Eres perfecta para mi.

I received a call from Jhess on Monday morning (May 14) while working and she told me than Jan (the boy that I took care before) is sick and is staying home with her. She called coz the boy was talking about me and here´s how their conversation went:

Jan: Julai es perfecta para mi.

Jhess: y yo?

Jan: Si, tambien. Pero Julai es mas.

After their conversation, Jhess called me and told what Jan said and handed the phone to Jan and right away the boy told me: Julai, eres perfecta para mi.

I was so happy and all-smiles. Who wouldn´t have a melting heart with that sweetness?

It truly warms my heart knowing that the kids still remember me and still talk about me.:)

The boy is sick, he has a sore throat. So, he´s staying home. I am supposed to visit him after my morning job, but Jhess told me that the boy is still sleeping. So, I decided to cancel my visit and just see him the following day.

So, I visited the boy in their house yesterday (Tuesday) after my morning job. He was in the play room watching cartoons while waiting for the time to pick up Paula. He was already dressed and ready to go. He was smiling when he saw me enter the room and I hugged and kissed him right away and asked him to kiss me, hehehe.

I asked him to show me the gift that I gave him. He took the remote controlled car (the police in the Rayo McQueen movie, one of his favorite movies) and showed how it works. I asked him:

Me: Jan, te gusta me regalo para ti?

Jan: Si, un monton.

Weeee, I was all-smiles. He told me a lot of things and then I asked him if he has a girlfriend in school.

Me: Jan, tienes novia en el coli?

Jan: No, no tengo.

Me: Muy bien. Pero yo tengo Jan. Sabes como se llama mi novio?

Jan: Que?

Me: Se llama Jan Garcia Fola.

And I just can´t forget who he gave me a shy smile, like that when someone is so “kilig”.

We took pictures before we left for school.

We walked to the train station and Jan was talking all the time. He told us the meaning of the signs on the road: no parking sign, men are working sign, etc. He´s just so intelligent. And then everytime I ask him the English term of a word, he replies with a very slang accent. hehehe. So funny.

While walking, I asked him:

Me: Jan, como se llama tu novia?

Jan: Julai.

Ohh my, the boy just said “yes” to my courting. hahaha. We were really laughing. If only the kid is a grown up, then I would have collapsed on the road for what he just said. hehehe.

I hope the parents won´t sue me for “child abuse”. hahaha.

He told us a lot of stuffs along the way and when we were nearing the station, he told us of a story about his cousin, Leo.

Jan: Mi primo Leo tiene novia. (My cousin Leo has a gf)

Me: Ahh si? Como se llama? (Really? What´s her name)

Jan: Margarita. 

Me: Y tu, como se llama tu novia? (and you, what´s the name of your gf?)

Jan: No tengo Julai porque tengo tu! (I don´t have one Julai because I have you).

Ohhh my! The kid is a girl charmer in the making. hehehe. He said it in an irritating tone, but still, it made me laugh. hehehe.

We took the train and I explained to him that I am not going with them to the school coz I need to go home early.

They took off the train after 2 stations, but before that I asked for a kiss and then Jhess hold the boy´s hand towards the door. The boy waved his byebye and wanted to say something but can´t figure it out. So, I waited.

When they were already near the door, Jan said:

                “Julai, te echaré de menos.” (Julai, I will miss you).

The door closed and I saw the kid still waving his hand at me and then I finally gave in and collapsed on my seat due to his sweetness. hehehe.

The kid will always be special to me and I hope and pray that he´ll grow up to be a good boy and hope that he´ll still remember me even in his older years.

Mi cariño pequeno, te quiero. You are the sweetest kid in town for me.

Visiting the kids after a year.

It´s been a year already since I left my old job. I am happy that I left, but sometimes, I regret my decision especially when I miss the kids terribly (especially Jan). Saying goodbye to them was the hardest and the most tear-jerking “kid goodbye” of them all (of all the goodbyes that I did for almost 8 years of working with kids since 2004).

