Nag-palit ako ng email add. Ung bago kong email add, e married name ko na and with dot au na sya.
Anyway, may nag comment, "Wow! Nasa OZ ka na pala ngayon. Sarap naman! Dito (sa pinas) ang hirap pa rin."
Naisip ko, bakit kaya pag nasa ibang bansa ka, kala nila masarap ang buhay mo?
Dahil ba me snow? Believe me, hindi masaya sa may snow! Kahit demure ka, mapapamura ka ng Put@ng-in@ng Lamig yan!!!
Dahil ba $$$ ang kinikita? E $$$ rin naman ang gastos namin.
Dahil ba may kotse? E kailangan e. Ang kotse dito hindi want, kundi need. Imagine, pag linggo walang bus! E pano ka na lang magsi-simba o mamalengke? Or pag may emergency?
Eto ang realidad. Mahirap mamuhay sa ibang bansa.
Dito walang kasambahay. Ang yaya, si Mommy. Ang driver, si Daddy.
Dito walang kasambahay. Ang labandera, si Mommy. Ang plantsador, si Daddy.
Dito walang kasambahay. Ang kusinera, si Mommy. And dishwasher, si Daddy.
Dito walang kasambahay. Lahat gawa mo.
Pano naging masarap?
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Happy!
Was clearing my inbox, then I saw this. This pic was taken by Bet, when she and Stephen visited Melbourne. I think this was last October. Wala lang, naaliw lang ako sa picture, kasi mukha akong happing happy dito. Hindi ako mukhang hagas sa labada at plantsahin. mwehehehe.
Baby #3 on the way...
Yep, you've read it right... baby number 3 is on the way....
She is due by December and we are going to call her Emma. =)
Stay tuned for more details. :p
She is due by December and we are going to call her Emma. =)
Stay tuned for more details. :p
Friday, April 24, 2009
And we're back!!!
Muling nagbabalik ang mga misis!
Pasensya na po at medyo natabunan lang ng labahin at plantsahin
ang ating mga maybahay. At ngayong malinis at unat na ang lahat,
sa darating na lunes muli na namang may sasabihin ang mga misis.
At para mas masaya, aming mas pinaganda, pinasarap at pinakulay ang
aming tahanan.
Araw-araw iba't ibang putahe.
(Para sa mga mahilig mag feecture!)
(Chika galore!)
(Para sa mga mahilig magluto at kumain.)
(Para sa mga Fashionistas.)
(At syempre discussion kung san 'da beyst ang ating mga misis, sa pagiging asawa at pagiging nanay!)
At ngayon hindi lang pag-bisita and pwede nyo gawin,
pwede na rin makigulo at makisaya ang iba pang mga misis.
Pwede nyo sagutan ang theme for the day sa kanya-kanyang blog,
then link back to WifeSpeaks para mabisita rin namin kayo.
Or kung hindi naman kayo mahilig magsulat or wala kayong blog,
then just sit back, relax and enjoy reading!
We're back, here to stay and definitely has something to say!
So see you at Wifespeaks!
Pasensya na po at medyo natabunan lang ng labahin at plantsahin
ang ating mga maybahay. At ngayong malinis at unat na ang lahat,
sa darating na lunes muli na namang may sasabihin ang mga misis.
At para mas masaya, aming mas pinaganda, pinasarap at pinakulay ang
aming tahanan.
Araw-araw iba't ibang putahe.
(Para sa mga mahilig mag feecture!) (Chika galore!) (Para sa mga mahilig magluto at kumain.) (Para sa mga Fashionistas.) (At syempre discussion kung san 'da beyst ang ating mga misis, sa pagiging asawa at pagiging nanay!)At ngayon hindi lang pag-bisita and pwede nyo gawin,
pwede na rin makigulo at makisaya ang iba pang mga misis.
Pwede nyo sagutan ang theme for the day sa kanya-kanyang blog,
then link back to WifeSpeaks para mabisita rin namin kayo.
