i'm on drugs

hihi... this is my third day taking in the hopeful cure to my so-called "allergy cough". doc said that's the reason my cough stays on for the longest time... and i've been having 2-minute throat kati attacks every now aind then.

i was supposed to have myself checked last tuesday. when i got there (this is a nearby clinic where the doctors are a husband-wife team... and other people say they're a great pair of doctors), i was given a number card. ok number 34. i checked and they're currently processing number 9. darn it. at the rate they're going, i'll be checked in about 1.5 hours pa. so i was willing to wait... until i heard the receptionist whisper something to an irate patient, "ok lang naman po kay doktora sumingit eh, basta dodoblehin nyo yung bayad na P150, bale P300 na." watda... to hell with singit. i was tempted to get the bait pero i said why would i pay double? na-turn-off ako sa tandem na yun. i thought they were a compassionate pair... and they would tolerate this? to earn more? so that was it. i stood up, returned the number, and decided to come back the next day - the earliest time possible.. hehe kala ni doktora mauutakan nya ko.

so the next day came, i came in early. number 9 ako! yey! now who would want to singit! yey! so in i went to the room. i told doc that i have this cough for more than 3 weeks now.

doc: "nagpa x-ray ka na ba?"
caths: "opo. mga 2 months ago lang." [kala mo, magpapa x-ray pa ko sa clinic mo ah!wala akong tb at hindi ako magpapa x-ray]
doc: "e bakit ganun? hindi gumaling sa dati mong gamot?" [habang pinapakinggan nya ang tibok ng puso ko]
caths: gumaling na po ako. umulit lang nung lumamig.
doc: "kumakati ba?"
caths: "opo. most of the time mga 3 minutes sobrang kati"
doc: "naku allergy cough yan! may trabaho ka ba?" [dollar dollar ang mata]
caths: "opo"
doc: "o tiisin mo na lang muna ang presyo ha. magaling naman itong gamot na to. bibigyan kita ng antibiotic at anti-allergy"
caths: "sige po"
doc: "bumalik ka sa 9 at pag di gumaling, bibigyan kita ng [makes a higop action] sinisinghot para sa allergy mo. mga 1 month un"

pagdating ko sa pharmacy (na pagmamay-ari din nina doktora), kwenta kwenta si ate. ok 954 ang gamot.. argh ang mahal magkasakit. that's why i'm strictly sticking to the sched of the meds. don't wanna miss a thing. i might go over the whole process again. dollar dollar ang mata... argh...

funny sign #1 - wanted security guard's

where: a certain building along buendia

okray: ok... possessive form itu... wanted security guard's what? security guard's batuta? pito? bwahaha! wala lang.

usapang ina-anak

caths: ma, pag nabuntis ba ko, papalayasin mo ko?
ma: oo... bahala ka sa buhay mo!
caths: e pano kung walang ama? di mo ba ko kukupkupin?
ma: may bahay ka, dun ka tumira!
caths: pano kung walang magdadala sakin sa ospital? papabayaan mo ko?!?
ma: ay bahala ka sa buhay mo!
caths: si [certain girl] nga tutulungan mo pag nanganak na eh! ako pang anak mo!!! papabayaan mo ko?
ma: [ngiti lang]
caths: kita mo na! nasasabi mo lang yan para 'di ako magpabuntis! pero di mo naman ako matitiis! bwahaha!
ma: [ngiti ulit sabay tawa...]

bwahaha!

holiday pics

waiting for the pyro olympics to start... strike a pose... uy maganda ang background! let's go outside and take pics!


a walk in the clouds...


uy nainggit si echo and tintin... hihi sige na na strike a pose na rin!


but where's wawin! ooooh! wawin's sleeping in the car pala bwahahah!


nice... tranquil...


with wawin... gising na yey!


pisting flash... hihi sakit sa mata!


birit kuya! and he's going to kill me for this...


the new year feast... =)


now and the consumers of the feast...


familia del buena del sol dela viu camacho... watda...

buti na lang andun si gabi

heck... i don't even know if her nick's spelled that way... i guess i'm intoxicated with this little angel. lost in a herd of unfamiliar crowd, i was worried how i'll survive the afternoon/night. i know i could stay quiet if i have to but i haven't been that sober for a long time now. i guess i've been used to just blurting out my whatevers.

so we went in the house and there she was... gabi, the 3-year old angel... with her short wavy hair all oily and messed up, her feet dirty, and maybe it was choco stuff smudged on her chin and cheeks. she definitely needed a bath... but heck she was cute and adorable and i so wanted to hug her. she was playing with her toys and she was constantly flashing that adorable smile. she was too friendly even with a stranger like me... that could be dangerous at times.

