Category Archives: My Life

Blog-O-Rama = Google Image Search

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Brown Pinay| Leave a comment

Allow me to take a little breather from all the daily dramas of my life and let me enjoy a blog tyag that I bump around the Internet. I just tweaked some of the categories. You can also do the Google Image Search tag as your “blog filler”

This blog tag is called Google Image Search Blog Tag

Rules :

Answer the following questions by searching the answer in your GOOGLE SEARCH.

the age you will be next year
place you’d like to travel
favorite place
favorite object
favorite food
favorite animal
favorite color
town in which you were born
town in which you live
name of a past pet
your present job
your screen name
your first name
your middle name
your last name
bad habit of yours
first job
your hobby or personal interest
favorite sweet treat
your plans for tomorrow

Remember, get your answer (image) from the first page only
last part of the tag is to : ENJOY, have FUN and CHILLAX from your usual blog dramas.

1. Your Age

My Age as of this writing

2. Place You’d Like to Travel

My Childhood Dream – Disneyland

3. Favorite Place

SPA – I will die for a well deserved massage right now

4. Favorite Object

My LAPTOP – I am a very ONLINE person, I need to check every once in a while and stay connected.

5. Favorite Food

6.Favorite Animal

7. Favorite Color

I Love the Color RED

8. Town in which you were born

Certified taga – Caloocan for 38 years until I moved in here in Bulacan last 2 years ago

9. Town in Which you Live

10. Name of a Past Pet

11. Your Present Job

I am a Senior Logistics Officer / Engineer by profession

12. Your Screen Name

Bwahahaha when I searched for Brown Pinay, looked what Ive got

13. Your First Name

My First Name is Maria Amor Cielo – look what Ive got, I so love it. (In Spanish Amor means Love and Cielo means heaven)

14. Your Middle Name

Yes it is EDSA, find out why

15. Your Last Name

16. Bad Habit of Yours

Nail Biting – specially if I am stressed – such a hard habit to break

17. first job

On my first job – I am hired as a kagalang galang na college instructor aka teacher aka professor sa computer subjects

18. sport you play 19. favorite sweet treat

I love the moisty texture and sweet taste of the classic Choco Brownies

20. Your Plans in the Future

Posted in Blog-O-Rama, Blogging, My Life

After 20 Years – Our Love Story Continues 20 Years and Beyond

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Brown Pinay| Leave a comment

What makes this day special? On this same day 20 years ago, I married my partner in life. I married a bestfriend whom I can confide. I married the man who gave me my 2 bundle of joy – our kids Ishi and Icko.

After 20 years much has changed and both if us have evolved. Financially we are now better off, just enough to give our kids our kids a comfy life. Of course we have matured a lot but we never lose the kid in us. Now we can just laugh at our follies, learn at life’s lesson and move on, unlike before where everything seems to be a big deal.

After 20 years, our look has really evolved. from our old marriage pictures look how we;ve gone bigger and better. Actually bigger literally hhahahaha. When we got married at a young age everyone would comment na “para lang kayong pinabili ng suka sa tindahan”. But now, how I missed the youth and freshness. pero OK lang, these fats that I have in my tummy and my tiger scratch in it only signifies na I am a Mom to our 2 wonderful kids. While the super added pounds in hubby’s weight and the belt bag in your tummy only shows to say na masarap talaga ako magluto hehheheheh. Tumaba man tayo ibig sabihin dami na pagkain sa bahay hehheheheh.

After 20 years, we still have our share of our fights, not as big as before, but then enough to better understand our differences and fully know each other.

After 20 years, I am still looking forward to another 80 years of my life to be with the man whom I married 20 years ago. Our married life is not a bed of roses, there has been so many struggles, hindrances and twist and turns, but we are able to survive. Another 80 years or eternal married bliss is not too much to ask.

Happy 20th Wedding Anniversary Mahal ko.

Ngayong araw na ito tayong dalawa ang bida.At dahil bida tayo hayaan nyo naman na maging bida kami sa Video na ito…as we share to you a snippet of our 20 years of married life.

