12:45 AM

Grrrrrrr!

Posted by carenmeman

I had just finished an article when something happened and my blog entry disappeared. Normally, I would find unfinished entries in my draft but when I clicked on it nothing happened. Grrrr! And I have written a lot! Now it really sucks to be me (this time only)! I'd have to put it off for a couple of days, I can't think straight now. 

3:34 AM

Wordless Wednesday

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1:18 PM

my Allen...

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While doing our groceries, I asked my youngest son whether he was really ready to go to school and with much enthusiasm, he said "opo mommy" (yes mommy). I told him "if you really want to go to school, you have to make sure that you know how to read well."  My son answered that he already knows how to read, so I told him "ok if you know how to read, can you read this word?" (as I pointed at a big sign at the grocery aisle. My youngest son kept quiet for a few seconds then answered me "hindi ko sasabi mom, secret lang" (I won't tell you mom, it's a secret) then smiled sheepishly.

Then awhile ago, my Allen said, "mom aral na po ako" (mom i'm done studying). I then proceeded to test him and told him to read the word that I have written down. After a few seconds, my son told me, "kaw nga mom try mo basa!"(go ahead mom, try to read it). Haay...he has so many "palusots" and I have no idea how he is able to come up with them. :)



9:12 PM

Now I can breathe...

Posted by carenmeman

I finally found the perfect time to tell my Papa, "I love you"  and guess what? He said "I love you" back :)  I called a few days ago to greet my father as it was his 81st birthday and it just came out of my mouth...perhaps, my mind and my heart has been preparing for this moment. And am so happy it went well. I was even about to put the phone down and was not even expecting him to answer back but he did. I was smiling the whole day I was in the office. No one could break my stance, not even my angry and frustrated customer over the phone. I was still smiling when I went home. You know how it felt like? It felt so much like Anggat, La Mesa, Magat and San Roque Dams combined. It felt like the rush of water that's been kept contained for quite a while. All the emotional baggages I have stored in the recesses of my mind has been instantly cleaned of its cobwebs of doubt. And although those words were said over the phone I know it meant a lot to him as much as it did for me. 

My father is a quiet man, he'd rather talk to the nails he pounds on the wood at the back of our ancestral home than say what runs deep in his mind. But...

Papa, thank you for putting this family together. Thank you for being the calm after the storm. Thank you for teaching me how to drive, for giving me 10 pesos each time I wash your car :)  

For teaching me and my sisters to ride the bicycle, for teaching us to love animals...especially cats. Thank you for giving us a home...for making sure we graduate from college and for putting up with what happened in between. 

Thank you Papa for being present on major occasions in my life, for being there on my graduation, and for walking me down the aisle on my wedding day. There are so many memories that you have been a big part of Papa and I am sorry I was not able to say "I love you" on several instances. I thought doing so required some form of Herculean task but I  was wrong. But there...I've said it...we can now both breathe and let go of our silly fears and doubts. :)







4:00 PM

Pasta a la calabaza

Posted by carenmeman


I recently discovered ways of creating healthy food using squash. I've done it a la lumpiang shanghai with corned tuna, I've also used it as a binder for cooking "tortang dulong" (which, according to google is also called, anchovy fry). And my kids loves it! Just the other day, i experimented again, this time with pasta. I sauteed, corned tuna in olive oil and lots of garlic then mixed it with squash which i have mashed earlier. As seasoning I included lots of ground pepper and italian herbs...i did not even include tomato sauce as I think this would not match well with squash. And that was it...I just poured it over spaghetti noodles and topped it with cheese and my kids just loved it to bits! Instead of corned tuna perhaps you may want to try using ground beef or pork for it to taste meatier. 

5:30 AM

Wordless Wednesday

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12:02 PM

(last) Friday tags

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I was tagged by my blogger sis - Ria of It's my party (and I'll cry when I want to). Yes, sis it's been a while too since I last did a tag.

So, let's see here...hmmmm

What are your middle names?
~ Mine is C while my husbands' is C as well.

How long have you been together?
~ a lifetime... 

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
~ since our previous life .... :) 

Who asked whom out?
~ My husband did.

How old are each of you?
~ Now that is a big secret hahaha

Whose siblings do you see the most?
~ My siblings. His siblings are scattered all over Luzon

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
~ Being far apart and making ends meet.

Did you go to the same school?
~ No

Are you from the same home town?
~ No

Who is smarter?
~ My husband is very good with numbers and Logic...and yes finances. While am good at arts, english, science and practical sense.

Who is the more sensitive?
~ ME, myself and I

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
~ Shakey's Pizza, Dad's

Who has the crazier exes?
~ I think we both have. Though he'd rather not talk about his exes (not sure if there were many! hahahaha) but mine were dysfunctional individuals. I think I was a magnet (then!) for major losers! hehehehe....

*** Ria, I have the same answers for most of the questions i was also a magnet for the sweet type turned whacked out playboy losers type back in College hahaha...

Who has the worse temper?
~ definitely, that would be me. My husband is also a very patient man. I tend to just snap when I reach my "boiling point".

Who does the cooking?
~ I cook a lot...I love cooking and the only food my husband has done so far is fried chicken, and the best tomato omelette. Cooking is part of my territory...

Who is the neat-freak?
~ I am very OC when it comes to organizing our stuff. My husband is too in some ways but he is messier hehehe. Am sure my husband will react :)

Who is more stubborn?
~ My husband says I am more stubborn.

Who hogs the bed?
~ our children...

Who wakes up earlier?
~ when my husband was still in the Philippines, if am not too tired from my shift i wake up and fix him breakfast. but during weekends, he would wake up first then wake me up too.

Who is more jealous?
~ Both of us are.

How long did it take to get serious?
~ as soon as we got to know each other. I think he was more into the relationship during the first few months. He was already talking about marriage then while I was still in doubt whether the relationship would work. It's this way since I have been from relationships that did not work out so...there

Who eats more?
~ We both do. But I think my husband eats more because I remember coming home from work he'd eat as if he has not eaten for a week.

Who does the laundry?
~ When we got married, he made sure I did the laundries because when I was single I never touched my soiled clothes. So for a few weeks he made sure I did but then he saw my hands, he decided to have someone wash our clothes for us.  

Who’s better with the computer?
~ I would say he is far better than I am with computers.

Who drives when you are together?
~  whenever we go out he would drive but when I see him tired na as in really tired then I do the driving.

Thanks to Ria for tagging me! Am tagging my blogger buds as well...have not visited you guys for a long time...

Mommy Gen, Jennifer, Nhil, Call center gal, Wendy, Jane, Qumang, and Karen.

Go ahead! Feel free to Participate!

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