sentosa

gabie: mama, i know why there's no more enough space for people to live in ...
me: really? then why?
gabie: because they made sentosa so big ...


uhm ok ... i didn't get it ;P

tv quips

the passion of christ

while watching mel gibson's the passion of christ (for the nth time) with mikee ...

mikee: hey, mama! you know what? your name is the same as mama mary's ...
me: really?
mikee: yes ... see mama and mama mary ...

cute ^.^

discovery's ultimate disasters

after watching part of the disaster marathon and seeing all of those tsunami shows, gabie came to me ...

gabie: mama, do the fishes also die in a tsunami?
me: uhm, good question babe ... honestly, i have no idea :D


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mara clara

while watching mara clara ...

miggy: i thought mara is dead!?!?

mikee: because jesus made her alive!


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why?

lately, i noticed that gabie is becoming more and more like his kuya miggy ... he's starting to be as naughty and talkative like miggy ...

today, from the time i came home, he has been asking me over and over again to help him earn more points in plants vs. zombies ...

when i've had enough, i told him, "you knowwhat? you're becoming makulit na!" (you're getting naughtier!)

he replied, "why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why? ... why?"

need i explain more?

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lost in translation #2

miggy boy is not the only one that i like to tease as baboy (pig) ... i also tease the other 2 the same ...

last friday, before going to work, i said goodbye to gabie and teased him ...

me: bye, baby boy, ba-boy! (i always call gabie as baby boy)

then to mikee: bye, baby girl, ba-boy!

gabie: no, mama, you're wrong! it's baby girl, ba-girl!

oh, alright ...

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old or new?

we're in the process of renovating a 28-yr old flat that we bought late last year ... we're almost at the end of the whole process ... maybe just a couple more days and it's all over ...

anyway, i was browsing through my reno photos when i chanced upon this pre-reno photo of our flat ...

mikee asked me: "is that our not new house?"

gabie said: "no, that's our new house!"

miggy said: "no, that's our new house last time."

and i said: "no, that's the photo of our old new house."

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we want pet

the kids had been bugging begging me to get them a pet for the longest time now ... we used to have some pet fishes but they've all, well to put it gently, swam away to fish heaven ^.^ and since then, the kids had been coming up with different ideas for a pet ... at first, they wanted a dog ... then, a rabbit ... and now, after seeing one from a friend, the latest in thing is a hamster ...

yesterday, i got a couple of ang pao's (red packet) from the big bosses at work ... of course, as the good mom that i am *bow*, i shared my collection to the kids ... i gave each of them their own ang pao's as well, each with $2 taken from my own ang pao tee hee ...

after getting his, gabie asked ordered me to buy him a hamster with his ang pao money ...

upon hearing this, mikee said, "no! i don't want a hamster ... i want a mouse!"

oh well, mikee wants a mickey ...

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sonic

during dinner, gabie asked our helper how to spell sonic ...

gabie: ate, how do you spell sonic?

ate: z-o-n- ...

gabie: no, s!

ate: no, it's z-o ...

gabie: no, s! come on, spell sonic, ate.

ate: ok ... s-o-n-i-c

gabie: ok, thanks!

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the b word

one day, miggy and gabie, were playing with their toys ...
suddenly, they started fighting ...
then gabie, came to me and said, "mama, kuya called me the "b" word!!!" ...
of course, i was surprised ...
the only "b" word i can think of is "bitch" ...
and i have no idea where miggy heard it or why he would call gabie a bitch ...
so, i asked him, "kuya, what did you call gabie???" ...
and he replied, "mama, i just called him a baby, coz he's such a baby!" ...

oh ok, so that's the "b" word!

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boys vs girls

mikee's reaction when she found the receipt from our grocery shopping last weekend:

oh wow!
we bought so much!
cool!
and it's so expensive!
wow!!!

gabie's reaction to mikee:

yeah, yeah ...

and that shows us the difference between a man and a woman's reaction towards shopping ... one is excited ... while the other is so uninterested ... and it does start at a very young age ... lol

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correction, please!

hubby and i were watching a korean show when gabie came to us looking for something ...

gabie: papa, where's the "merote"?

hubby: the what?

gabie: the "merote"!!!

realizing what he was looking for, we laughed ...

mikee: no, gab-gab! it's a "wee-mote"!