My Sr. and Sra. told me that I am always welcome to visit them and the kids anytime I want and I don´t have to inform them beforehand. I can just go to their house or in the school. They told me before I left to remember that I always have a family in Spain: them.

I promised to visit, but shame on me for taking an entire year before I actually did.:( I already bought Christmas gifts for the kids last year coz I planned to visit them during my Christmas vacation, but they were vacationing somewhere when I got my off. I got busy with work and was not able to deliver the gifts.:(

Thank God for the new interina schedule and I already have plenty of time in the afternoon (since I don´t have an afternoon job yet). So, last Tuesday (May 8), I visited the kids. First, I went to their house and talked to Jhess (the one who replaced me) and then went with her to school to pick up the kids. I left my gifts for them on their beds, so they won´t have to carry them back if I bring the gifts to the school.

We picked up Paula first in the bus stop. She´s now starting primary and goes to school with the school bus. I greeted her as she goes down from the bus and it took her a while to recognize me and then she hugs me and was so happy to see me. I told her about my gift on her bed and she´s so happy and excited. I am glad coz she speaks English way better than before.She´s already a big girl now, more behaved already than before.

We walked a bit towards the school (where I used to pick them up) to pick up Jan. I was super excited to see Jan coz it´s him that I am very close to and very fond of. I truly adore the kid like he´s my own. He was still 1 year and 6 months when I started working for them.

Jan came out of the room and I shouted his name, but he didn´t react. Jhess told him that it was me and then he stares at me, calls my name, runs and hugs me. I was so happy and at the same time, I felt the pain of missing him tremendously. I was fighting so hard to avoid the tears from falling (tears has been falling since I started writing this).

We sat on the bench and took out the donuts that I bought for them. I also told Jan about the gift on his bed. He´s happy and kept on asking about the color of the wrapper and if there´s really something inside it. hehehe. I kept asking him to kiss me and he keeps on saying “I already did” and I kept on insisting “un beso otro vez y muy fuerte”.”

I kept kissing Jan that day like I wanted to devour him! Yes, that´s how I miss him so bad! So bad that everytime I look at our photos, I always feel a pain in my heart, a pain telling me to visit them more often. I am so happy and proud coz Jan can now converse in English. I love teaching him things coz he´s such an intelligent boy and he learns immediately. The first English word I taught him is “banana”. I was holding a bottle with fruit drawings. I pointed the banana and said that “platano in English is banana”. He repeated the word and didn´t forget about it ever since.

I even taught him funny stuffs that made the parents laugh. I taught him a line from the famous Justin Beiber song “Baby baby ohh” and taught him who Justin is. So, when I see a poster of Justin, I always ask him who it is and he replies: Justin Beiber.:) I also taught him how to say ” I am intelligent and very guapo” with matching action, hehehe.

The kids are so big now and I am so happy that they´haven´t forgotten me. It always makes me smile everytime Jhess calls and tells me that the kids are asking about me.

I will visit them more often while I don´t have an afternoon job yet and I will tell you more stories about them.:)

Happy Mother´s Day MaDerDeaR!

Happy Mother´s Day to my dearest MaDerDear! I am super thankful to God for having her as my mother. I am so proud that I came from her womb, though a lot of people wouldn´t believe that I am really her daughter coz according to them, I don´t have any resemblance to my mother. The only thing I got from her is my gender and the rest is from my beloved Papa. And I can only agree to that coz I am really a male version of my father. :) But no doubt, I am Mama´s daughter (the mananabang testified about it,hehehe) and I can´t really imagine life having another mother.

I love you and miss you so much Ma! And sorry for being so harsh to you at times. Everytime I say something bad out of my frustration of being away from home for so long, I always regret it. It makes me scared that you´ll get angry, but I am always amaze to find out that you´re not angry at all. I hope I can have even 1/4 of your kindness, patience and understanding.

You are the best mother there is for me Ma and I will forever be grateful to God for entrusting me to you.

