Sunday night, after waiting for us to finish the Glee replay over etc, Caehl sings the names of his favorite dinosaurs to the tune of Glee's closing credits theme.
"Mosasaurus tyrannosaurus re-hex...megaraptor kronosarus diplodocus..."
What are you singing? I asked.
He said, "Glee dinosaurs."
(You can listen to the closing credits theme at http://audiko.net/ringtone/Glee/glee+closing+credits+theme?stype=google)
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Caehl dances to Jump (Glee cast version)
Mommy is a Gleek. Ate Cae is a Gleek.
What the heck.
Go ahead and jump!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Whatchama-CAEHL-it XI
It seems Caehl has not fully recovered from his "election fever". His nanny was telling me she saw him inserting his fully-accomplished sample ballot into the jalousie window. "Nanay, nag-P-PCOS machine ako."
And he used a marker to darken his fingernail.
Cae will be ok
Just this morning, Cae was off to an overnight camping with her BFFs. And as early as now, I am missing her already.I watched Alex watching her walking away and I saw myself probably doing the same way when she embarks on college life this June.
From her kindergarten class up to Grade 4 (I think), my former bosses have been so gracious to allow me to take my vacation leave during her first week in school so I can accompany her. I would usually just stay in the waiting lounge, reading magazines or watching corny cartoons together with nannies, grandmas and fellow moms.
Two or three of these fellow moms have remained acquaintances of mine. We would bump into each other during school activities. I saw one of them just before Cae's graduation and we congratulated each other. It seems like only yesterday when we were both waiting for our daughters in the lounge. Another even called me up asking advice on universities. She was giving options to her daughter but the latter didn't want to go anywhere else but UST. I told her, "Siyempre biased ako sa UST, but it's still up to you."
Time came when Cae told me she'd be ok without me. Actually she was really ok by herself with or without me. My siblings would always describe Cae as quite an independent gal. At age 2, my aunts would "borrow" her from us to stay in QC, and she was fine. I would always worry about her but yes, she was always ok.
Now that I'm worrying again about her as she would start commuting all by herself from our place to Manila, perhaps I'd keep that in mind. Yes, she will be ok.
But I'll still be here, watching her. All she has to do is look over her shoulder and I'll be here.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Caehl takes you to an Asian tour
Remember that season of Amazing Race where Pinoy bets Rovilson Fernandez and Marc Nelson lost because the former didn't know the flags?
Sana sumali si Caehl, baka sakaling manalo :p
Well done!
Caehl and His 50 States of America
This keeps Caehl occupied when he dabbles on the PC. Yes, he knows all the 50 states of America, its capitals and location.
How did he do it? Kids' Almanac, go get one!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Whatchama-CAEHL-it X
I bought 2 variants of the Human Heart Nature lip balm from my officemate - watermelon and mandarin - and I've been putting it on Caehl to relieve his dry lips. One morning, I told him, "Caehl, you use the watermelon na lang, the orange one is inside my bag kasi." He replied, "It's Mandarin." Ngek, pahiya si mommy. |
Monday, May 17, 2010
Election Fever
My blog clock stopped during the last week of April. There were so many things to do, so little time, but so much to thank for.
April 23 – I was informed by no less than our Chairman of the Board and CEO of the recognition I got in the workplace.
April 24 - Another blessing came from the Company, an economic assistance we all appreciated to the max. Thank you, Insular Life!
April 25 – Our village fiesta. I threw a small thanksgiving lunch at home.
April 26 – We got the education plan check from Philplans (formerly Philam Plans). Let me explain that we bought this plan even before I joined Insular Life. Walang sumbatan :p
April 28 – We accompanied Cae to UST for her enrollment. Two of her friends, Aldous and Inna, were also with us.
Such a hot hot day. I was pleasantly surprised that the uniforms can now be bought off the rack. No need to go to the dress shop.
Gumaan ang wallet ko afterwards. I texted my barkada, “Can’t remember how much we paid during our first year-first sem. Cae just paid Php44k. Buti na lang may education plan.”
They all replied that our tuition then was somewhere in the 1k-3k range. Whew, that was 22 years ago.
