My Pride, Joy and Reviews

     My nephew is growing fast. He is going to be first year high school next year and I can't imagine he started to spread his wings. It made worried thinking about it but what I can do and my brother is to give him advice from time on what is right and wrong. Last night I talked to my brother and I asked him about my nephew he said he has no problem with him he is a very good boy. Thanks to God for that. My brother told me that he likes to be in a school band when he will be in high school. I told my brother I am okay with it. What ever he likes we will support him. 

Growing up me and my siblings were fortunate we don't go around naked, dirty or hungry. My mother was a teacher and my father is a sales rep and they provided the family well. We had each our nanny and one for a house help too. When I reached 6th grade and my brother 5th grade my sister 1st grade, my mother choose to have one house. help. When I graduated 6th grade our one last house help went home. That's when my mother teach us the household chores. I was already 1st year high school when my mother taught us household chores. I was assigned to do marketing, cooking, doing the Saturday morning laundry, cleaning the kitchen. While my brother's assignment is to do floor husking every morning and my little sister is to sweep the floor, dusting and arranging the furniture.  I was glad that my mother taught us how to do household chores. After college I found a job and it was there that I was by myself. And without the household experienced that my mother and father tau...

Last November 1 and 2 is All Saints and All Souls day in the Philippines. Those days are holidays so no school nor work on those days. People go home to visit cemeteries and go to the graves of their beloved. My brother, my SIL and my nephew and nieces went to the grave of my parents and my nephew. It is our tradition to stay there and bring some food and also to ask somebody from the church a lay minister to lead the prayer for the souls. So the lay minister starts to pray and my nieces and nephew started to laughed. And they can't stopped from laughing they had to cover themselves. My brother took photos from them and I asked him why they are laughing. My brother told me that they were laughing because the lay minister had a hard time reading the prayer. If mamalo (their grandma) is still alive they will be scolded lol! But for sure if their papalo (their grandpa) is there he will just smile at them. But what made me smile is seeing them happy and they are together the three ...

My nephew I call him Kuya Gino is getting big every time my brother sent me their photos online. This photo was taken by my brother at the cemetery last Nov 1. and was surprised  my Kuya G looks like a young man already. This brings me a smile and make my day more warmer and brighter. Last week he message me offline, telling me that their examination will be this week and that I have to send money...with matching pleaseeeeeeeee and have pity words hahahaha. It really made me smile, he was so concern of the school tuition fee. I told my brother about it and he just smiled, and my brother told me that he was very concern that his balance in school is 8,000 pesos while her sister is only 3,000 that makes him freak out I guess. I message my nephew telling him not to be frantic about it because that's our concern what he gonna do is to study hard and not get a failing grades hehehe. My brother told me that he doesn't have a problem with this little guy (not little anymore) because...

I called my one and only nephew Kuya. His name is Gino Paulo. I remember when he was a bit young (3 or 3 yrs old) every time I go to the market early in the morning he woke up like he is watching me the whole time I am preparing to go to the market. So he became my buddy2x. Now he is 12 years old and my brother is now asking him to go to the market. As you see in this photo he is in the fish section of the market and he is carrying a bag  that contains vegetables and I bet fishes too. I really love this photo because it just shows and reminds me when he was young that the he likes to tag along with me where ever I go. Now he can do marketing but one thing that my brother told me is that there are some young kids like his age or older than him that are bullies. And my brother is afraid that he will be bullied because he is the type of a boy that don't like quarrel and is  a loving kid. That is the only concern my brother is when he goes to the market the bullies that's why...

Last June 14 my nephew celebrated his 12th birthday. One more year and she is going to be a teen-ager! He is my favorite little boy, since I took care of him when he was born until I came here in the USA. He will always be my little boy!! ^_^                                                                                         NOSTALGIC MARVELING

That's my Kuya Gino right there. He is my one and only beloved nephew and he is in 5th grade. Him and his Uncle went to a shooting range where his Uncle took this photo. But that is not my story. My SIL send a message at FB that they got the money that I sent. And she told me that she also bought another shoes for Kuya G, and it's  his 3rd shoes since the school opened, lol!! And then she told me too that she bought him another pants because all his pants are tight on him one time he climb to the motorcycle and they all heard a crackkkkk, his pants  tore down lol!!! I was laughing and laughing when I read that message. I never expected that when he reached 12 years old he grew tall and big. He was very small and sickly he has asthma I was worried of him when I came here in the US. Just this year when school open last June, my brother told me he just shoot up grew tall and big and his asthma was gone. Thank God for that!!   Anyway, had to send extra money ...

This year my nephew turn 12 and I am amazed how the also turn to be a big boy!! I remember when I visited the Philippines two years ago he is very small and thin. Though he eat good food but he is also very active and he has asthma. For several years when he is attacked my asthma we nebulize him. That is why before he had one opportunity to play basketball for the city little league was not able to do so because of his asthma. I am thankful that this year, as my brother told me that his asthma is gone! And that I won't get worried if he is going to play basketball again. Well I am always worried I only have one nephew and I consider him as my son too. Look at the difference of the photos.