Happy Birthday, Cristina!

Yes, this pic is quite ancient at malabo. Pero this one's real cute, aminin. :)

Naglalaro kami ni Tin ng photoshoot-photoshoot niyan. Partida, may electric fan pa kami nyan para sa dagdag effects. Super enjoy. Sa mga ganyang bagay namin pinalilipas ang oras namin nung college.

Worthwhile no?

Basta sa mga ganyang bagay, jive kami ni Tin. Like automatic.

At ngayong araw na'to, birthday ng pinakalukaret kong friend. Hmm, in fairness Cristina ha, I haven't heard from you in a while since a mid-March phone call.

Hay I miss you.

I hope your having this day spent your way.

Happy Birthday!

Much love from me, Jef and Arkin. :)

You shall be blessed.

Emsterdem.

Spelled as pronounced yan ayon sa katuruan ni Cristina.

Ako na'ng may retentive memory.

Mean Mode: ON

Akala ni Kuya Asel, tungkol sa Statistics.

Hehe.

Pwede naman. Parang mean, median at mode. At kaunting standard deviation at variance on the side.

Pero in this case, iba ang ibig kong sabihin.

Mean Mode. Maldita mode. Na bihira ko nang i-activate lately. Siguro ganun talaga if good things are coming your way; you let other people have it their way.

Pero what happened kanina was entirely a different story.

Well, at least for quite a while now. Kasi I have been keeping up step naman with patience since yun nga, kanina.

Pero I have got to say, I loved the rush ha.

Ewan ko sa recipient ng 'rush' na meron ako kanina kung na-love din niya.

Isang malaking kalokohan ang bus na nasakyan ko from Market! Market! Shet. Di niya nilinaw na blower pala ang gumagana doon at hindi aircon.

Shet sa sauna experience e. Uncalled for ang wala!

Sa Ayala MRT station, meron dung passage na exclusive para sa mga buntis at senior citizen. Mga ilang linggo ko na rin ino-optimize ang pagdaan ko dun lalo na kung wagas na wagas ang pila.

Bakit nga naman di ko gamitin yun? Qualified naman ako a . Pregnant, 38 weeks to be exact.

Kaya nga go ang lola mo dun kanina hanggang sa may isang hitad blurting out when the lady guard had me prioritized:

'ANO BA YAN!'

Aba, at ipinagsiksikan pa niya ang sarili niya para mauna siya.

Ikaw na, ikaw na ang nagmamadali.

Kung ikayayaman mo ba naman yang pagmamadali mo, mauna ka te.

Madapa ka sana.

The lady guard was apologizing to me, " Pasensya na Ma'am, ha?"

I smiled back. Si Ate, she's been accommodating all this time.

Yung hitad, sawa na yata sa buhay niya. Tancha ko lang. Based sa inasal niya, bored na yun. Kailangan niya ng pampagulat.

Ke aga-aga, pa-aso-aso.

I felt me sigh heavily. In a split second, napaisip ako, let go situation ba ito o paisa-lang-talaga-ngayon-lang kind of moment?

Shet. And there I was. Going full gear. Alam na.

The next thing I know, I ran by her, gave her a nodge she could feel, at isang pamatay na head to toe na tingin.

I swear, mas matalim pa sa mga shuriken ni Naruto ang mga tingin ko!

Kung nakakasugat lang yun, di na siya makakausad pa sa kinatatayuan niya sa escalator ng Ayala. Duguan na siya.

Ok, ok. Alam ko ang morbid na. Enough na.

I just made sure she saw with her painfully malabong mata or maybe more of her moronic judgement na BUNTIS ako tapos she'll go bratty forcing her way to the entrance pushing me aside.

Sos.

Masisi mo ba ako if I felt good after what I did?

Jef was trying to pacify me over the phone.

But the rush was quite tickling.

Well, may mga araw talaga na papatol at papatol ka.

Sasabihin mo sa sarili mo, 'Paisa lang.'

Lalo na't innate ang pagkamaldita mo.

Naman!

Malas ng recipient.

Wrong place, wrong time e.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those Fateful Days

After this shot was taken, as they say, the rest was ( and will be making )  history.

It was an overnight college spree over VJ's place and hang over hit us like crazy. Not even the strongest coffee drink could shake me back to life.

Yes, that was how buhay college to me, alongside buhay dyaryo. Crazy cute. Lalo na when Jef came along.

Ah, no. That sounded so easy a.

Nonetheless, nang dahil sa picture na 'yun, this happened 2,068 days after.


Aminin mo, I was so good having counted down the days. 

Nabilib ka somehow.

Status: Weary

Any time from now, Z could say hello to the world. (This brings chaotic scenes to thought. Aww.)

 

And I’m still stuck on my seat trying to reconcile some random accounts with my aching hamstrings on the side.

 

Somebody tell me, ‘I’m still lucky!’

 

YES I YOU ARE.

 

My pregnancy has took its ultimate toll on me the past couple of weeks; me feeling heavier, the tossing & turning at night, and yes, there were leg cramps and crap too. But I have got to say; nothing beats feeling Z give out some kick ass moves in my tummy. Sweeps me off my feet e.

 

The exhaustion shall all pay off. The tables shall turn. Just so YOU know. And I shall be geared up for my most challenging role to date: A wife and a mom, in style. See I just had to say that because now, I still can’t help feeling weary.

 

Ugh. Z, mommy loves you so.  

We've got name!

I never thought coming up with a name will be this tough.

With all the negations there were, it was like, ' Finally, my charms did it. I had Jef agreeing to me. Like, amen.'

The Hispanic-originating names were severely tempting at first, then those from the most recent movies, and even the most unique ones, like out of this world, we had it all in the list.

I was digging deep on each names' etymology, ending up more sorely confused. I just had to stop because pressure's climbing on my back, my choices were not making sense.

More so, not sounding good.

Jef and I had to rest the quest for a while. We busied ourselves with other baby stuff and loads of corporate work.

Walking through my 35th month, it hit me. In a few weeks time, our dear baby love's going to say hi to the world already and we still haven't got a name to call him!

Insert sense of urgency here.

Then came Sunday morning. Jef could have been extra vulnerable, I had him agreeing to my most fervent request.

Arkin Zachary.

It was the name I had in mind for quite a while.

And it was a half-hearted consent Jef gave out.

But for now it's going to stick.

Not unless I'd give birth on the 4th of September.

Now that's a different story.