Zia and iPhone

Zia has been using my iPhone for the past two weeks. Everynight once I arrive at home, she will get the phone and play with it. She uses these applications: Bubbles, Blowhorn, Moo, Preschool Adventure, Koi Pond, Sketch, Kaleidoscope, Piano, Drum, and recently iZoo wherein she chooses an animal from the list then as she taps the picture of the animal, she would listen to the sound of that animal.

At first, she chooses the animals randomly, then when we tried to have her look and select certain animals, me and Judith were amazed that she can pick the correct animal. So she has memorized some spelling of these animals. Early stage of reading, YES!



Yun nga lang, si Enzo di makagamit, laging yung ate lang niya. Bili kaya ako ng isa pa?

Comics

I have been a comic book collector since 1991. So for the past 17 years, I have been reading, buying and collecting comic books. Previous to that I would just read comic books from the shelves of bookstores or from my friends collections.

When I was in elementary (maybe grade 3), my Tatay would subscribe to Liwayway magazine everyweek. That was one of my early exposures to the wonderful world of comic books. During this time as well, my Tito Ely and Tita Luz who were then living beside our house in Olympia, Makati, had numerous tagalog comics in their house, Aliwan Komiks, Tagalog Klasiks, Wakasan, etc. During weekends, I would be reading Funny Comics in their home.


Every Sunday morning after Mass, our family would go to Makati Supermart in Ayala. After eating spaghetti in the Coffee Shop, we would proceed to our grocery shopping. While Tatay and Nanay are busy shopping, I would just go to the comic book aisle of the supermart. I would just read the comic books there until they would pass by me on the aisle notifying me that it’s time to go home. By that time, I have read around 5 comic books there.

This practice would go on for many years. I would just read the comic books week after week. In Paco Catholic School, we have comic books as well in the Library. I discovered there Tintin Comics and Asterix Comics. If I had some free time then, I would just read all the issues of these titles.

Of course during high school, priorities changed. Comic books were just there but not really tweaked my interest as much as other interests during that time.

This changed in 1991 when I read the series The Infinity Gauntlet. The story was about a super villain (Thanos) against all, I mean all the heroes of Marvel Comics.

I was hooked. If I remember it right, I read issue Number 1 in a friend’s house, after finishing that issue, my next instinct was to go to the nearest bookstore to buy the whole series (which eventually I did). I was a 2nd year college student of UP Diliman then.

That was also a good diving point, a good exposure to the different characters of Marvel Comics. Because all of their heroes were in that series, the reader has the chance to see how they act, how they perform. Thus the reader now is intrigued and would be eager to buy the respective titles of these comic book heroes. I was intrigued then with Wolverine, thus my first exposure to the X-men.


After nearly a month since I read the Gauntlet, I was buying around 5-10 titles a week. Most of the titles I was buying were from Marvel Comics, basically the X-men, and their previous issues or back issues. Since I was in Diliman then, I would go to Filbars Store in New York, Cubao to buy my books. If some of the issues become out of stock, I would go to Greenhills or Goldcrest Mall in Ayala or in Robinsons Galleria.

1991 was also a golden year for comic books. This was the time wherein the big names in Marvel, formed their own comic book company – Image Comics.


All the gimmicks for comics were there, multiple covers, gold covers, glow-in-the-dark covers, etc. I was collecting nearly 15 titles a week then.

I usually save my allowance money for comics. During that time, a comic book is around P30-P40 per issue. I have no vices then, this was my vice.

At present, I have more than a roomful of comic books. I store them on hard plastic containers, each book individually wrapped by plastic sheet with cardboard. I have also prepared a computerized database for my books. Am I stopping? Definitely not, it has become a part of my life. I have a regular store now in Robinsons Manila wherein the moment I enter, they give me the prepared weekly titles I have pre-ordered via email with their owner. Hopefully someday, one of my kids will get my interest for these wonderful comic books.

37

Last year I posted here my thoughts of being 36 years old.

