good morning philippines. good morning world. sounds like the greeting made on tv. i think that's toni gonzaga. not really familiar with the accurate greeting she does. 10 am wake up call. :D i still feel bloated from the food last night as if my face is like stretched due to the bloatedness. too bad coke and ginebra lost again. i wonder what's happening to ginebra. i thought its gonna be a contender. and with coke, i wonder when it will learn its lesson. i am sure mr jb baylon has been losing appetite already with that is happening to the team. also, i noticed the pba hasn't been getting a lot of audience lately. PBA IS EVERY WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY FROM 5 PM TO 10 PM and EVERY SUNDAY FROM 4 TO 9 PM.

PBA has been my life since 1996ish or 1997ish i think. i was a teeny bopper then. haha. and until now, i still can't let go. i like the crowd, the games, the events. there's just sooo much to do. and the thing is before, i was just a mere fan, however at this moment, im kinda proud and blessed to say that now, i've gained a lot of close friends in the industry...really close to the point that i am like part of the family.

now i wonder, will i be able to do the same thing in showbiz? juggling 2 jobs, though both are not time consuming, (except for the paper works in school which i pass on to other people), the basketball games (i've actually lessened my viewership already because i don't watch ncaa and pbl games anymore like before), the gk-dlsu stuff going on every now and then, and the usuals, will i be able to penetrate it? haha i actually saw the subject of this showbiz target last night. but i didn't bother to come near him because my friends might think i am jologs. at some point i think it's not really the kajologan but the shallowness. i don't care. 

"My feel for you is decaying in front of me / Like the carrion of a murdered prey"

- carrion, fiona apple

Here is an update of Evan at 3 1/2 years old via my posts from Facebook. I actually like doing it this way since is detailed especially the talking part which are oftentimes unpredictable and funny.

Evan after his haircut. It was my first time giving him one without turning on the tv for him to watch. He fidgeted more but wasn't too bad. I actually like it better since he bends his head when I ask him too and not resist because he's looking at the tv screen.

Oct 19 Yesterday after church while I was driving Evan told me again, "you're a genius!". I asked, "how about daddy?" His answer? "Nah, me and daddy are boys." He has a point.

Tom suspects I am brainwashing his son.

Oct 21 I think I'll have to rescue my husband from my son. He's probably read half of the 192 page toddler Bible already, but Evan kept asking for the "last, last one!" That's the 5th "last, last one."

Tom is clearly a putty in Evan's hands.

Oct 26 Last night Evan to his daddy: "No TV today." Promptly takes the remote control and cuts short his dad's football game.

Guess who's the boss of us?

Oct 29 during last night's dinner Evan and I shared a pinakbet with fried fish given to us by a filipino friend's mom. It was so good that Evan fought over me for the last sitaw (string bean) lol. 

Yup, still loves his veggies. We can turn into vegetarian and Evan wouldn't miss anything. Can't say the same for the father.

Nov 3 Me: "what did they give you for snacks in school this morning?" Evan: "applesauce and spoon!"

Just when I started feeling sorry for my starving son he did later add they had crackers too.

   Nov. 6 While walking to the gym I saw something fell out from Evan's right pant leg... his Spiderman briefs.

A cousin asked if he was embarrassed. I told her far from it, Evan even helped me relate to story to the gym's babysitter staff. He did have another brief on.

Evan painting while wearing the Ironman mask I made him. I was excited about this small table (comes with 2 chairs) that I got from a second hand store for $20. I have been looking for one for a long time. I like it because it's just the right size and sturdy!

Nov. 9 I was running my hands on Evan's hair just checking his scalp curiously when my son protested, "mommeeeee, what are you doing? I'm a boy not a girl!" He then added on a lower tone, "it makes me nervous." 

He got that "makes me nervous" line from me, I say it to him when he is in a precarious position or too far in the sidewalk.  But his use in this context was hilarious.

