this what has been keeping me busy most of the day today. i'm searching for possible pre-schools for aquim. he'll be turning 3 this july and as dictated by society, i guess he should be in a school na.
we are not yet really thinking much about this, matter of factly. we still think that 3 years old is too young for "school" school. during our times, we only have kindergarten before entering big school. these days, even a newborn can go to baby/toddler play school.
but as a mom, i often feel like i am not giving aquim a chance to develop his full potentials. i feel and i think that he can still can learn a lot given that there's someone who will guide him. yes i believe that, that is our role as his parents and no, i am not taking preschool (or school, as i may say) as an offloader of our responsibilities as his parents.
i teach him, in the best way that i can, as often that i can. kaya lang, i don't know if i am doing it right. i didn't have a unit about child development heee.
i'm dreading nga the prerequisite preschool assessment eh. will aquim be able to pass kaya? hehehe he can count 1-10 sometimes 1-14. but nagkakamali pa. sometimes, he just says numbers randomly. more often, pabaligtad pa magcount. he'll say 1 , 2 , 3, 4, 5.. and then 4, 3 .. hehe.. or 10 , 9 , 8...
he can't sing the alphabet. you can tell by the tone that he is singing the alphabet song but the letters are jumbled. haha.. but he can tell letters A, B, C, M, O, Q, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. he learned the letters that he wanted to learn. we didn't teach him to memorize the alphabet chronologically.
he learns at his own pace. we don't pressure him to study, most of the times. most of the times and not all the time, kasi sometimes, when i hear other moms' stories that his son/daughter can already do differential calculus or can recite rizal's mi ultimo adios, i prod him to study his alphabet and to count.
last tuesday, i was on leave (again). aquim and i went to shang and i let him play in the gymboree. when he saw the kids inside the classroom, he really wanted to join them. i told his dad that aquim really wanted to be in school na. before this, aquim kept on telling us that he wanted to be at a school. he wants to go to school. i guess he just misses being with other kids.
anyways, as i've said, aquim going to school is not in our immediate plans. so i didn't bother looking/researching for play schools/pre schools within our area. so now, i'm thinking of enrolling him on a summer class muna, to see if he'll be adjusted on a school set up before going all the way and paying big bucks for an entire school year.
challenge is to find a good preschool within our community or within pasig area.
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Showing posts with label joaquim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joaquim. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
3rd hand smoke
it's not enough that we, non-smokers, suffer from second-hand smoke. now, there's 3rd hand smoke. i've read it a few months back from reader's digest. now it's on yahoo news.
"Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid, it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs", said Hugo Destaillats, a corresponding author of the study.
"TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smooke", he said.
The most like human exposure to TSNAs is through either inhalation of dust of the contact of skin with carpet or clothes -- making third-hand smoke particularly dangerous to infants and toddlers.
Opening a window or turning on a fan to air out a room while a cigarette burns does not eliminate the hazard of third-hand smoke. Smoking outdoors doesn't help much either.
"Smoking outside is better than smoking indoors but nicotine residues will stick to a smoker's skin and clothing", said Lara Gunder, a co-author of the study.
"Those residues follow a smoker back inside and get spred everywhere. The biggest rish is to young children", he said.
"Dermal uptake of the nicotine through a child's skin is likely to occur when the smoker returns and if nitrous acid is in the air, which it usually is, then TSNAs will be formed."
Substantial levels of TSNAs were also found in the truch of a heavy smoker, the study s ays, adding that most-vehicle engines emit some nitrous acid that can infiltrate the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory led the study, which they say, is the first to quantify the reactions of third-hand smoke with nitrous acid.
-- sourced from Yahoo!Health
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When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)."Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid, it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs", said Hugo Destaillats, a corresponding author of the study.
"TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smooke", he said.
The most like human exposure to TSNAs is through either inhalation of dust of the contact of skin with carpet or clothes -- making third-hand smoke particularly dangerous to infants and toddlers.
Opening a window or turning on a fan to air out a room while a cigarette burns does not eliminate the hazard of third-hand smoke. Smoking outdoors doesn't help much either.
"Smoking outside is better than smoking indoors but nicotine residues will stick to a smoker's skin and clothing", said Lara Gunder, a co-author of the study.
"Those residues follow a smoker back inside and get spred everywhere. The biggest rish is to young children", he said.
"Dermal uptake of the nicotine through a child's skin is likely to occur when the smoker returns and if nitrous acid is in the air, which it usually is, then TSNAs will be formed."
Substantial levels of TSNAs were also found in the truch of a heavy smoker, the study s ays, adding that most-vehicle engines emit some nitrous acid that can infiltrate the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory led the study, which they say, is the first to quantify the reactions of third-hand smoke with nitrous acid.
