So cute I couldn’t resist

Last night on his way to the loo, pogiBoy stopped to give me a hug. He looked me in the eyes and said “mum, I love you“.

Walking away he said “we marry” pointing to me and himself.

I opened my mouth but didn’t say anything.

He then went back with “When I’m big, I marry you mum huh? Please?” I nodded so he’d wee already. But he added:

“Don’t marry Daddy. He’s got smelly kili-kili.” :-D

Aaawww oedipus complex.

I had to laugh and told him “yes, Daddy’s kili-kili is smelly“. (pogiBoy doesn’t like it when I laugh at what he says when he’s being serious, who does?)

I called hubby but he wasn’t answering so I left a message:

“I’m sorry but I found another man… He asked me to marry him… He thinks he deserves me because your kili-kili stinks.”

let’s see if I can write this in <3mins

friend: Di ba nag-injectables ka? Ok ba yun?

me: Oo, pero tinigil ko na. Sabi ni hubby wag na daw akong mag-contraceptive.

friend: (shocked) Ha?! Ano na gamit nyo? Nagbibilang?

me: Di na lang kami nag-se-sex.

friend: hehe

She thought I was joking.

I came in early (around 7am) as I’m pick-up duty this afternoon. I did ctrl-alt-del & logged in to my laptop, which I normally leave running overnight (sorry Earth).

I had about 10 apps open and proceeded on switching back and forth trying to get two-three things done.

Then after one alt-tab too many, I got the “Blue Screen of Death”… Years ago I would have panicked. Maybe I’ve become unhinged due to stress, I was excited to see it and I actually laughed.

It’s been a looonnngggg time since I encountered the BSD … To mark the occasion I snapped a photo.

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I’m too lazy to download my picture so I copied the attached image from the Wikipedia.

I saw this picture on the Metro yesterday morning. It so happens pogiBoy is currently into the Gingerbread Man at the moment. So during the busy day at work, I made a reminder on my phone to show this video to my kid,

Come on, you have to agree it’s brilliant. I don’t really understand why some quarters would say it was culturally insensitive. Or am I being dense?

Dear friend (smile you’re on candid camera),

Magugulat ka kaya kung sasabihin kong talaga’ng gigil na gigil ako sa baba ko?

Dahil libre namang magtanong, e nag-email ako sa Belo Medical Group (nasabi ko na ba’ng nag-email na din ako kay Dra Holmes nuon tungkol sa isang article nya??).

Anyway, aabot na mahigit 100k PhP ang magagastos ko kung ipapatabas ko ang baba ko dahil may minimum daw sila na usually e coupled with different procedures. Siguro dahil pangit nga naman na manipis tyan mo tapos puro bilbil ang extremities mo ‘no?

Sa gusto kong mangyari (sa aking double chin) sa Session 2 ako. Nung nakita ko yung List inisip ko “oo nga kelangang alisin yung wings ko, saka yung excess fat na halata sa likod ko”… Ayayay.

Early signs kaya ito nang tendency to abuse surgery??? Dito kaya nagsisimula yun?? Kaya ko kayang sikmurain na umubos ng 100 thousand pesoses para lang “gumanda” ako?? Hindi kaya ako mapunta sa impyerno for wasting money? Most importantly, saan kaya ako kukuha nang ganuon kalaking extra money?

Mukhang kailangang i-workout ko din ang schedules hhhmmm how to fit these procedures in my 2-week leave?? <<– parang totoo ha!

———- From the original message ———-
Cost information on SMART LIPO:
Session 1:
Upper Abdomen= Php 33,600.00
Abdomen= Php 33,600.00
Waist= Php 33,600.00
Hips- Php 33,600.00

Session 2:
Arms= Php 44,800.00(both arms included)
Wings= Php 16,800.00
Back= Php 33,600.00
Chin= Php 28,000.00

Session 3:
Inner Thigh= Php 33,600.00
Outer Thigh= Php 33,600.00
Anterior Thigh= Php 33,600.00
Buttocks= Php 33,600.00

Others:
Armpit= Php 22,400.00
Chest= Php 33,600.00
Breast = Php 33,600.00
Knees= Php 16,800.00
Calves= Php 33,600.00

We do three to four (3-4) areas (minimum) per surgery and is usually categorized like the one seen above. We can space the sessions 5 days to a week apart, depending on the capability of the patient.

