January 2015 – Bubbly Mom

Blast From The Past

I am so afraid of touching my things from the past coz’ I might saw something that will affect my mood. That will stop me from doing what I am doing and just remember the past.

Today, I happened to hold my old planner. My 2010 planner when Ayumi was born. It made me remember how I plan everything and how busy I was with my work.

I saw this baby checklist that I needed to purchase for her arrival. It just made me realized that I prepare so much for her. I am always like this when a new baby is coming. I prepare everything, just like when Gareth, Ayumi and Xavier. Pareho ang preparation sa kanilang tatlo. Dahil parehong excited ako.

I saw Gareth and Ayumi’s baptism invitation. It made me feel sad… really sad. haist!

I also saw our airfare tickets. Infant pa dito si Ayumi, siguro eto yong nagpunta kami sa Bohol, her first ever trip.

I wish she is still with us. I wish to experience life with her. I just miss her! I really do.

Movie Time — Vice

Jan. 29, 2014

I had my appointment earlier and after my appointment I got so tired. Siguro kasi sa sobrang traffic kaya medyo nahilo ako. Hubby decided na magrelax muna kami sa Eastwood. We stayed at Starbucks and decided to watch movie. We watched “Vice” movie.

To our surprise, nong pumasok kami, walang katao tao. First day of showing kasi kaya ganon. Hubby joked na pinasarado daw nya ang movie house, para kami lang daw. Muntik na akong maniwala.

Wala talagang katao tao, pero maya maya may nga pumasok na. Mga 6 lang kaming nanood.

Sa sobrang walang tao, pwede ko ng itaas ang paa ko.

Masaya din pala manood kung konti lang, walang maingay at hindi ako nasisilaw sa mga ilaw ng phones.

Narelax naman ako, nawala ang sakit ng ulo ko.

The movie was good at pinag usapan naman namin ni hubby after naming manood. We went home around 1am.

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My Monday

Yes, it’s Monday and I woke up around 1:30pm, it was kinda late, kasi dapat 12pm gising na ako but since I slept around 5am already kaya medyo excuse na yan. At eto pa may ubo pa rin ako, ang kati ng lalamunan ko. Grabe ang tagal yata nawala ngayon ang boses ko. Hanggang ngayon paos pa rin ako pero ang daldal ko pa rin. Hindi ko maiwasang makipag usap sa mga tao ko at syempre makipaglaro sa mga kids.

Sana bumalik na ang boses ko kasi hindi ako makapagconcert habang nasa shower ako. Hindi ako makasigaw at makahalakhak ng malakas. Nakakainis… para akong nagbibinatang bakla sa boses ko.

Anyway, I started my day with taking care of the kids. Pagkatapos kong kumain, inaasikaso ko muna si Xavier at Gareth. Pinapakain ko si Xavier. Si Gareth naman ayon sunod ng sunod sa akin pero kapag oras ko ng magwork, alam nya na hindi siya pwedeng pumasok sa room kasi don ang office ko.

Xavier is showing his teeth. Ang bungisngis na nya! Nakakagigil!

After ko syang pakainin, naglalaro na kami. Ang daldal na nya, ang dami nyang sinasabi pero sana maintindihan ko.

Gareth is playing his skateboard.

Masaya na sya dyan, may oras na yan lang ang gusto niyang laruin bukod sa iPhone nya.

I worked until 7pm. Non stop yan ha…

Then around 7pm, umalis kami papuntang BGC kasi may home service don, nagpamassage ang friend ko, so sinamahan namin ang therapist.

While waiting, we stayed at Coffee Bean and I do my movie time. I watched “The Bucket List”.

That’s how my Monday goes…

How’s your day?

The Best of Me

Yesterday, I had my movie marathon to have some break from work. I downloaded movies and I need to catch up. I always wanted to watch The Best of Me Movie by Nicholas Sparks. Actually, I watched some of the movies written by Nicholas Sparks and everything has a sad endings. I don’t know pero nakakalungkot halos lahat ng mga movies nya. Malungkot ba si Nicholas Sparks? Just wondering…

I got curious about this movie but I never got a chance to watch it at the movie house because I was so busy that time and of course hubby is not really into romantic movie so I never really got a chance.

Here are some of my favorite lines from the movie:

The Best of Me~ Nicholas Sparks. Beautiful quote!! Nicholas Sparks is a genious when it comes to words!!!

Thank God you found me... For this I will spend the rest of my life thanking you by giving you the best love you have ever had...

The best of me- nicholas sparks - Fall in Love with the Story! love all the quotes! Gonna start to read your novel!

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Do you believe in fate? #TheBestofMe

It has a sad ending…

I can’t stop thinking about the ending.. I really can’t get over it.

But…

I believe that first love is the sweetest love…

How I handle it?

It's time for us all to listen, learn and accept #autism. Read more here http://www.milestonesandmiracles.com/its-time-for-autism-acceptance/

Some of my friends asked me how I handle the case of Gareth…

Well, when I first out that he has autism, I was devastated. I cried every night. Gareth is so precious to us. We waited 3 years before we have him. I pray so hard to God to grand us a child. When he was born, I was the most happiest mom. I take care of him. He is my first love.

When I noticed that he’s behavior is not normal, I do my research online. I was shocked when I found that all his behavior was under Autism. When I met his Doctor and broke the news, I never cried, because I knew already. I asked the doctor what to do next and she told me that we need therapy for Gareth. We never wasted time and we made sure that he will get what he needed.

