Caroleen’s Treasures

I was meaning to write the other day about Pinoy Idol Audition at Cebu aired last Saturday but got preoccupied with other things. First and foremost, FULL BLOODED KAPAMILYA PO AKO But if one is watching GMA I also do….I am not paid naman to watch ABS-CBN but I just loved ABS-CBN so much. Kapamilya since birth. So much of that justification!

What struck me on the show is the blind girl who came from Bacolod. Although she didn’t get the yellow ticket to Manila, for me she is one great singer. She sings and looks like my best-friend Stephanie who also is blind. Here’s our latest photo. 

 Steph and I met 14 years ago. We were classmates in high-school. She still have her gift of sight and we spent so many hours having fun together. Chatting, eating, strolling…….We have totally different personalities but we clicked! She is a good listener while I am good talker. She can sing while I can’t I can draw and paint while she can’t She into boys while I don’t But we also have one thing in common. We both dance

After graduation in highschool, we parted ways. We occassionaly see each other during sem breaks and holidays. Each time we catch up for lost times. I was very happy when she was there on my wedding day (with my two other closest friends). She was one of my bride’s maids wearing her lavander gown and her sweet smile….

When I was seven months pregnant with Ella, we went to Cagayan de Oro and I got to see her there. Too bad that we just had a short talk but it’s worth it. At least I got to show her the wedding pictures. A year after, she and her boyfriend Jan planned to get marry but two months before their wedding they met a car accident which left her totally blind. 

Inspite of her condition, she tries her best to take care of her 3-year-old daughter (Oh, didn’t I tell you that they got married still?), cleans their room and do the laundry. When we are still living in Kabacan, she will send me a text message (Yes! She can send me messages through text) and I will be coming over for an afternoon walk, for a trip to the grocery store, to go find “ukay-ukay” ( which is our fave past time ) or just some girl talk.

Oh by the way, we had a fair weather today. I did the laundry and sat infront of my pc the whole day. Donald sent Ella to get something at the store and she came back with marshmallows too. In the afternoon, she played with her doll house for an hour, when she is done she puts it back on the crate and went to play outside.