in the bus station. Ricky was complaining and begging for me to open my trolly but I did not allow him..I know I was being cruel :) In the bus, Ricky found a friend, a chinese who works in the airport. He informed us a lot of things about Hongkong...we did not expect him to be because in the airport when we asked something there, people just ignored us..and here's a chi guy, he was really over accomodating. We wanted to sleep in the bus coz that was already 12:50 am but we just can't coz he was talking and talking about Hongkong and the map. well we appreciated it though. For the last time, Ricky asked me to open my trolly, he was so dead thirsty...so then I allowed him to open it. To my surprise...when I was about to get my key to unlock the zip, I found out I lost the lock! When I opened it... It was not my trolly!!!!!

Ricky just laughed at me...grrrrrrrrr...well I have to clear this to all of you, the trolly was exactly like mine, the colors, the brand and the size. The only difference was the red ribbon tied on it. Do I sound so defensive? And oh my we are halfway to our hotel. I was just thinking... how am I going to change...I have to!!! When we arrived in the hotel, James and Che were waitng for us. Well I opened the trolly and I found out that the owner of that trolly was an old woman... big bra, big panties and clothes were really for an old woman...gosh I cannot use this. So then my ButlerRicky suggested... we will go back to the airport and return the trolly and claim mine...oh my, it is 1 hour and 15 minutes trip from hotel to airport, but I really wanted to get my trolly so we went back at 2:30 am... when we arrived in the airport, the officer in charge told us to wait until 6:30 am...we did not have any choice but to sleep in the airport, was my first time!!! just to kill the time, we looked for the free condoms there, James told us there are free condoms in the airport, but we did not find...Ricky was pissed of with me coz we were soooo tired and all I was thinking was to get that free condoms hahahahaha and another big HAHAHAHAHA...while taking a nap in the airport I realized...of all the words I have told to Ricky about his things and being so carefree ... It all came back to me... so i just sang a song for him... the song of Celine Dion, It's All Coming Back To Me Now :)

On the third day in Hongkong, we went as a group and every time we go out for adventure, Ricky is always lost..hmmm we really didn't know where he goes. He bought a lot of souvineers so we thought he would give those to his friends back in Phils. When he tried to open all the souvineers, all we heard is like this... "This is mine, mine , mine and mine, to my lil sis, and another is mine, to my father and mine... Oh my golly!!! almost all for him!!! hahahahaha...Che was really amazed by the things he bought...well he deserved it, he worked for that :) Patay ang credit card ni Ricky!!! Another thing... Ricky ate a LOT as in a LOT. he really enjoyed eating there. When we bought fish and squid balls, we chose those on a stck, when we handed it to the cook, we were dismayed and so shocked when the cook received the food just by his hands!!! aw!!! just our mouth opened wide...then i told them well just enjoy the food, after all it was really mouth watering....oh I simply love the squidballs with the spicy sauce on it...really amazing! Another funny thing that happaned to Ricky when he tasted the spicy and hot squidballs, he was choked and was teary eyed hahahaha..then a nice chi woman gave him a tissue..hmmm aming cuz talaga and lakas ng appeal sa girls!

We took a lot of pictures with my leg and feet as well as James', Che's and ricky's. It is my new obsession now, I like taking pictures of our feet...well because we had a battered leg and feet there, we spent a lot of time walking from morning to evening. Last night in Hongkong, Ricky and I had some monkey accounting...there were cases that I payed for him then he payed for me so we have to setlle the money before leaving. We ate at cebu and he was the one who payed for it BUT he ordered more food so ofcourse he has to pay more than me...and i said I just had 5 spoons of his soup so i will pay just 1/4 of the price of the soup..Ricky had a big laugh to me...well Ricky, I just want to be fair and equal :) Ricky is my Butler and Photographer...he's really good in finding my perfect angle hahaha well my pictures will give justice for that, all were shooted by Ricky.
And about Che...hmmm Che, u thought I will forget that day when we went for malling and u let us waited for 20 minutes while u were in the Comfort Room. Oh what a great success for you. I had a picture of you after that...I will call that "A woman who just have a real SUCCESS!!!" And James...hmmm you underestimated the thrill of Roller Coaster in Ocean park! When James got off from the Rollor Coaster, He said in a very tiny voice " Ay mao lang to?" hahahaha... mao lang to James but made it made us crazy somehow.

We arrived the the airport 1 hour before departure...again we took our luck to get the free condoms hahahaha...we really wanted to get coz we don't have any presents to our friends in Phils so we just thought will make that as our presents...then again Ricky was lost in the aiport, he said he wants to eat coz he was hungry... we were sooo tensed already coz James, Che and I was already in the departure area, Ricky was not yet there... 15 minutes before bording, still Ricky was not there! James cannot just sit and wait, he went to the entrance and looked for Ricky...and while James was worried, I used the free internet in the airport :) I was emailing my friends, and Che was busy sharing our experiences with the Filipinos there, well how can Che forget telling about Ricky's misadventures. The filipinos there were also worried about Ricky. 2 minutes before the boarding time... Ricky was not yet there...everybody got tensed already. Then after 1 min...oh my we saw Ricky approaching, and all Filipinos just stared at him hahahahaha...Ricky just simply told us, Yeah I know I know...oh what a relief for all of us when we saw him... When we arrived in Cebu, we all reminded him about his things, he might lost it inside the ship on his way back to Cagayan. So what I did was, I brought all his presents for his family, just to make it safe.

We all had fun! And these misadventures made even more fun. It was indeed a nice bonding for us. I thank you for my cousins and James for making it a memorable one.

