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I'm still alive! Pardon my absence..Blogger doesn't STILL just won't let me in each time I access my blog at home. Can someone help me resolve this?



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Hello '07..So Long '06 (& Other Updates)

Yay! *insert "talon-talon" here*

It's the 2nd day of the year and let me first wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2007 open up for you more opportunities that will lead you to a path of continuted success, joy and good health.

I've been meaning to blog these past few days but blogger (now on their non-beta version) keeps on bumping me out. For some reason, di ako makalog-in (even before the Taiwan Quake a few days ago screwing up lots of servers internationally). Anyone, encountering the same dilemma? Now, I'm thinking of moving my entries to a new crib. Wordpress? Typepad? Hmmm...I'll ponder on that muna.

Anyway, as I bid farewell to '06 with this layout...I suddenly realized that life has always been colorful with all the ups & downs I went through last year. Initially, akala ko dumaan lang ang taon ng ganun-ganun lang..boy i was wrong. Marami-rami palang pangyayari na di ko mapagkasya sa isang layout lang. Anyway, here are some of my 2006 highlights:

Journalling reads: January - adjusting with newlywed life. February - Bye-bye Globe Telecom. March - My 25th Birthday. April - Puerto Galera with Accenture Careers Team. May - Summertime at Laiya, San Juan, Batangas. June - Filipino Blog of the Week. July - Boracay trip with High School Barkada. August - Digiscrap trapped, insanely addicted. September - Passed the Civil Service Eligibility Test. October - Met Madame President/UST Tigers ruled UAAP. November - Baby Akil is our angel. December - Xmas Party w/ CVG

Credits here.

My wishes as the Year of the Boar enters:
* peace
* joy
* financial & career stability
* good health
* contentment
* more love
* more challenges (ironically, yes, we need to have these as it's through them we become maturer and stronger)
* and as always, our ultimate wish..a baby!

Cheers, everyone!

**Wisdom Tooth Update**
Finally, I'm seeing & feeling progress day by day. I'm a bit back to my old eating habits..being a voracious eater, that is. Though the sutured gums haven't completely closed & healed yet, I can now eat & swallow better. And just last night, after having our supper at Frisco, I ate tacos, mashed potato, lasagna & siomai when we got home in Makati..read that as "Merienda after Dinner??" lolz. Ala ng pain..no more swelling as well. The only thing na di ko magawa is rolling my tongue on the sides of my left teeth kasi na-s-stretch ang inner gums..though di na masakit but still, inaalalayan ko lang kasi baka lalong di magclose.

**Pyro's Now An Angel**
Pyro, a friend's 3-yr old nephew who was battling the big C for a year, finally joined his Creator last Dec. 27. While his demise is saddening, I'm sure his loved ones are consoled with the thought that he will no longer be in pain but rather in ultimate state of happiness. And I'm sure Py is even happier with the memories and love that were sent his way. I can still recall his angelic, delighted face when his wish was granted to meet Batista in person at Wish Ko Lang. Read more of his plight and Py's life here and please say a little prayer for Angel Py and his family.

Missin' Baguio & Pasko Kwento

==Missin' Baguio==

I shouldn't be here blogging at this moment. Or let me rephrase that, I could be blogging at this very moment but not here...dapat andun ako sa kabundukan ngayon eh..feeling the cool december Baguio breeze with dear hubby and his family. Every year kasi, his family make it a point na mag-Pasko or magbakasyon dun (got to experience that family tradition for the first time last year after the wedding). Pero ngayon, while my hubby is enjoying up there, here I am naiwan..nursing my 6th day old healing, sutured gums where my impacted wisdom tooth used to lodge.

Yes, I'm still battling with the pain brought about by the surgery/extraction of my wisdom tooth. Actually, I thought I was doing well on the 4th-5th day after the operation. It wasn't bleeding anymore, the swelling has subsided, the pain was manageable inching away gradually. I could then "swallow" semi-solid foods (or kaya siya nagiging semi-solid lang kasi laging sinasabawan ng crab and corn soup). And in fact, I was overly stuffed nung Noche Buena. I don't know if that was due to the voracious appetite that I've always had or bumabawi lang kasi ilang araw din akong tag-gutom or should I say, "soupy" meals lagi. I ate pansit, chicken, mashed potato, chocolate mousse, sugpo, blueberry cheesecake for the Noche Buena...sinong mag-aakalang kagagaling ko lang ng operasyon di ba? Yes, I was able to taste and eat them all, kaso sobrang bagal kumain and di masyadong ma-savor ang yumminess kasi I have been chewing with my right molars, which until now di pa rin ako sanay (i'm a lefty kasi).

