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This mom is busy running after the hyper munchkin then doing some crochet on her down time. Reading some books here and there. But mostly staying at home bonding over cartoons and trying to have some reading time with the little one. Trying being the operative word. We're getting there but for now, she entertains me with her babbles as she mimics my talking and pretend reading.
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A Night with Basyang

Thank God for small miracles. We survived the strong winds of Typhoon Basyang. However, my father-in-law's van was not that lucky. A wayward steel roof hit the van's carrier and left it quite unhinged from the van's roof. But still lucky enough that it didn't hit the glass windows. It scared the crap out of me when I though it was our roof that flew and hit my in-law's van. Talk about not sleeping the whole night. We lost our electricity around 11 pm. Add the darkness to the strong winds and a history of being a victim of Mother Nature, let's just say that sleep was the last thing in my mind.

When the storm calmed down, I stumble into a restless sleep.

Rainy days are here

I have to admit, tropical storms are starting to give me a scare. Ever since the unfortunate attack of one of the most deadliest typhoons in the Pacific for 2009, experiencing Typhoon Ondoy still remain as one of the scariest events of my life. Crossing flooded waters on your own can be quite scary, but doing so while carrying an 8-month old baby, it's terrifying even if I'm a good swimmer, which I'm not.

I'm praying and really hoping that I won't have to experience another flooded typhoon in my lifetime, especially now that we have Storm Signal No. 1 in Metro Manila for Typhoon Basyang,

Satelite image (left) around 2pm.

Real time weather update by PAG-ASA

More details in Yahoo! News.

Word Play

Something that made me nostalgic today. I miss playing Boggle with my siblings.

west | mass | bar | ran | wear | set | sea | tear | least | base | ram | test | man | lust | bust | barn

Crying over spilled milk

Literally. I thought it would be the end of my future blogging career. And it all started with introducing Una to drinking formula milk.

I've been breastfeeding Una for 17 months now and was planned to start weaning her as soon as she turned one this January. But we have one big problem. Una doesn't want to feed from a bottle, even if it's expressed milk in the bottle. She's always been the Miss Grab-Mommy's-Boobs-Whenever-I'm-Hungry. Recently, she's been extra cranky whenever I stop her from watching too much cartoons (I blame her Dada for that) and she intentionally bit one of my boobs, intentionally if I may add. Only then that I really pursued of stopping her with breastfeeding. With that in mind, DK and I bought Gain Plus Advance and gave her a dose. She's a bit hesitant but we're able to finish all of it. Just so you know, Una doesn't want to drink on her Avent bottle. She used to with a soft spout with her water but still not with milk. She's then used a tumbler straw for her water but still won't drink with milk. I gave the milk to her in a cup and she drank it all like a champion. Makes me proud of her small achievement, even rewarded with a burp from my little girl!

So when she asked for a second dosage, I was ecstatic and gave her another. Only this time, we made a mistake of giving it to her near the laptop and then bam! Milk spilled on the laptop's screen and it blacked out! I was so scared but DK and I we're able to at least contain the spillage. He immediately removed the battery and wiped it clean. It took roughly two hours of letting it dry and tried turning it on. Fortunately, it worked on my last attempt. Wow! I just cannot imagine my life without the laptop. All of my documents and downloaded files. Thank God it's only minor.

For now on, DK and I decided that there will be no more food and drinks allowed near the laptop.

Image credit: radarxlove