A Tribute to my Mom & GrandMom

I grew up with my Grandmom taking care of me. That’s why our relatives and close friends are fond of calling me as a lola’s girl. My Mama and Tatay got separated when I was three and I’ve been a witness to a civil war between my parents. They used to fought about my custody. Until the court decided that I should stay with my Mama. But the petty quarrels never stopped after the court decision. There would times that my Tatay would just suddenly appear at Mama’s apartment and would take me with him somewhere. I can still remember I was alone playing, Mama and her boyfriend (yup, Mama lived with another man) went out. Tatay arrived and without even bothering to dress me up, he took me out to where he used to work. Almost all his co-workers are my godparents. There, they let me chose from a bag of toys. I was so happy then. Tatay took me home to Mama’s apartment and he was so lucky because Mama and Tito weren’t home yet. When Mama got home, she was surprised to see all my new set of toys *teeeheee*

Still the fight didn’t cease. Until it reached the point that Mama doesn’t want Tatay seeing me. She did everything to stop our communication, blocked all of Tatay’s birthday and all other occassion cards. I was so bitter then when I found out about it ten years later when my father died. Yes, my father died when I was 13. And I haven’t seen him for almost 10 years. There were a lot of questions bugging me. And I must admit, I really don’t have a good relationship with my Mama eversince I was a kid. I used to hate her for having someone aside from my Tatay. Plus the idea that we don’t live together in the same house. I lived with my GrandMom after the separation. But I’ve a scheduled day and time to be with my Mama because she’s working and no one would take care of me if I live with her. I used to throw tantrums everytime I don’t get what I want. I grew up being spoiled by Mama materially. I went to a prestigious school and almost every week, I have new toys. But that was not enough for me, I don’t need all those material stuff, what I need is her company. That’s when I started to move away from her. But hell yeah, I miss her so badly. Matampohin lang talaga ako.

I came from a broken family. But I was able to keep myself whole. And I owe everything to the ladies in my life. My Mama and my GrandMom. My light in the dark. My source of hope and strength. My life. Through thick and thin, they never gave up because they know that I look up to them. Despite all the crisis in our family, they managed to mold me from a spoiled brat into a fine young lady full of hopes and aspirations in life.

Now, everything is fine between me and Mama. She’s not that expressive emotionally, that took me how many years to accept. I’m still struggling to build up an emotional bonding with my Mama by being expressive in letting her know and feel that I love her and GrandMom. This Mommy’s Day, I asked a church friend to print the card that I’ve made and hand it to Mama and GrandMom during the 1st Mass together with a rose for each of them.

I am what I am today because of them. And I’m so blessed for having both of them in my life. They mean the world to me. To all the Moms out there, Happy Mommy’s Day

Motivation from a tiny frog

I just received this forwarded e-mail. And I would like to share it to everyone

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.
The race began. Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: “Oh, WAY too difficult!!” “They will NEVER make it to the top” or “Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!” The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one….
Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher. The crowd continued to yell, “It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!”

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up, but ONE continued higher and higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up! At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower.

Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top! THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it? A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal? It turned out… That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is: Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…. because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you — the ones you have in your heart! Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

Therefore, ALWAYS BE POSITIVE! And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams!

Always think: God and I can do this!

A Date With Peter Parker

Yesterday, I was so lucky because upon arriving at the second floor of SM City Davao, the line for the movie tickets to Spiderman 3 wasn’t that long. It just so happened that I arrived a little bit earlier. My original plan is to watch Miss Potter and Spiderman 3 during the weekends or when there would be less audiences so that I can fully enjoy the show. But thank God because there are a lot of vacant seats yesterday. Spiderman 3 occupied the five theaters of SM City Davao. That’s the main reason why there are a lot of vacant seats.

I love the movie. It was actually my first time to watch this kind of movies in big screen. I am not a movie fanatic but the trailer convinced me to watch it. I learned a lot from it. And I really wanted to quote the last lines that Peter Parker said before the movie ended. But I couldn’t remember the exact lines. All I could remember is that we ALWAYS have the choice. We can always choose between good and bad, right or wrong. The movie is all about choosing what is right and what is beneficial to our personal growth and development. It is also about accepting our faults and weaknesses and learning from them. And it also showed the real essence of true friendship.

I really would love to watch the movie again. Ü

Crocodiles & Pythons

Yesterday, we spent the whole afternoon at Davao Crocodile Park. Last week, I had a hard time convincing my coworkers to accompany me to the park on a weekend and I was able to persuade Bobby and Arnel to come with me. It was my first time to visit the famous home of crocodiles here in Davao City. They also shelter other animal species aside from the cold blooded reptile. It was a fun filled afternoon because of the shows that the park management organized for the visitors. I was able to pet a 14 feet Burmese Python and pose for the camera with a yellow snake around my neck. I was able to conquer my fear. I love running my hand along the Burmese Python. It felt so smooth and soft. I used to think that the snake’s skin is rough and not good to touch but that experienced prove me wrong. I went home smiling because I was able to take a lot of pictures and at the same time, I was able to relax and destress from a very hectic work week.

