Caroleen’s Treasures

This morning Eman and I went with Donald and Ella to school. We didn’t stay there actually but instead we went to Ate Lourdes’ house which is just across the street. Ate Lou is the wife of the church treasurer and she and her husband are one of the nicest couples that I ever met. They treat us like family and they adored Ella and Eman so much. 

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Gee, I thought we will spend the rest of the night in darkness. Glad the power was back at 10:30pm after an hour interruption. I am working on the two other rooms in the house for several days now. They needed some organizing. Started both at the same time and I am hopping from one to another and until now neither of it was finished. I had no idea how come it always needs some work when no one uses them. Some of our stuffs are in the middle room and Ella’s toys are in the third room and it seems I am cleaning and organizing it every other month! We even never allowed Ella to go in there to play these past months to avoid a big mess but even so it still looks like it was ran over by a tornado. I can’t work straight because I am breastfeeding Eman from time to time but I am trying to get this done before Ella’s birthday.

Last Saturday, a relative of the church members died of old age so we went to their place this afternoon. There weren’t much people there and the church where the old woman was attending isn’t doing a service. I do not know why. Since the funeral will be tomorrow, Donald arranged a schedule of service with the family and he came back there tonight with other members of the church while Ella, Eman and I stayed at home. I am not going there at night time because it is very far from here and there was no other ride than a motorbike.
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It’s been a year since Charice first appeared on Oprah and she’s back with her debut single “Note to God” which is a part of her debut album that she’s doing with David Foster.

I am speechless! The song wasn’t yet finished but the studio audience were already in standing ovation. I am proud of you Charice!!!!!

Today is my bestfriend’s 28th birthday. A woman of great courage and patience. That is Steph. I sent her a birthday greetings early this morning. We don’t do gift giving as much as other friends do because of lack of budget. hahahaha! Of course we do have priorities now as mommies so we just see to it to have a bubbly chat each time we see each other.

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We had black out for 15 hours since 10pm last night. It was not so bad because it was cold last night even until this afternoon so there was no problem. I usually freak out when power is out because Ella could not sleep without a fan. I learned my lesson with her so I am trying not to get Eman so used with fan. I am always bundle him up or I let him wear socks and pyjamas at night that Ella haven’t experienced. Well I tried it with her when she was not yet a month old but she would be sweating like she was running in a baby marathon and so the dozen pyjamas that I got as gifts went to my cousin’s daughter.

Ella was still having her tutorial class and the teacher talked to Donald about what happened the other day. She went out to run an errand and so a teacher much older than she (the teacher looks like she’s in her early 30′s while the other teacher looks like she going to retire anytime this year) substituted for her. The substitute pretended she doesn’t know how to read what was written on the board. Ella asked her if she could not REALLY read it and asked her to sit down and listen to her while she points each letter, recites its letter sound and read the whole word to her. The teacher could not help but laugh out loud. That’s my gurl! Read more… »

Eman and I had a short play after the worship service, the come-catch-my-nose that we loved to play with Ella when she was still a baby.

We were so strangely early to be ready for the Sunday worship. Eman, my alarm clock, woke me up at the same time that he does each day. I already prepared my lesson for the kids, made their snacks and ironed our Sunday dresses last night so we are pretty much left without nothing to do than to take a bath. Ella wouldn’t want to wear the dress I picked but I insisted because she will outgrow it tomorrow. hahahahaha! Not really that soon but you know how kids grow so quick like weeds. Read more… »

One October night, Ella painted my face and so I did the same to her. She doesn’t want to take a bath the following day so she could wear it to school and show it off to her classmates.

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Nagawi ako sa isang blog na naging inspirasyon ko na sumulat sa Tagalog. Gustong-gusto ko noon pa na sumulat sa Tagalog ngunit lagi kong nakakaligtaan. Masyado naman kasing mahaba kapag itinagalog ko pero ngayon susubukan ko para naman maski isang beses lang sa tanang buhay ko bilang blogger ay maranasan kong ‘di dumugo ang ilong ko.

Parang kailan lang, sakay kami ng isang trak mula sa Davao patungo dito sa bayan na naging tahanan namin sa mahigit isang taon. Ika-2 noon ng Mayo taong 2008. Isang taon na pala mula noong nadiskrube kong nawawala pala ang isang paa ng mesang plastik ni Ella. ‘Di ko alam kung paano ito iniayos ni Donald sa likod ng trak, ang sabi niya iyong binatang kasama nung drayber ang siyang pinag-abutan niya….ay ewan basta ang alam ko inilipad ito ng hangin at sa sama ng loob ko napaiyak ako dahil heler….wala kaya kaming datung para ipambili ng bagong mesa. Wala ring kalaman-laman ang bahay na dinatnan namin kundi ang isang gahiganteng mesa na kung kumakain kay parang nakatingala ka sa langit. Eh hindi naman din pwedeng paa niya ang ikakabit ko sa mesang plastic ‘di ba? Mahal na mahal ni Ella ‘yong mesang ‘yon at mula pa noong mahigit isang taon pa lang siya ay kasama na niya ito. Nasa daan pa lang kami noon iniisip kong ang mesang ‘yon ang mesang pagsusulatan at pagdro-drowingan ni Ella. Dito din siya kakain o kaya kaming tatlo gaya nung nasa maliit naming kuwarto sa Davao pa kami. Mag lilimang taon na siya nung naghiwalay sila at ewan bakit ako ang masyadong apektado. hahahaha! Read more… »

He does that everyday before and right after his bath. The same position, the same direction. Was is the reason why he grew to be this big at 48 days?

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Our regular visitors hadn’t showed up so we spent the entire day staring at each other.

EDITED:

They came at 10pm while I just finished writing the first sentence and was uploading some photos during our trip to my hometown. Since there was no interesting thing happened today (except that Eman still had fever from his shots which is not interesting at all), I decided to make a “photo post” about my grandfather’s funeral and other happenings after. Read more… »