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Archive for 2006
Bilingual (My Native Tongue) In the last few days, Chris and I had conversations again about Casey being bilingual. My husband keep telling me to start talking to Casey in waray-waray dialect instead of talking to her in English. It's been few months and I really can't decide yet what language I am going to teach her. My family in Calbayog wants me to teach Casey our dialect "waray-waray and my husband agreed with them. But I am thinking that it is better if I teach Casey Tagalog. It is more advantageous for Casey to learn Tagalog since Tagalog is the national language. Anywhere in Philippines, people can understand Tagalog. If someday Casey will visit the Philippines, people will be able to understand her if she speaks Tagalog but if she only speaks waray-waray there are some areas in the Philippines do not understand waray-waray dialect. Chris wants me start talking to Casey in either one Tagalog or waray-waray. I would love to teach Casey both but I think our baby will become confused and difficult for Casey to understand. I'm not forgetting that her Dad speaks English. Also-her Lola, pop-pop, and the people around her speaks English. In spite the fact that it is easier to introduce different languages to the children than to an adult. One thing I am concerned of is, in bilingual, the child might become slow learner. but I guess I will have to choose to one of the two languages. Tagalog is perfect for Casey! I guess next week will be the best time to start talking to my baby in Tagalog because she is 1 year old. From what I know, the best way to introduce new languages to children is start talking to them...now is the best time because Casey is starting now to talk/ babbling...
Reading Novel - E is for Evidence I didn’t sleep last night until 2am. I was reading a Novel, ' E is for Evidence. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery’. The author is Sue Grafton. I'm not through reading the novel yet. I'm on the 14th chapter.. I still have 10 more chapters to read. From what I read, Kinsey Millhone is a detective from California Fidelity and was framed for accepting money. Kinsey wanted to know who is behind this. I found this very interesting. I want to know who framed her too....must finish the Novel.! I stopped reading because my eyes were very sleepy. I finally went to sleep about 2am, My baby starts to cry few hours later. I glanced at the watch and it was around 4am. Chris and I were both awake and Casey wanted a bottle of milk. Dad, prepared the milk and finally she went back to sleep. I still very sleepy...need more sleep! Chris overslept, woke up almost 10 am. I have a hard time getting to sleep this week and, reading books helped me to feel sleepy. And there were times that I fell asleep and the book was still on my hands. he he he,
Chris and I had breakfast around quarter to 12.
We had bacon & eggs for our breakfast. And then
after a few hours, I suggested we go for walk.
Chris said, " Okay, you go change clothes,
because you take an hour to change", I agree
with that...lol Casey got a few pair of jeans from my friend Jessica. We had a nice long walk today. 2 1/2 miles....we are very tired when we got home. Casey was hungry, she ate vegetable beef. I prepared dinner around 6pm..The dinner was great. We had conversation about super bowl over dinner. We had fried rice! Casey was in the crib sleeping while we were eating. I tidied the kitchen after dinner, Casey still sleeping. I have chance to check e-mails and write something in my Journal. That's all for tonight!
Valentines' Update I watched the news about Valentines update on every side of the world. A lot of couples are celebrating the hearts day and all over the place you can see the flowers. There were blue, white & red roses and a lot more. According to the news, some people prefer blue roses. I guess Blue is the color of the month for them. In South Korea, they have something called the chocolate bus. Only couples can ride on that bus. They gave a piece of chocolate to each passenger and they bite the chocolate together. And there is ring made with chocolate that they can wear, I think almost all of the bus is chocolate...what a romantic way of celebrating the hearts day. The steering wheel and even the door knob is chocolate. I think that is so cool...I want to ride on that bus too! lol. Chris and I will surely enjoy being on that bus...we both love chocolate! There are some areas that really don't celebrate the Valentines day. Maybe because of their beliefs. I saw on TV that they burned the flowers and for them it's shows disrespect for their beliefs. In Philippines, there were a lot of people that believe that Filipinos are very romantic... In the news, it mentioned that 70 % believes that there is someone intended for you...soul mate and 15% don't believe it. Anyway, Happy hearts day everyone and I hope you enjoyed your Valentines day with your loved ones.