Well, I just turned 37 a month ago, and another year of wrinkles, white hairs and aching back were added to my body.

Socially, quite a lot has transpired since last year. I've been to Singapore for the 3rd time, been to Ilocos and Bangkok for the first time. I'm still in PGH, working as an administrator for the hospital (my 5th of 6 years) and a consultant for the Department of Ophthalmology. Our group in Eye Republic is still doing good. We might have a new clinic by early next year in St. Luke's The Fort. I still need to finish my thesis in my Masteral degree in Informatics.

Tatay and Nanay were here last year (almost half a year) and they did a lot of things - fix the house, buy a new car and sadly, to bury my Tito Ben, Tito Toto and Lola who all passed away the last year. Some uncles and aunts were also able to visit us (Tita Josie from New York and Tito Francis with Wesley, Jeffrey and Tiffany).

Zia and Enzo are growing fast. Zia is currently enrolled in a special school to further train her speech and social development, while Enzo is becoming more of me. Most of my nights are playtime with my wonderful children.

Judith is becoming busy. Most of her clinic days, she has even more patients than me. She has hired a driver to accompany her, making me less worried when she is out working.

Hopefully, this next year will be as much as fun and more productive than the previous one.

37, tsk tsk, I'm getting old...

Bangkok

Last month, I was in Bangkok to attend an ophthalmological conference, together with 5 other eye doctors.

It was my first time in Thailand, and my experience was a very good one.

Judith should have been with me, but some problems came up thus she was not able to come. It could have been her second time around there, and she was quite excited to return sana.

Our group stayed in the Millennium Hilton Hotel, it was located along the Chao Praya River. The view from my room was quite good, overlooking the skyline of Bangkok. Upon arrival, our group headed straight to the shopping areas. Our itinerary was quite hectic so we have to really maximize our time.



Thailand is very similar to the Philippines in terms of weather, landscape, people's appearances; the main difference is their culture. They are very nationalistic, very proud of their heritage, and very proud of their monarchy, especially the king. In almost every nook of the city, the picture of their king is very much visible. Unlike here wherein huge billboards of politicians and movie stars adorn our streets. Doon sa kanila, yung hari lang nila, wala ng iba.



Food is great, spicy and very tasty. Streets are full of people, and traffic is almost similar to Manila. We visited the Grand Palace which is very majestic. I was in awe with the different temples and its designs. Truly a must see if you are in Bangkok. We also went to some discount markets (Chatuchak) wherein a wide variety of products can be bought. Their shopping malls are quite similar compared to ours. I also had a Thai massage (sarap). Of course, we went to the infamous PatPong district wherein exotic dancers perform exotic things from their exotic private parts. IBA!

Because of the limited time, we were not able to visit the other parts of Thailand, hopefully the next time I'll be there, I would be with Judith enjoying the beaches of Phuket.

And yes, the ophtha convention was good, too.

Lola, 96

My Lola, Placida Perez, died last May 16, 2008.

Her wonderful heart finally failed her. She would have been 97 years old on October.

She is my Tatay’s mother. She had 8 children and she outlived not only Lolo but also 5 of her children.

She has been sick since 2 weeks ago, I facilitated her transfer from Ospital ng Makati to PGH so that I can monitor her better. She has been fighting pneumonia and winning, but her heart just gave in.

I and the other apos and in-laws were tasked to oversee the funeral services because all of the anaks are abroad at present - my Tatay is in Canada, my Tita Madre is in New York and my Tito Nonong is in Chicago. So we are facing the prospect of a long wake because we have to wait for the 3 to arrive. The wake is at our home in Makati.

She is Lola Payat to me when I was a kid, to differentiate her with my Nanay’s mother who was Lola Taba. I grew up with her in Makati. She and Lolo raised me when I was a toddler because Nanay and Tatay were both working so they would leave me in Lolo’s house. They spoiled me a lot. I remember that they would always ask me what I would want to eat, and that will be the meal for the day (during that time, I would always request fried bangus - everyday!). I remember they would also take turns in giving me bath. I still do what Lola would always do to me when the water is too cold for bath, sprinkle little amount of the cold water all over my body so that it would acclimatize with the coldness and not immediately be dosed with the whole cool water.

