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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Hay buhay!



Naku, ewan ko ba naman kung hindi mapuno talaga ang mga Pilipino sa gobyerno natin. May pag-asa pa kaya tayo?

Unang buwan na naman kasi ng taon kaya renewal na naman ng mga permits. Syempre, dahil sa gusto ko maayos ang lahat sa clinic ko, nag-renew ako ng business permit ko. Aba, ang laki ng sinisingil sa akin! Sabi nung secretary namin, inilagay daw sa Php 150T ang income ko for last year. HUWAT??!! Apat na buwan pa lang ako nagsisimula ng clinic dito at kahit pa maningil ako ng Php 600 bawat pasyente, hindi pa din ako kikita ng ganon kalaki. Buti na lamang at may logbook ako ng mga nakikita kong pasyente dito sa clinic kaya ipinadala ko yon para ipakita dun sa mga tao sa City Hall. Uy... ang galing, pumayag namang ibaba, Php 50T na lang daw ang inilagay na kita ko, yun daw kasi ang pinakamababa na pwedeng ilagay. Ano ba naman yon, akala ba nila lahat ng doctor ay ganon kalaki ang kita? Namumuhunan pa ako sa bakuna, may mga binili pa syempre akong mga gamit para sa clinic. Kaya ayun, kalahati ng kita ko, naibayad ko sa kanila.

Akala ko okay na yon. Aba, bumalik yung secretary, hinihingian daw ako ng Sanitary permit; para makakuha ng ganong permit, kelangan may health certificate ako at yung secretary. Ha??!! Hindi naman karinderia o kaya ay massage parlor ang aking clinic para hingian pa nila ako ng Sanitary permit. Hindi naman siguro ako gagawa ng kung ano sa mga pasyente kong mga bulilit para kailanganin ko pang may health certificate. Haaayyy.... your guess is as good as mine folks. Mukhang walang matitira sa kinita ko ng apat na buwan. Nakaka-iyak!



Posted by nikki:: 1/31/2006 11:56:00 PM
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year!



Tonight marks the start of the Year of the Dog. I wonder what is in store for me... I have read several magazines and newspaper supplements already but they all tell me different things. Now I'm lost!

To all my Chinese friends (in both my real and blogging world):




Posted by nikki:: 1/28/2006 10:04:00 PM
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Perfect Lover and One Liner

I got this tag from KAREN last week. Sorry Karen, this is late pero better late than never di ba?

  1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different descriptions of their perfect lover.
  2. He/she needs to mention the sex/gender of their perfect lover.
  3. He/she must tag 8 more people to join this game and leave a comment on their page saying they've been tagged.
  4. If tagged a second time, there's no need to post again.

HE should be:

really funny - i can talk about anything under the sun but i easily get bored when things become too serious, so this is a must for me.

smart - he doesn't need to be very intelligent, as long as we are in the same wavelength, its enough for me. imagine if you were with a guy who asks you to explain every punchline. aggghhh! being smart would also mean being man enough to ask questions if he doesn't understand things.

must like kids - i observed that guys who really loves kids are responsible.

sweet and thoughtful - its the small things that matter!

believes in equality - read as: marunong magluto at maglaba! hahahaha!

accepts me for who i am - including my moods and kakulitan

must love the people i love

must be God-fearing

pahabol: must spoil me

"wake up, you must be dreaming! "

Since I saw this tag in most of my blogger friends' posts and since #4 above says that you don't have to post a second time, I won't mention names na lang. If you didn't receive the tag and want to answer it, feel free to answer it.

P.S.

F, just in case you're lurking around and reading this, huwag sana lumaki ang ulo mo kasi hindi ikaw ang tinutukoy ko dito dahil obviously, you don't fit description #6. :-p



Posted by nikki:: 1/28/2006 08:25:00 PM
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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Parang Kelan Lang




parang kelan lang, takot pa kaming kunin ka sa iyong kuna.
ngayon, dumadapa ka na.

parang kelan lang, wala ka pang alam kundi dumede lamang,
ngayon, marunong ka ng mag "close, open".

parang kelan lang, halos tapikin kita oras-oras para lamang magising at malaro kita.
ngayon, humahalakhak ka na.

parang kelan lang, tinitimplahan kita ng gatas kada-ikatlong oras.
ngayon, paborito mo na ang cereals at mashed potato.

parang kelan lang, small pa ang diaper at mga damit mo.
ngayon, medium na ang kasya sa'yo.

napapalingon ang mga nakakasalubong natin kapag karga ka, ang amo kasi ng mukha mo,
maski mga sales lady at bagger, hindi mo pinapalusot sa mga ngiti mo.

lahat ng pagod namin, nawawala madinig lang namin ang mga sigaw mo at natataranta kami sa bawat iyak mo.

nagagalak ang puso ko tuwing ihihiga kita sa timbangan at bumigat ka na naman ng isang kilo.

natutuwa kami tuwing may bago kaming nakikitang kakulitan sa iyo!

ahh... Tricia, limang buwan ka na! sana huwag ka namang magmadaling lumaki...




