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*LIVING WITH MY AMERIKANO

* Sometimes, we have to cook "double" - Asian recipe for me and American recipe for him

* English language coach? ... I have him for free!

*Bakit daw magkaiba ang gamit kong tsinelas sa loob at labas ng bahay.

* Got to wear something red on Christmas day and green on St. Patrick's day

* He runs out of the house whenever I cook daing/tuyo or anything with bagoong at patis

* Hamburger at Pizza is lunch or dinner for him... meryenda ko lang yan!

* He wonders how I manage to do "telebabad" for 2 hours or more with my pinoy friends

* TV time with him means english shows dapat , tagalog shows will make him say "huh?" over and over and over and over again

* I love it when he says "pak-pak"... it sounds like something else (if you know what I mean) :D

* I eat kanin, he eats mashed potato or french fries (but he eats rice too if he feels like it)

* When I'm with my filipino friends with him, nakakalito minsan kung english ba or tagalog gagamitin naming language sa harap nya, he doesn't mind though as long as we don't talk bad about him :D

* We don't go to friends/families house uninvited or unannounced. A surprise visit is not his thing. We gotta call ahead of time.

* Our budget includes padala for family sa Pilipinas at inernational long distance call

* Mahalaga ang water heater , microwave oven at aircon sa bahay para sa kanya

* He had to ask me all the time kung pinoy ba yung nasa TV kapag mukhang Asian

* Never been late on our appointments... "american time" is how he calls it

* Sagana ang fridge at kitchen cabinets ng samu't saring sauces, spices at de latang gulay ( Sa akin, ok na basta may patis, toyo,suka, bawang at sibuyas)

* I am forced to like Football and learn the words "fumble" and "touchdown" coz it's pretty much the biggest game here

* He makes fun of my "tabo" sa bathroom

* Kanin for breakfast is a NO NO for him

* Whenever he sees langgam, langaw or ipis.. he acts like it's the yuckiest thing in the whole world

* Payong is used pag umuulan lang daw or pag lola na ako

* Whenever we go to a Filipino house, the host would always ask me kung anong food ang kinakain nya

*He eats breakfast, lunch and dinner ....I eat breakfast, 10am snack, lunch , 4pm snack, dinner at midnight snack ..(with kanin of course)

Inspite of our cultural differences I don't think I'll ever find somebody as wonderful as my Chuck... I love my fun American guy!

*MY FAMILY REUNION...ONLINE

check out what's on my computer screen!

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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!

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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*WHENEVER I HEAR "MOTHER"...

... 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

...from a Child

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

*Pasko na naman...sa Amerika

Dec. 24,2006, 15 minutes 'til 12 midnight here.... kung nasa Pilipinas ako, I'll be at Kalye Cotabato with friends waiting for Noche Buena, may konting inuman ng San Miguel Beer at sing-along with neighbors na halata ang ligaya sa kanilang mga mukha. Lumpiang Shanghai, boy bawang o mani, inihaw na karne o bangus,adobong paa ng manok at left over ulam ang magiging pulutan. Ilang tindero kaya ng balot ang dadaan? Swerte kung may magbo-volunteer manlibre ng beer!...lalo na pag may bagong chismis. Sigurado may malalakas na iba't-ibang radio playing Christmas songs or Videoke na parang may contest kung sino ang may pinakamalakas na speaker na animoy nasa Recto ka during business hours. Siguro mas maraming nanganga-roling dahil last chance na for this year. I can imagine na gising pa rin ang mga bata excited to open their regalo, isuot ang bago nilang damit and go see ang kanilang mga ninong and ninang for pamaskong handog .Malamang maliwanag ang bawat bahay at bukas ang mga pinto na parang sinasabi na welcome kang kumain ng handa nila. Siguro sari-saring pagkain ang matitikman ko mula sa mga bigay ng kapitbahay. Sino na kaya ang lasing ngayon sa kalye namin? May girlfriend na kaya 'yung crush naming "papa" ni Dalya doon? Ano kaya ang suot nya?hmmmmm... May bagong grupo kaya ng tambay ang nabuo since I left? Saan na kaya si Jose na kapatid ni Buro? I wonder kung sino ang may ma-angas na Christmas decoration ngayon? Ano kaya ang patok na handa this year? Nami-miss kaya nila ako? ........Puto bumbong at bibingka.....Syet! Kakagutom!!!

Alas-dose na pala.....same as last year dito...tulog na ang mga kapitbahay ko, laganap ang katahimikan sa paligid...just like another ordinary night...haaaaaay... Siguro mas mabuti pang itulog ko nalang ito kaysa magmukmok dito ....ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz. MALIGAYANG PASKO BAYAN KO! Kaka-miss kayo... :D

*HA! HA! HA!

I read this letter from a website few years ago and i thought it was hilarious. Would like to share it with you guys... Have a good laugh!Sabi nila,this was found on a bench in UP campus.

READ THIS WITH FEELINGS:

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To Marjie,
I am not surprise or wander why Dennis leave you.



