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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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.

yaya blues

i distributed aquim's invites the other day to my coworkers before. and mind you, it took half of my day to do that! dami kasing chika! anyway, that office hopping gave some light that i might be able to work again (see separate blog -- work again?).

and again, the yaya issue has to be brought up again. although, it is perfectly alright for me get a helper, mejo alanganin lang kasi masiyado daw akong metikulosa. baka walang makuha. well, i can never be too safe, baby ko kaya ang aalagaan nya, if ever. if ill be working again, i better make sure that ill leave aquim in good hands.

i know that aquim will not entirely be left with the helper, kasi my parents will still be around looking after him. kaya lang, i have this feeling na baka if we have a yaya, maging dependent na sa yaya. baka ngayon, mas tutok sina tatay ke aquim, baka pag me yaya, iwan na lang masiyado si aquim sa yaya.

most of the parents na nakita ko, na me mga yaya, parang mas nagiging secondary na lang sila in taking care of their kid. parang mas madali na ipasa sa yaya ang pag aalaga sa bata. dahil ba me isang tao na ready talaga na alagaan ang baby? wan ko. baka ako lang nakakapansin. but i know we should be really serious in looking for a yaya. kaya lang pano nga? i told jason, if ever we get a yaya, i am determined in having her undergo series of physical exams. hehe. rigid ba masiyado? eh kasi naman ... hayy..

sabi ni jason, we cant afford to have each of our prospective yaya to undergo very tight physical exam. kasi we will shoulder it. so our compromise, atleast, sana, hepa, xray. kahit wala na yun sa mga mata, tenga. meron pa ba dapat psychological exams? hehehe pano kung me an-an, buni?

if money is no object, pati drugs and sexually transmitted diseases sana. hehehe. sabi nga ng nanay ko, ako na lang daw mag alaga ke aquim kung ganyang napaka arteko. eh kasi naman... i wonder pano nakakuha ng yaya ang iba? ano kaya ang hiring process nila?

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