KALORKEI!

Guys I have a little, as in little problem now. Help me nga.  It’s about this dalaga in below photo.

Mimay’s 2 years and 3 months old and as early as now, we are teaching her the alphabet, how to count, body parts, etc. I think it’s normal for her age to learn that. She keeps on bugging me that she wants to go to school na daw so I bought her school stuffs like books, activity pad, pencils, colors and even a bag. I also bought these flash cards with alphabets and numbers. In our room, we posted different kinds of animals, fruits and colors for Mimay to see. She loves watching alphabet in the You Tube too.

With that, Poy and I are patiently teaching her to learn the “basics”. But we notice that if teaching time na, may mga gantong pasabog na eksena ang bruha:

Scene 1:

Mamee: Mimay let’s count ha? Game. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Mimay: Wan, Tu, Tyi, Por…

Mamee: Oh what’s next?

Mimay: Mamee tulog tayo! (sabay hikab!)

Echoserang bata! Ayos sa excuse!

Scene 2:
Mamee: Mimay, today Mamee will teach you different colors. You understand baby?

Mimay: Wag na ganyan usap mamee!

Scene 3: while I am showing her the wooden alphabet toy we bought for her.

Mamee: Mimay A is for

Mimay: Apol!

Mamee: B is for

Mimay: Bee!

Mamee: C is for

Mimay: Car!

Mamee: D is for

Mimay: Duck

Mamee: Very good baby! E is for

Mimay: Elepante!

Mamee: Anak, it’s elephant.

Mimay: Elepante nga yan mamee oh!

Mamee: Ok, next na lang. F is for (showing her a fish drawing)

Mimay: Nemo! (with full of confidence!)

Then one night I heard Mimay and Poy like this:

Dadee: A is for

Mimay: Apol!

Dadee: B is for

Mimay: Basag!

Kamote! Poy just slaps his forehead! Honestly, we don’t know where she learned that. Pero tama naman no? =D

My friends Lyn, Len, Jo, Carl and Jay are also patient in teaching Mimay.  Especially Jay. Iisang damdamin kami nyan in our plans (and prayers) of teaching Mimay learn how to speak English. Goodluck to us Jay! Last night, I saw Mimay, Jay and Carl teaching Mimay the alphabet.

Eto ang laging sagot ng Mimay:

§  Mamaya mamaya ha?  (u have to hear her tone in saying that, katawa promise!)

§  Tama na yan ha?

§  Wait wait lang.

§  Or worst, deadma kemberloo sya.

… sabay itatabi na nya lahat ng alphabet toys nya under our bed. Change topic na lang daw haha! Pero ilabas mo nail polish, make up at iplay ang “baby” ni Justin Bieber, 100% sure attentive yan!

I’m wondering why would she be tamad of this entire alphabet and counting churvas eh wala naman sya pagmamanahan. I love learning, I love to go to school, I’m excited everytime we have new topics in school. I never get bored on any subjects. Same with Poy, consistent honors yang bibi ko. But why our Mimay is like this?

Shall I take it seriously that she’s not fond of learning? Or masyado ba ko judgmental sa anak ko? Hahaha! Parang pagdating kasi sa kakirihan at kalokohan ang galing eh, pero pag alphabet, colors and numbers laging change topic =D

You guys think it’s normal? When is the right time ba to teach her? Any tried and tested suggestions?

SHE’LL BE BACK… SOON!

Guess who’s coming back in Dubai soon?

Yeap, it’s no other than Mimay’s Naynay!

Mimay with Naynay's visa!

Ay tumbling ang anak ko sa saya for sure when she gets to see her naynay again after 1 month. And likewise, cartwheel din for sure si naynay when she gets to see her luka lukang apo again. Haha!