{Additional 20% for professional fee of Dr. Belo}
Smartlipo for the face=Php56,000
+ Anaesthesia= Php 11,200
+ Binder= Php 5,600

For more information about Smartlipo, you can go to http://www.belomed.com/services_NEW_smartlipo.htm.

ETC ETC ETC

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Note guys, these figures are for me ha. So if you’re thinking of seeing the Belo Medical Group, ask them for your own quotes, of course after you’ve seen the specialists. And as with anything medical, make sure you are not just mentally ready but also physically-able to undergo such invasive procedures.

pogiBoy has been exposed to cameras from the minute he was born. We have pictures of him coming out of my tummy, taking his first bath, his first step… you get the picture (no pun intended).

It was only a matter of time before he picked up the tool himself. In recent weeks, he’s been playing with my Nokia N70 every chance he gets. He takes the household members’ pictures, even copying us & tells us to “smile“. But his subjects are varied, sometimes he’d even take shots of my bum & laugh! It is curious to see things from his eye-level. And even better to see him really concentrated on getting the right (?) shots, taking the picture again & again & sometimes even kneeling or standing on his toes.

Here are some that are consistent favourites.

His telly which he shares with mummy

Dora fridge magnets

His favourite character, Noddy

Naniniwala ka ba sa mga kababalaghan?
Roughly translated, “Do you believe in superstitions?”

A family friend just came back from their 5-week Pinas holiday when their 5-year old son developed coughs & colds. After 2 days he developed fever & the coughing became severe. After 2 weeks & a round of antibiotics, the boy was vomiting & was unable to eat and his fever was on & off. The parents have brought him to two hospital A&Es, and if you know NHS, you’ll know how frustrated they felt. Anyway, malaria and dengue were ruled out by blood tests. The mum & her family back in Nueva Ecija then consulted an albularyo (faith healer). The woman asked for the boy’s picture & immediately said he fell from a white staircase & hit an elder (nuno) on the stomach. The family in NE has no staircase but my friend said they went to Baguio where her son did fall from a white staircase! She was then told to gather holy water, blessed oil, palaspas, dried sampaguita & incense. I don’t know the entire ceremony involved but they were told to pray “Ama Namin” (Our Father). The boy was better the following day! Indeed I saw him last Sunday (three days after the pray-over) and he was running about like he’s never been sick.

I had goosebumps when my friend told me that story over the phone last week. She asked me do I believe in “such things”? I was hesitant to answer because part of me wants to say “No”, but a greater part says “Yes”.

You see, I grew up in a family where relatives develop enlarged genitals, lumps & all sorts of pains & aches that all go away immediately when the albularyo‘s words were followed. And more often than not, those relatives all encounter these beings at my house! I’ve seen how grains of rice (newly removed from husks) or drops of candle form very recognisable figures. We order platters of rice cakes (bila-bilao talaga) for offerings & we all pray & ask forgiveness from the unseen.

I was told another story of a Pinay who got voodoo’ed here in London! Of course, this ranks of kwentong kutsero now, but let me tell it anyway. This nurse was complaining of serious headaches & pain on the nape. After scans & xrays, the doctors told her she’s probably just stressed. Frustrated she boarded a plane to Pinas but stopped in Dubai instead due to the severe pain she was felt. In Dubai (where she has friend to house her), she was introduced to an Indian “healer”. As soon the guy saw her, he told her that she has upset a dark person (read: maitim). All the guy did was link her small fingers point-to-point & the pain was gone. The girl said it was if something was pulled out of her nape!

Ah to live in constant fear of upsetting something you cannot see, or someone you can see but who has some sort of magical power. How to find a balance in modern life? Well you have your Faith, you have your Science. And also you have bigger things to worry about like the increasing crime rates.

But in my life there is a space for superstition. I say my “tabi po, apo“, and I will buy my son a small crucifix to pin on his shirt when we go visit Pinas. As one friend said with regards to these preventive measures, it doesn’t hurt to give them a try.

So you think being away in Pinas makes a First World country safe from the engkanto ha?