November 2006

November updates...

Nov1 - All Saints' Day... a non-working holiday. Hubby and I went to Las Pinas to visit his Dad's grave. It was sort of a mini reunion na rin kasi most of his relatives were there. We didn't bring our little girl along since it's hard to commute with a toddler in tow. We decided not to bring the car dahil alam din naman naming mahirap ang parking. Besides, marami ring tao sa cemetery. We headed home around 3pm to avoid traffic.

Nov 3 - It was an important day for SPL. Today, it was officially announced that Oracle has acquired our company. More on this on another post.

Nov 7 - Today marks the 1st death anniversary of our beloved Tita Cristina. I can't believe it's already been a year since she passed away. I miss her dearly. But I know, she is now happy and at peace in heaven.

Nov 13 - Met up with Abi and had lunch with her at TGIF, Glorietta. It's been a while since we last saw each other. She's inviting me to her wedding on the 26th :)

Nov 18 - Nagpa-blood chemistry ako a few days back. Now that I have the results, I went to my doctor to have the results interpreted. Medyo nag-worry ako kasi mataas yung cholesterol ko. When she saw the results, she told me that I've nothing really to worry about. She explained that the high cholesterol value reflected my total body cholesterol. Sabi pa nya, if I look at the breakdown, my cholesterol values are still within normal limits. But still, it doesn't mean that I don't have to watch my diet (hehehe...). Ang hirap pa naman mag-diet, especially with the Holidays fast approaching! Pinapabalik pa naman nya ako for check-up after the holidays. Patay na! Hahaha!!!

After the visit to the doctor, we had lunch at Gateway Mall then bought my wedding gift to Abi. Naku, nakakatawa si Caitlin! Sigaw ng sigaw sa sobrang excitement nya! Nakakahiya tuloy sa mga tao. Baka akalain nila, di namin pinapasyal si little girl. Anyways, after buying the wedding gift, nag-ikot-ikot muna kami. Ayun, nakabili ako ng 2 pairs of sandals. Si Caitlin din, nabilhan ko ng sandals. Ang saya! :)

Nov 25 - Caitlin's 1st visit to the dentist. Since the family wanted to go malling at the Mall of Asia, don na rin kami nagpa-dentist. I was getting worried na kasi of the stains on Caitlin's teeth. Actually, mas worried ako na baka nasisira na yung teeth nya. Mahirap na kung masira ang teeth nya kasi it's the only set she'll have for 5-6 years, at least, before her permanent teeth comes out. Kawawa naman kung mabungal sya agad.

Anyway, we went to DentAsia at the 2nd level of the South Mall of MOA. Akala ko, ok lang si little girl kasi she was playing and walking around while waiting for our turn. When it was finally our turn, I took little girl and have her sit on my lap while I sit on the dentist's chair. Ayun! Umiyak na! Akala mo, inaapi. She cried for "Ma Tit" (Mama Sit). So punta naman si Lola and kinarga sya. Si Mama Sit naman ang umupo sa chair. Aba, sa akin naman nagpakarga! Naku, di kami matatapos nito!

Para lang matapos na, hinawakan ko na yung head ni Caitlin para masilip ng dentist yung teeth nya (kahit na umiiyak pa rin sya). Sa wakas, nakita rin! Sabi ng dentist, may stains lahat ng teeth ni little girl. Akala ko nung una, yung 2 front teeth lang nya. Sabi pa ng dentist, baka daw may antibiotics akong nainom while I was preggy with Caitlin that caused the stains. Ang kaso, wala naman akong maalala. All I remember was taking Amoxicillin pero that was it. Sabi naman ng dentist, kung Amoxicillin lang, ok lang daw yon. It shouldn't cause the stains. Wala naman daw sira ang teeth ni little girl. Stains lang talaga. Hintayin na lang daw namin tumubo yung permanent teeth. Yun nga lang, there is still a possibility that the permanent teeth will also have stains. Hay!

The dentist told me that if the stains really bother me, she can have Caitlin's teeth laminated. Papastahan daw nya (no drilling involved) para ma-cover yung stains then ilalaminate. The thing is, if little girl is not cooperative, she'll have to be sedated. Nyay! Ayaw ko naman yon. I can still live with the stains. As long as walang sira ang teeth ni little girl, ok lang sa akin. When she's older, we'll probably consider it. But for now, hindi na muna. We'll just visit the dentist often to make sure na healthy pa rin ang teeth nya.

By the way, the dentist didn't charge us at all! :)

After the visit to the dentist, we took Caitlin to Toy Kingdom. Parang nasa heaven na naman ang anak ko! Ikot ng ikot... di malaman kung anong toy ang unang dadamputin. With matching shouts of excitement pa yon ha! Nakakatuwa syang panoorin.



After MOA, punta naman kami sa bazaar at the World Trade Center. Ang daming magandang items. I was able to buy a bag for myself and 3 sets of clothes for Caitlin. Marami ring nabili ang mom ko. Pero mostly pambahay and food. Sayang lang di namin naikot lahat kasi we have to be at Eastwood by 6pm. Kasali kasi si Joseph sa Battle of the Bands (inter-school - ADMU, UP, and DLSU).

We left WTC a little after 4pm to make it to Eastwood City by 6pm. Di naman masyadong ma-traffic so we got there on time.

The event was organized by 3 student business organizations (1 from each school; can't remember lang the names of the orgs). There were 6 bands that performed during the competion: 1 from UP, 1 from DLSU and 4 from ADMU. Each band had to play 2 songs - a christmas song and an original composition.

My brother's band didn't win. Pero ok lang. We were so proud of him! Kahit si Caitlin, clap ng clap habang nagpe-perform ang Tito Joseph nya. Nakakatawa nga sya kasi pag ibang bands ang tumutugtog, sinasabi nya, "ingay! ingay!" (with her hands covering her ears) o kaya "uwi na!". Hahaha! Di naman sya biased no?! Hehehe... Pero di talaga namin akalain na ang galing-galing nyang tumugtog ng drums! To think, wala kaming drums sa bahay. Basta, ang galing galing! Proud Ate talaga ako! Woohoo!

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Nov 26 - Marlon and I attended Abi and Tito's wedding. It was at Sanctuario de San Jose in Greenhills and the reception at Trader's Hotel, Manila. It was a beautiful wedding. Though honestly, I had mixed emotions. Don't get me wrong. I am very much happy for Abi and Tito. It's just that I was used to seeing Abi with her ex (no offense to Abi, Tito and Cynch). Though they parted years ago, I guess, di lang ako sanay.

To Abi and Tito, Congratulations and Best Wishes!