Virtual Playmates

When I was little I used to spend all my playtime outside the house, in the streets together with my cousins and other children in the neighborhood. We climb trees, hide by the bushes, play with the grasshoppers, ran all day and burn all our energy chasing the cats or the occasional tricycle passing by a then not so busy and crowded  Arellano-UM Street. Summer vacations in the Philippines where children are off from school are on the months of April and May and these were our play-all-day time of the year. We put up tents made of sticks and old tarps and streamers, made use of just about anything and everything we found on the yard as toys and play to our heats content. Inside those “tents”, our world was on the games we played, oblivious of the nagging voices of our mothers and aunts telling us not to stay too long in those tents where it is extremely hot and humid under the sunny day of summer, nevertheless happy childhood memories were made.

This photo was taken  Summer of year 1984. Obviously, the picture quality tells it’s age. Digital cameras were not born yet nor Photoshoppe and digital image enhancement. By the way, that’s ME over there, partly hidden, fourth from the right. We may look like refugees but who cares? As we grew older, our games were also getting modern, physically sporty and technical eventually as the era of game and watch, family computers and brick games have evolved.

Nowadays,  children are less seen on outdoor games. They don’t play the games we played. They seldom climb trees like we did. Instead, they are indoors and opted to spend their time on computers, laptops, tablets and other hand held video games. Their playmates are the friends they have on their Facebook and they play games online or by themselves. I know that this scenario is common not only to my household but perhaps to most.

In a hi-tech world we are living now, it is very surprising that kids as young as six or seven are technically literate. I admit, the games online and those android games loaded on our gadgets are addictive. Back then, our parents knew who our playmates were and even their families. As a mother of two computer literate children who tend to splurge on video games, I see to it that in one way or another I will become their playmate. I control the time they spend on computers and games as well as the movies and cartoons they watch. When they play, I compete with them and YES, they are better than me. We share the same virtual playmates and these are our favorites:

1. PLANTS vs. ZOMBIES

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2. ANGRY BIRDS

3. BOOKWORM Deluxe

4. CUT the ROPE

5. FaceBook’s  Farmville, Cityville, Café World  and Pet Society

The good thing about these games is that it occupies their time when I have house chores to do and needs to finish doing it up. What is bad is that, they get so hooked and they want to play often that they keep bugging me to fire up the laptop which they know how to but can’t because I secured it with a password. These games may be good because they will learn strategies and bad at the same time since it kept the children from all the physical activities their young bodies need to exert. My kids on the other hand does a lot of running around good enough on what their bodies needed…… or so I think. Well, they appear to do so because they looked like they were on a-hundred mile fun run every time they come home from school.

When we play, we take turns and compete in terms of scores and game levels achieved. Virtual games can’t be all that “VIRTUAL”…. we mothers can be their playmates too!

 

The Lover’s Dictionary

 

I saw this book flooding the “must-read” shelves of every bookstore I went into a-few months back. I completely ignore the urge to pick it up or read it’s back cover review. I thought the tittle alone describes it perhaps and as of that moment a highly romantic-chic-flick-type of book wasn’t a priority for purchase.

This review is actually, well… long over-due for a write up. I have finished reading about a week ago after deciding to go ahead and give my ebook copy a try; mainly because of a friend’s high praise and recommendation (Thank’s to you ChaEstra!). The reason I said it is long over-due because, I had countless times trying to construct and draft a review but I couldn’t come up with an idea on how to do it. I am hoping that I would be able to present what I truly feel and how I was intensively connected when reading it. I am afraid  that to write a review by only saying how I love it is an understatement specially on a book that is written in a  radically distinctive, highly unusual and one of it’s kind novel by David Levithan.

As I have said, the cover indeed says it all. It is a DICTIONARY and it is a NOVEL. Even with the recommendations and stuff, I dared not to check other reader’s feedbacks and reviews. Interested of how intriguing this book’s impression at my end, I seemed to be looking and wanting to surprise myself and it did.