As initially planned kasi, Mimay will be taken cared of by a nanny while me and Poy are in the office. Si naynay mga October pa sana susunod here in Dubai. But after sometime, we noticed that the current set-up is not healthy for Mimay. Ganito kasi, the nanny is 20 minutes bus ride away from our flat. Poy will drop Mimay there in the morning and I’ll be the one to pick her up in the evening. In the morning, we have to wake up Mimay at 6:30 because the bus will leave at 6:40. Imagine tulog na tulog pa si ineng, bubuhatin na sya ni Poy at isasakay ng bus. Then he will leave Mimay with the nanny and as expected, crying galore si Mimay. Very traumatic for her. Then I’ll come at 7pm to pick her up, travel back by bus to our flat and we have to make her sleep before 10pm because she has to wake up early the following day.

After a week in this arrangement, Poy and I had a serious talk that we cannot see Mimay everyday like that. Wawa our baby. According also to Jessica, the one who baby sits Mimay, our baby is crying for almost the whole day. She’s not sleeping and keeps on asking for me and Poy. She’s becoming matamlay din daw. “She’ll get used to that set-up”, sabi nila. But if you’re in our situation, seeing your daughter like that is very painful. We couldn’t even work affably in office because we keep on thinking about her, texting Jessica, calling her every now and then and telling us that Mimay is still crying. It’s really a torture not only for Mimay but to me and Poy as well.

When she gets home in our flat, she’s very active naman. She loves playing with our housemates. And with that Poy and I realize, that’s the real Mimay - masaya, makulit and hyper. And we want her to be like that always. And so we decided that it’s either I stop from working and take care of Mimay or Naynay must come with us the soonest possible. We agree on the latter. Because it will not be practicall too if we will stay in Dubai, with all the expenses, if I will not work. Poy doesn’t want us din naman to go back in Pinas, it’s not healthy daw for our family na hindi kami sama sama. I actually agree with that, hindi ko rin naman kaya to be away from him. Hence, our decision of having Naynay back in Dubai.

naynay with the ex-101, now 214 babes!

With this sudden decision, malamang sa malamang eh alamang muna uulamin namin dahil sa mahal ng visa at airfare ni naynay haha! Okay lang, everything and anything for Mimay. What’s more important is, Mimay’s in safe hands and she’s happy. We’re happier that way =)

Update:

Yesterday, Poy requested his boss to allow him in the night shift until Naynay’s here already so that we don’t need to send Mimay to the nanny. And God is really good for giving a super bait boss to my husband. Yes, for the meantime, Poy will be on a 10pm-6am work schedule. So he’ll be incharge with ineng in the morning. Yey! All praises to HIM!

NOSE BLEED

Shallow as it may sound, but one of the main reasons why husband and I wanted Mimay to stay here with us in Dubai is because we want her to learn to speak in English. We just find kids speaking in English so adorable! 

But it’s not easy pala especially if you have a kid like Mimay. We find it hard to teach her dahil mas marunong pa sya sa min. Kaloka! Just the other night, hubby is teaching Mimay the body parts. Actually she knows it na, yun nga lang tagalog version.

Poy: Mimay show me your ears.

Mimay: deadma galore

Poy: Neng where are your ears?

Mimay: deadma still

Poy: Neng these are your ears (pointing to Mimay’s ears)

Mimay: Dadee tenga! Tenga yan.

One time naman, I was trying to talk to Mimay in English. Tingnan ko lang ba reaction. She’s listening naman pero after a while eto ang sabi ng loka.

Mimay: “Mamee wag ganyan usap, please naman!”

Eto pa, Thirdy, his playmate in Jessica’s place can only understand English. Sa daldal ng anak ko at sa dami ng sinasabi, walang reaction si Thirdy. So ayun, hindi sila nagkakaintindihan pareho. Eh di masaya walang away haha!

Then last Thursday night, we visited my kumareng Joy and my inaanak Lexie in their new flat. I have known Joy since our highschool days in Letran, Beautiful Girl yan ng Eat Bulaga =) Then we became classmates and friends in college. Our friendship didn’t stop when we graduated. It blossomed as we mature and eto nga, magkumare na kami ngayon. So it’s really a delight for us to see our baby playing together. It’s like our friendship is becoming deeper as our babies are becoming friends too.

At first, nagpapakiramdaman pa ang 2 bagets then after sometime habulan to the max na sila. They were laughing or more of screaming the whole time. Parang binagyo ang room nila mare because of the 2 kids. It was almost perfect, yun lang hindi na naman sila magkaintidihan haha! Spokening dollar din kasi ang lola lexie nyo while Mimay is not. We had a good laugh when we overheard their short talk.

