My grandmother used to tell me that when I was a baby and a little kid, people used to say that I was the cutest thing ever. Babies are supposed to be cute! So, for me, all babies are cute. If they aren't, I don't know what happened.
So, I will tell you a story about me, when I was a baby although I can't really remember a lot of stuff while growing up. It's all blurry memories of stories that they tell me.
Grandma says, she was always asked, if I ever happened to be a foreigner baby, (Taray!! Aketch? Foreigner baby?? Parang charotera ka lang 'te! Haha! Go!!) and she answered no every time. Honestly, that is really flattering, I must have been really cute huh? I guess so! I can imagine how many hands have tried to pinch my oh so rosy cheeks! LOL. And while growing up I remember whenever we have visitors in the house people always say "Eto na ba si Paulyn? Ang laki-laki na nya? Dati ganito ka lang kalaki (Placing their hands below their waist.)"
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| Oh ayan! May waist na kasama!! |
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| I can't remember who this is. :( |
I don't know how they even mistake me for a foreigner baby, 'cus my nose says otherwise. Its funny how a trademark of being a filipino is being pango, LOL. Kaloka. I'm pango and so what? I'm proud of it. Nadadaan naman yan sa ganda! CHOS! :)
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| Yan ba ang pango? Parang dyosa lang naman eh!! CHOS!!!! |
My grandmother says a lot of different hilarious stories about me, growing up. And I'm like...
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| Did I really? |
Embarrassing things I wouldn't like to share but my blog is all about being in my shoes so here it is:
1. Nakadungaw daw ako sa bintana at tinatawag ko daw yung mga tao outside our gate ng "Paulyn! Paulyn!" (I call them Paulyn, 'cus I dont know what to call them but my name. LMAO.)
2. Whenever I brush my teeth, I gargle, but I swallow it after.
3. If I potty. I go up in a chair with my diaper and do what I have to do there.
4. I love Mc Donalds that whenever we pass by it, I form an "M" with my hands over my head and say "Para! Para! Mcdo! Mcdo! (While in the jeepney.)
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| I think this is an attempt to make an "M" |
5. I put on my mommy's shoes and my grandma's clothes and then attempt a fashion show in front of them.
6. I get my mommy's makeup and put some at my face and then I go to them and show 'em and then tatanungin daw nila ako, "bakit?" Yun pala nag make up ako!! :))
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| Kumikikay bata palang!! LOL! |
7.Lagi daw ako nagbubukas ng aparador
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| Lock the cabinets please!! |
8. Ate Jil's 500php, naiwan sa table, I got it daw and showed it to lola, then she says: "Saan mo nakuha yan? Tapos I point daw at the table, kinuha daw nila kasi baka punitin ko. Fortunately, hindi ko napunit naman.
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| Ate Jilene |
9. I pull everything I see. Hinihila ko daw lahat ng nakikita ko.
10. I was a late bloomer. Salita daw ako ng salita pero wala naintindihan. Late na nung makapagsalita. Si Arjoy(my cousin) daw, nag declamation, ako din daw nagdedeclaim pero daw maintindihan, magulo daw salita ko. :)
11. Papasok daw ako sa timba. Gagawin ko daw swimming pool.
12. I jump when I'm happy!
13. Kinagat daw ako ng dog, 'cus I pissed him off. (His name was baluga). I had another dog named puppy,(Nasagasaan s'ya ng Philippine Rabbit bus) I cried the whole week.
14. Pag nasa crib daw ako and mag vivisit yung mga cousins ko, bigla nalang daw akong iiyak, kasi kinukurot daw nila ako, kasi nangigil daw sila saakin.
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| Old school Crib! Made of wood! |
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| Ate Camille! |
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| Suki ako ng Kurot sa mga 'to! (Ate Catherine & Ate Grace) Oh bata palang ang chibog na eh Burger MCDO!! |
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| Kalaro ko!! Si Karla!! |
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| Ano ang ganap 'te? Kidnapping??? Hahaha! (Kuya Joseph, my cousin) |
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| Cute na cute nga kayo sakin!!! |
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| My favorite Aunt!! |
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| The gate!! Bow! |
17. Gustong gusto daw nila ako in my kinder school.
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| Must have been really hungry!! :)) |
I can't remember the other embarrassing stuff that I used to do, so maybe tomorrow, I'll ask grandma about it.
I keep talking about Grandma isn't? That's because I'm a Lola's Girl. I’m so thankful that when I was just a little squirt my grandmother took care of me. She passed on her frugal and meticulous ways and the love for family to me, and for that I will always be grateful.
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| My lola, I think in her 50s or 60s |
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| The kid got Swag!! :) |
To give you an idea about my family, when I was still a baby I wasn't with my parents, I was with my grandparents growing up. My parents separated when I was still young and my mom has to work abroad, and my dad left and never heard from again (That's what they said.) so, I stayed with the lolo and the lola.
My grandmother loved to tell people how I was when growing up. In her hands, I felt love and trust, she molded me slowly like clay over time, in her eyes, I found life’s lessons and love’s unconscious healing. I was super spoiled kay Lola.
But there is this fear that consumes me. It is that her time is coming soon. That fear that I would have nothing to show her that would allow her to be proud of me. That fear that she will be gone. I hate even thinking about it, about her not being here with me, it breaks my heart, to think the one person who was truly always there for me, will soon be gone.
I want to tell her I was sorry for all the times I was rude, times I was annoyed by her, times I took her for granted. I want to tell her what all she meant to me and that I was there but I'm not that kind kasi, I'm really reserved when it comes to family. I don't really usually say "I love you" to family. It feels weird!!!
She always say that I'm her favorite. Sabi nya sakin: "Alaga kita!" My grandmother used to sing me all these little songs, some existed, some she invented like her famous "Pekkpekkel, Pekkpekkel, Dar-darras Dummakkel, Agtaray nu bigaten".
I told her everything, she knows every single detail about my life, even things my own mother doesn’t know. She means the world to me and I will always look up to her. She will always be my hero. So, I think that's it for now. I'll just keep you guys posted. Ta-tah!!
Smooches,
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