Or kung hindi naman kayo mahilig magsulat or wala kayong blog,
then just sit back, relax and enjoy reading!
We're back, here to stay and definitely has something to say!
So see you at Wifespeaks!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Wow!
Ne-renew ko ang passport ni little boy ko last November.
So, as of this writing e 5months na sya.
YES! 5 months.
Nakalimutan ko na nga na me passport pala ang anak ko.
Anyway, since naalala ko, tumawag ako sa embahada ng ating mahal na republika.
Sabi ko, magfo-follow up ako kasi nga November pa ung passport ng anak ko.
Ang sagot nya sa akin ay... "November? WOW!
Hay parang biglang ng boiling point ang aking dugo. Muntik na ko ma-stroke sa inis.
Sabi ko nga, "Yeah, WOW! Tell me about it? Really, WOW!"
Hayyyyy! Grabedad... magbibinata na ang anak ko wala pa ang pasaporte nya.
Oh well... asa pa ako.
So, as of this writing e 5months na sya.
YES! 5 months.
Nakalimutan ko na nga na me passport pala ang anak ko.
Anyway, since naalala ko, tumawag ako sa embahada ng ating mahal na republika.
Sabi ko, magfo-follow up ako kasi nga November pa ung passport ng anak ko.
Ang sagot nya sa akin ay... "November? WOW!
Hay parang biglang ng boiling point ang aking dugo. Muntik na ko ma-stroke sa inis.
Sabi ko nga, "Yeah, WOW! Tell me about it? Really, WOW!"
Hayyyyy! Grabedad... magbibinata na ang anak ko wala pa ang pasaporte nya.
Oh well... asa pa ako.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Wak, don't ride!
Holy Week Message
By: Father Jerry Orbos
WALK, DON'T RIDE
It is Holy Week. This week is the most important week for us Christians. In fact, it is more important than Christmas because if Christ did not suffer, die and rise again (Paschal Mystery), there would have been no salvation.
RELAX :
Many of us are overworked and overstressed. We need to rest our bodies and our minds so that we can "fine tune" with ourselves, with other people and with God.
Take a break. Take a walk. Commune with nature. Watch the sunset. Enjoy the moon. Close your cellular phone and your beeper and just allow yourself to be open to the Divine.
Let go. Let things be. God is in charge. Experience the resting power of sleep and rest. Smile at the sky. Walk the earth. Whistle a happy tune, or hum a favorite melody.
And just thank God you are still alive.
REFLECT :
Find time to relax so you can reflect. Don't end up just relaxing. Don't end up tired and empty because you were too busy to relax and thus found no time to slow down and reflect.
How long has it been now since you have been in this world? What have you done? You have work, but do you have a life? What is really important for you? What do you still want to do or accomplish? How is your family and relationships? And how are you relating with your God?
Is there an area in your life that needs to be healed? Is there excess luggage in your heart? How would you like to be remembered after you are gone?
Questions. Questions. Allow yourself to be questioned by life itself.
REPENT :
We all fall. We all have mistakes and weaknesses. Accept your limitations. Welcome to humanity! Be humble. Visit the "red light" district in the church and make a good confession.
Find time to say sorry to people you may have hurt or just taken for granted. Make time to visit, to write, to call, to text, to email anyone you need to say sorry to.
Is there one bad habit you need to give up? Is there one good habit you need to take up? This is the time for soul-searching. Promise yourself not to go back to the pit of selfishness and sin.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.
RENEW :
Take time to recharge and just be filled up. Renew your contact with God. Don't just sit in the comforts of your home and watch the services of the Holy Week. Make the sacrifice of participating in church. Show your gratitude to the Lord. Make that Bisita Iglesia, that Via Crucis, that Easter Vigil and do it all with gratitude and love.
Renew ties with your immediate family. Make yourself available and vulnerable to them. Tell them in so many ways that you really care. The world is not just you and your family. Reach out. Give and share. The time to give is always now and it is never too late, never too much. Make a generous donation. Go and visit a hospital, an orphanage, an old folk's home or a sick person.
