At my son's school, the teachers are putting up student pictures for their birthday board. He's quite excited about it, Cow likes to anticipate birthday parties.
Cow was quite fussy and won't go still for me during the photoshoot at home. He just lost his tooth recently and he's a bit shy about smiling.
We had Daddycow choose the photo he liked best. The next day Cow gave it to his teacher at St. Vincent's. They called him "Pogi!" Haha which means handsome in Filipino.
Today, we did some measuring by marking my son's height against a wall. Something my dad used to do when we were kids.
Though his pedia did give us a growth model or growth chart, I could use (its one of those giraffes with a stretched neck with the inches on it) I still prefer Lolocow's method. Something about scratching or marking the wall seems so permanent. A touching rite of passage as it can get for a six year-old.
So today on August 18, 2010:
Cow stands 46 1/2 inches which is 3.8 feet
WOW!
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Internationally known as Typhoon Conson, Basyang may not have brought down dreadful rains like Typhoon Ondoy, but it still pummeled the country with its strong winds. Knocking out powerlines, crippling the capital Manila with blackouts which shut down all commuter trains - LRT, MRT and PNR trains.
The long commute. A lot of workers were left stranded. My Dad had to endure a 3-hour ride from Monumento to Makati via bus, only to find out most offices had no electricity (these private companies however still required employees to come to work despite the bad weather) .
Blackouts in Makati. We had to endure having no electricity for 2 nights which meant no functioning rice cooker and electric stove. With meat spoiling in the fridge, I was near crazy and adamant to find a friend's house to cook everything. My cows were starving and even the fastfood stores were closed. Some fastfood outlets suffered the brunt of the storm terribly.
I went to Salcedo street really early to meet up with my Dad who was bringing us emergency food from Pampanga. There were a lot of debris and tree branches were strewn about in Legaspi village. In other places in the city, you had to look out for flying tin roofs during the storm.
Mom & Dad Saves the Day. My mom is amazing though, she could have just made us some soupy treat or sent us canned food instead she still managed to cook Stuffed Chicken Gallantina and Lechon Paksiw then packed it in banana leaves just in time for my Dad to bring it to Makati. Haay, the Kapampangan spirit talaga when it comes to food, kailangan laging espesyal :)
The long wait. It was too dark inside our unit, so me and my son spent our time singing nursery rhymes at the corridor. Our building's generator could only sustain light at its hallways and power up its elevators.
By morning, Makati was back to normal again and I'm now back online blogging about the whole thing. Hope everyone was safe inside their homes!
