Yes, this may be a late reaction. I only Googled “James Soriano + article” after being privately messaged by my good friend and former Brain Train colleague Engr. Jennyl Estil, asking what my reaction to the piece is. In case you still haven’t read it, I’m quoting it (copy-pasted from pinoymoneytalk.com). It originally appeared on Manila Bulletin but was later removed from its website. Here it is and my two cents about it. [Read more...]
Reaction to James Soriano’s “Language, learning, identity, privilege” aka “Filipino is the language of the streets”
August 30, 2011 By 5 Comments
Brave Baby Boy
August 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Raviv had a fever on Wednesday afternoon, hours after his third PCV shot. We took it in stride, thinking that the fever was because of the shot. But it went on until nighttime until the following day. We of course got worried, especially with the daily “Dalawang bata nanaman ang namatay sa dengue ngayon”. For several weeks now, that kind of news signals that TV Patrol is about to start. It also jumpstarts my fears for my baby. Add to that the fact that two of our household help had dengue simultaneously. And so on Raviv’s 2nd day of fever, had went to the hospital lab to get a complete blood count with platelet. At the hospital:
Pregnancy Pamahiins
August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There are so many sabi-sabi‘s when it comes to pregnancy. As someone who doesn’t really believe in such, my husband and I would often shrug off practically anything that oldies and non-science people say. I’ve been trying to debunk scary myths even when I was about to get married; for example, I was warned not to try on my wedding gown prior to my getting married but then I did, several times pa! And our wedding pushed through. I also did not offer eggs to Sta. Clara despite the pleas of my wedding coordinator. So my point is that I am very anti-pamahiin. But to my amazement, some pamahiins did make sense to me…they may be mere coincidences but I admit I think there is a grain of truth to these sabi-sabi’s. I’m going to list down the pamahiins I heard when I was pregnant, and which ones I may now believe in and which ones are purely bull. [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Hubby!
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today is my husband’s birthday. I originally planned to make a poem for him, but the plan got lost along the way (no excuses!) Thus, I’m just going to make an impromptu essay about him.
MomsterTeacher’s Handsome Hubby
I’ve never said this “out loud” about any of my exes because 1.)
I want others to say it for me, and 2.) because I had doubts. But I am going to say it about my husband because I honestly think that my husband is, HANDSOME. There I sad it, my husband is handsome! But that is just icing on the cake. He is so much more. In fact, every time I “stumble upon” (hehe, hindi ako stalker ‘no!) the FB profiles of my exes or former crushes, I utter a prayer of thanks that they were a-holes (or that I was an a-hole then) when we were dating…otherwise I might have ended up with any of them. But thank God I didn’t. Thank God I’m with a man who may not have been ideal in the beginning (because of circumstances brought about by a mistake he made more than a decade ago), but he stuck to his word when he told me to be patient and stick with him because in the near future, “They will envy us.” [Read more...]
Don’t Call Me “Misis”!
August 13, 2011 By 3 Comments
I never had qualms about getting married especially to someone “worthy of me” and someone I love. I was already 22 years old then and settling down was not far from my mind, especially because Randy and I have been a couple for four years (22 years old is actually still too young, but then if you know me, planning a wedding would take YEARS thus it wasn’t that early; I actually got married at 24, a few months shy from my 25th birthday)…that is, until one fateful day in the office. [Read more...]
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