Visioning my grandkids

(image from HERE)

So there we were, about to go to bed.

And K says that he wants 3 kids. In fact, he’s named them already! The first two will be boys, Nicholas (he wanted to name the eldest “nickels” but when I suggested Nicholas, he seemed to like it) and the 2nd boy, Carlo (this was said very spontaneously, seemingly with a lot of thought). It took him a while to name the girl. And by the time he figured out a name for the girl, he already wanted SIX children (with SIX yayas, take note!)

He is naming his 4th child (and 3rd son) P, Jr. and the 5th child (and 4th son) K, Jr. after his kuya and himself. Then he figures out what he wants to name the girls. Brianna and Brianna Jr. Apparently, “Brianna” is the name of the sister of Kick Buttowski.

That all send and done, I figure S and I will have some six grandkids from him. Waiting to hear what P has planned.

Dr Love

We’re sick at home and S is going to play cards. This convo happened a few minutes ago.

J: hon ang dami mong pasyente today. What time are u coming home?
S: what time do u want me to come home?
K: I’m your doctor of love, giving love and kisses

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Pontius Pilate

We were at mass (yes you read right, MASS!) a few weeks ago, and we were at the part where the Apostle’s Creed is recited. So one of the parts goes:

…He suffered under Pontius Pilate….

And P whispers to me: Mom, Jesus had a virus?

Me: Huh? Virus? Why naman?

P: Kasi it says “He suffered under Pontius Pilate”. Isn’t Pontius Pilate a disease?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

The Best Meal we had in that part of 中国

…was along this night market street.

Of course, before everything else, we *had* to have 奶茶, which is certainly creamier than what we get in Manila!

We joined the (seemingly) millions of Chinese (well, maybe a few hundreds only. It just felt like there were so many of them! Imagine Megamall on a Sunday!) shopping and eating. Here were our finds.
We stopped at this shawarma place (of course, I realize now that the shawarma can’t be seen. Olats.) which had chicken shawarma, Chinese style. The roll had cabbage, and the wrap was different…not as thick and it went around several times.

This is what was left of it because I forgot to take a picture. We were starving.

Right beside that, there was a lady who made noodles (we skipped her) and one who grilled veggies and meat. AMAZING!

We got eggplant (I’m tempted to say aubergines because they look sooooo good!), fresh shitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, chicken, mutton. Ay, ang sarap.
Here are the happy campers.

Somewhere along the way, we found this scallion pancake. There are no words to describe how good!! This picture does no justice.

There were candied fruits too, but we didn’t try them. They looked so pretty so I had to take a picture!

Certainly one night to remember!!

Reconnecting with Old Friends

I wrote about my 2010 goals in the beginning of the year. While I have yet to fulfill the rest (I’m doing good with #4, #5 and #6 these days), I’ve been trying to fulfill #7 quite well.

I did take a trip to visit my BFF who’s been living there for more than 20++ years! I had that long postponed lunch with a friend from university, and I finally had dinner last night with two friends from way back. We were together in the student council in highschool.

And it’s been great! I realize today that I have friends I can count on (is it because we all have begun to realize that we have lives to live on our own, aside from our husband and kids??). For a while, I’d be so sad that I didn’t have girlfriends to call for nights out. But then, I now know it’s what I choose to do!

And I choose to reconnect with my friends, I choose to make new ones, I choose to live my life, distinct, though connected, with my family.

I am woman. Hear me RAWR. (from SATC2)

Wrap that baby!

When the boys were babies, diaper changing would always be challenging. Most especially when they were around 4-5 months when they began to learn how to turn over. Every now and then, diaper changes turned really messy.

But I guess new parents have a choice now. Check out what I got in my inbox today!

My Pinoy mind tells me “aw….cute….but kawawa naman yung baby!” Hahahaha! I’m sure all other (2 pax?) Pinoy moms out there who read this blog (Hi Mom, Hi Can!) can understand what I mean.

Nevertheless, if you guys decide your malikot baby needs one, check out this SITE.

I’m so Proud!

Because we had guests who arrived last week for my brother-in-law’s wedding last weekend, we were so busy! They started arriving in groups last Wednesday. And this was why we missed this:

Beijing Part 2: Inside the Forbidden City

After walking what felt like hours in this place, I know now why it’s called the Forbidden City. It was so huge, it forbids people to from wanting to walk to see the emperor. LOL!

I actually forgot to put sunscreen on the neck so I had a huge ring around my chest, where my shirt’s collar was. Hahaha!

Beijing (Part 1) Subtitled: Exploring the Land of My Forefathers

I am Filipino by birth and Chinese by heritage. When a Singaporean friend ask me several years back what I would say if someone asked me if I were Chinese or Filipino, what would I say? I automatically said, “Filipino”. She said that she would, in the same vein, say “Singaporean”. (She’s Chinese by heritage as well.)

On the one hand, we, who are “not exactly” Pinoy and “not exactly” Chinese, have been blessed to have both worlds. On the other hand, it is also difficult because I have personally experienced being called “different” by other Pinoys.

Mambobola!

So, general rules at the table is no toys — if my father-in-law’s around.

And he isn’t.

So yesterday, K brought some two transformers to dinner. After the meal, he asked Ate N to hold them for him as he was preparing to go back to the room.

I said, “K, you brought them him, you should carry them back yourself.”