-- sourced from Yahoo!Health
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honestly, minsan i'd like to put aquim na inside a bubble ball. hay. jason and i don't smoke. but we live in an apartment and our next door neighbor smokes. that's why nga our house is always close nowadays. it triggers his asthma attacks. both his lolos smoke. not while aquim is around, but if this study is true, then it affects aquim din pala. kaya pala feeling ko nagsmoke pa rin ang ang mga smokers kahit tapos na sila mag smoke.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
humbug
few days (8 days to be exact) before christmas and i still haven't shopped for a gift (save for the obligatory gifts for our department's kris kringle). i don't know. each year, i feel like the "spirit" of christmas is slowly rubbing off me.
it no longer thrills me. yeah, there's the 13th month pay (and other bonuses to some) but... i still don't know.
years ago, even before december steps in, i already have my christmas list and almost everybody i know is on that list with their equivalent gift budget. and i cram every weekend to search for the perfect gift for each one. got tired? no budget? maybe.
i feel guilty for my son (we don't give him gifts for christmas, really), for jason cause i really have no plans of buying him a gift. for my mom and dad, i'll just give the customary monetary gifts. for the rest of my relatives. nada. for my godchildren, i'll just give monetary gift also. save for my 3 nieces, i'll probably grab a shirt or dress from the mall.
for my office friends, i don't plan on giving out sana, cause i feel that i'm way past being that charitable and thoughtful. like giving small figurines, coin purse, etc., things that they will find no use of. but due to constant parinig (hehehe), i might. i'm checking out little things lang sana that are functional or edible, just a small token, not too fancy. still not sure.
every year naman kasi, i get this amount and they i'll end up spending all for gifts. as in. so feeling ko, tapos na ko dun.
for the christmas decor, we have christmas lights and the christmas balls/lantern. all year round naman andon na yun hehehe
noche buena, if ever we'll have our own (kasi nakikikain lang kami), i'll just order from restos. if only i can afford to have a caterer, i will. or spend it in a posh hotel. i don't want to stress my self come dec24.
i know i should be building up family traditions for aquim. childhood christmas stories that he will remember when he grows up. eh..sa ngayon, i'm just telling him that christmas is papa jesus' birthday. that's it. i don't want to make it too commercialized. i hope i'm doing it right.
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it no longer thrills me. yeah, there's the 13th month pay (and other bonuses to some) but... i still don't know.
years ago, even before december steps in, i already have my christmas list and almost everybody i know is on that list with their equivalent gift budget. and i cram every weekend to search for the perfect gift for each one. got tired? no budget? maybe.
i feel guilty for my son (we don't give him gifts for christmas, really), for jason cause i really have no plans of buying him a gift. for my mom and dad, i'll just give the customary monetary gifts. for the rest of my relatives. nada. for my godchildren, i'll just give monetary gift also. save for my 3 nieces, i'll probably grab a shirt or dress from the mall.
for my office friends, i don't plan on giving out sana, cause i feel that i'm way past being that charitable and thoughtful. like giving small figurines, coin purse, etc., things that they will find no use of. but due to constant parinig (hehehe), i might. i'm checking out little things lang sana that are functional or edible, just a small token, not too fancy. still not sure.
every year naman kasi, i get this amount and they i'll end up spending all for gifts. as in. so feeling ko, tapos na ko dun.
for the christmas decor, we have christmas lights and the christmas balls/lantern. all year round naman andon na yun hehehe
noche buena, if ever we'll have our own (kasi nakikikain lang kami), i'll just order from restos. if only i can afford to have a caterer, i will. or spend it in a posh hotel. i don't want to stress my self come dec24.
i know i should be building up family traditions for aquim. childhood christmas stories that he will remember when he grows up. eh..sa ngayon, i'm just telling him that christmas is papa jesus' birthday. that's it. i don't want to make it too commercialized. i hope i'm doing it right.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
yaya ana
we no longer have a yaya.
she was our first yaya, our first household staff, and she's gone.
kahit na she's at fault, she still broke my heart. somehow. of course, i know we can't have her forever, but i was not expecting that we will part our ways the way it did.
she had her day off last sunday, nov1. promised to be back on the same day. instead went back last wednesday night. without texting/calling us on those days she went AWOL.
and that was the fourth time that she did it.
we, actually, she and jason, no longer had a lengthy conversation. cause they already had that on her 3rd offense. jason just asked her if she still wants to be with us, she said that she was planning to tell us she wanted to leave. so be it.
god. it was stressful. lahat na lang kinakastress-an ko hehehe. well it must have been much harder on my part than on her. because it was just my first time to let go. siya, she has done that several times ago, part of her job.
it's really that hard not to be attached to your household staff. kahit na sabihing helper lang yun, that we're not related. still, we used to live in the same roof, used to care (i believe) to the same child, my child. o diba, how can i be not attached somehow?
buti na lang, aquim is not that attached to her. i read some na naistress din ang kids pag nagpapaalam ang yaya. buti na lang.
hay. anyways. bukas wala na 'to. heheh ngayon, wanted yaya na kami uli :)
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she was our first yaya, our first household staff, and she's gone.
kahit na she's at fault, she still broke my heart. somehow. of course, i know we can't have her forever, but i was not expecting that we will part our ways the way it did.
she had her day off last sunday, nov1. promised to be back on the same day. instead went back last wednesday night. without texting/calling us on those days she went AWOL.
