I remember sitting at our front yard together with my two older sisters on a beautiful afternoon. We were looking up the sky and let our imagination take us to a different world. A sea up in the sky, a boat, an elephant and a lot of things that the clouds form before our eyes. The sun was setting and we were used to just sit there every afternoon waiting for our Tatay. It was almost dark. A tall figure wearing a blue top and black jeans was walking on the road. Our hearts…
Looks like we’ll have a sunny morning today! Yayyy! I just miss so much the warm sunshine! I think I can put up the poles today for the beans. Jowa went to work and I’ll go back to sleep. It’s still dark outside but our chickens are too noisy. Yeah, I’ll just take a few minutes of nap. Good morning everyone!!
Sino nakakain neto? Naalala ko maliliit ito siya dayi eh tapos tig 50cents lang siya. Paborito ko yan siya noong bata pa ako. Binili talaga ng ate ko ito when she saw this sa grocery. Hahaha! Na miss daw niya eh. Di naman bet ng mga tiyanak ko na pamangkin kaya kami na lang dalawa uubos neto. Yayyyy!
Bad things happen sometimes. Nadulas ako sa labas kanina ang sobrang nasubsob yung paa ko sa buhangin kaya nasugat. Hays! Yung worry ko is baka may maliit na buhangin na nakapasok sa sugat. Mahirap yun tanggalin at baka mag cause pa ng swelling. OA ko anoh? Hahaha!
This is a firefly and I almost squashed it unknowingly! Poor thing. I don’t know if it can still live but it was still glowing when I left it.
Almost lunch time na pero gutom na ako eh! Kakauwi lang namin galing sa maisan. Nag abono kami. Urea and Potasium yung nilagay namin. Pag check ko ng weather kanina eh sabi hindi uulan. Hays! Pero hayun inulan kami. Hahaha! Bahala na si Lord. Last abono na yun and maghihintay na lang kami na lumaki. Kain po muna tayo ng banana cake.
Lunch time! Chopsuey and grilled squid for lunch. Happy tummy after half day of work under the rain. Lol! The weather is better now. Sunny and warm.. ahhhh! I feel sleepy.
Feeling ko talaga may okasyon dito sa bahay today. Hahaha! Merienda po tayo. Filipino style spaghetti
This was taken earlier. Lala just wanted to be near him at all times. She just wants a belly rub. Her babies inside her tummy are moving! Hahaha! I am excited to see her babies soon.
I almost clicked it! I was looking into the video chunks from last night’s Senatorial debate when I noticed this. An ad for an app or maybe something else. Cold Friday morning!
What a day! It was sunny and warm. I am so happy! We were busy at the farm today, cleaning and taking advantage of the weather. The forecast for tomorrow will be cloudy and high chance of rain. What’s for dinner? We are cooking beef stew with green papaya. I am soooo hungry.
The orphans. Ang bata pa ng mga yan tapos iniwan na ng mama nila. Kaya every afternoon, hinuhuli ni bayaw tapos nilalagay sa puno ng kahoy bago magdilim. Yung mama nila ayun, nangingitlog nanaman. Hahaha!
Weekend and this means red and bloody crypto market. Rainy season isn’t really over yet here at the South. It’ll be rainy today. Geez! I woke up too early. Now, I am sleepy.
Ginataang langka for lunch! Busog much nanaman ako neto. Madaming bunga yung langka namin kaya hayan, nagluto kami ng paborito namin. Gutom na ako pero antay ko pa si jowan makabalik. Nanguha ng bamboo shoots para dalhin niya kay mother bukas.
Most people react based on what they see and hear without knowing the facts, and what’s worst? Their emotions drive them to react, and become oblivion to what really is happening. Hays! I think I am becoming more realist each day, and I like it! Hehehe! Anyway, let’s eat and enjoy this fried banana coated with caramelized sugar and sesame seeds. Maruya ra ni uy!
