Tuesday, February 14, 2012
IN A SUITE
We are checked in at a nice room at the SIL-P GH. Xami wasn't feeling good today. Flying to Mindanao tomorrow. He was clingy and crying a lot this morning. It was good that he started to feel better as the day progressed. It was probably the tiredness! It wasn't a joke going and coming back to and from Nansiakan and then be on the road again for Manila. It was a long drive at that what with his papa taking 8 hours from NV to MLA. :) Still Xami is a good boy. Funny though because I let him taste Lomi soup that his papa bought from the UBE House in E. Rodriguez and he wanted to drink all of it like when I stop to spoon some more, he cries. The same thing happened when we went to Solano at Balai Gloria's and I let him have a taste of Crab and Corn soup. It seems I won't have any problem feeding him with veges. Well, we'll see, shan't we?
Old Home
Last Friday, I got to visit my birthplace again after nearly three years, and this time with my precious little big boy Xami. We started out in Bambang at 12:45, nearly three hours behind schedule. That was because our jeep which was supposed to go for a road test seemed to have become afraid of the Nansiakan road.
Xami was an instant celebrity among the passengers, everybody commenting along the lines of "You look like your lolo Longcoy," which I'm sure means Xami is a handsome-looking little boy. Hahaha, so I sound like an old mama, well, my Xami does look cute whatever he does. (Right now, he's humming himself to sleep beside Room 11B at the SILP Guest House in Horseshoe Drive, QC. Our room is really cold, what with the aircon on full blast. Xami likes it that way, he is a profuse perspirer (I know that is not a word, it sounds better than Big Sweater though :) That latter one sounds like something mama could wear! LOL) As I was saying, the trip to Nansiakan was basically uneventful except for the fact that going up that village via a truck always involves a certain risk. You risk your butt to get all splotchy due to blisters from trying to not be unseated. You risk your head from getting bumped what with you being thrown about as the the truck climbs the mountainous terrain. You risk your life relatively because the road looks nothing like a road is supposed to look like.
We arrived in Nansiakan at around 4PM and dropped by Uncle Alipio's house to see the cousins. Uncle, Christopher, Jenny and Chloe, Jeremy and Yna, and her baby sister were there. We had coffee there and afterwards proceeded to the church because Auntie Sofia's house where we usually spend the night was closed. We came at the ladies of Nansiakan practicing their song. I was carrying Xami on a sling and as soon as he heard the singing, he launched into a concert of his own humming so loudly. Everybody was amazed at this little wonder. Some ladies were commenting that Xami was even bigger than their own babies who are more than a year old. Xami then got bored and restless. His Lola Tessie took him but after a while it was time for Xami's dinner so his mama made some cerelac meal and went to feed Xami. We then went down to the Calixto house where Xami met his fourth cousin Bernalyn Calixto and her adopted brother Nathan. Later on, Ninang Cristy came and carried him away. He fell asleep and slept throughout the evening session with Ninang Cristy holding him.
The makeshift bed they offered to us was barely enough for Xami, so I took the mattress and laid it on the floor. Mom lay on the other side and I on the other with Xami in our midst. They were all anticipating that Xami would cry a lot during the night as babies usually do, according to them, when they are in a new environment but Xami slept like the baby that he was.
In the morning, Xami charmed his way into many hearts :). Everyone wanted to kiss him, thankfully, Cristy jokingly fend off most of them. It would have been different if it was I who was carrying him and to tell people not to put their faces too close to Xami's... the lot of them has colds, hehe, and all that.
I was in front teaching a 150+ ladies when Auntie Medy gave me a note that says, Xami was crying and probably needs to feed. I interrupted my talk, gave the people something to do and went to look for Xami. Mother, ninang Cyndie, and Ninang Cristy were in a panic trying everything to lull Xami. Poor baby was hungry.
We came down to Bambang at 3PM that same day but when we reached Loyek, the jeep suddenly halted. Apparently, Ninong Pollang who was our driver was trying to direct it but it just went to the side, into a ditch and died. The U-bolts that held the front wheels together were broken and so we disembarked and walked from Loyek to Balihyon. It was probably a 4 kilometer walk. We waited there for 5 hours until we were rescued by Uncle Robert who came with bolts and a skill to repair.
Xami grew restless as we wait at Uncle Timoan and Auntie Bihni's house in balihyon. We ate supper there. Cull i inhida mi. Funny because we were offered a bed and Xami won't lie on it until I laid his blue blanket over the sheet. He kept looking at the sheet as if there were bugs or something. The sheet did look like it hadn't tasted soap and water for decades. :-) We left at Balihyon at 11PM and arrived at half past 1AM the next day!
What a ride!
Thank God for bringing us safely home despite the road dramas.
Xami was an instant celebrity among the passengers, everybody commenting along the lines of "You look like your lolo Longcoy," which I'm sure means Xami is a handsome-looking little boy. Hahaha, so I sound like an old mama, well, my Xami does look cute whatever he does. (Right now, he's humming himself to sleep beside Room 11B at the SILP Guest House in Horseshoe Drive, QC. Our room is really cold, what with the aircon on full blast. Xami likes it that way, he is a profuse perspirer (I know that is not a word, it sounds better than Big Sweater though :) That latter one sounds like something mama could wear! LOL) As I was saying, the trip to Nansiakan was basically uneventful except for the fact that going up that village via a truck always involves a certain risk. You risk your butt to get all splotchy due to blisters from trying to not be unseated. You risk your head from getting bumped what with you being thrown about as the the truck climbs the mountainous terrain. You risk your life relatively because the road looks nothing like a road is supposed to look like.