Lexie calling Mimay: C'mmon c'mmon! (slang version of come on, come on!)

Mimay: Anu yun?

Mimay while pointing the story book to Lexie: Lexie basa basa!

Lexie: super clueless, walang reaction :D

And before we leave my kumareng Joy’s flat, eto ang ending: NOSE BLEED ang anak ko sa English ni Lexie harhar! And the winner in round 1 is Lexie!

We therefore conclude, ang English ay totoong nakaka nose bleed. Hay anak, we really have to do something with your English. We have to prepare you before you meet Andino. Baka mya mya nyan, himatayin ka na anak =)

THANKFUL ME

I posted this photo in FB the other week ata. Sarap ng tulog ng mag ama ko no?

Poy filed a 2 weeks local leave since we came back from Pinas hence I am the only one waking up in the morning to go to office. But starting tomorrow, Mimay will have to stay with her baby sitter until we get the visa for naynay. We are praying so hard that everything will go smooth. I hope our baby girl will not cry if we leave her with Jessica. It’s a good thing there’s a 2 yr old boy staying in Jessica’s place, atleast Mimay will have a playmate.

Hay the cons of being a working parent. How I wish we are ultra rich so that hubby and I don’t need to go to work. Yung tipong gigising kami ng late then we’ll play with Mimay the whole day, go to mall, shopping, dine out and go out of town or out of the country trips. Ain’t life easier that way?

But on a lighter note, we are thankful that hubby and I have a good job to support Mimay’s needs. It just came to my senses that I should not be complaining because we have been too blessed with many things in life and we give back all the praises to Him alone. Thank you Bro!

SHOO AWAY

…Bungang Araw! You are not welcome!

Because of the temperature rising to its peak here in Dubai, our dear Mimay got these unsightly heat rashes all over her tummy. Super kawawa si ineng because she keeps on scratching her tummy even when she’s sleeping. I was told by a friend that it’s normal to suffer from these nowadays especially here in Dubai, so I guess Mimay’s skin is also adjusting with the temperature. Super lamig inside our flat but when we go out, even at night, it’s still extremely humid and hot.

"mamee init dito!"

To prevent the rashes from spreading, I temporarily stop the use of fragrant bath gel for Mimay. Now she’s back to Lactacyd muna because it’s gentle in the skin. I don’t use cologne and lotion too on her tummy to avoid probable infection. I read also in the internet that I should wash Mimay as often as possible to cool her down and I must not let her wear tight clothes. So anak losyang clothes ka muna for the meantime.

Also, I found this thread in the net regarding kids having ‘bungang araw’ after arriving to Dubai. I learned from them that heat rash usually goes away on its own but some prickly heat powder may help to control the itchiness.  I also found out about this Sudocrem which they said is very effective to heat rashes. We’ll see. I already told Poy that we will get this cream for our baby girl.

Will update you on the improvement on my next post!

JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS

Since I am not busy today, I thought of sharing something to all of you. Basta secret lang natin ok? I’ll not post this in my FB so that Poy will not get to read this hehe. But don’t get me wrong, Poy knew about this, I shared this to him already kaya lang hindi nya feel. He was mad actually. Basta wala lang to, gusto ko lang talaga ishare =)

One day during my vacation in Pinas, I went to Festival Mall in Alabang to look for shoes to wear for my kuya’s wedding. Festival Mall is the nearest decent mall from our place in Cabuyao Laguna. While I was wandering in the mall, I bumped to someone very very very familiar to me. I was stunned. Eventhough we haven’t seen each other since our break up, it’s as if I still know him very well. I’m sure he was surprised to see me too, or he’s more of na-star struck if I may say haha!

Yeap, I bumped with my ex, my 1^st boyfriend for almost 6 years. After more than 5 years of not seeing each other I must say he looks better now. We have a 10 years age gap eh but he doesn’t look his age. I must commend his wife for that. She must have taken care of him really well.

