galing ng pinoy!
Monday, March 24, 2008I just got home and happened to tune in to Ellen Degeneres’ show. Our very own Arnel Pineda is featured. I’ve heard about him being the lead vocalist for Journey but that’s about it…so I checked his bio at wikipedia, too. Galing talaga ng pinoy!
bigla kong naisip….
Sunday, March 23, 2008All of a sudden, I thought of continuing my journal. I haven’t updated it for quite a while. Naka-word siya. Parang kahit nung ramblings na pwede kong isulat. Sort of like a blog pero hindi blog..hehe:) ang gulo. Basta. Ewan ko ba.
The whole day today, I spent my time sa internet lang. Nagbasa ng experiences ng iba-ibang tao from any where via their blogs. I really find people’s experiences interesting. Yung iba-ibang point of views sa buhay, paniniwala, culture, etc.
The power of prayer
Friday, March 21, 2008I had a post about our dog, Ynah, who’s sick. Two days from the time I wrote that she didn’t get better. Mas lumaki pa yung pamamaga ng right side ng tiyan niya, sobrang inflamed. She couldn’t walk anymore kasi nga namamanas na yung legs niya. She’s not eating too, so we’re force-feeding her. Sobrang naaawa na talaga kami sa kanya, grabe. Holy week pa naman, the vet clinics are open yesterday pero yung mga doctors will be there on Monday pa raw. Gusto na namin sana ipa-surgery na lang siya but we want to ask din sana the doctor if there’s still a chance na mabubuhay pa siya. Before kasi I watched sa Animal Planet, a clinic for animals and there was this dog who was pregnant, something happened to her and she wasn’t eating. They brought her to the clinic and the doctor said hindi sure na mabubuhay if they’re going to operate on the dog. So, it’s the owners’ choice if they’ll push through with the surgery. I remember they went with it and fortunately, the dog got better together with her puppies.
So, that’s the dillemma that we faced yesterday. As in naaawa na kami lahat sa kanya, she couldn’t move, eat nor drink. It’s as if I can feel her pain. I thought, I wish she’ll die na lang so she won’t suffer anymore because we won’t be able to bring her to the vet until Monday eh, kasi nga Holy Week. And I feel, na baka hindi na siya aabutin ng Sunday. The inflammation is getting bigger and bigger each day e. Imagine too, i thought of euthanizing her. Pero, I thought otherwise. There’s still a chance and I musn’t lose hope. That evening, I really prayed na sana if in case there’ll be no hope for her, na sana let her die na lang. Para mag-end na suffering niya rin. Para when we wake up tomorrow, we won’t see her suffering her pain anymore. Sobra, I really prayed intently, that He will grant that request.
Then around 1230 am, my brother woke us up to look at Ynah. Her stomach’s almost flat already. It contained of parang dead blood pala. All the blood oozed from her stomach. There was a little hole where the blood oozed from. And Ynah, got better.
The power of prayer.
It always works. Never fails.
morning thoughts
Wednesday, March 19, 2008We’re on half day today. Ferna and I are planning to watch a movie later at Robinson’s Pioneer. I know she won’t like 10,000 BC so I told her that we’ll be watching Fool’s Gold instead. She will be going home in Batangas after, so I hope that she won’t have such a difficult time commuting. Since its Lent season, many will be going to the province to celebrate it. Still, we’ll be able to go home earlier than the usual. Me, I’ll probably just stay at home on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. I have thought of some things to amuse myself in those days. By Black Saturday, I’m still deciding whether to attend our high school get together or not. We’re going to meet near our alma mater and going there is definitely not a problem. I want to see them, too and meet my friends once again. I may or I may not…my laziness J strikes again.
Lately too, I’ve been thinking of
1. I terribly miss the place and the whiteness of the surroundings.
2. I miss wearing winter clothes.
3. I miss smoking outside the apartment all alone and getting chills at the same time. Usually after dinner that’s what I’ll do. I’ll put on my winter gear, go downstairs and smoke until I can’t take the cold any longer.
4. I miss our short trips to the book store and the different restaurants that we go to. Also, the long drive to the east side just to watch a movie.
5. I miss the long and short walks despite the freezing cold. It’s one of the things I enjoyed the most. I gloried in the breeze of the cold wind against my skin.
6. I miss my brother and the company of his friends.
I wish I had longer time spent there. Next time, when I have the opportunity to travel again, I will create good and lasting memories. I promise myself, I will explore more.
dutiful and loving canine
Monday, March 17, 2008Ynah, our ‘askal’ dog is sick. I don’t know when she got sick. My brother found out last night when he was giving her food. She didn’t eat nor drink. She’s a very jolly canine, full of life. Then all of a sudden, her energy last night just wasn’t there. I called her but she didn’t come to me. My brother then told me that he felt a lump on her breast. It was a huge lump, triple the size of an egg. I got scared. I noticed too that she couldn’t get up and walk from where I was. I kept on calling her so that she would come to me, but she never did. She just looked at me. My brother carried her to me so we could inspect her body. I cuddled her. She responded by wagging her tail. She’s been with us for a long time now and there never was a day that she got sick or something. But now, she is. I told my brother to bring her to the veterinarian tomorrow (that’s today). I’m hoping that she’ll be okay because I really feel for her. She’s been a very loyal, happy and sweet dog. She plays with me whenever I get home from work and I will play with her, too. She’s just so obedient and mild mannered.
In the office today, I kept on texting my brother and asked him if he brought her to the vet already. Ynah was injected twice by antibiotics and is now with a dextrose. According to the vet, she had a very high fever. She needs a blood check-up too to determine if it’s a liver infection. And if the lump will not go away in 7 days, she’ll need a surgery. I hope that she’ll be okay and that she wouldn’t need to have a surgery anymore.
I’ve an officemate who adores dogs (just like I do) and told me that their dog has been into surgery before due to a broken limb. I told him I just couldn’t let her die without even trying to treat or cure her. Her years of service to us as a dutiful guard dog are the same service of a loyal human being to anybody. More than that she is very obedient and loving. I adore her regardless……
movers in prison
Saturday, March 15, 2008I finally found the video in Youtube that my kuya’s friends in Wisconsin were telling me when I was there. They told me that their American co-nurses really had fun watching the video. I did, too.
Nakakatuwa. And this is good.The prisoners get to have their needed exercise and can have fun, too!
About the video: 1500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Phils. at practice…not the final routine and definitely not a punishment.
