MAMEE AGAIN

The best part of my pinas vacation is that I was reunited again after 4 months of being away, from our dearest Mimay. Mamee na ulit ako! I love the feeling sobra. Hearing Mimay calling me “mameeee!!” every minute is music to my ears, really! Kahit nakakahimatay ang anak ko sa kulit, nothing beats the happiness I am feeling because were together again.

Ubod sya ng arte and I loveet! She loves my tint, my lipgloss, my brush, my powder, lotion, perfume and my nail polish! She’s actually wearing red nail polish now! She’s my soulmate haha! This is the bonggang moment of having a daughter, para lang akong ni-reincarnate =)

And she has really grown so much. I’m still in awe everytime I look at her.

Scenario 1: Our Mimay is very appreciative

Her Ninong Dong brought her a new dress from Vietnam.

Mimay: Huwoow dayda ito ninong! Dayda!

Her Ninang Selo cooked kaldereta for her.

Mimay: Ninang Telo salap dereta!

She ate my ate’s kaldereta on her dinner, breakfast, lunch & merienda. Masarap nga siguro :)

I got Dora stuffs for her.

Mimay: Wow dowa! Tingkyu mami! Baybyu!

Scenario 2: Our Mimay is very maarte

We are going to a resort for an overnight. Since gusto ko mag bonding kami, it was just me and her and commute kami dahil hindi naman ako marunong mag drive. So I rented a tricycle so that we can go to the nearest terminal.

Mimay inside the tricycle: Mami ayaw tikel! Kotse lang. Ayaw ko mami, please naman! (sabay hagulgol! Best actress ka anak!)

Scenario 3: May sense kausap

We were inside my Kuya’s car. My kuya and his wife, Ate Jona, are teasing each other while Mimay is listening to them.

Ate Jona to my Kuya: labo mo eh!

Sumingit si Mimay: Di labo! Kita ko ah!

May point ano? :D

Scenario 4: Very bolera

I was going down from our stairs after I changed clothes.

Mimay: Wow gayda mami ko!

Scenario 5: and very HONEST, sobra!

I took off all my clothes as we took a bath together.

Mimay: Seysi mami! Seysi! (sabay palakpak!)

Oh ha! sobrang honest ng anak ko;D

Those were just some of the proofs that our Mimay is grown up already. She can understand things and can communicate really well.

And now that she is finally living here in Dubai with me and Poy, our happiness is immeasurable. No dull moments with Mimay. Despite of her kakulitan, she’s the sweetest. She loves to kiss, hug and cuddle. She’s so charming in her very cute way.

Thank you dear Lord for Mimay.

STILL ALIVE

-written at 2:15pm, July 14, 2011
 
Huwoow after 25 years I am back in blogging! I don’t know where and how to start my come back post. Wala akong kwentang blogger for 2 months, sheym on me!

Well just to update all of you my dear friends, I just came back last Tuesday night here in Dubai from my Pinas vacation. I just reported today for work and I still have ‘vacation hang over’. Tamad na tamad pa ako but I have no choice because I was supposed to return to office last July 12 pa nga. I left my mag ama at home and they are bonding so well, kainggit!

It was a pretty good vacation for me. I get to see my family most especially my siblings which I haven’t seen for more than a year. I was able to sleep in my own bed with my baby Mimay which was really heaven. I get to meet and hang out with some of my friends. I get to eat the foods that I miss from Pinas. I was also able to attend to my daughter’s Baby Fashionista event. And best of all, I was able to witness and be a part of my one & only brother’s long awaited wedding which made me really teary eyed.

It was almost a fantastic vacation only if hubby dear was able to join me. Due to some unavoidable issues in Poy’s work, he wasn’t able to come with me. It was surely the most disappointing and unpleasant incident ever happened to our vacation plans. Sira talaga lahat and it really made my heart cry every night while I was in the Philippines waiting and hoping for him to follow so that we can spend our vacation together. It’s very heart  breaking to attend to my brothers wedding and have our family photo taken without Poy. Sobrang bigat to enjoy things knowing that I left my other half in Dubai. I spent my birthday and our 3^rd wedding anniversary in the plane ALONE. All the out of town trips even our HK anniv tour were cancelled. Goodbye plane tickets and resorts accommodation. It was such a very big disappointment! But just like what we have talked about, every thing happens for a reason. And we have accepted everything positively. We trust God and He knows better than us.

