Mommy Moments: Part of the Family

It's Mommy Moments once again. I love the cute button above.. MM has a lot of button choices now.. You can get it on Mommy Journey page here.

I have been busy lately and was not able to post entry for MM for quite a while. But I won't let this topic pass without a post. The theme today is Part of the Family. I surely would want to post moments of my children with their favorite Grandmy (lola) and favorite Mommy (my sister).

My two boys with Grandmy (my mother). They live and grow with my mama. Actually I am the one who misses them all the time as they are in the province with mama.

My eldest with Mommy Em (my sister). He is so close with em as he slept beside her when em was not married yet.

Kuya Gong and Cong when they were small with Grandmy..

She is also a part of the Family as she takes care of my daughter. It's Neneng with bebay. My daughter loves her a lot.

So how about you? Join us here and share wonderful moments with us!

Friday Photo Flashback No. 2

Here's my second entry for Friday Photo Flashback which was actually started by Alicia.

That's me carried by my first cousin Ate Janet and my grandmother Lola Iyay at our house in the province.The scene was taken at the part overlooking our atrium. Such an old photograph that captured old memories.

Preparing for My Baby's Day Out!

By now, I am ready for my baby to come out. I have some hand-me-down apparels from my older kids ready to be used by my coming baby. It is always wise to prepare ahead than cram in the nearing actual day. I am currently waiting for the box from UK too from my generous friend Grace which contains mix baby items. It's already coming maybe by third week of August. Thanks to my donors.

I have our old crib ready too. I just bought a new crib set to make it fresh and comfy for our new angel. The crib set is from Kids Line Zanzibar which includes a quilt, bumpers and fitted sheet. The set costs around Usd 54.00. Will have to look for musical hanging toy for the crib to motivate the little mind.

Modeling Career in UK

Felt so proud for my best friend. Emelou is my best friend since we were in the first year high-school back in our old hometown Aloran. She used to live in my Lola's place in Mohon. We grew up together and shared the ups and downs of our life. I've known all her aches and pains of her past married life. She experienced the winds and storms of different relationships and cried a lot of tears for those miseries.

Emyat (that's what I call her) tried her luck in finding job abroad. She flew to UK and worked as a lowly caregiver. I've known what she'd been through working in a foreign land out there on her own with all the back-aching tasks and duties to do in a home care institution. However, I admired her spirit. She is hard-working and never won't let herself down. She is the favorite in her workplace for her cheerful personality.

Till way back last month, with her fighting guts, she applied online in a modeling agency in UK the
Dynamic Models UK which is one of the leading modeling agency is the British continent. We brainstormed via chat for the get-ups she would wear during the audition and pictorials. All went well during the audition. Cross-finger , we were hoping she would qualify. She was nervous as her competitors were all so sophisticated and tall, totally gorgeous English ladies. But, Emy is just as super as well on her own demeanor. I loved the results.

Weeks passed on and she chatted me again and ask for my idea for a name to be used as screen name. We thought of Asian names as she really is a pure Asian beauty. We settled on Anastasia Lee. There and then, I knew she qualified though she said , " it's not yet final, we will know if my profile will show on their website."

True to my words, to our amazement and pride, Emy got it! SHE IS NOW A CERTIFIED MODEL OF THE DYNAMIC MODELS. Yay!!!

Congrats to You my Bestfriend, I am so proud of YOU!!! I just knew it by your own charm and fighting spirit , you can achieve your goals and your desires. I know you work hard to get what you want. Now , you have your stepping stone, continue on hitting for the mark!! I love you Myat..

By the way, her screen name is ANASTASIA LEE. You may visit her profile here.

Loyal Friend and Visitor award

My big thanks to Jenny the author and maker of this lovely award for all her loyal friends and visitor. Thanks a lot Jen, for being so generous and appreciative in spirit for us your friends.

Now it is my turn to pass this on, to loyal friends and visitors too in this site.

Here's the rule:

1. Copy the loyal picture above
2. Pass it to you think who is/are deserving.
3. Leave a message to them
4. Pass as many as you want.
5. Message back or leave a comment to the owner.

Passing this on to:
http://loveshaven.com/
http://www.arvin95.blogspot.com/
http://www.goodmorningpancakes.blogspot.com/
http://www.pink-precious.com/
http://www.lainesabode.com/
http://anniniput.blogspot.com/
http://www.djtammy.com/
http://jetnah.blogspot.com/
http://www.xendla.com/
http://prettymomdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://femikeydesigns.blogspot.com/

and to all those who have been loyal to me in any way..

ESWL Kidney Stone Blasting

I was on leave yesterday from work as I accompanied my husband to the Urology Center of the Philippines (UCPI) at Quezon City to undergo a medical procedure to remove his kidney stone that has been causing him pains and discomforts lately.