Nov. 11 I picked Evan from school when we ran into his gym teacher at the parking lot. "Hi Mr. *Robert!" my son greeted him, "I had fun in your class this morning." The look on his teacher's face was priceless. We have a 3 year old politician in our hands.

We are still scratching our head where he got this extrovertness from since his father and I are both on the quiet side (although you won't guess that of me in this blog haha). We hope Evan will remain that way through his adulthood, it is an asset especially in whatever career he choses.

Nov. 14 was at Evan's school volunteering this morning. Met a volunteer-dad of mexican ethnicity who said he was going home early to watch Pacquiao fight. Funny how I am the filipino and I am not remotely interested in watching. I just don't like boxing (or most sports for that matter haha).

Okay, this is not exactly about Evan but it is an interesting bit on my life and the people I meet by being involved in my son's school activities.

Nov. 15 Evan was already asleep when we arrived last night. Right after waking up he didn't barge into our room for warm milk or a kiss like he usually does. He actually looked surprised to see me join him in the living room 45 minutes later. Clearly he assumed he was home alone this morning. I am amazed that didn't bother him. 

This was the morning after my date night with Tom.

Evan playing my favorite game. Pretend sleeping.

Nov. 15 Evan shines his mini flashlight down his daddy's throat. "No spiders, " he declared, satisfied.

Funny.

Nov. 19 baked a super yummy, HEALTHY blueberry muffin recipe for Evan's school snack today I found from a library book. So glad to find the recipe posted on their website. It's hard for me to appreciate store bought baked goods anymore.

According to Evan, his classmates loved the muffins. Evan actually ate 2 of these in one day, which is very unusual.

Nov. 20 at lunch yesterday. Evan and a classmate, who he calls his girl friend, made a move to kiss and hug each other while giggling. "No kissing," I ordered, "you two will get sick." (both were nursing colds). Apparently I was too late. "We kissed in the gym," my son informed me.

I don't mind the kissing, not just in the lips. Especially when they're sick! I bet it was Evan who made the first move since he loves to kiss me many times a day. "I want kiss and hug," he would oftentimes say in sometimes inconvenient situations, like in the middle of lunch and with food in his mouth.

Yesterday Evan read his first word last night. "Mmmmm...eeehhhh....nnnnn....MEN!" from a small box in the bathroom. I am so excited!

No thanks to the $30 kit that I bought. We haven't even gotten around to it yet. Also, upon closer look it won't be really helpful since it's about mastering the alphabet which is too basic for Evan. Wish I could return it but my son already wrinkled the box.

Yesterday overheard from the living room tonight. Tom: "God, I love popcorn!" Evan: "Where is God?" Tom (laughing): "God is everywhere." Evan: "He is in the refrigerator."

Maybe he knows something we don't.

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Ano nga ba ang nagtutulak sa tao para pumatay? Poot? Salapi? Prinsipyo? Politika?

Doon din sa Maguindanao naging "landslide" ang pagkakapanalo ni Gloria Arroyo. Sa ilang presinto roon, wala ni isa mang boto si Fernando Poe Jr. Isipin mo: kahit isa, wala siyang nakuhang boto. Ang kapal ng mukha talaga nitong si Arroyo. Malaki ang utang na loob niya kay Ampatuan. Hello Garci?!

Ngayon naalala ko ang Jabidah massacre kung saan pinatay ng mga elemento ng Armed Forces of the Philippines ang 60 kataong Moro na kanilang nirekluta. Naalala ko ang Balangiga massacre kung saan pinatay ng mga tropang Amerikano ang halos tatlong libong sibilyan sa Balangiga, Samar dahil sa paghihiganti.

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CCP launches 35th issue of Ani publication

11 November 2009, Pasay City – The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Arts Division will launch Ani 35, The Pinoy as Asian issue, on November 26, 2009, 6:00 p.m., at the CCP Ramp with some of the featured authors reading from their works.

