Curbside Stories

I was a proud mom last August 21.  It was Lance's first time to wear a barong and his first time to walk down the aisle as one of the wedding entourage.  I was expecting him to throw tantrums but he just walked with his little partner all by himself.  He just sat in front of the altar and did not mind if the rest of the boys were playing and standing.  I got a lot of compliments for his behavior all throughout the ceremony. It was really a proud moment for me.

Lance is growing up so fast.  I don't want to miss out on anything that involves him.  I noticed that these past few days he would involve me in singing and dancing.  It is harder for me to leave him because he doesn't want to go anywhere without me, he would ask me to stand and sing with him Barney's I Love You song.  It was fun and really heart warming, really.  Those moments are what push me to give him his heart's desires.  He is very much into Thomas and Friends that each time we would to go the mall or market, he would buy anything that looks like a train.  He actually knows the names of all the engines of the popular British series.  He would line up all the engines and coaches and pretend that they are racing.  Having said his liking the blue train, I bought him a railway set yesterday.  I am a spoiler.  When he saw the toy in our living room, his eyes lit up and he gave me his biggest grin... he momentarily forgot everyth...

I feel sad about what happened at the Quirino Grandstand a few days ago.  I purposely did not blog about it while it was happening to at least show respect for the people who are in a very difficult situation.  After many hours of negotiation that ended in a bloodbath, I just feel sorrier for the victims and my fellow Filipinos who had nothing to do with what happened that day.  I have read so many articles about countries hating the Philippines because of the tragic event.  Just now in the news, one of our Senators had a taste of their anger when an airport official in Hong Kong allegedly threw his passport.   I feel bad about the deranged former policeman, too.  He was dismissed from service because of grave misconduct and administrative charges filed against him and three other policemen when they allegedly planted a drug evidence to a chef who works in a hotel in Manila.  Justice is still not served at the time of this writing.  He was a...

I saw this video last night and I laughed from beginning until the end.  I actually almost cried laughing.  This is one of the many reasons why I love the company of gay friends.

It has been a week of no good reads for me.  I am glad that Fickle Cattle decided to re-post the entry Not Alone.  Fickle Cattle narrates his personal story (encounter) with this man he 'almost' fell in love with.   After a year of not seeing each other and with just a brief catching up moment with this guy in the same bar where they met, he felt he was not alone.  His story took me back to my days of diaries.  I love it! To read Fickle Cattle's whole story, click here .

Many critics said that it could have been a more glorious moment for the Philippines if Venus Raj presented a more concrete and confident answer to William Baldwin's rather easy question: What is your biggest mistake in life and what did you do to make it right? Miss Philippines answered it in all smiles with: Thank you so much Sir for that wonderful question.  You know what Sir, in my 22 years of existence, I can say that there is nothing major major, I mean problem that I have done in my life because I am very confident with my family, with the love that they are giving me.  So, thank you so much that I am here, thank you thank you so much. It isn't easy being on the spotlight so, let us just be proud that after so many years, a Filipina has made her way to the Miss Universe top 5.

Congratulations to Miss Philippines Venus Raj for being the 4th Runner-up in the recently concluded Miss Universe 2010.  It was another proud moment for the Filipinos worldwide.