Anaya Norma Patrice Medina - My Little Princess

You might be wondering where in the world I got the name "Anaya Norma Patrice"? I know it's a long name and I hope my daughter forgive me when she grow up.... Lols! Ok, "Anaya" is a Hebrew Name which means "God's Will". My wife research it when a client in our internet shop asking for baby's name when she was pregnant. At first we intend to use "Anaiah" but worrying she might have trouble writing it down. So we stick to the original "Anaya" name.

Norma is my mother's name. I remembered my mother when the day I was thinking for a girls' name. I used Norma as her second part of her name to honor my late mother who died when I was at 7 years old. Although I can't remember her face because I lost her at my young age, I want to remember her name by passing it to my youngest daughter.

Well the last part was "Patrice", it came from my mother-in-law Patricia. We changed it to "Patrice" to make it sounds modern. "Anaya Norma Patricia" sounds a lil' retro that's why we came up with "Anaya Norma Patrice I. Medina" for the National Statistic Office records.


Anaya was born last January 6, 2010 at around 8:02pm at Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila. I was very thankful that she was delivered (CS) healthy at 9.4lbs.
We spent 5 days in the hospital because she was observed in Nursery Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I was worried at first but our doctor, Dr. Ilim explained that it is the standard procedure of the hospital to observed babies over 9lbs for 2 days in the intensive care unit. We went home in the evening of January 10, 2010 exhausted but happy & excited because we have a new member in the family. Thank you Lord for giving me "Anaya"...

Question: "Who's Anaya's more look a like... Her Dad? or Her Mom?" ( I want an honest answer!)

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Thank you for all the Blessing!

I know it's been more than a month from my previous post. I've been very busy with a lot of things specially with my fulltime job. As we all know my full time job is my bread and butter. It's what gives Thea and Summer milk to drink and my family food on top of the table.

Aside from that, I spend some quality time with my family last December 2009 and visited some relatives during the Holiday Seasons. Anyways, for me there's a lot of things to be thankful with 2009 let me start with:

My Family

I'm very thankful for my wife, Yeye, who's always there to inspire me. I love you sweetie!

I'm very thankful for my children Gelo, Thea, Summer, and Anaya. For I was able to celebrate their birthdays and able to enjoyed bonding with them though out the year of 2009. I'm so blessed for I have these healthy little sweet children who keeps me going and smiling on my dull moments.

I'm very happy I was able to see my brothers and sisters, nephew and niece, in-laws and my other relatives. I hope to see them again. I'll gonna miss you Sis. Miriam.

My Friends

I'm very grateful for knowing these new friends who's always spamming my blogs (I wish...), Lols! Zorlone, Jena Isles, Madz, Elmot, Roy, Jan, Ditesco, Holly, Gemma, Aswani, Beyonce (Oops) Heather! Novs, and the rest of the gang of P50. These are cool bloggers in the blogosphere.

I'm also very grateful with my offline friends who always there when I down (finacially and emotionally) hehehehe!

My Business, My Job and My Clients

I'm very grateful I was able to re-open my internet cafe. I'm very happy that I still have my clients and business 'til the end the year 2009. I'm also very happy and very grateful that I still have my fulltime job for the bonuses and 13th Month Pay. Hahahaha!

And the last but not the least, I'm very grateful to YOU! My Readers. Without you guys I won't be able to post this article. Thank you very much! I guess this is one way of counting my blessing. God Bless You All! What are the things you're thankful for? Share it!

Survival Tips on Your Toddler's Field Trip

Last November 28, 2009, Thea and I had a bonding moment at her school's educational field trips on several sites in Metro Manila. Thea is my four (4) year old daughter, studying at Dasmariñas-2 Central School as Kindergarten here in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. I wrote this post to share my experiences for those Dad who's joining with their Toddlers Field Trip for the first time and for those WANNABE DADS ;P

The Preparations

First things first, what to prepare for the trip... hmmm. My wife took cares all of that and I listed it below:

1. Drinks, Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks
- 2 Bottle of Ice Tea
- Tuna Sandwich Breakfast
- Fried Chicken and Rice
- Some pack of chips
2. Extra Shirts, Caps, Extra Underware, Fan and Umbrella.
3. Toiletries - Baby wipes, Isoprophyl Alcohol & Soap, Hair comb (Which I forgot)
4. Cellphone
5. Camera
8. Extra Money (shsss...don't tell my wife that I brought some extra money.)