Where's Daddy? I finally have chance to sit down and play computer then I have chance to visit my website. I am very busy taking care of my little one. Chris back to work and on his first day (Monday). A little hard for me and Casey. Casey is used the routine when it comes to feeding. She knows exactly the time who will be going to feed her. Chris and I have daily schedule on taking care of her. Here is the first day...In Monday morning after I feed Casey rice cereal as routine, she will play for awhile then she'll took a nap when she gets tired. Chris put her to sleep and it was almost 12 noon when Casey fall asleep. Chris is about to go to office and Casey still sleeping. He didn't have chance to say bye bye to Casey. He just blow a kiss to Casey. While Casey was sleeping I hurriedly ate for my lunch. I had fried rice that I cooked in the morning while Chris is taking care of Casey. As soon as I finished eating tidied the kitchen, I heard Casey is crying. So, I go ran and cuddled her. She took a nap almost 3 hours. She had a good nap. I let her walk for awhile and she is dragging me in the office room, she is looking around, Daddy is not there. I know and I feel that she is looking for daddy. She is dragging me out into the office room and we walked to the hallway. Usually if Chris is in the kitchen and hear us going to the kitchen, he is playing peek-a-boo and then Casey will go ran fast on me...She loves peek-a-boo and the chasing. Daddy is good for that...he he he. When we are at the kitchen, still daddy is not there...she still looking around in the living room, maybe daddy is trying to hide and play peek-a-boo but waah no more daddy. I think if Casey can able to talk, I'm sure she will ask "where is daddy?" I hugged and kissed my little one then I decided to prepare food for Casey. I brought the high chair in the kitchen where she is still close to me when I prepare for her dinner. She is behaving and enjoyed watching me busy preparing. As soon as I finished feeding Casey, I checked my e-mail to see if I got e-mail from Chris. As what he had promised, he sent me e-mail along with his new e-mail address. I sent a quick reply telling Casey wants him!!! He phoned us, and I set up my cell phone to speaker phone so that Casey can hear the voice of her daddy. Casey is busy playing , Chris uttered the name of Casey "CASEY!!" She turned around immediately. She is just listening to daddy's voice then back to her toys. So far on the first day is good. But on the next day, Tuesday, Casey is really worn me out yesterday, oh the life of a mother. Casey is now in the stage of grabbing things...opening the drawers, cabinets, wandering around. She only have one nap in the morning yesterday and she did not take a nap in the afternoon. She finally slept until 8:30pm after I gave her bath and feed her. I go ate then after eating I cleaned up all the mess that Casey did the whole day. Almost 10pm, I heard my cell phone was ringing and I forgot to carry my cell phone with me, it was in the room where Casey is sleeping. I hurriedly get the cell phone, I don't want to wake Casey because of the ring. I answered the phone and it was Rani my friend who called me. We talked for awhile then say bye bye na...And now I am in front of my computer, I thought to ask Chris what time he will be home. He said maybe he will be home 4am. We are trading e-mails for awhile then I asked him if he want me to wait for him, he said, if I am tired, I can go ahead and sleep. I shut down the computer, went to bedroom, turned on the TV and watched Oprah. The show started already. The show starts at 11 pm, it was 11:15 when I turned on the TV. When the show is over, I tried to close my eyes but I feel very lonely, Chris is not home. So, I decided to move Casey from the crib to the bed with me and we snuggled together. I told Chris when he get home, wake me up and that's what he did. I have a nice sleep then suddenly I feel someone touched my hands and it was Chris. I gave him a look then go back to sleep. In the morning 8:30, Chris and Casey still sleeping, I woke up and prepared the milk for Casey. I woke her up, her eyes was close when I am feeding. I know she is real hungry after the long night sleep. When her tummy is full she is wide awake. She is making noise, I had to bring Casey in the other room because Chris still sleeping. Chris told me he got home about 3 am. Wednesday afternoon , I decided to bring Casey out for walk. We're gone out for walking in about 1 1/2 hour. Casey enjoyed watching the trees but she was scared of the sound of cars and motorcycles. I have chance to talk to our neighbor Linda in a few minutes because she went outside with her grand daughters who is leaving. Casey cried when Linda cuddled her. It's getting cold so I decided to get inside. Casey took a nap around 6:45pm, she got up around 8pm, feed her then she is now happy in the playpen while Mommy is cooking for our dinner later with her dad. It's good Chris will be home tonight midnight and we can able to eat together. Yeeha!