“Ani 35 is devoted to writings by Filipinos on their interaction with other Asian peoples and cultures. This may be interpreted as a response to the call of Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist, on the need to reconnect with Southeast Asian literary tradition if we are to survive in this age of globalization,” Herminio S. Beltran, Jr., Literary Arts Division chief and editor of the publication, wrote in the Introduction. “We hope this will inspire the birthing of mechanisms and eventually practices in the Philippine literary/publishing world that will start off a more dynamic interaction among Filipino writers and their counterparts in the Asian continent,” Beltran continued.

Ani 35 features 54 authors who contributed for three sections: poetry; prose (essay and fiction) based on the The Pinoy as Asian theme and; Malayang Haraya for poetry and prose contributions outside the theme.

The 54 authors included in Ani 35 are Mark Angeles, Lilia F. Antonio, G. Mae Aquino, Genevieve L. Asenjo, Abdon M. Balde, Jr., Janet Tauro Batuigas, Gil Beltran, Herminio S. Beltran, Jr., Kristoffer Berse, Jaime Jesus Borlagdan, Raymond Calbay, Catherine Candano, Nonon V. Carandang, Christoffer Mitch Cerda, Joey Stephanie Chua, Kristian S. Cordero, Genaro R. Gojo Cruz, Carlomar Arcangel Daoana, Arvin Tiong Ello, Dennis Espada, Rogerick Fontanilla Fernandez, Reparado Galos III, Dr. Luis Gatmaitan, Joscephine Gomez, Malou Jacob, Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin, Karla Javier, Phillip Kimpo, Jr., Ed Nelson R. Labao, Gexter Ocampo Lacambra, Erwin C. Lareza, Jeffrey A. Lubang, Glenn Sevilla Mas, Perry C. Mangilaya, Noahlyn Maranan, Francisco Arias Monteseña, Ruth V. Mostrales, Victor Emmanuel Nadera, Jose Velando Ogatis-I, Wilhelmina S. Orozco, H. Francisco V. Peñones, Jr., Scott Magkachi Sabóy, Judith Balares Salamat, Edgar Calabia Samar, Louie Jon A. Sanchez, Soliman Agulto Santos, Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Rakki E. Sison-Buban, Jason Tabinas, Vincent Lester G. Tan, Dolores R. Taylan, Rosario Torres-Yu, Betty Uy-Regala, and Camilo M. Villanueva, Jr.

For issues of Ani, please contact the CCP Marketing Department at 551-7930 or 832-11-25 locals 1800 to 1808. For authors who want to contribute for the next issue of Ani, please contact the CCP Literary Arts Division at 832-11-25 locals 1706 and 1707, or email aniyearbook@yahoo.com.

im here in ortigas for work again and konti na lang i'm off again. the good thing about this is i can blog and then do school work at the same time para later eh i can go to the gym then do some errands pa. i haven't claimed yet my laundry at more than one week na siya dun. so parang if i will measure it, my undies and socks would last for more than three weeks before i run out of these stuff. parang ang konti. i hope i can go to the mall so i can get some pa. hirap mag isa sa buhay. walang kaagapay. lolz.

funny coz yesterday i took a nap, like 10 am. and i was in a sitting position. bigla ako nagising and i heard myself snore. YUCK. buti no one was there. nakakahiya. siguro sa sobrang pagod nung sunday kasi i went jogging after going to church. ang galing nga kasi in front of the UST church is the football field so double purpose for me.

usong uso ang mga indie films or short films. yesterday before going to class, nag indie film marathon ako. foreign nga lang. i don't have access to local ones eh. and very interesting how a 20 minute film can touch people's lives. i hope i can produce or create an indie film one day. yung walang script. para true to life talaga. not like the paranormal activity na napanuod ko last week which seemed fake. i have lots of ideas sinking in. maybe i have to study film making. haha ano ba talaga ang gusto mo sa buhay hijo?