the months inbetween..

I can't believe that my last post was dated the 31st of October.. Wow! Talk about taking a looooong time writing about something, LOL!

..so, what has occurred during that time?

1)  I quit my excellent-employer, well-paying, career-developing job.  Don't want to get into too much details, but that's that.  I do admit that it was a bit of a hasty decision for me, but I followed my heart, what can I say?..

2)  Visited Disneyland HK and spent the holidays with the family!! Always a good thing, seeing and being with family after four long years.  I never told them this, but when I saw them after all that time, I did want to break down and cry.  I don't know how I was able to keep it all together.  But I was really so close to breaking down in the foyer.  I just missed them all so much, like you wouldn't believe!  When we got home, I fell back into a familiar routine (kidding around with Manmane & teasing Mojos and Aizing & Mommy) like I didn't leave at all.  But of course, there's a new twist, and that's what's next on my list.

Family.  Such a nice, short word which encompasses all the love we have for one another. 

3)  These 2 kiddos deserve a separate spot of their own - SamSam and Pocoyo.  I just fell in love with those two kids like you wouldn't believe.  Frankly, I was already smitten with them even before they were born.  They are the twist I was talking about earlier.  Aside from the normalcy brought about by being home, they became a part of the routine.  

The mornings start by waking up to Poco's voice talking nonsense, that or by getting "in the way" as he crawls toward the window near where I sleep.  Then Sam would wake up and the day would officially begin, LOL!  I loved looking after them, following Sam around the house, always saying "be careful".  I loved watching 'animo' with Sammy (I didn't know who Manny or Timmy or Pororo was until I started watching Playhouse Disney with Sam).  I also loved the times when Poco would fall asleep in my arms.  I even didn't mind carrying Sam around because I knew that I'd be leaving soon and I just want to be able to spend as much time with them as possible.  

Everyday, while the same, is different.  I don't know if that makes sense, but it does.  

The nights are spent lounging on the sofa, laughing and being silly with the kidadults (that's how I think of us - all grown up but still, really, kids at heart - you should see or hear us talk to each other, see or hear us laugh about something funny or something silly, see or hear us tease our mom, hehehe).

All in all, while I was able to satisfy my cravings for fastfood (Jollibee, Wendy's, Kenny's, Chowking, Mang Inasal, Max's, Shakeys), street food (isaw, tenga, fishballs, tuknene) & home-cooked meals, the happiest I was, was being able to satisfy my cravings for fastfood, street food & home-cooked meals with my family.

Added bonus was that I was able to catch up with my inlaws and some of my high school tropa, ineng, sister con and sister mitzie.

I stayed longer than expected and yet I still wished to have stayed longer.  But reality stepped in.  Nevertheless, I'm glad I went to the Philippines, even for just a while.  Now, I am fervently praying for the time that we'd all be together again and this time, it'll be here in Oz..