And after 32 days, it feels so good to be back HOME, which is in my bibi’s arms. It was such a high feeling to see him in the airport and feel his soft lips again. His warm embrace made me feel safe and secure. Seeing him smile touched my heart. I miss him, I miss him badly. 

And now, it was such a wonderful feeling to wake up in the morning seeing my husband on the same bed as mine sleeping with our precious Mimay. I cannot explain the happiness, I feel so complete. They are my wealth. I love them to bits.

3 YEARS AND COUNTING…

June 10, 2008, my 24^th birthday, was the date I bid farewell to being Jhanil Cruz to become Jhanil Aguilar and married the most loving man on earth.

3 years back at exactly 12am of June 10, 2008, in a room we rented for the members of our wedding entourage, with the help of focfox, Poy surprised me with a cake and a very beautiful bouquet of flowers in a dim, balloon filled room and danced with me in tears and laughter. Until the last minute of my singlehood, he made me feel so loved and special.

At 5pm of the same day, we sealed our commitment and vow, before the Lord with our very 1^st kiss as husband and wife. It has been 3 years since that most special day of our lives and I have to say that it has been the best 3 years of my life. Marriage did changed Poy but in the most positive ways. And yes, after 3 years, he still makes me feel so loved and special.

I am in love, still so much in love with the same man God has destined to be my husband. I still get goose bumps every time he kisses me. It still warms my heart every time he hugs me. I still get giddy every time he says he loves me. I still look forward to go out on dates with him. I still love the feeling of him holding my hands and tapping me to sleep. And it still excites me to see his text messages, chat messages and long emails every day as if we haven’t seen for ages. 

My Poy indeed is the best husband anyone could ever ask for. Next to God, I owe my happiness and peace to this man. He kept my sanity in times of difficulties, he kept me smiling in times of troubles, truly he is my knight in shining armor.

Bibi, words are not enough to say how thankful I am for having you. Thank you so much for being the best husband, the best provider, the best dad, the best spoiler and the best friend that you can be. I love you so with all my heart. Salamat sa lahat, sobra kitang mahal noon, hanggang ngayon at habang panahon. Happy 3^rd year wedding anniversary bi!

Oh and thank you big time bibi for your wonderful anniversary gift. The best ka talaga! I'm such a spoiled baby always =)

 At dahil birthday ko din, 1 more gift for me, yeehah! Spoiled nga eh, spoiled =)

More years of loving bi! Cheers!

5 YEARS OF HHWWMSSP

I never thought it can actually happen in real life but after five years, I look at Poy and realize that I'm still crazy about him, a lot!

It’s been 5 years since that night in Puerto Galera Batangas where I committed myself to love him, and thank you Papa Jesus because everything went soooo well. At eto nga, 5 years na kami at inlab na inlab pa rin si Poy sa kin ahaha!

Cheers!

BAD BLOGGER!

…raise your right hand! Pwede mag raise din ng left hand including both feet? Hehe.

Life has been really crazy for me for the past weeks. Ang dami nangyari sobra! How I wanted to share them but got no time at all hence my zero blog post for almost 3 weeks. Thank God everything is slowly falling into place now and hopefully, I’m back in regular blogging again.

I don’t want to go in details anymore, it’ll make me think lang of those sleepless nights for 101 family. What’s important is we are now all moving on and that no matter what happened, we all stick together, showing that our friendship is not only for good times but even more in bad times. Although financially hindi pa kami totally nakaka move on haha! And we are getting sick of KFC, ang hirap ng walang kitchen wheew!