I love you and miss you Ma a million times over!

Happy mother´s day as well to all mothers in the world!

Going interina.

I blogged before about wanting to have an interina job ( stay-out job) and then it was granted. But too bad, it only lasted one week.

But now, I am going interina once again, but with the same employer.  I started on Monday (April 30). I had some issues with my current employers before and it almost came to the point of looking for another job. Thank God and the issues were settled. But they told me that they don´t want someone to work in their house full-time anymore since the kid is already big now and there´s not much to do in the house anymore. But they will still process my papers. So, I agreed for the new 5-hour working sched and I won´t be sleeping in their place anymore (which is very fine with me). The only downside to this new sched is my salary. Less hours, less salary. But it´s ok with me. Though I am a bit worried, but I won´t let it get into me coz I know that God will always provide.

And I am pretty sure that there´s a reason behind this sudden change of schedule. I might not get it right now, but I will surely understand it as days go by. I believe that God has something better for me, thus the change in schedule, to prepare me for it.

I am already excited to know the reason behind this change. And I am really in awe with God´s mysterious ways. Indeed, He knows the desires of my heart. Because since I started blogging, I already desired to spend more time studying and researching about it and make a living out of it (I know it´s possible coz I already know and heard a lot of bloggers who made it big time with the field). Now I have more time to blog and to lean more about it.

But the enemy is lurking around, tempting me to submit to laziness and facebooking. grrrrrrrrrr. This morning, while ironing clothes, I just realized that I haven´t done the things that I used to make while I was still fija (stay-in) even if I already have a lot of time on my disposal and then as I went deeper, I realized that it´s because:

  • I stop managing my time and writing on my organizer for the list of things to be done
  • I spend a lot of time facebooking
  • I spend a lot of time watching movies

I should use my time wisely now coz if I´ll give in to those unnecessary things, then I won´t be making a difference now that I am already interina.

I will manage my time and will do my best to be productive everyday.

And ohh, I want to sleep early now (12 mn or earlier the better). It´s such a really challenge for me since I already used to sleeping at 1-2am. Yes, that´s already early for me.:)

I really hope that this interina schedule will last coz the last interina job I had only lasted for a week.

How about you, what do you prefer, fija or interina?

Beach time in Liseleje, Denmark.

Here´s a post written on August 9, 2007 in my old blog about the “beaching escapade” in Liseleje, Denmark on July 25, 2007.
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It was very hot this morning here in Norway, as well as yesterday and it came unto my mind to post the photos that I got during our beach adventure in Denmark during my vacation. But I was not able to do it this afternoon coz I fall asleep,heheheheh.

It was July 25 when we decided to go to the beach. Analyn, Florean, Ninia, Pascal (Ninia’s bf) and I went to Liseleje, to the summer house of Analyn’s employer which is situated few meters away from the beach. Though the beach was not that nice since it was windy, so the water was not that clear, but despite it, we still had a great time taking pictures and posing for the camera, hehehe.

Here are some photos:

Taken in the garden of my employer in DK, before finally going to the beach.
With Florean and Lille Miss (our employer´s cat. We left her alone for a night.:)
Analyn, Florean, Ninia and Pascal (from Germany). He was our driver that day. Thanks Pascal.:)

 

Analyn´s trurn to take the photo, hehehe.
Showing off our tattoes, but unfortunately they´re so small! We got them for free from the  junk foods that we bought. hehehe.
The Little Mermaid and her famous “bilbil”, hehehe.
I just love the beach, thought the water is not that clear! Sorry, I forgot to bring my 2-piece, hahaha.
Jumping high with Analyn, hehehe. I love this pic!
Jumping time with Florean. Look how “kiat” we are! hehehe.
Relaxing with the sea. The sky is just so lovely!
Trying to hide the holy tummy, hehehe.

After staying for hours in the beach, we decided to go back to the summerhouse coz we’re already freezing due to the very cold wind. We ate dinner and then went outside again to enjoy the beautiful sunset.