and that was the fourth time that she did it.
we, actually, she and jason, no longer had a lengthy conversation. cause they already had that on her 3rd offense. jason just asked her if she still wants to be with us, she said that she was planning to tell us she wanted to leave. so be it.
god. it was stressful. lahat na lang kinakastress-an ko hehehe. well it must have been much harder on my part than on her. because it was just my first time to let go. siya, she has done that several times ago, part of her job.
it's really that hard not to be attached to your household staff. kahit na sabihing helper lang yun, that we're not related. still, we used to live in the same roof, used to care (i believe) to the same child, my child. o diba, how can i be not attached somehow?
buti na lang, aquim is not that attached to her. i read some na naistress din ang kids pag nagpapaalam ang yaya. buti na lang.
hay. anyways. bukas wala na 'to. heheh ngayon, wanted yaya na kami uli :)
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
bilingual kid
i thought i'll be raising a bilingual kid. i used to think he'll be having english as his primary language.
but im wrong.
well, initially, we spoke to him in english. the first words he knew were english. but after i had a yaya and got back to work, he kind of switched to having tagalog as his primary language.
the things he usually say in english are now being said in tagalog. rain is now ulan. water is now tubig. light is now ilaw.. and a whole lot more.
sometimes he's taglish but more often, he speaks in tagalog.
have no problem with that. i'm just worried that it might affect his confidence while interacting with english speaking kids / adults.
i have witnessed a few times when he wasn't able to answer some questions because he doesn't seem to understand it because it was asked in english.
hmmm...
just then, aquim said, awesome!
we can still do it! hehehehe
but im wrong.
well, initially, we spoke to him in english. the first words he knew were english. but after i had a yaya and got back to work, he kind of switched to having tagalog as his primary language.
the things he usually say in english are now being said in tagalog. rain is now ulan. water is now tubig. light is now ilaw.. and a whole lot more.
sometimes he's taglish but more often, he speaks in tagalog.
have no problem with that. i'm just worried that it might affect his confidence while interacting with english speaking kids / adults.
i have witnessed a few times when he wasn't able to answer some questions because he doesn't seem to understand it because it was asked in english.
hmmm...
just then, aquim said, awesome!
we can still do it! hehehehe
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i just spent near 22 hours at the office. hayy... muntik ko ng mabilang ang mga curtain beads na to hehehewhen i got home, pagising na si aquim. i thought aquim wont let me sleep. but luckily i was able to shoo him off hehehe
when i woke up, its way past lunch time. i still thought of reporting back to work today. i was telling aquim, i miss him because we werent able to play last night. told him i only came back this morning. of which he replied, "me meeting ka?"
hehehe
i replied, yeah.....
and decided not to report for work today :)
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
kulet ni aquim
ang kulet ni aquim ngayon. ibang level na talaga.
marunong na siyang mang-amba ng palo.. at marunong na ring mamalo. di ko alam kung san nya natutunan. before, i have no worries kung isasama siya sa ibang kids kasi kahit na awayin siya ng ibang kids or me hinde siya magustuhan with his playmates, i know na he wont hurt them. pero ngayon, tsk.
pag naman kinakausap mo, kung makikinig, kasi parang nabibingi na rin siya, hehe.. parang effort talaga to get his attention. so yun nga, pag kinakausap ko siya at sinesermunan, opo naman ng opo at parang ambaet bait. pero wala pang 5 segundo, nakalimutan na nya ang ini-opo nya.
ganon daw talaga ang mga bata....
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marunong na siyang mang-amba ng palo.. at marunong na ring mamalo. di ko alam kung san nya natutunan. before, i have no worries kung isasama siya sa ibang kids kasi kahit na awayin siya ng ibang kids or me hinde siya magustuhan with his playmates, i know na he wont hurt them. pero ngayon, tsk.
pag naman kinakausap mo, kung makikinig, kasi parang nabibingi na rin siya, hehe.. parang effort talaga to get his attention. so yun nga, pag kinakausap ko siya at sinesermunan, opo naman ng opo at parang ambaet bait. pero wala pang 5 segundo, nakalimutan na nya ang ini-opo nya.
ganon daw talaga ang mga bata....
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
it broke my heart
something happened last night and it broke my heart.
it was not our first away-bati moment. we had our bouts. kaya lang mga kiyeme lang yun na tipong lambingan lang or dahil lang sa kakulitan nya (at ako). but i think it was the first time na nagtampo si aquim over something na feeling ko hinde petty. at nabother din talaga ako.
i did not mean to hurt him, i was just telling his daddy matter of factly, in the same manner like how i tell his daddy if he does something good.
pero, he can understand those things na pala. hayyy.....
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it was not our first away-bati moment. we had our bouts. kaya lang mga kiyeme lang yun na tipong lambingan lang or dahil lang sa kakulitan nya (at ako). but i think it was the first time na nagtampo si aquim over something na feeling ko hinde petty. at nabother din talaga ako.
i did not mean to hurt him, i was just telling his daddy matter of factly, in the same manner like how i tell his daddy if he does something good.
pero, he can understand those things na pala. hayyy.....
