Jiltedsummer Welcomes Back TL

Sa wakas

After months of being away from the blogosphere...

TL is finally back!

But

Di na sya single!

At di na rin sya Crazy Life!

It's now McBee!!!!

Welcome Back!!!

Sticks and stones can break your bones

if there's anger to impart;

spiteful words can hurt your feelings

but silence breaks your heart

Wedding and Reunion

Sa mga di nakapunta sa wedding ni Topher, you missed the fun and the joy we witnessed during the celebration! Bleah!
December 26, 2009, Manila Cathedral, Intramuros. It was a perfect weather for a wedding. Pero bago tayo mapunta sa kasal, marameng bloopers ang nangyari.

Meeting place is in Balibago, Jolibee. After waiting for Arcee, Hennie, Mel and Rose we decided to pick Vina at her place. Ang Vina, di sinipot ng make up artist na dapat mag memake up kay Issey, her daughter, since kasama sya sa entourage. Kaya ang Vina, 6am nangatok ng parlor in their subdivision. And guess what! Nakakita sya ng parlor na slightly open na that very early. Eto ang catch, di sya talaga parlor! Barber shop sya na half parlor! Wahehehe!!! Buti na lang, may bading na stay in dun. Ginising nun mama un bading at sinabi na may customer sya at ayun, mega tayo ang bading at pagkalabas ng maliit na kurtina, may hawak ng blower si bading!!! Taraan!!! Walang hilamos at walang mumog mumog!!! Wahehehe!!!

Di na pede magpakachoosy si Vina at wala na syang choice, kaya ayun. Samakatuwid, naayusan naman si Issey. Good grief!

Habang naghihintay kame ng tropa sa bahay ni Vina, biglang nagtext sakin si Alex. On the way na daw sya. Since wala na kame sa Jollibee, sabi ko dumerecho na lang sya sa Walter Mart, at dun na lang namen sya pipick up-in dahil nakaalis na nga kame sa Jollibee Balibago at mas madali since malapit dun sa place nina Vina. Alam nyo ba ang sagot nya sakin? " Sang Walter yan? May Walter Mart ba sa Pacita?"

Nagpapatawa ata itong si Alex. So sinagot ko sya, "Sino naman may sabi sayo sa Pacita ang meeting place?". At ang shocking revelation, " IKAW!!! Tinext mo sakin kagabi sa Jollibee Pacita!!"

Nanginig ang katawan ko sa sobrang pagkashock! Napa OMG ako to the highest level! Ako pala ang may sala! Di ko man maalala na un ang tinext ko, di ko rin makita sa sent items ko na un nga ang message ko. Then na realize ko na pupungas pungas pa ako nun nagsasagot ako ng text messages yesterday. Tulog nga kase ako ng pasko. Ahehehe. No choice tuloy kame kung di balikan si Alex sa may Southwoods at dun na lang sya pick up-in.

Malinaw na sana ang usapan, sa toll gate siya baba. After 5 minutes of waiting, we called her up. On the way na daw sya. Kung ano anong subdivision na nga daw ang dinadaanan nya. So kampante na kame. After 5 minutes, wala pa rin ang Alex. Tinawagan ulet namen. Shet! Cannot be reached na! Eto ang second OMG ko to the highest level!!! It was almost 8 am and we couldnt bear to wait that long dahil 9 am ang wedding. 3 na kame kumukontak sa kanya. Talagang patay pa rin ang phone nya.

Nagpakatulala muna ako. Habang naghihintay ng Alex na bumungad sa harapan ko, nagiisip din ako kung hihintayin pa nga rin namen sya. Hanggang sa, nakatanggap ako ng text from her. Ang lola pala ay nakasakay sa jeep na pa-Alabang! Hindi yan dadaan ng Southwoods! Another OMG!!! Ahahaha!!

At dahil dito, nauna na lang kame at si Alex nagcommute na lang to Intramuros.

Nagkita kita rin kame pagdating sa simbahan. Ito na ang reunion.

L to R: Me, Alex, Rose, Hennie, Issey and Vina

L to R: Mel, Rose, Me, Henry, Issey, Hennie and Vina

L to R: Vina, Mel, Hennie, Issey, Henry, Rose and Arcee.


