Wer u na?

I hate goodbyes...but what i hate more is a friend who leaves without even saying "goodbye".....Am i losing you?

Trash Talk

When people talk trash about you and think that they know everything about you....IGNORE!!! The truth is they know nothing about you.....and they're just really saying what others think of them.

TGIF

Thank God it's Friday???? Di rin!!!!!

I have to go to the office tomorrow. I have to read some manuals. I have to finish a deadline...beyond deadline na nga. I have to prepare for audit...I miss my KBP friends...but we still have 8 days to go...I have to go to sleep..but my mind is still up and running...and it's useless cause i'm getting senseless thoughts..LOL

I blogged what happened to me yesterday and everything just disappeared. I'll do that tomorrow night...

I have to organize...manage my tasks..the next two weeks....i will make it the happiest 2 weeks of my life....

I will have to sleep this off...I'm tired...dead tired...did i say i miss my KBP friends? :(

Joanna Wang - The Best Mistake I've Ever Made

BEST MISTAKE I'VE EVER MADE

One step too far all at once i'm falling
Just like a star i'm burning for you
Thought i could keep myself from feeling this way
I guess that was my first mistake

Cause suddenly i'm walking to the dark streets to your door
Wanting you is driving me insane
Now my feet are standing where they never stood before
Guarded by a twist of fate

If i lose myself with you tonight
Fall apart or hold on tight
Wrong or right i won't be afraid
Cause even if my heart should break
You'd be the best mistake I've ever made

I'm in your room now there's no denying
Watching your eyes when i look at you
Two shadows darken but we don't make a sound
Words have lost their meaning now
When the air has turned electric
Now i know the time is right to put myself into your hand
Suddenly i was shaking as your fingers touched my skin
I don't need to understand

But if i lose myself with you tonight
Fall apart or hold on tight
Wrong or right i won't be afraid
Cause even if my heart should break
You'd be the best mistake I've ever made

And if tomorrow proves me wrong
I swear i don't belong
You know I'll carry on

So, I will lose myself and bear my soul
Take this chance cause heaven knows
I'm so far gone my choice is made
Even if my heart should break

When i lose myself with you tonight
Fall apart or hold on tight
Wrong or right i'll always say
You're the best mistake I've ever made
You're the best mistake I've ever made
You're the best mistake I've ever made

Day 1

5 THINGS I DID BEFORE DAY 1

1. Bumili ng earphones para sa ipod. It's been a while since i last used my ipod. I've been so hooked in other things, i totally forgot the things i loved to do before, like listening to music.

2. Tire myself out at work. This was with no effort at all. It was bound to happen anyhow. It's just that as I worked til 8pm last night, i was really working my ass out...with deadlines to meet and to do's to list down for the next days. I was not doing it to kill time. I think i have just met my fate...working late.

3. Twitter til 11:30pm. Just like Cinderella, i had to leave everything as the clock struck to 12 midnight. No more twitter and no more pex in the next 10 days.

4. Watched youtube videos before the vacay. Even this is not allowed in the next 10 days. So i had to make the most out of it. I watched all my fave videos of them....well, not all, because i didn't have much time left.

5. Last texts....calls...made to KBP and Carms. It was as if you knew your life was about to end and you had to send important messages to friends.

My Secretive Heart

People asked why did we drift apart... what happened
between us. We kept mum and i guess you’ll never know that i
loved YOU first and then he came. You’ll never know how much
you meant to me because in your eyes, he's everywhere. We used to be best friends and now we are nothing, almost nothing....

Imperfect Yet Perfectly Together

"I no longer believe in the idea of soul mates or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together."

MELASON in London

Super proud of Melason. Need I say more?

Ejaculation

My daughter asked earlier, "mommy, panu nakapunta ang sperm cells sa vagina?" I was speechless for 5 secs, I hid my smile and said, "pag nagmakelove ang husband and wife, baby." "Eh pano nagkaron ng sperm cells?" Shocks ang hirap ng tanung..bakit biglang ang hirap ng tanung? "Ah baby, kasi sa ejaculation", "What is ejaculatiion?" Sighs, "wala ba sa book, baby?", "wala", "ok, ejaculation is the process of..." ang hirap naman..."baby, google na lang natin", "ok, mommy".....shocks, nakakaloka pala magexplain, hindi na puede ang old school na explanations.

