anim na tabo ng tubig

ano ang aking natutunan mula sa nakaraang bakasyon ng pamilya sa hundred islands sa alaminos, pangasinan?

isang bagay lamang -- na kaya maligo ng isang tao na anim na tabo ng tubig lang ang ginagamit.

nitong nakaraang linggo, nagbakasyon ang pamilya sa pinoy big brother house sa governors island sa pangasinan. cute ang bahay ni kuya sa hundred islands -- may dalawang kwarto na puno ng double-decker na kama. konting hakbang lang, pwede nang mag-snorkel.

may isang sabit -- walang kuryente. at mula alas sais ng gabi hanggang alas sais ng umaga lang tumatakbo ang generator.

isa pang sabit -- ang tubig na nasa tangke ay sapat sa pagligo ng 15 katamtamang-laking tao lamang. at ang pamilya namin ay binubuo ng 25 malalaking tao. hindi sapat ang tubig sa tangke para maligo nang mahusay kaming lahat.

ang solusyon? tig-anim lang na tabo ng tubig ang pampaligo bawat tao. sa pag-uwi na lang maliligo nang lubusan.

paano maligo nang matiwasay na anim na tabo lang ang gagamitin? eto ang mga payo ng pamilya

ninin -- dahan-dahan ang pagbuhos ng tubig.
mommy -- konting shampoo lang ang gamitin.
odette -- tanggalin ang lahat ng sobrang shampoo bago magbanlaw
aunti didit -- pwedeng hindi na sabunin ang binti
tuton -- umupo habang nagbubuhos ng tubig
jong -- kunin ang anim na tabong tubig ng mga taong hindi maliligo, para madagdagan ang iyong rasyon ng tubig

masarap at madami ang pagkain, maganda at malapit ang dagat, at kasama ang maiingay at nakakatawang kapamilya. sinong may kailangang maligo?

babypink

the friends you make in high school are the friends you keep for life.

they are the people
who made the horrors of puberty bearable,
who held your hair back after you barfed from your first drinking binge,
who listened to the blow-by-blow of each conversation you had with your high school crush,
who gave your phone number to the cute guy at the soiree who was too shy to ask for it himself,
who lent you hairspray when yours ran out,
who went to your debut and gladly danced in your cotillon de honor when they really don't dance,
who gave you mixed tapes of the beach boys, mike francis, and fra lippo lippi even when it wasn't your birthday,
who cried with you when the boy you loved for eight years fell out of love with you.

they eventually grow up and become married women and transform into these shimmering, lustrous, magical creatures called mothers.
who give birth to an amazing baby boy named gabriel, who even inside the womb, had a big naughty grin on his face.

Gabriel

who looks just like his mother
who is the first pamangkin of the sisterhood that is my high school barkada
who will be showered with good thoughts and blessings from his four favorite aunties, none of whom have met him yet
who is the most loved little baby boy in the world.

to my babypink sisters, carol crissy liza mayose, you are the loves of my life, and have been for the past 20 years. i don't get to tell you that too often, but you are.

to first nephew baby gabriel, auntie wissa sends you big hugs and kisses and will teach you to dance the roger rabbit and the running man.

priceless

sony psp -- P14,500
cost to fedex the psp to glasgow, scotland -- P2,500
text from my kuya saying "uuy, thank you. Thank you. Got my PSP today. Mukhang mapupuyat ako this weekend :) " -- best P17,000 investment in the world.

My lazy morning

...in boracay