In the hammock with Florean before enjoing the sunset.
With Analyn.
Relax, I am not planning to jump off the cliff at all! I am just emoting, hehehe.
Naughty girls, hehehe.

And the picture taking continues even during bedtime, hahhaha. That’s how crazy we are when it comes to pictures, hehehe.

Ang babae sa bintana, hehehe.
Mother and Child photo. She´s the mother, I´m the child. hahaha.
Still in the mood to pose. And ohh, please excuse my legs. hahaha.

And finally, we got tired and decided to doze off.

Yes, that´s me on my way to dream land.:)

9th SFC European Conference in Brussels,Belgium.

Here´s a post written in my old blog on July 19, 2007 about the 9th SFC (Singles for Christ) European Conference in Brussels, Belgium from July 13-15, 2007.
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I’m finally back from the 9th SFC European Conference in Brussels,Belgium. I really had a wonderful weekend there. The 3 days conference was very empowering. The talks and the sharings were really inspiring. I met old friends in the conference (my brothers and sisters who attended last year’s conference in Paris) and I met new friends, too. I also made a lot of bonding sessions with my co-SFCs from Norway.

At Gardemoen Airport (Oslo) with SFC Norway while waiting for our flight to Brussels, Belgium.

Welcome to Brussels Airport!!!

On our way to the baggage claim counter of Brussels Airport with Melvz and Zyde, one of my closest in SFL Norway.

The theme of the conference was HOPE, that despite the difficulties in life, there’s always one true hope and that is our ONE GREAT GOD.

I have hope in our ONE GREAT GOD.

The conference started on Friday at 5 in the afternoon and it lasted til 10 in the evening. We had the amazing race competition before the conference started. I was one of the delegates from Norway for the race and it was really very hot in Brussels and we were so tired coz we have to hurry all the time. But our effort paid-off coz Norway was declared as the winner for the amazing race competition! Hurrah!!

SFL Norway, just outside the conference hall, waiting for the EuroCon to start.

During the food fest. We were so full! The foods from every country were super delicious!

During the T-shirt Design Competition. SFL Norway got the 3rd place.

We also had our dance practice (yes, good luck to me for being part of the dance presentation) before the conference started and we were glad coz we’re going to present the dance on Sunday, during the last talk. So, we still had 2 days to practice. And during our practice, I was so shocked coz some members has to stay on the stage during the dance presentation. And I was so unlucky coz I was one of the 5 who has to stay in the stage,grrrrrr. Ohh my, I was really nervous because there were a lot of delegates. But glad that it was finally over and the dance presentation went good. So, no more worries now, heheheh.

I’m also very happy coz I met a relative in the conference, Tita Didith. She’s from Anda,Bohol,  but she’s already in the UK now. The encounter was really unexpected. I went to the toilet with my friend and we waited coz there was a queue. Then one of the delegates waiting heard us talking in Visayan and she asked us from where we were and we told her that we came from Bohol. And she told us that she’s also from Bohol and when I looked at her ID, her family name is Amper…just like my middle name. So, we chatted and digged our roots, heheheh.

With Tita Didith, from SFC UK.

We also had fun during the gala night (Saturday night) wherein we have to wear evening gowns. Last conference, the motiff for the gala night was 60′s look. We were so “kilig” coz one of our SFC brothers from Brussels, Bro Don, proposed to his GG during the gala night. Ohhh howww romantic!

With Melvz during the gala night.

With Ate Grace and Ate Lab during the gala night.

The conference was officially closed Sunday afternoon and the closing praisefest was very empowering. The Norway contingent in general was very joyful coz we won a lot of awards. We won in the amazing race contest, champion for the food display, the biggest delegation,etc.

with sisters from SFC Spain.

Eating time with SFC Norway. Having a break after strolling Brussels Centrum, right after the conference.

At the famous “Mannekin Pis” or the Pee-ing Boy of Brussels, Belgium.

At Royal Galleries with Ate Grace.

