Catching up

There are so many things to blog about. After the last Sunday of the bar exams, I really want to blog about so many things. I stopped myself from blogging during the review because time is really precious. I couldn't afford to spend my precious study time for blogging. Kaya lang for some reason I couldn't access our blog kasi spam blog daw! Kakainis. Anyway ok na ngayon pero ang tagal ha.

After only a week of rest after the bar, I started working again. To think I was contemplating on posting about career options, the factors that I would consider, etc. In a flash, I had decided to return to SGV. Let's do our updates in bullet fashion, shall we?

* SGV - I had actually said yes earlier to a small law firm in Greenhills. Being a mom, I wanted to spend as much time as I could with my family. I knew that travel time alone would eat up a lot of my time if I chose to work in Makati. So Greenhills was a good choice. I asked God for a sign, but I didn't really specify what sign I wanted. That week, Rod Strunk committed suicide (you might wonder, what does that have to do with my career choice? Wait lang.) The subject law firm was located in the building where Nida Blanca was killed, purportedly by Rod Strunk. What are the chances that that would happen while I was contemplating on joining that firm? Pretty slim I believed. Fyi, Nida was found dead in her car in the parking lot of the building so I guess security (and mumu?) was also a concern. So I said yes. Then subsequently, I learned that they had work on Saturdays, which a no-no for me. Weekends are for family. Come to think of it, 'twas really weird of me to base my yes on Rod Strunk's suicide. Hehe. Another thing, I had the misconception that a small frim equates with little work. WRONG. Small firm means less people to do the loads of work, so small firm = more work. So I decided to go back to SGV. Everything and everyone was familiar to me. Change and adjustment are not easy things to swallow, so I figured I might as well go back. I'm still adjusting, but things are not so bad. The people I work with are actually very nice. And I'm glad because I'm learning a lot of things. I determined that I'm really a perpetual student. I really like learning new things. So work that is clerical or repetitive will not make me very happy.

*CJ - CJ still loves reading books. Last Oct. 6 was his last day at Kindermusik (though we still have to attend 2 make-up classes in November for the 2 classes we missed). Kids were to come in costume. Being the kuripot that I am, I didn't want to buy a new costume (for a class that would last for only 45 mins? no way hehe). Fortunately, his superman costume (which he wore on his first birthday) still fit (though admittedly it was a bit tight hehe) so we made him wear that. Another mommy and I were laughing because our kids were wearing tight costumes hehe. But her child's case was worse because his green lantern costume actually ripped in the crotch area hehe. Anyway, there were 3 kids wearing superman costumes in the class! Funny! The teacher said it was a Superfriends convention. Kasi may naka-green lantern pa. O sige na nga, next time, I will look for a unique costume. Pero diba, why buy a new one when kasya pa naman yung luma? Hehehe.

On potty training naman, potty trained na talaga si CJ. Before, he would say, "wiwi, potty" then we would pull down his brief and let him wiwi on his potty. Now, he can take off his brief on his own and he goes to the bathroom and just tiptoes and makes wiwi on the bowl na derecho! Very good! Tipid sa diapers! Hehe.

On singing naman, he loves to sing na. His lolo bought him a cd of children's songs which he plays all day. He knows the last song on the cd and as soon as that is finished, he knows which button to push so the cd will start again. He even knows the button to push to make the volume louder. So now he has memorized a lot of songs. Twinkle, twinkle perfect na nya. Yung Are you sleeping brother John, sabi nya "I am sleeping" imbes na are you sleeping hehe.

Tinuruan sya ng yaya nya pag tinanong what's your name? He says "Name (kulang ng "my" hehe) is Cahlos Jose Sadua Tasteeyo (should be Carlos Jose Saldua Castillo) hehe ang cute. Pag what's your father's name naman sabi nya "Father's name is Donesto Tasteeyo (Jose Dionisio Castillo). Hehe, pangit na nga yung Dionisio ginawa pang Donesto. Haha.

*On Daddy - Daddy's bent on pursuing a career in real estate so currently he's taking up review classes for the real estate brokers' exam. I actually planned to take the exam with him pero di na ako magre-review, I would just read the materials (may hangover pa kasi ako nun after the bar, parang nasanay na ako may binabasa palagi) pero di rin natuloy kasi nga nagtrabaho nako after a week. Proud na proud ako dyan kasi talagang nagtitiyaga sya to learn and earn passive income for our family. Well, ako naman, I think gusto ko pa rin kahit papaano mag-work pero sana few hours lang and malapit lang dito sa bahay. I'll gve myself mga 7 years to learn all that I can learn tapos (sana magka-guts ako to do this) I'll put up my own tax accounting and law firm at home (para wala ng travel time - travel time is really time wasted, diba?). Hope you support me when I open my firm ha! (Aba feeling may ibang taong nagbabasa ng blog namin hehe).

*On Papa - Papa has put up his own consultancy firm with his friends. Something that has to do with banking 'coz Papa's been a banker for like 20+ years and he's really an expert. I think he's having fun with this new racket.

*On Mama - Inaayos pa rin ang bahay sa Las Pinas.

*On Lola - Eto, bago lang masakit daw tuhod nya, sabi ng doc di naman daw arthritis, baka daw osteoporosis. Well. we can't do anything much about it now except for her to drink painkillers kasi Osteo dapat bata ka pa may calcium ka na e. Right now, I'm taking calcium tablets so sans di ako magka-osteoporosis in the future.

*On college friends - Last Oct. 7 (na Pacquiao-Barrera match din, panalo si Pacquiao by decision) my college barkada met to celebrate the birthdays of Onor (Oct 4), Momer (June 26) and JOven (Aug 5). Matagal na rin huling nagkita-kita (dati to celebrate Joven's passing the bar). 6 na lang kami naiwan sa Pilipinas. Kulitan at tawanan na naman. Lunch was at abe Serendra libre ni Onor, dessert was a takeout large mango bravo cake from Conti's c/o Momer and Joven. We wen't to Lian and Ivan's condo (very nice pad) at dun we drank brewed Starbucks coffee (di na mawawala to sa bawat get-together; bahagi na ng barkada hehe) with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, etc. Sarap! Kwentuhan galore na naman.

Ok masyado na to mahaba. Next post naman about the bar experience.