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
aquim's party pics!
i'm halfway done with this! pwede nang tignan!
to follow na lang mga solo shots ni aquim and museum pics.. and of course some pictures from the guests' cams, ipopost ko din :)
http://aquimterrificattwo.shutterfly.com/
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to follow na lang mga solo shots ni aquim and museum pics.. and of course some pictures from the guests' cams, ipopost ko din :)
http://aquimterrificattwo.shutterfly.com/
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Friday, July 24, 2009
something good
i know... parang walang good news diba. couple of my last posts were bad news. hayy..
anyways, to break the chain, here's something good..
we're done celebrating aquim's second birthday!!!! woo hoo!!!
grabe, with just a couple of weeks preparation, ha ha ha.
here's a rundown:
venue - museo pambata (www.museopambata.org)
food - adults' food, museo pambata; kids' food (mc donalds -- spag and chix meal, burger mcdo, soda)
ice cream, host, balloon burst, cup cakes, balloon decor - yanple partyshop (yanplepartyshop.multiply.com)
loot bags - national bookstore (plastic envelope, dough, pencil, coloring pen, drawing book, crayons); museo pambata -- coloring book
birthday cake - alex franco (alexfrancocakes.com)
prizes - sm department store and toy kingdom
guestbook - picturebooks (picturebooks.com.ph)
souvenir - alcogel (watsons), sticker (robee stickers)
photographer - didang alvarez (www.didangalvarez.com)
pictures to follow
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anyways, to break the chain, here's something good..
we're done celebrating aquim's second birthday!!!! woo hoo!!!
grabe, with just a couple of weeks preparation, ha ha ha.
here's a rundown:
venue - museo pambata (www.museopambata.org)
food - adults' food, museo pambata; kids' food (mc donalds -- spag and chix meal, burger mcdo, soda)
ice cream, host, balloon burst, cup cakes, balloon decor - yanple partyshop (yanplepartyshop.multiply.com)
loot bags - national bookstore (plastic envelope, dough, pencil, coloring pen, drawing book, crayons); museo pambata -- coloring book
birthday cake - alex franco (alexfrancocakes.com)
prizes - sm department store and toy kingdom
guestbook - picturebooks (picturebooks.com.ph)
souvenir - alcogel (watsons), sticker (robee stickers)
photographer - didang alvarez (www.didangalvarez.com)
pictures to follow
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Monday, May 4, 2009
mommie moment
last night, i was just chatting with my room mate. i dont know how it got to the point when i was telling her about aquim... after that... i just started crying.. huwahhhh..
i was able to brave the week.. without being too emo or something. last night, i dont know. i couldnt help it.
ugh. miss my son.
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i was able to brave the week.. without being too emo or something. last night, i dont know. i couldnt help it.
ugh. miss my son.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
:(
i know, it's very unlikely.
imagine, i stopped working for a year to be with my son, to be a full time hands on mom. and now, here i am, thousands of miles away from him... hay...
i don't know what am i doing here...
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imagine, i stopped working for a year to be with my son, to be a full time hands on mom. and now, here i am, thousands of miles away from him... hay...
i don't know what am i doing here...
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Monday, November 24, 2008
just another update
this is just an update to remind everyone who 'regularly'(?) reads my blog that i'm still here ...
medyo busy lang and nagkasakit kasi ang aking unico hijo kaya hinde nakakainternet.
aquim had pneumonia. nagkaubo ubo lang siya na parang nasasamid nung week of october 20-25. sobrang dalang and hinde regular so i can not tell kung iuubo ba talaga. pero by october 25, pinacheck up namin siya and was given loviscol. that night, nag grabe lalo ang ubo nya and nilalagnat na. after two days, i informed his pedia that his condition did not improve a bit, so we switched to ambrolex. by wednesday night, october 29, we rushed to the ER of medical city. sobrang wasted na kasi si aquim. grabe.
thru x-ray and blood test, it was confirmed that he had viral pneumonia. salamat sa Diyos at hinde naman kami na-admit. we were given antibiotics, for 7 days yun. so ang aking kina eexcited-an na trick or treat ay hinde nangyari kasi kami ay nasa bahay lang. pati nung all saint's and all soul's day.
hayy.. talaga naman na mas gugustuhin ko pa na nag-aaway kami ni aquim dahil sa kakulitan kesa yung nakahiga lang siya.
ngayon okay na si aquim. hinde naman nagrelapse yung ubo nya. so i guess completely wala na yung mga plema sa lungs nya. although the last 3 days, nilagnat na naman siya, shot up to 38.8 degrees celcius. wala naman akong makitang reason kasi hinde naman siya inuubo or sinisipon. baka nag iipin lang. if lagnatin siya uli, to give us all peace of mind, dadalhin na naman namin siya sa pedia nya.
