ramilphuyow's activity feed Return to ramilphuyow's profile
- November 15th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
making a list
It’s halfway through November and I’m only making my Christmas list. I’ve started listing the people to whom we’re going to give gifts to and the possible gifts we could give t…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
the never-ending test hurdle
Again, we are two weeks away from our school’s second trimestral exams. I’ve blogged time and again to rant about the stress brought about by deadlines like these that comes with our work.…
- November 14th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
pacquiao or de la hoya?
I've always been an admirer of Oscar de la Hoya and I never would have thought that there will come a time that Manny Pacquiao will be big enough to be able to fight him in a boxing match. My dad, who…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
holiday plans
Our holidays celebration this year might be different from how we used to celebrate it. My dad is still unsure whether he can come home before Christmas and my mom is not sure where to spend the holid…
- November 10th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
still got the sickies
Yup, unfortunately I’m still sick. Just when I thought that the colds have let up, it comes back in full force. What’s worse is Mateo has colds now too and since his chest xray still shows…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
I smell Christmas
I feel excited every time I look outside everyday at 5:30 pm to realize that it’s so dark it looks like 7:00 pm. Ever since I was a child, I’ve used this marker to indicate that Christmas…
- November 9th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: my thoughts exactly
Cancionero (XIX)
Stand by me fue uno de los grandes éxitos de la carrera en solitario de Ben E. King una vez que abandono The Drifters, el grupo que le hizo famoso y, como muchos de los grandes temas de los años 60,…
- November 4th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
our borrowed Christmas tree
I love the Christmas season! Last year, all we had at home was a small table Christmas tree that’s around 2 feet high. This year, I told Ramil that I’d like to have a real Christmas tree.…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
getting the sickies
Mateo is finally back to his healthy self. Good thing we had a week-long break last week so I was able to take care of him 100% of the time. He’s always been such a loud complainant whenever he&…
- November 2nd, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: my thoughts exactly
Denyhosts, protegiendo ataques a SSH en Debian
Tenéis un servidor accesible desde Internet por ssh y ¿le habéis echado alguna vez un vistazo al fichero de logs? Pues ya tardais en hacerlo. Si usas Debian está en el archvo /var/log/auth.log. Lo…
- October 31st, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
our singing babsy
It was my mama’s birthday last Wednesday and since all of us were disappointed when our original plans of a Red Box videoke lunch for my birthday didn’t push through, my mama told us she&#…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
birthday plans
Mateo will be celebrating his birthday in a little over two months. Ramil and I are thinking of how to celebrate his birthday. Now that he’s bigger, we know that he’ll appreciate a small p…
- October 30th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
business expansion
My mom is experiencing good sales with their small store business. My dad might be coming home this December and it's good that she'll have someone with her again handling their business. She's thinki…
- October 28th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
birthday check-up
It was my birthday last Saturday. I barely noticed it. I wasn’t even aware it was almost my birthday until some of my students greeted me on the 24th. I told my mama that you really forget your…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
week-long clean-up
Ramil and I are currently on a week-long vacation, small treats for teachers like us! Instead of going somewhere and enjoying ourselves, we've opted to stay home simply because we can't afford to go a…
- October 23rd, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
a sick toddler ain’t fun
Mateo has been having on-off low-grade fever since Wednesday last week. To say that we’re worried because it’s been more than a week already, is an understatement. The whole thing is made…
- October 22nd, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
laptop hunt
Ramil is seriously thinking of selling our almost 4-year-old laptop. When a colleague of ours went to the U.S. this past month, we were debating whether to ask a favor from her so we can get a laptop…
- October 20th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
unwanted vacation
Is there such a thing? Well, I've been absent since yesterday and it is an unwanted vacation indeed. Aside from worrying about Mateo, I've been worrying about my kids and my classes. It would have bee…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
sick toddler
Just when I thought that it's difficult to have a sick baby, it's overwhelming to have a sick toddler. At least I could always bully Mateo into whatever it is that I want when he was a baby but now th…
- October 15th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
for all baghags
I’m sure all baghags out there would be excited to join this contest. It’s absolutely free and there are 24 handbags to be given away. I’m not a baghag myself, most of the time there…
- October 14th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
christmas gifts for my men
Ramil and I already bought Mateo’s Christmas gifts, a 5-piece Backyardigan beanie babies. So I’m happy I’ve crossed that little man from my list of Christmas-gifts-to-buy. I still ha…
- October 8th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
palusot
Mateo and I were in the library the other day. A grade three student gave him a small ball and I reprimanded Mateo because he kept on throwing the small and semi-shouting ‘throw’. HereR…
- October 7th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
my sister, the borrower and payday loans
Now that my sister is living with us, we’ve both gone back to our habit before of borrowing money from each other. When we were both still living with our parents, we’d often borrow money…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
chronic fatigue syndrome
Ever since I could remember, I could easily feel stress in my body. Sometimes it shows as an increase in pimples in my face, or weight gain/loss, or bad hair/skin texture, or hyperacidity. I knew that…
- October 4th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: my thoughts exactly
Cancionero (y XVIII)
Este es uno de esos meses en los que no tengo ninguna duda a la hora de elegir el tema de mi cancionero particular: De profesión, profesora de Los Fresones Rebeldes. Tags: Los Fresones Rebeldes¡Co…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
small pleasures
Now that my sister is living with us, we are witnessing how it is to be single once again. I often ask Ramil whether he'd sometimes miss our single days. Days when we don't have a care in the world an…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
bath time fun
One of the things Mateo enjoys so much is playing during bath time. Ever since he grew big enough, I started letting him take baths outside. A change in location can do wonders for him, it makes him s…
- October 3rd, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
i need a break!
