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Thank you for such wonderful and resilient kids.

This happened recently...I was having dinner with friends and one of their guy friends were in the same resto. Hindi ko pinansin yung guy since I was busy tending to my 3 kids. Then suddenly the guy held out his hand to me and introduced himself and some cheesy line like I've seen you before or something. I just shook his hand and gave a faint smile...honestly, I wasn't in the mood-my kids were misbehaving and I was hungry na talaga. The guy decided to sit at our table and not eat with the party he came with. I thought nothing of it until he called one of my friend's cell after we left the resto. My friends and I were playing mahjong. My friend handed me the phone, it was the guy daw at the resto wanted to talk to me. Tumaas ang kilay ko with my matching kiwi na lips...I had this puzzled look. That was weird! But the guy just made kwento...I told him, I can't concentrate on my game so I had to go. Tukso to the max ang mga friends ko. Then he came over sa house nang friend ko. I was irritated kasi he pulled a chair and sat next to me. I told him he was malas so to please move. While he was there he was checking out my cellphones...tapos he called his cellphone with my phone then said yan, I know your number na-nagregister sa phone niya. I didn't pay attention since I was really trying to ignore him. I ended up leaving earlier than what I normally do. I was really uncomfortable na with his constant stares.

Then he started calling...I asked him point blank why he was calling me and it doesn't look right kasi me asawa ko at katulad din niyang sundalo. He said he needed advice daw sabi ko I'm not good with those at hintayin na lang niya yung mister ko at sa kanya siya maghingi nang advice. Then he said he just likes to have someone na makakwentuhan dahil newly divorced siya at nalulungkot. So yun naawa ko at pinabayaan ko lang makipagkuwentuhan. I told my hubby about it ngayong nagbakasyon siya...sabi nang hubby ko, baka nga lang naghahanap lang nang kakwentuhan. But something in my gut told me na me ibang pakay ang guy na to. Then he called one more time this Monday, this time he mentioned that he saw me several times before with my hubby about a year ago at attracted na daw siya sa akin. Then I told him, walang ganyanan at sinabi ko na naiinsulto ako sa mga sinasabi niya...na porke't wala ang asawa ko game na ba ang tingin niya sa akin. At sinabi ko na I need to hang up na. I changed my cellphone # after that phone call. Tapos kahapon me dumating na bouquet of roses na special delivery..akala ko galing sa mister ko....galing pala sa kanya. Me card at love letter pa... me theme song pa siya...ngeek ano yun? I called my friend na nagintroduce sa amin-sabi ko pakibalik at huwag na niya akong gambalain pa..sinabi ko din na pagsabihan niya ang friend niya.

I told my hubby kahit ayaw ko sana dahil ayokong magalala ang hubby ko. But I felt I had to baka makarating pa sa hubby ko at iba ang kwentong madinig niya. Ano ba ang tumatakbo sa isip nang taong ganyan? Alam na nilang me asawa't anak ka tapos manggugulo pa. I really think na me guys na porke't wala ang asawa nang babae akala kating-kati na kami at papatol nang ganyan lang. whatdapak! kainis! ngayon pati barkada ko kinakantiyawan nila ako.

lazy and tired...I've been in this OC mode of organizing and remodeling these last several days so as not sulk and get my hubby outta my mind and now I'm beat.

I will savor the moment I will feel "lonely"...with 3 little kids, I never ever get that chance.

But I remember eons ago pre-motherhood that I would go to the beach when I lived in Hawaii and So.Cali and to a nearby lake when I lived in Las Vegas, Louisiana, Texas, and Colorado.

my kids, my husband, my family...my life revolves around them and the love they give me is so pure and unconditional

material things....good food, good shoes, a nice purse to die for, good hair day (I won't be seeing that for awhile), and a balanced sugar level-for once.

I wish I can be in his arms right now...smelling his armpits and tickling him...telling corny jokes and sharing our dreams with each other tapos the kids will come in and jump into the bed with us...ganoon palagi when he was here...me, him, and our kids just laying in bed tickling each other and just making kwento. Soon...4 or 5 more months na lang.