MELASON Bench Uncut

It was my first time to watch a Bench Fashion Show in Araneta. And I did for the love of Melason. LOL Yes, dears, consider me as one of their hardcore fans. I am not ashamed of it. All my closest friends know and those who love me dearly surely understand. If I'm made to give up a vice, the two things I wont give up at this time are Melason and smoking. LOL

Nine months ago, Melason caught my attention via Pinoy Big Brother Double Up. It was not your ordinary "love at first sight" feeling. They're interesting as individuals and they just will make you roll on the floor with their undeniably perfect comic and romantic chemistry. I literally started to fall for them just as soon as they began realizing they were falling for each other. It was obvious they were starting to like each other and was literally and figuratively too close for comfort for friends. They were inseparable. They had a world of their own....a mindset....language...spoken or not....that they two can only comprehend. They were brutally frank to each other.....sometimes, viewers were amazed at how they could actually take in all those words they'd throw at each other. But watching the live streaming 24/7...yes, 24/7, from wake-up call to the time they actually turn off the lights..we were tuned in, will make you love and embrace their totality.....even their flaws. They were themselves...their raw and natural selves. No pretensions...because, i tell you, when you are tuned in 24/7 for 5 whole months, you'd know who were just pretending to be nice and cute. Melai and Jason were never any of them. They showed their bad sides from start to finish. Despite that, their good hearts and best intentions marked in our hearts and mind the whole time.



Seeing them now, just makes me proud.....5 months after the big night, endless blessings are continuously coming their way. When all they wanted in the beginning was to go to MOA and date...for Jason to save up so he could go to Gensan to meet Melai's relatives....so Jason can bring Melai to his province to meet his family. They never thought they'd become stars. They thought they were too ordinary looking for our attention...and was actually laughing at the idea.....that was in the past......now, they know they've come a long way....1 teleserye, "Kokey at Ako", underway...2 shows being shown everyday (Impostor and Banana Split)....mall shows left and right...ASAP XV...and a concert in London this July.



When we learned that Melason was going to be part of the Bench Fashion Show, we planned ahead. Our Melason will shine on that night. We will all shine that night. LOL .....And so we all did....It's just so amazing how all the Melason Community - Melason Pexers, MelasonDotCom, Melason Jewels, Melason Guardians, Melizites and Tropang Jason, worked together as ONE. ONE LOVE for Melason, indeed.

As early as June, announcements were being made on every site, every thread..that we're taking the 2k (upper box a) area. Some of us even shopped together in Trinoma. LOL We only wanted the best seats to witness that special night of our dear Melason. We did not care if they would not be the highlight of the show....we only wanted to support them.

The 2nd of July came and we were all in queue. Let's drop the stories of how others came even on a work day..LOL The most important thing was we were all there to show our undying support for Melason. We brought banners, tarps, lighted names of Melai and Jason and the MELASON glow in the dark letterings. We came prepared....and again, this was our own doings....no one prodded or suaded us to.



You will not believe how most of us defied our norms just to show support. LOL A lot of "closet" fans came...and in hordes....we occupied a big chunk of the 2k area. No wonder a lot of people thought we were paid hordes LOL But excuse me....we paid our own tickets...and wanted the best seats...because we can very well afford it.....tsssseeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! LOL So for those doubters, face the truth....we are not a hoax ....we are real...and you will soon have to accept it..whether you want it or not....(bendita mode)

When our babies came on stage.....we were all into it....those assiged to take pics..did their job..those assigned to take the video....did their job....and the rest of us....we did ours, as well. LOL

On hindsight, it was all worth it. Seeing how their faces beamed at the sight of their huge number of supporters...how the media took time to take pictures of our group....how the audience from the VIP area took their own share of pics of our area....how everyone in twitter commented on how well loved and supported Melason is. It was all worth it.

One LOVE, indeed.

Credits to Annarea8 for the video, @hellokris (kris Aquino) and melasondotcom for the pictures

ASAP XV Adventure

Why did we go to ASAP XV??? Melason, of course!!!

But the show turned out to be an "eat all you can" kind of feast moment...Buffet kung buffet!!! LOL

We were supposed to meet at exactly 8am at Starbucks ABS. But i slept late, as in 4am and woke up around 6:30am, that was despite the wake up calls from my co-pexer Grace. So, as a result, i was 20 minutes late. Ok lang naman kasi they were still outside waiting for the confirmation if we could watch or not. Mahirap kasi makapasok sa ASAP. As in sobrang hirap. Syempre, naman!!! Libreng concert yun...at big stars of Channel 2 ang nandun.

Gladly, we were able to get in...I will not elaborate on how and who we talked with to get in coz it might jeopardize his/her job naman. But big thanks that we were able to get stamped and get inside.




