Kudos

to Maria Lourdes Bulusan! for passing the Nursing Licensure Exams!

Finally the long wait is over, the results were out yesterday, August 26, 2007, almost 2 months after the exams.

We've been checking on sites for a couple of weeks, kasi sabi dati Aug. 15 lalabas ang results, but then they said towards end of August pala. I've heard from Mame about the news, so we checked right away sa inquirer.net. Voila! Another Bulusan in the lists of passers.

I actually had a dream of Baby (her nick at home) being the top 3 among the examiners. hehe well, good thing Jeff and I didn't push through with our bet nyahaha! =D But seeing her name in the list is a lot lot better than any other. =D I'm sure Tatay and Nanay are very happy about it.

This calls for a celebration! .....oops too bad we're here, we can't celebrate with them. But I think she and Tatay are coming over to SG for a vacation. wooohooo! may bisita ulet kame!

To my hipag, congrats and good luck! hmmm... ibig ba sabihin nito eh pwede na mag-bf?? hehe *tago from kuya ilo* =D

entry for mame

Mother's day has always been a yearly celebration for most of us. Some are having a grand celebration.. for some greeting their moms, a kiss , a hug, some flowers are more than enough to make this day memorable.

Since i've been away from home, I never gave so much attention to celebrating this important day. Now I value my mom more. I used to only greet my mom before. no kiss, no hugs. Just a simple, "happy mother's day mame". no extra sweet gestures. its uncommon for us to show such actions, we didn't grew up that way.

Now i have to settle for greeting mame through the cellphone. just hearing her voice. i'm glad that they are happy at home, that my ate adette is there to greet her also. This time, even if I wanted to hug her and personally thank her for bringing me this way, i can't. I'm just thankful that I was with her through the most troublesome part of her life. I'm thankful that I was her "alalay" during the time that we still have our small carinderia, because I learned a lot through that experience.

at times when she couldn't smile due to fatigue and to much stress. i used to get annoyed. i used to think..what kind of mom is she, she always work. she got no time for her family. she's easily irritated. she whines about small stuffs that i cannot do well. oh dear, now i understand everything.. that she's just human. she worked in order for me to finish college (thanks to the carinderia). she gets tired too, feels pain. but i was too preoccupied then to understand everthing. and now, as I said, I do.

I think the only way I could show my gratitude to my mom is by being a good mom as well to my future children. I hope I could be just the kind of mother that they need me to be.

Happy mother's day to all the mommies out there. to nanay (my mother-in law), thanks for accepting me and loving me as your true daughter. and for mame, i love you..salamat po sa lahat.

gong xi fa cai !!!

yehey! ang sarap pa lang new year dito. pinapauwi kame ng maaga ng boss ko.. woohoo! buti na lang nag paalam si terry na kailangan na nya umuwi.. so, to be fair.. uwi kame lahat ng maaga. yehey! ulet =D meron pa ko bitbit na 2 ponkan! sana may tikoy din noh? mwehehehe

start na ng bakasyon. excited na ako umuwi! grabe todo na 'to! =D

babush!
Happy Chinese New Year to all !!!

my first OT -- Over Tulog!!

nakakahiya man eh i-share ko na din ang isa sa aking mga 'firsts'.

mula ng dumating ako sa singapore sa pasir ris na po ako nakatira. then nagka-work po ako. ang office ko ay sa bedok. so far so good lah. the usual, late ako. minsan maaga. then January, na-deploy na kame sa Boon Lay, ito lang naman ang kabilang dulo ng singapore. ayos diba from east to west ang travel ko.

last sunday, lumabas kame ng mga housemates. nag punta ng Queensway and Tampines. syempre lakad-lakad. late na kame na kauwi. so pagod. nag blog pa ako nun eh. almost 2am na din ako nakatulog, so puyat. then i saw a message on my phone, boss ko. asking me to report earlier the next day sa office.

masakit pa ang ulo ko sa antok, no choice kung hindi gumising at pumasok. tutal makaka tulog naman ako kahit saglit sa mrt. kasabay ko pa si Jeff, pero kasi nauna sya bumaba ng station. eh di tulog ako. nag shades pa ako, para hindi halata na tulog ako. arte noh. eh di tulog. midway nagising ako, narinig ko Outram Park station, so nasa gitna pa lang ako. tulog ulet. then sarap ng tulog ko, naulinigan ko lang Clementi, nde ako gumising kasi 10 mins pa ang travel. so nakapikit pa din ako. then ng magising ako, Jurong East! bket jurong east pa lang ako?? eh Clementi na kanina?? syet! tas nakita ko.. iba na yung set ng tao na nasa mrt!! langya. lumampas na ako ng Boon Lay at bumalik na yung mrt papunta na ulet pasir ris!! grabe, buti nagising pa ako.. at buti na lang sa jurong east pa lang. pero imagine 3 stations yung nilampasan ko!! =( 1 hour yung travel from pasir ris to boon lay eh. sumakay kame ng 8:40, so dapat 9:40 ako nakababa. nasa jurong ba naman ako ng 10:00.. huhuhu =(

ayun, labas agad ako ng train then settled my self for a while. baka mali na naman ang masakyan ko na train. saka ako lumipat sa kabilang platform goin to boon lay again. i called Jeff, ayun tinawanan lang ang katangahan ko. hehe!

