cute pose

kanina i saw my nephew, macoy, with this position.. ang cute noh.. 7 months na sya kaya nakaka-upo na.. grabe ang likot at ang bilis at hilig gumapang..

pinagdidiskitahan yung teether nya...

addt'l pic

below are additional pictures of our boat ride at pasig river, sent via bluetooth from mommy ellen's phone:

ate, binuhat pa ako..

(l-r) dada roel, frances, mama aase, ate sam, mommy ellen, kuya gab..
pic taken by daddy rudy

ay, putol ulo ni ate sam.. kuha ito ni mommy ellen

as you can see.. nasa labas kami.. may pwedeng tambayan sa harap

dianne mary

last jan. 2, we attended dianne's birthday here at the nearby village. anakis sya ng officemate ni roel, na inaanak na rin. kahit antok na si roel, we felt obligated to attend... kasi nga naman ang lapit lang naman namin.

(l-r) birthday girl - dianne, her daddy errol, dada roel and france
ang mga magkakamukha... =D

after eating france went to the nearby playground and played there:






we went home at 6pm... tutulog pa si dada roel at may pasok pa sya that night eh.

Happy Birthday, Dianne! =D

playing

frances playing with macoy at their area na super makalat... as if bati sila... eh madalas magkaaway yan kapag nagdidikit...hehehe

1st party for 2008

this 3pm, we're going to attend a kiddie party...

eeewwww

bought this 1 pack of magic flakes... i didn't notice that 1 of them has salonpas inside... eeewww! grabe!

dec. 29, 2007 - jan. 1, 2008

dec. 26-28, it's our rest day.. walang lakad.. bahay lang.. linis ng bahay.. and the usual alaga ng mga bata


dec. 29, we attended tita au and tito paul's golden wedding anniversary dinner at their home (lang naman). my cuz, ate des, prepared a small program for the occasion. before the program, of course dinner is served first. =D i love the halabos na hipon ate mil cooked, grabe daming food. after the yummy dinner, ate des started the small program by a trivia game... you choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. and saya sobra at lumalabas ang edad ng mga pinsan ko, hehehe. after the game, syempre we have to give a simple/short message for them, of course i asked for mama's help about this, hindi ako magaling sa mga ganitong bagay... blogging nga lang hirap na ako mag-compose. instead of giving a 'speech', mama prepared a short prayer for the couple:

Prayer for a Wedding Anniversary

O God, we thank You that You have given

Tito Paul and Tita Au another year together....

which makes up their 50 years...

for their love that grows more precious,

for the bonds which grow closer each day and

for the happiness and sorrows they have experienced together.

May You guide them as they go on walking the way of life hand in hand

with cheerfulness and faithfulness to each other.

May You continue to grant both of them an ample supply of strength and love.

In the name of Jesus we pray with much love and thanksgiving.

Amen.

Congratulations and GOD bless you!

Love,

(Mama) Neni, Aase, Roel, France, Aaron, Marcus

after giving our short messages to our tito and tita, we watched a CD, a collection of pictures of their children and grandchildren. last we had videoke session before going home and call it a day.

before going home, tita au asked us a favor that if we can drive ate beng and her kids home coz tulog na yung suki nilang taxi na service. we drove them home.. me being the driver, grabe ata ingat ko.. midnight na at kahit wala masyadong sasakyan, dahan-dahan ako... mahina ang mata ko sa gabi. we slept at 1am, hoo-hum.

dancing with grandpa Paul

macoy

hindi na nga kami naka-attend ng birthday celebration ni ate grace. =( happy birthday na lang ate grace! =D

my mom-in-law invited us to come with them, mamasyal tomorrow- lunch at savory escolta and take a round trip, boat ride at ilog pasig. of course, we said yes para naman aircon ang sasakyan nila.


dec. 30, since puyat kami.. we were suppose to leave at 9am, but my daughter woke up late. we left laguna before 11am, had our lunch first at savory-escolta and had a boat ride at ilog pasig. ibang boat na sya, unlike before na open na open... now, it is air conditioned and safer. ang tagal ng ride papunta pero pabalik mabilis na.. grabe ang tagal ng ride na yun almost 2 1/2 hours.

inside the boat

while waiting for the boat
(l-r) sam, mommy ellen, nanay ana, ninang sioning

(l-r) roel, france, gabby, daddy rudy, sam

pauwi na 'to..

lakad kasi ng lakad kaya 'tinali' na...

unfortunately, today din ang alis ni marie for a vacation. kaya naiwan yung mag-ama maghapon. i thought we're going home na after having merienda but nooo kasi we went to san juan pa to visit nanay ana's sister. we arrived home, 8pm na. kapagod!


dec. 31, start ng araw na wala si marie. huhuhu. wasn't able to wake up 7am, 8:30am na ata. before lunch, i went to pacita to buy some baby stuff. grabe ang dami ng tao, mga last minute grocery. good thing i didn't brought the auv kasi problem ang parking. hay. pinoy talaga, gustung-gusto ang last minute rush. we had lunch, i washed the dishes, got some snooze. by 6pm, i went to pacita again to buy pizza and chick 'n' chips ng shakeys for our medya noche.. coz roel is already sleeping may pasok pa sya ng madaling araw. france and i ate dinner at 8pm, after eating, naghugas, naglinis at nagligpit na ako ng 'play area' ng mga bata. by 10:30pm, i tucked france to bed... nagbabad na ako ng mga lampin at damit ng mga bata coz maglalaba ako tomorrow. by 11:15pm, ginising ko na si roel, dalawa lang kaming sumalubong sa bagong taon coz my pasaway na bro went out with his friends.

jan. 1, 2008, by 2am, dumating na ang tropa... started our session... andito pala si abel for a vacation. instead of 2 gsm blue lang ang naubos, nagpabili pa ng 2, alaskahan ang nangyari. sinama ni sonny ang kanyang gf.. lasing coz of abel's pambubuyo. sonny and belle stayed here till 8:30am. we packed up 5:30am na. grabe wala pa akong matinong tulog ngayon. by 6:45am, nagwalis na ako sa bakuran sa labas, sa veranda at garahe. then i started doing the laundry... then my barkada texted me na mawawalan ng tubig. hay. whatta new year! thank God at tapos na akong maglaba ng tuluyang nawala na yung tubig.

nakatulog na ako ng 3 hours... but i'm still grumpy. hoo-hum.

