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An Open Letter to my Daughter as She Goes Off to College

Dear Stef, I know you’re excited to go to college, meet new friends, and embrace a more fast-paced life in Manila. I’m also excited for you! I know that the physical distance between us will only make you become stronger and more prepared to face the real world once you’ve finished college. I want you to be fully equipped and well-prepared when that time comes. I’m confident you won’t have problems being on your own. As you know, I’ve been there – was then studying in Manila, away from my parent, since I was in high school, kaya pagdating ng college sa Baguio, halos end of semester na lang ako umuuwi. At least ngayon, meron nang FB, Twitter, Skype and ‘unli text and call’, so keeping in touch is no longer an issue. Pero siyempre, iba pa rin kapag we don’t see you every day para kumustahin ang araw mo. . . Well, malapit lang naman ang Manila from Angeles, and madali ka lang puntahan, or madali ka lang makauwi, but it’s still very different from what I’ve been used to. Ngayon, without y
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Christmas holidays are here!

I can't believe I am back to blogging! One thing I love about Christmas holidays is that I get to spend more time with my family, and get to use PC without ever checking emails or working on any project :-).

Danie just got her wish for her 7th birthday -- a new kitchen set :-)

Danzzy My Luv

Time flies so fast... kids are growing up... :-) First haircut ni Danzzy 

My Beautiful Girls: Danie & Stef

Danie and Stef... Lumalaki na ang mga bata... Dalaga na si Stef... at mahilig na rin magpose sa picture si Danie :-)  Danie's wearing Tinkerbell dress from her Tita Viv ...  Back-to-back pose Hmm... da best ang jacket (designed by Avril Lavigne) ni Stef from Viv Go, GBTeam :-)

Top 10 Reasons for Leaving

10. The university requires (for 2 consecutive years) alumni and teachers to sell at least 2 Alumni raffle tickets for PhP500 each.  As a faculty, I was not even asked if I can sell those tickets.  Nabigla na lang ako sa announcement sa bulletin board at the English department: "Inform the office how you want the tickets be paid, cash or through salary deduction."  Wow, magbabayad na kami, hindi pa kami na-consult. This is only one of the times we had to pay for something pala, na di kami na-consult if we're willing to deduct any amount during the payout.  9. Kapag late for more than 10 minutes, salary deduction , for every minute late.  Kapag overtime dahil sa mga activities, no pay at all. 8. Chalk is given out for free, thank you!  But that's all.  The faculty members even have to spend their own money to buy drinking water from the university's cooperative.  7. Salary increase is not significant, minsan, wala pa, although tuition fees keep increasing.

Dec 2011 Family Pics

Remembering 'Tatang' on Christmas of 2011

My father-in-law passed away in Dec. 19 -- a few days before Christmas 2011 Margie, Luz, Daniel and Helen with their mother whom we fondly call "Inang" It was Christmas 2011-- but there was no gift-giving, no ham on the table, no games for the kids, no Christmas carols, and people's faces were mostly painted with sadness.  Christmas 2011 was not a "merry" one for my family, but it was a very meaningful Christmas that made me realize a lot of things that are important in life. My father-in-law whom we fondly call "Tatang" passed away in Dec 19, a few days after he was diagnosed with leukemia.   Tatang in the hospital while struggling with leukemia Seeing how hard it was for my mother-in-law and her daughters and sons, including my husband, to accept that Tatang has already left the family, I couldn't help but cry, too.  Amid the merry-making in other places, here's a family grieving for having lost Tatang.  I knew it wouldn
My blog since 2006-- napabayaan since I entered the social media industry.  Too ironic.  Kung kelan nasa social media ako every day, ngayon pa napabayaan ang blog ko :-(