Thank you for the wonderful and memorable 2 weeks we spent together.

No matter how short those 2 weeks were, we filled every minute with loving

and lasting memories. I can truly say that we've done everything we wanted to do.

Unlike when you first left, I was truly unprepared and there were so many what could'ves.

This was a time for us to reconnect para mapadama natin kung gaano natin kamahal ang isa't isa.

Thank you for bonding with the kids again. This is how much I know you love our family.

Kahit gaano ka ka-excited to go "upstairs", you took the time and prioritize to play with our kids.

I feel better letting you go to fight this war...knowing that you know how much we love you and

how much we need you to come back home to us.

make love all day and eat in bed tapos make love uli

sayang ngayon bumabagyo dito sa amin wala naman si hubby

matulog na lang at kumain

try to do it gradually.. make a few visits first and test the waters - at least ma-feel mo yun good and bad atmosphere back at home. Your hubby is partly right and partly not. It would be a big change for you if you change your environment right away - you'll feel surprised about the pollution, garbage, squatters, and money matters. Missing the things back home is different, bec. you will always enjoy those things that you've been missing all these years. But when you start to live back and started to feel your way with the everyday Pinoy life you will realize a lot of good and bad things.

 

Preparation is also a good thing to think about.

You have to remember only one thing when you really plan to go back - MONEY.

Don't just bring sufficient money, bring lots and lots of money.

 

You just never know what challenges are ahead of you, but one thing that still is a rule of thumb when

you're living in Phils. - the color of money. No one can deny that, esp. knowing how local people back home still find it hard to live there because of the economic conditions.

 

Good luck to your endeavor. Whatever the outcome is, it's always a good motive to really go back home. Everyone of us do really wanted to go home one way or another and settle there. It's just a matter of preparation and commitment on how you will deal with it. Good luck to you!

Thanks...MONEY eh! Dang, sayang that's exactly what I'm lacking right now since I've quit working and we're now down to one income.

Since my U.S Army dad had aspirations for me to attend WestPoint or AirForce Academy, he encouraged me to take ROTC to improve my chances of getting accepted. So my freshman year, attend ako. At that time ako lang yata sa mga classmates ko ang nagdevelop na- (breasts). I was very conscious of them and tried to hide them as much as I can. This commander, who is a senior, would always make me feel uncomfortable by singling me out and constantly humiliate me and whenever we're in formation would stand so close to me na he's literally touching my breast. Minsan me inspection, ang lapit lapit niya na halos maghalikan na kami at kiskis na kiskis yung dibdib niya sa dibdib ko. Nainis na ako sobra at pinapahiya niya naman ako, bigla ko siyang sinampal and kicked him in the groin tapos pinagsusuntok ko for all those times he humiliated me. Yun na suspend ako nang ilang araw from school at na kick-out ako sa ROTC at hindi ko na rin napursue yung gusto nang dad ko. My family jokes about it now. I'm not made to be in the military talaga. I just can't see myself saluting and be submissive to some jerk because of their rank.

English...I was not able to take Filipino classes since I left PI when I was 3rd grade. But I'm so eager to learn everything about the Philippines. I'm trying to improve my Tagalog so I write in Tagalog as much as I can kahit mali mali ang spelling. Thanks to hubby for constantly correcting my Tagalog-pronounciation and all, TFC-for the latest swardspeak, and MTC and PEX for the green words I would never find in the dictionary...ngayon lumalawak lalo ang aking Tagalog. But don't ask me to read anything in Tagalog aloud...I sound like carabao barok daw. I have trouble when spelling words with ng, y, and w.

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado

heaven to look at and inspires you to climb

My family's recipe for kare-kare besides using fresh ground peanuts or peanut butter chunky (don't know if you have it there sa PI but here sa states we have peanut butter with chunks of peanuts as oppose to the smooth peanut butter) is to put gata...I use 1 can (can't get it fresh here). I never ever use Mama Sita.

My family said the common mistake most people make is putting too much sabaw na parang nilagang na. So far I've had good feedback from my friends with my kare-kare kasi yun ang palaging request along with Pancit Palabok.