I packed Jowa’s clothes. He’s leaving me…… charot! It’s for six days only. He will be working with my brother-in-law at North Cotabato. Bro-in-law has a new business venture, and he’s bringing jowa as his sidekick. That is why we were busy the whole week finishing all of out farm works here before they go. I will miss him. Awwww! This will be the first time that we’ll be separated for days. Got his ID, vax card if in case he needs it. No back hugs at night for six days, and…
Morning people! I decided to read tue whole series, again. Hahaha. Di ko na manilang kung ilang beses ko na siyang binasa. First year college ako noong first time kong binasa ito. Hiniram ko lang yung book tapos hanggang Sorcerer’s Stone lang ang nabasa ko. Noong nagwork ako sabi ko mag iipon ako to buy ang lahat ng HP book eh kaso may nakita akong link online tapos libre pa talaga. Hahaha! Kaya nakakuha ako ng copy. Ngek!
Tinuruan ko paano mgtext yung pamangkin ko and since then kapag meron siyang load nagtetext siya ng kung anu-ano. Hahaha! This was yesterday. Kulit.
I received two warnings last night while sleeping. This was the last, code red. The first was code orange. It rained the whole night! While in some places are already having a summer feels, here we are still stuck in wet season.
This was our ulam last night. Ngayon ko lang i-post kasi ang hina talaga ng signal ngayon. First night na wala si Jowa and mukhang sabado pa sila makakauwi. Di ako nakatulog ng maayos. Naninibago lang siguro. Maaga ako nag linis sa terrace kasi bumaha, galing yung tubig sa ceiling, tumutulo. Tapos naglaba ako. Ang dami! Matutuyo ito today, lumabas na si haring araw pero cloudy pa din. Konting init lang ang need ng mga nilabhan, may moisture pa kasi after ko nilagay sa dryer.…
Tulog lang sya ng tulog and mukhang matamlay. Tapos always lang siya naka pirmi sa iisang lugar today. Baka manganganak na.. or baka sad lang din kasi wAlang nagbe-belly rub sa kanya. Baka this week lalabas na ang babies niya!
Update: at around 12:20am we heard squeaking noises outside. Me and my sister got up and found out that our Lala had given birth to five cute puppies! Yayyyy! Two black, two grey and a brown puppy. Lala looks tired. Awwww! Our baby is no longer a baby.
Okayyy… as usual, it’s a rainy day. We’ll transfer Lala and her five baby boys laternin a much convenient place. She just gave birth at our back door. I’ve prepared two ‘birthing spots’ for her yesterdqy but I guess she didn’t like it. She checked it out but she did not use it. My niece had checked her puppies and declared all of them are boys! Lala isn’t moving yet but will give her some food and water. I already informed Jowa and sent him a video. He’s excited to see his…
..will be leaving the farm nect week. It was an abrupt decision made today. Me and jowa will be moving to North Cotabato. We will leave Lala but we’ll still come here from time to time. They need people at the farm in North Cotabato and my sister need someone who she can trust at her store. Jowa and I already talked, and we both agreed. I might be traveling on Tuesday.
A beautiful morning everyone! I got a lot of things to do today because it isn’t raining! Yayyy!! Less than a week before we transfer to North Cotabato farm. I am a bit excited. I guess we’ll always have to return to where we came from. After high school, I left our town and went to a University. This will be my first time to really stay and work there. Let’s make this day awesome and productive!!
My heart melts when I saw these cuties. The brown pup is Coco and the grey one is Oreo.
Just waiting for a call to eat. Hahaha! Doon daw kami magdinner sa kapitbahay namin kasi may birthday. Gosh! Gutom na ako. Di nakapag merienda kanina. Kita nyo yan? Yan tambak na tutupiin? Akin lahat yan. Hahaha! Yung iba mga pang-farm clothes ni jowa . Tutupiin ko pa mga yan mamaya. Antagal ng tawag. Gutom na ako, pramis!naulan na ngayon. Productive naman ang araw. Naayos ko na ang garden. Sana lumaki na ang mga talong at mamunga na ang mga beans. Sasaglit lang muna ako sa…
Ahhhh! A beautiful morning everyone! A bit of sunshine and at some part it’s cloudy. The weather is getting better. Good morning!
