beach day...

water wasn't quite ready yet...

not a plastic bag

WHAAAHHHHHH....
i want this bag...



























apparently...people are getting crazy just to get their hands on one...

we were so craving for japanese food and ended up eating roast duck, garlic fried lobster, veggie fried noodles and fried rice at jade villa. this place has so yummy authentic home cook chinese food. the other table had "suso" with "gata", it looked so delish. i wanna try that next time. they also have dimsum cart on the weekends.













pong and arend playing around while eating his mini corndogs while chillin' at the mall


























i am missing pong already and he hasn't left yet. he's gone in two weeks for eight weeks. *sobbing. by the way, i am not leaving for the reunion in las vegas. i will just try to go in october. we also have a high-school reunion coming up at the end of this month in philippines. everyone's excited. my laptop screen was full as i was viewing my YM high-school friends last night all talking at once online then with a 3-way phone patch on the other. it was insane!!! i slept like 2 am already, my head was pounding when i woke up.
gotta go, i have lots of things to do today.

lazy saturday

it's just so weird that the weather was good the other day and how the freak temperature dropped to a snowy saturday. we decided to spend the day indoors. we drove to the other side of the peninsula and went shopping. a much needed change of wardrobe. of course my colors are still in mourning but i found some cute pieces from H&M. so bad we don't have this store over there where we lived. it's affordable, i love it. i first discovered H&M when we were in germany in 2003. they had a lot of nice stuff even then. i still can't believe thou that they don't have nice malls here. i am so missing san antonio this time. i saw a lot of girls wearing fake louis vuittons, not a single one wearing the real thing. its' so freaking insane. i get so affected and upset. ahhh!

the mall view from the third













from the second














pong went shoe crazy and i got 2 pairs for arend

petting farm

75 degrees outside, partly cloudy. just to nice of a day to spend indoors.
so we went to a petting farm.

meet the residents...

yup! not the one in blue.

i'm beat!

i am so tired. a 12 hours shift 3 days in a row is killing me. i am not up for this anymore. i am getting old. hahaha! anyway, arend is a 24/7 job and he's just so energetic. which i'm glad! even a little cold and stomach flu is not slowing him down. oh! i love this little man so much. he's my life. i gotta make it up to him. so many days that i felt so down and the winter weather is just making me more down. spring is coming... the allergen's just killing me too. hahaha! virginia weather is freaking crazy. well! i gotta blame it on something!

this up coming reunion of us is driving me crazy. it's gonna be in vegas. my schedule is just too hectic that day. pong is leaving for schooling on that day. oh! i don't know. what am i gonna do. it's just freaking crazy. i wanna go! i'm so excited and this might never happen anymore, ever! i don't wanna miss this chance. agh!
thank goodness i'm off today but i gotta work 2 more days then i'll be off for a while.
i have few more days to think it over... i mean the reunion.

here's a vintage group shot during our grad day...
almost a decade and a half. and i was about 40 lbs lighter.

my friend from san antonio emailed me:

Hola
How have u been and what have u been up to?
its been a long time since we heard from u.
Liz and I were just thinking about u and how much we miss working with u.
Please come back. well every thing here is ok .
just working like always.
keep in contact don't be a stranger.
bye


here's my response:

HOLA!
we're still here. my mom passed dec. before christmas and i am still feeling down.
goodthing my bro and cousin are here-keeps my mind-off a bit,keeps me sane.
and arend's been a handful as well. hehehe. he's 3! time flies, he was just 1 year old few months ago.hehehe.
miss you guys there. miss san antonio. i was thinking about how i hated that place since it's always hot and places to go to are far apart. well guess what! it's freezing cold here.
and i'm a mall rat. they have macy's and penny's but definitely no la cantera mall.
whah! i miss that freaking mall! it was just 5 minutes away from our place. here the decent mall is an hour away. and the nieman marcus and saks are like 3 hours away. i feel like i live in a deserted place. but anyways, our family always hangs out. what i've always wanted. we cook and eat a lot and drink. i'm gonna be following britney and lindsay lo in rehab. i'm may and i'm an alcoholic!!!
regards to all the people out there.miss you all.
regards to Liz. is she still practicing her english?
you guys are so much fun to work with. regards to my friend leonel too.
know what! where i work they don't hire guys, can you imagine how boring that is.
there are no good looking "manny"-like latino's here. whah!
i miss our 3 o'clock am hang outs to get margarita and nacho's right there at taco cabana in front of silverado's.
ok that's it! let me pack my bags and i'm coming back. hehehe!!!
love you guys.

i wanna go to VEGAS!

yesterday at work. i admitted a patient with spinal cord injury. it's been a long time, maybe more than 2 years that i have'nt taken care of one. last job i had, we did not accept spinal cord injuries. we most likely had general debility and orthopedics. our rehab place was not skilled for this sort. anyway, this particular patient had sensation just a little above the nipple line, with tracheostomy and on oxygen and needing to be suctioned so many times, peg tube, colostomy bag, foley, contractures to upper extremities and foot drop. he's been in the hospital for so many months and developed a huge ulcer on his butt that they even did a graft. he was such a mess, and needy, so scared to be alone due to the experience of losing his call light and could not find it. with limited movements, only can lift shoulder without fine motor movements of his hands and fingers and can move head slightly. similar to "superman" reeves. if his trach plugs up and without speaking valve, he could'nt even call for help. i feel sorry for him and this kind of injuries. his parents are in the 70's, he should'nt be in this place if he's not going home. just wasting his rehab time, so much effort and money spent for nothing.
what's the point? nothing really!