The Between the Lines

I was about to post a status sa twitter, bilang alam naman nating ang twitter ang bagsakan ng mga emosyon nowadays, in line with facebook status and friendster shoutout at ganun na rin sa http://www.cge.tv, maisama lang. The status would have been this.

“Credit card due date, @BDO_DeditCard website under maintenance. have to withdraw 50K sa ATM to pay in cash. Ambigat sa loob kapag cash.”

Ang abalang pag-aayos ng site.

And then i remember the simple posts on FB at kung gaano kayabang ang ibig sabihin nito. I can’t find the meme, pero parang ganito yung sense. Kumabaga Tutorial ng pagyayabang.

Basic is…

“I’m gonna miss Boracay…”

Pero mas mayabang ang…

“It was so much better in Boracay the second time around…”

Pero ang pinakamayabang…

“Boracay would rank third for me, next to Amanpulo and the Caribbean…”

 

So what would my would have been status say/imply?

1. Mataas ang credit limit ko, which means i am rich?!

2. Marami akong pera sa bangko, at kaya kong abutin ang maximum limit ng withdrawal sa ATM sa isang transaction or limang transaction dahil 10K lang maximum withdrawal sa isang transaction. Which means i am rich?!

But what does that not say?

1. Na hindi pa bayad ang buong bill ko for this month dahil yung fifty na iyun ay partial payment lang. I just have to pay that huge amount  ayokong madagdagan ng 3.5 percent interest aking sangkautangan. Which could still mean na malaki pa rin ang credit limit ko, and i am rich?!

2. Na wala na akong pera hanggang sa next sweldo dahil sagad na ang savings ko sa BDO, At masasagad pa ulit next time dahil sa medyo dahil hindi pa pumapasok sa due date na ito ang second wave ng super gastos ko for the third quarter of this fucking year.

So i decided to make this entry rather than post a simple tweet that might be misread by the kidnappers and mga halang ang kaluluwa. Kawawa naman ang dalawang boylets ko kung sakali, dahil wala akong pantubos. Malapit-lapit na rin kasi ang election, at alam naman natin ang fund raising campaign ng ilang politiko. Mabuti na yung maliwanag.

Friendship over Breakfast

Since there is a nearby Mc Donald’s sa house nina Hasmin, we decided to have our breakfast there. It has been a regular habit, me, Mama Hush and Euan, breakfast in Mc Donald’s near the Marikina Sports Center, but the past Saturdays had been busy. Para makabawi naman, kahit hindi weekend, dito na kami nag-agahan.

Big Breakfast for Three

Nanghihinayang nga lang ako at hindi nakapasok si Euan sa school. Kahapon kasi, cancelled ang klase, tapos ngayon, akala namin, tutuloy ang ulan, hindi na kami pumasok. E nung Monday, parang masaya si Euan sa paghatid ko sa kanya at mukhang hindi siya umiyak nung iniwan ko siya kay teacher. Maganda na sanang progress, kaya lang, iyun, nawalan ng klase, tapos absent siya today. Sayang ang momentum.

Pero huwag nangmanghinayang sa mga hindi na maibabalik. Kaya iyun, kain na lang. Breakfast sa Mcdo.

Mas okay naman at mas kaunti ang tao. Maraming free seats. Wala ring kaguluhan sa play area, kung saan nandoon si Euan. Then nagulat na lang ako nang makitang may kasama nang ibang bata si Euan. Pumasok sila sa play area, at pagdating doon sa tube, naglaro sila ng jack n poy. Wow, may social skills na ang anak ko! Kinilig naman ako.

Euan and Friend 1

Euan and Friend 2

Euan and Friend 3

Euan’s new Friend “6″

Euan and Friend 4

Sabi ni Hasmin, habang umo-order daw ako e niyaya nitong bagets si Euan, parang sinabi na “tara na.” Then Euan followed the boy. At iyun nga, naglaro na silang dalawa.

Saka ko na lang sinabi sa kanya na tanungin niya ang name at kunin ang number. Tawa kami ni Hasmin. Kasi naman, baka itanong nung bata, “what for?”

Kaya tumuloy na lang kmi ng kain. After that nakikain ulit si Euan and i asked him kung ano ang name ng kalaro niya. Sabi ni Euan, “6.” Napaisip kami ng mama niya? Maybe he meant that the kid was six years old. Baka mas naitanong ni Euan yung number kesa yung name. Pwede naman. Euan said he was one, kaya we corrected him saying na he was four. Four years old na kasi siya.

Iyun naman. Kahit na hindi pumasok si Euan sa school today, e natuto naman siya ng social skills. Actually, mukhang the school, through his classmates, Euan is learning to be friendly. Which is good.

UFO: So Cool to be In School

9 am jacket for Euan’s first PE in school

Preschool na si Euan. He startes his class last Wednesday, and before the post on his first days, ito muna. School boys fashion this rainy day season. Sa weekend na yung parenting issues.

Then I realized, he’s actually a little boy now.

My Old Sketches (Girl Friends)

Jetty

I know these girls know how I say Girl Friends. And it is with that snap!

The scanners weren’t good way back. And i don’t think i still have the originals. But hopefully, this would be enough to preserve these beauties. Beauties? Haha. Maging part kaya ito ng kasaysayan ng Sining sa Earth?

Seru

Roma

Kinky

Some of these were characters of a fiction i was developing back then. I forgot how the story would go. I’ll try to remember. After all. The North Remembers! #GOTDay!