anyway, another news, we now have our yaya, si yaya ana. we got her lat november 16. kakilala siya ng yaya ng pinsan ni jason. so far so good. nasa adjustment period pa kami. sanay na naman siya na mamasukan so the adjustment is more on our side. kasi hinde naman ako sanay na me helper. kahit nung mga bata pa kami, wala naman kaming helper, so imagine kung pano ako napapraning na bantayan ang mga ginagawa nya.
haha. at sinusumbong ko ke jason ang mga ginagawa nya para si jason ang magsabi sa kanya. hahaha. good cop, bad cop. pero ngayon medyo nakaka adjust na kami, although simula ng dumating siya, mas lalong naging maka-mommy si aquim. haha. laging naka "mommy". nakakatunog ata ang aking anak kung bakit kami kumuha ng helper.
we had her undergone a pre-employment check up, xray and hepa test. i'll get the results today. hopefully okay ang results. we're still on the process of securing our house kaya hinde ko pa rin maiwan totally ang house and si aquim sa kanya. hopefully before the year ends, pwede na akong maka alis ng house and iwan silang dalawa. dry run period ba.
with my job hunting, wala pang balita. kasi nga kahit na may yaya kami, hinde ko pa rin naman sila maiwan kaya hinde pa rin ako makapag hanap ng work. and nasabay pa nga na nagiging sakitin si aquim these past few weeks. anyway, i just had a single interview before maER si aquim. and wala pang balita. sana next week, i can really focus on this. mas feeling ko kaya ngayon, i'm really useless! haha kasi naman yung mga household chores ko me gumagawa na ngayon, feeling ko talaga tambay na tambay na ako.
and lastly, i have painted 3 more subjects. a flower, flamingoes and a hotair balloon. will try to post the pics tomorrow.
so there.
medyo busy lang and nagkasakit kasi ang aking unico hijo kaya hinde nakakainternet.
aquim had pneumonia. nagkaubo ubo lang siya na parang nasasamid nung week of october 20-25. sobrang dalang and hinde regular so i can not tell kung iuubo ba talaga. pero by october 25, pinacheck up namin siya and was given loviscol. that night, nag grabe lalo ang ubo nya and nilalagnat na. after two days, i informed his pedia that his condition did not improve a bit, so we switched to ambrolex. by wednesday night, october 29, we rushed to the ER of medical city. sobrang wasted na kasi si aquim. grabe.
thru x-ray and blood test, it was confirmed that he had viral pneumonia. salamat sa Diyos at hinde naman kami na-admit. we were given antibiotics, for 7 days yun. so ang aking kina eexcited-an na trick or treat ay hinde nangyari kasi kami ay nasa bahay lang. pati nung all saint's and all soul's day.
hayy.. talaga naman na mas gugustuhin ko pa na nag-aaway kami ni aquim dahil sa kakulitan kesa yung nakahiga lang siya.
ngayon okay na si aquim. hinde naman nagrelapse yung ubo nya. so i guess completely wala na yung mga plema sa lungs nya. although the last 3 days, nilagnat na naman siya, shot up to 38.8 degrees celcius. wala naman akong makitang reason kasi hinde naman siya inuubo or sinisipon. baka nag iipin lang. if lagnatin siya uli, to give us all peace of mind, dadalhin na naman namin siya sa pedia nya.
anyway, another news, we now have our yaya, si yaya ana. we got her lat november 16. kakilala siya ng yaya ng pinsan ni jason. so far so good. nasa adjustment period pa kami. sanay na naman siya na mamasukan so the adjustment is more on our side. kasi hinde naman ako sanay na me helper. kahit nung mga bata pa kami, wala naman kaming helper, so imagine kung pano ako napapraning na bantayan ang mga ginagawa nya.
haha. at sinusumbong ko ke jason ang mga ginagawa nya para si jason ang magsabi sa kanya. hahaha. good cop, bad cop. pero ngayon medyo nakaka adjust na kami, although simula ng dumating siya, mas lalong naging maka-mommy si aquim. haha. laging naka "mommy". nakakatunog ata ang aking anak kung bakit kami kumuha ng helper.
we had her undergone a pre-employment check up, xray and hepa test. i'll get the results today. hopefully okay ang results. we're still on the process of securing our house kaya hinde ko pa rin maiwan totally ang house and si aquim sa kanya. hopefully before the year ends, pwede na akong maka alis ng house and iwan silang dalawa. dry run period ba.
with my job hunting, wala pang balita. kasi nga kahit na may yaya kami, hinde ko pa rin naman sila maiwan kaya hinde pa rin ako makapag hanap ng work. and nasabay pa nga na nagiging sakitin si aquim these past few weeks. anyway, i just had a single interview before maER si aquim. and wala pang balita. sana next week, i can really focus on this. mas feeling ko kaya ngayon, i'm really useless! haha kasi naman yung mga household chores ko me gumagawa na ngayon, feeling ko talaga tambay na tambay na ako.
and lastly, i have painted 3 more subjects. a flower, flamingoes and a hotair balloon. will try to post the pics tomorrow.