They would boast me to all their neighbors, telling them to look and marvel at their cute apo. We live near a market, so just try to imagine how many people are passing-by our home everyday, and they would extol these people to look and marvel at me.

She is also makulit, she would always insist what she wants. One funny memory I can’t forget is when we were visiting Tito Toto in their house in Pateros. During the 70’s, to reach that house, we have to cross a wide rice field walking over elevated wooden planks approximately 500 meters long and winding thru the field. Lola was so adamant that the wooden planks were not secure to walk upon that she crawled on all fours! Imagine an old lady crawling over a ricefield in the middle of the day. Even in her latter years, if she is in a mall, she would not ride an escalator. She thinks they are dangerous.

Tita Madre wrote to me in one of her emails that the tables are turned that I now took care of Lola in her most difficult time, and she was thankful that I was giving Lola the best attention I can have. For me, it’s the least thing I can do.

I will surely miss her. My only regret is that I failed to show Enzo to her when she was still alive. Very big mistake in my part.

She is quite a lady and she has been a big part of what I am today.

Thank you Lola!

Zia at 3 years old

My baby girl Zia is 3 years old!

We went to The Fun Ranch in Alabang. Judith, me, Zia, Enzo, and the 2 yayas Jen and Kris all had fun in the play area. Even though Zia and Enzo are still recuperating from a viral respiratory infection, they had fun running, playing, tumbling, sliding through the giant play area for almost 2 hours. We also had our dinner there.

Funny how fast time flies. I can still vividly remember when Judith was giving birth to her, the first time she cried, her first smile, her first crawl, her baptism, her first word, her early steps.

At present, she is still as cute as ever but with few quirks. As mentioned from my previous blog, she has some difficulty expressing some sentiments, so tantrums are part of her daily activities. If her “routines” are not followed, she would resort to crying, shouting, arm stomping, punching until she calms down.

Some of her quirks:
- she should be the one who will remove the cover of her feeding bottle, if somebody else does it, tantrums will ensue
- she would endlessly climb the top of each couch, terrifying all people who will see her that she might fall any minute
- she doesn’t want to watch the credits after shows, if she sees the names scrolling down, she would cover her eyes and begin to cry
- if Enzo is being given something that she also likes, she would try to insinuate herself



Although these quirks would stress me and Judith, she would rectify herself by doing these:
- upon my or Judith’s arrival at home, a ready smile from her will be surely received (on my part, starting once I honk the car’s horn, I would surely see her peeping from the window to see me going inside the driveway - everytime!)
- kissing Enzo if she’s nanggigigil with him
- by reciting the words of books previously read to her (her memory is quite amazing)
- by singing her favorite tunes (from her baby Einstein videos, from TV commercials)
- by pulling my hand when she wants to go up in the bedroom, so that I accompany her going up the stairs and counting all the steps at night



Me and Judith are still hoping that her language delay is just a minor bump, and eventually she would be at par with her age group with regards to language.

Zia's Development

Last Tuesday, May 13, Judith and I accompanied Zia to a Developmental Pediatrician in Medical City. She is Dr. Jackie Navarro, referred by our pediatrician friend Dr. Ces Alinea.

Zia can speak words but we still think that she is not at par with her age group in terms of language development. Her tantrums are quite increasing maybe because she cannot express what she wants to convey.

So off we went to Medical City, I and Judith have to scrap our usual schedules to be able to visit Dr. Navarro. Developmental Pediatricians usually have long queues for appointments so when we were informed by her secretary that an opening is there, we took it immediately.