i asked her what her name is and she answered shyly, "gabriel" awww... english speaking si gabi. sosyal... and if you ask her, and the answer is yes, she'll say "yaah" with a twang... sosyal hihi...

so the boys were doing their stuff. and i couldn't fit in so i played with gabi. we were making a necklace out of heart beads. we took turns in putting the piece together. "it's your turn! what color do you like?" she would ask... and i'd say "red!" and she would hand me the red heart bead and clap "yey!" when i've done my part. and she would say, "it's my turn!" and do her thing na. she sometimes had a hard time putting in the bead and she would shout "it's tooo haaard!" hihi so arte! but so cute. i sooo wanted to bite her cheeks hihi.

she was a good girl in every sense... koko put on her santa hat and she saw it. other kids might have cried "give me back my santa hat!!!" or "that's mine!" but she just smiled and said... "he's borrowing my santa hat..." awww love ko na sya. "there's salad in the ref if you want, huh" maybe her mom asked her to tell me that... but awww... awww... awww... she's so sweet. and didn't run out of smiles... and awww... basta...

i learned she has 4 kuyas so medyo glad to play with a girl sya. hehe parang ako. glad to play with a girl. i always wondered how things would be if i had an ate or a little sister.

1 lang talaga masasabi ko... buti na lang andun si gabi.

sometimes...

i wonder how i could give pieces of advice to others...

duh... as if i'm a pro

i tell them what they could do about it and just whisper to myself... "yeah, caths. that's what you should do too"

i thought i now know my threshold

guess i'm wrong...

anong bago?

makalipas ang mahigit 2 linggo, what's new? hmmm... a little bit of everything... weird, impromptu, scary, and all...

tuwid na naman ang mahaba kong hair (medyo)... and the sacrifice we had to undergo just to have this (semi) straight hair. we didn't sleep thursday para lang ipa-plantsa at ipa-torture and buhok namin. mygulay... at least it's straight now, hindi na buhaghag... although medyo bumabalik na ang waves woohoo! hehe... at least we also had a footspa. sarap. at hindi pa nagkasya ang oras, ibinalik pa namin ng friday para tapusin ang torture sa buhok. paksyet. 'di na po ako uulit.

monday night, wala lang... out of nowhere na naman, we blurted out "punta tayo divi bukas!" at nagpunta nga ang mga nilalang. naka long sleeves pa ko, o diba? si donna, nakatakong na sandals! bwahaha! si maricor naka slacks. syempre no sleep na naman, mega sisksik kami sa mga tao sa divi. sa P2000, i've had a couple of good buys naman. yun nga lang balik kalyo ulit ang pina-footspa kong feet. at ang sakit ng arms ko pagbubuhat nung mga pinamili namin... maskulada.. na payat... na may bilbil. argh

tuesday nigt, kagabi yun. medyo bangag pa dahil sa divi moment, bus ako along roxas. the bus was halting to pick up a passenger when we heard a loud screech and a bang... ok a car hit the back of the bus i was riding and medyo wasak yung car. mabilis sya malamang. mukang wala namang serious injury... and there was my moment. medyo napa-iyak ako sa bus ano ba. slight lang naman. i thought of my kuya and my family habang nagddrive or commute... hay sana lagi pong safe ang mga tao. so andar ulit ang bus, pagdating ng buendia, an army of rowdy men (mga 30) hailed the bus. ok akala ko kung ano, christmas party pala nla at gigimik sila. ang ingay nila promise. nawindang ako lalo.

kagabi pa rin, i mourned... over my right earring na nawala ko. paksyet. 2nd earring ko na to na nwala sa office na to. what's worse? it's my favorite pair!!! waaaah! it's not something i'd find ulit pag bumili ako kse binigay (hiningi pala) sakin ng mom ko yun eh! waah! hanggang bahay super sad ako kse nawala yung hikaw ko...

kanina, on my way to work, may sunog na naman along sucat. i dunno where exactly pero there was an awful traffic on the southbound route and there were an awful lot of sirens and fire trucks... Christmas pa naman...

kanina pa rin, still sulking over my lost earring, i tried to look for it dito sa office. pero wala... awww... so ayun i declared it lost na talga. suddenly, on my way to the restroom, biglang, it was just there lying on the floor. at napa shriek pa tuloy ako sa galak! yey! nag resurrect sya.