The Old man and the Dog ???

Finally found the lyrics of a favorite nursery rhyme.
Don't ask me the meaning of this song coz I really have nooo idea. I just love singing it.

This Old Man

This old man, he played one;
He played knick-knack on my thumb.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two;
He played knick-knack on my shoe.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three;
He played knick-knack on my knee.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four;
He played knick-knack on my door.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five;
He played knick-knack on my hive.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six;
He played knick-knack on my sticks.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven;
He played knick-knack up in heaven.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight;
He played knick-knack on my gate.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine;
He played knick-knack on my spine.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten;
He played knick-knack once again.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

The Day Aqi Came

Today was supposedly Aqi's birthday... instead he came 15 days earlier.

OCTOBER 9 ... I started feeling some stomach ache at around 10am. I thought I was having some kind of diarrhea. Humihilab ang tiyan ko. This went on the whole day with the pain fluctuating in intensity and with unpredictable interval of 2, 5 or 7 minutes apart.
My mom wanted me to go to the hospital already but I refused to do so. I thought I was just having some braxton hicks contraction because it still wasn't my due date. Also, I didn't have the signs of labor like a bloody show in my undies or water bag rupturing.
Finally at around 9pm I couldn't imagine myself enduring the pain all night, I decided to call my OB for enlightenment. Since the interval of my contractions were less than 10 minutes apart she suggested that I go to the hospital and have them hook me up to a fetal monitor to check if I was indeed in labor.

Bong and I arrived at the ER of Manila Doctors Hospital at around 12mn.
I was brought up to the delivery room and was hooked up to a fetal monitor. This time the contractions were really severe. They did an IE on me and true enough my cervix was already 8cm dilated! My bag of water was forcefully ruptured. I was indeed in labor.

In my mind I was hoping that they would inject the epidural right away. This was the most excruciating pain that I've ever felt in my whole life. This is from someone who has a high tolerance for pain.

I gave birth to Aqi at 2:50 am on October 10.
This date happens to be our 10th year anniversary as boyfriend/girlfriend.
Galing timing ni Aqi, dba?

My Two Boys

Daddy Bong competing with Aqi in a sleeping contest. Guess who won--- Daddy Bong.

AQUILA ISAIAH OLIMPO BERNAL

Born on October 10, 2007, 2:50am at Manila Doctors Hospital
Age of Gestation at 37 weeks and 6 days
Birth Weight at 6.7 1/2 lbs.
Birth length at 18.89 in.

Nawawala si Jennifer!

Nakakainis!
Nawawala si Jennifer, ang naampon namin pusa na umiiyak sa may tabi ng bahay namin a few months ago.
She's not a cute cat kahit nung kuting pa siya pero napamahal na rin sa amin kasi malambing. She's white with some black spots on her head and body with a long tail. Maliit lang ang face nya pero when you hold her naku sobrang taba. She's got a big belly. Takaw kasi.

Now ang nakakainis kasi ang ang suspecha namin kinuha ng dating may-ari si Jennifer. Hindi man lang nagpaalam. BASTOS talaga!
Sabi kasi ng helper namin nakatira daw yung may-ari a few blocks from us. Tinapon nila yung pusa kasi maingay daw. Nagulat na lang daw sila when they checked on the cat e inampon namin. Tapos every once in a while napapadaan sila sa street namin at nakikita nila si Jennifer e ang cute na raw at ang taba. Two days ago kinuha nila si Jennifer the whole afternoon ng walang paalam kaso di daw mapakali kaya nila sinaoli. I bet sila ulit ang kumuha kay Jennifer.

Bastos di ba? Itatapon nila tapos pag gumanda na babawiin na lang nila ng basta-basta.
Ok...ok... if they really want the cat back okay lang kasi madami na rin kaming naampon. Pero I need to give them some Pet Education. Kailangan i-educate ang mga taong ganyan. It really pisses me off. Remember Jennifer is a female cat at mabubuntis rin yan. So if ever mabuntis yan itatapon din nila yung mga kittens nya?!

Animals are also like humans they should be given proper food, shelter and love.

And Then They Were 4

Found the kitten that disappeared.

Oh no... how do you hide 4 noisy kittens?

3 Li'l Kitties

Found 3 abandoned kittens beside our house. Actually they were 4 but the other one disappeared.
As usual my heart broke and wanted to bring them home but my mom (who brought home Jennifer, a stray cat, a couple of months ago) didn't want to add to the 9 stray cats that we have here. She said the price of galunggong these days is so expensive. Our 9 ampons are so matakaw pa naman.
Don't know any animal shelter here in the south. I just know of PAWS which is in Q.C. pa.

For the meantime I tried to sneak them in. Since they are too young to feed for themselves (grrrrr....I hate the humans who threw them away. these kitties still need their mommy) I tried to feed them with evaporated milk using a medicine dropper. So far so good.

By the way one of our female cats here just gave birth and is nursing her kittens. I tried bringing her to the kitties but she's so sungit! Didn't want to go near them.

Hubby Goes to Sydney

Hubby is going to Sydney, Australia next week. He's a member of the Philippine team to be sent to the 8th World Dragon Boat Racing Championship.

Poor me. I'm staying at home.

I've been to Sydney a lot of times but it has always been my dream to explore the sights with Bong. It's a very beautiful city and everytime I'm there I always think about my hugsy. I know he'll love it there. He'll love the laid-back atmosphere and it being surrounded by nature.

The team will be staying there for a week. I hope they will have some time to do some sightseeing without burning their pockets. Tour packages are quite expensive. It's always cheaper ( and fun!) to explore the city by commute. I'm going to make an itinerary for him based from my must-see sights in Sydney.

On My 34th Week

I'm already on my 8th month or 34th week of pregnancy and I'm starting to feel the heaviness of my tummy. I've also started to feel the Braxton Hicks contraction, wherein I feel some strong tightening or hardening of my tummy. It's not really painful but it's really uncomfortable. Imagine your stomach becoming rigid or hard, as in naninigas.

It's funny when Baby Bear moves tumatabingi ang tyan ko. I can always feel or see his foot pushing (or protruding) thru my tummy. It's like having an alien inside me. But most of the time he kicks my ribs -- ang sakit!

I've got a small tummy for an 8th month pregnant mom but based from the ultrasound my baby's weight is very much normal. My belly is all baby.