Brussels´ Stock Exchange Building on the background.

Ice cream stopover and my very first Haagen-Dazs experience. Very delicious, yet very expensive!
Inside Brussels´Central Station.

We roam around Belgium after the conference and also on Monday. We went to Mini-Europe on Monday. It’s a place where miniatures of famous places in Europe can be found. Each european country is represented by miniatures of their landmarks.

At the lounge of J. Brell Hostel (our accommodation for the EuroCon) while waiting for our trip to Mini-Europe. 
Still goofing around at J- Brell Youth Hostel (yes, with a yellow top of course,hehehe).

Welcome to Mini-Europe! touring the entire Europe in just one stop!

Inside Mini-Europe. Such an amazing place!

Eiffel Tower on the background.

Total´s Drilling Platform, Europe´s top fuel distributor.

With UK´s Big Ben.

Plaza de Toros in Seville, Spain – where bullfights are held.

One thing we find nice about Belgium is that the cost of living there is cheaper compared to Norway. We really wished that we had a lot of money during the trip coz it’s really cheap there.

We finally had our flight at 7:55 in the evening (Monday) and arrived at Gardemoen airport at 10 in the evening. I slept at my friend’s place coz it was already very late when we arrived in Oslo. And the shocking thing was that, we woke up the following day at 3 in the afternoon!!! Ohhh my we slept for sooo long!! We were really very tired.

Glad to be home once more. And I felt so blessed to be able to attend the 9th SFC EuroCon in Brussels coz I learned a lot and I heard a lot of messages from GOD.

May GOD be praised all the time!

A day in Malmo, Sweden

Here´s a post published on my old blog on June 16, 2007.
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September 2, 2006 was a beautiful day spent in Malmo, Sweden. I went there as one of the participants from Denmark with my sisters in Singles for Christ (SFC) and my Titas from Couples for Christ (CFC) and Handmaids of the Lord (HOLD), and we were there to attend the Women’s Forum. It was a joint gathering made especially for women in CFC-community of Denmark and Sweden discussing topics that will help in living out our roles as women and servants of Christ. The speaker also shared to us some tips on how to carry ourselves physically such us in grooming and in wearing appropriate clothes for different circumstances or occassions.

We took the train from Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmo (which takes about an hour (not sure though, I already forgot) passing through Oresund Bridge. Oresund Bridge is a combined two-track trail and four-lane road bridge. It is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe and connects the two metropolitan areas of the Oresund Region: the Danish capital of Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmo.

Oresund Bridge taken from Malmo, Sweden by yours truly.

Together with my SFC sisters at Malmo Central Station right after our arrival.

The activity was held in one of the Catholic churches in Malmo. I’m so sorry but I forgot the name of the Church and I felt bad about it, huhuhu. Here’s the picture though, maybe my friend Fendi from Malmo can help me in identifying the name of the church.

On our way to the venue. Church on the background.

With SFC sisters: Zyde and Ritchie, taken during our lunch break.

After the empowering activity, we got the chance to roam around Malmo, Sweden. But we only visited few places because we went back to Denmark at around 6pm. The married women went home ahead of us and the singles stayed to see some part of the City. One of our sisters based in Malmo serves as our tour guide.

Here are some photos of our short visit:

Buildings in the vicinity of The Western Harbor . The flowers were very nice.

The famous “Turning Torso” on the background, the tallest buiding in Sweden (190 metres) as of this writing.

It is a spectacular apartment building in the Western Harbour designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Turning Torso consists of nine cubes with a total of 54 stories, with a 90° twist from base to top. The top two floors boast the exclusive meeting rooms of Turning Torso Meetings.

Still at the Western Harbor. The breeze was so nice that time.

With my SFC sisters. Still in the Western Harbor.

Some yachts in the Western Harbor. How I wish I own one of them, hehehe.
Ice cream time with my bestfriend and cousin, Bhing.

A pose with the vintage car, Rolls Royce, with Best and Langga.