We arrived in Nansiakan at around 4PM and dropped by Uncle Alipio's house to see the cousins. Uncle, Christopher, Jenny and Chloe, Jeremy and Yna, and her baby sister were there. We had coffee there and afterwards proceeded to the church because Auntie Sofia's house where we usually spend the night was closed. We came at the ladies of Nansiakan practicing their song. I was carrying Xami on a sling and as soon as he heard the singing, he launched into a concert of his own humming so loudly. Everybody was amazed at this little wonder. Some ladies were commenting that Xami was even bigger than their own babies who are more than a year old. Xami then got bored and restless. His Lola Tessie took him but after a while it was time for Xami's dinner so his mama made some cerelac meal and went to feed Xami. We then went down to the Calixto house where Xami met his fourth cousin Bernalyn Calixto and her adopted brother Nathan. Later on, Ninang Cristy came and carried him away. He fell asleep and slept throughout the evening session with Ninang Cristy holding him.
The makeshift bed they offered to us was barely enough for Xami, so I took the mattress and laid it on the floor. Mom lay on the other side and I on the other with Xami in our midst. They were all anticipating that Xami would cry a lot during the night as babies usually do, according to them, when they are in a new environment but Xami slept like the baby that he was.
In the morning, Xami charmed his way into many hearts :). Everyone wanted to kiss him, thankfully, Cristy jokingly fend off most of them. It would have been different if it was I who was carrying him and to tell people not to put their faces too close to Xami's... the lot of them has colds, hehe, and all that.
I was in front teaching a 150+ ladies when Auntie Medy gave me a note that says, Xami was crying and probably needs to feed. I interrupted my talk, gave the people something to do and went to look for Xami. Mother, ninang Cyndie, and Ninang Cristy were in a panic trying everything to lull Xami. Poor baby was hungry.
We came down to Bambang at 3PM that same day but when we reached Loyek, the jeep suddenly halted. Apparently, Ninong Pollang who was our driver was trying to direct it but it just went to the side, into a ditch and died. The U-bolts that held the front wheels together were broken and so we disembarked and walked from Loyek to Balihyon. It was probably a 4 kilometer walk. We waited there for 5 hours until we were rescued by Uncle Robert who came with bolts and a skill to repair.
Xami grew restless as we wait at Uncle Timoan and Auntie Bihni's house in balihyon. We ate supper there. Cull i inhida mi. Funny because we were offered a bed and Xami won't lie on it until I laid his blue blanket over the sheet. He kept looking at the sheet as if there were bugs or something. The sheet did look like it hadn't tasted soap and water for decades. :-) We left at Balihyon at 11PM and arrived at half past 1AM the next day!
What a ride!
Thank God for bringing us safely home despite the road dramas.
Friday, February 3, 2012
my toes
Xami learned a new trick today. He is now able to hold his foot with one of his hands. He was trying to bring it to his mouth but his tummy fat won't let him fold that much. It is so funny and cute! :) Xami is so behave today even if he vomited twice due maybe to Mama's medicines or maybe for eating too much Cerelac and milk. But still he is happy and naps when he should and when he awaken, he smiles. We ran out of Cerelac so Mama harvested Lola's squash. Mama boiled it and mashed it but Xami won't have anything to do with it. We even mixed it with Nestogen milk but still he vomits when mama tried to spoon some into his mouth. So anyway, no solid food for Xami today, just milk.
Lola Medy B came to have her tablet configured so she played with Xami for a little bit while mama was configuring the pc to the CFM internet.
Lola Medy B came to have her tablet configured so she played with Xami for a little bit while mama was configuring the pc to the CFM internet.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
the little insomniac
Baby Xami woke up in the middle of the night and now it's 1:09AM and he won't go back to sleep. He keeps making this cute noise with his lips smack together and producing some kind of a bilabial fricative. I am keeping myself awake by looking at House MD extras, while Xami finds it in his system to fall back to sleep. I think this is one of my unlucky nights, now he has rolled over onto his stomach and is momentarily occupied with the sheet, now he's lying on his right side and nibbling on his mittens. Oh Xami, dearest!
And it's been a while since I've written anything here... well, obviously, I've been too lazy to do anything else but look after my little giant! It is incredibly and enjoyably exhausting. I have been exhausted many times before but more like the I-am-mentally-fatigue kind of way, not the achy-muscles-due-to-carrying-around-a-heavy-baby and-headaches-due-to-interrupted night sleep kind of way. A very welcome change, I must say.
Xami is coughing like an old man, it is so funny! :-)
And it's been a while since I've written anything here... well, obviously, I've been too lazy to do anything else but look after my little giant! It is incredibly and enjoyably exhausting. I have been exhausted many times before but more like the I-am-mentally-fatigue kind of way, not the achy-muscles-due-to-carrying-around-a-heavy-baby and-headaches-due-to-interrupted night sleep kind of way. A very welcome change, I must say.
Xami is coughing like an old man, it is so funny! :-)
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