Now that he is 8 years old, he improved a lot. Though we need to work out on his speech but his behavior is now controlled. I worry when he is sick because he don’t talk. He can’t express himself. I make sure to make him feel comfortable always. I make sure that he is happy always. My kids happiness is our top priority. I am glad that he is now developing so well and I pray so hard to God and Mama Mary to protect Gareth always.

When we went to Pagudpud, bigla namin nakaligtaan si Gareth. Nakita nyang bukas ang pinto kaya nakatakas sya, samantalang all the time kaming nakabantay sa kanya. Gareth loves to swim pa naman. Nong napansin namin na nawawala si Gareth, sobra talaga ang takot ko. Nahanap namin sya sa tabi ng beach. Basa na ang short nya. Nasa beach na sya, naliligo na at mabuti na lang at hindi sya pumunta sa malalim. Simula non sobrang takot na takot na ako. I will definitely enroll Gareth sa swimming lesson para hindi na ako kabahan kung gusto man nyang magswimming.

That are just few of the challenges of having a kid with autism. I pray so hard to God and to his Angels to take care of Gareth always. I believe that one day makakapagsalita din sya at malalaman din nya kung paano i-handle ang situation nya.

At kahit ano pa man sya, I am thankful to God for giving a child like Gareth. 🙂

Work Mode….

This past few days, I am busy updating our tour packages. We need to update it every year since we will be adding more tours every year. We also need to update our website and FB Page. Since I was busy the past few weeks, I set aside some of my duties in our Travel Agency business. But hey… I’m back. Though I still have cough that made me stop working from time to time, I need to finish everything before February where we will be busy again.

There are so many things going on with my life right now. Some new opportunities are coming and some are closing doors to me too. Well, that is really life. Some are opening windows while some are closing doors. In business, that is the reality. We really can’t control things to happen. As far as I’ve done my best already and still things not going my way, then I have to let it go. There are businesses that I want to build but there are reasons that I can’t make it. There are some hindrances and all I can do is just take a rest and wait for the right time. But… while waiting, I have to keep myself busy with my other businesses. I don’t have to just wait. I have to focus on things that I can control.

It’s business renewal month and I am glad that my staff is done filing ours. I am glad that they made it and now I will be preparing our ITR. So it is going to be tough months ahead. I know I have to learn so much and this time I am not in a relax mode anymore. I wish to learn everything soon because I know this time I am unstoppable.

I have so much work pending and I can’t wait to finish it. I can’t wait to share it with you soon.

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't. - Steve Maraboli

Via Mare

I had my meeting at Makati around 4pm and after our meeting we went to Greenbelt to have dinner. We chose Via Mare because hubby was craving for oyster and I want something Filipino food.

Oysters with wasabi

I ordered Tortang Crabs with fried spring rolls and Crispy Pata.

Nakalimutan ko na nagdiet ako, dahil nagustuhan namin ang food.

We also had our favorite watermelon shake.

After dinner we went to Eastwood to watch “American Sniper”. We arrived around 1am already and everyone is already sleeping.

Goodnight everyone!

88 Courtyard Hotel

January 18, 2015

I need to meet clients at SM Megamall and decided to stay a hotel near airport for our clients early flight. We stayed in 88 Courtyard Hotel. The room is big and nice. I like the simple interior.

The blankets are very comfortable and mabango. 🙂 When midnight strikes bigla akong nagutom kaya ayon hinanap ko ang menu.

Then I ordered Beef and rice. Siguro dahil hindi pa ako fully recovered kaya palagi pa akong nagugutom at minsan naman wala pa akong panlasa kaya kapag nagugutom ako, go agad ako kasi gusto ko na ulit lumakas kasi may mga asikasuhin pa akong business meetings. Nakakahiya naman sa mga kausap ko kung magcancel pa ako ng meetings.

I love the bathroom too. It has a right size, hindi nakakatakot ang bathtub nila.

We woke up around 2am para ihatid ang clients sa airport then headed back to our room para ipagpatuloy ko ang tulog ko. Nagising kami ng 11am na, I am thankful na kahit papano nakabawi ako ng tulog.

The hotel is nice but there is no refrigerator in the room kaya panay ang tawag namin para manghingi ng ice bucket kasi hindi malamig ang tubig. Wala din silang heater for coffee, lahat kailangan mo pang itawag sa room service. Sana in the future complete na sila kasi hassle yong tawag ng tawag.

Papal Visit

I only watched Pope’s visit on TV at inggit na inggit ako kasi hindi ko man lang nakita si Pope ng personal. I know I can’t make it because I was down in flu during His visit. As much as I wanted to see him, I was still weak that time. Ang taas ng lagnat ko with matching coughs and colds at ang sakit pa ng katawan ko. Sayang talaga… Maybe, not a perfect time yet.

I loved Pope’s smile. It is really contagious. Everytime I hear him speak parang sobrang touched na touched ako. Nakakaiyak talaga.

This is one of my favorites. Kahit siguro pagod na pagod na ang mga tao kakahintay sa kanya pero kapag makita ang smile nya, sobrang worth talaga.

I know someday makikita ko din in person si Pope at dapat may selfie kami. 🙂

I am so thankful that he visited Philippines. Don talaga nakita ang faith ng mga pinoy. Grabe talaga at sobrang nakakatuwa.