baket pa kasi ako pum-westo dun sa pinaka corner. nde ko tuloy naramdaman ang pag labas ng mga tao. nakakahiya talaga. never in my life nangyari sa aken na lumampas dahil sa tulog ako. as in ngaun lang! =( nde ko pa nga ma-imagine before na lalampas ako ng Boon Lay kasi nga end na yun. so eengot-engot. =P

lesson learned, mag set ng alarm pag matutulog sa mrt! =D

a year older

at first i wanted to stop counting my age since i reached 25.. but then.. why should I? i have to keep counting the years of blessings that the good Lord has given me..and will still be giving me. i just have to enjoy each of the days that I am with my husband, friends and family.. =)

my first birthday in sg was a simple one..we just had dinner with tp and my housemates at home. =) it had to be simple, coz honestly i'm more excited for our trip to pinas on the 18th! =D btw, i wanted to thank all my friends who greeted me, either through email,online msgs,text and phone calls.. thank you all guys for remembering.. its more than enough for me. =) and syempre, for some who forgot..i wanted to thank you din, for all the moments we've shared and for just being my friend.. *aawwww*senti* =)


-*balik pinas!*-

hmm..7 days na lang then nasa Tandang Sora na naman kame..=D finally makaka uwi din. grabe i've been away for 6 months na.. and I miss Bryan and Arianne. syempre lahat ng family namin. i'm really excited. ganon pala talaga ang feeling ng mag babakasyon sa pinas. well, i hope it's really a vacation. but I have a feeling that we'll just rush on everything. 1 week is really not enough. we'll be back on the 25th agad. am also worried for the pasalubong. =( *oh no* hehe! bahala na! importante makita na namin family and some friends namin. hehe.

oops! Jeff's soundly asleep. sleep na din ako.. bye for now. =)

*hugs to all*

holidays

finally i found time to blog. since I've missed a lot of time updating, now catching up is much much harder. =P

okay where to start? Christmas!
we had a company-wide game, it's a monito-monita kind of thing. we have around a hundred employees here. so, good luck if you'll be able to find who your 'baby' is. as expected, not everybody received a gift. yes, me included. hehe, pero okay lang khet wala akong gift from my mommy or angel. =P then we had a christmas party here in the office. unfortunately, i was pulled in to join in one of the games, i suppose you know already 'grab that eggplant' game, =P yeah.. hindi ako nanalo! but i won a S$20 voucher sa raffle. pwede na. hehe

these are my pinay officemates, me, fel and sleeping belinda
*- celebration sa bahay -*

syempre may exchange gifts din kame sa bahay..wish list ala code name ang plan. eh di gawa na kame ng mga wish namin,dapat may nickname. after ng first bunutan, may nag tanong.. 'pwede pala ang food noh?' eh di sabi namin hindi pwede,pero hindi namin alam kung sino yung nag-wish nun so carry na sana. eh bigla ba naman nag react tong si Jeff.. as in mega react na 'hindi pwede food??' =D duh.. eh obvious na kaya na sya yung nag sulat..ayun, trice kame nag bunutan. =D but still, yung iba wala pa din nick..hay.. ang kukulet! =D

dec 24, we went to church. first time here in SG. :)

we cooked morcon, pork sinsal, pansit. pwede ba mawala ang fruit salad? =D

first christmas in sg

*- New Year @ Underwater world -*

i missed celebrating new year in the philippines. mas masaya, mas masigla ang paligid. my first time to celebrate new year with the main door of the house closed. no fireworks (maski sa tv) and super quiet, kame lang ang maingay sa hdb namin. we had to close the main door so that we won't disturb our neighbors. KJ. anyway, we had a great time singing and eating. they loved the maja blanca and leche flan that I made, am so happy about that too.

jan 2, we went to Sentosa. i wanted to try the cable car, so we did =D and then we visited the Jewel box for some picture taking (haha! kapal ba?). good thing we were able to get the glass cabin, else we wont be able to get to sentosa before 7pm (we left the house kasi mga 2 pm na yata. =P), ang haba ng pila! then tama ba namang umulan? =P minsan na lang nga kame mag date eh. inulan pa hehe.

then we went to the Underwater world. loved it! sulit! i dunno, even if we waited so long for the orange bus, we enjoyed queuing and chatting. maybe i missed my hubby so much. its been a while since we had a 'moment' together.. we had a great new year..i hope this year will be more meaningful to us, our family and of course, our friends. =)

more pics here.