It would be more wonderful if you can do all these with your family. Renew your contact with yourself. Go over old pictures, old letters and files and remember who you were and what you wanted to be. Clean your room and clean your heart of all the "could-have-beens" and "should-have-beens" and accept yourself.
Embrace yourself for what you are and what you still can be.
RESIGN :That's right, resign.
Resign …from places and people which and who do not bring out the best in you ...from vices and sins that are slowly but surely eating you up …from falsehood and pretenses.
Be true. Have substance. No more "japorms". No more "papogi". Just give your best and God will take care of the rest.
Resign to God's will and God's plan for you and you will have peace - that peace of Easter, that peace - which the world cannot give or take away.
Good luck, and all the best as you walk the Holy Week. The road that leads to true life is never easy, but the assurance is there:
It is a road that leads to life, and He, Himself is on the road with you - every step along the way.
A Moment With the Lord:
Lord, help me walk another mile, and help me smile another smile. Just one more smile as I walk the Holy Week with You. Amen.
May the Holy Week be for each of us a week of cleansing, a week of renewal and strengthening of our faith - with hope and with Love.
Advance Happy Easter!
By: Father Jerry Orbos
WALK, DON'T RIDE
It is Holy Week. This week is the most important week for us Christians. In fact, it is more important than Christmas because if Christ did not suffer, die and rise again (Paschal Mystery), there would have been no salvation.
RELAX :
Many of us are overworked and overstressed. We need to rest our bodies and our minds so that we can "fine tune" with ourselves, with other people and with God.
Take a break. Take a walk. Commune with nature. Watch the sunset. Enjoy the moon. Close your cellular phone and your beeper and just allow yourself to be open to the Divine.
Let go. Let things be. God is in charge. Experience the resting power of sleep and rest. Smile at the sky. Walk the earth. Whistle a happy tune, or hum a favorite melody.
And just thank God you are still alive.
REFLECT :
Find time to relax so you can reflect. Don't end up just relaxing. Don't end up tired and empty because you were too busy to relax and thus found no time to slow down and reflect.
How long has it been now since you have been in this world? What have you done? You have work, but do you have a life? What is really important for you? What do you still want to do or accomplish? How is your family and relationships? And how are you relating with your God?
Is there an area in your life that needs to be healed? Is there excess luggage in your heart? How would you like to be remembered after you are gone?
Questions. Questions. Allow yourself to be questioned by life itself.
REPENT :
We all fall. We all have mistakes and weaknesses. Accept your limitations. Welcome to humanity! Be humble. Visit the "red light" district in the church and make a good confession.
Find time to say sorry to people you may have hurt or just taken for granted. Make time to visit, to write, to call, to text, to email anyone you need to say sorry to.
Is there one bad habit you need to give up? Is there one good habit you need to take up? This is the time for soul-searching. Promise yourself not to go back to the pit of selfishness and sin.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.
RENEW :
Take time to recharge and just be filled up. Renew your contact with God. Don't just sit in the comforts of your home and watch the services of the Holy Week. Make the sacrifice of participating in church. Show your gratitude to the Lord. Make that Bisita Iglesia, that Via Crucis, that Easter Vigil and do it all with gratitude and love.
Renew ties with your immediate family. Make yourself available and vulnerable to them. Tell them in so many ways that you really care. The world is not just you and your family. Reach out. Give and share. The time to give is always now and it is never too late, never too much. Make a generous donation. Go and visit a hospital, an orphanage, an old folk's home or a sick person.
It would be more wonderful if you can do all these with your family. Renew your contact with yourself. Go over old pictures, old letters and files and remember who you were and what you wanted to be. Clean your room and clean your heart of all the "could-have-beens" and "should-have-beens" and accept yourself.
Embrace yourself for what you are and what you still can be.
RESIGN :That's right, resign.