First row: Henry's mom, Hennie and Mel, Rose, Alex and Vina.
Second row: Me, Arcee, Gladie with Gaea and hubby Alvin.


L to R: Henry, Hennie, Mel, Rose and Alex

Pagkatapos ng Sakalan, este Kasalan derecho kame sa reception - sa Ilustrado. So Spanish right?

Dito nagkahiwahiwalay na kame. Naunahan na kase kame kaya no choice kung di makisingit na lang sa mga mga bakante. But at least kasama ko pa rin si Vina.Pagkatapos ng kainan. Balik sa tradition, ang Wedding garter.

Ang catch, kailangan nilang mag limbo!!! So patigasan ng tuhod ito!!! Aheheh!!! Ang Arcee, magaling tumakas, nakapuslit!!!

This is Jake, trying his luck!

Sa mga girls naman, may twist din. "Hep! hep! Hooray!" naman ang game. Pero this time, "Chris" and "Marie" ang sasabihin. So eto kameng lahat ng "contestants" with the bride.



And guess what? Nakalusot ako! Buti na lang nakapagpractice ako sa office kapag may ganitong game!! Ahaha!!! Kinarir ko ba talaga? Hmmm... Di naman, di ako masyado pinagdiskitahan ni ateng host e. When we were down to 3 na... ito na ang drama...


Kailangan hilahin ang ribbon sa bouquet ni bride. Sa 3 ribbon na yan, isa lang talaga ang nakadikit sa bouquet. Effort si ateng nasa right sa paghila di ba? Ahehehe!!! Ako, nagdadasal na ako jan... na sana wag ako!

At ang kinalabasan...

Tadaan!!!

Ako ang biktima!!!

Di pa jan natapos yan... May ganitong eksena pa!


At ng natapos na ang ganitong kaganapan, more bonding na kame with the groom. Nagalisan na ang lahat ng tao pero naiwan pa kame... at nilamutak namen ang wedding cake!!!

There you go. It was really worth it. Actually, kahit na pauwi na kame sobrang saya pa rin namin. We started reminiscing our high school days and we got the chance to update ourselves with the latest. Bitin pa nga e. Walang traffic kase kaya saglit lang byahe namen. Sana magkaroon pa ng maraming ganito. And prove that our friendship can stand the test of time.

Season Greetings

I spent half of the day sleeping because I have work last night. But I hope it's not too late to greet the world a very Merry Christmas.

Most of you may have spent your Christmas with your family and relatives. Usually it is during this season that you get to spend time with them so I really hope you were able to have that good talk and felt the spirit of the season.

Again, Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

Nursing Dad

It was dad's third time to be confined in the hospital for this year and it has been always the same concern; shortness of breath. During his confinement, mom and I took turns on nursing him. Most of the time, I would find my self asleep. (What do you expect since I go straight to the hospital after work!) But this time made a difference...

Why?

Because....

There's a pc!!!:D

See me playing Farmville? Aheheh!!!

So while the nurses were busy busting in every hour I didn't get irritated for disturbing my sleep. Cuz I wasn't asleep at all!

The nurses were scanning his legs here. Belive me, this took 2 hours!!!

My Folks.

We stayed in the hospital for 4 days. He felt better but I know we would still have future visits here in the hospital. I just hope he would take the doctor's advice to stop smoking.

The New Crib

Soon, we will be leaving this old house. Did I hear you say "again"? Ahehehe... Funny truth is yes, we will be leaving this house and will finally be housed in a home that is completely ours! Another funny thing is that we will still be living in the same subdivision. Which would mean that we have moved 3 times within the same village!Weird? Nah. We just love the place and we found ourselves comfortable with it. Even the kid's school is near the area so it is really accessible.

Compared to where we are residing, the house itself is a bit smaller since the back of the house has not been constructed and is not included in the number of rooms. Although the new house has a garage and a little garden.

Recently, we found ourselves busy sorting stuff already. Since the house where we are moving to is smaller, we have to make sure that the things that we would be bringing wouldn't eat up all the space in the house.

This part is a bit hard for me. Remember that I'm a pack rat?

Let me show you some pics of the new house:

The front view of the house

Still the front view.

