I Brought Bread Mama!

"I brought bread Mama!"

That's what we usually hear whenever Tito Ram visits us here in Novaliches. This guy has a very contagious laughter and his shoulders shake whenever he cracks jokes. I remember Mamu telling me that Tito Ram once told him that among my siblings, I am his favorite.

Growing up, I wasn't really able to share a lot of conversations with him. Because maybe, I was too shy to converse in English back then. Plus the fact that we rarely or rather, we only see him and Anj during special family gatherings. But something I won't forget about this guy is how he granted me a favor almost two years ago. When I was about to start with my business, I needed an air condition unit. His work is in line with sales so I gave him a call and asked him if he can arrange a 6 months 0% interest plan for the 1.5HP that I was about to purchase at Abenson. Most shops were offering only 3 months 0% interest plan. And he gladly did it for me. He called up the officers at Abenson and my request was granted. Until now, I am still using that AC unit for my shop.


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Today, I am honored that I was able to witness an Indian tradition of laying a family member to his resting place. I went to Tito Ram's wake at Don Bosco Makati with Kuya Dennis. Mamu was already there when we arrived. Her vacation was cut short because of this incident. Luckily, they were able to book a flight for her back in Manila Sunday night. I was greatly touched by Angela's speech during the Eulogy. She talked about her bonding moments with her Dad and described him as "He is my world". I felt a pinch in my heart when she shared with us that she doesn't want to go home because everything there will remind her of her Dad. I hope in time Anj will be able to recover from this sad moment. Angela is a tough girl. I know she will get by...


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I took this photo of Anj and Tito Ram during Melvin's graduation Party. That same night, he was asking everyone the question, "When will we see eachother again?". Little did we know that that will be the last time that we will ever see him. Leaving us at the age of 71, I know he was able to live a good life.

Remembering Jimmy Lim

I'm home and my feet is still killing me. I was out the whole day. Whew!

Last Saturday, I was juggling the following options:

- attend the 10AM mass for Jimmy Lim, then go out with Batch'95 (kung ano man ang plano).
- attend 9AM mass at Megamall and/or just meet up with Tita Carol and Innah after the mass.
- meet up with Tita Stella to go to Tito Ram's wake at Don Bosco, Makati.
- meet up with Glady's at 1PM in Megamall then go to Bacoor to meet up with the rest of Rellie's cousins.

I was torn... really. Gusto ko puntahan lahat.

This morning, Tita Carol canceled our meet up 'coz she's not feeling well. So I decided to just attend Batch 95's sponsored mass. I was rushing to make it to UP Chapel by 10 AM. Buti na lang, on my way, I texted Miven, she informed me that the mass was moved to 11AM. Toink! I had late breakfast na lang at McDo North Ave instead of going straight to UP. Pancakes! Na-miss ko 'to!!!

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There's still an on-going public mass when I reached the UP Chapel. I was trying to spot familiar faces from the crowd when Mae Manangan approached me from behind. Actually ang sabi nya, "Jennifer Palinar, right?" Hehehe, at least tama ang surname so I smiled and said, "Jenelyn". She's with her BF and Red Canoza. Then we spotted Malcolm Queyquep, tapos si Miven naman, then si Jasper. It was nice to see the same old high school faces.

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This two ladies are one of my closest during high school. Sayang kami lang ang present today... most of my high school barkada are now living/working outside the Philippines. We had to take this shot...

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The group decided to have lunch at Dencio's Trinoma. We had a long table. Ordering pa lang ng food ang kukulit na! And questions about who's going to pay flooded in. They were basing it on who's got the "grandest job" and out of the country photos in Friendster. Kakaloka!

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Sarap ulit-ulitin! Pero sana naman hinde sa wake or 40 days ulet :) Too bad I had to go early. All through out the time we were eating, my phone didn't stop from beeping and ringing. They didn't want me to go but I have another commitment to attend to. Hindi rin kasi ako maka-No kila Mi.

Gladys waited for me at Mega. She even adjusted our meet up time to 2:15PM to accomodate me. As in when I got there, ako na lang ang hinihintay ng Van. Hirap pa naman tumakbo in my heels, haha! Sabi ko nga sa driver huwag ako isumbong kila Tito Fil. Buti na rin walang traffic, we reached Bacoor in time for the show. Dami namin! Rellie wasn't there but I had a good time with Mi and the rest of their cousins, Tito and Tita's.

Hay... what a tiring day it has been! And now I am restless because I haven't paid my last respect for Tito Ram. I have to go tomorrow! Paano kaya?

YangChow Birthday

We had a late night dinner/post celebration of JOY's Bday (June 10) at Trinoma. She doesn't believe in advance celebrations so ngayon lang kami nagkaron ng chance after my Baguio trip. Well, it's better late than never!

Plus I saw familiar faces that night.

Eric Perdigon - while waiting for our orders at North Park, I saw S'Eric and I waved at him. He approached our table to say Hi. It's been almost 2 yrs.

Toni Ching - we were on our way to the escalator when I saw Toni at Starbucks waiting for her sundo daw. She had dinner din with some GABC'ers

Malcolm Queyquep - a high school batch mate. Funny that he still remembers me. Proof that I didn't change, mukha pa ring high school!



Happy Birthday Best buddy!!!