It was very funny coz we didn’t have the intention to take a picture with the car. In the very first place, I’m not crazy with cars and I’m not even familiar with their names or models. We stopped in the vicinity of this car coz we were checking our digicam, then an old woman approached us and she said that she wants to take pictures of us with the car and she said that it’s a Rolls Royce! It’s was my first time to see it and later I realized that it’s a famous car, hehehe, lucky me!! We were afraid at first coz we don’t know her, but she said that we should not be afraid coz she’s a photographer, so there it was!! My first encounter with a Rolls Royce.:)

With the fountain near the souvenir shop where we bought some goodies.

A pose few meters from the Central Station on our way back to Denmark.

I really had a great time in Malmo and I hope I can go back there and see more of the City.

A Mini Cruise : My first trip to Norway.

Here´s a post written on June 2, 2007 on my old blog about my very first trip to Norway on a mini cruise. I can no longer remember the exact date of the mini cruise, but I think it happened in June 2005.
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My first trip to Norway has been through a mini cruise with my classmates in the danish class.They found a very good offer from DFDS Seaways, a mini cruise which is half the original price.They agreed to make the trip in June (can’t remember the exact date) and they invited me to go with them. My immediate answer was a “no” and told them that I don’t have the money to finance the trip and that I have to work on a Monday (since the trip will be until Monday morning).

But my classmates insisted. They told me that they will pay for my ticket for the mini cruise and all I have to do is ask permission from my hostfamily. I was really touched by their kindness, they’re really very nice to me and it was Carolina, my Columbian classmate (whom I call “Mor”, Mother in English and pronounced as “Moa) who promised to take care of my other expenses for the trip.

So I asked my hostfamily about it and it’s fine with them. Infact, they gave me money for the ticket and I payed it back to my classmate who shouldered my ticket and they even gave me an allowance for the trip. I am truly blessed to have super nice hostfamily in Denmark.

So off we go on a Saturday afternoon. We were 6 in the trip : my classmates in the Danish class: Columbian, Thai, French, Austrian and the 6-year old daughter of my Austrian classmate.The boat trip lasted for 9 hours or more and we arrived at Oslo port early in the morning (maybe 5 am). We really had fun in the ship. The rooms we had were not that spacious but it was clean and with its own toilet. I stayed with my “Mor”, Carolina. First, we ate dinner availing the “eat all you can” promo. Ohhhh my!! I can still clearly remember the delicious food we had during that night and we were eating for hours, hahaha. And it was very funny since my classmates would always tease me that they were travelling with 2 kids, the daughter of my austrian classmate and me, hehehe.We were almost of the same height and all my classmates were married and they find me childish, hehehe. I ate a lot of ice cream that night, just like the kid did.:) Childish indeed!

As usual, I ask apology for the quality of the photos that I’m going to share with you since I don’t have a digicam that time and I only asked my Columbian classmate to scan some photos for me. So I can’t show all the nice scenery we captured during the trip since all the photos were already sent home to Pinas.

Taken on the ship on our way to Oslo.

Then after our looong dinner, we went to the bar to enjoy the live band. But too bad coz my French and Thailander friends went to their room to take a nap because they felt dizzy because the ship was shaking because of big waves and they forgot to take “bonamine”,ahehe.So off to the bar we go and we were having a good time.We kept on dancing and I kept on telling them that the drummer was cute,ahehehe. Some men approached our table and It’s very funny coz Carolina,my columbian friend,kept on showing her finger with her wedding ring to the men,ahehe.That’s a funny trick…I’m going to use it someday,ahehehe. The one man approached me and asked if she can dance with me and my “Mor” immediately told the man that he can’t dance with me coz I’m still a child,the man went away and we kept on laughing.She’s really against the idea of me dating some men coz for her..I’m still a kid..ahehe.She’s really very protective,just like my Mama.

Taken at the bar with Lise, the daughter of my Austrian classmate, Elizabeth.