The Field Trip

The call time was 5am in the morning. I woke Thea at around 4am, took a bath, checked the food (of course) and things I needed to bring for the trip. I have no trouble waking up Thea because she's so excited for this. We arrived at exactly 5am in the parking area and we were the first two (2) of her classmate were first to arrived. We waited for 30mins before we're able to board the bus and the bus left at exactly 6:30am. Out of 12 buses we were the first to leave the waiting area.

We have visited (4) four site that took us 14 hours. Below were the educational destination:

The Basilica of Barasoain (also known as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish) in Malolos Bulacan was our first destination. We arrived at around 8:30 am as scheduled. The Malolos Congress was in accordance with the Presidential Decrees of June 18 and 23, 1898, Aguinaldo convoked the Revolutionary Congress at Barasoain, Malolos. This is the Basilica found at the back of our P10 Ten Peso Bill.

Our second stop was the Nature's Spring Purified Water Plant or the Philippine Spring Water Resources, Inc. Plant located at Sta. Rita, Guiguinto, Bulacan. Camera's are not allowed inside but they demonstrated to us the water purification process during the time. Boring?... Thea didn't enjoy this part of the trip either. But before we went back to the bus we able to refill our bottled water and bring with us there flavored water as well.

The third part of the field trip was in a ballet theater named "Aliw Theater" which just beside from our last destination in Manila. Picture taking during the presentation were not allowed but this was the best part of the trip for Thea and she enjoyed it very well. "Tatlong kwento ni Lola Basyang" (Three story by Grandma Basyang) was the title of the presentation. The three stories was dramatized thru ballet, in which Thea really enjoyed. The story was about romance , adventure and comedy pack in one. 

The three (3) story was:

Ang Prinsipe ng Mga Ibon (Choreographed by Osias Barroso, Music by National Artists as arranged by Mon Faustino)

Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Maria (Choreographed by Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Music by Joey Ayala)

Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin (Choreographed by Tony Fabella, Music by Ryan Cayabyab)

Presentation are still on going from December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2009
Aliw Theater, Star City, CCP Complex

Our last stop was at the  Star City Amusement Park, it's just beside the "Aliw Theater" where we watch the Ballet presentation in CCP Manila. Thea enjoyed the rides to the max, up to the last minute of our schedule. We boarded back to our bus and left CPP at around 7:00 pm. We arrived back home almost before 9pm, ...tired but so excited telling her first outdoor adventure to her mom.

Things to take note, before traveling.

1. Take note of the Bus Number or Plate of the Bus.
2. Make sure that you and your toddler have unloaded (pee) before you leave.
3. Count the bags you have and make sure it's properly labeled.
4. Make sure that you have an identification card on your toddler or insert a calling card on her packet if ever you lost each other in crowded areas.



If you have any other tips to add, just fill out the comment form below. Enjoy!

Penne Rigatti Creamy Spaghetti Sauce

Last November 5, 2009 I cooked for my wife on her 33rd birthday party at her office. Since then, a lot of her office mates has been requesting for the recipe. So I'm revealing the secret now not so secret recipe. Lols! Below is the ingredients.

Ingredients

1000 ml. Spaghetti Sauce (Italian flavor)
1 pack Penne (800g) San Remo
1 bx. Melted Cheese (Grated)
5 pcs. Onion (chopped)
1 bar Butter or Margarine (Garlic Flavor)
1 gloves Garlic (dice)
¼ kg Carrots (Grind)
1 can Mushroom (sliced)
½ kg Hotdog
¼ kg Ham (sliced)
½ kg. Ground Beef
2 pcs. Knorr Beef Cubes
1 Can Nestle Cream
Salt and Pepper for Taste

Cooking Instruction

Spaghetti Noodles :
Boil water w/ 1tsp salt & 1tbls cooking oil, then add the spaghetti noodles, wait until cooked (about 8 to 10mins).

Sauté the ground beef w/ melted butter or margarine until brown, then add the dice garlic , onion, sliced hotdog, ham and the mushroom until cooked.
Then add the spaghetti sauce, grated carrots, salt, pepper, beef cubes wait until boils.

Simmer (5 mins.) while mixing w/ Nestle All Purpose Cream.

Serve with grated cheese.


Good Luck and Enjoy!