Anyway, on with the kwento...hubby and I were supposed to take a night trip to Baguio last night (25th). So after nga magpakabusog, I woke up on Christmas morning with a sore mouth and aching gums that lasted throughout the day. I was really crying na in the afternoon sa sakit and kahit na I took a Dolfenal 500 mg, the pain was intense pa rin and I could see and taste na may blood na naman. With a heavy heart, I was forced na maiwan while hubby went on with the trip with his Dad (nauna na ibang family members nila nung 24th). Planado na pa man din ang lahat...kainis! We were thinking na baka matagtag ako at mapagod ng husto sa biyahe at baka lalong mahirapan mag-heal. Kaya eto, naiwan ako ngayon dito sa bahay walang magawa (fortunately, di na masakit ngayon). My dad and stepmom (who arrived from saudi on the 18th) naman, headed for a long trip to Isabela a few hours ago to visit naman my Lola. This morning, I went back na to my dentist to have the stitches removed and at the same time, para macheck ang healing progress. Sabi ni dentist, the wound hasn't closed and isn't completely healed yet and may pumapasok na food remnants or particles causing occasional pains. Kaya eto rest..rest and rest para magheal na and madalas mag-gargle ng OralHex. Kainis lang kasi naiwan sa Frisco yung Nicholas Sparks book ko which di ko pa tapos basahin and yung external hard disk kaya hindi rin ako makapagdigiscrap naman. Buti na lang, newly repaired yung PS2 ni brother kaya nakikilaro ako ng Grand Theft Auto hehe!

==Pasko Kwento==

Since we got married, we already have agreed our Christmas and New Year setup. We'll be spending Christmas with my family since my dad takes his vacation off from work in Saudi during December. Nagkataon naman na oddly, kung wala sa Baguio, hubby's family doesn't prepare a Noche Buena but have a grand Media Noche on New Year's Eve. So pag New Year sa kanila naman kami kasi bukod sa Media Noche, they're armed with all sorts of firecrackers para mas mafeel ang festive mood. Which on the other hand naman, walang ganun sa family namin eversince my dad and sister met a minor accident on firecrackers many years ago. So quits lang di ba?

So nung 24th, hubby and I were here in Makati. We heard mass at 8 pm together with my dad, stepmom, ate Tet, & Rely. Immediately after, we already ate our Noche Buena kasi we were all gutom na. As mentioned earlier, we had pansit, chicken, mashed potato, chocolate mousse (contribution namin ni hubby), sugpo and blueberry cheesecake. Hay kabusog! After eating, my dad called my eldest sister who's currently based in Qatar with her husband. Hearing my sister's voice, I know she's malungkot and missing us all lalo na't on occasion like this. It's our first Christmas without her as she just flew in there nung April lang. But I know naman na she's happy pa rin naman kasi it's her first Christmas with her husband. Clock ticked to 12..and christmas na! I greeted and kissed everyone. Hours later, we dozed off na. How I wish, pasko lagi. Sarap kasi pag sama-sama ang family. As simple as it was, I could say na for just being together in prayer and meal, I felt the Christmas spirit in its truest sense.

Merry Christmas to Everyone!

Here's our warmest greetings from my husband and me:

Journalling reads: Wishing you a peaceful season full of love and happiness.
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Ouch-y Christmas

Journalling reads: I won't be having a chowful Christmas after all. I have been complaining months ago my aching erupting wisdom tooth and have guessed that it was impacted. Truly, my hunch was right. I just have my tooth extracted via an oral surgery five days before Christmas. My dentist (and me, of course) had a hard time with the operation that it lasted for two hours removing a single deeply positioned and angled tooth. She even had to inject anesthesia thrice in various spots of my gums throughout the surgery, thus, my left cheek and neck are swelling as if I have mumps. In addition to the pain I'm nursing right now, I guess I just have to bear with a "soup-ful" Christmas Noche Buena.

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