I still haven’t rested well from our looong and tiring trip from Prague to Negros but we had to go to the city earlier today to buy some essentials for the kids, like milk, diapers, etc. and also to eat what Bacolod City is best known for, its chicken inasal.

On the drive from our small city to Bacolod, I couldn’t help but notice all the many developments that took place less than 2 years I was away. There was the new flyover in front of the Pepsi Cola Bottlers plant, and the terminal for jeepneys and buses, the Ayala mall thats underconstruction, lots of building establishments sprouting everywhere, and the traffic that’s getting worse as the place is progressing. My once silent hometown is slowly becoming like the busy Cebu.

Residential buildings can’t be outdone too, as the subdivisions are slowly filling in with new houses. There are also plenty of affordable housing units available like the Wilmington nc homes for sale Whew! I felt like being away for decades with all the changes I see.

The next time I come back, the Ayala Mall that’s being constructed will probably be finished and operational then. That’s good news coz we don’t have to go far for shopping as its location is just a few meters from where we live.

Caity is fond of playing with toy animals over dolls. You’ll find her toy animals in her stroller instead of the doll, and she goes to bed with them at night. She sometimes borrow a blanket to use as bed for pet toys, and pretend play with them. In the photo below, she set up a lunch for her friends teddy bear, doggie (her fave) and Minnie Mouse.

With her and Adie’s stuffed dog.

Sleeping with a dog.

And yet another dog!

I’ve got a lot of other pics with her and her dogs. There was also one time we went out for a walk and she was pushing her doll stroller with doggie inside.  It was cute! Isn’t it obvious, this girl she likes dog a lot!  Also little Adie whom she might have influenced.  The little boy also sleeps with his stuffed dog and even brings him when we go out.  None of them has asked for a real dog yet,  but Caity has been begging for a real kitten.

A random conversation with M, one fine night.
Me: Hon, do you want to know how to boost testosterone levels?
M: Why?
Me: coz I found a site that has some tips for that problem.
M: I don’t see myself needing that.

Hahaha! Okay, okay. If he say so. I actually want him to read it coz it mentioned something about sleep. And sleep is what he has been lacking lately! If I want him to get enough sleep, its for his health! He’s spending too much time working, even at home and ends up late at night, sometimes past 12 midnight. Sometimes I wonder how he can sleep late, get up early, spend the whole day working and still come home not feeling tired. He still plays with the kids and help me take care of them. He even goes to play football once a week. I married a superman, I guess.

I kinda panicked when I saw the calendar earlier. In two weeks we’ll be going on a trip! Yeah, we’re flying back home for a short visit to my loved ones, back to the place where I grew up; playing by the sea, hanging out in the balcony on cool, starry nights while listening to the strums of a guitar played by any of my siblings which still sounded good even if wasn’t a washburn acoustic guitar. I’ve got 2 brothers and 2 sisters, who all know how to play the guitar, except me. I tried learning but didn’t have any interest, plus my fingers were kinda short to reach the strings. hahaha I was still young then, maybe by now my fingers have grown. :/

I’ve got so many things to take care of before the trip, aside from preparing and packing for it. So many deadlines happening in a week! Whew! I feel like a tennis ball being hit back and forth. With all these things happening at the same time, instead of feeling excited about the trip, I feel nervous instead. huhuhu I hope everything’s going to be okay and that I will be able to finish what needs to be done on time.

Caity has been spending time in school the whole day since yesterday. For kids staying in school until the afternoon, they have a nap time after lunch. We always pick her up after lunch.

On Sunday, she asked us if she can sleep there. We were quite surprised as she was opposed to this idea before. Then suddenly, here she is, our little girl who always wants Mama by her side as she falls asleep, asking for the unexpected. We thought she wasn’t serious at all but came Monday and she said, “I want to sleep in the school! Mama, don’t get me. okay?” “I will sleep there and you come back tomorrow. Okay?” It was amusing. Don’t be confused with tomorrow. For her, the future is equivalent to tomorrow. Tomorrow can mean later, 5 minutes from now, at night, the next day, or next month. Get it? Then she asked me to pack her Hello Kitty pyjamas. So yeah, she has stayed there twice already and liking it. I’m liking it too! I don’t have to rush to pick her up at past 12 noon, I don’t have to cut short Adie’s morning nap coz it’s time to fetch his big sis. Well, it’s too early to say how this will be. But hah! Our Caity is learning to be independent, little by little. Teacher said that she’s the first kid to request sleeping there, coz the rest were forced by their parents. hehe

When I put her to sleep last night, she babbled all about her sleeping experience there. Then she suddenly pulled me close to her. I thought she wanted to whisper something but she said, “And Mama… I want to kiss you.” It wasn’t just one, but plenty! I drowned in her kisses! hahaha She must have missed me much. Eyyyyyy!