The plot is a narration of a love story of the nameless narrator’s relationship to a lover whom he(was the narrator a HE?) met on an internet dating site. The narrator was a HE alright, because he mentioned of playing the role of “Kurt” in “The Sound of Music” stage play when was eight. As I was saying, this is a NOVEL that is telling a story in a manner that is cleverly presented using carefully chosen complicated and some unornamented, rare and common words. Beautiful words that most of us haven’t taken the time to speak anymore or not at all. The words are arranged in alphabetical order such as a dictionary, over which the definitions are incidents, moments, ideas, emotions, dialogues and reactions of both the narrator and his lover.

This is a love story that is full of intimacy and rawness. The writing is simple yet the concept is refreshing, excruciating and powerful. The ups and downs of their relationship are realistic. At some point, I was able to connect on certain passages and situations where personal experience just looked similar. I was entertained on how hilarious and humorous some chapters are. I read slowly and surely. Digesting each word entry and it’s description. I flipped back and re-read pages several times and truly connecting with the idea of it. I smiled, smirked, giggled and laughed as I went word for word and exhale romantic sighs at the fairly familiar lines that somehow hit me close to home. The words are arranged chronologically hence the timeline of the story jumps from one situation to another making the structure of the writing more exhilarating to which as a reader, it is making me constantly impatient with anticipation on the outcome of the story and excited on what the new chapter would bring. For a love story that started on an internet dating site, this novel is complete and applicably realistic.

For those who are confused and weighing the rocks of the relationship, this book will give you ideas. How to spot issues that are better dealt beforehand than later.

For those who are un-attached, this book is an inspiration.

For those who are in relationship of unconditional feeling of love and commitment like myself, this book is making me more and forever in-love and happy of what  I truly have now in my hands because I can never imagine a life of ME outside US.

This is a painful and sad story which is only thing I hate of this book. Everyone loves a happy ending may it be in real life, in a story or in movies and everyone deserves joy in life, who doesn’t?. In all fairness, David Levithan is a good writer. This is the first I read of his works and I’m glad it is this book.

Since this novel is a dictionary at the same time, I guess a review won’t be complete if I can’t come up with my top words listed as favorites. I actually have lots on the list but I chose the ones having a line or two, or a couple more as definitions. I will leave the rest to you, my dear readers to find out the rest.

Here goes:

misgivings, n

Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us .

“There are things I miss” you said, “But, if I didn’t have you, I’d miss more”.

breathtaking, adj.

Those mornings when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.

basis, n.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover’s face.

Ineffable, adj.

These words will ultimately end up being the barest of reflections, devoid of the sensations words cannot convey. Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

reservation, n.

"There are many times when I worry that I’ve already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from being with you that if we were to separate, I would no longer be. I save this thought for when I feel the darkest discontent. I never meant to depend so much on someone else."

Happy Reading Everyone!!

Chinese New Year of the Water Dragon

 

For Chinese, 2012 is the year of Earth Dragon in a Water Element year, therefore they call it the Chinese New Year of the Water Dragon. I admit, I can’t give a very logical explanation with regards to the analysis of Chinese Astrology. As far as I am concerned, my family tree never show a link that would somehow suggest a trace of Chinese ethnicity, however, my mother is fond of Chinese traditional rituals and customs practiced every new year. Most of the time, She doesn’t have a whole bunch of this so-called rituals for good luck but she will always see to it that she has the lucky-charms she thought would be necessary and applicable.

For this year, Mama brought out a Bamboo Designed Table-top water fountain.

FENG SHUI, from the word FENG which means wind and SHUI means water; properly pronounced as “fung-shwaey” or to most Filipinos as “foong-shooey”  is a Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of both heaven (Chinese Astronomy) and Earth to help improve one’s life by receiving the positive element (thanks to Wiki for the description).

Mama has been told that, according to Feng-Shui, water is a symbol of wealth and prosperity and a good use of a fountain is a way of bringing positive energy of the water element to the ones surrounding it. The bamboo or LUCKY BAMBOO as called, is known to be one of the most important Feng-Shui cures and at the same time the most neglected. Bamboo’s vitality and strong growth characteristics together with its ability to live despite being neglected is the factor that this plant is considered lucky. The combination of both water and bamboo together is believed to bring all the positive energy of health, wealth , peace and strength in life.

