Eunice & AJ

It's been two months already since Eunice came into our house. Prior to her arrival, I've been preparing AJ, briefing her that the newcomer is her cousin and a new playmate. I have to prepare her emotionally and mentally because ever since she was born, she's been the only baby in the house and all the love and attention were focused on her. And having a another child at home is so new to her, she'll no longer be the only baby, she'll have someone to share everything with. Which, I believe, is a good thing since she'll be able to learn that she's not the only baby in the world. She'll be able to learn how to share. The first few weeks of adjustment has been difficult for us. AJ's almost always on her tantrum mode, while Eunice would bite or punch AJ when she's becoming too makulit - it was her way of saying stop to AJ's kalikutan since she was unable to express what she wants to say in tagalog since her major dialect at that time is Ilonggo.

Haist, Anyway, We've been experiencing a lot of changes recently. Both of them has learned how to cope with each other. Although AJ is still throwing little tantrums every now & then, she has learn to accept the presence of her ate Eunice. While Eunice, on the other hand, has learned to be patient with AJ. She already know that hurting her ading wont do a lot of good.

I do hope it will continue. They are still little children and both of them needs a lot of love, attention and discipline whenever necessary.

Coming Soon....Palawan Adventure Part II > CORON

Just got my reservation confirmation from Air Phil. It's cheaper to book early like we did now, We availed of the P1 fare promo of Airphil and set our flight for Feb next year. It's matagal, yes, but I will still be needing to save money for my baon and for the package tours. We've been surfing the net to check for some package tours in Coron and perhaps we will be using e-philippines again to prepare our itineraries again. We've used e-philippines in our Puerto Princessa adventure last February and boy, we are so satisfied with thier service. Russel, the Tour Specialist is very accomodating and have made our trip as flexible as possible. The result? We have used of 4-day stay in the maximum level w/o anything to worry at all except the pasalubong. We've found their website through internet but they have proven themselves trustworthy.

Anyways, I'm not gonna worry about it anytime soon. Next year pa naman yung flight.

But even though, Just thinking about going back to Palawan makes me want to chill. I am so excited! Wohooo!

E-books for the bookworm

Woohoo! http://www.manybooks.net is a manna for the bookworm's hungry soul. I really love reading books! Not only do I learn a lot, I also feel that I get the chance to be transported to another world. Generally, I read any type of Genre but I am more partial to books written by my favorite authors like Sydney Sheldon, Agatha Christie, Paolo Coehllo, Frances Hogson Burnett (author of a little princess and Little lord fauntleroy), and LM Montgomery (creator of my favorite character Anne Shirley). I also love reading Francine Pascal's Stories such as Fearless and Sweet Valley Twins series. I also grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. And I also have a complete set of Harry Potter books. But lately, I've been falling behind my hoard of books, 1st I don't have time to visit NBS & Powerbooks(my favorite tambayan) and lastly, buying books is no longer part of mu budget.

Luckily, i found this website. It really made my day! I get to download books for free! Yehey! I no longer need to make ipon just to buy a new book. Not only that, i also get to download a lot of classics such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Antartic Mystery by Jules Verne, Sherlock Holmes, the count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables and Arabian Nights.

So babush for now! It's time for me to READ now!!!

Goin' Gaga over P1 fare

Me & my officemates were just plain CRAZY over Cebu Pac or Air Phil's promo fares. Problem is....those fares are easily sold. Malingat ka lang sandali & you'll never get the Piso fare for that particular day you were rooting at. Mahuli ka lang ng tingin & sold out na agad.

Today, there's a promo fare at airphil. Lahat kami naloka! After our Palawan adventure last Feb, me & my Palawan Buddies made a pact to go back to Palawan and visit Coron this time. (face it now...we've been inflicted with Palawan's "kambak-kambak syndrome"

Not only that, 2 more of our officemates wants to come with us, Hahaha! thing is...payagan kaya kaming mawala sa office ng sabay sabay?

Let's wait & see?

On Sincerity and Honesty

They say that people you love the most are the most capable of hurting you. This is really true for me, it has happened and is happening to me now. "She" has been my girl ever since. Being the eldest and the only girl in our family has me wanting to have a baby sister to share all the girly staff with. She's the cousin who doesn't have any sibling - the real unica hija, the spoiled little princess who doesn't have anybody to play with. I have always been summoned to their house for weekend sleepovers so she'll have someone for company. I, of course, willingly obliged. I so loved the idea of spending some quality time with my cousins. (My other cousins were our neighbors so I get to play with them everyday - while she, on the other hand, lives on a different part of town with only a yaya to take care of her). And spending weekends at their house has plenty of benefits, someone to play with is one, then there's the free use of their Nintendo all day long, boardg ames, food and also playing with our distant cousin Ryan Neil Malto (w/c we have to climb over the bakod (to the other side of the village) so that we can play with him and/or ransack the fruits of their kamias tree.

