wanna say

THANK YOU to the following people:

for my daughter's gifts -


Ria, daughter of dr. louie
Dianne, daughter of errol, roel's kumpare
tita Ria
tita Mae
lola Precy
lola Ade
tito Sonny
mama Laly
ate Marie
ate Richelle, daughter of Richello, roel's nephew
ninong Joel and tita Patty
ninong Coco and tita Patit
tita Grace

ninang Rej and kuya Eejay
tito Ryan
grandpa Paul
grandma Au
mamita Char
ninong Louie
tita Des, tito Jun, ate Maica and Craig
tita Beng, kuya John, kuya Josh, kuya Echo and ate Jewel
tita Mil

december 22-25

dec. 22, we attended ate mae's, roel's cousin, birthday at cainta. ate mae's mother, sister and brother-in-law is here for a holiday vacation. also roel's aunt is there, tita precy and hubby, they're already migrated to canada. they already gave their gifts for the kids. the cousins of course had their session and videoke singing. we went home 12 midnight. france is enjoy watching videoke, dancing and playing with other kids there. by the way, roel is not with us, i tagged along our maid, marie, for assistance.


dec. 23, we attended serrano clan's reunion at san juan, manila. this year's reunion was not that successful as last year or any other year. coz most of roel's cousins attended ate mae's birthday. still we had a tableful of food, we had videoke session. we went home 9:30pm. it's kinda boring. =(



dec. 24, is a very busy day for us here... tito dom, tita min and kuya louie visited us, unfortunately wasn't able to go home after having lunch at my tita au's house coz their car wasn't starting. we looked for mechanics... in the end, it's kuya's uncle who came to the rescue.. but still no luck. they had dinner here and they slept at my tita char's house. while i'm attending to my tita, tito and cousin, roel is wrapping our gifts for tomorrow.

dec. 25, 2am our friends we're here for our yearly get together after Christmas. of course, we had session and lotsa food because tomorrow is joel's birthday and their (joel and patty) wedding anniversay, they brought 2 gsm blue, spag and lotsa calamares. we were suppose to have an exchange gift but we postponed it coz sonny is in bicol... we might do it on new year. we packed up 5:15am. we slept at 6am, where france was about to wake up.

food and 'spirit'

my hubby's singing

Coco sleeping

we ate lunch at roel's house, but before going there we went at daphne's house to give my gift to my goddaughter, anette, her 2nd child. after having lunch and before going home, i accompanied ditse iza at pacita to pick up his son, gabby.

by 7pm, we were at my tita au's house for our yearly 'reunion'. we ate dinner by 7:45pm and by 9pm we had 1 game, our game master was ate desil, who just arrived that morning from canada with her family. group 1 won the charade game... ang galing ni ate lot eh, she knows almost all the english christmas songs. =D after the game, our little santas started distributing the gifts. we went home 11pm, very tired, busog and sleepy.

holiday greetings

burpday session

last dec. 1, we had a session here at our house... pa-burpday ng barkada namin... syempre, food trip at inuman session yun... and here are the "michaels" (tawag namin sa mga lasheng o inaantok)

si burpday boy, kuya Sonny

si Rej kasi tanggera kaya tinamaan si Sonny,
Jo on the background

Patit, na mahilig mangulit

last dec. 15, we had another session coz it's roel's burpday. sorry don't have pics of the said session.. 2 lang silang nakatulog, si burpday boy at yung fafa ni patit, si coco. kokonti lang ang attendees mostly, dumaan lang kasi may mga pupuntahan the following day eh.

i'm planning...

... to attend the end of term feast this dec. 29 of the php group i joined. it's 3-8pm only at makati. i'll bring along my daughter. i want to meet some of the fellow ravens. hhmm.. i'm still thinking about it... hindi pa ako nagpapaalam kay roel. parang nahihiya ako, na parang gusto ko. gosh. need to decide early.

here are the location maps:
map1
map2

Mama's blessings

Mama, bought a brand new red innova at toyota alabang last august, diesel, model J lang.. manual lahat.

we're using it for kids' check up, grocery and of course malling.

i can drive on highways pa lang... needs practice pa sa expressway... especially binabayaran pa ni Madir yung unit kaya ingat na ingat pa ako.

Serrano Clan '06

saw these pics from the Serrano Clan yahoogroups... these was taken at San Juan, Manila - Christmas Party '06. my ineng was only 16 months old then..






yearly they had Serrano Clan Christmas Party at San Juan.. pictures will be posted before Christmas next year... hahaha.

hospitalized

last friday, i was admitted at the hospital for dengue.. 126 ang platelet ko noon. my bro and i shared room na lang kasi puno na... more on dengue cases sila. i was sad knowing that i'll miss my daughter.. i cried.

that morning, my bro undergo blood transfusion... he reached 46 platelet count. after the transfusion, he's recovering and his platelet count is starting to go up.

the whole day saturday and sunday, nagkulitan lang kami ni utol sa room... tawanan ng malakas. monday, lumabas na si utol... grabe one week siya dun (Dec. 3-10)... ako tuesday naman 5 days lang ako (Dec. 7-11). hindi ako nasalinan ng dugo, ayaw ng doctor ko, so after kong mag-43 na platelet count (nagsteady ata dun, twice kasi yung 43 na result ko), my doctor said that on the 3rd day eh aakyat na... which is true, 60 na next platelet count ko. thank God at tuluy-tuloy na ang pagtaas ng platelet count ko.

just want to say "Thank you" to the following:
tita Au
tito Paul
ate Mil
ate Nancy
tita Char
kuya Ely (for ron)
ate Beng
Doc Edz
sa tropa ko: Patit, Coco, Grace, Rej, Joel and Patty
to my in-laws: Ditse, Mommy and Daddy
especially to my hubby for being the driver, bantay and for just being there

saturday, pinalinis na namin ang buong bahay kina ate nancy at marie... nagpa-spray na rin kami ng waterbased-baygon.

thank God at hindi yung mga anak namin ni utol ang nagkasakit... okay lang na kami ng mga parents instead of them. mas mahirap kapag bata ang nagkasakit... you don't know kung anong masakit sa kanila.