More pictures here.

Barkada’s Little Angel -part two-

Here’s the video I’ve been talking about yesterday

Barkada’s Little Angel

Yesterday, I received the copy of the video of my friend Tanisha giving birth to cutie little Kimm. Her sister, nang Thriz, promised to mail me a copy for me to see how little Kimm came out of her mother’s womb. Nang Thriz was on-duty during that day that’s why she got the chance to take a video her sister’s delivery. She edited the video and added some pictures and background music. I was able to convert it to a windows media video format so that I can share it here.

Krishna Marie Michaela M. Rollo (Kimm for short) was born last March 18, 2007 at exactly 4:09 in the afternoon weighing 6.13 lbs. She’s the very first baby ihada of our barkada, which means that all 14 of us are her godparents. For everybody’s information, our highschool barkada is composed of 9 gals and 6 guys. And we will be celebrating our 10th year of friendship this coming October 10. Enough of that, I will blog about my berks later. This post a tribute to our first little angel. Kimm is so lucky, she’s not only our first little angel, she’s also the first apo and pamangkin. Lynlyn, (I’m used to calling Tanisha by her nick) is the 3rd among the 5 beautiful daughters of Tito Felix and Tita Proserfina. And she’s the first one to settle down among her sisters. I keep on thinking that little Kimm will be spoiled by Lynlyn’s sisters and parents considering the fact that she’s the FIRST and ONLY (for now) apo and pamangkin in her family. I can’t wait for December to come. Little Kimm will be 9months old by then. I can’t wait to go home and play with our little angel.

I’ve already uploaded the video, I’m still waiting for revver’s approval. I’ll post it here maybe tomorrow. Anyway, here are some of little Kimm’s captured moments.

sleeping beauty

zzzzzzzz

with Mommy

with Auntie Pie

A Reason To Stay

Yesterday, the agony of waiting ended. I’ve been waiting for my new baby since last month. Take a look at my new baby.

I love my new mobile phone. It’s actually a company phone. It’s one of the privileges for being employed here for more than 5 months and of course, one should have an excellent performance rating based on performance appraisal (geesh, that means they don’t have a problem with my work performance…hehehe). On the contrary, having one will be a big pain in the a** if one decides to leave the company before his/her mobile phone contract ends (it’s a two years contract, by the way). Our company phone is a corporate plan under this company. 60% of the monthly billing is being paid by the company and the 40% plus the excess will be shouldered by the employee which will be deducted from his/her salary every end of the month. If one decides to look for a greener pasture, he/she needs to pay the remaining monthly billing. If I decide to move out on April next year, I have to pay P9,600.00 (P800.00 x 12 months, ours is under Plan800). That would be such a big amount

My new baby will be a reason for me to stay longer here. I’m currently happy with my work. I have adjusted to the place but I’m praying and hoping that I will be assigned to another area so that I can visit other places. It will be a good motivator. Hehehe. A part of me wants to stay here. I’ve learned to love this company. The company taught me a lot of things about life especially on living an independent life. I know that I have to live my life to the fullest, not by rushing things, but by taking each day one at a time.

Bukidnon & Cagayan Escapade -part two-

I’ve got nothing much to brag about my long vacation. Nothing spectacular. Spent the days sleeping and bonding with my high school barkada, Greavinci. It was actually his birthday last April 6 and the date fell on a Good Friday. *Geesh* A good day to celebrate! Hahaha Nakatipid sya! Since it was Good Friday, we’re not allowed to eat meat. But during the night after going to the church, Greav’s Dad decided to take us all to a dinner at a restaurant. And again, since it’s Good Friday, all establishments are closed but we’re still lucky to find a restaurant open. Hotel Valencia & Taipan Restaurant is open. They’ve got no choice actually because it’s a hotel, and it should be open 24/7 even during holidays. So there, we celebrated Greav’s birthday with a dinner and went home to watch the VCDs that we’ve rented the other day.

Saturday. Greav’s first day of training at Pepsi, Cagayan de Oro City. I went after him (he left early around 4:00 in the morning). I traveled alone to the City of Golden Friendship. The night before, we have agreed to meet at LimKetKai Mall. That was my second time around to visit Cagayan de Oro City. But I’ve never got the chance to wander around. I’ve got limited time. Maybe some other time within this year. I’m planning to visit the place again now that Greav is working there. After his training, we just spent the afternoon at the mall, playing at the World of Fun and food trip. I had my first try of Japanese foods (manol ko daan! hahaha) at Rai-Rai Ken and also my first time to try one of the products of The Tea Square. I forgot the flavor of the Green Tea that Greav bought me, but I would like to recommend all of you to try their product. It’s refreshing and healthy.

I went back to Davao just last Monday. I left Valencia City around 4:oo in the morning and I arrived here around 9:00AM. That gave me enough time to do my laundry and clean my room.I’m so grateful that I was given the chance to relax and enjoy. It’s a good way to destress from a routinary work And a great time to pause and reflect about life.

Bukidnon & Cagayan Escapade

Bukidnon/Cagayan Escapade