My baby is Walking

I am so delighted to hear the news that my little princess daughter is able to walk. Shes now a lovely 10 month old toddler. The last time she was with me here in Thailand was that she can only stand for barely 10 seconds. And now she can take more than 10 full steps.

I really love seeing her when she was trying to stand by herself when they had their short vacation here in Thailand with her mom. She tries to stand up, then when she does it, she deliberately falls down with delight. Every time she does it, she has that same expression as you can see here in her picture. As if she were saying, "hey dad have you seen what I did? Its fun!!". And after that, she giggles, then she will stand up, and deliberately falls down again, and again...



I can imagine how shes having fun walking around the house. She can now virtually satisfy her curiosity with much gusto, now that she can go anywhere she wanted to. She's off and running and it seems like leaving her babyhood behind, slowly moving toward her independence. Naks, parang ambilis ata. She just made here few steps and I am this excited. Well I am really excited to see her walk. So that when I arrive home, well go running around the house and we are going to bring the house down.

I just cant really wait to come home to see that lovely smile again. I miss you my dear princess. Just wait till daddy comes home anak. And daddy will be there walking with you.

Coming Home on Christmas

Woohoo..I will be home at last this Christmas. I am really excited to go home after spending 3 consecutive Christmases here in Thailand. My flight back home will gonna be on the 24th of December just in time to be at home for the noche buena.

At last I wont be in the office on the 25th of December. Imagine that working on Christmas day? yeah and I am doing that for the past 3 years. Thats why I am very very much excited going back home.

Most especially I really miss seeing this little angel of mine. She is my darling princess. See that lovely smile? That makes me wanting to fast forward the days till I come home and freeze the time till I come back again here in Thailand.

I will be home soon my princess and cant wait to see that ever lovely smile.

So, obviously, I'm pretty darn excited about this trip home. It will be good to have facetime with folks I love, and especially for the cozy Christmas season.

On Being an OFW

Its really hard being away from your loved ones. Its hard to describe how lonely it is. Yeah somehow we are earning good money compared to those who are working back in the Philippines. Imagine converting the currency we earn in Philippine Pesos. I can say that..hey I am earning much more than a bank manager (perhaps more than 100T a month), If not we are just on the same level . How can I earn that same amount in Philippines? Kung hindi man eh I have to spend at least a lifetime to earn that same amount in a company in the Philippines.

Well hindi ako ganoon well researched sa mga exact amount of income ng mga Filipino executives. But what the heck , wherever you look at it, income of Filipinos abroad are much higher compared to the ones in the Philippines. Well in that case If you convert your host country’s currency to peso. But if you really look at the value of what you are earning in your host country, eh walang pinag kaiba sa mga minimum daily wage earners sa Pinas.

Hmmnnn, what am I trying to say? Naalala nyo pa ba yung commercial ng Visa or mastercard ba yun? Basta credit card sya. It goes something like this;
· How much do you earn abroad compared to the Philippines?
o More than 500%
· How much buying power do you have when you are abroad?
o At least more than double???
· How much is it staying with your loved in the Philippines even at least one week in a year?
o PRICELESS.

Yeah. Kahit isang lingo lang sa isang panahon ang igugol mo sa mga minamahal mo eh wala itong kasing halaga. Priceless ika nga. Di ba? Its Priceless, you cant even put a price tag on it, kahit ilang dolyar pa ang pamasahe papuntang Pilipinas para lang makasama sila ng ilang araw eh walang kasing halaga yun.

Even though we are with our friends with us, Iba pa rin yung lungkot na nararamdaman pag talagang malayo sa pamilya. You can always be pre occupied or busy sa mga trabaho during the day, but still at the end of each day, pamilya parin ang laging iniisip. Na sana pag uwi sa bahay eh si nanay ang madadatnan at hindi yung nanay ng alaga ang sasalubong pag uwi. Na sana anak ko ang yayakapin ko at sasabihan ng mahal na mahal kita imbes na unan at kumot ang babalot sa kalungkutan.


For sure, I wouldn't work abroad if I can earn the same amount in the Philippines. but then again...What the Heck