conversations with confucius (scout style)

i think i am one of the luckiest creature to be speaking with a philosopher in making: my eldest Scout. The conversations go like this:

Scout: Punta tayo E-em (her version of SM).

Mama (just looks at her and nods)

Scout: (assures herself) Butas. Butas tayo E-em. Di pwede kasi ulan. Sarado na E-em. (even if the weather is super fine and it’s just 2 pm)

Mama: Kain ka na.

Scout: Buchog ako.

Mama: Ano kinain mo?

Scout: Fish saka sabaw. (even if it’s 7 am and we haven’t any fish and sabaw around the house)

Mama: Pulutin mo na yang mga toys mo.

Scout: Ayaw. Buchog a kamay ko. Di aya.

Scout: (counting her fingers) wan, chu, chri, poy, payb, chix, cheben, nine, ten, leben. yan! dami!

Scout: Gusto mo papa?

Jet Li (just stares at her with her big eyes)

Scout: Mama, kain daw bebe gel.

Mama: Ok. Wait lang.

Scout: Bebe gel, butas. Butas ka kain. Ok?

Scout loves Lactum 1+. But due to scarcity of the milk one time, because they were reformatting the label, we brought her another brand. One time, she asked for her Tatum (aka Lactum 1+), and she saw we got milk from a different can.

Mama: Eto na Tatum mo.

Scout: Ayaw. Suka ako nyan. Gusto ko Tatum!

Mama (kamot ulo)

Random Notes About Me…

My name is Maria Luisa Jalandoni Conti. I was born in the Year of the Rooster. I am a Piscean. Does my horoscope match my personality? I think so. Yes, in a way, it does. I am very sentimental; I love old movies and old songs. I enjoy reading books during rainy days. I just hope that with the schedule I keep everyday (which includes working, mothering, freelancing, wife-ing, and everything else in between), I could still squeeze in a book to read at night just before I hit the bed.

I love the company I keep with myself. Does that make me antisocial? Maybe. But I do have friends. Really. Although I no longer keep the kind of friendship that I used to have during my single days. There is only one friend that I get to see and chat with (be it virtually or personally) often. I suppose that statistics is no longer important when it comes to friendship, especially at my age. The more the merrier they say. But I say, as long as one is enough to keep my sanity and belief in the Goodness of Life intact, then I’d be fine. No more, no less.

Then there are the kids and the husband. They just complete my whole being. Can you just imagine the longing that I feel for them each day that I leave the house for work? Oh, it’s just unbearable sometimes. But even feelings like this shouldn’t be shown; would not be good to show if it will affect my career. This is just something that I wouldn’t want to talk about: end of the story.

I’m not really sure why I am writing this. I guess I just felt the need to put some of my emotions in writing. Random thoughts cal for random writings. And randomness amidst order is a good ice breaker. I do appreciate one when I encounter it. Thanks. Maybe more next time. Right now, I am putting this off. With the ice broken, I just have to get back to what I was doing before this. Darn!

Break me in, Bravo style!

i used to not like riding motorbikes…actually i’m scared…of what? i don’t know…of falling from my seat I guess…but since we bought Bravo, my point of view changed. i now loved every minute that i ride behind wheatus’ back! And the little person in the being of Scout loves riding on Bravo too!

Just at the middle of July, we took Bravo for a long stroll…we chose tagaytay as our destination. Bravo needs a break-in…that’s the term. i don’t really know what it means. it’s just that the wheatus told me Bravo needs to exceed the 1000 mileage. so one july sunday morning (6:15 am), we were off the road to tagaytay. it was a cold but pretty nice morning, so it was perfect for the stroll. we made our first stop at Taal Proper…we visited a church there. i didn’t have a camera with me so no pictures (oh crap!) to show you guys…he he he…then we made a coffee break at a 7-11 store just before the boundary of Taal meets the town of Lemery. That was just a 1-hour ride. Bravo is doing good and so are we. Then the next stop is Fantasy World then Canyon Woods. It was already 9:30 am when we reached Tagaytay. We were stopped by the checkpoint guys but i suppose they got scared by the Jalandoni in my ID so they let us off…i thought we were stopping at Tagaytay…but wheatus said he wanted to go to SM…so where do we go next? To SM Dasmarinas of course! ha ha ha…we’re a couple of SM addicts i suppose! so by 10:15 we were at SM…and guess what? we only have 300 Php in our pockets! ha ha ha! talk about a risky trip! my remittance came a little late that day so we had to stay at SM until after lunch. then by 4 pm we were off the road back to Batangas…

On our way to Canyon Woods, it rained pretty hard! and of course we were soaking wet…then the sun came and we were dry again…he he he…

it was already 6:00pm when we arrived at Batangas City…

That road trip was unforgettable…

Next destination will be Bicol this August 25! i just can’t wait! whoah!