This was taken last Easter Sunday. We went to my aunt's birthday celebration. Saturday was her birthday but we can't eat and have a party so they decided to celebrate it on Sunday. Zoe and her cousin don't see each other often. So they were happy to see each other and play. But I guess this is what playing is for the kids in this generation. They were so noisy and shouting at each other "why did you kill me?". They're playing Minecraft, boys versus girls team. When I send this photo to my sister she said "boring kids". Our generation is simple but we are a very happy active kids. We play outside running, biking, climbing trees and playing other active games. Kids now a days they like to sit and hold their gadgets. That's why if Zoe will asked me if she can go outside to her friends I allow her so that she can't be in her cellphone. How was your childhood like?
Is everyone busy? Me too. Just dropping by to say a Blessed Happy Easter Sunday to all. God bless...
Yesterday Zoe asked me if she can play in the rain and she did. She's so naughty that she brings Yam-yam with her. The puppy keeps on running away from her and she keeps on catching her. Poor Yam-yam she's trembling so I told Zoe not to bother her anymore. I dried the puppy and put a blanket on her. I'm very busy that I can't be active that much. Some men are working with our terrace tiles. I don't know when will they finished but I'll try to be here. Good night for now my friends.
Hello my noise friends. Blessed Holy Thursday to all. This photo was taken at Sarabia Manor Hotel during the wedding of my childhood friend Jane. I was one of the entourage and my mom a godmother. I was working at National Children's Hospital that time in Quezon City and had a vacation in our province to attend the event. I had to went straight to the hotel from the airport because our town is an hour away from the city with no traffic. I had a great time with my mom that time. We had our own room with two single beds. I missed you nanay. Life is hard without you but life must go on. You will always be in our hearts. We love you dearly. My #ThrowbackThursday.
Good morning beautiful people of noise. After a week of raining the rain had stopped. I don't know when because as we go to sleep last night it still rains a little and when I woke up this morning I noticed that it stops. I hope our weather will be good now so that we can enjoy the rest of summer. Me and my high school friends are planning to go swimming with our kids. Have a blessed Holy Week to all who celebrates it. May God bless us all and peace to the whole world! I also pray for those badly affected by typhoon in our country. Those who got flooded and loss there property and loved ones.
Hello my dear friends. It's been raining here in my place for a week now but yesterday the weather is a little bit better and I captured a sunset around 6 in the evening. There's a storm and it's slowly passing to some parts of Visayas Region and there's another one. Our summer is cold and rainy. Can't do anything outside. I have things to do and I don't know how to start and I'm so sleepy now. I can't clearly see at this moment because my eyes is blurry now. I think I do really need to sleep now. I'll try to be active here tomorrow. Love you guys. Peace!
Zoe and I went to school today. I asked her to pose on the wall and do what the child do in the painting. She's supposed to cover the drawing but can't. Then I saw some roses and take a snap of it at the side opposite of the mural. After that we stop by Zoe's favorite fast food chain Jollibee and order some food. I was very hungry because I only ate 3 slices of bread that morning and it's around 10 in the morning. Zoe enjoyed the food and said she's too full. As of me I just ate fries and drink pineapple juice. I can't really last until next meal with bread. For us Filipinos rice is life! But it's Friday and I can't eat any meat until Holy Week as I promise. One Friday to go. I can do it! Good night my friends. See you later.
This was last Saturday at Citi Mall. We were waiting for my cousin and her daughter at the ladies comfort room. It was just us inside the big room. It has many cubicles and beautiful several sinks. As we wait I took a snap at the mirror with the two "makulit" kids. They're dancing and moving around facing the mirror.
Sorry you all I've been busy. Saturday we went to a near by city with my cousin's family. They asked us to go with them and have lunch there after she finished her transaction. We ride a jeep to go there and a tricycle to go home. I'm riding at the back and I snap a couple of photos. Here are some of it. So scary because I might drop my phone. Yesterday is my cousin's birthday so Zoe and I prepared a balloon with some money on it ang bought some pizza and Jollibee spaghetti for a snack. Simple family celebration.
