Cray Cray Carrillos: Fighting Dogs

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One afternoon when the Carrillo siblings and I were taking a walk around the subdivision, there were 3 dogs on the street, 2 of them, I’d say, were supposed to get a room. By the way, napansin ko lang, bakit ‘pag may 2 asong nagse-sex sa kalsada, parating may audience silang isa pang aso. Hindi niyo ba napapansin? Pansinin niyo ‘pag may chance kayo. Haha!

Going back.

Mommy: Trace, tignan mo ‘yung dogs oh, kambal sila. Magkadikit ang puwet nila. 

Nikki’s already 12, she knows. Medyo natagalan bago naka-comment si Calli.

Calli: Ah, Mommy, magkakampi sila. Kaaway nila ‘yung isang dog. 

Sobrang natawa kami ni Nikki. 

Trace: Power rangers sila, Mommy.

Mommy: Ahh, nag-volt in pala silang dalawa kasi kaaway nila ‘yung isa.

Then Nikki and I continued to laugh so hard as we walked away from the “fighting” dogs. 

Ah, kids. So young and innocent. 

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WAHM Life Rocks

Hello guys, girls, beks and all! How are you? How was your weekend? Ambilis ng araw 'no? It's Tuesday again, then tomorrow is Wednesday. Mid-week na naman. Grabe na 'to! Well, ganun daw yata talaga 'di ba 'pag busy tayo, time runs so fast. 

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The Kwento. Speaking of busy. I'm so happy to share with you na I started training na for a new work-at-home job yesterday. Well, I've been doing freelance jobs naman na ever since I quit my office job in July last year. Have you heard of Upwork? It used to be Odesk, and now Upwork na siya. That's where I've been looking for "rakets" since last year. I had the chance to work with a few clients. I did a little bit of VA (virtual assistant) jobs, cold calling, data entry, lead generation, web research tsaka mga iba. All of my clients, except for one, were very easy to work with, very mabait, very considerate. As in! Unfortunately, there was a time in, I think, May when I had a terribly serious problem with my internet connection. As in wala akong broadband dito sa bahay for 2 months. Nahiya naman ako sa mga clients ko kaya I had no choice but to make paalam to them. I had like 5-6 contracts in Upwork back then. Some of them have not ended my contract with them until now. They just paused it. Baka hoping pa sila na mag-work pa ulit ako for them. Hihi!

I became a firm believer that whatever's happening to me right now is supposed to be happening. (My family jokes every time something unfortunate happens to someone, even as simple as nadapa or natisod, na nakasulat sa book of fate ang unfortunate incident na 'yun, that it was destined to happen to that person that way on that day at that time. We would say, "Ganun talaga! Nakasulat 'yan!") And whatever is meant to be mine will be mine at the right time. Timing lang. Timing is everything eka nga.

So saan na nga ba patungo ang kwento ko na'to? Haha! Okay, speaking of timing. A little back story.

Rain, Rain, When Will You Go Away?

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Hello mga mem! I'm back again. Pinapanindigan ko talaga ang pagbabalik ko dito. 

It's been raining a lot these days 'no? Kung makaulan eh parang bawal nang umulan next month. Ibinubuhos na yata ni Mother Nature ang lahat ng ulan for the rest of this year. Classes here in Nueva Ecija have been cancelled for three days na. 

On Sunday night, news came out na suspended nga daw ang classes ng Monday. Of course my daughters celebrated. Parang tayo lang nung students pa tayo. Aminin niyo 'yan! :)

Then came Tuesday, walang announcement na walang pasok pero sobrang maulan that morning. Nikki woke up, took a shower, ate breakfast and left for school. While Calli, on the other hand, eh parang mantika sa pagtulog. Dineclare ko na na walang pasok ang elementary sa Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Hindi ko na ginising, kawawa naman. But the truth really, tinamad akong bumangon. Ansarap humiga kasi anlami-lamig! Yes, I didn't wake Calli up and let her not go to school kasi tinamad akong bumangon para i-prepare siya. Huwag akong tularan! But wait, there's more! That morning, it was announced that afternoon classes were suspended. Walang pasok that afternoon. Whew! Parang nakaramdam ako ng konting relief at medyo na-justify ko ang "kasalanan" ko. Eh sobrang maulan naman kasi talaga. Dapat umaga pa lang na-suspend na ang classes. 

And today, Wednesday, I made sure to wake up early, like 5AM early. I woke Calli up. Shower, breakfast, dress up. The usual. Ang aga niyang naka-prepare, as in! Feeling ko bawing-bawi ako from my yesterday's indiscretion. Kahit tunog nang tunog ang phone ko sa mga notifications,  messages and all, deadma lang. Nagpaka-mother muna 'ko. Then Calli left for school.

I felt so good, ready to do some house chores. I had a little time to check my phone na. First message that I read, from Teacher Maribel. Nyaaah! Wala daw pasoook! I panicked nang beri beri light. Medyo natututunan ko nang 'di mag-panic nang sobra. Pag alam kong papunta na ako sa panic mode, I pause for a few seconds and clear my mind. Then I enumerate my options in my mind. 

Just a back story. I don't bring Calli to school. Actually, no one brings Calli to school. In the morning and in the afternoon, Calli goes to school together with her Ate Nikki in a tricycle. I make sure na kilala ko ang tricycle na sasakyan nila. Yung mga nakapila dito sa kanto dito sa subdivision namin (na hindi naman talaga subdivision). Then sa uwian, 'yung "family driver" namin ang sumusundo sa kanya using his tricycle. Hindi sila pwedeng sabay ni Nikki kasi Nikki's dismissal is always later than Calli's. Kawawa naman siya if maghintay siya nang matagal for her Ate Nikki. Today, it was supposed to be Nikki's periodical tests in the afternoon kaya wala siyang pasok ng morning. That's why Calli left for school alone this morning. 

Going back. Naloka nga ako ng slight. I was readying to go to school na to take Calli back home. Mabuti na lang, at talagang mabuti na lang, ibinalik siya ng tricycle dito sa bahay when the driver found out from the school guard na walang pasok. Haay, thank you!

Naaawa ako kay Calli. Sana natulog na lang siya. Pero natawa ako kasi sabi niya, "Sayang, Mommy, naligo pa ako." Parang may sama siya ng loob kasi naligo siya nang maaga.

Ano ba yan? Nung may pasok, di siya pumasok. Nung walang pasok, tsaka siya pumasok, ang aga pa! Wala sa tiyempo. Haha!

So 'yan ang mga ganap sa buhay ko ngayon mga mem. Kayo? Keep calm na lang sa loob ng bahay. Huwag gala nang gala ngayon, maulan. Delikado. 

Thanks for reading. Stay safe, stay dry, stay awesome! :)

Changes, Changes, Changes

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Well, well, well (channeling Wacky Kiray in Minute to Win It: Last Man Standing, before nasampal siya ni Cristine Reyes). Have you watched that episode last week? Kung dapat masampal ang mga matagal na nagpabaya sa blog niya, sa tingin ko eh deserve ko ngang masampal nang magkabilaan. 

Akalain mo 'yan?! May blog pala ako?! 

Sobra sobrang daming ganap sa buhay ko mga mem! Of course, my friends already know all these, but just for the sake of those who still follow this blog (huwaw, umaasa ako, haha!), just a little update lang. To start with, wala na akong work kasi nag-resign na ako. Hindi na kami nakatira sa Baguio, balik probinsiya na kami, minus the daddy, dito sa Nueva Ecija. Don't worry, as I write new posts here, for sure maa-update din kayo.

For months since I resigned from my work in Baguio in July last year, I've been intending to "revive" this blog. Na-tsaka na, tsaka na. Kaya ngayon na lang naisakatuparan, after over a year. Well, huli man daw at magaling, eh magaling pa rin, haha!

Dahil nga sa sooobrang daming changes in my and my kids' lives, I was actually in a dilemma kung itutuloy ko pa ba 'tong blog na 'to. Most of its contents kasi are anecdotes of my "past" life in Baguio. I felt like I would want to start over a new one. Tinry ko, sa Tumblr. Tumatanda na talaga ako mga mem, kasi hirap na ako mag-adjust. I had a difficult time finding my way around Tumblr. Nahirapan akong hanapin ang mga buttons, kung paano mag-layout and all. I also realized, everything I have in this blog is part of who I am now. All the things I did, all the people I met, stayed with or left me, all the food I ate, all the places I went to, all the activities I enjoyed doing, all the problems I resolved, all the trials I overcame made me the person that I am now - stronger, smarter, braver and more confident. 

As I start a new career next week (this story deserves a separate post), I decided to revive this blog instead of creating a new one, to continue posting more stories here, to continue its life. Because this blog is an unedited story of my life written by me. Mas madali eh kesa gumawa ako ng bago, konting edit-edit lang. Tsaka sayang din ang stats. Aba eh may ilan-ilang visits na din ang blog na 'to at may 3 naman na yata akong followers dito 'noh! Sa mga followers ko diyan, patunayan niyo please na nag-e-exist kayo, comment na, now na! Haha!

 By the way, for those who still don't know, new readers perhaps, this blog used to be "Momma Mina! Adventures of a New Gen Mom" at http://mommina.blogspot.com. Para maiba lang ng konti (walang kokontra, blog ko 'to, haha!), it is now "The Mina Mina Eh Eh". May short story kasi ako behind that, pero tsaka na lang, sa separate blog post na lang. Eto na naman ako sa "tsaka na". 

So here I am, back to the blogging world! Tuloy ang kwentuhan natin dito mga mem! I'm praying really hard na mapanindigan ko 'to this time nang bongga. Haha!

Thanks for reading. Stay awesome! :)