Zia is horrified in riding elevators. She would cry endlessly, would scream and would struggle inside the elevator until the ride would finish. When we parked our car in the basement, we had no choice but to ride a short 3-level elevator ride going up to the hospital lobby. As expected, struggle galore ensued. When we alighted, there was still a nine storey elevator trip going to the clinic. So being diligent and understanding parents, we took the stairs going up. PGH's highest floor is 8th, so I went up to a level even higher than PGH while carrying a sobbing Zia. Pogi points for me and Judith as parents. Of course, upon reaching the ninth floor, both of us were already dead tired.

Anyway, Dr. Navarro was very thorough with her evaluation with Zia. She performed a test called Griffith Developmental Test. It is a series of tests wherein the child does simple tasks, identifying various objects, shapes, colors, sizes. The test is quite extensive, almost an hour. Judith, after the test, told me that she was quite anxious while Zia was doing the test. Parang gusto niyang i-cheer si Zia na "Kaya mo yan , anak! Tinuro ko sa yo yan kanina!" I was quite impressed with Zia. She answered all questions, no tantrums. Even if she did not know the answer to some questions, she would still try to answer, sometimes just murmuring words.

The test revealed Zia has a borderline language developmental delay. For her present age of 3 years, her language development is at 2 years and 2 month stage. Good news is that she has no autism. Dr. Navarro's advise is to enroll her to a speech therapist, a hearing test, and more stimulation at home.

Of course, before going home, we have to do the compulsory visit to Jollibee. She adores that bee. And of course, anything that she likes, we tend to give. Hay...

Enzo Kalbo

Enzo had his first haircut 2 days ago. Weather here in Manila is extremely hot, and Enzo is the pawisin type. So me and Judith decided that the hair should go for the meantime. He was not magulo during the haircut, just watched the video while the barber was doing his stuff. After a few minutes, it was done. Sayang, di ko naisip na mai mohawk ala Chuck Liddell, sige next time na lang.



This was also the place where Zia had her first hair cut, its in SM SouthMall.




Parang bumait nga siya pagkatapos magupitan. Ang haba pala ng ulo ng anak ko.

Enzo at 1

My son Enzo is also growing fast. Since his 1st birthday, his growth is exponential. His walk has improved a lot, he walks quite fast compared to Zia, although Zia walked much earlier compared to his age now. He can utter simple words like "papa" and would usually mimic his Ate Zia. He is also papansin. He gets jealous if the attention is all with his Ate Zia, so he will also join the commotion, whatever it is just to be included. He also has fixation with computers, everytime I am using my laptop or even the desktop computers, he would go near me and would make gestures so that he would see the monitor. Of course, that's the end of my computer work.

The 2 pictures below were taken when Enzo went to Tagaytay with Tatay, Tita Madre and Tito Nonong (seen here carrying Enzo)




Zia and Enzo usually play inside the lawn in our house every afternoon. Zia usually runs around and water the plants, Enzo just follows his sister, or annoys Bambam constantly. Seen here is his tricycle, a gift from one of my friend, Egay in Paco.



When Zia plays with her toys, Enzo usually would also try to play with the same toys, even if there are other toys around, which annoys Zia to the max. Zia would usually nudge him away, this would result to Enzo crying (with no tears) since he doesn't like to be nudged away. He would sumbong to Ate Jen or Judith and will make paawa so as to be able to play with Zia. If Jen and Judith are not around, Enzo would just bully away himself to be able to play with the toys of Zia. This would make Zia crazy and she would shout, scatter and throw the toys around the house na lang so that nobody can play with them anymore. Hay...

How can you not adore these lovely kids?

Ilocos

I was in Ilocos last March 16-18 as part of the Tatak PGH Plus contingency. Tatak PGH Plus is a project of PGH, the Department of Health and selected local or regional hospitals wherein PGH personnel train capacity-building to the personnel of these local hospitals and promote true hospital networking.

Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital in Batac, Ilocos Norte was selected as one of the key hospitals in the north and my boss, PGH Director Carmelo Alfiler tapped me to give lectures in ophthalmology, computerization and informatics. There were 6 of us from PGH who went there, aside from myself and the director, the liaison of DOH for this project Dr. Paz Corrales, the head of PGH medical records Ms. Lacambacal, and 2 nurses Ms. Mangaser and Ms Salve. We were billeted in Paoay (Casa Dona Emilia Hotel), and we had our lectures in MMMH in Batac.

It was the first time I visited Batac and Paoay. Both towns are beautiful, no traffic, not many people loitering around, people are friendly. Our hotel was located near the age old Paoay Church (St. Augustine) so I brought my iPhone along and took some pictures.

We were also able to visit the tomb of former President Marcos in Batac and the Malacanang of the North in Paoay. Ilocos is indeed Marcos country.

The food was great as well. The famous bagnet was served to us at least 3 times. Its a local preparation of fried pork which is very yummy. Tried the pakbet, their empanada, their pancit miki and the longganisa. We were given pasalubong pa with these food. I enjoyed the trip and met new friends.

I was able to see old friends who are now based there, RJ in Cebu Pacific is a neighbor in Las Pinas, he helped us in our booking, Amelen - a Med School classmate and Nicolo - a brod practicing in Vigan.

Maybe the next time I'll be back there, I'll go to the famous Pagudpud beach and visit Fort Ilocandia, or visit the sand dunes of Currimao.

Jala-jala

The whole Perez family had its summer outing in Jalajala, Rizal. Tatay arranged with the Maryknoll sisters the place. It is owned and managed by the sisters. The place although quite far, is very beautiful. The place is overlooking Laguna de Bay. Food was delicious courtesy of the caretakers of the place.

My family, Jing's family, Jojo's family and Tatay & Nanay were all there.


Ogie and Regine...


As usual, Zia enjoyed the waters of the pool. Kahit ginaw na ginaw na siya, tingnan nyo...


Enzo was just recovering from tonsilitis, but when we reached the place, parang di nanggaling sa sakit, takbo na agad ng takbo. Take note of the background view.


There were 2 pools, obviously this was the kiddie pool...


We all enjoyed the place. We even had karaoke singing during the night. Matagal na rin naming di nakasama sina Tatay sa outing kaya sulit naman. Nung pauwi na kami, yun naman yung laban ni Pacquiao kay Marquez. Nauna na kaming umalis dahil may flight pa ako papuntang Laoag. Nag-road trip pa kami, kasi nung papunta sa Antipolo route (north) kami nagdaan. Nung pauwi, sa Laguna naman (south) kami nagdaan. So in essence, nalibot namin yung buong perimeter ng Laguna de Bay. Medyo nasasanay na rin sina Zia at Enzo sa long trips, di na masyado nahirapan si Judith sa sasakyan.

Zia at 2 1/2 years old

My daughter Zia is growing fast.

Zia has been doing good since her hospital stay. She's very malambing but on some occasions she is so masungit. Everytime I arrive home, when I honk the car for the gates to be opened from inside, I will definitely see her head peeping in the window to view me - ready with her toothy smile. After parking the car, upon entering the home, she would be ready to greet me "Papa" sometimes operatic style.

She also has good memory. She already knows all the letters, can count from 1-19, knows all the basic colors, knows all the planets, knows and recognizes the pictures in all her books and some famous nursery rhymes. She can even sing part of Mozart's "Serenade #13 in G" and the Blue Danube.

Yun nga lang, medyo masungit din parang tatay niya. Kapag merong ibang kumakanta ng mga nursery rhymes na favorite nya, sisigawan ka niya. Gusto niya walang kakantang iba kundi siya.

One thing she lacks is social interaction. During children's parties, she would play with the other kids but would not interact with them. Hopefully upon Enzo's presence, she would learn to be with people with her age.

She still has occasional bowel problems, but not as problematic as a few months back. Her appetite is ok but really not strong. Nightmares during sleep are obvious because she usually talks and cries in the middle of the night. Me and Judith are contemplating whether to enroll her in June or next year na lang...