He was with his friend when I saw him and they invited me for a dinner. For old time’s sake, I agreed. I don’t want him din naman to think that I’m snob. We had a good 6 years together so I think there’s nothing wrong if I’ll come with them. It feels good to catch up on him again. Walang ilangan and we had a good conversation, tawa pa rin kami ng tawa like before. I learned that he has 2 kids now, a boy and a girl. I also learned that he’s very successful now with his business which I believe sobrang dinedeserve nya. He’s a good man, respected, well mannered and a gentleman.

He told me that he wouldn’t be where he is now, strong and determined, if I wasn’t once became a part of his life. I am so proud of what he has become now.

Till we meet again! God bless you, and your kids Aiz and Airah!

SO SORRY GUYS

This post is dedicated to my friends, former officemates and cousins whom I wasn’t able to visit during my Pinas vacation. Sobrang sorry talaga. I feel that my vacation is not sulit because I miss to see all of you.

First of all, I think it’s a known fact to everyone that the original plan was I’ll be coming to Pinas with Poy. Everything is settled and we already have a daily schedule to follow so that we can maximize the 30 days vacation given that I need to attend to Mimay’s Baby Fashionista’s activities and ofcourse to help out in my brother’s wedding.

Unfortunately, hubby wasn’t able to come with me in my flight to Pinas, susunod daw sya. Most of our plans for the 1^st week of my vacation were deferred. I asked him if its okay for me to pursue with our initial schedule and that is to meet up with some of my friends and former officemates. But hubby requested to wait for him dahil uuwi naman daw sya, he’ll come with me daw. So since hassle din naman if I commute because I don’t drive and I am an obedient wife, I waited for him.

After a week, his flight was postponed again and again and again until ayun he wasn’t able to follow na because his flight to Pinas was scheduled on our flight naman back to Dubai. And the decision of him not coming for vacation to Pinas was finalized as in 5 days na lang before my flight back to Dubai. Kangarag talaga! Wala pa akong nagagawa because all I did was to wait for Poy in Pinas, yun sabi nya eh. Even yung pagpunta ko sa PAGIBIG at SSS, hintayin ko daw sya. Susme talaga tong asawa ko!

Well, it’s not that I am blaming Poy. Gusto ko rin naman yung ginawa ko. Nakakakonsensya din naman kasi to go out, have fun and parteey with friends knowing that my husband is very depressed because he cannot go for vacation. Feeling ko din, hindi rin ako mageenjoy kasi for sure text ng text at tawag ng tawag yang si Poy haha! Jowk bi!

So for my last week in Pinas, I tried to squeeze all my activities in 5 days! I went to Salon, to SSS, PAGIBIG, to my former office, met up with ‘some’ of my friends, slept over in my inlaws house, bought all the bilin’s and pasalubongs, attended the finals of Mimay’s Baby Fashionista, etc etc etc. Ngaragers to the nth level! Along with all that activities, I had to pack pa all my things as well as Mimay’s. Eh mas madami pang gamit tong anak ko kesa sa akin. Feeling ko talaga maloloka ko sa dami ng dapat kong gawin before our flight back. I was sleeping at 2 am and waking up at 7am all throughout that last week. Hello eye bags!

I think that explains well why I wasn’t able to visit all of you my dear cousins in Pagbilao Quezon, my officemates in Sumiden and Nissan esp Malen, Gallardo family & baby Joro, my foc fox sweethearts Eon and Arman, my LB friends Eyen and Jaja, hubby’s cousins in Majada esp Elvie… hay ang dami dami kong na miss sobra! I wanted to meet pa sana my mommy blogger friends Mae, Jhan, Sapphire Mommy & their cutie babies but since di naman ako marunong mag drive because hubby’s not with me, I have no choice kundi manahimik sa bahay. Hay it’s about time na talaga for me to learn how to drive so that it will be atleast easier for me to escape next time hehe. Ang hirap din kasi to go out because it was raining hard in Pinas then I have to commute.  

So ayun, please accept my sincerest apology guys! Sisihin nyo lahat si Poy wag ako ha? ;) I’ll make bawi next time. Kisses!