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...is an ardent reminder of my loss. You see, I left my fairly new jacket in the hotel in California. I removed it from the cabinet so I'd see it on my way out. Apparently, the jacket is white, so are the sheets. In my haste to leave for the SFO airport, I forgot all about it. A few weeks later I called the hotel to check if they found it. It is not in the log book of left behind items. I bet the housekeeping personnel loved it, too and chose to claim it as her own. Hmp! I am not the type of person who loses things. Neither am I the type who gets attached to material things. Nanghihinayang lang ako na di ko siya masyado nagamit. Tapos ngayon, kailangan ko ng jacket na matino. Grrr talaga. I just got that jacket at the beginning of the year. It was such a good purchase then. It has a foldable hood, a thin fleece lining and really water-proof. It is a perfect light jacket for spring and also appropriate for the rain. Now, I am having a hard time finding a replacement. ...

... for helping my kids recover from the dreadful fever. ... for helping us survive the difficulties of the previous week. ... for giving Vic a hefty bonus. May he share those blessings with me =P ... for reliable nannies who can take over whenever Vic and I can not attend to our kids' daily needs. ... for patience and tolerance. ... for providing us another chance to correct yesterday's mistakes and misdeeds. --------------- As the song goes, Thank You God for this most amazing day.

... was mostly spent confined at the Medical City. My first born had high fever on Sunday night. By Monday, he was already uncommunicative. I thought we was hallucinating because he'd scream as if he was afraid of something. It happened three times. I told him to look at the light and he did. He was like that, looking at the ceiling before he fell asleep. He woke up a few hours later, shaking as he woken up from a nightmare. He was shaking for some time that we decided to bring him to the hospital. We made it to the hospital in 8 minutes. I was informed that what just happened was a febrile seizure due to really high fever. I didn't know that if the patient had a family history of convulsions, the patient had higher chances of having it too. In the next time that the patient succumbs to fever, convulsions could take place irregardless of the temperature. We're glad to be out of the hospital by Saturday. Now, all eyes are on Javi who got what his older brother go...

I was in pamper-mode yesterday. I decided to reward myself with a few bits of chocolate from this chocolate vendor in Megamall . It was 24.90 per 10 grams. It was quite pricey so I just got two pieces just to give it a taste. I am a chocoholic and I don't mind paying a hefty price for quality chocolates. Dang! I was soooo disappointed. What I got tasted like it was in the shelf for a long time. It was cake-y and no longer melts in the mouth. I was hoping for quality at par with Leonidas, Godiva or Royce. It was so poor in quality that I wished I spent it on Hershey's, Cadbury or Mrs. Fields. What's most unsatisfactory is that the sales lady deliberately cheated me out of my change. It wasn't a lot and don't usually mind if they didn't have change. She thought I wouldn't notice. Duh!

This afternoon, I sang for a friend's cousin's wedding. It also happened to be the couple's ninth year anniversary. Yes, they've been together for 9 years, seven of which was spent raising a child. The ceremony was short and simple. Highlight of the rite were the priest's lack of "ch" (like church as tsurts) and his signal for the groom to kiss the bride (You may now give eats other the sign of peace). It was a wedding reception like no other I've attended. First and foremost, the oldies were separated from the 40 and below crowd. They were seated at the Jade Hall while the younger ones were situated in the Banyan Hall. They were given plated dinners, while we feasted on cocktails. The connecting room was used by the couple for cake-cutting, toasting and speeches. Secondly, they didn't have the usual entertainment like a string quartet or a wedding singer. Instead, they had several performers to entertain their guests. When we first came ...

It rained heavily when I woke up. As usual, they suspended classes when the kids are already in school…after some (commuting) kids had to brave the rain and flood. A few hours later, the rain stopped. The sun shone. I'm sure when it's my turn to pick my kids and get stuck in traffic on my way back, I won't find it amusing at all. ----------------------------- Can't PAG-ASA find the budget to get a more sophisticated equipment? The technology to forecast weather real-time has been existing for several years already. We can now tell if the hurricane is about to hit in the next minute. Why can't we have that here?

This was the last leg of our trip. This was also the time I dedicated to visit my side of the family. We only had a few remaining nights but I think we covered enough ground not to be labeled as disrespectful . On the day we arrived from SanFo , we had dinner with some of Vic's distant cousins. We had dinner at Buca di Beppo in Pasadena. This was a good discovery for us. We first tried it in Vegas. We don't mind having it again. The serving sizes were pretty hefty and the taste was very Italian. I don't remember what I had but I know it was very good. On their way back, Vic's Uncle and Aunt brought us to my Tita's house in Covina . I was happy to have Pinoy food served to us the next day. I was getting pretty tired of American food. We wasted our time and money in Ontario Mills. That night, we stayed at my cousin's house. They got the model home together with all the furnishings and knick knacks of the realtor. I loved the kitchen so much that...