A Glimpse of Me

It’s another long day for everybody. We all woke uo so early and left the house at 10:30am to go to the kids’ playgroup, gymboree in Bangsar Village. Samantha’s on the 3rd level (from 8-10 month old babies) and Schenker’s on the 6th level (30-36 months old). Samantha’s time was at 11:25am and Schenker’s was at 2:50.

After Samantha’s session, we stayed in the mall and had Nando’s for lunch. I always eat their quarter chicken meal with lemon and herb as the sauce… but today, I had something different. I had… espetada, 4 grilled chicken thighs with green and red capsicum in between… served on a skewer hanging in a tube. It comes with peri chips and mediterranean salad. Gosh… it was awesome. I would definitely have it again.

Usually, when I read to my 8-month old daughter, Samantha, we don’t get to finish the story coz she usually tries so hard to grab the book and chew it, and we end up not finishing the story at all. But tonight, it was different. It was already her bed time so I put her pjs on, and started reading the story book (Hans Christian Andersen). To my delight, she just pounded and touched the pages… she didn’t try to grab it… I looked at her and I realized she was falling asleep!

Cool. She never went to sleep while listening to mommy’s story. Neither did her Kuya Schenker. Her kuya would only sleep after I read the book. Everytime I read other mommies’ stories or watch movies and saw the kids falling asleep while they read stories… I thought it was impossible. But I was wrong.

Samantha literally slept in my arms while I was reading to her. It was very sweet and wonderful. First time mah. So it was awesome.

Remember I wrote something about discovering a Filipina working at my neighbour’s house? She gave me bagoong. Today, I cooked it with pork! Hehehe. Missing Pinoy food so much these days, so I cook when my husband is not around to have a meal with me.

Just last week, I cooked adobong baboy. Hmmm… after a few years of not eating pork fats… I sure missed it. I believe it’s okay to eat fats once in a while, eh?  Just can’t help it. My husband doesn’t eat (or avoid eating if possible) karneng baboy (for health reasons) and I got converted awhile back… til last week, that is. It doesn’t hurt to eat once in a while, right? I sound so defensive, I know.

Okay… now here’s the reality. After all the research I made about Butuan, apartment hunting, hotel rates searching… here I am now unsure whether we really could go home or not. Really depends. Whatever the condition, I cannot write in here.

However, if we really really really can’t make it, it should be okay. There’s always next time. Like what I said, we were planning to visit home next year for Christmas. Who knows it’s better to go home next time.

Will write more updates… Good nite!