my 'manang' :-) as usual getting into my stuff, trying to find a pen...
One of my most treasured people in this world is celebrating her 8th birthday today... My pretty chinita niece Lee Andrei Bodestyne Olaes (ate L.A)..... haaay! she's all grown up na tlaga.. seems like yesterday when my sister labored for 18 HOURS just have her firstborn... wheeeW!!
It was a sunday, June 14 1998 around 6 am when my mom was bugging me to get out of bed cause my sister is in labor... Being the lazy bum that iam didn't even bother looking at her (mom) when she told me the 'news'... after a couple of hours that's when everything finally set in my 'system' my niece is about to ARRIVE... as i've said... my sister went in labor for 18 hrs... sheesh! kamusta nman un?! it was a nightmare!...
But it was a 'memorable' day... haha my mom was the 'katipunera' of the day! She was mad to the doctor (Dra. Auxillos) and she has a 'weapon'... her trusty bag.. haha and then there was the new tita (moi!) was getting in and out of my sister's hospital room with a chocolate drink in hand (everytime!!) i think i was really nervous i used the choco drink to 'calm' me down... haha (excuses!) and there was my dad who was pretty calm and who wasn't speaking to anyone AT ALL... also there was my sister's mother-in-law who was so glued to the tube! who was she watching Bro. Mike and his followers... everybody else (including my bro-in-law) were outside... we were all nervous... its been hours and still there was no sister and baby around...
It was around 8:40 pm when the doctor said its a girl!!! haha after a few mins. i saw our angel in an incubator all wrapped up in a pink blanket... she was a chinita, has a fair complexion, and she was really SMALL... then the nurse gave her a tap at the back and we were shocked when she.... SMILED!!! it was her 1st smile... haha and it took my breath away...
although she makes me scream sometimes, and makes me all pissed off(hehe), i still love her! she's sweet and she knows how to comply with the house rules and 'my rules'... haha very smart and talented!! PRETTY OF COURSE!! --> i think she got from her pretty tita! haha :-)
happy birthday ate L.A!! love you... see you on sunday!!! :-)
*************** === ice breaker of the day === How did you invest your life the past year? ~ hrmm.. to be honest, i don't think i made something productive in my life in the past year... Although i did managed to finish the tasked assigned to me and other stuff i don't think i did my best... But then again, i think by reading and investing in my mind made the past year a little worthwhile... and right now im thinking if i answered the question correctly... hahahaha
there are times when i can't wait to see the face of my prince charming YET at the back of my head i know that
it's not yet time to reveal himself coz im still scared of what lies ahead...
knowing that you've made something that made you satisfied is worthy of all the risks put together coz finally
you've done something that gave you achieve self worth..(whatever) haha...
living a life full of hatred is a life not worth living at all...
life is a game, win or lose its how you play that counts...
why can't people just be who THEY REALLY WANT TO BE... *sigh*
love can be the way of your destruction when you don't know how to use it properly...
what is essential is invisible to the eye~Antoine the Saint Exupery
You are not alone yet you're lonely~ Bru Jae
Turn your wounds into wisdom~ Oprah Winfrey
When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window~ Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music
(1969)
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.~ Oprah Winfrey
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.~ Oprah
Winfrey
"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive.
You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the
world."~ Brad Pitt in the Fight Club (1999)
Time drags when we wait, and flies when we're late.~ Brad Pitt in the Fight Club (1999)
[singing] When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most any thing.~ Julie Andrews in the
Sound of Music (1969)
All great achievements require time.~ Maya Angelou
Look for the beauty in things.~ Maya Angelou
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.~ Maya Angelou
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter
the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.~ Maya
Angelou
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not any man’s greed.~ Mohandas
Gandhi
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave~ Mohandas
Gandhi
But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart~ Chapter XXV of the Little Prince
What makes the desert beautiful," says the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well.~
Chapter XXIV of the Little Prince
"Only children know what they are looking for."~ Chapter XXII of the Little Prince
All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love.
Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a
sign of love you bear for your self, all I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect. Deny yourself
nothing -- glue your self infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond".~ Sri
Nisargadatta Maharaj
"And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much
you are loved by others". Professor Marvel in Wizard of Oz
What if you wait for your special someone your whole life, and later on learn that no one is really
waiting for you? ..but true love is worth taking chances for... sometimes, you don't know why things work out, they
just do...~from a sms taken from the movie lakehouse
"No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are
alone."~ p. 50 of Mitch Albom's Five people you meet in heaven
my 'manang' :-) as usual getting into my stuff, trying to find a pen... 