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table manners 101

earlier, at the dinner table, gabie was eating using only his right hand ... he's not using the fork, as usual ...

since he is making a lot of mess, i reminded him, "gabie, use your 2 hands when eating."

and he did ... he used his two hands to hold the spoon!

i was hoping he'd use his left hand for the fork ... lol ...

lesson learned: when dealing with kids, be specific ... be very specific ...

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a day at the zoo

it was the school holidays last week, so as a treat to the kids, hubby and i took them to the zoo.

a few days before our trip, the kids were so excited, as always.

miggy wanted to visit the new kids station where they can play in the amazing wading pool. and eat kfc hahaha need i say more?

mikee kept saying that she wants to see the monkeys. she doesn't care about all the other animals. only the monkeys. when i asked her why, she said all the other animals will eat her. not bite. eat.

gabie is the most interesting one. when i asked him which animal he wants to see in the zoo, he said the tiger. then, he said, "mama, i want to touch the tiger!" ok, he's definitely not doing that!

on the day of our trip to the zoo, it started out as a very sunny day. it was too hot! lucky i brought an evian water spray to at least relieve us from the heat. but since it was too hot, we had to spray, i think, every 10 minutes ^_^

so, after watching an animal show and the polar bear feeding, we headed to the kids station and had lunch at kfc. all this time, the kids just can't wait to get over with lunch so they can go to the wading pool.

then, by the time we finished eating, it started to rain. and it never stopped. until we just decided to go home T_T poor kids, i guess i'll just have to bring them back next month.

we just arrived at the zoo ...


see mikee with her binoculars? she was so arte all the time, using it whenever we point at an animal ...


notice most of the pictures here are dark? well, we spent most of the time in the boat dock, waiting for the rain to stop ...


and here's mikee singing while we were waiting for the rain to stop in the boat dock ...


notice her song lyrics is mostly "we cannot go ... we cannot go" hahaha


oh! the kids did get to spend some time in the wading pool. that's when the rain let up a bit. a whopping ten minutes in the pool :)

and yes, gabie changed his mind as soon as we arrived at the tigers' den ...


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happy birthday, gabie!

today is my baby gabie's birthday. to make this day special for him, i took some time off from work and made some cupcakes for him to share in school.

i had to finish the cupcakes this morning so by the time gabie's school started, i've just finished all the cuppies. and i literally have to rush off the door to get the cuppies in time for his recess. and because of all the rush, i forgot to take a picture of the cuppies :-( that's my first mistake of the day.

after passing the cupcakes to gabie's teacher, i decided to stay around the school and wait for gabie and mikee. the kids always like it whenever i come and fetch them from school because they know too well that it rarely happens.

while waiting, i had a chat with a granny (or auntie, as they are called here in singapore) who was also waiting for the class to finish. she never seemed to ran out of things to talk about. since i was raised to be courteous and didn't want to offend her by being curt, i had to talk to her for about two hours! the only break i had was when i bought a canned milo from the vending machine. that's when i did my second mistake.

when the school finished, just when mikee was about to come out, the aunty asked me to write down my handphone number. that's my third mistake. it was quite chaotic that time with all the kids coming out of the school. i was also looking out for gabie to make sure that the school bus would not take him.

so, what are my second and third mistake?

my second mistake is that after getting coins from my wallet, i didn't put the wallet back into my bag. i decided to just carry it on my hand.

third mistake. i should have just given the aunty a name card! what was i thinking writing down my number? darn! if i'd just tried to get a name card from my wallet, i would have realized earlier that my wallet was missing!!!

i only realized that my wallet was missing when we were already in the bus stop waiting for our bus. and by the time i went back to the school, it was already empty.

and that's how i lost my wallet. i'm not concerned about money because all i had in there was a ten dollar and 2 two dollar bills. i'm more worried about my id's and cards in the wallet. both mine and my husbands nric card (identification card) are there. do i have to mention credit cards and atm cards? anyway, hubby has already cancelled the credit card as soon as i told him i lost my wallet. i don't have money on my atm account, coz i don't keep money there, so that's fine. but the nric cards! aargh! because of this i'd have to take off from work again tomorrow to try and ask around gabie's school if anyone has seen my wallet. and if i don't get it back, i'd have to file a police report for the nric cards.