Philippine Glaucoma Congress

I am a member of the Philippine Glaucoma Society (PGS). PGS is an association of 32 glaucoma specialists practicing actively throughout the country. The Society is celebrating its 10th year this year, and to celebrate such an occasion, we held the first ever Philippine Glaucoma Congress. We invited a distinguished group of speakers from abroad, all respectable glaucoma practitioners, including some who wrote textbooks in glaucoma which I used when I was still in training.

I was part of the organizing committee, and the preparations for this event were quite enormous. Starting from inviting the speakers, then in formulating the program, choosing the venue, the logistics, the food, the exhibitors, etc... All in all, the PGS was quite excited weeks before the event. We even have foreign delegates from Vietnam. The excitement turned into anxiety when one of the speakers sent a notice that he would not be able to come. The PGS just coordinated with him, and he eventually sent videos of his lectures.

The meetings before the event became weekly, and our officials in PGS were very meticulous in every detail of the congress. This is the first ever glaucoma congress and we were very eager to make it a big success.

When the event finally arrived, we were so delighted to see that the number of delegate attendees exceeded our expectation of 300 people. Almost all the members of PGS were doing their share of work, from moderating the lectures to "bodyguarding" the foreign speakers. We were also active in mingling with the local delegates, to get their feedbacks and to share their views regarding the congress.

The fellowship night was also success. The band played great music, the food was quite delicious and fulling, drinks were very much available to everybody. The foreign speakers were even dancing on the stage, clearly having a wonderful time. The local delegates were rocking as if in a party, some even became drunk. Some of the delegates stated that it was one of the best fellowship nights they have attended.

The congress has achieved its goal - to demystify the issues of glaucoma. Hopefully this congress is just the start of series of glaucoma congress.

To view the congress webpage click HERE.

Tito Nonong

Tatay’s youngest brother, Richard Perez, or Tito Nonong for short, went home last February from the States to have a mini reunion with his brother and sister. Tatay, Tita Madre and Tito Nonong are the only remaining among their siblings. They were all 8, and Tito Ben was the last one who joined his Maker (as mentioned in my last year’s entry to this blog).

Tito Nonong is the youngest among the brood, he’s based in Chicago now, the only one among the brothers who is an American citizen. he has one child, my cousin Chris who is a member of the US Air Force.

Anyway, their mini reunion was quite eventful. My 96 year old Lola (their mother) was teary eyed when she recognized that her Nonong is back home. She is quite forgetful now so it took her sometime before she recognized Tito Nonong.

Tito Nonong spent almost 3 weeks in the Philippines. He went with Tatay and Nanay in Gen. Santos City to meet one of their cousins who live there (Tita Sol). He also had time to take care of Lola while he was in Makati. He was also able to went to Tagaytay with the pamangkins, and he was also able to visit the malls.

Here's a picture taken when me and Judith treated the 3 of them for dinner in a Japanese restaurant in Mall of Asia.

iPhone

I am now posting here using my new iPhone. I have been using this new toy of mine for a week now, and truly this is indeed a wonderful gadget. This is just a test post, but I think I'm getting the hang of this phone.
After knowing more of the features of this phone, maybe I'll post more here using this phone.

Enzo's 1st Birthday

Enzo celebrated his first birthday last January 20, 2008. As shown in the invitation card (designed by Tita Candee) the theme of the party is "Sporty".

The party was held at our home in Las Pinas, invited guests were family, friends and neighbors. Scary moments before the party brought about by rains during the morning were solved after hurriedly renting tent in the garden. The garden at home was decorated with tables, balloons and other ornaments. Candee designed cute sports table decors and themed-balloons, Mek made toy balloons. Tatay rented clowns who did some party tricks, games and magic shows.

Tita Madre started the party with a prayer, then the children started to have fun - running, playing, watching the clowns, and of course eating. The catered food was very delicious and very filling.