Tom Jones for me dahil I was tasked to write the lyrics down for my uncles na nasa band.

"My my my Delilah! Why!why!why! Delilah?"

I'm fasting tonight to have my level of cholesterol tested tomorrow...yikes another blood test. Ano ba 'to, I'm really feeling my age na ang dami ko nang sakit. Instead na lupain o kayamanan ang namana ko sa family ko, sakit nila from A to Z ang namana ko...lintek!

I'm not into pizza maybe because of my short stint working in at Sbarro when I was a teenager.

But I make exceptions if it's from DiDi's Pizza from Angeles City. I love it so much I ask my relatives to bring some and hand carry it all the way here in the states. The thin crust is perfect, the cheese is absolutely delish, kahit wala nang meat topping..masarap pa din.

A number of my hubby's friends have all said their wives have refused to sleep/make-love with them. These men are on their 2 weeks vacation from war in Iraq and they haven't seen their wives for months. The wives are arguing and fighting with them and demanding them for divorce. I think it's the cruelest thing to do to man...nasa giyera ka na nga tapos instead na magpahinga ka for 2 weeks aawayin at mag-aask pa nang divorce.

I have Issey Miyake but my hubby and I don't like it at all.

We both find it too strong and has a tendency to smell like bug/ant spray.

Although, I've received some compliments when I had it on.

Maybe hubby and I are just used to the perfume I've been identified with the most, Lancome Tresor.

I've been wearing it for more than a decade...I use the shower gel, perfumed body lotion, body cream, and of course the perfume. I used to collect perfumes but Tresor is the only one I'm always running out and always gets compliments on. If I wear something else, I would have this feeling like I want to run home and take a shower and put Tresor on instead.

I was given Poison as a gift before and they said it has this scent that attracts men. It smells nice too.

I'm in the same situation. My husband's ex-girlfriend keeps sending him e-mails through his

friendster account...gaga doesn't know that I'm the one that set up that friendster account and my hubby hardly ever sees it. Well, sure enough nahanap niya ang hubby ko. Ngayon she's trying to connect with him. Telling him she wants to get in-touch with him and wants to see him badly. She

misses daw what they had. My hubby introduced me to her on the phone when we first got married

because she wouldn't stop calling with all her relationship troubles. He put a stop to it without me asking.

Anyways, I normally would never ever open my hubby's email but my sister-in-law and some of my friends did. She left so many emails na but I've never dared to open them kasi they were not addressed to me.

This turned into a heated discussion with my friends and in-laws. They all want me to delete the emails and block her from his friendster. But I find that as an invasion of my hubby's privacy. My mother-in-law told me it's not. The girl is trying to mess up my marriage and I should take action na. Not that my hubby will make patol but her emails will possible become an "issue" even if my hubby doesn't respond. Para daw wala nang gulo. But a part of me feels like I'm deceiving my hubby if I delete her emails, block her, and not tell him. I totally agree of just deleting her emails and blocking her...I see

their point, but I still think I should tell my hubby. It won't be a big deal to him. I just have never kept anything from him. Ewan ko ba sa babaeng ito...nakita na nga niyang me pamilya na ang mister ko at happy na kami, landi pa siya nang landi....sarap bulbulin nang putah :boo: [/size][/font]

I would like to go back and live there but my hubby is stationed here in the states.

I want to instill the Pinoy values in my kids. Growing up here in the states, I've always

had this longing to go back home and live there. Unfortunately, my Pinoy hubby

discourages me and tells me I won't make it there daw. My friends and I always fantasize

living there while our hubbys sends us sustento at mag buhay donya. We see living in PI as

a luxury basta ba me sustento.

My family and I left PI permanently when I was around 8 y/o and have only been back several times when I was younger for vacation. I'm now 35 y/o and the last time I went back was around 1991. I've recently quit working to be a stay-at-home mom while hubby is in Iraq. I told him before I go back to work, whenever that is, I would like to at least spend six months there just to see and experience the place....mainly magbuhay donya...hehehe. Hopefully next summer vacation-we'll be able to go back home with my whole family. Gotta make ipon first so I can buy and eat all the fishballs and lanzones I can devour and see more of PI than Angeles City (my parent's province).

i havent own of my own...but i love pitbulls,heavily influenced and exposed to them through my friends....