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The Hongkong-Macau Escapades

Sunday, June 17, 2007

It was such an adventure and exciting trip for me and my cousins. Everybody enjoyed. Richard, my cousin and I arrived in Hongkong at exactly 12:15 A.M. of June 7. We both had a lot of missadventures but tell you later on my Blogadags :) will tell you how "kalog and kengkay" we are while in HK. By the way James and Che was one day ahead of us, well, nag una-una jud sila para maka honeymoon pa sila hehehe... First day, at 11 am, we went to Macau, it is an hour trip by ferry boat from Hongkong. Passport is the only requirement to be able to enter in this country. This country is under the Portuguese government, so there are Catholic Churches and many Catholic people.Well as usuall, wherever we go there are always Filipinos. We went this museum in Macau, we met so many Filipinos. We had our lunch there...beef noodles and made us forget our names! wow, one of a kind noodles...what funny there was chinese talk so loud and seems they are angry. The owners of the restaurant was sooooo noisy, they keep on shouting each other and seems they are fighting but they were accomodating the customers well, only when the owners talk to each other, they shout! well maybe that was their marketing strategy...so many people eat there, the cook was perspiring and im sure that added zest to our food hahahaha...hay ang sarap ng noodles nila!!! now im craving :) hmmmm sosyal! breakfast in HK and lunch in Macau... I liked macau sooo much...I wanna live there if I am given a chance! Not too crowded and buildings and roads are just spectacular...and one more thing..I had all my shoppings there and presents for my family coz it is much cheaper than in HK. It is certainly a livable city! Ricky also wants to stay there...:) we went back to HK at 11 pm, we suppose to get a helicopter ride going back to HK but we have to wait for an hour to fly so we chose to get the Turbo Jet ;)

The next day we went to Disneyland!!! Finally the waiting is over...we met Mickey Mouse and his friends... we had a great time there with all the crazy rides! especially the Space Mountain... it made our brains moved to the other side of our head hahahaha but we took a second round, we like extreme rides! our mouths stretched to our ears while riding it! but what's the sad on my part... I missed Antonio sooooo much, how i wished Anton was also there, it is really for kids and family...he will really enjoy Disneyland, well next time. We saw Aiko Melendez their with her hubby and kids! hmmmm handsome hubby :)

After Disney we went to Ocean park... very nice also but experienced heavy rain, we were all wet but did not mind at all, we enjoyed, my cuz Che won so many stuff toys , big and small. i did not get my luck though...again we took the crazy rides their, roller coaster, Abyss, cable cars,river ranger(we all got wet) and sooo much more!! saw the jelly fish and sharks too!

We spent a lot of walking all day and night in HK, us and our battered feet! pity feet and legs, as u can see on my pics... we have a lot of pics with my feet and my cuz's feet also hehehehe...we call it feetish :) we visited the avenue of stars or walk of fame like in manila and hollywood.... where i saw the names of jet Lee, chaw Yun Fat (did i spell it correctly? hmmm) , Jacky Chan and so many chinese actors and actresses. We also witnessed the dancing light in The Avenue of Stars, it started at 8 pm...sooooo many people there, with different nationalities. We visited Mong KOk, a street for women as they say coz we can find all the cheap accessories, RTW, shoes , watches etc.. oh sarap mag shopping, pera lang ang wala...

Our last day in HK was in Peak Tram... the highest peak of HK, actually it is located in a hill, it is reachble by bus or train. We suppose to get the train going up but we took the wrong bus... we did not know that the bus we took will go directly to peak Tram... it was rainy day, gloomy and foggy! very cold... when we arrived there, we went to the wax museum, again we saw jet lee there and jacky chan but did not have the opportunity to have a pic with Papa Jacky Chan coz i have to pay 70 HKD! well thank u nalang hehehehehe So then we met the friends of Che who lives in HK. We ate in the most expensive restaurant there. I almost vomited when I saw the prices... 4,000 HKD, 2500 HKD wow!!! as what Che said, "Maka Takig ang presyo" it took time for us to order because we want to order the cheapest food.. a lot of discusions who will pay the bill... well Ricky has a credit card LOL... we even reached to the point to go out while we have not oredered yet hehehehe oh well we just forgot the costs... but the experience itself...i told my cousins I will never check my bank account when i'm back in Phils, i might faint...the place is very cozy and expensive. like ayala alabang and green hills in manila. The highlight there is the over looking city of Hongkong, but unfortunately we did not see the city coz was really foggy!!!we cannot see the buildings anymore, and was very cold! Just baught Chocolates for my dearest Anton.

The weather in Hongkong is very unpredictable, it rains and suddenly sun comes out then becomes gloomy as if it will rain. I missed the sun there...The city itself is really an advanced city, with all the hi tech machines. All their buses have computerized devices to collect bus fare. We have this card there, called Octopus, it looks exactly an ATM card, it is reloadable. We used it for taking the bus, MTR and shopping. We can even use the card for dining. Very convenient... Subways are very clean and safe. All have Escalators and walkalators...hehehhe we dont know if that's the name for that but looks like escalator but never escalates... if u are too lazy to walk then u can take it , so we made a name for it "walkalators". everything there is all swipes...i love to ride MTR and double deck busses! people in HK are very disciplined, no wonder they have a very progressive country. One thing we observed there is that chinese never go to personal level when treating their clients... they are not friendly people. They really mean business there..they even don't have time to smile...well knowing chinese :) and i think that's one factor that made them an advanced country. But most of all..very disciplined people and I really acknowlege that. They move fast... Life there is really very fast, always after the time. If they have to run they really run. No wonder, they all got muscled legs heheehhe well you will see that in my pics. There are few fat men and women their coz they walk and run a lot, you can see sexy women but got muscled legs :)

That was our trip. It cannot be payed by millions, it was pricelles experience for all of us. Why priceless? Well YOu have to read my Blogadags..still on the process, will post it the soonest! Thanks!!!

IT WAS THE PERFECT GETAWAY!!!

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