so there.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
paint my world
paumanhin sa aking mga masugid na tagasubaybay, yes, kayong 5 kong masugid na tagasubaybay hehehe. alam nyo na kung sino sino kayo. kasi hinde ako nakakapag update ng aking blog. dinapuan ako ng katamaran kaya ganon. hinde ko rin nababasa ang mga blog nyo, kung meron man kayo. hayy..
ayaw ko nang ikuwento kung ano man ang mga nangyari nung panahong hinde ako nagboblog dahil for sure, nothing much has happened. kung meron man, basahin nyo lang dito sa blog ni aquim hehehe..
to keep myself a little more busy, hinde naman sa hinde ako busy. ano lang 'to, parang some form of 'jolen time'. hehehe at dahil pangarap ko nga nung bata pa ako na maging artist at maging painter (sa pag aakala ko na madali lang magpaint), sinubukan kong tuparin ang isa sa aking mga childhood dreams. and here's a couple of my first masterpieces. nakss...
o diba, gumamela yan. hehehe sarili kong painting yan ha. ginaya ko sa isa sa aking mga picture opp.
at eto, eagle ata yan eh, o hawk. sample exercise kasi yan na ginaya ko sa isang watercolor painting site, john lovett.
at ng ipakita ko ang aking eagle, sabi nya, pugo daw yun. odiba hanep sa encouragement. at dahil naghahanap ako ng kakampi, ipinakita ko sa aking anak. baka mas maappreciate pa ni aquim.
mommy: baby, what's this (refering to the gumamela)?
aquim: fawerrr (flower)
mommy: very good. (proud na proud ako. dahil alam na ni aquim kung ano ang flower at dahil narerecognize nya na flower ang painting ko hahaha). buti pa si aquim, nakakaintindi na ng art.
mommy: e eto baby, what's this (eagle)?
aquim: DUCKKKK!
mommy: ngek!
hinde daw marunong magsinungaling ang mga bata. hanep ang aking mga kritiko. hmmm...
di mo alam kung maeencourage ka or madidiscourage.. hehehe
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ayaw ko nang ikuwento kung ano man ang mga nangyari nung panahong hinde ako nagboblog dahil for sure, nothing much has happened. kung meron man, basahin nyo lang dito sa blog ni aquim hehehe..
to keep myself a little more busy, hinde naman sa hinde ako busy. ano lang 'to, parang some form of 'jolen time'. hehehe at dahil pangarap ko nga nung bata pa ako na maging artist at maging painter (sa pag aakala ko na madali lang magpaint), sinubukan kong tuparin ang isa sa aking mga childhood dreams. and here's a couple of my first masterpieces. nakss...
o diba, gumamela yan. hehehe sarili kong painting yan ha. ginaya ko sa isa sa aking mga picture opp.
at eto, eagle ata yan eh, o hawk. sample exercise kasi yan na ginaya ko sa isang watercolor painting site, john lovett.
at ng ipakita ko ang aking eagle, sabi nya, pugo daw yun. odiba hanep sa encouragement. at dahil naghahanap ako ng kakampi, ipinakita ko sa aking anak. baka mas maappreciate pa ni aquim.
mommy: baby, what's this (refering to the gumamela)?
aquim: fawerrr (flower)
mommy: very good. (proud na proud ako. dahil alam na ni aquim kung ano ang flower at dahil narerecognize nya na flower ang painting ko hahaha). buti pa si aquim, nakakaintindi na ng art.
mommy: e eto baby, what's this (eagle)?
aquim: DUCKKKK!
mommy: ngek!
hinde daw marunong magsinungaling ang mga bata. hanep ang aking mga kritiko. hmmm...
di mo alam kung maeencourage ka or madidiscourage.. hehehe
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
bakit nakakalungkot ang dapithapon?
hindi ko alam kung ako lang ang nakakaramdam ng ganito pero may kakaibang dala ang dapithapon. parang may binubuhay siyang damdamin na nagmumula sa kaibuturan ng kalooban ko na hindi ko alam kung saan nanggagaling.
kahit mag-isa o kahit may kasama, pag dapithapon na, parang nagbabalik ang mga alala ng nakaraan. nung bata pa ako at naglalaro sa mga bundok ng buhanginan habang tinatawag ng nanay kasi oras na ng pag-uwi. mga panahong tapos na ang klase at oras na ng paglalaro. mga panahong may kahawak-kamay. mga panahong nakikipagkuwentuhan. nung mga panahong parang mas magaang ang buhay... hindi naman sa hindi ako masaya sa aking buhay at kalalagyanan ngayon. pero meron talagang kakaibang dulot ang dapithapon... hayy..
bakit nga kaya? dahil ba nakalipas na naman ang isang maghapon? dahil nalagas na naman ang isang dahon sa puno ng aking buhay? dahil kung ano man ang nagawa at nangyari sa maghapon na ito ay hindi ko na mababago at hindi na mababalikan?
bakit nga kaya?
sigurado ako, sa mga darating na dapithapon, ang maiisip ko naman ay ang mga sandaling na magkasama kami ni aquim. na karga karga ko siya habang nakatayo kami dito sa terasa at dinadama ang samyo ng malamig-mainit na hangin sa aming balat, ang paghihip nito sa aming mga buhok. habang nakatanaw kami sa ulap..at sa papalubog na araw. malamang, ang alaalang ito ay magpapangiti sa akin, balang araw... sa isang dapithapon.
photocredit: taken last february at sofitel
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Monday, August 25, 2008
of lolas and lolo
Sometimes, it's really hard to keep my ground on how we would want to raise our Aquim around his doting Lolas and Lolo (lolo, singular, ‘cause I’m only speaking about Aquim’s grandparents on my side. Aquim has not spent that much time with his grandparents on Jason’s side, so I cannot say about them). I'm not complaining, just...well...I’m just...well.. basta!