Happy New Year to all! =D

have a...

PROSPEROUS 2008! =D

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."

=( =( =( =(

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."

=(

my daughter is sick since last wednesday, she looks so weak. and she's very hot (39 degrees C) and she sometimes vomits... =( the doctor gave her antibiotic for her tonsilitis. now, we're observing her, sometimes she doesn't have the appetite to eat and she's still hot, we even used 'supository' for her fever. if she's still has high fever tonight, we might admit her and request for a CBC... it might be something else which i hope not. =(

HP 7 versions

when HP7 released, my hubby sent me a pdf copy of the so-called HP7... when i read it i find Harry different. when i got the chance to go to Festival Mall, i grabbed the chance of buying a 'real' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hardbound copy book. when i saw the title on chapter 1, there i realize that the pdf copy my hubby gave me is 'fake'. maybe it is the 'hacked' version. of course, i continued reading the original version... and after i followed reading the hacked version. it has a very big difference... the Harry in the hacked version is a alter image of the original Harry and the way he killed Voldemort is different. but i like both... it's cool. =D

sunday malling

yesterday, we went to Festival Mall to buy a new cp for my bro... he chose Sony Ericsson W300i.



before buying his cellphone, we went to Robinson's to buy new stroller for my nephew, macoy, and we bought a potty for my daughter.

this is the hand-me-down stroller of Frances, it is a decade old and the wheels are already ruined... now, it is retired

this is the new and simple stroller, where France can still use it whenever we go to the mall =D

this is the potty we bought

before we had our merienda, France and her Dada rode the carousel but France is afraid to ride a horse so Dada chose the elephant seat instead.


grabe, ang daming tao... it was sunday and weekend after ng sweldo, you know naman pinoys basta after sweldo nasa mall. =D sanay kasi ako weekdays mag-malling.

photography

just want to share this photo effects i use in taking picture of my daughter..

grayscale

sepia

mini sds

this pic shows my orig and bought mini sd memory card for my hubby's nokia 6288 mobile phone. the one on the left is the 64mb mem card while the other is the 512mb. now, i'm using the 512mb for more storage... for the meantime, i kept the 64mb.

lasheng

my nephew, macoy, nakatulog... sitting on his stroller. parang lasing... hahaha.
para bang behave? hehehe... ang likot at ang ingay nyan. =D

.. it starts with a simple appreciation

i like this improved nescafe 3-in-1 coffee. i tasted it when we we're with my hubby's group 'team building.' ang babaw ko no... i love coffee kasi kaya naisipan kong gawin ito. =D

i love this particular e-aji product from San Miguel Mills. i love its cheesy flavor. i hope hindi magbago, kasi di ba minsan 'nagbabago' ung lasa kapag medyo tumagal-tagal na... parang tinitipid na nila yung flavoring ek-ek.

busy??

i haven't posted anything here yet for almost a week.... been busy - -

personalizing my other sites like flixster, shelfari, tagged, hi5, multiply, myspace, etc.

i also joined another Harry Potter fanatics group and i was sorted at Ravenclaw house. yipii! and i'm trying to make friends (online) with the members and reading some of their forums for update.



we also went to southmall to buy what my bro will use for his work. yup, he's working. but i don't if he can finish his contract because of his feet.

we also went to harrison plaza, yes, in manila... coz my mom-in-law will be meeting someone for official and legal business and roel and i are very much needed. while waiting, frances and i stroll around and she



rode this ferrari for n times



i bought a pre-owned pda just to use it for ebook reading. after receiving it, i looked for pdf, rtf, lit converter for system compatibility. after few days of surfing and 'researching', i was lucky to find what i need.

i also became 'busy' with my sideline... i've been texting my 'supplier' for any orders i receive and meeting her to get the products.

of course, we sometimes have this short strolls at festival mall.

and last saturday, we went to cainta to attend a kiddie party... my hubby's niece to his cousin. this is the 1st party my daughter attended that she's in good mood, proof? she's dancing, she's with her fellow cousins sitting, watching the magic show and playing with them as 'saling-ketket'.


dancing frances

funny dubbed movies

my friend, ryan , saw these funny dubbed-movies.

Bisaya dubbed - Troy


Bisaya dubbed with Tagalog subtitle - 300

human beatbox

sinipag ang lola mo..

kagabi at kaninag umaga, sinipag ako na mag-ayos ng lumang laruan ng anak ko. tinapon ko na ang mga luma at sira ng laruan. tinago ko na rin ang mga laruang hindi na angkop sa edad nya. before, 2 medium-size and 1 big-size mobile boxes ang lalagyan nya ng toys... now, 1 big and 1 medium na lang... making more rooms for the toys na 'darating' for Christmas, if ever there are. hehehe.

HP soundtracks

i joined this HP Fans at multiply.com, yes i have an account there-you can visit it, and i found these HP movie soundtracks, just want to share it with my fellow HP fans.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone