tita sit

simula nang lumipat kami sa bulacan nung mag-gre-grade 3 na ako, madalas akong pumunta sa makati para mag-bakasyon. minsan pa nga kahit pasko hanggang bagong taon doon ako nagse-celebrate sa mga tita ko dahil masaya doon at nandoon ang mga barkada at pinsan ko. (nung medyo malaki na ako, naisip ko din naman na sayang ang mga panahong iyon na di ko ginugol sa piling ng mahal kong pamilya. pero wala na akong magagawa doon, tapos na iyon.) sa makati din, maganda, makulay at talaga namang bongga tuwing mahal na araw. paano ba naman pinagkakagastusan talaga ng bawat magkakapitbahay ang pagpapaganda ng mga kalbaryo dahil me pa-kontest ito. si tita sit ko pinag-re-rent pa ng traysikel ni tito ernek para mapasyal at malibot ang lahat ng mga kalbaryo. may 30 + ata lahat yun...

alam kong lab na lab ni tito si tita. sa katunayan, nakikita ko si tatay sa kanya --- kung gaano nila ka-lab pareho ang mga asawa nila. nakakataba ng puso. si tito kasi mali-mali kaya naman tuwing andyan siya, bagong uwi sa umaga, niloloko siya ni tita sit at ni ate lorie. kung minsan naman kapag sa gabi siya dumadating, kung ano-ano ang pinapabili ni tita --- balot, ice cream, wendy's meal, pansit, etc...ginigising pa talaga kami para kumain. doon nga lang ako kumain ng balot kasama ang sisiw eh, pinapapikit nila ako.

si nanay at si tita sit sa tingin ko ang pinaka-close sa magkakapatid. si tita ellen na din, medyo. tuwing nagkikita ang dalawa puro kwento sila sa isa't-isa. kalimitan tungkol sa mga karanasan nila sa mga pasaway nilang anak (ako yun!). naiinis si nanay kasi di sumusunod kay tita ang mga anak niya kaya si nanay minsan ang nagta-taray at nagse-sermon dito. madalas din biruin ni tita si nanay kasi mas matanda ito, medyo slow ang pick-up pagdating sa mga jokes. eh maloko pa naman si tita sit...hindi niya nakakalimutang tawagan o i-text si nanay kapag birthday nito. minsan magte-text yun para sabihin na pumunta naman kami doon sa kanya at dalawin siya..."Nen, punta ka naman dito"...

dati kasi pilay si tita sit. matagal din siyang pabalik-balik sa ospital dahil na din diabetic siya. taon-taon ito sa katunayan. nagbabantay pa nga ako sa kanya kung minsan. wala na yung isa niyang knee-cap. hanggang sa kinailangan na putulin na lang ang isa niyang paa, ilang taon na din ang nakakaraan.

si tita sit din pala ang nag-aayos ng buhok ko noong bata pa ako. magaling siyang mag-tirintas ng buhok, lahat ng klase --- pa-headband, isang braid, 2 braids, princess leia style --- magaling siya doon. mas magaling ke nanay...kapag wala si tito, ako ang katabi nito sa pagtulog kapag nagbabakasyon ako sa kanila.

birthday niya nung august 6. tinext ko nga kaso di nag-reply kaya akala ko nagpalit na ng number. nung december dinalaw ko pa siya sa makati med bago ako umuwi sa cavite dahil naoperahan siya dahil sa breast cancer. payat na talaga siya (lahi kasi sila ng matataba). pero masigla na siya nung nakita ko. nitong mga nakaraang linggo pala, humina na siya. naka-oxygen na daw at di na makakain, liquid food na lang na pinapadaan sa tube. wala kaming kamalay-malay sa bulacan. nakakainis yung ganon. bakit hindi ko kinumusta o tinanong man lang sa pinsan ko kung nag-iba na nga ba siya ng number? sayang talaga. hindi ko man lang siya nadalaw o nakumusta.

wala na si tita kahapon ng umaga. nakakalungkot. ito na naman...flashback na naman...di ko maiwasang maramdaman at maalala ulit ang nangyari nung isang taon...nanghihinayang na naman...mami-miss ko itong tita kong ito...sorry po talaga kung di ko na kayo nakumusta at nabisita ulit.