This would be me and my son's room. What is the color? Ahehehe!!! Tough part is all my curtains and bedsheets are green.

This is my folk's room. The biggest room of course.

The cabinet in Alych's room.

The living room. Color is peach. Tiles compliment the color of the wall.

The view from the living room.

Kitchen. Seriously I dont know if we are going to keep this color. I hope not!

The extra kitchen, called the dirty kitchen.

This is the door that would lead to mom and dad's room in the future.

Uhmm... Garage?

The little garden

Second week of January is the date. We are starting our new year at the new crib. Hope that it would bring good luck. Excited? Definitely...

Happy Holidays at Work

I am not ranting. But yeah sometimes can't help but think how call center representatives, customer service agents or whatever who might want to call it celebrate their holidays when there is a high need to be at work. It would just be a coincidence if your rest days fall on the dates of the merriment.

I can still recall my very first year as an agent, when I had to celebrate Christmas at work. The company provided free lunch but not have a party when the clock strikes 12mn. Still we had to consume 1 hour lunch and go back to our stations, no extra time to call family and friends to greet them.

Also, my first New Year celebration in the same company, we had free lunch for an hour and again no extra time to make personal phone calls. This time, we witnessed the fireworks in the area and we were amazed how it looked like from where our building stands. I remember that at one time, I placed the call on hold and rushed through the big window to watch the wonderful colors of the fireworks and also to hear the loud bang followed by a spread of light in the sky.

In my entire career as a CSR, it was only last year that I had the chance to be with my family. We were indeed lucky because our rest days fell on these dates.

For this year though, it will be another year like the first time. When the clock strikes 12, I would be saying my greetings to my colleagues. I would not be able to witness the smile at my son and niece's face as they open my gifts for them. My son has been long asking for him to open the gift but I impose patience. Good thing that my son obeys me ☺. I have filed for a leave for Christmas but the status is still pending. I can't think of any ways then to be with my family if my leave would not be approved. Most companies implement a strict compliance in terms of attendance on these critical days. And being away from work without any reason would mean a sanction that would be kept in our 201 file as long as we are with the company. Sucks right?

It saddens me to think that parents like me cannot be with our loved ones on these days that only happen once a year. You're not even sure that the next time these celebration come, you may have your chance to be with them again. This is honestly one of the disadvantages of working in a call center. Despite its perks, it also takes away your time to be with your family even on regular days since you have a different day and night compared to the normal schedule.

Again, I am not ranting. But I hope someday I would have the choice to be with my family.

A Night with Her

You may have already read a post here about my bestfriends. Despite my busy scheds, I still have the longing to be with them even for just a short while to keep the relationship burning. After a lot of postponement, I finally had the chance to visit her... and her twins!!!

She is 3 months on the way and yes she is having a twins!

Aside from that, they have just moved to their new house! New life with new kids being expected, I guess she is very happy of all the things life's giving her.

Isn't she really lucky?

Godmother to Uno

It is a common practice in our country to celebrate a child's baptism. This is honestly the third time that I was asked to be one of the godmothers and attended the ceremony.

This time I am a godmother to a baby boy!

Welcome Uno Joaquin to the Christian World!!!

Together with a few colleagues, we witnessed the ceremony where baby Uno was baptised by water. According to the Bible, the symbolism of baptism declares that three things happen to believers who are baptized: (1) they die with Christ to their old self; (2) they rise with Christ to become a new creature; and (3) they are incorporated in their new life with a living community which looks for the coming of the Lord (Romans 6:1-11). Water Baptism.

Another part of the ceremony is the lighting of candles by the godfathers and godmothers. It demonstrates that the light it gives off is the light of Christ. The candle represents Jesus Christ, who said of himself, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life." (John 8:12). Candle Lighting

With Yron and Abi.

Together with all Godmothers: (L-R) Kaye, Hazel's friend, Aldrin (Uno's dad), Hazel (Uno's mom), ME,Hazel's friend, Abi and Roxee.

Of course I have my big boy with me to witness the ceremony as well.

After the ceremony, can't wait to play with baby Uno! See baby Uno opened his mouth like I did!!!

And this makes it official, that Hazel and me are now "Magkumare"!!!