My Siter is Home!

After 10 long years my one and only sister is back home for a vacation and she’s with her husband and 3 kids. The excitement of being with her again was overwhelming and we really looked forward to finally meeting the kids. Yes, her 2^nd and 3^rd child were both born in the US and we only saw them through the pictures posted in Facebook. On the other hand, her eldest although born here left the country when he was just about 2 years and he is now 12 years old so you can just imagine how much we missed out while he was growing up.

As I was trying to follow how the kids grow up through the pictures posted online, I had the impression that the 2^nd child has an inclination in music so I thought that I could buy guitar pickups for him. My original plan was to ask a friend who’s a genius in guitars to buy the pickups so I can have those for him when they arrived. I guess it was a blessing in disguise that I had a really busy schedule the past weeks that I couldn’t squeeze buying guitar pickups in my schedule. I was glad I didn’t get him those because it turned out that though inclined with music, he only plays the piano and have no interest in playing the guitar. Well, so much for thinking that I knew my sister’s kids well after looking at every picture that they had posted.

Anyways, we still have a few more weeks to catch with each other and make up for those 10 years that went by. Thinking the limited time that we have and the fact that they will be returning to the US in a couple of weeks really breaks my heart. I really must make the most out of the few weeks that we have together.

Experiencing Poor Connection

For more than 9 years I have been a loyal customer of Globe Telecom and my Samsung Star Wifi phone has been my loyal servant for over 3 years. I have been happy with my mobile service for some years, until recently when I experienced poor reception in some parts of the Metro. This happens on/off – sometimes I get a good signal, at other times not. I am not so sure if I should blame my telecom provider or if my mobile phone was trying to give a hint that it wishes to retire after years of service. Now, I am not certain if getting a wireless cell booster will do the trick. Will getting a booster be more economical than getting a new phone or do I have to switch to another service provider after years of being with them. I still have to ask around about this cell booster since this is something that is quite new to me.

Investing in Silver

My oh my! I was on hiatus again and therefore, I wasn’t able to update my blogs for weeks! Because I intend to update my blogs over the weekend (in between making cake pops for my nephew’s birthday party, which I will also post at a later date), I decided to review the entries that I have already written. Because I so many updates lined up, I feel I just had to check those that I have written. Anyways, I came across my entry about investing in gold and I just thought that since silver is also a precious metal, it makes sense to also invest in silver bars. I am not an expert on this matter but common sense dictates that because gold is more popular, investing in silver would be a second option if one cannot afford investing in gold. Just my two cents on the matter.

Remembering My Mother in Law

I was browsing through the photos that I have stored in my laptop and then I saw this particular photo of hubby's arm.

It was taken after hubby's blood extraction when he donated blood for his Mom's operations last February 28. This actually brings back memories and unfortunately, sad memories...That was the date my mother in law went through what is called gastrectomy procedure to remove the mass from her stomach which she noticed just 2 weeks prior to her surgery. The family was later informed that the mass was so huge that it was impossible to remove only the mass without damaging the stomach. The surgeon ended up removing a great portion of the stomach and only about 5cm was left.

When the specimen was sent to the lab for biospy, it turned out that my mother in law had stage 3-B gastric cancer. Through I knew that she was battling with the killer "C", I was still hopeful that she will be able to win the battle.She was a fighter and was recovering pretty well from the surgery. Aside from her IV, there was no medical equipment attached on her system to help her recover. Hence, I was hopeful.

I never imagined that she will lose her battle exactly 2 months after the surgery...She bacame thinner and thinner, weaker and weaker...A lot of people were saying that she shouldn't have been subjected to open surgery but the surgeon explained that they might have to deal with internal bleeding due to the growing size of the mass.

To this day, I still can't believe with the turn of events...Everything happened so fast. But then, the family's consolation was that my mother in law didn't suffer long and we know that she's now in a much better place.