Our love story is a constant challenge and struggles, all of which we successfully triumphed TOGETHER. We are the undying epitome of the saying that “Many happy marriages are made, they do not just happen“.We are just one of the few teenage marriage who have survived despite the odds. Our loverstory may not be a bed of roses but it is indeed, made in heaven. The promise of a married life is not sugar-coated, but it is the sweetest gift in life that God has given us if we just have to take care of it.

This is the story of our love…it will continue to blossom until our last breathe and until the last days of our lives.

Our Corny Courtship Days
Our Struggles in our Teenage Marriage and Our Love Story
Even our secret on how to maintain long and lasting love despite of being a Pamilyang OFW .

We may start young but our love story defies age…together we grew up and learn our lesson well, to be the best parents to our kids and to keep the flame of love burning…for our family, our kids and for ourselves….

Just to quote my dear husband

“Many happy marriages are made, they do not just happen“

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brown pinay

Posted in Celebrations, Inspiration, My Family, My Life, Pamilyang OFW, Relationships

Parenting My Sick Son – the 1st day of His Confinement

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Brown Pinay| 3 Comments

Now let me continue the Parenting My Sick son series of my blog post where my little boy was admitted to the Emergency Room twice. After the second time, I am praying to high heavens to spare my son from further pain. But the pain has become unbearable once more that I decided to bring him back to the hospital. Instead of going to the ER, we went to a pediatrician who immediately there after issue an instruction to have my son admitted for hospital
confinement.

Actually, I would really like Icko to be admitted since I know that he needs immediate medical attention and I will be more relieved knowing that he will be under the care of the medial experts who will monitor and take good care of him.

We are admitted for 4 days.

February 12 (PM) – February 13 (AM) – I rushed my son twice at the MCU Hospital ER

February 13 (4PM) – first day of Icko’s confinement. Pahirapan sa paglagay ng IV, just like me and his Ate Ishi, manipis ang aming ugat, kaya pumutok ang ugat dun sa unang try. Icko was holding to me tightly, at kahit na super takot ako sa dugo at injection {kaya nga hindi po ako nagNursing gaya ng aking mga high school barkada) ay talaga namang nilakasan ko na ang aking loob. Dahil ang Nanay Super Hero.

The first night was a misery, We were told that he will already be fasting the whole night since he will be undergoing Ultrasound test. At around 1:00 AM to 3 AM tummy pain attacked hit him, he told us that the pain rate is = 8 to 10. He wants to eat but unfortunately restricted because of the scheduled Ultrasound. I told him that I can call off the Ultrasound and resched it so that he can eat and drink. But my little boy is such a warrior – he told me bravely “No, Mama kaya ko ito” habang namimilipit sya he is singing “Our Father” then after the Our Father, he keeps murmuring, “Kaya ko ito, soldier ako, matapang ako”. I was really hurting inside seeing my son that way and seeing his brave front. I would like to cry but I am just keeping it to myself, I should be his strength. So even though I am so bursting with tears I just keep it to myself. Then my son told me to sing to him “Rock a Bye Baby”…As far as I can remember I had sang the song to him that night more than a hundred times.

The Lullabye song Rock a Bye baby has such a therapeutic sleeping wonders to my son which I cannot explain. Even when he is not sick, when he ask me to sing it for him – he turns to be really sleepy. After that almost 100 times of singing the Lullaby Song (no exaggeration here) he was able to catch his sleep which relieved him from pain temporarily, that time I rushed to the CR and bursted out all my tears that I can shed.

Kung pwede lang na akuin ang sakit ng aking mga anak gagawin ko.

That same day, I prayed to God to spare my kids from all the pain, give all their misery and all their pains and sickness to me. Out of desperation, I told God that “Lord paggising po ng aking anak, tanggalin nyo po ang kanyang sakit, lalakad po ako ng paluhod sa Divine Mercy Church at Our Lady of Manaoag. Alam ko naman that God is a very understanding, compassionate Almighty, pero gusto ko iyon at bilang pagpupuri ay aking gagawin.

