Make up August 8, 2008

Damn girl get rid of that shouting, colorful eye makeup in the office!

As I struggle to fit on to my prenatal clothes and again use my shoes! (thank God!) as I am going back to work in less than a month after my 78 days leave, I could not help but salvage some of my make up and try some on to myself to see if I still have the talent. hehehe!  Going through the strokes and tips that JRP taught me, I remember one lass from work(will not say whether she’s from my previous or current employer ).  Anyway, whenever I see her, there seems to be always wrong with how I look at her.  I am not a fashion guru nor an artist but as someone with lectures on dressing and doing make up, what she does is not really appropriate.

She matches her eye makeup with what she wears which is alright as this had been done for quite sometime now, but violet eye makeup to match your violet blouse, bag and shoes? No, no, no!  There are exceptions to the rules, and most of all we are in the workplace, not in the theather! –> “that last phrase I got from my professor from St. Scho, only she used school not workplace”.  Anyway, this is always the case for her, match the eye with the top and the bag and the shoes. Eyesore! sometimes I could see her with blue eye makeup, blue big bangles, blue blouse, blue bag, blue shoes! girl where’s the sun?! I’m sorry, making a mockery out of someone’s weaknesses is rude and some of you might say, just tell her what’s wrong.  I could do that but the problem is, we don’t know each other.  We might have exchange a word or two but this is because of some work related issue.  Being someone who could come up to her and say “tone down the eye makeup and the matching game” wouldn’t be me.  Probably a friend, and that’s not me–> at least to her.

So what’s my point? I dunno, just thought of sharing this view and could you be someone who wears make-up at least make sure it’s appropriate.

Roses August 5, 2008

Ironic, when we go back to the history of the rose. It was used during the fifteenth century as a symbol for the factions fighting to control England. The white rose symbolized York, and the red rose symbolized Lancaster, as a result, the conflict became known as the “War of the Roses.” And now, if love could be defined by one symbol, it would be the rose. No other symbol can evoke the same feelings of romantic love.

I’m not so fond of it but I feel very special everytime I have one in my hand. I have received a number of roses from people for various occasions, and right now I could probably have a room of that box from island rose from all the deliveries could I have not thrown them. But of course those roses coming from one of the most important persons are the one’s you treasure…

Yesterday, as I was surfing the net Jai came up to me and said to go our room and check on our little son. I said, he’s with his angel (we call our helpers angels) sleeping, but he insisted! So I did. As expected, they were sleeping so I just organized some things in the room. Adored the shoes that Jai bought me the day before and after about 10minutes I glanced at my son who’s sleeping and noticed a bouquet of red roses beside him! I knew it! It was our anniversary yesterday and Jai took his vacation leave to be with me all day. It was too sweet.. Jai first gave me a bouquet of red roses on our first monthsary, then another on my birthday then on our first wedding monthsary then on mother’s day even if I was still just pregnant then.

However roses were used in the 15th century, truly, roses makes a woman feel beautiful and good about herself. After all the pounds gained from pregnancy and those scars, flowers and all the loving makes women feel so proud of their relationship. — at least I am.

The joy of Pregnancy August 5, 2008

Later, we are going to visit our dearest auntie tellie who passed away exactly one year ago and after that we will go meet chocopix to finalize Jerry’s souvenirs for his baptism. And as I stare at my closet full of prenatal clothes, I could only say “damn! when can I wear these again!” hahaha!

Before I got pregnant, I was 95lbs and at the end of my pregnancy it peaked to 139lbs! I ate like crazy and I could not be anymore regretful for enjoying my pregnancy that much. Hehehe, but those were the good days! I was treated like a princess, anything I wanted was there everytime I ask for it. Could it be the psychology that made me want so much and knowing that hubby will always give it to me.

There were those cravings for kamias, blueberry cheesecake, mangosteen, melon etc., Oh! I could not forget the taho! hahaha! This is probably the best! –> Hubby was then assigned in alabang along with rhoy, harold and rommel who all lived North side. That was the time when our 5kgs. cold cuts along with our Christmas bonus from the office management was given to us, so the boys hitched in Jai’s car and picked me up from Makati office. That morning I was already craving for taho! When the boys picked me up, I immediately said “I want taho”, we then roamed around Makati, the boys one by one got down from the car to ask each restaurant whether they have taho. At that time, I wasn’t very happy because it was 7PM and I really wanted my taho. We parked at glorietta went store by store but still no taho! On our way back to the car, we saw one shop in the middle of glorietta specializing in soy milk and taho! My hopes rose and I was happy, but when we got near, we noticed they were about to close. Unfortunately, they were out of taho! 8PM and still no taho, boys were suggesting so much already but I wanted taho. So they were brainstorming of some restaurant where they could probably have taho. They rhoy thought of Hap Chan, hubby searched for locations of the restaurant via wap.clickthecity and found one near Makati ave. while on our way they were contacting the restaurant to find whether they have taho! Luckily they do! It was about 9PM when we arrived and indeed they have cold taho! I was in the mood actually for hot taho, but I was pretty tired myself so I settled for cold taho from hap chan! And the boys, in joy of finally ending the search enjoyed their taho as well! hahahaha! Those were the good times!

I have found a new Passion August 5, 2008

My preparations for Jerry’s baptism is almost over. The internet became my uber friend, I found all ideas and supplier and made all my transactions with them via internet. This just justify why you need a credit card and a bank account, God bless money transfer and paypal! hehehe..