Forecast for luck and prosperity in life such as what Feng Shui projects may serve as ideas or guides as long as it is use in a good way. For what is worth, I believe that destiny lies in a person’s determination, perseverance, strong will for hard-work and positive outlook together with faith are the key to success, prosperity and happiness.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

S–is for SICK SATURDAY

All through out the week, our town is under an unimaginable weather conditions. If there is a thing called “mixed feelings” on people’s emotions, the climate has it’s own version of the thing. A super hot and sunny morning will suddenly have a heavy downpour of rain the very minute you blink your eye and would turn back to bright and sunny skies as you shake your head with disbelief as you stare out at the vagaries of the weather.

Yesterday my mother came home from school -she is a teacher by the way- and went straight to bed complaining of head aches. Sure thing this morning, she was sneezing and stayed in bed instead of being up and about the way she is used to on a non-school day.

My daughter started barking coughs earlier yesterday though she was still in her usually hyper-active self when she went to school. Fever came in and made friends with her last night causing her to miss  Saturday swimming lessons this morning.

My son on the other hand appears to do okay and was able to attend swimming lessons even without her sister. He loves it as much as she does and enjoyed the session as always. On our way home, I notice he’s blushing red and thought it was just due to the sun and the pool but he is starting to get the fever as well and gave way for the first sneeze the second we were home.

It’s been awhile since the last time kids got sick which I am very thankful of. There’s nothing more stressful than having sick children. In times like this, I made sure that the situation’s bestfriend is always present and handy – the ever dependable OTC medicines that works.

Paracetamol and Nasal Decongestant with Anti-histamine in tandem are my reliable remedy on flu situations. The chewable fruit flavored colorful Kiddilets works better when kids are nauseated. It is easy for them to take and it taste like candies hence, the vomiting due to bad-tasting medicines are avoided.

I send them all to bed for a good rest. From time to time, I gave them more fluids – water and fresh fruit juices- and constantly monitoring temperatures and other vital signs. Experiences taught me not to push too hard on having them take solid food because it always triggers vomiting specially on unstable tummies and fever-caused poor appetite. Both are still excited for Sunday swimming lessons tomorrow. I honestly doubted that idea but it gave them the motivation to lighten up and not being difficult with taking the medicines as both wanted to get well as fast as possible.

Like all the mommies around the globe, sick kids made stressful moms. A mother’s TLC everyday is immeasurable and becomes a lot limitless when kids are not feeling well. The past year has been so good that we barely had a trip to the doctor’s clinic or the hospital ER. This is our first sick-days for year 2012 and hopefully the only one.

Dream House’s Kitchen

Clicking from one web page to the other, I come across Interior Home Decorating. I recall when husband dear and I are talking about dream house ideas. I told him, I would love a big kitchen. I cook a lot because I have to. Cooking that comes with being a stay-at-home mom and wife and has a family that looks up to me every meal time . I am not a cooking genius that’s why I never posted food recipes. My cooking is dependable enough to go by. I learned most of my cooking talent when I was working overseas and became super BFF with Jen whose cooking expertise comes natural. Learning my way around kitchen stoves and sink, counter tops and table tops made me start to picture out the kind of cooking shack that I want. Something like this….

(photo courtesy of http://www.interiorhousedesign.net)

What I love with this design is the lighting arrangement. I want a well-lit, super bright kitchen. It makes the area looking more spacious. I had few cooking dilemmas in the past which I blame on poor lighting instead of my poor eyesight. I just feel that with a very well-lit kitchen, I won’t have the mistake of twisting the salt shaker lid to the tiny holes instead of the big one while dispensing salt on some dish. Just imagine how my cooking turned out with that wrong move…. Yes. It did felt like having salt water from the beach as your soup! Forever supportive as he is, Husband dear ate it anyway. He even bought a cookbook for me to learn more.