Then after a a couple of hour, my French and Thai friends joined us at the bar since they’re already feeling better. So we all danced and enjoyed the night. And after that, we kept on laughing coz we found ourselves singing the lines “it’s got to be perfect” every now and then. It was one of the songs played by the band and my French classmate went wild and danced wild with the music,hehehe.

Wity my classmates (R-L): Samira (French), Kularp (Thai), Carolina (Columbian), Elizabeth (Austrian), Lise – pronounced as Lisa, Elizabeth´s daugher and Yours truly.

We made an arrangement in the ship to take the guided tour, where someone’s going to tell a short history about the places that we’re going to visit. Upon our arrival, we were ushered to the bus waiting to take us to different places and it was my very first time to take a 2-storey bus, hehe. I was amazed and kept telling my classmates about it and they said that I’m crazy, hehehe.We had the entire Sunday strolling Oslo.

We went to Vigeland Park (a famous park in Norway, I’ll make a detailed post about it in my next posts. It is a park with a lot of naked statutes.We were laughing the whole time we were strolling at the park…there was just a lot of nudity in it, hehehe, but they look cute though.

This is one of the statues in Vigeland Park. But this photo was taken by yours truly just recently, during a picnic with friends.

We also visited the Viking Museum where a lot of old artifacts used by the vikings where on dispay such as weapons,clothing and their ships. It was like going back into the olden times.

We also went to Holmenkollen, the famous ski jump arena in Oslo. I used to watch eurosport during my vacant time in Denmark and I was amazed by those people who seemed like flying as they make their ski jump, then my classmates told me that those competitions were held in Holmenkollen, the very place that we are visiting…wowww what a pleasure!

Holmenkollen Ski Jump. Photo grabbed from wikipedia.com. I had a photo like this but it´s not scanned, unfortunately.

We also visited the Castle of the King and Queen of Norway.

The Castle of the King and Queen of Norway. But this was taken just recently during the visit of my cousin here in Oslo.



Taken within the vicinity of the Castle. The background is the busy walking street of Oslo, Karl Johannes Gate of Oslo, where a lot of shops and boutiques are located.

As we strolled Karl Johannes street,we stopped to take a picture of a huge circular building,which I later identified as Stortinget or the Norwegian Parliament Building.

The Stortinget. Photo grabbed from travel.yahoo.com

We also went to Aker Brygge, also a place with several shops and we ate at a McDonalds located there. It’s also where the ships for Oslo fjord tours are located.

We’re back at the ship Sunday afternoon and we arrived in Copenhagen the following morning. On our way back,we went to the Tax-free store in the ship and my classmates went shopping, while I was contented looking at the nice and expensive things on display such as make-ups, perfumes, chocolates,etc. To my classmates, the stuffs there were cheaper compared to those in the boutiques, but for me it’s just too expensive since I only have a very little amount of pocket money, hehehe. But I still managed to buy a toblerone for my employer’s daughter. I always buy her something everytime I go for a mini trip. And my classmtes were making fun of the testers until they we’re done with their make-ups, hehehe.

I really had fun with my mini cruise to Norway with my dear classmates and friends.  And I never thought that I’ll be coming back again to Norway. And now here I am, working in Norway and It will be my temporarily residence for 2 years.

Sunday dinner with my Hostfamily in DK.

Here´s a post I wrote on my old blog on May 29, 2007 about the Sunday dinner with my hostfamily in Denmark (DK) on May 27. It happened during one of my visits to DK while working as an au pair in Norway.
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We agreed to wake up early on Sunday to go to the “loppemarked” (pronounced as lopemarkel), it’s the name of the garage sale in DK and we all love it, hehehe. But unfortunately, we were not able to wake up early coz some had headache from lastnight’s partying, hehehe.

We went to two places for the loppemarked (Horsholm and Holte) and we really had fun and as usual, we bought a lot of things and they got annoyed when I told them that I bought a yellow headband, hahaha. They’re already irritated with my “yellow craziness”.