Posted by nikki:: 1/26/2006 01:49:00 AM
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

The Filipino People's Champion

Pacquiao with tears of joy after defeating Eric Morales




MABUHAY SI MANNY PACQUIAO!

This is the first time that I watched a boxing fight in my entire life and I am so glad I did. At this moment, I'm just so proud to be PINOY!



Posted by nikki:: 1/22/2006 10:18:00 PM
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Friday, January 13, 2006

10 Things I learned in 2005



The year 2005 taught me that:

1.) God does provide.
2.) You reap what you sow.
3.) God moves in mysterious ways.
4.) I can really WRITE!! (Thanks to my friend Isabela for teaching me this)
5.) Not everything and everyone is what they seem to be.
6.) You don't need to see people face to face for them to become treasured friends.
7.) I can be reaaaallly patient when I want to be.
8.) Full time moms should be admired.
9.) I am an internet and blog addict. (I know I have been remiss in my blogging lately... sorry
po!)
10.) SOMETIMES PRAYERS TAKE A LONG TIME TO BE ANSWERED, BUT THE RIGHT
ONES ARE. - Danielle Steel, Answered Prayers



Posted by nikki:: 1/13/2006 12:23:00 AM
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Sunday, January 01, 2006

I'm back!

First of all, sa lahat ng mga dumadaan kahit na hindi ako nakakapag-update ng blog, maraming-maraming salamat. Sa lahat ng mga nag-iwan ng message at pagbati sa tagboard ko, Patrice, Neng, Bethski, Karen, Bel, Ka Uro, Ahia Kenji, Diane, Jo, Darlene, Kadyo, Tintin, Ethel, TeacherSol, Honeypooh, Mam Bing, at iba pa, thank you for leaving messages kahit na hindi ko nasasagot agad. Basta, sa lahat-lahat, thank you! Alam kong nakaka-inis magpabalik-balik sa blog na walang update pero hindi kayo nagsawa sa akin.

Sabi ko ilang araw lang ako mawawala pero ang last post ko November 27 pa! Ang tagal ko din palang nag-absent. Iyong iba sa inyo, alam kung bakit ako nawala yung iba hindi pero kahit na ganoon, nag-iwan pa din kayo ng inyong mga well wishes at alam kong ipinagdasal ninyo kami. Bakit nga ba ako nawala? My aunt (my mom's younger sister) who is very close to me, was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Naturally, she came to me for help dahil ako lang ang doctor sa pamilya. Mahirap talaga kapag ganito ang sitwasyon, mahirap mag-isip at magdesisyon. Humingi kami ng second opinion, magaling na pathologist na yung pinuntahan namin, pareho ang verdict so we had no choice but to have my tita's breast removed because her's was a very aggresive cancer. Madami pang tests and visits to different doctors para ma-clear siya for operation tapos yung kabilang breast din niya, may mga suspicious areas on mammography so we still had to investigate that para kung kelangan tanggalin, isabay na dun sa kabila. You can just imagine the stress I was going through. I had to comfort my tita, her husband, my two cousins and the rest of the family at the same time deliver to them the bad news, explaining as simple as I can what is happening. I cannot show them that I am as affected as they are by the news because I have to be positive for my whole family. Thanks to some older colleagues who have become good friends, they took care of my tita and her operation went well. Through God's grace, my tita is only in Stage 1 - the cancer hasn't spread yet and she has a 95% cure rate, the suspicious area on her other breast turned out to be benign. Post-operative recovery was hard but my tita is one strong woman. I guess it also helped that everyone in the family is there supporting her. She still has to go to an oncologist but we are praying that she doesn't have to undergo chemotheraphy or just be given something orally. I know she still has a long way to go but we are positive that she can overcome this.

To everyone who prayed for my family, I can never thank you enough. God bless you all!

On a lighter note, I just came from a whole week vacation with my family, little Tricia included. My family and my tita's family went to Laoag City, Batac and Vigan City, all in Ilocos for a well deserved R & R. We all had fun playing the slot machine in Fort Ilocandia in Laoag. We visited the Marcos Museum in Batac and saw the preserved body of the Late President Marcos who according to the caretaker is under seven layers of wax atop a refrigerated glass display. In Vigan, we took the Calesa tour which brought us to the different tourist spots there. The old houses we saw were very grand and well preserved, I can almost imagine myself living there. Back in my mom's hometown, we went to a different party every day hence on Christmas day, I was already down with fever, cough and colds and missed most of our annual family reunion because I was sleeping inside our room. Several cousins together with their moms came home from the States to celebrate Christmas with us so it was doubly fun this year. My cousin Angela had so much fun giving money to the carolers and asked me why the kids are not with their moms and dads. Hmm... she must be thinking about going trick or treating in California on Halloween. We all came back to Manila a few pounds heavier, all with colds (little Tricia was not spared) but with lots of fun memories of our time with my assortment of aunts, uncles and cousins. I find it harder and harder saying goodbye to them lately. We miss each other so much and can't wait to spend time with each other again. I just hope that our planned Cebu adventure this summer pushes through. For the meantime, we all just have to be content with texting each other often.


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