 

fighting them for me is not inhumane...they are bred to fight...not letting them fight would mean the extinction of their breed forever...

 

they are not violent...and if they are treated with respect, kindness and love...they will reciprocate...they are the true best friend of mankind...

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I would have to disagree with you there my friend.

You say that fighting pittbulls are not violent and they are men's true best friend because you haven't had your face bitten off. The fact remains that these dogs are unpredictable.

Too many nightmare stories for us to just ignore the pitbulls capacity for violence.

The sad thing is that they don't bite their owners but they maim other people. If you bred them to

fight they will be aggressive even without provacation- you're instilling and training them to be fighters. Mix with their natural temperment and your training them to fight will surely turn that pittbull into a mad dog...not a cuddle loving house pet.

It must be a macho thing. a fashion statement or a status symbol of sort for the guys...prang astig ang dating nyo. If I'm wrong then, why not own a dog like a poddle then? Your love for an animal shouldn't be different...kung pet lover ka- kahit anong breed di ba? Then why choose a pitbull? Because it makes you look macho!

Dogs will be dogs...just like men will be men...eh! But training them to fight is inhumane. You are not letting them be "dogs". Not letting them fight will not extinct them. They are not made for our morbid entertainment pleasure...as you've said they are our best friends...then bakit mo siya isasabak sa labanan para masaktan? ganyan mo siya kamahal? The dog that loves you unconditionally and constantly tries to win your compassion and approval will be sent to battle for your entertainment. If you want to be proud of him, why not teach him tricks...yung hindi siya nasasaktan and possible die.

I don't know but it irks me when someone states that these dogs are so harmless when there is so much news about what they are capable of doing...the lives they have taken and the people they have maimed. Sana kung yung trainer ang pinatay, okay lang but it's usually the innocent people and then they k*ll the dog...dapat pati na rin yung owner. There's gotta be a culpability in raising, breeding and training these vicious dogs...and that starts with the breeder/owner.

Peace! I'm a dog lover and just think that you pitbull lovers that train these dogs to fight are being irresponsible . You have a responsibility when you own a dog, and that's with any breed, that they will not harm anyone, to love them and protect them.

^^ awwww....

I took mine to the extreme to forget my ex-fiancee since moving to 3 different states still didn't work...I got married to somebody else I only knew for less than a month hoping to forget him. Extreme Rebound relationship! Even after having 2 kids and 5 years of marriage, my ex-fiancee was still in my heart. Didn't help that I was married to an a$$hole.

When my ex-fiancee found out that I was legally separated and waiting for my divorce, he called me up and wanted to start off where we left off. He flew to Hawaii from Cali to meet but on the last minute, I realized that it's not going to work out....too many things have changed and happened and I worked so hard to forget him...I just didn't want to be in that circle anymore. And I started realizing that it's better na hindi na lang ibalik ang nakaraan. So I called him up, explained my feelings, and cancelled. With all the things that's happened in our respective lives, I don't think we can ever overlook them and just start where we left off.

I must have intimacy and commitment issue kasi with my hubby now, I cancelled our wedding the night before. I saw our marriage as something that might ruin his life because of our age difference.

I figured I'll be the better person and let him go inspite of our love kasi mas nakakatanda ako. Ako na lang ang lalayo para hindi masira ang buhay niya dahil nga package deal na ako with 2 toddlers in tow. So what was supposed to be our happiest day, I broke up with him instead. But after a couple of days, he managed to kidnapped me and marry me at the nearest courthouse. He is the only one that's ever worked so relentlessly to break down the wall I've built around my heart. So in the end, I couldn't stay away from him.

Hate: laway...laway...laway! ewwwwwwww!

micro-managing the staff & my boss...not my style of managing pero lahat inaasa sa akin...

nakakabwisit! :grr:

having to correct my boss' mistakes and hide his pangungurakot from the IRS.