(photo courtesy of http://www.interiorhousedesign.net)

This second design is just lovely! The window by the sink reminds me of Husband dear’s kitchen in villa 341 where we stayed for awhile in Saudi Arabia. There is no mistaking of the wide space to move around with this set-up and the hanging pots and pans is just cute. I honestly can’t rule out it’s effect on the design aside from it looking cute being there.

I also love the table/sink and chair set on the center on both pictures. The little kitchen/dinning of my little house at present is our favorite hang-out at the house aside from our bedrooms. It would be nice to sit around and talk to your beloved family or rather they can sit around and watch me do my chores. Ha! ha!

Set Goals and Dream Big. If there’s a way to put this two designs together then that is what my kitchen would be like someday. SOMEDAY!

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I will forever be grateful to you BFF Jen my Ahmegah ko for igniting a spark of my so-called cooking interests and talent. I miss our times and I miss you so much. If not for our boring days back at Zed4, I wouldn’t have learn all those techniques. I will never forget my addiction to brownies from the very day I learned how to bake it. Thanks to You!

  Looking forward for more cooking sessions with you Ahmegah!

Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay

Why exactly am I writing a review for this book? I honestly don’t know. I swear, I don’t have a thing for sequel books. I was not interested about Hunger Games and the rest of it’s accompanying books from  Suzanne Collins. It’s not about the author , its just anything that is  about fighting and killings is simply not my type of book to splurged on. But I guess, as a reader, I don’t want to be blind and miss the reason behind all the commotions and fuss this trilogy caused in the book lover’s world.

So, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let the Games Begin!

THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY

by Suzanne Collins

Book 1 : The Hunger Games

Book 2 : Catching Fire

Book 3 : Mockingjay

I started reading the first book 8th of January this year. Supposedly, the first entry for my  75-Book Challenge of 2012. I finished the 3rd book today. Three books in nine days which comes quite surprising personally for someone who’s not interested huh! So,…..was that really good of a story?

Yes. It was AWESOME!

That is the only word I can think of  to describe it at the end of the third book. Come on! Why is it hard to talk about the books we love? Specially these Young-Adult fictions which I consider my self too”young-of-an-adult” and could be the reason of my lack of interest in the beginning. Nevertheless, this dystopian tale with a Post-Apocalyptic American setting is a huge blow. It is fantastic, emotional, breathlessly thrilling and creepy, compelling and definitely amazing adventure. The moment I started reading, I can’t stop and practically hates doing my daily routine in the house since it requires me to put the book down.

The characters are likeable, loveable and hate-able at the same time.  I find the content of the story  brutally violent  yet Collins has managed to wrap it up in a may-the-best-last-man-standing, no-choice-life-and-death scenario, that the will to survive is giving the characters the reason to become considerably…… well, morbid.

Katniss Everdeen – main character and heroine of the story, a daughter and  loving sister, a bread-winner, the girl on fire, the face of revolution, the MOCKINGJAY.  Flipping the pages, I find myself struggling and fighting with her. Collins did an excellent job in finding the right voice for her and with that I am applauding the honor of girl power that is highly noticeable in this sequel not only in the person of Katniss Everdeen but in the characters of Johanna Mason, President Coin, Commander Paylor and many others.

Tight-gripping emotions covers the trilogy. It speaks of  obedience, friendship and betrayal, rebellion, patience and forgiveness, acceptance, hate and anger, loyalty and trust, alliance, compassion and most of all, unconditional LOVE.

I never thought I would come to like this trilogy and added it to my favorites. Dystopian tales and sequels are not so bad after all. In fact the whole Young-Adult Fiction can’t just limit to the young readers alone but it suits the adults as well that are always young at heart.

Lastly, I shall come to say that this would be the spoiler part of this review. Reading other reviews from readers of this trilogy, I somehow concluded that despite the amazing package, a similar story has been previously written in a sequel called Battle Royale by a Japanese author named Koushun Takami. I haven’t read any of this book yet and I am about to look for one. At this point of time, I am in no position to compare but I think that when it comes to Dystopian Tales or sequels in general, the originality of the idea is what makes the story and gives the drive for the  imagination of the readers to creatively and beautifully  picture out the execution of that idea in a plot. Hence, I am willing to find out who did a better job on execution of a somewhat “not-originally-new” idea between Koushun Takami and Suzanne Collins.

