Thursday, November 4, 2010

a bookie story



i grew up not owning a work of fiction not until i was in college. (unless of course, you'd count the stories in textbooks the school requires you to buy.) my meager allowance back in elementary and highschool didn't allow for such indulgence. 


what i would do is visit the school library (quite regularly) and gooble up fiction after fiction the shelves had to offer. at home, i remember staying up so late, using homework as an excuse, just to finish whatever page-turner i had at the moment. and brown-outs, which happened quite frequently then, didn't stop me either. the candlelight was my friend ... and the reason for my poor eyesight. 


i couldn't remember now what was the title of the first one i ever owned. i left quite a collection of paperbacks back home. they're probably gathering dust in my old room, or stuffed in an old box somewhere since nobody ever picked up on my interest. my nephew is into sports, tennis, while my nieces ... into music, the ukelele believe it or not, and the other one, well, she tells me she's into chocolates! LOL! forgive her, she's only 7. 


since the move, i haven't unpacked the boxes of books i have. there's the library, the internet and oh, fairies who sends me these new printed delights.


it's wonderful to find friends who share the same passion as you. and it's such a delight to have ones who spoil you and indulge you in your madness. hahaha!


i know this is long overdue .... from the bookprints, and now to ebooks, thank you. 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

2nd home



yep, i sure did! pinoy represent!
taking part in the elections yesterday was quite surreal. it was like an exclamation point to the citizenship process we went through last month. US citizen, but a Filipino through and through.


ah, i miss home. after all, my heart belonged there. 


but this is our home now. the present. and this home has been good to us through the 7 years i've been here. 


as i casted my ballot, i sent out a fervent prayer that things may get better .... for our kids, for our family and for our second home.


during our oath-taking ceremonies

Monday, November 1, 2010

halloween thoughts

my little butterfly's pink & purple wings 



In a country that celebrates Halloween, I knew for sure the kids (or make that Nikki) would wanna join in the fun. Not that they really understand what it's all about. For one, we (our family) don't celebrate it and two, we still hold the traditions and beliefs we grew up in close to our hearts. We dearly miss the yearly "kalag-kalag" back home and miss the love ones (both alive and departed) we celebrate it with. 

The kids will grow up not knowing their Lola Lucia, or their great grandmas or grandpas. Yet, it warms my heart knowing I've got a few more "angels" watching over them.

"Eternal rest grant unto to them O Lord, 
and let perpetual light shine upon them. 
May the rest in peace."

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