Long weekend

It has been over two weeks since my last post. Been quite busy with work (as usual). I arranged my old files, placed then in a box to be sent to the bodega. Now my work place is free from "unwanted" items.

I also have to deal with the Equitable-BDO merger thingy. Mahirap kaya ngayon sa BDO (they were EPCIB before). Ilan beses ako pabalik balik ng bank for account numbers, for payroll diskettes that has nothing saved in it (ewan ko ba kung bakit).

Went home early today. Not because of the Makati tensyon. I just want to go home early.

Post a blog about nothing.

Might watch Heroes season 1 this weekend.

e.r.

The call came at around 5:30pm.

Me: hello.
Mom: Nasa San ______ kami.
Me: Bakit? Sino?
Mom: Si Kulot (my youngest, aged 5) nasa e.r.
Me: What! Anong nangyari?
Mom: Nakikipag karera sa kuya niya ng bisikleta... Sumemplang, 4 stitches yung inabot nun chin niya.
Me: ano???!!!! Sino kasama sa labas ng bahay?
Mom: malapit na din kami umalis, injection-an na lang siya ng anti-tetanus.
Me: Sige.
---end of call ----

Phone call sa bahay.
Me: Hello.
Daughter: hello ma
M: anong nangyari kay kulot?
D: sumemplang po sa bike. Kasi niyaya siya ni mico magkarera
M: bakit lumabas ng bahay?
D: kasi niyaya ni ate R (yung yaya), magpapaload daw kasi siya
M: asan si R nun sumemplang si kulot? Anong ginawa niya?
D: Wala po. Kasi nagtetext po.
M: sige.
---end of call ---

When I got home nakakunot na ang noo ko. I told the yaya na "kung hindi mo kayang magpaload mag-isa, huwag ka nang magpaload! Kapag may nangyari sa mga bata IKAW ang mananagot sa akin!" Defensive si yaya. Iba ang sinasabi niya versus sa sinasabi ng kids ko. I asked all of my kids (hindi sabay-sabay to check yung consistency ng kwento nila) kung ano ang nangyari, nasan ang yaya, bakit sila nasa labas, ano ang ginagawa ng yaya. All of them told the same thing, walang ginawa si yaya, nagtetext, at hindi tinulungan yung youngest ko. Yung youngest ko pa ang tumayo at pumunta sa yaya! My other kids? Well, tinawag nila ang lolo at lola nila to tell them what happened.

Hay, kailangan ko na mahanap yung nagpasok sa amin kay yaya at ipapauwi ko na sa kanila. Baka siya ang isubsob ko sa kalsada.

Wallet

Marie wants to take a peek inside my wallet. I have been using this Lacoste black leather wallet for 3 years now (and still counting!).

Here's the list on what's inside it.
1. ATM cards (BDO, BPI and EPCIB)
2. ID Cards (SSS, TIN, Company ID and Driver's License)
3. SM Advantage, SM Prestige, Shopwise, Suki Card (of Mercury Drug)
4. Cash, some receipts, Community Tax Certificate
5. Health Card (I-Care)
6. Credit Card (Diners)
7. My graduation photo (at the back of that are the photos of my kids)

Trick or Treat

It has been a yearly tradition in the village where I grew up to have a Trick or Treat for the kids. This year there are about 65 kids. Divided into 4 groups, each group has its own leader.

My eldest won the best costume award. Not a scary costume but a different one.

This event may not be as grandest as compared to other villages or subdivision but it is definitely fun... and tiring! We started at around 5:30pm and got home around 8:00pm!

(ate, kuya and bunso)

(some houses with "spooks")

(kids in their costumes ready to go trick or treat-ing)

(goodies!)

Until next year!

Majorette, magazine, books

Maica the Majorette

My eldest daughter once asked me if I will permit her to become a majorette in her school. I gave her my permission.

(siya yung ibang knee ang nakabend)

What is a majorette?
"Majorette" has been described as a word meaning "desire" and "devotion", and that the dreams and admirations of every little girl, and a lot of older ones, too, are wrapped up in the word "Majorette". The majorette has been described as the example of the excitement, glamour, popularity, and spirit that so many girls strive for.

When you see a majorette in a parade, you see someone strutting and twirling a baton as she leads, or helps lead, a marching band. That much you see, and know that it is true.
She might be pretty, but that not likely to be why she's there. The really good majorettes have done what it takes to be good majorettes, and are only too happy to show what they've accomplished.
After all this, you may conclude by simply saying that a good majorette is a disciplined, spirited, confident, baton-twirling, strutting band leader. Yes, majorettes, to some people, have come to symbolize leadership."

Something to read.

I have been preparing for the long weekend this coming week (Nov 1- 4). First, i bought books (by Paulo Coelho), YES! magazine, Reader's Digest and sudoku...

By Wednesday I should have bought Heroes, Ugly Betty and other movies in my "to watch" list.