Arrange yourself according to waistline

June 29, 2013 Saturday

I was our family’s representative to the first birthday party of Edmund’s apo sa pamangkin, Inca, daughter of Butchok, eldest son of Edgar.
My daughter, my husband, and my son were all busy that day. Edmund had Federation golf tournament.

I was late kasi I went to Podium to pick up a toy. The games have started when I arrived, I heard the emcee saying “bring me…….”.

I bought this doll, nagsasalita pag pinindut mo yung tyan. Natuwa ako.

It took me a total of 4 minutes to choose a gift, but these ladies took 20 minutes to wrap the doll. They attempted 3 x and only figured it out on the 4th attempt.
Kunsumisyon, I wanted to grab it and do it myself.

I bought a cup of ice cream on my way out.

My bilas and tukayo, Ann, with her first apo, Inca. She said they look alike.
Grandparents are like that, they always claim they look like their apos pag cute. Pero pag nget pa ang apo- “mana sa kabila”. “Naku, magaspang ang kutis, pango ang ilong, kamukha ni balae”.
Naalala ko tuloy nung college ako. I had an avid suitor. Okay na sana, maputi sya at makinis ang kutis, matipuno, at 5’11”. Aba one time ang sabi sa akin, makinis daw ang kutis ko, pero mas makinis daw kutis ng mama nya!!!!! Ayun, basted!

The young parents of Inca.
A few years ago, One Nov 1, My kids and I went to Heritage Memorial Park, where my father in law was buried. These young couple was still mag-boyfriend then. I heard my sisters in law and some other people there egging them on, to get married na kasi they’ve been engaged for a long time.
I made the horrible mistake of joining in the conversation. I said “Ay, wag muna kayong mag-asawa, bata pa kayo, mahirap mag-asawa”. I never expected that my innocent comment would merit an unwanted elicitation.
My mother-in-law sort of screamed, not once, but twice. Edmund’s sister asked “Bakit Annie, dalawa lang naman ang anak mo, nahihirapan ka ba?” No retort from me, I just kept quiet at para hindi humaba ang usapan. But they got it totally wrong. I didn’t say they should NEVER get married. In my eyes, Butchok and his girlfriend were still young, so why be in a hurry. Hindi ko naman sinabi na habambuhay silang huwag mag-asawa. And my comment was fairly standard. Old people always say that, na wag MUNA mag-asawa, na mahirap may asawa, hindi parang kanin na mainit na isusubo, pagnapaso iluluwa. And for the record- My comment HAD NOTHING TO DO with my life as a wife and a mother of two.

Butchok and first baby

I brought home two balloons, for Oyen and Nyke, (laughs) my children are too old na for this.

Nung araw, pansit at sopas lang ang handa sa children’s party. Ngayon new generation, merong face painting, magic, give-aways na ang dami, costumes. Yung mga super rich, meron pang carnival o karnabal sa Tagalog.

I ate a lot of pancit canton

Nakakatuwa yung emcee:
“Are you fun children? Are you fun?”
(Nawala ang “having”)

“Everybody sing song, happy birthday Inca”.
(They kept on playing the song Happy Birthday Sweet 16. I thought Inca is only 1 year old.)

“It’s time for the grand peyrents of Inca to give a message of gratification to beyrtday seylebrant Inca”.

“I call the peyrents to give a message of greeting and gratification to Inca”.

Emcee’s favorite word is gratification.

Ang saya nung games:

Emcee——–“Arrange yourself according to minimum to maximum beyrtdey”.

Emcee——–“Arrange yourself according to waistline”.
I should have joined in this game, para sure winner ako.

Emcee——-“Wow, sarap ng bata, lots of candies on the floor, yun pa, yun pa, pick all”

Emcee—-“Let’s clap our hands for the excitement magician”.

I brought home 3 chocolate cupcakes and two packs of pastillas from Bulacan.
Emcee—-
“Lahat po ng candies, cupcakes, souvenirs to be distributed to all of us. Distribution of token cupcakes”.

After the program,
Emcee—- “What you gonna say? Thank you and happy”.
(naiwan yung birthday)