Sixta B. Reyes --- Tita Sit
August 6, 1948 - August 21, 2005

miswaHAHAHA!!!

patawa talaga ito...check niyo ha. nasa blog link ko ito. baka din makilala niyo yung ibang non-fictional characters dito...taga-p6 lang po sila. heh-heh..Mga Kwentong Ate Guard

:aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhh... (BH 5)

.............grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr............hmph....................

these were supposedly my outbursts yesterday. well since last week actually...it all started with the parts delaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, then assembly (why won't the screws fit?!?!), then inspection and adjustment (where i have to repeatedly screw and unscrew, assemble and disassemble the prototypes). i was sooooooooooo so frustrated yesterday had i the right to throw those stuff to the moon, i could have. since i can't and being the cry-baby that i am, plus the fact that i am all alone in the dark LE room, i resorted to crying. my boss unsuspectedly came and saw me. he thought i was sleeping (me? sleeping??? not with those stuff around me and in my head!) then asked me what's wrong...bottomline is, he made me list all the problems i encountered for a possible re-design of the prototypes. so today, we're going to have a meeting with the big boss. i pray everything will turn out okay. after this, i hope i can go back to the eng'g office now. i miss my PC which i only get to use it during breaktime to check my mails, YM! and blog. i had been ethel's "ampon" (what's the english term for this???) for almost 2 weeks now in the controlled room. thanks to her (i had the chance to know her better druring my OT's), to gretz and von for making me use their PCs for surfing, autocad, and chikka (heh-heh), to von again for lending me his muscles (it's so hard to pull out those inside cylinders), to mark's desk, to pinky for keeping me company when she has nothing else to do (ooops...heh-heh. don't worry ma'am doesn't read my blog, but sometimes her hubby does! :p), to japs (you're so pretty), to ate cris (for reminding me not to leave my cell phone in the LE room), to ate leah for the methanol...who else??? hmmmm...

ampon = adopted child. thankie alfred! ;)

ok, back to work. i still have to read some stuff...

texan timeline Ü

Ü happy birthday Ü

random like raindrops

sleepy. bed and blanket. lazy. hot coffee. is he feeling better now? general cleaning today. assembly. inspection. overtime. again? maybe. pillows. cuddle. hugs. excited. nervous. happeeeeeeeeee! worried. are you okay? i'm sorry. i need more time and space. "I could sing of Your love forever" by JOC --- nice song. happy birthday tita sit, mabin and wonald. belated happy birthday to val. dark office. 7 minutes more. mishyu...

updates

it had been a very busy week last week. we moved out of our apartment late at night (2 late nights!) to a new one in a different area. exciting, fun, and tiring experience. lots of thanks to the men who did all, well most, of the hard and dirty jobs. the girls' house is aleady clean and fixed while theirs' up to now needs some more housekeeping. well what would you expect from them? heh-heh. but then their space downstairs is smaller compared to ours so they are having problems where to put away stuffs.

the new staffhouse is waaaaaay cleaner than the old old one. we are the first borders there. it's a duplex, the men right beside us. three floors, the third being the rooftop where we're supposed to do our laundry. but the girls' washing machine is still downsatirs :(...maybe later we'll ask the boys to bring it upstairs for us. the first time we learned about the rooftop before moving there, parteeeeeeyyyhhh came to our mind! there we won't be bothering neighbors late at night. heh-heh. there are 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. we are planning of buying stuffs next payday to make our place nicer, cleaner, and cozier. a little interior decorating maybe --- curtains, pillows, candles! i don't know with the boys...

the next good thing about living there is the traffic-free ride to the office. yehey! 10 minutes and we're there, no need to rush. but then unlike in the old area where we used to live there are no groceries, mister donuts, night markets, water-refilling station, drugstore, video city, internet shops, and 7-11 nearby. we really have to take long walks before we find one. but we did find one mini-grocery when pinky and me went looking for them yesterday afternoon. it was her idea to make us familiar with the place. thanks to her.

there are many cats and dogs (many kitty and doggy litters too!), tons of sari-sari stores and carenderia, and cute little kids! it felt safer now that i had slept there for 4 nights already, plus the fact that kuya jojo already changed the locks and nancy and me put on a latch to the terrace door in our bedroom. the neighbors seem friendly.

i think we'll completely get used to the apartment in no time...

hah-hah! i already had my monday mischief this morning. just after closing the bedroom door, i tried to get in again for my phone. i didn't know that the door was locked when i closed it. pinky has the only key to it but unfortunately her stuffs are still inside! poor aris, still sleepy lying on the sofa waiting for his turn to the shower, got involved in the blooper i made. it took him time to dislodge the door knob, probably because he's still sleepy and hasn't taken his breakfast yet. ;) thankie aris!

oh well...i'm still looking forward to a great day ahead. busy, but will still be great! Ü

one more...i just got to put this because alfred insisted. i was looking for the hammer in the other staffhouse so i went up (nobody's around downstairs) and knocked on the bedroom. alfred was there, halk-naked! he has his pants on so don't worry, it's nothing shocking or scandalous. heh-heh. i asked him to open the other room to look for it and then he remembered he hasn't put up his zippers yet (how do i correctly say that?hmmm...). but i didn't really notice it not until he turned his back on me and zipped his pants. heh-heh. also, the hammer didn't make it in time as aris already opened the door..(there alfred, satistfied?) aris also requested i should highlight his name. ;)

ok, work now...