Of course, I really appreciate their love and concern for Aquim, but there are times that their way is not the way how we want it to be.
Case in point, they want to give all those stuff that I think, and I believe most moms my age would agree, is not yet fitting for his age. Say chocolates, candies and all those sweets. At first, I was really stern about this, I don’t want to mess up his baby taste buds yet. But most specially, I would want sana to raise a healthy eater. I want Aquim sana to favour good food over the not so good ones (personally I love sweets that’s why I can’t say that sweets are bad food heee). I want him to be able to enjoy all kinds of food din naman. Cakes, ice cream, chocolates. But later na lang sana. Not at this stage. But then, I gave in. I allowed Aquim to taste little by little those sweet stuff. Sabi nga ng mga lola, konte lang naman, para matikman. O siya!
On disciplining Aquim, when he has tantrums, I would say, no one is brave enough to countermand me, good thing. When Aquim and I have the fits, his Lolo and Lolas are there, siding by me. So we still see eye to eye on this. I’m dreading the day when one of them would stood against me. Hay…
With Aquim’s Lolo and Lola, I would say, I really don’t have that much problem. I know Nanay and Tatay and Auntie appreciate and understand how we want Aquim to grow up. I’m having more of this issue with my own Lola.
You see, my Lola is around 70 years old. So explaining things to her is quite an act to do. Of course she can still hear me, she can still understand things clearly, but she’s quite sensitive.
Everytime that Aquim is with her, she would give him bread. Never mind if Aquim has just taken his milk and is already full. Okay lang. Not bad, ‘di ba? But she is manning her store, selling things, holding a lot of things, holding money. And she would hold the bread, and put it on Aquim’s mouth. Yay! All those germs. So really, I’m not wondering why Aquim has this intermittent thing with diarrhea.
I would tell her, ''la busog pa yan. Wag mo na lang muna subuan’. She’d say ‘konte lang naman’. And would continue to do so. Hay.. I don’t have the heart kasi to tell her, ‘'la madumi ang kamay mo, maghugas ka muna’.
Just yesterday, I was feeding Aquim pan cakes. She sat beside us, holding french fries and about to give it to Aquim. I told her, ‘'la bawal yan ke aquim kasi mamantika’. She stood up without saying a word. I know she took it against me. ‘Cause that was not the first time that I turned down the food that she wants to give Aquim. Earlier that day, she wants to feed Aquim ‘ginataang langka with bagoong’. I also told her, ‘'la bawal yan, me bagoong’. She replied: ‘dami naming bawal!’. And walked away.
There are a lot of other things, and sometimes, she just sneaks up on me. heee just this morning, he was able to give Aquim chocolate porridge. Hay..
I don’t know. Sometimes, I’m thinking, what if I just let her do what she wants to. But then again, this concerns Aquim. And I am her mother and I have to stand to what I believe is right and good for him. I’m just reminding myself that giving in once in a while is okay, just to make everybody happy. But at the end of the day, if something’s wrong with Aquim, I’m still the one who’s responsible for him because I’m his mother. I’ll just content my self that lola will somehow forget all those ‘bawal yan’ I told her. Heee
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Of course, I really appreciate their love and concern for Aquim, but there are times that their way is not the way how we want it to be.
Case in point, they want to give all those stuff that I think, and I believe most moms my age would agree, is not yet fitting for his age. Say chocolates, candies and all those sweets. At first, I was really stern about this, I don’t want to mess up his baby taste buds yet. But most specially, I would want sana to raise a healthy eater. I want Aquim sana to favour good food over the not so good ones (personally I love sweets that’s why I can’t say that sweets are bad food heee). I want him to be able to enjoy all kinds of food din naman. Cakes, ice cream, chocolates. But later na lang sana. Not at this stage. But then, I gave in. I allowed Aquim to taste little by little those sweet stuff. Sabi nga ng mga lola, konte lang naman, para matikman. O siya!
On disciplining Aquim, when he has tantrums, I would say, no one is brave enough to countermand me, good thing. When Aquim and I have the fits, his Lolo and Lolas are there, siding by me. So we still see eye to eye on this. I’m dreading the day when one of them would stood against me. Hay…
With Aquim’s Lolo and Lola, I would say, I really don’t have that much problem. I know Nanay and Tatay and Auntie appreciate and understand how we want Aquim to grow up. I’m having more of this issue with my own Lola.