Basic in cooking. I cooked bihon guisado for lunch also ate it for merienda. How’s everyone here? I hope you all are having a treat time. It’s raining right now but not too hard.
Forever doesn’t mean perfect. Forever is choosing to love right every single day. I am leaving this quote here.
I always like to say that the sky is my canvass. This was taken at around 10am today. It wasn’t too hot and the weather was nice.
A rainy evening. I took a mattress out of the room and laid it here in the living room while we watch Mr. Bean. My niece suggests that we should sleep here, and I agreed. Me on the couch and her on the mattress. We can’t comfortably fit together on the mattress since she moves a lot when she’s sleeping.
A cold and foggy morning from Kawayanan, Brgy Katipunan, New Bataan, Davao de Oro! I am walking to get our motorbike from the shop. I left it there yesterday because I don’t know how to add air in the wheels. Lol! The owner is my Jowa’s friend.
This isn’t our puppy but he was walking with me this morning when I went to get our motorbike from the shop. He came to me wagging its tail, of course I didn’t touch it. Lol! He was so friendly!
Our last harvest of cardava bananas before we leave this place. Jowa is back already, they came home yesterday afternoon. We’ll get his things after this. Ahhhh
Good morning noisy people! Yesterday was a busy day. Today will be a slow day. I started my day with a hot Milo drink. I will not drink coffee anymore. I get bloated everytime I drink coffee. Well, it’s my sexond day without coffee and my tummy feels better. Happy tummy, happy me!
Andami kong stock neto dati sa ref. Pinanindigan ko yung no coffee and softdrinks kaya ito yung substitute ko. Tapos pag bumibisita mga pamangkin ko eh ni re-raid nila ang ref at binabaon pauwi ang mga canned juice. Next week, kukunin ko na lahat ng gamit ko sa Davao. May buyer na din ang aircon at ref ko. Bebenta ko na lang kesa ma tengga lang dun sa bahay namin sa Davao. Baka masira na hindi ginagamit. Mga napundar ko yun noong nasa BPO pa ako nagwowork.
Last visit at our cornfield. We’ll be traveling tomorrow to NorthCot. We’ll be back here at New Bataan on May for the upcoming election. Jowa will cast his vote here while I will cast mine at Davao City. I will miss this place. It’s my home for two years since the pandemic happened. Jowa and I will be busy today for few more stuff that we need to do before we leave. Ahhhh! Last day here.
Ukay-ukay is life. Hehe! Joke lang. Mag eempake lang po tayo this morning until lunch. Meron pang mga nasa sampayan. Parang ngayon pa lang nag sink in sa utak ko na aalis na kami dito. Haha! Siguro kung bumalik pa ako sa dati na work eh single pa din ako hanggang ngayon. Single na as in walang jowabels.
All set! Ready to travel. We are much excited for our new life. Hah! No more negative and bad people. We’ll still visit this place from time to time.
On our way to NorthCotabato. Sunny morning!
We just arrived. We started traveling at around 7:00am. Five hours of travel from the Province of Davao de Oro to the Province of North Cotabato. We’ll take a rest for now. Ahhh!!
Kahit sa byahe , I was reminded to make some noise. Hahaha! This was at Davao City, early today.
What a morning! We left at around 7:00am and the fog bid goodbye to me! This was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen at this place. I’ll be back soon. I will start to work at my sister’s boutique tomorrow. I am so tored and sleepy now.
My mother is a plantita since I was a young child. This is one of her rose plant. A beauty and so fragrant!! Hmmmm
A simple celebration yesterday for our Uncle’s 55th birthday. With are my niece and nephew.
Ube ice scramble. Wew! It is really Humid in here. Unlike at New Bataan that rains almost everyday, here is humid and hot.