But the best part here is we will soon be transferring to our new home :) Super level up! I’ll be blogging that soon. Watch out for our chuchal crib! We are all very excited for it. Here’s a sneek peak of our empty living room with Bert. Take note, salas pa lang yan ;)

Aside from “smoky” issues in our present flat, I have more issues at work. Just like what I shared here, work is making me totally insane. I couldn’t even find time to have a decent breakfast, lunch and toothbrush break. There are lots of emails waiting for my reply, fax waiting for my confirmation, phone calls from banks, shipping lines, agents, suppliers, clients and team mates bugging me about almost everything. Nakakaloka! And the worst part is, my counterpart who has been in my current department for 3 years went for his annual leave. Kamusta naman yun?! Just today, I had my lunch at almost 2pm already and I didn’t even enjoy it because I had to return back to my table. Management hired an assistant for me to somehow lessen my load, but the problem is I have no time to train her and she’s making me kulit more which is very irritating. Sorry pero lalo ako hina highblood sa kanya. Short kwento: I asked this assistant to make some copies of bank documents through the copier machine. I taught her how to use the machine and even asked her if she can do it na and she said yes. After sometime she remained standing in front of the Xerox copier. Siguro she was there na for almost 10 mins.

Me: Where are the copies?

She: This machine is not working.

Me: Really? Let me see…

I put the papers in the feeding tray and made copies. Ok naman si Xerox machine.

Me: There’s nothing wrong in this machine. It’s working.

She: Ohhh!! I see. I forgot to press the start button!

Nani: deadz!

And again aside from work issues, husband and I are facing this dilemma about his passport. Due to an accident in husband’s company, being the Safety Officer, his passport was on-hold in court for investigation. It has been almost 6 months and the case is still on-going so the chance of getting his passport for our upcoming vacation to Pinas is becoming a little wobbly. The case is not really serious as the cause of death of the deceased employee is accident. But as per Dubai’s court procedure, although husband’s company is willing to pay for the blood money, it will really take time and our vacation is coming in less than 3 weeks. This is currently under prayers and we really claim that everything will be okay before our scheduled flight. Join us in prayer guys.

I have to end this post. Masyado ko naexcite and it’s 2 am already. Goodnight!

Happy Friday everyone!

THIS MADE MY DAY =)

I came to office today, Saturday, with a heavy heart. I was absent last Thursday due to fever and pharyngitis and I’m still not feeling okay until this morning. I just NEED to come because of tons of work waiting for me. Sigh!

And as expected, my to do list for today including my backlogs last Thursday, filled almost 3 pages of my notepad. Sigh again! I was really feeling low and sick, but that is not until I overheard my officemate in the powder room singing her heart and lungs out.

“I don’t have to say I’m sorry just because of him, I don’t have to tell forever you’ll not understand, believe meeee, believe meee, oh oh!!”

Naloka ako mga ateh! As in pulang pula sya while singing that with all her might!

To ate,

Super thank you! Dahil sa malupit mong lyrics, nawala ang lagnat ko. Hahaha!!!

1 YEAR NA KAMI!

Last Monday, hubby and I celebrated our first year anniversary here in the Land of Extremes! It’s now been a year since the day me and hubby left our home country to look for a greener pasture. Parang kailan lang, para akong baliw sa airport hanggang sa airplane kaiiyak ng walang humpay. You will not imagine how disastrous I look then. Honestly, I have never dreamed of working abroad. Never in my wildest dreams. But everything changed when we had Mimay. I became praning and worried of her future, of our future as family, hence the decision of coming here in Dubai.   

Hongkong airport, waiting for our flight to Dubai

I just want to praise God for all his blessings to us for the past year of being away from our family. God has always been faithful and kept His promises to us. I remember when we are planning to come here, our family and friends were very much worried because crisis daw sa Dubai. It’s very risky daw. But we believe, in God there is no crisis. True enough, it has been a fruitful and blessed year for me and Poy. 

My endless gratitude to my kumareng Joy for her unselfish love, concern and support to me and Poy. Thank you so so much mare! To my Dubai family and of course to my 101 family for the very warm friendship. Sobrang love namin kayong lahat!

On the sad note, it’s been a year too since we haven’t seen our family. I miss my siblings. I miss my family. I miss all of them so much! 42 days to go... Just the thought of seeing them all soon makes my heart jump in excitement and happiness!

my ate and kuya, they're the best! i miss them much much!

kuya dong (BIL), ate chelo, mommy, ineng, ate jona (SIL), nani & bibi poy

my Quezon family (mom's side)

Again, we bring back all the praises and glory to Jesus! He’s good, all the time!