two years old!

celebrated aren's second birthday with a simple gathering with our families.

chocolate cake from "tita c's homemade cakes"

we had no decors, music, balloons (well, ok just a few pieces), but the little ones were happy to be playing with one another.

tito jojo teaching aren the "anyong" pose his twins have perfected

two months before january 15, we experienced a lot of hospital scares, disorders, illnesses, infections, viruses, bacteria (and he even actually had diarrhea during the party! haha). but now i'm just looking at all of those experiences as a rite of passage... he seems ok now (so far, hopefully no more sicky!)



you're two now, baby! not quite a baby anymore, but not really a toddler yet (that didn't sound right ahahha, but that's how mommy feels).

eating chocolate icing out of his candle (thanks tita gigi!)

turnstile tip

Two days ago on my way to work, the MRT was stuck at Guadalupe Station because of a defective train in front of us. For lack of anything better to do, I found myself observing the people who were coming into the station from the northbound side, more particularly the passengers passing through the turnstiles.

For the five or so minutes we were stranded, there may have been hundreds of people who entered the station, and yet I was able to count only probably 20 or less who DID NOT hold the turnstile with their hand to get through.

Personally, I never touch turnstiles with my hand, even in groceries or other public places. I got this tip from my sister many years ago, even before the H1N1 scare, that these things may contain germs as they are being touched by thousands of people everyday.

That's why when I pass through turnstiles, I just bump it with my hip or tummy... it turns just the same way! Look ma, no hands! That's one less exposure to hand-transmitted germs! :)

happy new year!

happy 2011 everybody! happy!!




btw, he's not really two yet... we're just practicing before the big day arrives.