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I do.   And no NOT at the moment thankyouverymuch.

His greatest hits so far....

1.  A friendly American woman with round framed glasses and short dark hair chatted to us in Florida, asking Alex if he is excited about going to Disneyworld.  As she walks away, Alex asks, "Was that Harry Potter?"

2.  In a hurry to get out the door for school, nearly tripped over while holding his packed lunch.  "Whoops, nearly squashed my meatballs!" 

Brain and Brawn!  I'm going to be greedy......I want to be known as a brilliant photographer and a lethal martial artist!

.....having said that......in a parallel universe I would be a Victoria's Secret Model  hahaha.

NEAR THE SEA, definitely.  Palawan, Philippines.  or Italy.  As long as the beach is less than 20 minutes walk. 

Taking loads and loads of photographs, teaching art, working with children, training in Taekwondo/Kickboxing/Muay Thai. 

write this down quickly before i forget -- had a very cute dream about 5-6am about vin diesel, he was a classmate in uni!  how cool and how come it took that long for my subconscious to produce that!!??  but in the dream he wasn't the object of my desire, i actually used him to make someone else jealous!  haha
and he was much smaller in the dream, to fit easily into asian furniture???  LOL 
unfortunately i can't remember much of it, just the fact i chose him to be a lab partner to wind up this other guy (cant even remember who!) but vin was laughing merrily along with the rest of the class, as the other guy sulked. 

 Another mess in the kitchen.  My little one was wanting milk, and for lack of patience he pulled the milk shelf clean off the fridge -- so we're both stood there surrounded by milk and DAMMIT forgot there was a huge bottle of Asti !!!  The first thing that you think is No point in shouting and make sure he's out of this room.  So Dad grabbed him and put him on the naughty step, as I was left trapped by broken glass and smelly alcohol.  ( How people drink this stuff I'll never know )

As I was doing the washing up and cleaning and clearing of every shard of glass, my mind's floating again -- is this it???  Is this what my life has whittled down to?   Endless cleaning up and mopping up and washing up...I'm so tired and fed up and bored I just feel I'm on the verge of tears.  And other women have more children, more things to do and working as well -- Why am I not coping as I should?  I hate whingeing and complaining and feeling down, constantly feeling like a yo-yo -- happy as f*ck when I am, then this crashing down to earth matched with a vengeful, hateful outlook on life.  I'm not on anything, which makes me think -- should I BE on anything???

I think I know what this is all about.....can I just face it though and deal with the consequences.....

Can't bloody sleep again.  That's 3 nights in a row.

Tonight's humdinger is my son's nursery.  JUST LEARNING NURSERY.  My son has been in that nursery for over a year and has changed rooms a few times.  He has his ups and downs.  But I do notice in which room he is happiest-- and which room just makes him seem devoid of any confidence.
I know I know, just take him out of the nursery.  It's such an easy thing to do.  But I do believe that it is time for him to join other children, get used to 'school' style learning and basically just socialise and have fun. 
My main concern is that some staff are just too transparent in their obvious favouritism with other children.  As I have painfully learned from another parent, she has seen my son being told off unneccessarily and in a 'put down' almost bullying manner.  Very depressing.  These are people you pay a good amount of money (I know the pay individually doesn't amount to a good number, but that's for another thread) to look after your child.  And you're supposed to trust them! These are apparently QUALIFIED child carers?  Stuff your NVQ's up your fat hairy asses!!!!
Sorry I didn't mean to lose it.  Where were we....

So why didn't I complain?  How? Plus the fact that it might expose my son to a lot more dislike and isolation? Did I mention the fact that I can even see from time to time the expressions on some of these women's faces when they see my son?  Is that how they look naturally at most children or just my son or is that their God given facial expression?

Am I just a paranoid parent?  Should I just keep my mouth shut and not put my son at more risk of being picked on? 
Should I just wait it out and see if things get better?

The thing that saddens me is that I KNOW my son.  He is loving and very affectionate.  I can just hear the cynics out there 'course you say that, that's your flesh and blood' -- I also know he has his moments.  But the difference is how some of the staff deal with his tantrums.  Do they try and be patient with him, or just dump him in a corner to rot? I am getting really aggressive and feel more cursing coming on so I'll stop this for a bit.....

*this was an entry that was started in Feb 2005 and I've only just finished it today--how sad is that.*

Just saw one of my friend's blog and had done an entry there for 10 random songs. Since I've just watched 100 Tearjerkers of all Time, and because it's Valentines, here's my 10 Tearjerker Songs!

1. The Scientist -- Coldplay ( man this gets me everytime )

2. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing -- Aerosmith ( I know I know, but have you paid attention to the words?? While you watch your child sleep???)

3. When I'm Thinking About You and Homeward -- The Sundays ( shouldn't really like this band at all as I think it's my husband's ex's favourite...geez after all this time that still bugs me! )

4. Can We Still Be Friends -- Todd Rundgren (I think the restraining order was a tad much, A.T....you know who you are. )

5. Same Old Lang Syne -- Dan Fogelberg ( okay baduy to the max, but here's an actual site with the lyrics, and it plays the music in the background! I DARE you to listen to it and not cry! ... well as you read the lyrics I mean ... all those copyright sh*t must be obeyed! )
http://users.cis.net/sammy/syne.htm

6. Regrets -- Robbie Williams (..."felt things were going wrong when, you didn't like my mother...." ... )

Okay that's all I can think of for now....

it's November 29 2006 and here's some more to finish this damn list!

7. Sexed Up - Robbie Williams -- What is the F!$£%^! matter with this guy??? Always comes up with the most depressing songs yet honest songs! (the title is VERY misleading )

8. You Could Be Happy and Run - Snow Patrol -- My new senti band, I could put in a lot more of their songs here, but these are the two that affect me the most.

9. You Do Something to Me - Paul Weller - This song is quite flexible -- depends how things are going with the object of your affection, it can either be erotic or just plain 'stalker theme song'.

10. Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics - To all my fellow expats -- try listening to this when you're craving for Pinoy food/beaches/culture/everything and not end up booking the first available flight back HOME.

There are tons of beautiful songs out there, some are from 'corny' pop bands, maybe I'll set up another list for that (songs that you love but will NEVER admit to) and of course SENTI PINOY Songs .... I think that list might go on forever! ( Don't worry, no April Boy shit. )

Here are some more, but they're such classics/really good they can stand on their own and not be in a list.
Lovesong - The Cure
With or Without You - U2 ( I knew a guy in college who recorded this song over and over again on Side A of the tape...then Side B )
Piece of my Heart - Janis Joplin
Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
...mummy duties calling...more later....

first time and tinatamad pa. and this is all i got up to.

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