A NEW BABY…

It’s another long holiday weekend and we spent some time this year at the cemetery unlike in previous years…well, I guess they just wanted to visit their brother who just recently died…it’s also a perfect time to catch up with relatives who come from far away to visit their loved ones…Many of the people there I didn’t recognize but I went anyway and kissed the hands of the oldies there. We brought with us some snacks and drinks to keep the kids and our mouths preoccupied. Of course, we were already busy chatting with their cousins there while the kids were busy playing around with the candles and running around and above the tombs. But the highlight of this year’s long weekend vacation is the birth recently of another of our ‘grandchildren’ from another pamangkin, who lived for awhile in our place at San Jose - Ate Peng. She also just recently graduated from college but (unfortunately for her Mom who slaved abroad to let her study) she got pregnant immediately after graduating so her plans to bring her daughter with her abroad got delayed. But Peng still has every intention to work abroad (in Qatar, particularly where her Mom also works as a tutor) but only after her baby has grown enough to be left in the care of a dependable caretaker (maybe her mother-in-law). But I guess all of her mother’s anger would surely fade upon seeing this new bundle of joy --- he is so cute and looks just like her…hehehe