Why? What reason you can think about but you're very fat body. I'm
thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and
later, I'm realize that he really can't not beared or stomached to
be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand
you're habit of making pakialam all his walks, and always calling to
their house what time he go home or this or that, and then he say he
get ashame to met you iether in school or in his family and then
asking you to exercise you're very, very, very fat body but you hate
it. you thoughth you're the most prettiest girls he know about ,what
do you think you are "Beautiful Girl" of Jose Mari Chan ???!!!????

even you
are beautiful face (to your think) you do not have the rigth to called me whatsoever or else different name one time or the other for the
real purposed to insults my personality because I'm never call you names before iether in front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I'm don't have any other choice but to called you other different name to like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT AND UGLY SHAPE girl.Shame to you're body that is to a BUDING. You can't not blame Dennis
for exchanging you to me because I'm am the more sexier than you
when you look to us in the mirror.

I'm repeat again that you are like Ike Lozada when she is a girl.

FROM: THE SEXIEST GIRL OF D.M.
PS: You say that I'm the bad breathe. But who is Dennis want to
kissed. Me or you? You or me? And the final is me.
:))

*SULAT NG PAG-IBIG

This was one of the letters sent to me by my far away sweetie pie from the internet wonderland back in August 21, 2001. I always get this "kilig moment" to the highest level everytime I read it...He loves to write and he sure writes pretty good and entertaining letters. He's the most romantic person I've ever known. So glad he's my husband. love him so much and guess what? HE LOVES ME MORE! How cool is that? :D)

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Dear Love of My Life ,

I love , need and want you .

If only you knew how much !

If you were a few time zones closer to me I'd be driving my car right to your door now instead of sitting here helplessly typing a letter to the sweet girl too far away .

I love you , Blenda .

You remind me of a beautiful sunrise in a colorful sky . You always know you're in the company of greatness and no explanation is ever needed .You are like the smile on the face of a happy child , there is only goodness in you .You are like the sweet smell of a sugar cake baking in the oven , you make me think about upcoming pleasures while my mouth just waters .You are like the opening notes to my favorite song , I will never get tired of listening to you and I can even play you with the fingers of my left hand . You are like a cool breeze on a hot sweaty afternoon , because you make me feel good all over my whole body and even refreshed and not tired anymore .You are like everything good I have ever known , only you are much better than any of that ever was !

There is nothing I wouldn't do to show you I love you .

I promise you one thing too and I mean this with all my heart . Once you are here with me , every bit of the imagination I put into making you a "good" letter , I will put all of that instead into loving you in every way I ever can .You will never have to open a door or pull out your chair or anything else a gentleman would do for his lady .If you are with me , you will never even have to lift a finger . Even if I had to sleep in my car and eat dirt for dinner , I would give you a better life .I would like to just cradle you in my arms and rock you softly until you fell gently to sleep .Then I would just quietly watch you and hug you until you opened your eyes again. I think I might have a kiss waiting for you too !

I have such a big hugs and kisses waiting for you, they will put it in the "world book of records" as the biggest longest sweetest most tender hug and kiss ever .


If you had any sickness at all I would be there by your side and never leave you because I would not be afraid to have the same thing you have and we would just have it together . If you had no legs I would carry you .If you had no hands I would feed you and dress you and bathe you . If you had no eyes I would lead you and describe everything I saw to you.No matter what you ever need I will be there for you .No matter what ever happens I will still want to love you and take care of you too.


You are the girl I have dreamed of my whole life I just never knew what your name would be or where or when I would find you or even if I would ever be so lucky as to actually find you .

You are so sweet and wonderful. I only wish you knew how much you mean to me now and always for the rest of time .

I want to hold your hand and walk with you down all the roads of my life and see what the future holds for us both together. When the day finally comes that I have you in my loving arms I will makeit up to you for every second you had to wait , I promise you that with all of my heart and soul.

Since I found you and we have each other I feel just like a new man .There are little changes about me now that I am noticing and they seemed to just happen on their own .I am not just saying this to you I really mean it .

It is like a whole section of my brain , the one in charge of searching for a woman has just shut down because for me the search is over forever.I have found what I was looking for all these years .


To know that now I know where my heart belongs and who it will always belong to just gives me the most peaceful easy feeling there is in this world .


I have you to thank for that , and you to love for the rest of my life .

Can you tell that I'm not in a hurry to go anywhere ? I can just write about anything I want to because I am off from work and not on my way to it .

There is a real good base ball game on tonight .

Enough sports talk !

More love talk !

I love you .

I love you .

I love you .

I love you .

I love you .

I LOVE you.

I love you .

I love you .

I love you .

I love sports . ( ooops ! )

I will make a sport of loving you .

I will be the champion of that new sport .

You can be the judge and give me a score.

I want to get a "10" .

I will earn it too .

I will train hard for all the events in the "loving Blenda olympics" .

I will have a "black belt" in the loving Blenda karate tournament .

I will create a masterpiece in the loving Blenda movie theatre .

I will love Blenda like Blenda loves to be loved , and I will love doing it and want to do it again all the time .

I live for love and only want you .

I think I better send this and start another one incase there was a power failure !

I have typed too much to lose it now !

I love you my dearest one of them all .

kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss ...

C.

be right back...(I have more to tell you)

*How to save sa SuperMarket...according to my husband

1. Look for items on SALE

2. Sometimes price tags fall off, replace it with a cheaper tag

3. BUY ONE GET ONE - if available

4. Fill yourself up with "free taste" stuff

5. SHOPLIFT :D