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SILLY MONKEY STORIES: difference between girls and boys

yesterday morning, gabie was playing with two ultraman action figures. i heard him doing the following monologue in his best ultraman tiga and ultraman dyna voice ...

ultraman tiga: tiga! i'll beat you!
ultraman dyna: you can't beat me!
tsug! tsag! tsug! (punching sounds here)

later in the afternoon, i saw mikee playing with the same two action figures. and here's her own monologue ...

ultraman tiga: let's be friends.
ultraman dyna: you're my best friend.
(then she put their hands together and made them walk while holding hands)
see mama? ultraman tiga and dyna are best friends forever!

and that, my dear, is the difference between girls and boys ...



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SILLY MONKEY STORIES: girls!

over the weekend, gabie was telling me what he wanted for his birthday (next week). all the while miggy was busy with something else. but at the mention of the word birthday, he suddenly perked up and asked me about his birthday.

having had too much of miggy's birthday last week, gabie exclaimed, "kuya, you're birthday is soooooo over!"

and to this miggy replied, "gabie, stop talking like a girl!"

oh well, boys are boys ... they'd take every opportunity to tease each other about being girlish ...


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jonas brothers band - burning up

lately, i noticed the kids are so fond of this new music video in nickelodeon that they would all sing and dance once it's on tv. i found out that the song is by the jonas brothers band titled burning up. i've also read in somebody else's blog that this bond is the "in" song for kids and tweens. hmmm.

so, i searched for a video in youtube and made a video of mikee singing and dancing to it. of course, with gabie on the side as the guitarist.





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spongebob squarepants

last night, my kids were all in the living room and each of them were drawing with their crayons. i saw gabie drawing this ...



being the supportive mom, i exclaimed, "wow, gabie! that's a really good drawing of spongebob and ultraman!"

now the moment i blurted this out, i knew right away that i said something wrong because everyone just stared at me, open-mouthed. and i can hear my hubby stiffling his laughter. but i had no idea what was wrong.

then, gabie said, "mama, that's not ultraman! that's patrick!"

oh, yeah, right! patrick. spongebob's best friend. patrick. what in the world was i thinking anyway? why would spongebob be with ultraman in the first place?


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michael jordan-O

last night, espn was showing a classic chicago bulls vs. utah jazz finals game. i cannot remember from which season/year it was. although, i do remember watching it when i was in college which was uhmm about uhmm xx years ago hahaha.

anyway, i thought it was a great opportunity for me to introduce to my 2 boys the greatest basketball player ever, at least for me. so, i called the boys and told them "look here, that's michael jordan. he's the greatest basketball player, ever!"

miggy asked me, "which one, mama?"

i answered, "there he is! do you know that miguel is michael in english? and his name is michael."

miggy was in awe, "really? his name is michael?"

"yes, he's michael." i said.

i didn't know that gabie was really paying attention to me, he's only 4 so i don't really think he'd be interested. that's why i was surprised when he suddenly blurted out ...

"no, mama! that's jordan!"

yeah, right! so much for me wanting to introduce mj to my boys hahaha

then, i remembered about the new shoes i bought the boys last sunday ...

"ei, miggy, do you know that your new shoes is a jordan shoes?", i said.

"what? do you mean, jordan-O?" hahaha he meant giordano.


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PHOTOHUNT: favorite

for this week's photohunt, i'm introducing ... jollibee!

if the world has mcdonald's, the philippines have jollibee. jollibee is the philippines' answer to mcdonald's. and in the philippines, it's even bigger than mcdonald's. especially to the kids. you ask a filipino child what he/she prefers, jollibee or mcdonald's. i bet the answer would be jollibee. i guess it's because it caters well to the filipino taste.

this photo was taken when we visited the philippines in march 2008. it was the first time for gabie and mikee to go to the philippines. and miggy has not been home in 5 years, so it's like a first for him, too. and this is their first time to meet the most popular bee in the philippines.

you can see how mikee is looking at jollibee as if she's sizing him up. and see gabie's hesitation about taking his photo with the bee. i guess, in his mind, he's thinking: why would i want to have a photo with this strange looking bee???

anyway, after 2 weeks in the philippines and eating jollibee for almost every day haha, gabie kept on asking for jollibee's macaroni soup which he loved so much. since there's no jollibee outlet here in singapore, he just have to wait till next year when we go back for the christmas holidays. yes, he still needs to wait for a whole year to have another taste of everyone's favorite :)


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