I desperately need a break from work. I have never been this stressed because of work. Last week, after my last class, I wanted to stay in corner and just cry. It's not because I felt sad or irritated…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
the challenge of toilet training
We are trying to toilet train Mateo. I know that toilet training is a challenge in itself, it gets more challenging now because Mateo is always in school with us. The only chance I get to teach him to…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
bonding time
Our past weekends are mostly spent at home. Aside from cutting down on travel costs, it also lets us have more time together as a family. I feel that Mateo loves weekends too. He also wakes up later t…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
online finds
I've been having a crazy time the past few weeks shopping online. The Old Navy BFF sale drilled a big hole in my credit card. It wasn't a waste though because my online finds are such bargains at thei…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
baby boom
A coworker just learned that he and his wife are having a baby boy. I know several other people who are also expecting a baby soon. It really seems that my generation is at the age of getting married…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
study help
Mateo's yaya is still young. She's just 21 years old. After she graduated from high school, she was able to study for one year in college. At the time, her family don't have enough to let her continue…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
coming home again
My dad will be coming home again in the next few weeks. We’re excited because after three years, he’ll be spending Christmas with us again. The only drawback that I’m seeing is that…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
Christmas shopping
We just bought the first gifts we’re going to give this Christmas and it’s for none other than our little boy. Mateo loves the Backyardigans and when I saw Backyardigans beanie babies on s…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
hairy reflections
They say that a woman’s hair is a reflection of her current state. Some women would get a haircut or whatever whenever they’re undergoing some emotional challenge in their life. There are…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
the easy way to travel
A lot of people I know are now buying motorcycles or scooters. With the price of gasoline, more and more people are looking for other ways to travel to save up on gas costs. One of the more popular op…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
back to school
Ramil is currently taking up nine education units. He enrolled in an online university last May and he’s almost done for the first semester. It was really difficult for him being back in school.…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
my guitar boy
Ramil is a very musical person. He has a great voice and he can play the guitars really well. Blame it on him that Mateo learned the word ‘tar’ even before he learned most words. He’…
- September 27th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
not afraid of policemen
Ramil and I make extra effort not to scare Mateo with guards and policemen. I’ve encountered parents or yayas scaring a child with thoughts of a guard or a policeman out to get them. Instead of…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
bath time
I’m lucky that Mateo has never been afraid of taking a bath. Ever since he was just months old, he wasn’t a crybaby whenever it’s time to take a bath. That’s why bath time is s…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
teen angst
One of the difficulties of being a teacher is dealing with teen angst. It's not enough that you give suggestions on how to get rid of acne, their issues range from the most mundane like not being allo…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
playroom/workroom
Ramil and I are itching to use the extra room in our house currently being used by the owners as storage for some of their things. Ever since my sister lived with us, we felt that it would be nice to…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
laptop shopping
My sister can’t wait for her new laptop. Our dad just bought her a new one and she’s eager for him to come home so she can get her hands on them. Ramil was browsing through laptops online…
- September 26th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
thanksgiving dinner and some loot
A friend is visiting relatives in US right now and she plans to stay there until Thanksgiving. She’d like to take advantage of the Black Friday Sale that happens on the friday after Thanksgiving…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
is your toddler toilet-trained?
Mateo is currently 20 months old. I’ve been meaning to start toilet-training him even before I learned that toddlers are ready to start toilet-training at 18 months. Since he’s with us in…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
leave a message after the beep
Now that I work full-time and we bring Mateo to school everyday, no one is left in our house everyday. We’d often go home and find notices of mail and without any knowledge of any calls made to…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: crazy mama
corn lover
Going to school everyday has been beneficial for Mateo so far. Aside from being a top library user, he also gets to eat a variety of healthy and nutritious food. I worry less now about serving him dif…
- September 24th, 2008
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
first Christmas family dinner
Ramil and I are thinking of staying here in our place for Christmas eve and to just visit our respective parents on the 25th. We figured it's about time we start our own traditions and we might as wel…
-
ramilphuyow has posted a new entry on: living and loving
getting ready for Christmas
The coming Christmas will be Mateo's second and since he's so much more aware of things around him, I am more excited than last year. As early as now, Ramil and I already have our Christmas gifts for…