So we had breakfast at ABS CBN cafeteria. While waiting to be called, we browsed thru the pics saved in my usb via Karen's notebook. Kahit nakita na namin lahat ng pics, kilig at tawa pa rin kami...mga adik talaga. After an hour, we were asked to get inside the building...we had to fall in line just along the corridors where the dressing rooms are...we were in a queue for at least an hour and a half. Boring will never be an adjective to use when you are in a queue such as that. Except for the pexxxers (we were 7), and a friend we just met there, i didn't know anybody else. But we were conversing like we've known each other for a long time. We did not even bother to introduce ourselves. We were just killing time and having fun at the same time.




Long wait is over, we finally got inside the studio. It was not that big...UST Medicine Auditorium is actually bigger. But the ambience is different...of course, it's ASAP XV in a few minutes.



We were seated in front..actually, 2nd row from the stage. Some of the pexers were seated in the middle part of the studio where i really wanted to stay. Our place was so TV exposure prone...waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

There was the floor director briefing us. True enough, we had to dance, clap and sing since that's a live show...we had to project that we indeed are enjoying. Later on in the show, i found out that we need not project anything deliberately at all. I, for one, had the best time of my life. I was singing, clapping, waving my hands in the air, dancing...everything..it seemed i was in Araneta...LOL




The show started and the ASAP stars were on the same stage. Malilito ka as in literal, kung san ka titingin. In every commercial gap, enjoy pa rin kami. We were being entertained by a stand up comedian. At talaga naman, tawa kami ng tawa sa mga hirit nya.




What made me screamed to death?? It was when Aga Muhlach appeared on stage.
He looked older..bigger pero kebs...ang gwapoo!!! hahaha at hindi ako fan ha! LOL

I checked my watch and it was just 1pm. OMG!! We still have 2 hours and my energy is dropping already. The first hour of ASAP was just a blast. And we were there to cheer and watch for Melason LOL So, we asked the camera man what time will Melason perform. And he said towards the end of the show...OWVER!!! good luck!!!



So when Melai and Jason appeared on stage with Echo, it was past 2pm...energy all drained...all i could do was wave....and laughed at how Jason almost lost grip of Melai.




Over all, my ASAP experience was a blast. It was my first time to watch a variety show in a studio LIVE...It was like a live concert. Everybody was on his feet....everybody's having a great time...I think I'd watch again....hmmm let's see when Sarah arrives from her concert tour.. think i'll take a chance....

Silver Medal

I'm just so proud of my baby. I knew he had good grades...good being an understatement ha!

Sean Kirby Latorre, Silver Medalist SY 2009-2010 Divine Light Academy


Mommy and Sean Kirby...proud momma!!


Keep up the good work....mwah!!!

Baby Steps

I just made my first step out of my comfort zone. One baby step at a time for now....sooner or later, i will have to make bigger ones....then a little much later, one leap from where i stand....then a high jump over the fence...haaaisst!!!

Ordinary Melason Day

Got this from twitter :)

RT @ericjohnsalut

share ko lang. kagabi, i was gonna take pic of melai and jason. tapos sabi ni jason, ganda ng celfone mo, blihin ko na lang, 2,500. kaaliw! tapos sabi ni melai, ikaw talaga jason, jinu-joke mo si sir. alam ko sir yan sa abs kasi lahat ng stars bumibeso sa kanya. hahahahaha! after taking pics of melai and jason, i tweeted it and showed it to them. pinabasa ko sa kanila ang mga comments ng melasons. nagulat siya. tapos, i showed them yung na-tweetpic ko. ask ni jason, bakit po lumiit yung picture? kasi nga, nasa twitter na. sobrang fun silang dalawa!

RT @ericjohnsalut nagsumbong si jason kay ate @pokwang27 nya, lagi daw siya inaaway ni melai. tapos sabi ni jason, naiintindihan na niya, may "dugo" pala. what jason meant with may "dugo" was may "period" si melai. natawa si @pokwang27. aliw! request ni melai, magkatabi sila ni @pokwang27 sa plane papuntang london. bonggang etihad airlines ang sasakyan nila. business class sila.

Who wouldn't love them? They are just so natural..no pretensions..what you see is what you really get....

