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11/04/2007

*MY FAMILY REUNION...ONLINE


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NOV. 4, 2007... WHAT A GREAT MORNING IT WAS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY FAMILY ONLINE AND CHAT WITH THEM ALL. WE ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES APART FROM EACH OTHER BUT THROUGH THE "ONLINE CHAT WORLD" , PHILIPPINES, IRELAND AND USA ALL CAME TOGETHER !


I LOVE MY FAMILY SO VERY MUCH AND AS MUCH AS I WANT US ALL TOGETHER PHYSICALLY,I KNOW I CAN'T SO THIS WAS THE NEXT BEST THING.


IT WAS NOT EASY TO TURN OFF THE COMPUTER AND SEE MY SCREEN GO BLANK BUT THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET.


LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT CHAT!

9/27/2007

I GOT MAIL!

I'm so thrilled ...yes I am! It's been a little bit since I last got postal mail from overseas. I'd like to think that the internet technology probably is the main reason why I'm not getting so much anymore and it's not because I'm not my same old lovable self or however you want to put it :P ...


Those new hi-tech gadgets that allow us to be in touch all the time with just one click of that "send" button sometimes seem to cover the fact that we never really "touched" at all. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of text, e-mail and all that kind of stuff but once in awhile it sure feels so good to check my postal mailbox and find a card, a letter or even a package in there waiting for me and not just the regular electric or phone bills and also tons of useless junk mail that always keeps on coming , I'm sure some of you agree on that.


In this internet world nowadays, it's really nice just for a change to see some handwriting from someone I haven't heard from in a long time and to think that the card now in my hand was once in their hand is something that always makes me smile.


However or wherever they found it , in a crowded mall or a street-corner store maybe or even perhaps they just had it saved back in a shoe box under their bed , I know that it took them some time and some effort and it means so much to me.I think about them sitting down as they try to think what to write up and make it interesting , that makes me feel special too.


This card cannot just mail itself to me so that means the person who picked it and bought it and wrote it had to also address it and postage it and deliver it to the post office and they did it all for me! I must be special!


I have a secret drawer in my closet that I only use for handwritten mails and if ever loneliness somehow finds me, I just pull open that drawer , dig in there , read those nice old letters and loneliness has no other choice but to just disappear !


Thanks to my dear friend Cari, you brightened my day greatly with your heartwarming and special card I got today which now sits on top of the pile and is the newest one of my collection....... Know for sure that while this card sits locked in that special drawer ,your friendship is something I take with me every place that I will ever go........


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5/13/2007

*WHENEVER I HEAR "MOTHER"...

0015030914165124_sm_2 ... It reminds me of the flower shop owner who once told me that Mother's Day was the busiest for her and when I asked why, sabi nya ..."I guess it's because not all of us have sweethearts but everybody has a mother" ... it makes sense.


And then I remember my sis-in-law, Sonia, who gave up her better future to Canada so she can have her first baby. Si Iris who always have the pride in her eyes and in her words for Luis. Si Marilyn who checks the expiration date ng mga pagkain for Andre' . My Tita Leny who endured the pain of working abroad, away from kuya King, Jeff and Gene. Ang Lola Tess na laging nag-aalala about Anja and Mac sa lahat ng bagay. Si Nanay Letty who raised my 7 great cousins. My sister Honey who had a dangerous delivery sa hospital and I thank Papa Jesus that she made it alright. Si Riza who taught her family to be closer to God. Si Ate Lisa A. who I find cool to be a mother and kabarkada at the same time nila Jen at Heidie .Si Joyce who won't stop working for her family kahit super dooper payat na.


But most of all, I remember my MOMMY who back in grade school would bring me food in the classroom straight from her night shift work to make sure I won't go hungry. She didn't mind collecting and carrying that heavy balde of "kaning-baboy" from the kapit-bahay & restaurants for the baboys she and my Dad raised so we have extra income for the bills and tuition fees.


I miss the days when she comes home from work and she'd call me from upstairs -- I knew there would be Indian mangoes or toron or pansit at iba't-ibang klase ng prutas na pasalubong nya. It's funny too how she would tell people that I was a "bad girl" but she never forget to say na mabait din ako in some ways .. that sounds fair enough :D .


Even if she didn't buy new stuff for herself or pang-mayamang material things for us, there will always be food in the house...we never get hungry.


We didn't have much, but with all her hard work and love for family, it didn't feel hard at all. I guess that's what "Ilaw ng Tahanan" is all about. What a great inspiration she is and she's always there to guide me kahit sa pagpili ng boyfriend.


She is not a big fan of cooking but when she cooks, it is like eating an out-of-this-world-menu but it sure tasted pretty damn good! Tinolang manok na may toyo, san' ka pa!


We didn't agree in some things, we argued a lot, I made her cry few times but inspite of that she never changed...she loved me with all her heart... I felt it... I still do...always.


Being thousands of miles away from her now, I miss her and all the things she does and I realized how important good mothers are and they deserve to be treated like a Queen. She is a Super Mommy in my whole world and I love her from the bottom of my heart.


Having her and all the great moms around me who had shown good examples of what "Mother" is all about , I will try my very best to be one hell of a Super MOM too someday...just like them... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ! 05/13/07

2/18/2007

...from a Child

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In 1996, Chuck found this piece of paper from a local elementary school where he used to work... He didn't know who owned it but kept it anyway so he could show his friends... Yes, he still has it...and if you're Luset or Tommy, let us know and you can have this back... if we feel like it :D