Mamu

Its funny. I swap schedule with my team mate to be able to attend the Buwan ng Wika. The program starts at 8am so I changed my schedule to 8pm to 5am. But then I fall asleep in the bus and woke up in Costal Road going to Baclaran. I thought I will be late but still I was able to made it. I arrived at home around 7:30pm. Robin and David already left to school. My husband left Rhaine in the other house. When I started to dress Rhaine, David's school service arrived so I decided to go with them instead of walking. 

At school I saw the students sitting on the middle but David is not there. I saw him beside his Daddy crying and doesn't want to join his classmates. I talked to him and I was able to convince him to go his seat. After a few minutes the program started. I remember last year there was an event where they dance to the tune of Nobody. He did not actually dance then but just stand and look around. Now he is more cooperative. Even though he did not perfect the steps at least he is now moving and is coping up. My husband took a video of it. My computer at home is broken so I am unable to upload it. He is really a shy kid and I am really happy seeing a boost at David's confidence.

David is already 5 years old but he cries easily on small things. It seems to be that he is very emotional. Like if you shout at him, if he is unable to finish a computer game/DS game, if a playmate pick on him etc. As a boy I want him to be stronger emotionally. I know it is normal to cry but crying very often even on small things seems to be unhealthy. I hope as he grows older he will change and become stronger. 

Yesterday the boys inside our shuttle are talking about womanizing. Our company provides a service which is a van that drops us to a different location. It is "boys talk" so its about girls, their past experiences with them, wild dreams, crushes, their type, etc. Someone even mention that they are just looking for girls whom they can have sex but not a commitment. They say it is hard when the girl falls for you because it is hard to leave the relationship. Imagine most of these guys are married. I wonder if all boys are really like that because as far as I know my husband is not a womanizer. I guess if he mingled with this type of guys he can easily be tempted because it is a guy instinct. Just like what they said it is easier to avoid sin than to get out of it.

When I got home I saw my husband washing the laundry. Seeing him doing it is a usual scene. I don't know what came in me but all of the sudden I feel bad. Its a combination of both pain and sadness. I started to feel that some people might be saying bad things about him. For about 5 years now it is only me who is working and he is the one taking care of our children. He also do most of the household chores which I also try to help. Instead of going to the computer which what I usually do after work. I started to cook food, wash the dishes and clean baby bottles. I also feed our two kids and prepared David to school. I got really tired and the sadness that I have was replaced with irritation. I easily get irritated to David's clumsiness but I am trying to control my temper because I know that I can easily get mad. Anyway when David went to school I was able to do my computer stuff and let our little girl go to sleep. I also fall asleep afterwards.

Before I left going back to work I saw my husband hunting for a job again abroad. The other night the agency where he applied before send him a message that he can now process his visa. I told him not to go because of the very low salary. I don't want him to leave not because of the salary really but because I want him to be with us. I am used to having him around and also I know it would be happier if we are together as a family. I am reading a lot of articles about OFW's sharing their experiences, how sad their life is living away from their family. I hope and pray that either he find a job here in the country or better we put up a small business. 

I've mention before that David doesn't enjoy writing. I discover that his interest is actually in Math. He loves counting over and over again. At the age of 5 he can count up to 100 and he can also count in reverse. With this talent  his dad taught how to add and subtract number. He can add and subtract as long as one of the addends or the subtrahend is not more than 10. He uses his10 small fingers when adding and subtracting. I am very proud of my little boy. 

I remember last year's Buwan ng Wika, David, wear a red pants and a white kamiso tsino. The nursery kids made a dance before. Now at kindergarten he was told to wear barong and black pants. The event will happen this coming August 27. I don't know what they will perform. Maybe they will do the "Po and Opo" poem. Right now I am still trying to look for a barong and pants for him. I am hesitant in buying barong and pants since he will only wear it once. If I will not be able to borrow, my mom said she would pay half the price of his clothing. I need to swap schedule at work as well to be able to attend the presentation.

I was one of those very few people who have RH negative blood type. Because of this I am given a special vaccine during and after my pregnancy. On my first baby I was only given the vaccine (Rhogam) after giving birth since I change my OB and she find out about it a little too late. Then on my 2nd child I was given Rhogam I think on my 28 weeks. When I was about to give birth, Makati Medical Center got out of stock of Rhogam so I need to look for an alternative. I was able to buy Winhro but it is twice the price as Rhogam. I remember we bought Rhogam at Makati Medical Center for about P6+++ while we got Rhogam for about P15,+++. I don't know what is the difference between the two. One thing that I noticed though Rhogam is in a ready syringe while Winrho is in powder and needs to be diluted. I tried googling it but most of the forums are very old, way back 2000-2007. I am not sure if we got scammed by the price of Winrho or what makes it more expensive than Rhogam.

Yesterday David and I visited his pedia at Casa Medica. We arrived at around 10am and had his urinalysis. Dra. Estorninos said that his urinalysis shows ok and he already recovered from UTI. I asked her if tetra pack juice or softdrink can cause the problem. She said you cannot get UTI from food. You can get it when you restrain from peeing or from bacteria. She said since David is not yet circumcise the probability of having infection is more common. Her advised was to wash the tip of his "bird" when he takes a bath.

I've read this story before but it still touches my heart when I read it again. This was emailed to and just wanted to share it to every one specially to all working mom out there.

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A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door. SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?' MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman. SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?' MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily. SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?' MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.' SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down. SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?" The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.' The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.. The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. 'Are you asleep, son?' She asked. 'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy. 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked for.' The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother. 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled. 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied. 'Mummy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.' The mother was crushed. She put her arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $20 worth of your time with someone you love. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

Last Friday David, who is 5 years old, got confined in the hospital due to vomiting. From morning until noon he vomited 10 times. He needs to be hospitalized to avoid dehydration. His body would not accept anything. He would vomit when he drink or eat. In the morning I find out that he has UTI. I am not aware that UTI can cause vomiting. I thought the symptoms is just problem with urinating. Now I know that it can also cause fever and vomiting specially for kids. I am not sure though was caused his UTI. We will visit his pedia after a week for another check up.

Rhaine just celebrated her first birthday last week, July 10, 2010. We visited her pedia last Sunday for her chickenpox vaccine. It was funny because she did not cry a lot. She was so brave, as soon as the doctor removed the needle she also stopped crying. This vaccine cost P2500, wew. I find vaccines very expensive. In September she will be given PV13, a booster for Pneumococcal. I was told to prepare P4800 for this. I know these vaccines are very important but I hope our President Noy Aquino would do something about this very expensive medicines. I've heard that in other countries medicines are not that expensive compared here.