MELASON in Love First Kiss under Blanket

I actually felt guilty while watching this the first time. This moment was sooo private and only real emotions surfaced at this time. Just watch at how they tried to whisper their words to each other. But I'm glad i saw this. Because i saw how Jason was so afraid to lose his Isay. How he was willing to stay on the sidelines for her so they could keep their relationship from those they thought wanted to ruin it. For a while there, i was not hearing his soft and worried voice...i thought i was listening to his heart. It was filled with anxieties and fear.

I saw two people working on a real relationship...no matter how young it was then...they could have easily given up..but they opted to stay together....Jason knew then she only loves Isay.

And when they kissed.....all those fears just disappeared. It was as if they sealed their doubts with their first kiss. Melason is real...

GOING STRONGER!!!

Melason in love...Nothing's gonna stop them....haaay, sweet talaga :)

Melai and Jason watched with US

It was Melai's bday. The first time they saw their own moments in PBB. Look at their reactions and listen to the fans' scream and giggles as we all watched the
MV in one room.

MELASON MV: Sa'Yo Lamang

Sa bawat araw na nilikha
Nagtatanung bat di nakita
Ang magpupuno ng ligaya
Kapiling kapag nag-iisa
Sa tuwing lungkot ay nagbabanta

Di akalain na ako'y mahalin
Di napansin nang ako'y yong sagipin
Ng pag-ibig mong tunay
Nagwalay ang lumbay
Ngayong kapiling ka sa buhay

Sayo lamang panatag ang loob
Sayo lamang umibig ng lubusan
Panalangin itoy panghabang buhay
Pagkat sa piling mo
Ramdam ng puso ko
Sayo lamang ang buhay koy BUO

Di akalain na ako'y mahalin
Di napansin nang ako'y yong sagipin
Ng pag-ibig mong tunay
Nagwalay ang lumbay
Ngayong kapiling ka sa buhay

Sayo lamang panatag ang loob
Sayo lamang umibig ng lubusan
Panalangin ito'y pang habang buhay
Pagkat sa piling mo
Ramdam ng puso ko
Sayo Lamang ang buhay koy BUO

Di ko hinanap
Dumating ang syang pangarap
Hwag nang mawalay pa
Tadhanang kay ganda

Sayo lamang panatag ang loob
Sayo lamang umibig ng lubusan
Panalangin ito'y pang habang buhay
Pagkat sa piling mo
Ramdam ng puso ko
Sayo lamang ang buhay koy BUO

Pagkat sa piling mo
Ramdam ng puso ko
Sayo lamang ang buhay koy BUO

I LOVE MELASON

Paramore: The Only Exception [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

This is now my song at the moment.....

maybe i know somewhere deep in my soul that love never lasts and we've got to find other ways to make it alone..to keep a straight face...and i've always learned like this to keep it at comfortble DISTANCE..up until now i had sworn to myself that i'm content with lonelinesss....coz none of it was ever worth the risk....YOU are the ONLY EXCEPTION....

i've got a tight grip on reality but i cant let go of what's in front of me here...............you are the only exception......and i am on my way to believing....

Random Finds

Accept that your way is not the ONLY way......

When you fall, do not stay down. ...GET UP and KEEP MOVING no matter how difficult it may seem............

Make new friends, keep the old ones and let go of those who are a negative influence in your life......

We see things not as they are...but as we are..............

SLEEPless

It's 1:30 in the morning and i still can't sleep. Tomorrow, I'm going to take my first step to a new world. A few weeks from now, I will have to leave my comfort zone. But I know everything will be just fine. "I'm a wild flower...I can grow and survive wherever.....whenever..." chhaaaaaarrrrrr!!!!!!!!!! oooowwwwwwwverrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

KEEP THE FAITH....

MARS

I just had to go back to my previous site and look for this blog that i made on my favorite Taiwanese drama Mars and my first love couple Vic and Barbie. It's been over 2 years since they broke up and still no news on either one dating. I wonder if they still are in contact. Does Vic still visit Barbie? Have they been true to their promise that they'd give each other 3 years to enjoy their individual careers unattached? I cant help but look forward to the next months to come. In a few months' time, 3 years is up. Will there be news of them getting back together?

Meanwhile, let's savor the old times...the sweet old times of Vic and Barbie...:)

(Please click on the link below to read my 2 year old blog)

I spent the last 3 years adoring this couple.


Enjoy..and i hope you watch and enjoy the series...GOD MARS...

Dear Isay

This was posted by one of my most favorite pexers...She stays in Australia and is an avid melasonian, as well. Her POVs are the most anticipated in the forum. I have a link of her blog made exclusively for Melason at the lower right side of this page. You can visit at your own will.

