April 11, 2008

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A friend of mine is leaving. The one and only friend I have who actually knows what a CAT6 cable is.   I actually talked to him heart-to-heart last Tuesday and I made him promise that we’re going to have a long talk before he leaves.  See this is a guy who would tell me to my face what I need to change and what I need to improve on professionally. This is rare…I truly value feedback like that.

Andrea’s memory is AMAZING. How do kids remember all these things? My goodness, compared to them I’m like a rock….meaning I don’t absorb anything at all. I forget my keys, my wallet, my laptop, my bills…EVERYTHING. Whereas Andrea can still trace where she saw Barney in the mall weeks ago. Amazing isn’t it?  I wish I can sharpen my memory and bring it back up to that level.

I guess it’s the time of the year when I am once again drooling over jewelry. But not just any kind of jewelry. I want designer jewelry this time. I took screen caps of these really pretty ones from Wendy Culpepper. I’m in love I’m telling you….it’s really love!  You have to admit these are really pretty right? I can justify this purchase too as I can pass them on to Andrea when she’s older. 

A colleague fell ill a few months ago and her hospital bills reached over 200k. Thank goodness she had some medicare advantage which lessened the bill considerably.  It made me realize over again just how difficult life is in this country. When someone gets sick the entire clan is affected.  I really should start saving up.   I don’t want to be put between a rock and a hard place when this happens.

Andrea is not a baby anymore….huhuhu. I’ve finally admitted this to myself.  I realized this when we went to this place with this giant inflatable castle. Ruy took her inside and she was so afraid because of the movement. I decided to take her around the inflatable castle and show her everything. When she still seemed afraid, I decided to take her out already. I put her down while I got our shoes then she suddenly ran back to the castle and she walked all over on her own. No more fear this time.

She’s becoming so independent already.

She can also say the following:

nana - for banana

mah ki - for monkey

mama/mimi/mami - for mommy

dada - for daddy

nyinyi - for Nyingnying (my sister)

Bapi -for my Aunt (whom we call Abap)

Nyanya - for Nanay (my grandmother)

ahney - for Barney

yanzee - for chimpanzee

mik - for milk

dh gee - for doggie

tik tok - for tik tok (sound of the clock)

teet - for tweet tweet (sound of the bird)

She can also make the sounds of the ff: dog, cat, bird, snake. =) Amazing how fast these kids learn things.