unquiet mornings

wondering if the fingers would cooperate
mind reading is key
hearing snuffles and coughs
Fever, let them be

here's to summer

someone said that one of nicest things
a parent can give her child is a sibling

thinking it through
thank you, dear parents, for giving me two

runny nose

motherhood is a walk in the park ---
when the bubba is inconsolable
we hit the park til he is asleep

thankful he seems to love
the breeze
the sound the tree leaves make
the sky

great expectations

i guess one just rises to meet expectations
sunday lunch was chicken laksa
devoured with chopsticks
using my left hand

a hard day's night on abbey road

growing up, papa listened to the beatles
today, decided to make the beatles mine

evening delight

silence, a refreshing sound
with the telly off
and cooking done
crickets begin to sing their lullaby

to mona

2 years and 4 months ago
made me pack a brown sling
that one day i would use for my bub
thank you

oj time, not tea

thank you God
for my left hand
which comes to the rescue
when my right is tied

room 12A

6th day
galak's back to the sling
thankful he never seems to lose his feistiness

2 months

a day at a time
thankful i failed the 6th week post-natal depression test

salamat ate cheloy

Huni ng ibon at daloy ng alon
Nagpapaalala sa atin
Ihip ng hangin sa ating damdamin
Ay may nais ipahatid
Ang kalawakan sa katahimikan
Ay may ibig ipabatid
Lupa at langit sabay sa pag-awit
Ng luwalhati

Ating purihin, purihin
Purihin ang Dios
O purihin, purihin
Purihin ang Dios
Sa ‘ting puso at isip
Sa salmo at awit
Purihin, purihin ang Dios

Sikat ng araw tila pumupukaw
Sa atin upang manalangin
Upang ang ating sarili'y limutin
at si Hesus dakilain
Upang sa diwa at katotohanan
Ang Dios ay ating sambahin
At sa ating buhay ay maipamuhay
Kanyang bilin

- Gary Granada

reading magazines

One of the very nicest things about life is
the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing
and devote our attention to eating.
~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright,
Pavarotti, My Own Story

ate long days

funny how 8 days in the hospital make one courageous
i had a slice of apple cinnamon cake
it wasn't so bad

skipping work

blood pressure rising
protein in the urine missing

thankful they didn't go together
just one, not the other

celebrated with lamb pad kee mao
at newtown thai II

basement bookstore

winter energy saving tip:
instead of using a heater
iron clothes ---
warms you up
as you keep your clothes neatly pressed