First day of work is done. We’re just waiting for my brother-in-law to pick us up then we’ll head home. My sister is an online seller and after years of selling online, she put up a store, and this is where I am working.
I was analyzing itong street na ito dati. Wala pa ito siya noong umalis ako, andaming nagbago sa town namin. Madami na din café na sosyal2x ang dating. Mukhang di na ako makakapag drive ng motor dito. Baka mahuli ako. Hahaha! Ginabi na kami ng ate ko kasi matagal dumating ang sundo tapos meron nakipagkwentuhan sa amin na customer. Yung benta nila buong araw eh ₱100 lang daw. Mga damit at sandals yung sa kanila tapos mga accesories. Sana naman bukas eh makabawi sila.
This is an orchid planted in soil. It looks pretty and amazing! This is just one of the many flowers my mother has in her mini garden. Weather is here is gloomy and I am waiting for my sister so we can go to her store.
Day 2 in my sister’s shop. I wish she installs a tv here or just a sound system so won’t get bored. Hehe!
Isaw. The seller was my Flores de Mayo student. Honestly, I couldn’t remember her. She has two kids already! I am really trying hard to remember her but unfortunately, my mind can’t. Lol!
A parcel came and…..and that means, bubblewrap! Hahaha! Stress reliever.
Matagal na ako kino-conbince ng ate ko to try these kasi nakakapayat. Madami na din testimonies na pumayat talaga sila. Meron ba familiar sa kape na ito?
Hello little bunny! I woke up seeing this cute little bunny having its breakfast at the front of our house. Cutie!!! It is our neighbor’s pet.
This was taken earlier. When I was in high school I remember this road was used to be the worst road I knew. Dusty and bumpy when it’s dry but dirty and muddy plus bumpy during rainy season. It’s a barangay road, and since our barangay captain lives nearby, he fix it of course. Hahaha.
Kasi daw malaki ang sales today kaya nag order ng merienda si madam. Paramg walang krisis dito na side of the earth. Pramis!
Aweaome morning! The weatyer here is far better than in New Bataan. It doesn’t rain that much. Sunny and warm. Ahhhh!
Bahala kayo sa buhay pero medyas is life talaga. Hahaha! Tanghali na ako nagpunta sa store ng ate kasi naglaba pa ako ng mga pinamili naming ukay2x kahapon. Ibebenta ko yung isang dress. Ang cute talaga nun kaso di kasya kaya ibebenta ko na lang yun bukas.
Bisyo talaga si ate ko. Hahaha! Akin yung ube, sweetcorn naman sa kanya. Nagclose lang kami ng tindahan for about 30mins para kumain ng halo-halo. One week kasi wala yung isang bantay na kasama namin. Magtake kasi yun ng lincesure exam.
Our neighbor’s pup came to say ‘good morning hoomans!’ Sniff! Sniff! ‘Goodbye hoomans!’ Hahaha! So cute!! I miss Lala, Chippy and Choco.
This was our breakfast earlier. I grilled it. Fishes, hotdogs for kids and eggplants from our mother’s garden. As much as possible I am avoiding fried foods and meats because of my mother’s health condition. When we came home, she already cooked fish stew but I picked malabar spinach from her garden. I made a vegetable stew. Dinner is done, I am ready to sleep. I’ll just need to hang pur mosquito net. I was busy at my sister’s store, I re-arranged everything and organized…
Di man lang ako nakapag-post kanina sa sobrang busy since paggising ko. Nagpapaayoskasi kami ng bahay, ako ang kusinera breakfast and lunch and after ko kumain ng lunch atound 11am deretso naman ako sa tindahan ng ate ko. Sabay-sabay dumating today ang mga products. Yung mga terno pajamas eh binalot ko pa isa-isa after ko kuhanan ng picture para may maipost online. May mga bagong dating na cutie socks! Makaka-discount ako neto ng malaki-laki. Hindi ko pa nga yun na-picturan.…
We got fogs! Yayy! I feel I am in a magical world everytime we get a foggy morning. It’s cold right now and I will start to prepare breakfast in few minutes. I slept well last night. I am ready for another day of hardwork. Good morning everyone!