Resign …from places and people which and who do not bring out the best in you ...from vices and sins that are slowly but surely eating you up …from falsehood and pretenses.
Be true. Have substance. No more "japorms". No more "papogi". Just give your best and God will take care of the rest.
Resign to God's will and God's plan for you and you will have peace - that peace of Easter, that peace - which the world cannot give or take away.
Good luck, and all the best as you walk the Holy Week. The road that leads to true life is never easy, but the assurance is there:
It is a road that leads to life, and He, Himself is on the road with you - every step along the way.
A Moment With the Lord:
Lord, help me walk another mile, and help me smile another smile. Just one more smile as I walk the Holy Week with You. Amen.
May the Holy Week be for each of us a week of cleansing, a week of renewal and strengthening of our faith - with hope and with Love.
Advance Happy Easter!
Thursday, April 09, 2009
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Dahil uso ang tennis dito sa OZ, pinasok ko sa tennis lessons si little boy.
I don't expect him naman to win the wimbledon cup. Gusto ko lang e mag enjoy sya. Matuto para pag laki e may sport na alam. Di tulad ko, patintero na lang ang alam e lagi pang balagoong. hehe.
Anyway... one day, isang araw. Tinanong sya ng aming landlord.
Ms. Louise :What do you want to be when you grow up?
Little boy :I want to be a Coach.
Ms. Louise : A what?
Little boy : A tennis coach. I will teach tennis.
Ayos talaga tong si little boy ko. Ayaw lang matuto mag tennis! Gusto pa sya ang magturo. Mukang me future ako dito sa iho kong ito ah. Hehehe.
I don't expect him naman to win the wimbledon cup. Gusto ko lang e mag enjoy sya. Matuto para pag laki e may sport na alam. Di tulad ko, patintero na lang ang alam e lagi pang balagoong. hehe.
Anyway... one day, isang araw. Tinanong sya ng aming landlord.
Ms. Louise :What do you want to be when you grow up?
Little boy :I want to be a Coach.
Ms. Louise : A what?
Little boy : A tennis coach. I will teach tennis.
Ayos talaga tong si little boy ko. Ayaw lang matuto mag tennis! Gusto pa sya ang magturo. Mukang me future ako dito sa iho kong ito ah. Hehehe.
My little bebe.
Ang aking little bebe, susmio e ka-aktibo.
Para sa kanya action speaks louder than words talaga.
Hindi mahilig magsalita, puro gawa!
When he is hungry, he will tug my shirt and bring me to the kitchen.
Pag bored sya sa loob ng bahay, ituturo nya ang garden para dun sya makapaglaro.
Pagbinu-bully sya ng kuya nya, gaganti un sa pamamagitan ng pagtoktok sa kuya nya sabay takbo sa nanay nya.
Pag me gusto maabot, ay wala ng sabi sabi aakyat na lang sya.
Siguro naisip ni bebe boy, "hay hindi ko masabi gawin ko na lang nga!" :p
Para sa kanya action speaks louder than words talaga.
Hindi mahilig magsalita, puro gawa!
When he is hungry, he will tug my shirt and bring me to the kitchen.
Pag bored sya sa loob ng bahay, ituturo nya ang garden para dun sya makapaglaro.
Pagbinu-bully sya ng kuya nya, gaganti un sa pamamagitan ng pagtoktok sa kuya nya sabay takbo sa nanay nya.
Pag me gusto maabot, ay wala ng sabi sabi aakyat na lang sya.
Siguro naisip ni bebe boy, "hay hindi ko masabi gawin ko na lang nga!" :p
New baby?
Little boy : Mommy, me bago bang baby sa tyan mo?
Mommy : Wala. Bakit mo ask?
Little boy : E kasi ang laki ng tyan mo e.
Aba e loko tong kutong-lupa na ito a!
Mommy : Wala. Bakit mo ask?
Little boy : E kasi ang laki ng tyan mo e.
Aba e loko tong kutong-lupa na ito a!
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