The medical procedure was called ESWL (Extracorporeal ShockWave Lithotripsy) or other termed as " Stone Blasting". ESWL uses shockwaves (machine) that pulverize kidney stones into sand-like material. The waves hit body to travel through the skin and body tissues until the waves hit the dense stones. The stones become sand-like and are easily passed through the urinary tract in the urine. The patients are given anesthesia and are asleep during the procedure.
Depending on the size of the stone, some other patients requires 2nd treatment. But with my husband as its the size of the tip of the smallest finger, we hope that it is already pulverized.

Most common after effects of this are:
-blood in the urine for 1-2 days
-fever which must not be higher than 38 degrees.
-Fragments of the stones passing through the ureter during urination causing some discomforts

Recovery time is short. When my hubby was already awake and vital signs were in order and he was able to stand without dizziness, we were already discharged. Doctor advised that after 24 hours normal activities can be resumed.

ESWL Stone blasting cost PHP 45,000 here in the Philippines. I just don't know if there is a public medical service for this that would cost lesser.

Friday Photo Flashback #1

I created this post last Friday but I just forgot to post it.. By the way here it is..

I found this cool meme from Laine's post , which was actually started by Alicia. I think this is great as I have lots of Photos to share from the past.

So here's my first entry for this Friday.

My childhood days. Guess where am I among the four..

A birthday message for My Son

Oh how the years pass by,
Time can certainly fly.
I remembered the labor pains..
When we were about to hear your first screams..

You were just a little boy once
With heart-warming laughter and smiles..
With a lot of shooting questions to ask...
That truly warms my heart..

You're growing up so fast,
as I wish each moment with you to last forever.
My little boy will someday be a man
and right by your side I will forever stand.

I wish I was there when during the years gone by..
I know I was not there to lend a guiding hand..
I was far and so far most of the time..
I miss you for those years we've never spent..

But no matter what, I want you to know
I will be here for you..
To pick up the pieces when you fall,
I will hold your hand and help you stand tall.

And when the day comes when you are on your own,
never feel that you are alone.
No matter how near or how far apart
You will always be right here in my heart.
Always remember whatever you go through
that no matter what, you will always be loved..

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TO MY SON AL'JERED NICOLAS!!!

Mama Shelo

The pain of Losing

I suddenly miss Mawmaw..................

Certainly not my boyfriend, not my baby, not my brother or sister..but my childhood pet, a cat. When I was 10 years old I had a domestic cat named MawMaw. He was gray and not a high-breed one but so cute and furry. He furred and furred and meowed and meowed. Such a sweet and playful kitty was he. We had a twenty or more cats around the house but he was my only favorite.

Every early morning he meowed at our bedroom door and my mom would open him up and he would directly tuck inside my blanket and sleep lazily till I get up. I loved the warmth of his little soft and cuddly body and got used to it. I would personally wake up and look for him whenever I sensed that he was not on time in knocking at our door. But when he was there and went inside with me, we slept back together till mid-morning. Mawmaw came to our room everyday and would not really missed it for whatever would make him busy.

Till one day, I did not hear him call out.. No meow.. I was bothered cause I definitely knew that during that time he would come. Till I slept back. During daytime I looked for him but he was nowhere to be seen. I just though maybe he's out somewhere and forgot the worry the whole day as our house is big and normally our cats will just stay in some part of the house where we cannot see them. The night came and I still have not thought about where Mawmaw was. Until the next morning, no Mawmaw again. That time, I was seriously up to my feet. I went out our room and looked for him at every possible place where he could be in our house. The sun rose and I had not found Mawmaw. I started to cry. I cried loudly when Mama asked why. I knelt down in prayer asking the Lord to please let Mawmaw return. I asked mama if we could pray together for Mawmaw, but he just had not returned. There were so many dawn when I would woke up and hoped that I would hear Mawmaw meow outside. But there were just sounds of the cackling of the crows, the chirping of the birds and the barking sometime of the dogs outside. Mawmaw never returned. We could not find any dead body of him also . He just disappeared and never came back. From then on, I never ever shared affection towards pets. I was afraid of losing , the pain was just tormenting and hard to bear...

Translation Time

So how are you today? I have been blog hopping through my other blog just a while ago and I just happen to stumble on wp-blog which asks readers to translate a Tagalog sentence to English. I tried to answer it and heck I never imagined it could be that hard.. Ha ha.

I've been thinking to have mini translation game portion here too. Best answer will be published.. he he. Might as well try to translate this sentence:

"Pang-ilang pangulo si Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?

So how would you say it in English?

My special thanks to Tammy for the special surprise I have received from her via Air 21. It's my coming baby's apparel.. Love you girl for that special surprise.. Well, I was really surprised as I never thought it would be for the coming angel.. =) I love it!!!