The doctor finally removed Twin1’s stitches yesterday.
Now Twin1 walks around with that sweet and innocent trademark smile of his (something that I’ve never had the chance to capture with my camera yet), pointing at his mouth, saying “Dah baik” (’already healed’) to anyone who cares to listen.
And yes, once in a while, we get mixed [...]
I have fond memories of growing up with trees — climbing trees and picking fruits from trees.
I remember picking star apples (Cebuano: kaimito) when I was about 6 years old. I don’t remember much about how I actually ‘helped’ in the picking, but I remember eating them fresh from the tree.
When I was about 8, [...]
Joy, oh, joy! Lola and I finally got our Schengen visas today, thereby making our trip to Geneva, Paris and Amsterdam officially on. Yay!
What’s a Schengen visa anyway?
The word ‘Schengen‘ is actually the name of a small village in Luxembourg (population: 400), where officials from France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed in [...]
Continue reading about Schengen, Schmengen (Have Visa, Will Travel 2)
This is my poor little boy, Twin1, with three tiny stitches just above his upper lip.
The stitches look minute…but just imagine the doctor’s curved needle pierce the tender, sensitive flesh, piercing him two times per stitch — once for the entry wound, then a second time for the exit.
Imagine the thread being pulled through his [...]
I left for Jakarta Monday night. And, upon landing in Cengkareng airport, the first SMS that I got was from Lola, who informed me that Twin1 got a nasty cut on his upper lip that required three stitches!!! Apparently, the twins were jumping on the bed, they bumped into each other and somehow Twin1 fell [...]
