Kayol: Pain In The Butt!

You like saying "pain in the butt" and we know that you do not know what it really means. I hope you do not become one. I promise that Dad and I will do our very best to provide you with anything you need. We may not be able to provide all your wants but I assure you son, we will try. Dad and I will support and guide you. We will let you decide for your future. I have plans for you but I am very sure that you will have yours too. It will be a decision for you to make...no pressure from Mom, promise! Remind me of this blog if I start to :)

You just turned four yesterday and I know you do not understand what I have written here just yet but I want you to know that Dad, Mom and Ate loves you so much. Our love for you will never end. I hope you grow up as a responsible, God-fearing, humble and honest man.

Mom may not always be there but I will always pray for you and your Ate. Happy birthday baby boy!

I love you Kayolie! Hugs!

Table For Six, Please...

The rain was pouring hard but there was no sign of backing out from any of us. No one is calling asking to postpone the dinner, and I guess no one will. After all we are not sure when this kind of gathering will happen again. I am going to meet friends whom I haven't seen for almost a decade, except for Maricel. The last time I saw her was more than five years ago. It was my daughter's birthday.

Maricel is now a flight attendant. She is married to Francis Sioson, her long time boyfriend. They have one daughter.

Maricel and I decided to meet at my work and we were fetched there by Dwight who is still very single. Dwight is currently a Manager at a Medical Insurance company in Makati. He looked very stunning in his work outfit, I must say. We drove to Greenbelt and met Tine there.

Tine was with her lovely daughter who was very polite. Tine is now enjoying being a stay-home-mom. She also has a 6-month old baby boy. They are all waiting for their petition.

We decided to have dinner at a Filipino restaurant called Sentro. We waited for Lloyd who I think, never aged. He still looked the same, well, except for the hair. LOL! Lloyd is now in the BPO industry.

We ate, talked and laughed. The mood was very festive just like the food. It was really fun looking back...who dated who, who had a crush on whom, who ended up with whom, how we looked like wearing our uniform which we never really liked and of course we talked about our teachers and sorry, but I am not going into the details about the teachers...hahaha

Lloyd had to leave after the dinner because duty calls. Booooooooo! We concluded the night at Via Mare oyster bar. We had a few drinks and continued gossipping until we decided to go home because it was already dawn. I had a blast and I really enjoyed the evening. I hope Grace will be with us next time.

Yes, I'm Thirty!

It was my 30th birthday yesterday but there was nothing grand. It's enough that I have my family to celebrate it with. I am also grateful for having wonderful friends and I want to thank all those who remembered. I love you all!

This is not a speech nor a "Thank You" letter. LOL! What I really wanted to show is the food I got from Mama (Cagayan Valley) when she arrived yesterday. She is always sending/bringing us food even if there is no occasion. She sends it through a provincial bus then my husband fetches the "box" from the bus station.

Inside the box are local delicacies like suman and bibingka. Our own version of suman is triangular but it is also wrapped in banana leaf. We call our bibingka "royal bibingka" because it really is special--I was not able to take a picture of it though.

Mama also brought pop rice which is my daughter's favorite and longanisa which my husband and my mother-in-law really loves.

Cagayan's longanisa is the same as Ilocos' when it comes to taste. It is a bit salty but you dip it in vinegar, it becomes perfect! The ground pork has lots of chopped garlic and other seasonings then it gets stuffed inside a pig's intestine. I know for a fact that the pig's intestine is clean because I saw our neighbor once while cleaning/scrubbing the said part. I was amazed by it's elasticity because it does not break.

I did not like longanisa when I was younger but I am now a total convert!

My Two Cents

I travel from Caloocan to Makati almost everyday and I can't help but notice politician's posters hanging from lamp posts and cable wires. I am not sure if those are telephone, cable TV or MERALCO wires. Whatever those are that these posters are attached to, they are still an obstruction and poses hazard to motorists and commuters like me.

It's vexing me, to be honest. Are we going to wait fo these materials to fall off someone's head?

If these politicians were able to hang their posters however high the posts and cables are, they should be able to remove it too. Now, if these politicians can't, I believe MMDA ( Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) can since the scope of MMDA services include public safety. Campaign period is so over, for Pete's sake! Just my two cents...

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