After having lunch at Savory (Cash & Carry branch), we went to SM MOA (ang kulit ni Cae) and watched a movie (a crazy zombie flick called Crazies). It was also on our way there when we heard over the radio that May 3 was a holiday. Woohoo! We all went home tired but it was nice to do something different on a weekday.
The same week, I caught the flu and had to stay home until Saturday. It was the first after so many years that I had fever. Colds, cough, yun lang mostly. But this time, I was bedridden.
Cae and Caehl were next.
That was how we welcomed the month of May, maysakit kaming lahat.
Mothers’ Day – we just stayed home. I made some old-fashioned homemade burgers and Chef’s salad.
Then came Election Day. My helpers went to the polling precinct ahead. An hour later, they were back and it was our turn. Ang haba ng pila sa precinct namin but surprisingly, mabilis naman. Si Alex ang matagal. All in all, ok naman ang experience namin. I just can’t help but shake my head upon hearing some people being amazed that the machines in our place were not failing at all. Bakit, ano bang gusto nila, pumalya? The ballot of the woman ahead of me though was rejected. She tried four times and on the last time, ayaw nang tanggapin. The chairman said it was because of the marker, tumagos-tagos na sa ballot. Oh well, sayang naman. Natakot tuloy ako when it was my turn. I told the man behind me, “Baka dapat, may interval ah.” But it was ok, thank God.
My presidential candidate, Dick Gordon, didn’t make it. But I have no regrets. We tried to be Transformers but the rest of the country wasn’t ready yet. It’s over now. Bahala na kayo. As they say, “We get the government we deserve.”
April 23 – I was informed by no less than our Chairman of the Board and CEO of the recognition I got in the workplace.
April 24 - Another blessing came from the Company, an economic assistance we all appreciated to the max. Thank you, Insular Life!
April 25 – Our village fiesta. I threw a small thanksgiving lunch at home.
April 26 – We got the education plan check from Philplans (formerly Philam Plans). Let me explain that we bought this plan even before I joined Insular Life. Walang sumbatan :p
April 28 – We accompanied Cae to UST for her enrollment. Two of her friends, Aldous and Inna, were also with us.
Such a hot hot day. I was pleasantly surprised that the uniforms can now be bought off the rack. No need to go to the dress shop.
Gumaan ang wallet ko afterwards. I texted my barkada, “Can’t remember how much we paid during our first year-first sem. Cae just paid Php44k. Buti na lang may education plan.”
They all replied that our tuition then was somewhere in the 1k-3k range. Whew, that was 22 years ago.
After having lunch at Savory (Cash & Carry branch), we went to SM MOA (ang kulit ni Cae) and watched a movie (a crazy zombie flick called Crazies). It was also on our way there when we heard over the radio that May 3 was a holiday. Woohoo! We all went home tired but it was nice to do something different on a weekday.
The same week, I caught the flu and had to stay home until Saturday. It was the first after so many years that I had fever. Colds, cough, yun lang mostly. But this time, I was bedridden.
Cae and Caehl were next.
That was how we welcomed the month of May, maysakit kaming lahat.
Mothers’ Day – we just stayed home. I made some old-fashioned homemade burgers and Chef’s salad.
Then came Election Day. My helpers went to the polling precinct ahead. An hour later, they were back and it was our turn. Ang haba ng pila sa precinct namin but surprisingly, mabilis naman. Si Alex ang matagal. All in all, ok naman ang experience namin. I just can’t help but shake my head upon hearing some people being amazed that the machines in our place were not failing at all. Bakit, ano bang gusto nila, pumalya? The ballot of the woman ahead of me though was rejected. She tried four times and on the last time, ayaw nang tanggapin. The chairman said it was because of the marker, tumagos-tagos na sa ballot. Oh well, sayang naman. Natakot tuloy ako when it was my turn. I told the man behind me, “Baka dapat, may interval ah.” But it was ok, thank God.
My presidential candidate, Dick Gordon, didn’t make it. But I have no regrets. We tried to be Transformers but the rest of the country wasn’t ready yet. It’s over now. Bahala na kayo. As they say, “We get the government we deserve.”
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