We were busy cleaning ang arranging the garden before my mom's arrival maybe on July. My sister is still waiting for her son's new passport that they just renewed last Saturday before they can book a ticket. They're planning to go with our cousin who's a nurse
there with her family. They are going here because July is the first death anniversary of our cousin's mom. Time really flies quickly. During that time my mom would always video call Tita Blanca to attend for the daily prayer for Tita Raquel. Despite the time difference and that she is sick and not feeling well she will still join the prayer. She even attended the burial as I'm holding the phone showing her what's happening during that time. I talked so much again. I need to prepare breakfast now and do some laundry. Have a good day everyone! Good morning, good afternoon and good night to all.
Why life is so hard and complicated? A couple of days ago my sister called me. She's having a problem reporting my mom's death to the Philippine Embassy. She told me they fill up form and replied by another form and another form. They're asking so much question including who's the relatives in the Philippines, who will be at the airport to claim her and they need a flight ticket. My sister told them that she's the one bringing her but there's no definite date yet. That she just wanted to report my mom's death. She said she gives up and she will try next time if she has a flight ticket already. She told me that we had gone through so much pain and suffering during our mom's journey in her cancer why until now it's still difficult? She's been having anxiety and she said I think I have depression. Sometimes she's having a hard time breathing especially when she's stressed. I can't wait for them to go home so that we can go through this together. I missed them so much.
This was taken last Friday at the school during the retrieval of Zoe's modules. I told her to pose and I will take her photo but she said she's shy. But in the end she did as she's told. Kids as they grow up they tend to become shy. When they were little if you say smile to take photos they will pose immediately. Now they're not fun to take photos with. They doesn't want to do it. Zoe will say "mommy, seriously?".
A cloudy morning everyone. I hope the sun will shine today. We need to go to the town for some errands and I don't want to get wet in the rain because I'm still not well. Some things need to be fixed in the house and someone will come to get the job done. It's very difficult not to have a man in the house to do some fixing. As you know my cousin's husband died so we don't have anyone to call for a free fix. I need to hire someone to do it for us now. Have a good day noisemates!
Hello my noise friends. I still don't feel good today. I'm sleepy but I can't sleep well because of my throat and runny nose. I well catch up to you guys. The weather here is so crazy. After a couple of days having a humid day this morning it rains again. I think because of our weather that's why I don't feel good. The sunset was taken yesterday. Good evening everyone!
What's up noise friends?! It's very hot and humid in my place now that's why I'm not feeling well. I had a busy day washing clothes this morning and I finished around twelve noon. My throat is still itchy and I have a little headache. I'll catch up to you guys. Leaving you my sunset taken just now. Great evening from Philippines with love.
Also came from the box that arrived with my mom's things. A book of some kind of drawings that needed to be colored. Zoe loves it and these are some of her finished works.
I'm gonna sleep early today because I don't feel well. It feels that there's something in my throat. I think I'll be having a cough. I hope it won't happen. It's just that the weather this days is changing from sunny to rainy and rainy to sunny. Good night dear friends!
Some of my mom's clothes and things arrived yesterday including her cellphone. There's no photos and update of her from the hospital before her operation and after that of course because she can't hold anything in her hands after she had stroke. Just the happy nanay we know in her photos but I have some of her videos and pictures in my phone until she passed away. Though I can't watched it I still don't want to erase it. It's a bad memories, still it's my mom's memories.🥺
We have those flowers a long time ago but I don't see it in our garden now. Those flowers belongs to my neighbor. The one who always invite us to their house if someone has a birthday just like now. Zoe said we are invited again to his daughter's birthday later this afternoon. It's just a simple snack or dinner again. We won't say no to a free meal. Hehehe...
We arrived at the church early. Zoe and I attended a 9am mass and burial of my aunt. The wife of my mom's cousin. I cried after the mass as I saw my cousins crying watching over their mom's coffin as they bless her with the holy water. Not only that but I also remember my mom. I hope that my sister can bring her home this coming June. But I won't see her anymore because her remains was cremated. It's really sad to say goodbye to a love one.
