Fiesta!,Errors and Disasters (and Job Listings!)
April 21, 2008 — Alreia TuazonI get to review my last posting, which was posted last Saturday, and to my horror, the title was senseless. So I immediately edited it today and went to my morning ritual - checking out job ads sites for new job postings.
Saturday was both fun and disastrous. After attending to two toddlers here at work (Ate Jean and I brought along our kids - Kyla , 5 and Isheen, 4), I collapsed in my bed immediately as I feel exhausted from the heat outside. Tremendous heat here in the Philippines is the number one sign that it’s indeed summer time. So back with my weekend. I just dozed off when Mine called to say he’s on his way to visit me. So, I napped for another 30 minutes or so before attending to my precious loved ones. How sweet. Lolz.
However, the day didn’t went smoothly as expected. My daughter cried all her might in fear that she endangered a baby in a way or another. She was playing with my niece, EJ, who’s turning 1 year, in her crib, when she tried to erect upright the baby. However, since EJ can’t stand on her own yet, she feel backwards, and in shock, let out a screaming cry. Kyla was frightened and cried too, in fear that she’ll be scolded and that something bad happened to EJ. I have to carry her to get her home to calm her down and tell her the same that she should never try anything on EJ again. She got my point and promised not to repeat that mistake again.
But as we all know, kids are kids. The second incident happened just outside our door where she got a cola bottle broken. After that, I was furious and told her to stay put. I had a short fuse that day, contributed by stress and tiredness.
Nevertheless, I tried not to be grumpy and make my child feel bad. So I put her to bed and stayed until she fell asleep. It’s important that I’m there when she’s sleepy. I noticed that she sleeps well and fuss-free whenever I join her in bed and watch her sleep. It’s my goal to do it more often, to get back to that habit we have when I was still in school. Ü
Sunday was action-packed and emotion-driven day. First, I dropped off Kyla at my Dad’s and then went with Mine for Pulung Santol Town Fiesta in Porac, Pampanga. We first went to their house to rest for a few minutes and then went off to the barrio where his folks are. Food is great, although I can barely eat because I was sort of nervous and half the time I’m eating, the power is out. I can’t stand the heat and had to eat quickly. After that, Mine brought me to the living room area to talk to her Grandma and Aunts. His folks are fun and good people. He slipped away to have a couple of drinks with the male members of his family. However, due to heat, he got intoxicated easily. I have to send an SMS to him that I’m dizzy so that we could go. It’s one thing that you accompany a drunk guy, another thing is how to keep him looking sane when he is indeed drunk.
When we reached their house, he dozed off effortlessly and I was about to leave him like that, if only his dad didn’t texted him that he would go home. I tried everything to wake him up, but the only thing that did woke him up was his phone ringing.
So the day went on watching TV until his friends asked him to come with them. A drinking session again. I was not really keen to go with him, but as I know Philippine fiestas are plagued by riots, caused by drunken people. So I accompanied him, with a condition not to get drunk. The deal was on, so we went to his friends and had good time listening to their stories.
It was midnight when we came back, tired and all. I fell asleep immediately as I hit the bunk bed and dozed off to my merry dreams.
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