For my fellow Hunger Games lovers, I know the upcoming movie excites us all just as much. I for one can’t wait for the showing but, while waiting check this out!

Official Trailer–The Hunger Games

P.S.

Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift is on the Official Soundtrack – another reason to look forward to!

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Today’s Pic

 

I  become a Vibrams Five Fingers Barefoot Minimalist fan since July of 2011. I am not the sporty and athletic kind of person like most of VFF users but I fell in love with this type of shoes or socks as VFF-haters call it. Last September 2011, I bought my second pair and declared VFF as my feet’s BFF. I read and followed posts, blogs, researches, statistics and forums on their official fan site at www.myfivefingers.com. Like their page on Facebook and followed them on Twitter (@MyFiveFingers).

From time to time, they encourage VFF users and other barefoot minimalist to send them cool pictures on just about everything while having fun wearing VFF. I send a couple of photos and was luckily selected. Not just one but two pictures as a matter of fact!

Check it out!

I would like to thank Mr. Brian Patterson for posting this photos and considering it as cool and amazing! You just made me love VFFs even more!

For all you outdoor adventure lovers and sports athletes, do check the website! I guarantee you it is interesting and informative.

MyFiveFingers – www.myfivefingers.com

 

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What is a Medical Technologist?

 

Once, I was asked  of this question. “What is a Medical Technologist?”

Ironically, I am at a point where I am looking back to this beloved profession of mine. Frankly speaking, I miss being one. It seems like yesterday then I stopped and counted. Yes, its been twenty months already that I have been off duty as a MedTech after continuously working as one for eleven years.

 

During High School, the Medical Technology or MedTech Profession was very foreign to me. In fact, I haven’t had the slightest idea that I would become one. In other countries they call this profession Medical Laboratory Scientist or MLS. I was dreaming of becoming a medical doctor back then and still now. I told my Mama about it. She was encouraging and honest. Honest because she told me that with our limited resources, it would be impossible to support the very expensive medical education.

I always have this attitude of never losing hope and looking at the positive side yet not to hold high expectations. I did my homework while trying to decide what I would like to become, after all…. my future here is at stake. Weighing possibilities I ended up enrolling for Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology. I see it as the closest profession to a medical doctor just in case I will never become one and I never did. I believe in living life to the fullest and I made most of this career. I learn to love Medical Technologist and I dedicate so much to be the best of what I do. I can feel the significance of every Medtech on duty. I value the worth of my profession. I am proud to be among the very few who were able to see what is beyond the surface and to actually get my hands on playing and solving the internal puzzle of the human body.

Family priorities leads me to a decision to temporarily put a halt to my ever beloved job. In my heart, I will always be the MedTech .

To answer the question asked, I need this video to aid me. For everyone who are oblivious of the people responsible for each and every clinical diagnostic result, I present to you – the Medical Technologist.

The People Behind the Scene

Medical Laboratory Scientist

To be responsible for life of a patient is very crucial. To able to help the doctors diagnose and treat the patient is very overwhelming and self-fulfilling. Medtechs/ MLSs and LabTechs are often overlooked as part of a team in a patient’s life, despite of this backstage responsibility and mostly underpaid profession, I love this job more than anything else.

To my colleagues, LONG LIVE!

Elephant Village

 

I had a very “short” trip to Bangkok, Thailand during the Holidays. I put emphasis on “short” since my stay there covers only 48 hours or better yet 50 hours counting the 2-hour wait at the airport due to a delayed (as usual) flight of Cebu Pacific Airlines  flying out of the country.

I called this trip as a weekend escape with Hubby dear. Regardless of it being short, I had  the greatest time with some great experience. We were able to squeezed in our very limited time a thing that I really wanted to do in Thailand and that is to be able to have a close encounter with elephants.

So here it goes.

