This weather disturbance might not have been as wrathful as Ondoy but it sure did some crazy tantrums as Cyclone Basyang killed 53 people to date. As much as our family is looking forward for the dry spell (El Niño) to end, we still cannot help but be weary over the coming typhoons that are set before us, as predicted by PAG-ASA, our country’s official weather forecasting arm. We have been praying that there will be no more repeat of what transpired during typhoon Ondoy. Even our little guy went asking during the times that it rained hard after Ondoy if we’re going to get flooded again.
When Cyclone Basyang (International name: Conson) hit the land last Tuesday evening, we were practically caught off guard. Although news did say that there will be an upcoming typhoon of sorts, it was not supposed to have a landfall anywhere close to the Metro. The wind went a-howling like crazy last Tuesday night and the roofs all over our neighborhood were having a frightening ensemble that threatens to do a wild flying episode for its climax. Read the rest of this entry »
Just one of the bonding moments of my boys. These are the few times that they are not roughhousing. They just love doing things together and are each other’s bestfriend. I am so proud of my husband and the kind of father he has become. His growing up with an absentee father sure did not stop him from becoming a great father to his son.
Our family day always fall on Mondays. We all slept in and called it our day off. We headed back to bed after breakfast. Father and son “Lego bonding,” while I finished a couple of chapters of Patsy Clairmont’s Kaleidoscope. Which by the way, I am going to post a review on real soon.
We left the house to hit the supermarket – the pantry needs to be replenished. I have been doing the grocery shopping by myself recently. But we figured we can all go together, even as the little guy requested to go visit the mall and play in one of the kids places there. Anyway, I was also due for follow up with the in house Dermatologist of Flawless who I saw last Saturday, in the same mall. The malls have really made things pretty convenient for consumers and I love how we save on gas just because everything is in one place already.
Before I headed to Flawless, my boys and I had our late lunch at Burgoo after grocery shopping. Jeff has been craving for Gambas lately and that’s what he ordered.
My original ArtsCow.com collection of photos that I uploaded for printing contained, give or take, 400 photos. I decided to trim it down to the online promo I am entitled to, as a new member. A hundred prints of 4R photos for only $5.99. Free shipping! That, more or less amounts to P2.70/photo or $0.06ea. Sweet!
Paying was fuss free via PayPal. I just had to try this 100pcs of 4R prints for $5.99 before I indulge to getting more photos printed. Most of which are replacements of those we lost during typhoon Ondoy, which you can read about here, here and here.
The most inconvenient it got was the waiting part. I had to wait for 23 full days before I got a notice from our local post office that I have a package waiting for me. I thought it was another book sent by Navpress or Thomas Nelson. The wait took longer than I expected. So when the package was handed to me, I was thrilled.
My husband and I first reconsidered getting a helper to assist us around the house last year when we first jumped into the homeschooling grind. But as I later went on adapting to our home schooling schedule, we held that thought in and pushed it back down until now, a year later.
Truth be told, I could really make use of a help, being the lone person who takes care of the house, home school my son, while I work from home (as a virtual assistant and blog for a living). There are days that I get pretty overwhelmed and the busyness gets the best of me, which shouldn’t be.
When Alex Dizon had us sign up for a whole day event in Zoobic Safari, I knew I just had to grab hold of the opportunity for a learning experience for the little guy. Since our son has been blogging for sometime now, he also gets to sign up. Nevermind if we had to wake up earlier than usual. It was something all of us (and not just our 5 year old tot) looked forward to.
The event coincided with the launch of Zoobic Safari’s newest attractions: The Zoobic Cave and The Forbidden Cave. The Zoobic Cave is a taxidermy museum. Real stuffed animals are showcased in this cave that mimics the natural habitat of exotic animals, complete with waterfalls and a pond. The Forbidden Cave took us through a forest with two waterfalls, a shaking hanging bridge and real aetas spitting fire.
Too cute! This is one of my photos of our little guy while we were touring around Zoobic Safari. My post about our adventure will be up soon. I’m still looking through the close to 1,000 photos I took from that excursion. I’m in the process of editing and resizing. If I could share all the photos here, I would.
Yay! The boys and I are watching Shrek Forever After in 3D this coming Wednesday. Thanks to Tinay Magtira of MegaWorld! Watching this movie clip review of Shrek’s fourth and last installment makes me look forward to it with excitement!
After the horrendous traffic the hubby and I had to put up with going to the Microsoft event last Thursday, I knew I had little choice but to beg off on the events that I was set to go to during the weekends. A lot of major streets are closed to traffic, we had to be re-routed to another street, just to end up getting a stage blockage with an ongoing miting de avance. There is no denying the election hullabaloo.
The hubby and I are praying that we will be able to conceive soon. I am already 33 years old and if it is God’s will for us to have another child, then it is going to happen. If it’s not, we’re okay with that too. But with that thought, we figured it is just wise to get ourselves checked if we are healthy enough. Especially so that I miscarried twice after I gave birth to Jed. After a few tests, I was cleared by my obstetrician. Now, it’s really up to us if we will move on to further tests to investigate what could have caused the blighted ovum and the miscarriage of both pregnancies I had in 2006 and 2007.
One of my father’s brother passed on last week. Although he has been sick for sometime, it still does not make it easier for the loved ones. If there is anything about death, it is something that we can never be ready enough for. But it also the one thing that is sure to come to us sooner or later. Our prayer is always that it will be the latter. Always. Praying that when it comes, our loved ones, even ourselves had lived a full life. But even then, we still won’t be ready enough.
It was just recently that the hubby and I noticed that we have practically done away with our “Couch Time.” We are not a perfect couple. We may stray away from what’s ideal from time to time. But we make sure that we go right back to the basics as soon as we are reminded about it.
This just in. After more than a month of waiting, the mail with the good news finally arrived!!!! I am one thrilled wife, to say the least. The hubby took the Mensa Challenge last February 27 at Fully Booked. He was told that the result will be received regardless if he made it or not, in a month’s time or so. The hubby wasn’t around when I opened the mail. I was out of myself, with shaky fingers as I struggled to tear open the envelope. It was when I saw the word, “Congratulations!” that I was able to catch my breath – relieved and thrilled.
Monday is our family’s favorite day. It’s usually the time that we go out to spend time together because it’s the hubby’s rest day. But being a no drive day for us, if we have to at all go, it has to be within the time that the number coding is lifted and then we’re stuck where we are until 7PM. So the default place to be for us would usually be a mall, where we could choose to do a handful of activities.
Right now our son pretty much wants to do a handful of different careers when he grows up, at least that’s what he tells us. He loved the movie Up and would often insist that he be called Russell from and he wants to be a wilderness explorer. Then a couple of weeks back he came to me and said that he wants to be called Flint Lockwood and said he likes to be a scientist when he grows up.
Nevermind if we had to wake up earlier than usual. It was something all of us (and not just our 5 year old tot) looked forward to.