It was the last day of the "pa siam" at our neighbor's house. It's a 9 day prayer for the soul of the decease after the burial. We prayed and had dinner then went home. While I was getting my solar lights I saw the moon and the sky before seven in the evening so I took a snap and I thought maybe I can still get a snap of the sunset. I went in our room at the second floor and here's my sunset and moon tonight. The moon was taken at our terrace in the front and the sunset in my room facing the backyard. I was planning to sleep early but it's almost eleven in the evening. It's late but I have to do something that's why. I'm going to sign off for now and see you again tomorrow.
A neighbor of ours invited us to a have a dinner in their house because it's his birthday. It was just his family me and Zoe with my cousin's family. They always invited us to their house if there's a celebration even if it's just a simple one. Actually all our neighbors are like that. It's a Philippine thing. They know it's just me and Zoe in the house so they always invite us. Before we go home Zoe pointed this plant so I got my phone and snap.
I snap this three days ago. I woke up and it's sunny so I decided to take a photo on that yellow flower. I have to cover my eyes because the sun is in my front and it's so blinding. I thought it's gonna be sunny all day but around four in the afternoon it rained hard and it flooded the front yard and at the house side. It keeps going on until yesterday. I don't know if it's gonna be the same this afternoon. Good morning my dear friends! Let's keep on praying for peace! Spread love, peace, kindness and compassion.
This was taken when it was raining here in my place. Some I have already posted here in noise. I think the flower can't hold the raindrops that's why it looks like that. It's heavy for its big petals because it catches more water. Good thing now as I woke up it is sunny outside.
It's #ThrowbackThursday again. I haven't posted a throwback for awhile. This was taken last 2017 if I calculated it correctly. It was the last vacation of my mom that she was able to came home with us and then she went on a vacation again to New Jersey in my sister's family last 2019 and they will come back home with my mom's ashes on this coming June if everything will go as planned. No more grandma for Zoe to hug when she will arrive. We missed you nanay. We will see you in our dreams when we really missed you and wanted a hug from you.
My mom's orchids. It has a fragrance like a perfume. My cousin said it is called "Ilang-ilang" in our dialect. It's one of my snap 3 days ago after the rain. I was just putting my solar lights outside to charge even it's gloomy. Then I saw the orchids with so many white flowers. So I grabbed my phone and take some photos and went around to see some interesting subjects to post online. Some I had posted yesterday and the other day.
Yesterday while it's still raining a little I went out to take some snap and from my previous shot of a spider and its web this flower is one of my many snaps. Look at its bud with raindrops and the flower. Love seeing them after the rain.
It's very gloomy outside. Wake up a little late and went to the garden to take some snap. This is my first time taking a photo of a spider in its web with rain drops. It's very hard especially without the right equipment. This is the best that my phone camera can captured. It's looks like just a raindrops. It can't show the web's form like how I can see it. I tried different angles and trying to avoid the plants in the background because it blends in and you can't see the spider and the raindrops on the web. Need more practice and save for a better phone. I think I need to buy a new upgrade phone soon. Good morning noisemates! Spread peace, love, kindness and compassion. No to war.
It's been raining here especially in the evening. When you thought summer is approaching and then the rain is coming instead. But it's okay I don't need to water the plants and they need it. But the thing is Yam-yam and I can't go out for a walk. I got a snap of my neighbor's orchid with a wasp I think. I tried to capture it as close up as I can but I'm afraid to get stung. Good evening everyone!
Zoe and I were looking for a gift for her friend Jamaika for her 7th birthday. We bought some headbands, hair clips and a pink cute baby keychain. Zoe can't take her eyes on the cutie and ask me to buy her one. So we bought a purple one for her. She even made a little box to be her crib and put a little fabric to be the blanket. She named her cute baby Maye. She even spelled it to me. Hahaha
The orchids was from the birthday party we attended yesterday. Before the party starts I took time to snap this beauties. There are other flowers but I can't go and take a photo because the area was muddy. It's a typical province place. I'm so sleepy and tired right now. I'll catch up tomorrow. Good night for now noisemates!
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