Kaya nga nag-quit na ako eh and choose to be a stay-at-home mom.

Love and miss the patients that I've grown to know personally and become friends with.

Miss having my own paycheck too.

Last 2 months ago sumakit and ngipin ko pero wala namang butas kasi lahat po ay pinapastahan ko sept last year. So pumunta po ako sa pinakamalapit na dentista, Sabi nya may problema daw ako sa gums, So pinabili nya ako ng Orahex Forte, 500 Pesos 500ml. I mumog ko raw 2 times a day for 2 months. Medyo napawi nga ung sakit pero bumabalik every week kahit na sinunod ko sinabi ng dentista. Pagkalipas ng isang buwan my tumubo n bukol s gilagid ko, doon mismo s gilid ng ngipin n sumasakit(intermittently). Hanggang ngayon ay nandito pa rin yong bukol na halos isang buwan na. Ngayon ay halos magdadalawang buwan na at matatapos na ang take ko ng gamot. Kahit na may bukol ay di po sya masakit, nakakanguya ako ng matigas kahit doon sa ngipin na sumasakit kung minsan. Iniisip ko kung gums lang ang problema sana s lahat ng ngipin ko o kahit na katabi lang ng sumasakit eh sumasakit din pero and nangyayari e isa lang ang sumasakit ung ngipin n nagkaroon ng bukol s gilid. . Ano po gawin ko dito. Ipabunot ko na lang ba and ngipin na to kahit na walang butas o sira?

 

Maraming salamat s advise nyo....

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Sounds like a perio (gum) problem since you can't visually see "butas or sira" sa ngipin mo.

Be careful no matter how tempting of a solution to just "pabunot". It will affect the alignment of your other teeth hence more expensive in the long run to correct and replace those teeth na pinabunot mo. I've seen my share of patients with the same symptoms as you...a good root planing and perio (gum) scaling of that area and most probably in some others will help you. Make sure mag-pa-xray ka muna to determine what's going on...if not a full mouth xray, kahit isang xray of that area. Then go regularly for cleaning...if you have any gum problems go every 3 months until you've gums are healthy again for you to go every 6 months. Home care is essential....brush and floss regularly.

Remember only floss the teeth you want to keep! yun palagi ang sinasabi ko sa mga patients namin.

Hope this helps, from your MTC dental hygienist.

Doc tnong n dn me....pno b inaayos ung teeth n my crack? kc ung 2 teeth ko nagka-crack.....nare-repair p b 2? how much? thanks...... :mtc:

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Hi...I don't know if the good doc have answered your question but let me try to answer it for you.

I'm not a doctor but I'm a registered/licensed dental hygienist, expanded duty dental assistant, treatment coordinator and among other careers dealing with dentistry.

With regards to your cracking teeth, the best thing to do and for all other oral problems is to get

xrays and that will determine what type of treatment you would need. A full mouth xray is advisable so they can determine other treatment you would need especially if you don't go to the dentist regularly. In doing so, you can do preventative maintenance instead of the costly major treatment.

And will also determine what's causing you to crack your teeth. If budget is your concern, see if you can get away getting an x-ray of that one area you are concern about.

In repairing a crack tooth, if the tooth's intergrity is not being undermined...it's still strong enough to withold and support...a less costly treatment such as a filling- an amalgam (silver) or a composite (same tooth color filling-mostly used for the front teeth) can be done. This is where the xray comes in handy,to determine how far the tooth is cracked. If the tooth is so severely crack or cracked vertically, a crown is most probably be the diagnosis. Don't let the crack tooth be left untreated...baka you might end up needing a root canal treatment and a prefab-post to restore your tooth...mas mahal yan.

Dahil sa hirap nang buhay and lack of good dental insurance in PI, we tend to forego and neglect our dental health and specially our regular dental check-up and cleaning. My advise is the sooner you take care of the problem, the less costly it would cost you in the long run. Preventative maintenance is the key to good oral health.