The boy who kissed a Manatee

My two year old has finally developed an interest to fish. With his excitement in exclaiming "a fish" comes his fascination to it. And I, the mother, is of course more elated to witness all these.

One fine weekend, his dad and I took him to the aquarium(again!) and he was simply ecstatic seeing different kinds of fish from the tanks. From aruanas, piranhas, clown and angel fish and so much more i refuse to remember their nams. It was however a long walk for him and the poor child eventually got tired. When we got to the small sharks swimming with the stingrays, he wasn't looking anymore. Giving us tired and sleepy looks but too proud to ask or show that he wanted to be carried already. By the time we get to the tank of the manatees, he found a spot to sit on, right where one large manatee or "dugong" was resting. It got funny when he started kissing the glass between him and the mammal that other parents started to point and laughed. Unfortunately though, he was just too pooped that when we got to the biggest tank, where bigger sharks,and a big school of fish were, my exhausted child turned to a walking child-zombie. Ignoring the exciting things going on about him. Making me and his dad wrap things up at the aquarium.

Oh well, you're only 2 my boy. Lots of time to visit the aqurium again next time.

The giant turtle, swimming so fast I can't get a good shot. 

The giant squid and its creepy tentacles. 

The cute diver performer. 

Here is my little boy, kissing the manatee. 

Don't wonder where my child got his looks.  Here's solid proof. 

And the silvery school of fish.

two-timing, two-blogging

            
When I didn't have the optimism(more like the diligence) to post entries here, I used another site to chronicle my regular days and some special moments. And that is TUMBLR.  I have to say, posting entries and photos using tumblr is easy as 123 for me. Not that it's difficult to do that here but it sure does take time and I needed to sit in front of my pc to get an entry satisfactory when using blogger. Especially on the photo postings. While with tumblr, I can do it anywhere and anytime.  With just my phone, I can automatically upload it so fast and make a silly caption already.

 On the other hand, I may not be so adept with the tools of blogger that I strayed on tumblr.  hhmm.. Now that sounds lame but sure is acceptable. Now I am seriously thinking of sticking with blogger and may soon be making a domain too.  That is, if I get to decide on that name that I can't seem to decide on yet.  Talk about fickle.

So if I can only import my tumblr entries here to blogger...But the tool I am using to do that seems to be not cooperating with me.  Man, two-timing sure is not easy. haha

Happy 2012!

I was on on hiatus from for the longest time. I was even thinking of giving up and deactivating this blog. Too many things have happened, too many things unfulfilled too. Like writing here more. But now I'm back. I hope to share more entries this year.

So it's a new year. New beginning for me, for us. Last year had not been a smooth ride for me and my family. 2011 started with my dad's passing. Couple of weeks before that, a very dear aunt suddenly passed away too. There were others too, who were directly or indirectly related to us who have joined our Creator. There were family squabbles and drama to mark the year too. And as the previous was about to end, my family lost another beloved member. I will surely miss a lot of people.

But my family's loss is nothing to what many families lost during the calamities in the Philippines. The country was hit by yet more typhoons that destroyed so much. Property, family, lives. It was beyond heartbreaking.

That was one unforgettable year for me seriously. I can't even totally express my thoughts. All l pray and hope is that this year will be different. Good different. I am never going to stop hoping for things to be better.

I hope the same goes for you all too.
May 2012 be a good year to us, with God's grace.