After the loppemarked, I went home to my employer’s place with Dymae and Analyn.We prepared dinner since my hostfamily will be coming after 6pm and we know that they’re tired, so we decided to make some food. We prepared roasted chicken, pansit (their favorite) and some salad.

Before they arrived, we managed to take some pictures in their living room, hehehe.

With Dymae, my maternal first cousin. She´s the one who replaced me in my hostfamily in DK.
With Analyn, my paternal first cousin. She just arrived in DK days ago.

I was so happy to see my female employer and the kid (Veronica) was so excited that she immediately hugged me. We had a nice dinner and my female employer didn’t talk that long since she was very tired from the trip. However,Veronica was very active and right after eating, she dragged me to her room and we played there. I was exhausted coz I kept on carrying her (that’s what we always do before) and to my amazement, I can no longer lift her just like before.But I was so happy that she still wants to play with me and was very excited to see me. She’s already a lot heavier, but she still insisted that I carry her.:) We made a lot of “circus stunts”,hehehe,that’s her term for all stuffs that we do.

Here’s some of my photos with Veronica:




She just loves the camera and she kept on saying “igen” (which means again) to take more pictures.She’s really a sweet child, though she’s moody at times.

She even asked her Mom if she can sleep with me in the airbed.Her mother agreed, but she ended up sleeping in her own room because her Dad scolded her coz she kept on going out from the room where we´re supposed to sleep. She even asked me to read a bedtime story for her in Danish, wahhh, But of course, I granted her request, hehehe. I’m not sure though if she understood what I read, hehhehe. My Danish is deteriorating.grrrrrrrr.

Analyn slept early. But Dymae and I had a long chitchat while she was doing some cross stitch.

I really had fun during my weekend and I once again made a bonding with my cousins.

Happy 32nd Ate Ruma!

Yeheyyy, It´s Ate Ruma´s 32nd birthday today! Her age is no longer in the calendar, but she´s not worried a bit coz it´s still in the BINGO card, hahaha. Kidding aside, I truly thank God for giving her another year in her life.

Ate Ruma (her full name is Rumafe), is one of the Voltes 5 and for sure everyone will agree if I say that: she´s the kindest and the prettiest among the 5 of us.:) I will still say this Ate even if it´s not your birthday.:)
Dearest Ate Ruma,
Happy 32nd! 
It made me crack last night about you not worrying about your age not being in the calendar anymore coz it´s still in the BINGO card, hehehe. So, I guess it´s really true that you get wiser as you get older!hahaha.
Talking about BINGO, it just came to mind : manaya ta ug euromillion karon kay basin swerteon ta. deal?hehe.
Anyways Ate, I am super thankful to God for having you as one of my Ates. You are definitely one of the kindest and most grounded person I know! Thank you so much for the friendship. You´re such a role model to me Ate and your sacrifices for your family (sending your siblings to school) is truly inspiring. Your parents and your siblings are very lucky to have a daughter and sister like you, one-of-a-kind!
Meet the kind and beautiful Ate Ruma (wearing my yellow stuffs in one of their surprises for me on my 30th), my  constant “night-out  buddy” here in BCN.
Thank you so much for everything that you´ve done for me Ate: for the surprises on my 30th, for accompanying me to “night events” everytime the other Ates (you already know who they are – di lang nato i mention ilang names kay basin makasab-an ta,hahaha) don´t feel like going out, for listening to my stories, wails and for laughing at my jokes, hehehe. I super love it when your heart jumps out everytime I make “pakurat” to you. hahaha. 
Ate Ruma on her  and Ge´s birthday dinner last Saturday. Yes, she´s trying to cheat with her age. hehehe.
My prayer and wish for you this year is the same as the previous years(yes, we´ve been praying for it for a long time already,hahaha): for your GGG to find you already! As in this year na! And if possible in the middle of the year which is 2 months from now na!hehehe. Yes, we have to rush things a bit already! So go, action na diha!hehehe. 
I love you so much Ate Ruma!
Your “pabujag” sister,
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