reign & basti
tight hug from reign
quality time with my kids
enjoying at funland festivalmall
( yan lang kaya ng budget eh..)
mother's long time request - to eat baby back ribs at kenny rogers
In The Purpose Driven Life Book of Rick Warren one of the lesson or topic you will learn is about LOVE. It can be shown in the time you spend with your love one. You can say i love you to your children, to your husband, to your mother.... but they will still be asking for more than that which is your time.
I waited for August of 2009 - it was nearly 3 years before i had my first vacation. Co-workers will always say, " naku madami ka na sigurong pera kaya ka uuwi. " They're wrong - i honestly went home with only 16,000 or let's say 100kd at hand. People may raise their eyebrows but this is the truth - i told them that if you will think about the money you will really reach 5, 6, 7, 8 or maybe more years before you can decide to go home. Money can't buy the time you will spend with your children. Before i went home i was already talking with my mother and children explaining them what will be our situation...you know in the Philippines if you arrived from abroad - families who doesn't come and visit you will suddenly be close to you, not to mention the neighbors who will always make " parinig " pasalubong nman dyan... hehehehe ....
i told my family, " uuwi ako ng wala akong kadala dala, what's important for me is to be with my kids." i told my children that i cannot bring them to nice places like ocean park, enchanted or the likes - because mama doensn't have enough money. Thank God my children even at an early stage understands me. Sometimes i will bring them to Jollibee ordering food only for them, ako masaya na akong tignan cla or makihati sa fries nila. Touch na touch ako when we went to SM Megamall to watch UP ( cartoons ) we went to the supermarket first to buy something to eat sa theatre mahal kc pag sa cinema ka bibili mismo. I already grabbed the Cheetos which i told my son masarap to anak gusto ko to,but after seeing the price i returned it back, my son, Reign, asked me, " mama, magkano po ba yung cheetos? Ako na lang bibili para sayo kunin mo na. He was just 8 years old that time... i am actually crying now while writting this... i miss my kids more today. Well going back to the story - 16,000 you think that's enough? If God has provided for me before of course He will still provide for me ngayon. Thank God, i received a text from Chandra a friend from my work... she told me to check my account they deposited a little amount for my kids. I checked and it's 5,000! It's not a little amount, ang laki na nun para sa akin. And then after a few more days she texted me again told me to ask kuya resty to check my Kuwait Account because madam deposited your half month salary. Pero dati sabi niya hindi nya ibibigay yung salary ko pag balik ko na lang yun. Ang bait talaga ng Panginoon.
And this is what i'm always imparting to my brothers and sisters in Christ na hindi matutumbasan ng pera yung magspend ka ng time para sa family mo. Yo don't need to worry borrowing money, loaning huge amount of money para lang makauwi ka sa pinas. Para saan just to show off or para pag balik mo sa abroad kumahog ka sa pagbabayad ng inutang mong pera sa pagbabakasyon mo....nakauwi ako ng 100kd lang ang dala kong pera. God will never leave you kapatid. He will never forsake you - you are not alone, God is with you. He is our GREAT PROVIDER.
In The Purpose Driven Life Book of Rick Warren one of the lesson or topic you will learn is about LOVE. It can be shown in the time you spend with your love one. You can say i love you to your children, to your husband, to your mother.... but they will still be asking for more than that which is your time.
I waited for August of 2009 - it was nearly 3 years before i had my first vacation. Co-workers will always say, " naku madami ka na sigurong pera kaya ka uuwi. " They're wrong - i honestly went home with only 16,000 or let's say 100kd at hand. People may raise their eyebrows but this is the truth - i told them that if you will think about the money you will really reach 5, 6, 7, 8 or maybe more years before you can decide to go home. Money can't buy the time you will spend with your children. Before i went home i was already talking with my mother and children explaining them what will be our situation...you know in the Philippines if you arrived from abroad - families who doesn't come and visit you will suddenly be close to you, not to mention the neighbors who will always make " parinig " pasalubong nman dyan... hehehehe ....
i told my family, " uuwi ako ng wala akong kadala dala, what's important for me is to be with my kids." i told my children that i cannot bring them to nice places like ocean park, enchanted or the likes - because mama doensn't have enough money. Thank God my children even at an early stage understands me. Sometimes i will bring them to Jollibee ordering food only for them, ako masaya na akong tignan cla or makihati sa fries nila. Touch na touch ako when we went to SM Megamall to watch UP ( cartoons ) we went to the supermarket first to buy something to eat sa theatre mahal kc pag sa cinema ka bibili mismo. I already grabbed the Cheetos which i told my son masarap to anak gusto ko to,but after seeing the price i returned it back, my son, Reign, asked me, " mama, magkano po ba yung cheetos? Ako na lang bibili para sayo kunin mo na. He was just 8 years old that time... i am actually crying now while writting this... i miss my kids more today. Well going back to the story - 16,000 you think that's enough? If God has provided for me before of course He will still provide for me ngayon. Thank God, i received a text from Chandra a friend from my work... she told me to check my account they deposited a little amount for my kids. I checked and it's 5,000! It's not a little amount, ang laki na nun para sa akin. And then after a few more days she texted me again told me to ask kuya resty to check my Kuwait Account because madam deposited your half month salary. Pero dati sabi niya hindi nya ibibigay yung salary ko pag balik ko na lang yun. Ang bait talaga ng Panginoon.
And this is what i'm always imparting to my brothers and sisters in Christ na hindi matutumbasan ng pera yung magspend ka ng time para sa family mo. Yo don't need to worry borrowing money, loaning huge amount of money para lang makauwi ka sa pinas. Para saan just to show off or para pag balik mo sa abroad kumahog ka sa pagbabayad ng inutang mong pera sa pagbabakasyon mo....nakauwi ako ng 100kd lang ang dala kong pera. God will never leave you kapatid. He will never forsake you - you are not alone, God is with you. He is our GREAT PROVIDER.
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