Enzo, the star of the day, was very lively and was engaging with his guests. Some guests came from Quezon City from the north and Carmona in the south. The weather cooperated and no rain fell even during the night.

To see the pictures, please click HERE!

Zia in hospital

My baby Zia got sick last week. First was fever but her activity was still OK, this was Wednesday. Thursday brought about lethargy and fever, but her appetite was still OK. I did not go to PGH to work, decided to stay at home to help Judith in observing her.

Early morning of Friday, she woke up crying and threw up her previously ingested milk with stain of blood! Two more episodes of similar vomiting prompted Judith to decide that she be admitted in a hospital.

I, Judith, Zia and Cris went to PGH, I fixed the necessary papers and she was eventually admitted. The director of PGH had a scheduled cataract surgery that morning so I wasn't with Zia when her intravenous line was inserted. It was a necessary evil, I knew she will be in pain but we need to re-hydrate her, she was not eating and did not want to drink her milk anymore, probably afraid to throw up again. When the cataract surgery, I proceeded to her room, the IV line already inserted. Judith narrated that Zia's cry was so loud that perhaps even the adjacent rooms heard her cries. I was able to talk to the resident physician who inserted her line, and it took her 2 tries to successfully insert the line, meaning 2 painful injections to my baby Zia's hands. What even made me so sorry is the fact that she cannot handle her toy Boots on one of her hands. But still, no amount of persuasion can remove that toy from her other hand. Her pediatrician, Dr. Ces Alinea called it

The whole day of Friday, we were just with her, playing her favorite DVD in my iBook, talking with her, forcing her to eat. It was very frustrating to see your child get sick. Every time a visitor enters the room, she would hide and cry, expecting to be pierced again. But even during those times when she was weak, if we ask her something she still tried to answer us, even trying to play with us as if she is not sick.

After an overnight stay, her antibiotic finally kicked in and did its job. By Saturday morning, she was visited by Daddy. She was a little bit better. I had surgery that Saturday morning and held clinic during the afternoon. When I visited her early Saturday evening, she was already walking, and so happy because her IV line was removed! Judith had an incident with a nurse but that's another story.

By Saturday 11PM we are home and Zia was on her way to recovery.

Pasko 2007

Masaya ang Pasko ng Pamilyang Perez ngayong 2007.

Una, dahil ito ang unang Pasko ni Enzo.
Pangalawa, nandito sa Pilipinas si Tatay at Nanay.
Pangatlo, nakasama namin sina Mommy at Daddy.
Pang-apat, kasama namin lahat ng aming mga kapatid, pamangkin, pinsan at iba pang mahal sa buhay.

Si Zia, naging paborito ang Ray Conniff na Christmas Tunes, laging pinapatugtog niya at sinasabayan pa sa pagkanta, pa-utal nga lang. Madami rin sila ni Enzong natanggap na mga regalo. Ako rin, medyo maraming natanggap na regalo lalo na galing sa opisina sa PGH.

Nakapag misa de gallo kami sa aming simbahan kasama si Zia (tulog na si Enzo) sa unang pagkakataon dahil sa nakaraang tatlong taon, sa PGH kami nakakapagsimba. Yun nga lang, saksakan ng gulo si Zia sa misa, umaabot sa harap ng simbahan kakalakad.

Kumpleto rin ang mga apo nina Tatay at Nanay noong Noche Buena sa Las Pinas. Masaya ang mga bata lalo na sa palitan ng mga regalo. Sayang at wala sina Jay at JP.

Kasama naman namin sa bahay nung Dec 25 sina Mommy, Joy, Mek, Candy, Ogie, Tita Nilds at mga bata. Siyempre, masaya na naman ang buong bahay dahil kina Gian, Sean, at Kyla.

Noong Dec 26, pumunta naman kami sa SM Mall of Asia, sa Gumbo Restaurant para makasama namin si Daddy. Katulad nung nakaraang dalawang araw, masaya ulit ang lahat.

Heto ang mga pruweba...