It was safe to say that we have a very close relationship. There are times when I wasn't able to visit her, we would write each other letters (Those were the times that cellphones are not uso yet and PLDT have not reached Sitio Maligaya)

I don’t know how it happened, but as we grow older, we have slowly drifted apart. To be fair to her, she’s doing all her best to keep in touch – she being the more thoughtful one. She would make kulit so that I would meet her somewhere in Glorietta.

But now, things have really changed. It has started with her text, apologizing for making me envious when we were young. Because she felt that she has a more “fantabulous” childhood than mine. Perhaps she’s right, she has everything that she wants – materially. Her parent’s has given her all that she asks and all that she needs. I wouldn’t blame her for that for she’s an only child. For I believe that all those things given to her make up for all those times that her parents are not at home with her. Maybe that’s how she gauges happiness. While I, on the other hand, has long learned that materials things – alone - can never make you happy. I may not have that “fantabulous” childhood as she puts it, but I do have a FRUITFULL one. A childhood that I have been able to share with my mom, dad and baby brothers, a childhood that made me able to play with a lot of friends of my age, a childhood that has brought me closer to my tito’s and tita’s and my cousins, and most of all, a childhood full of memories and fun and laughter. And to me, at the end of the day, those things have made my childhood a lot more fantastic and fabulous to any degree.

But, It doesn’t really matter which childhood is fantabulous or fruitful. What hurt me the most is the knowledge that she has not been fully honest with me. All the while, I have been thinking and believing that she’s asking for me to stay with her because she truly, really and beyond doubt loves to be with me – the favorite cousin. Looking back now, it means that she has not been sharing all her toys because she just wants someone to play with but because she was just showing the off to me?

Ganon pala kababa ang tingin nya sa akin... And, I really believed that she’s sincere. How stupid of me....

Prosperity Builders Resources Inc (house update again)

I have called Prosperity Builders again for 2 reasons, the status of my loan application to pag-ibig (if they have already passed and processed my application) and the actual house construction. The problem with them is that they have too much document turn over and staff resignation. I don't know whom to actually talk to when i follow up w/ them. The first person I was able to talk to when I paid my reservation fee is Monique, then there was Janet (the one who interviewed me for credit investigation, the one whom I paid my PDC's for the downpayment and another 6 month's PDC for MA), When she resigned, my account was transferred to Glenna (whom I was only able to talk with thrice from December to April), after Glenna resigned (again, w/c I just happen to know only last week), And now the PIC for my account is someone named Avon, who doesn't even know how to answer all my questions regarding the status of my house. Nakakainis lang!

Now PIC's for the "documentary requirements" is another story. There's a certain Lorna, then Elsie, Liza, Meng, Alex and lastly Marian. Now, Marian told me that my documents have been forwarded to the loans department and that I should follow up with Anne from now on.

At meron pa, during the course of my seemingly endless follow up, I was also diverted to the engineering department where I was also able to talk to Chris, Eder and Ana.

I've already been talking to a lot of people from their company and still no progress yet as to the actual construction of the house. And now, I don't know whom to talk to and whom to follow up with. Ganito ba talaga yung process nila? Are they doing this to all of their buyers? If they do, they are not living up to their name. They are not building prosperity but frustration and moral damages to people who wants to own their dream houses.

And I, frustrated as I am, is still paying for the advanced Monthly amortization to them! I have already paid them in PDC's until September 23, 2011 even without their assurance that they can construct and turnover prior or even a month after that date.

Reminder: Mahalagang alalahanin na ang aba ninyong lingkod ay nagbabayad ng MA sa Prosperity Builders, at hindi sa Pag-ibig kahit na ang computation para sa Monthly Amortization ay based sa pag-ibig. At ayon pa sa pag-ibig ang MONTHLY AMORTIZATION ay sisimulang bayaran pagkatapos ma-loan take out. At dahil wala pang bahay na naitatayo, wala pang loan take out na nagaganap ngunit dahil namemera ang kumpanya, sila na ang naniningil ng MA sa mga buyers nang walang kasiguraduhan kung kailan maitatayo ang bahay. Yun lang - gets nyo moral ng story?

AJ Update

My decision not to send AJ to school this year is already final. I might be having some second thoughts now but I am sticking to what I have already decided. Here's why:

1. She's just 3 years old. Pwede na sana for Nursery but she's still 3 years old. I believe it's bit early pa rin. Baka maaaga siyang magsawa.

2. We might be moving to our new house at the end of the year (hopefully),

3. I will find it hard to budget her tuition fees, baon with all the "incidental charges" to pay plus the renovations to be made prior to "moving-in" to our new house.

4. Most importantly, If i insist on enrolling her this year, she will be on adjustment period again next year when it's time to enroll her to another school in cavite. It may or may not be traumatic for her but I'm not going to take the risk.

All these reasons tells me na both AJ and I are not ready yet. She can still learn the basics pa rin naman, and besides, I can always find time to teach her in the evenings or during our quiet times together.