Originally Posted by blankcheck

Dear Isay,

Hi. I just thought of writing to you today. It’s quiet and a little rainy outside, just the perfect time to send my regards to a friend.

I have to say that much as I am a Tagalog speaker, I am more expressive when I write in English, therefore, I would be using the language. I guess, it would also be a good starting point with you being an aspiring English teacher.

First of all, I want you to know that when PBB started, it was your Sweetypie, Jason, who captured my heart. He reminded me so much of what my husband was like before we became a couple. It was not exactly his attitude or his background. It was more of his heart. That hard-on-the-outside but soft-in-the-inside character was strangely familiar. I swear I could read his thoughts from Day 1.

With you, it was a different story altogether.

You and I are poles apart.

While I adored you for your wild humor and spot-on punchlines, I was very critical of how you behaved on certain occasions.

You were loud, tactless and at times, insensitive. You said things for the sake of, sometimes without meaning it. Just because you wanted to.

You did things for fun, sometimes without restraint. Just because your friends goaded you.

You exasperated me.

Maybe that was your effect on people. With you, there was no middle ground. With your vibrant and lively demeanor, it was impossible not to notice you.

And notice you I did.

Much like Jason, I woke up one day thinking how beautiful you are.

You, with that wide-eyed innocence and childlike faith in the goodness of people.

You, with that infectious enthusiasm for life and boundless energy.

You, with that breathtaking candor - never apologizing for what you are, or for what you’re not.

You, with that selfless and caring heart, the reason why your friends gravitate towards your innate kindness.

You, who loved so simply yet completely -never expecting anything in return.

I have learned a lot from you. And to be completely honest, those lessons I have learned are the ones that I need most right now.

Carpe Diem. Seize the day.

You made me realize that we are warriors and that life is our battle. We move forward, with strength and courage - but not without tucking in a lot of that wild humor and devil-may-care attitude. We strive not just for excellence but also for happiness. We choose not to be blinded by the standards of this world, but by what goes beyond it.

We nurture, we care, we love - passionately, generously.

We open our hearts knowing it is impossible not to get hurt in the process. Yet we do it. Just because we want to.

Isay, you have taught me all these things and more.

I only wish for your happiness and well-being because it is not very often that I am blessed with such a wonderful inspiration in our all too ordinary lives.

With all my love,

BC

P.S. I hope Jason continues to love you well - because within every strong woman lies a little girl who just wants to be taken care of at the end of the day.

Adik sa Melason

Almost all of my friends know I'm a big Melason fan. And when I say I am a fan...I mean it as in super mega fan. :) Maybe, one of these days, I will share the last 6 to 7 months of my life here in Melason world. But for now, I just want to share this super fun story originally posted by hunger_games of PEX. A lot of Melason fans are "closet" fans. It's either because they have not done this before or they really are just afraid to be judged by others because of their preference. Because of this, closet and non closet fans meet in the cyber world to have someone to share their melason fondness with...and we all met each other there :)

Originally Posted by hunger_games

Adik sa MELASON eh!

I would like to share my horrible (for me) / hilarious (for everyone else) experience today.

I had this very important presentation today which we, together with my team, prepared talaga for several weeks. Hyper (meaning nervous) ako kasi this will be with the Director and several Regional Managers of the company. Anyway, to calm myself, I decided to watch some of the MELASON moment an hour before the meeting. Adik sa MELASON eh!

Eto na, our GM gave his usual boring and super long speech, which gave everyone else this glaze look. Mag welcome speech ba naman ng 45 minutes?! And BBE 2pm na meeting.

So when it was my turn, I decided to show my video presentation first to break the ice.
I then flashed them my super charming smile and I clicked the icon.

Nakatalikod ako sa screen, I just heard “ MELAI: So seryoso ka na pala sa everything na yan? Jason: Medyo…”

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MV ni Treesa yung na play ko! I felt icy cold water flowing thru my veins (totoo pala yung icy cold water na to) WALA NA KONG TRABAHO!

I composed myself and said in a high pitched voice “ I’m just testing kung gising pa kayo!” (napaCHAAAAAAR ako sa isip ko!) or something to that effect, d ko talaga maalala sinabi ko, promise.

When I forced myself to look at my audience again, they were alert, sitting straight and looking at me expectantly. I said “ Eto na talaga!”

To make the story short, my presentation was a success and everyone was participative in the discussion. Winner!

Nagising lahat ng tao sa MV ni treesa.