Even before spring, I was already sorting out stuff and putting aside unwanted ones especially those of the kids’ that they’ve outgrown. A lot of their clothes went to the orange bins. We’ve put up their bulky toys online for auction, and we were lucky that those got sold. Bye-bye slide, bye-bye pink tricycle, and the wooden high-chair which has been hiding and collecting dust for over 3 years is finally gone!

There are still lots of things that need to be disposed; car seat, high-chair, strollers, toys, more clothes! A friend is expecting a baby soon, so I’ll offer the baby items to her if she’s interested. But if I were to buy a new stroller, I’d probably get this origami stroller, which easily folds and opens by one press of a  button! Got two kids, and I can say I still haven’t mastered that folding/opening part. It would be handy during trips! Little Adie will soon be too big for his crib, and that’s another thing that needs to go.

The clothes and the rest of our things are going to a bazaar a friend is holding next month. And if all these stuff goes, we’d have more space in our closets and stock room. Whew! How about you?  How do you dispose of your old things?

It’s almost a year since I was searching for a mobile phone to replace the old one I had been using for years. It was still okay but I wanted a phone which can do recordings. At that time, I was going to Czech classes and I wanted to record what the teacher was saying coz 80% of what she was talking about was alien to me.

Anyway, I got myself a Nokia and found out 1 week later that I don’t like it. Fortunately a friend of mine bought it from me so it wasn’t a waste at all. Next I was choosing between Sony Ericsson or HTC. Well, htc desire would have been nice but I ended up buying the htc wildfire coz after all, I just needed a phone with wifi, and yes, one that can record. Teehee!

I’ve been abusing my computer much these days and myself too. Sleeping late, working long hours; me and my computer, we’re buddies. Too many deadlines, too many projects, my life is filled with things to do! I’m glad my computer didn’t give up on me yet. There are times when I multi-task and you can see more than 5 applications and over 10 websites running. Heh! I want a long lasting battery for my mouse though. They say ls14500 is a good battery to consider. I’m not sure how long it will last for my use in work that runs over 8 hours a day.  Some people probably think I am just sitting pretty all day, but hey no!  There’s a lot going on around here.

By the way, if you’re wondering what I’m up to.  It has something to do with this:

And this:

Hmmm… that’s actually not all. But well, these two are (should be) on top of the list.

I checked out Ticket Pro’s website and was surprised with the interesting line up of concerts in Prague for this year.  Rock/metal music fans would probably be happy with the bands coming over to play their favorite head-banging songs.  I guess it’s time to turn on the Egnater and let the guitars play!

Who’s coming?

Nightwish on April 30.
Metallica on May 7, and Judas Priest on May 8.
Bruce Springsteen and the Estreet Band on July 11 and Cold Play on the 16th of September.

Speaking of Bruce Springsteen, do you remember his song Secret Garden?  It’s the OST of the movie Gerry McGuire played by the dashing Tom Cruise.  Search for it in YouTube, brings back memories. Ka-in love!

Its a nice time to bike coz of the lovely days we’re getting since Spring came. It’s no wonder the bike rack in Caity’s school is always full. They might consider adding yakima bike rack to accommodate the other bikes. Oh but wait! How come I don’t see Caity’s bike there? I remembered seeing her leaving with it that morning when she left with her dad to school.  When I asked the little girl, she told me she left it in the car’s trunk coz she’s tired of biking, she’d rather walk.  Geez!  She can be so unpredictable!  Last year, she was complaining she gets tired walking, now she’s actually enjoying walking home.

The lil’ bro also refuses to ride his motorka.  The other day, I didn’t bring the stroller on purpose, just the motorka but he left it in the middle of the road and walked.  A few times he was trying to let me carry him but I didn’t give in knowing once I did, he’d do it another time.  So yeah, he’s happy riding his stroller again, and doesn’t even need to be forced to sit there.

Walk… REST… walk…  This is the part where they rest.

What happened to these kids? Maybe when they see mama riding on two wheels, they’ll change their minds and get back to riding their bikes too!