Monday, October 27th, 2008
I went to work feeling extra happy for no reason at all, isn’t that weird? Then the reason finally came around 12nn ET. Ms. Dori 9 (Quality Coach) came to my station and to my delight offered me something….well you can call it a JOB PROMOTION.
She said that they are looking for QCs…well i guess what made me happy was the fact that they are considering me for the position but working as a QC is not my kind of thing so i turned the offer down right there.
It’s a lot more challenging to be on the phone talking to another person than eavesdropping.
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
I find myself inside the Operating Room…yes that’s right, not in the Delivery Room but inside the OR where they cut you open and stitch you right back. My blood pressure went up to 180/110 and the doc administered medications not to mention anesthesia at my spine and then my thighs and legs froze in seconds. You know what happened next. This cute, little, OVERWEIGHT baby came out of my belly. He was over 8 pounds!
There were sleepless nights, mostly. Ross went amateur to pro in diaper changing, feeding and burping the little Jai. He was the Mom not me.
Now the little boy is 18 months old, already walking, running and jumping all over the house and continuously giving us love, incomparable joy and happiness.
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
And I’m back online! It has been a while since I laid my hands on this blog. No more bratinella templates and no more cutie, mushy, old school posts. It’s time to move on…
The Bratinella is now a Mom!
Welcome to Ranting and Beyond…
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
It’s funny how life plays its tricks on us. Have you experienced being circled into the wheel of life? Sometimes you’re UP, you think you have everything? Sometimes you’re DOWN, there’s no single joke that can make you smile?
There’s this highschool friend of mine whom i think is on top of the world right now. She married a very fine man, works outside the country, earns bigtime, and as if these weren’t enough, she’s having twins come July. Im very happy for her because she has it all. As if nothing could stop her from getting the best out of life. She deserves it…she really worked hard to get to where she is now.
On the other hand, I have another friend whom I’ve known for some time now. Two years ago, she invested on a business that fell quite quickly. After 2 months or so, she and her husband had marital problems and went on their separate ways. Last year, she almost had enough, her eldest son died after a brain tumor excision. She tried reconciling with her husband, and went back home. The other day I called her up to try and ask her how things are…well, I thought she has recovered by now…but was I wrong. She told me her husband is very sick, and is currently undergoing hemodialysis twice a week. What amazed me was that while we’re talking she manages to hum a giggle eventhough deep inside you know how crashed she is. They’re not rich, her husband is a jeepney driver and she just depends on her in-laws for financial support. Hemodialysis costs at least P3000 per session, so that’s roughly P6000 per week. If I were in her shoes I might have died from a heart attack or depression.
Life is really a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’ll get. The question is, does working hard and achieving almost anything in life or working as hard, still gets nothing but faces tragedies head on…define the person that you are? I say it’s BOTH.
When you’re on top, get the best of it but learn to look down. When life takes a quick turn and pulls you down, try looking up and know you’ll never stay down forever.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Hello! And Im back online. I have my old PC back…and more… I’ve got a new table which Ross placed adjacent to our bed so I’ll have better access. With this tummy getting bigger by the week…I can’t move that freely anymore. Moreso, I can be compared to a “patabaing baboy”. I also have stocks of food in my cabinet…not to mention glasses of iced tea I consume everyday. Is it bad for the baby? Who cares anyway…he kicks like a horse now that sometimes I feel like blacking out.
My old pc is a mess but Im glad it’s back in my arms again. I don’t have to use Ross’ pc..it’s full of “HACKING SHIT”…that Im scared to click icons here and there. He always scolds me if his YM settings have been “accidentally” altered..hehehe.
I had time to play with my friendster profile. Didn’t know you can do pretty stuffs with slide.com, that even HTML dummies like me can create slideshows in an instant.
I’ve been worried sick on what to expect on my “delivery day”. I wish to have it the normal way but too afraid to experience pain, my threshold is not that good. Would they give me enough Demerol to keep me pain free while they induce delivery? I hate the thought of having a C-section, especially the scarry poking of my back with spinal anesthesia. Oh shit! It’s freaky. I’ve never been catheterized my whole life! I don’t wanna see a urinary bag hanging by my hospital bed. Damn, why do I have to go through these? Some of my experienced friends told me it’s just like moving your bowel. Yeah right! Moving my bowel but 20 times the size of my regulars! Im keeping my fingers crossed. “Bahala na si BATMAN”.
Seonne’s Crib
Papa fixing Seonne’s Stroller