You see, my Lola is around 70 years old. So explaining things to her is quite an act to do. Of course she can still hear me, she can still understand things clearly, but she’s quite sensitive.
Everytime that Aquim is with her, she would give him bread. Never mind if Aquim has just taken his milk and is already full. Okay lang. Not bad, ‘di ba? But she is manning her store, selling things, holding a lot of things, holding money. And she would hold the bread, and put it on Aquim’s mouth. Yay! All those germs. So really, I’m not wondering why Aquim has this intermittent thing with diarrhea.
I would tell her, ''la busog pa yan. Wag mo na lang muna subuan’. She’d say ‘konte lang naman’. And would continue to do so. Hay.. I don’t have the heart kasi to tell her, ‘'la madumi ang kamay mo, maghugas ka muna’.
Just yesterday, I was feeding Aquim pan cakes. She sat beside us, holding french fries and about to give it to Aquim. I told her, ‘'la bawal yan ke aquim kasi mamantika’. She stood up without saying a word. I know she took it against me. ‘Cause that was not the first time that I turned down the food that she wants to give Aquim. Earlier that day, she wants to feed Aquim ‘ginataang langka with bagoong’. I also told her, ‘'la bawal yan, me bagoong’. She replied: ‘dami naming bawal!’. And walked away.
There are a lot of other things, and sometimes, she just sneaks up on me. heee just this morning, he was able to give Aquim chocolate porridge. Hay..
I don’t know. Sometimes, I’m thinking, what if I just let her do what she wants to. But then again, this concerns Aquim. And I am her mother and I have to stand to what I believe is right and good for him. I’m just reminding myself that giving in once in a while is okay, just to make everybody happy. But at the end of the day, if something’s wrong with Aquim, I’m still the one who’s responsible for him because I’m his mother. I’ll just content my self that lola will somehow forget all those ‘bawal yan’ I told her. Heee
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
hinde kami excited
malapit na ang halloween! yahu! kahapon, nagpunta kami sa mall. wala lang. to buy some stuff. and para makapaglaro si aquim. and para makapasyal lang kami, this is just one of the ways how we bond as a family.
incidentally, i saw these cute halloween outfits for kids! oh wow! tinanong ko si jason, kung pwede ba kaming magtingin ng costume para kay aquim. at baka pwede na rin na maibili na namin sia.
you see, hinde uso dito sa lugar namin ang trick or treak. either with jason's office. it's a good thing that auntie mimi enlisted aquim to join in her company's annual trick or treat activity. it would be his first time! our first time!
so sabi ko ke jason, kailangan na talaga naming magtingin. kasi for sure, magkakaubusan na yan pag malapit nang maghalloween. baka ang matira sa amin, yung pinagpilian na. eh siyempre, gusto ko makapili ng magangdang costume na nababagay kay aquim.
at sa wakas ay nahila ko ang aking mag-ama papunta sa costume rack. nakita namin na meron dung f1 racer suit, a lion, a bug, a carrot, caveman and chef. nang makita namin lahat at ang kanilang tag price, sabi ni jason: wag na lang natin siyang ibili. magpatahi na lang tayo sa lola nya. tayo na lang ang gumawa. or hinde ba pwede yung costume nya nung birthday nya? sabi ko: duh? ano ba yung costume nya nung birthday nya? wala namang kakaiba. baket ano bang idea mo? ano bang gusto mong costume ni aquim?jason: gusto ko yung kuba siya.
ngek!
hinde kami excited.
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incidentally, i saw these cute halloween outfits for kids! oh wow! tinanong ko si jason, kung pwede ba kaming magtingin ng costume para kay aquim. at baka pwede na rin na maibili na namin sia.
you see, hinde uso dito sa lugar namin ang trick or treak. either with jason's office. it's a good thing that auntie mimi enlisted aquim to join in her company's annual trick or treat activity. it would be his first time! our first time!
so sabi ko ke jason, kailangan na talaga naming magtingin. kasi for sure, magkakaubusan na yan pag malapit nang maghalloween. baka ang matira sa amin, yung pinagpilian na. eh siyempre, gusto ko makapili ng magangdang costume na nababagay kay aquim.
at sa wakas ay nahila ko ang aking mag-ama papunta sa costume rack. nakita namin na meron dung f1 racer suit, a lion, a bug, a carrot, caveman and chef. nang makita namin lahat at ang kanilang tag price, sabi ni jason: wag na lang natin siyang ibili. magpatahi na lang tayo sa lola nya. tayo na lang ang gumawa. or hinde ba pwede yung costume nya nung birthday nya? sabi ko: duh? ano ba yung costume nya nung birthday nya? wala namang kakaiba. baket ano bang idea mo? ano bang gusto mong costume ni aquim?jason: gusto ko yung kuba siya.
ngek!
hinde kami excited.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Sorry ha..
common friend (to jason): kamukhang kamukha talaga ni jolen si aquim (matter of factly), sorry ha..?
me, overhearing it: ano yun, sorry kay jason kasi hinde nya kmukha si aquim, or sorry kasi kamukha ko si aquim?!
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