Could I have known that I will be so good in event coordination, I could have made this my career! Instead of being in this crazy, hectic and undeniably boring IT. hehehe… anyway, preparing one event for someone you love with a budget is overly exhausting! You want so much but have to fit the budget, but thanks again to my GT sis’ I have made my son’s baptism something he will appreciate when he’s grown. There were so much taranta moments like having the reception area you like to be fully booked, when you have no other options! The always event host cousin Dada to be away on that date ’cause she’ll be leaving for the US! My photographer, Jeff and Dulce to be in Nihon on that day as well! etc., argghh! But eventually, I found replacements!

Way back highschool, I was already in this organizing thing but it didn’t occur to me that it can pay the rent. Until all this wedding organizers, party planners, event coordinator etc., appeared on Jobstreet!

As I think about it, I laugh because hubby and I are already talking about changing my career to give time to our little one. Although I have a binding contract with my current employer that will last until October 2009, I’m thinking of going to another career path and event coordinating is no. 1 in my list!

The importance of mittens July 31, 2008

I just want to share a moment of our family..

Jai and I are playing with Jerry one night, he was cooing and already reaching for his toys hanging by his baby gym. We are training him to lay on his back for a few moments ’cause he’s so used to being carried around. So, he was smiling, showing off his dimple and we were talking to him. It went on for about 20minutes when he abruptly shouted and cried very loud! We were very shocked, we rattled everything we can rattle, we even gave him his pacifier and talked to him but he just won’t calm down. His cry was overly alarming, when I was about to carry him I saw his right hand clamped to his hair and he was pulling it! I couldn’t help but laugh so hard while I was taking his tight grip away from his hair. After, I loose his grip he immediately calm down and said “oooww”. Jai and I was laughing so hard, because that was the second time he did that!

He should have wore his mittens! hehehe

The detailed birth love story: Third Part July 25, 2008

June9, Monday the first visitors were cos mai mai and auntie neth, I was trying to stand already and I can walk about 3 steps.  Then after lunch came uncle nestor then later came mommy, auntie tinay and cos wendy then AWS’ ACTION batch 6 with Lee and Hannah then Jai’s mom and Janelle with chicken tinola to help me produce milk ’cause I’m still not producing any! Later St. Scho’s Rock-on visited with Joe, but they have to leave early because whenever they’re around I can’t help but laugh! And damn my cut hurts! hahahaha! Dra. Manahan lately came in again to dress my wounds and asked when do I want to go home, I said I already want to go home tomorrow so she prepared my release! I told her that I still don’t have milk so she prescribed prolacta or natalac. 

At this time, I was really trying hard to walk and I wanted to force bowel movement.  So after dinner, as I really wanted as well to wash my face, brush my teeth and others, I forced myself with Jai’s help to walk to the CR and I successfully did but it took me maybe 7-9minutes of slow walk to the restroom(Jai can walk to the CR in a minute).

My mom just arrived then from Saudi, so it was then that she visited with cos len,kuya dan and kuya bong.  She brought in my favorite shawarma straight from Riyadh and thatwas Jai’s only dinner ’cause he likes them as well(but he always argue that it was all fries inside!).  Then, kuya jed and grace came in to visit us again. 

As I was still not producing milk, and we can feel baby’s getting hungry as he could not stop crying and I was getting depressed and then at the verge of crying I called in the resident pedia.  I asked if we could feed him formula already, but the pedia said according to the milk code they cannot!  I was already mad at this time ’cause they won’t feed my baby anything.  I couldn’t wait to go home then we could feed him something!

Anyway as night falls it was again just the 3 of us, this was probably the hardest night because my baby was crying all through the night!  And I couldn’t sleep because my baby don’t want to lay on his own bed, so he was in my arms the whole night! And what’s worse is that my back is having bed sore already! haayy..

Around 3AM, I woke Jai up and I was already crying because my baby doesn’t seem to want to stop crying and then we heard his tummy growl! He was awfully hungry!he didn’t have anything yet from the time he was born!  So we decided to call in the nurse and ask that my son be given at least glucose water.  At first, it seemed that the nurse don’t want to but I insisted and demanded!  So they did.  10ml of glucose water from a medicine cup seemed to calm him and put him to sleep, but he still wants to be in my arms.  Thanks to boppy pillow, he stayed in my arms.

Morning came, the nurse came in to check my BP as usual and it peaked to 90/130 again.  She was rather doubtful if I was hypertensive when I gave birth, and I told her that my BP was normal at 70/110 when I gave birth.  My BP rose ’cause I had literally no sleep, and my back pains me so much!  She asked me to get some rest ’cause I won’t be released if I’m still not in good shape.  But as much as I wanted to sleep, baby doesn’t want to be out of my arms.  So after breakfast Jai laid beside me to support my son as he was just in my arms and I went to sleep.

Later, my mom came in with lots of malunggay leaves to help me produce milk and Jai prepared everything for our release.  Finally we were out of the hospital, and on our way home we bought NAN formula milk and as soon as we reached home we gave him formula milk.  He was so relieved and slept.  Later at around 3PM, I tried pumping to stimulate and whalla! collostrum! I’m so glad he was able to take those first drops! He now has unlimited source of milk!