Hindi masusukat ang pagmamahal ng isang magulang.

On the side note: My OFW hubby was really worried to death that we were already both stressed up and both of us were already altercating. I do understand him being away, but I was in stress and so depress that I told him that instead of fighting over we should pray. I emphatized with my OFW hubby since he was so helpless, he is far away and I know that waiting for a feedback about his son’s condition was killing him that time. I opted not to answer his phone calls and just replied to his text to avoid further altercation. But everything turns well that ends well. Akin lamang itong naibahagi kasi ganyan talaga nang buhay pamilyang OFW. Maaring magkasakit ang mahal sa buhay, ang nasa malayo ay sadyang nag aalala. Sa mga naiwanan dito masakit din na marinig ang salita na “bakit pinabayaan nyo ang anak ko” but this is just a natural reaction of someone who has been away, helpless and a parent who is so loving and caring to his son yet helpless because of the distance.

“AS MOTHER LOVES HER CHILD MORE THAN HER LIFE”

Posted in Health, My Family, My Kids, My Life, Pamilyang OFW, Parenting

Kapeng Mainit

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Brown Pinay| Leave a comment

I am a coffee addict to its true sense of the word. I can gulp 6 to 7 (big mug) coffee in a day. I can literally say that my blood type is “C” for Coffee.

I want my coffee done my way. The Brown Pinay way

Black coffee with a little sugar only. I am not really partial with coffee creamer.
Mixture of ½ hot water and ½ tap or cold water.

Kape kapeng aking itinimpla panlaban sa oras de peligro sa aming Company’s Strategic planning

The end result : Yes, it is acid reflux for 3 weeks, that was indeed a nightmare to me, 3 weeks of no single cup of coffee waaaahhh.

But now that I am A-OK again, I am back to regular programming – kape, kape, kape again. It is really hard to break my love affair with coffee, but from my regular 6 to 7 mugs a day, I am now reduced to 3 to 4 cups a day.

The difference really matters: from the big mug to the regular coffee office cup.

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“To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.”
– Hugh Jackman

Posted in Food Trip, My Life

Rekindling Old Ties with Dr. Dentist

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Brown Pinay| 5 Comments

Dr. Dentist It has been days that I have this tingling sensation in my teeth and gums everytime that I will drink cold water. Perhaps it is because, It has also been days that I had been guiltily eating lots of chocolates (“pasalubong” of my dear hubby).

Yesterday was unbearable so I have to rush to the dentist. I just have my regular teeth cleaning and at the same time have my dental fillings procedure. After the procedure I feel perfectly A-OK. But of course I’ve got a little scolding from my dentist . He previously told me before (ok that was months and months ago) that my gums is not healthy due to gingivitis (gum recession) although they are not inflamed or infected it should be given outmost attention. But of course bad me, I did not comeback to the dentist nor did I continue the special toothpaste and mouthwash that he prescribed to me.

I asked the doctor on some of the possible causes of gum recession – age, vigorous brushing and flossing of teeth, inherent thin gums, use of hard toothbrush bristles, grinding / clenching of teeth. Well, well, well from among the mentioned causes of gum recession, I am guilty of them all hehehehe. It is indeed uncomfortable when you have a bad toothache, you cannot eat, stomach’s hurting as well as bad / swell headache, so this time I decided to be the ever diligent patient this time – I will strictly follow my dentist’s receding gums treatment prescription.

I have dental fear when I was growing up, this prevents me from regularly visiting the dentist to seek proper preventive care. I must admit that I would just visit my dentist for 2 reasons: I have to have my oral propylaxis in time for our company’s annual medical exam and when I am in pain. But I guess it is not yet too late to be a friend with Dr. Dentist and rekindle old ties. Anyway this is for my own sake, likewise I should also be a good role model for my kids too.

How about you are you comfy visiting your dentist or you also have dental fear to overcome just like me?

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“Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.”
==Johnny Carson==