SHIKIMIKIE

I can't believe it's been a year already since dad passed. Five years since my lola left. Twenty two years since my dad passed. I named this blog A Thousand Wind because I remember very vaguely, one fine spring day in Japan, maybe 15 or so years ago, my father sung this song in the car and she asked my sisters what the song meant to them, then he went on explaining, he said that when they (parents) die, they'd be watching us all from the heavens. Fast forward when we moved permanently here in the Philippines, he brought the CD here from Japan, well maybe mom did but yeah he would constantly play the CD in the car and one time when this song played, he asked us again if we remember what the song meant. I will never forget what he thought the song meant. But yeah he explained it again. Oh memories.  I wasn't supposed to join the group because of work and will just go the next day with my sister but for some reason, I felt the urge to just ask my bosses that I will not be ...

Because of the restriction, ALL SAINTS DAY and ALL SOULS DAY's celebration in the cemetery here in the metro was prohibited. I mean, not totally but the way we used to celebrate it wasn't allowed so we didn't go. We went last week and it was nice to visit them during this ongoing chaos. Thank you ancestors for keeping me alive during my corona virus infection.  fam bam After our visit, we went to Quezon ave to eat at this classic Chinese restaurant that's been around forever and since it was my first time eating here, I was kind of excited to try. Also, I watched some celebrity vlogs recently and they seemed to enjoy the food so there's that.   The one went to is the one at Banawe. I believe there are other branches but yeah that's where we went to. It was pretty packed but in fairness to them, we were seated right away. The problem was when we were ordering or lack thereof. It was hella hard to order. The people taking orders wouldn't entertain us for goodn...

Thank God I’m alive. I can’t say I’m negative now because I do not know my status. It’s been 19 days since my alleged exposure and 16 days since I self-isolated. I already got a call from the local health department yesterday and they basically said that the data was only transmitted to them yesterday. Imagine the number of people I would have exposed from the virus if I went out which I basically could do because damn no one was watching me. Also, there was no guideline given by any department whatsoever. Imagine if I were not in the medical field. Or not just on the medical field because people in the medical field be violating quarantine protocols as well. Shady. Well just imagine if I didn’t know and follow the protocol and stuff. Imagine if I didn’t care about my neighbors, community, and country. But your girl knows better and believe it or not, I actually kinda care. So there’s that. Thank me later.   How could you possibly control the number of cases if you guys fail t...

Let me tell you a story. I went to the swabbing center on October 19th and was told that the result will be out in 3-5 days.To be fair, it was my boss who said that but I assume it was from someone inside as well. Anyway, it was actually a very decent place. It was a sports complex turned to a testing facility and yeah simply put, you wouldn’t be afraid to get tested there. It was actually a pleasant experience.  Anyway, there have been a delay with the results because as of the moment, Red Cross pulled out from the whole equation because PhilHealth was then funding Red Cross and gracious goodness we all know what happened to PhilHealth. Or do we? It was then said that the results will be out in 5-7 days. On the 7th day mark, I got a call from a contact tracer and asked if I am (co-worker’s name) I said no. He apologized and dropped the call. One of my bosses told us that results are already available and to expect a call soon and so I waited. After about 5 co-workers posted their ...

It’s been forever since I went out of the region. Man it felt so good. We w ent to Cavite because it was my cousin’s 2nd Birthday. It was lovely.  When we arrived we saw a butterfly and we unanimously thought it was my late grandmother welcoming us to the place.  The birthday boy and his cakes. Can I just mention that this is sort of a joint birthday because it's his older brother's birthday in a week as well so yeah that's why we got them two cakes.  cupcakes! The mixed veggies though! Also my fave! Can I just say that I love how they have decoration toothpicks! Love it.  I think the Cordon Bleu was my fave!  Me listening to the latest tita chismis while eating what must be a chicken bone or something. I fit right in. I can't remember anything from that conversation but the chicken was good.  That's all! 

  I can’t express how happy I feel. June 15th, my baby Cola gave birth to two little puppies but one of them didn’t make it, sad to say. I was actually on my way to work when my mom noticed that my dog’s probably gonna give birth because there’s something poking out of the vag area. I can’t really do much besides massage the belly for quite some time because as I said, WORK. Around noon I received the bad news that the puppy didn’t make it and Cola actually didn’t care much. I kept asking my sister to check for another puppy but she was like, no more. Okay.   I came home from work and I saw Cola at the doorway and I was just comforting her for maybe 30 minutes or so and I was also low-key massaging her tummy palpating if there’s still something inside. I was so sure that I felt a head or something. Anyway, I then decided to take her on a walk and that’s when I saw the placenta coming out of her vag! And I was like, this is impossible because my mom sent me a picture of the sti...

Been on the frontline for almost 2 weeks now. It’s been really tough for us since as you know, the weather in the Philippines is not that great and even though we have the air conditioned inside the laboratory, I find myself sweating a lot more inside the suit. The weather is a factor because for some reason, we can’t get the laboratory temperature below 26-28C and it’s actually supposed to be at 20C. So it’s either the weather or the aircon. I’m so sorry for those who healthcare workers who have it worst. Public hospitals for example. I feel you.  First day of duty. Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day On the fourth day, two of the former medical technologists paid us a visit and brought food! I only one of them because you know, I being her replacement and I only heard stories of the other one and yeah it was really nice seeing them both to be honest. That's all I have to say now. So far I am safe and I hope I will be safe throughout this pandemic. Mostly for my family. HAPP...