The
five love languages Last night, It was around 1:15 am and I am still awake. I thought to read something and I decided to grab one of my favorite books entitled "The five love languages" by Gary Chapman. This is the book that Rev. Daniel Kim recommend us to read before we undergo some counseling. Chris and I are required to read this book as one of Rev. Kim requirements. I fell in love with this book for the first time I read it. What a beautiful book not to share...I do love this book and I shared this book to my church mates and friends. I re-read this book all over again, and again. Thanks to Rev. Kim for choosing this book as one of the books he is requiring to read. This is all about discovering your primary love languages. There were five love languages mentioned in these book: They are Quality Time, Words of affirmation, Gifts, Acts of service and the last one is Physical Touch. I know in every human being have different ways of expressing their love. I can say, my primary love languages is Quality Time & Physical Touch. These are the things/ways on how to fill up my love tank. Quality time is very important for me, I don't care what kind of movie Chris and I were going to watch but it all that matters to me is, he is with me. We watch movie together, eat pop corn together. What a beautiful moments and I am sure of , that my love tank will turn to full not just full but overflowing. I am inspired to prepare dinner because I know we will eat together and we have great conversation over dinner. Physical touch is important to me also, I love to be touched, to be hugged and to be kissed and sometimes to be cuddled...he he he. yes, sometimes Chris cuddled me but not always because I am heavy. There were times that I want Chris to cuddle me. whoa! My love tank will surely full when he do that. I sometimes ask Chris how's his love tank, is it still full or empty? and I sometimes tell him, my love tank is going low need to fill it up again...he he he. It is very easy to keep my love tank full, one hug, one kiss, my love tank will be overflowing. I love to touch and to be touched. Every time I get upset, I make "tampo" to Chris which is normal for a Filipino to get "tampo" sometimes. Times like this I need my primary love languages to be met. I love this book really because we can apply this to our life and it is works. The five love languages is not only to be applied for the married couple, it can be applied to children as well. Why little Betty is unhappy girl in spite of the material things she has. A hundred of toys but still she feel unloved and her love tank is empty, maybe because her primary love languages is not met. Maybe her primary love languages can be quality time or words of affirmation. It is very important to discover the primary love languages of our loved ones, I think it is a big help. I agree with this book that keeping the emotional love tank full is important to a marriage as maintaining the proper oil level is to an automobile. Running your marriage on an empty "love tank" may cost you even more than trying to drive your car without oil. For you palangga,if I get tampo, don't forget my primary love languages but love you anyway! LOL
Meet My New Pal I am glad that I finally see Marie Riggs in person. I met her online through Filipinowives groups. We are both member in the said group. Yesterday, we planned to meet today at K-mart. She is from Eldorado Hills. A little closer to my place. I am glad that the weather is cooperate.. I thought the meeting with Marie will be postponed because there is rain in the morning. We decided to meet at K-mart around 2pm. The meeting with Marie was great. She is nice lady! We spent at K-mart, I think almost an hour just wandering around inside the store. My little one is not happy. She is crying, she don't want to be in the stroller. We went to toys section and we just let her played the toys. She is happy with all the toys that's in there. Then we started looking a blanket for her little boy. She cannot find what she want. We decided to find a place where we can seat down and talk. We went to her car and we decided to eat at Mc Donald. We are having problem folding the stroller. I don't know how to fold the stroller and Marie don't know also. She finds a way how to put the stroller inside the car...she made it fit...he he he. Casey is crying again, maybe because the car is new to her. When we are at Mc Donald, we ordered chicken nuggets, fish fillet and french fries with coke, hmm finger lickin' good! Thanks Marie for the treat! Marie is enjoying taking pictures of us, must have pictures! he he he...Marie bring us home around 4pm. What a wonderful day we had today!
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