I still don’t know how to cross a busy street. Lol! My sister and I went to snack house after work. My nephew was with us and since we can’t comfortably fit on a scooter, I told her to go and bring home her son after we ate kwek-kwek, hotdogs, fishballs and ice scramble. We needed to go back to the market to buy vegetables and fish for tomorrow. Shot was taken at around 6:00pm. I had a busy day and will have another busy day tomorrow.
Yaya ngayong umaga. Hahaha! So yun nga parang magpractice pa lang sila today sa pagpasok sa school. Tinanong siya ng mama niya last night kung sino maghatid sa kanya, eh ang sabi ‘si Tita’. Kaya heto kami ang magkasama. Tapos bago matulog, nag whisper pa siya ng “Tita, ikaw mag guide sa akon bwas ha”. Anyway, dito ako nag aral noon. Yung classrom niya ngayon is classroom ko din dati. Kami yung second batch na gumamit ng building. Tapos pagka tanda ko eh may maliliit na foot…
Duty mode sa store ni Ate madam. Bisyo nanaman, haha! Ensaymada overload. Yung toppings niyan ay cream cheese and cheddar. Tapos ₱150 only lang. Sobrang mainit sa labas. Jusme!
Yung gallery ko napupuno ng mga pictures ng products na binebenta namin. Kayod lang ng kayod. Antok na atok na ako. Maaga kami nagising kanina tapos whole morning ako nagluto para sa crew namin. Thursday kasi ang schedule ng packing. Wala naman masyadong customer ngayon.
Temporary bahay namin ni jowabels. Inaayos pa kasi yung bahay namin, bale binakbak yung loob tapos nagdagdag ng new room. Mga two weeks din siguro gagawin. Comfortable naman dito, ok na basta may electricfan lang. Hahaha! Ginagawang tambayan ng mga pamangkin ko pag umaga. Di ko na pinaganda kasi lilipat din naman kami sa loob ng bahay. Pero sa totoo lang mas gusto ko na dito. Hahaha!
The famous Nacar batchoy from my hometown. Wew! Been busy as usual. Yesterday, me and jowa had a chance to eat this delicious batchoy. How is everyone here?
My cousin cooked our dinner last night. I didn’t know that she can cook. When we were younger, I remember they had a house help. They went home this morning to SouthCot.
Taken earlier while naghihintay kay pamangkin. Half day lang yung class nila. From 7:00am to 11:00am. Hinatid lang siya ng mama niya kanina tapos sinundo ko around 10:00am. First day of class and first time niya talaga pumasok sa classroom. Happy naman siya pag uwi.
Bulk orders kami today. Medyo maliit lang ang kita sa bulk pero okay lang naman kasi madami-dami naman. Yung iba na out na kaninang early morning. Yung iba di ko na picturan. Kamusta ang all dito? Yesterday nasa kabilang municipality si bbm and inday sarah. Yung mga kapitbahay nakipagsiksikan talaga. Haha! #teamunity
Yellow sky. Malapit na kami mag close ng store. Gutom na talaga ako. Nagpabili pa ng takoyaki ang ate dun sa bagong bukas na kainan. Hahaha!
New columnar book for the month of April. I think magagamit ko na ang pinag-aralan ko noong college. Hahaha! Well, from NGO to BPO to farmer to tindera/kahera/bookeeper. Lol! Mukhang malabo kasi ang inventory ni ate. Di ko makita ang ins and outs ng stocks niya. Walang daily outs, yung mga nabenta. Sabi niya nagli-liquidate lang siya every month. Dahil na din siguro sa sobrang busy niya. Nag inventory ako this morning and I asked for her daily outs. Wala daw. Sabi ko sa…
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