Live.Love.Laugh

August 27. After the final ultrasound showing Ford in cephalic position, the doctor gave me instructions. I was sent home to eat as I needed to be nil per os  for eight hours before the caesarian operation at 8am.  I had dinner and took a short nap before we headed to St. Clare Medical Center. Traffic was heavy from Taguig to Makati. Osmena Hi-Way was as always, hellish. The usual 30 min drive…

My doctor scheduled me for a final check up on August 23. She said we will then know when the big day will be. I was thinking of August 26. Why? 26 is Kathniel day and Got To Believe’s anniversary. I am such a fan haha! So, check up on the 23rd, preparation on the 24th, hospital visit on the 25th and big day on the 26th. Perfect, right?  I filed my maternity leave to start on the 22nd, after all…

And the stork came… 

It’s the first day of September, our fourth day here at room 304 of St. Clare Medical Center. We are waiting for the pedia cardiologist to do her rounds so she can “free” Ford from NICU as well. It’s already 10:30am and the NICU nurse said she will be here at around 3pm. Agh. I hate waiting.  For those of you wondering why Ford is in NICU, he was diagnosed with Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn…

Where to? Canyon Cove Residential Resort

It has been 4 years since my last visit to this lovely place, and it is still my favorite of all, next to Boracay. Yes, you read it, Boracay comes second to this. For me. We don’t book hotel rooms in Canyon Cove, we rent my friend’s place there, one of the condominium units located at the beach front. It is a one-bedroom unit, completely furnished with cooking utensils, fridge and stove. Since…

What’s cooking? Ginataang Tambakol

My husband has always been fascinated at how good I am with cooking anything  with coconut milk or “gata”.  No, I am not a Bicolana, I am a Batanguena. It’s just that I have this love for coconut milk that anything with it is my favorite. Last Friday, I craved for ginataang tambakol. Yes, not all Fridays are munggo days. Some Fridays deserve something more special. And this time, I am cooking.…

I am freakin’ back!!!

Been away from my laptop for a while. Work has eaten up much of my time, add the preggy hits to that. But I am back, hoping to start writing again. Share my life and journey again. I actually miss writing. And glasses of wine while doing that. Ohh, 5 more months.   “Taking a break. Been working solid for the last few hours, as opposed to working liquid, which is more drinkable. Can I pour you a…

There’s a bun in my oven!

A month ago, I started feeling kinda weird. I was experiencing excessive sleepiness. Super sleepy that I can’t help but fall asleep anywhere, anytime. I thought maybe it was because I really lack sleep. You know, I get home at 12noon. I will go to bed at 1pm but I will still spend time tweeting so let’s say normal sleeping time is at 3 or 4 in the afternoon. I have an alarm set at 8:30PM because…

Alma Moreno’s Series of Unfortunate Answers

Last week, Karen Davila’s interview with senatorial candidate Alma Moreno went viral. It has appeared in my Facebook and Twitter timeline a lot of times so I got curious and watched it. Of course, I read the comments first and 99% of them are negative and meant to ridicule Ms. Moreno. Other comments were no longer about her answers but some are already throwing tirades about her being an…

The day that was…

My Daily Bread You already know that I work at night. Yes, I am a corporate owl. After Pangako Sa’yo, I spend 30-45 more minutes preparing for work. Traffic included in my travel time, I normally arrived an hour before my shift. I told you, I hate being late. That 1 hour is my time to have myself made up, while checking my emails. Everyday, I want my inboxes, all 6 of them, cleared before my day…

Things That Makes Me Go Ohhhh!!!

My dislike list in my previous post may make it seem I am maarte but no, I am not. In fact, I am very easy to please to the point that the husband sometimes see me as uto-uto. Here are the things that makes me rave and go ohhhh! 10. Books. I am a bookworm. I have a lot that the husband thinks I can build a library. I am a fan of Philippa Gregory and Sylvia Day. Aside from the hardbounds and…

NAY? What makes my eyebrows shoot to the roof?  10. Spam/scam texts. I am sure all of us do. I don’t get why these people will pretend to be OFWs with new roaming sim cards, or a child in the hospital who asks for load because they need to call someone. I am like duh, you are freaking texting your mom/dad, who are you gonna call? There are also these people who sends messages that you are being…

Who am I? Not your ordinary fangirl.

Who am I? The first day challenge says, “Write some basic things about you.” What is basic? As what’s in my bio, they call me E. Sometimes, Miss E. I work in an offshore contact center of an online printing company in the US. I used to be a part of the contact center, as a rep then as a team lead but two years ago, I decided I want to try something new so I moved the marketing department. …

30 Day Blog Challenge

Not mine. Grabbed from the net. In my previous blogs, I used to do the 30day blog challenge. And since I can’t think of anything to write these past few days, I am going to do it again. The list. Again, not mine. Grabbed from Google. I have been uber busy these past few days working on the team sales’, going with Bam to her math camp and voting unceasingly for my favorite babies, Kathniel. Yes,…

Grabbed from net They say when life throws lemons at you, make a glass of lemonade. But what if it hurts so bad, you want to throw them all back at them? Or make the lemonade, throw it to their face lemonade first, glass next? 7 years. 7 years ago, Dad,when you took your last breathe. It still pains me. The events are still vivid. I have never talked to anyone about how I really feel that fateful…

Don’t forget your water…

A few days after I gave birth to my youngest, I felt a stab in my left flank. It was sudden. That night, I had the highest temperature, 40 deg! I was delirious and was vomiting here and there. After 24 hours, I was brought to the hospital. I had acute pyelonephritis. It is a condition where the kidney swells due to infection. I stayed 2 weeks in the hospital because the infection was too serious,…

Sunday is always the day we look forward to. For working mom’s like me it is the best day because I get up fresh from a 10-12 hour sleep. I normally do the house chores (cleaning, laundry, etc) on Saturday because Sunday is when I spend most of the time in the kitchen, from breakfast to dinner. Our usual breakfast consists of pan de sal and sunny side up eggs, coffee for me and the husband and…

Two months after my wedding, I got a voucher in the mail. It’s a gift from a friend who wasn’t able to come because of prior engagement. My eyes got big as I saw the name on the voucher: Organic food! Well, I was excited about the word “food“. Organic, ahh, uhm, we’ll see haha! I was never a fan of organic food as I think of them as bland and with less flavor. But when we visited Pott’s Point…