.... before Christmas...

13 days before Christmas... hindi pa kami namimili for our inaanaks, for the Dec 25 exchange gifts with relatives, pamasko ng anak ko at asawa ko. ako hindi na muna... maybe a blouse will do... bihira naman akong lumabas eh. si ineng ko, ang bilis lumaki eh... kaya we need to buy her clothes and sandals. no need to buy her toys, ang dami pang kinakalat eh... =D.

nagkasakit pa kami ni utol, kaya yung oras eh nakain sa pagbabantay sa hospital.

hopefully, by monday or tuesday next week, mamimili na kami at magbabalot.

sana po hindi mahawa...

last sat, thank God my daughter's fine already... umattend na nga kami ng birthday ni kuya ed (husband of my sis-in-law), lunch naman yun eh, eat and run lang kami kasi nga kagagaling ni ineng... but we noticed that she's having rashes. the following day, while my bro is having her check up, my daughter had hers too... the pedia said that it was 'tigdas hangin', walang gamot, pero binigyan nya kami ng gamot in case daw mangati si frances.

i pray hindi sya mahawa sa akin though hindi viral ang sakit ko coz wala akong ubo't sipon. sana tuluy-tuloy na ang paggaling naming lahat so that we can decorate na our house. =D

"LORD, thank you po at magaling na ineng ko... sana po hindi sila mahawang mag-ama sa akin."

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my bro had fever last friday, we thought that it was just his feet (his usual 'problem') but when sunday came his fever reached 40.2 so we decided to take him to the hospital for check up. he had his CBC checked and he had urinalysis. the CBC result states the he has 186 platelet count (150-350 ang normal)... he also had UTI. the internist gave him antibiotic for his UTI and some meds for his fever and dry cough. that night, he didn't eat lunch and dinner but still he ask for his meds and i gave it. by dawn i heard that he's cough hard, and even vomits. by then we decided to take him again to the hospital and there again had his CBC... and the result is 146. so they decided to admit him to monitor his platelet.

when my bro is already in his room, i asked permission from the nurses' station that i'll just go home to get all his things and to pick up ate nancy (my tita's maid) as his bantay. sadly, it was a hospital rule that "patients should not be left alone". unfortunately too, our TODA had a strike... hindi sila nagpapasakay... tapat pa nung kailangan ko si ate nancy kaya hindi rin nakapunta agad. hay! i signed a waiver stating that i'll be back in 30 minutes, that i'll just pick up my bro's stuff and ate nancy. hindi pa ako nag-aalmusal nun, gutom na ako, mga 6am kami nagpunta hospital. i drove back home and in 15 minutes, we're back at the hospital. sa pacita lang naman naconfine si utol, at pinaready ko na dito ang mga gamit nya at pinalakad ko na lang si ate nancy dito sa amin para hindi na magko-consume ng time kapag sa bahay ko pa siya sinundo.

magulo ang setup namin, kung hindi ako nilalagnat, hindi na doon sa tita ko matutulog si macoy (my nephew). by morning, susunduin ko or hubby ko sila macoy at ate nancy, iiwan si macoy dito, then ihahatid si ate nancy sa hospital, palit na sila ng katulong naming si marie (siya kasi ang bantay sa gabi). kapag mga 4:30pm, ihahatid na si marie, palit na sila ni ate nancy, susunduin si macoy dito at ihahatid namin sa bahay. hay.

last monday, after been busy the whole day, nagkasakit naman ako.. nilalagnat ako. then this morning, nagpacheck up na ako... kasi on and off ang lagnat ko... of course, pina-CBC ako. thank God, mataas pa ang platelet count ko. kaya kapag nawala na raw ang lagnat ko tom, papa-CBC ulit ako or sa 5th day of incubation ng dengue which is sa friday.

as of 6pm, bumaba pa rin ang platelet count ni utol... naku, kung bababa pa yun tom, baka sasalinan sya ng dugo... =( we always tell him that he should help himself... kumain sya ng kumain at uminom ng uminom ng tubig, juice at milk.

nakakaawa kasi si madir, nasa malayo pa naman sya at alalang-alala. gusto na nga raw nya tuloy umuwi for good kasi nga feeling nya, pinababayaan namin mga sarili namin... ganyan talaga ang mga madir. sabi ko tuloy kay ma, "ma, malalaki na po kami, we just need your guidance hindi po bantay." baka kasi si madir naman ang magkasakit sa pag-aalala, wag naman po sana, Lord.

"LORD, i pray to you na tumaas na po ang platelet count ni utol ngayon overnight. Ako naman po eh sana hindi rin dengue itong sakit ko, wish ko po hindi na bababa ang platelet count ko at sana po gumaling na po ako. Please, LORD. Amen."