P.S.
After ng meeting, may regional manager pa na from Mindanao na humingi ng MV, bibigay daw nya sa anak nya. Sabi ko, pamangkin ko nag download nun…

(Anak at Pamangkin? Hanep na yan!)

I AM BACK.........:)

Whow!!!! My last post was October 2, 2009. I just wonder where I was between then and now....LOL Well, I got super stranded in a 'LOVE" island in mid October that i started to lose interest in blogging. Not only that, when i felt like going back to share my POV on something i was highly interested in, I couldn't log in because i forgot which email i used and the PW, of course. Last week, I was feeling the same excitement and my memory failed me again. Too many accounts in different fora, sites, etc. Not to mention all the passwords i have to remember at work....whew!!! I just couldnt manage all of them anymore. And just when I have nothing to share, I just visited my blog and unconsciously logged in.............yes, obviously, successfully!!!!! Just when it actually took me some six months figuring out my username and password. All i needed was an unconscious me logging in. MEMORY FTW!!! So as not to waste this rare chance of a successful log in, let me share the note i posted in my FB account on Mother's Day :) Here goes....

THE GREATEST NAME I HAVE BEEN CALLED

I'm writing this with so much spontaneity as an after effect of today's occasion. I'm writing not even with a bit of bitterness. It's actually the opposite, it's pride and happiness which prompted me to start writing. A few years back, I thought what would life be after ______???? I knew i'd feel better...i knew i'd be happy...i never doubted that. But despite the assurance that i'd constantly give myself then, i also knew that i was living a not so guilt-free family life. During the early part of the past 8 years of my life, i'd blame myself for the kind of life i have made my children to content themselves with. The what ifs, what could have beens and i should haves would nag me every once in awhile. But what would that do? I couldn't be so depressed over the things and people that i lost because then i would have wasted the better things and people i have with me. As years passed and as hellos and goodbyes seemed to play their roles just fine, i have managed to live this life filled with roller coaster ride-like adventures. I have 3 children and i never treat them the same. They are 3 different individuals and so goes my 3 different treatments. My eldest is now 17 yet seems to still think like he's the youngest. His story is different and way tooooooo time consuming to share with you. But one thing for sure, it is with my eldest and not with the "fathers" of my children that i learned what the real meaning of "unconditional love" is. He taught me more than that, actually. He's been a good mentor for my anger management. He taught me tolerance, endurance and patience. We have our own love-hate relationship but i tell you we love each other very much and we have our share of wonderful moments too. My daughter is 11 years old. She's going to learn more about life sooner than we think. Am i ready? I don't even think about it. She knows every little mistake i made and all i wish and pray is that she learns from that. Friends say she looks and sounds like me but i think besides the physical similarities, we are opposites. She's a fine lady and forget about me. She's good with words and her emotions and yes, she's only 11. From her i learned how to forgive sooner than i thought. I don't remember how it happened. It's just that one day, i just realized that it's really freeing to see things through the eyes of a 6 year old, and i did just like that. It's uncomplicated, it has no motives and full of faith. My daughter always understands, she's always giving and she also knows how to defend her territory. My youngest is 8. If i were to rank them as who's the toughest, he'd be in front. He's very transparent. He's a cry baby and never is afraid to show his feelings. Whether he's happy or sad, it'd show...and makes him the toughest in my eyes because he's not afraid to show it. He always has a story to tell. Almost instantly, ask him to tell a story, he'd think of something out of the blue. With my youngest i learned the value of keeping your promises. We live in a very democratic home where everyone is free to voice out his/her opinion and not too many times, yet, i have been scolded by an 8 year old for not keeping my promises. Didn't i mention he's the toughest? I just admire his guts. Friends always say I must be really strong to endure a life such as mine. But the truth is, I NEVER WAS. It is ONLY because my children make me one. They learn from me in as much as i learn from them. It's a symbiotic relationship of lessons learned. I have learned to forgive myself in the process and was geared towards loving myself more. There's never a dull moment inside our house. And I'm not just talking about fun. I mean all kinds of emotions and yes, please include the tribulations, LOL. My children depend on me and i so am dependent on them. But our happiness, it's solely because we see things through the eyes of each other. I always tell them that we should never expect other people to make us happy. It is we who make our own happiness. People would always fall short of your expectations. So never ever expect others to do everything for you. And for the simple and yet complicated, no matter how ironic it may sound, life we lead, guilt still visits once in a while. But who has not been visited by G? TELL ME!!! "MOMMY" IS JUST THE GREATEST NAME I HAVE BEEN CALLED...AND THAT'S FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS.....HAPPY MOM'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS....:)