Happy Mother's Day 2007

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I would like to greet my mom and my sister a Happy Mother's Day, as well as all the mothers out there who happen to read this blog.

While everybody is celebrating Mother's Day today, I am just observing from the sidelines with an ache in my heart. I was truly happy when one of my nieces greeted me Happy Mother's Day during lunch today, a fellow blogger Major Tom greeted me in his blog, and another blogger Meily left a Mother's Day greeting in my previous post. Aside from my husband, who understands and also happens to share the pain that I feel, I did not expect anyone to greet me a Happy Mother's Day.

In fact, there are times when I forget that I am a mother also, because of the fact that I have no baby to hug, to feed or to take care of. But no one can erase the fact that I am still a mother to Raphael Roque, even though he's already in heaven right now. He means the world to me and I try to honor his memory as much as possible. While he may not be with me now physically, he will always be with me for I always carry him in my heart. I am still his mother after all.

Belated congratulatory post

I know, I know. I haven't been a dutiful wife lately. This is a very belated congratulatory post. I would like to congratulate my hubby Jojo Mance and his partner Melvin Llanes for winning the Men's Doubles Open Category at the Powerade Badminton Cup 2006 held last December 2006 at the Yonex Badminton Court in Mandaluyong City.

Jojo Mance and Melvin Llanes (Champion in the Men's Doubles Category)
Irene Chiu and Jaime Junio (Champions of the Mixed Doubles Category)
Photos courtesy of Powerade, Kimoni and Yourbadminton.com

Champions of the Men's Doubles Category together with the organizers
(From left to right: Jojo Mance, Jenny Cinco of Coca-Cola Phil., Melvin Llanes,
Sharon Lee of Kimoni and Emma Mina of Mindworks)

Congratulations Honey! Unfortunately, I was not able to watch the games and cheer them on because I had to stay at home and rest from the operation I had last year (removal of my dermoid cyst). I'm starting to think that my husband gets lucky whenever I don't get to watch his games....hehehe. I broached this topic with my husband, and of course, he laughingly brushed it aside saying that I can never bring him bad luck. (Aww....sweet noh.) Anyway, you can read more of their feat at this website http://www.yourbadminton.com/article52.php

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Happy Birthday Kuya...

Dearest Kuya,

Happy happy birthday! It has been a very long time since we talked and I really miss you very, very much. You've missed a lot of milestones in my life....passing the bar and becoming a lawyer, getting married and being pregnant right now. I'm so excited to tell you that you're going to have a nephew!!! I miss the way you torture me every morning by tickling me when I was still a little kid. I'm pretty sure you're going to do the same to your nephew and he is going to adore you. I just hope that you're having a grand celebration there in heaven. Don't worry, I'll tell my son stories about you so that he'll still get to know his Tito. I love you very much...

Love,
Your Little Sister


In memory of my Kuya
(17 January 1963-20 August 1993)

Merry Christmas!

I am fully expecting the following days before Christmas to be a very busy time, both at the office and at home. I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog during this busy yuletide season. So, I just want to make sure that I'm able to greet all of you a very warm and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! With all the celebrations and parties around us, let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas -- the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ. Wishing you all a peaceful and joyous Christmas ahead.