ELEPHANT VILLAGE

Pattaya City, Chonburi  Thailand

 

Our Ride : KAMKOM

the 13-year old elephant and his handler named Ashou

 

The site of the Elephant Village is about two-hour drive  and a hundred kilometer distance from the city proper of Bangkok sans the traffic.  Our tour guide, which she prefers to call herself as Miss Bangkok, picked us up from our hotel around six in the morning making the trip to the Elephant Village quicker by avoiding the traffic. The tour costs 700 in Thai Baht currency per person. I was skeptical at first since I didn’t expect for the tour fee to be that pricy but  then I realized, What the heck.. we’re tourist and these are elephants so… come what may! The location is very jungle like and smelly of elephant’s dirt and waste. What would I expect? We were in the middle of elephant’s habitat. There is a narrow concrete path where the elephants walk thru during the 30-minute ride. Reaching the end of the ride, the elephant will cross a small swamp with half of the elephant’s body totally emerged in the swamp water. For the sake of experience, I admit, I enjoyed it.

Miss Bangkok informed us before the elephant ride that the handlers will try to sell us items/products from elephant’s tusk. These products were personally hand-carved by the handler’s family or the handler himself out of the elephant’s tusks. Feeling  like a typical tourist, I bought two tiny elephant and a tusk shaped pendants from Ashou for the price of $20 with his tip included. We were being generous because he took nice pictures of us during the ride and he let me sit on Kamkom’s back which he normally didn’t do to most of the tourists. We fed Kamkom with bananas after the ride and since Miss Bangkok keeps telling us that she has a crush on Hubby dear, she didn’t charge us for the bananas that Kamkom consumed .

The trip to Elephant Village for me was the highlight of my 48-hour escape to Bangkok Thailand. If given a chance, I would like to come back and would love to bring my kids someday so they too can have the fun that we had!

LOVE for 2012

 

My mother told me about New Year Candles about 3 years ago. She found this set of colorful candles sold somewhere and bought one for herself and one for each of my aunts and female cousins. That year, I didn’t get any of these candles as I was still overseas in Saudi Arabia. According to the instructions that came inside the packaging , these candles should be lit all together at the same time thirty minutes before New Year’s Eve, and that would be 11:30PM of December 31st to be exact. There are actually seven candles in colors of red, blue, yellow, violet, green, pink and orange which symbolizes the different aspects of life. The lighted candles should be put off  exactly thirty minutes after it was lighted and that would be the very midnight or the New Year’s eve. The candles should be arranged from the shortest to the tallest after putting it out. The shortest candle with its corresponding symbol represents the greatest blessing that the New Year will bring to the person who lit them followed by the rest of the candles and their symbols in succession.

RED – for LIFE

BLUE – for PEACE

YELLOW – for Good Spirit

VIOLET – for Material Wealth

GREEN – for Money

PINK – for LOVE and HEALTH

ORANGE – for Brightness

 

Welcoming 2011 last year was my first time to participate Mama’s new ritual to welcome the New Year. I had mixed feelings of believing, hoping and somehow just going with the flow of this activity. Nevertheless, I had fun and enjoyed doing it. When my candles were put out and arranged I had the PINK colored candle as the shortest one. I forgot which candle followed the pink one. As a matter of fact, I forgot the arrangement and was just happy with the result of what came out of the shortest candle.

For year 2011, Woody and I got married and became man and wife officially last February of 2011. With that alone, the PINK candle made its point already. Despite having a long-distance kind of relationship, I know I am very much in-love and will always be. Health wise, my family and I had a very healthy year 2011. This marriage has made me feel happy, happier and happiest.

Last Christmas, my Mother gave me another set of New Year Candles. She put it on my stocking and like a little girl, I giggled and got excited to do the activity that comes with it.

At exactly thirty minutes before 2012 came in, I lit all the candles. Together with the blasting noise of fire crackers and the colorful fireworks in the sky from the neighborhood, my New Year Candles gave a beautiful glow as bright flames burns it’s way for the entire thirty minutes.

(My New Year Candles 2012)

See what abundant blessing will I get for 2012? You got it! PINK candle still comes the shortest and so my 2012 will be full of LOVE and GOOD HEALTH  once again and for always!

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