I’m not sure if I’m going to be alarmed with the eating habits and behavior of my nephew. At 13, he is just fond of eating rice only with soup (no meat or veggies) or sauces for his meal though he can eat some portions of spring rolls at times. We often told him that what he is eating is only fitted for babies and he can’t get lots of nutrition from that.

Others advised my SIL to just leave him like that and for sure in no time, he’d learn how to eat rice with chicken or meat in it. No doubt, that’s why he is so frail and thin for his age. He’s not also into sports as he finds playing computer games much more exciting. Ahh.. how’d I wish I can see him play basketball, soccer and other sports. It would be nice if he’d be interested in them and if that happens, I’ll be more that glad to give him basketball or soccer gifts on his birthday.

Oh well, I know that every kid has his own likes and passion and I don’t have to impose to him what to like.

My usual routine in the morning before going to work is to read my personal/work mails and browse my Facebook account. I was surprised to see a photo of my niece holding a very cute dog whom at that time has no name yet. It was a cavoodle dog, mix breed of King Charles Spaniel and mini poodle. He was only 6 weeks old and her mom bought it at the dog shop.

They named it Prince and now, he is the new addition to my sister’s family. I know he’ll be spoiled and I learned that he’s been sleeping at my sister’s bed at the moment as it was too cold in their place right now. Wintertime is coming so putting him on his bed alone will only make him cry. Ahhh.. poor doggie. I hope they’ll love and take care of that dog like what I’m doing with my own baby dog Sophie. I’m sure they’ll become pet lovers now that Prince is in their home.

Initially, my sister doesn’t want to get a dog because her son is allergic to animal’s fur but she changed her mind. With their new spacious house, Prince will have a big space to run around. I was even more surprised when I learned that my brother-in-law was crazy about the dog and his project of buying a billiard table and other billiards supplies for his recreation area is put on hold bec. he found Prince to be a good companion.

My brother, his wife and I were excited when summer finally arrived this year. Not only it was the start of school break for their kids but also it was the time for us to go back to our “once a year exercises routine”. It was during these times when we can wear our shorts, hop on our bikes and cruise along the neighborhood very early morning or before evening. We could also play badminton in front of our house to stretch our muscles and sweat a little bit. We always do this every summer.

There’s also one Saturday morning when we all hopped in our van with our bikes in it and went to the nearest village where we called it biker’s haven. Our dog Sophie was not left behind for we carried her and let her run around. It was a great morning for us biking and jogging around the village. We promised to come back but funny this is; it never happened again.

Summer is about to end and we’re actually getting lazy to go biking, jogging and play the badminton. My brother’s promise to buy one of those men’s running shorts for himself so that he can be more inspired to run was already buried in the deep sea of promises..lol . Anyway, there’s always next summer…

Thanks to YM and social networking sites that let me communicate faster to my relatives most especially those that are already living in other countries. Not it can only made communication easier but it makes it more affordable since we can minimize calling on the phone because we can talk via Skype or YM chats for hours.

Anyway, talked to my cousins one weekend and I was more than happy to see them once again and talk about our lives. It’s always heartwarming to know that they are still much Pinoy inside even though they have lived there for over 2 decades already. Some have changed careers, from a corporate employee to a nurse. It was amazing to know that they have found their passion already.

Another cousin has been working in a company is also thinking about shifting too. It looks like that she loves fashion and beauty and that she wanted to go back to school. She wanted to enroll in a beauty school like Regency Cosmetology school to learn more and hone her skills. I’m sure she’ll do good on it most especially if she’ll put her heart and mind over it.

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While waiting for more works this afternoon, I decided to take some photographs outside to keep my occupied. I’ve never done this for a while so it was good to do this once again. I immediately downloaded those photos onto my EHD and took the time to put some watermarks on some photos.

I also browsed my photo files and I enjoyed the time looking at some old photos of us that dates from 2008 up to present. I was also amazed to see how my niece with a clearer face free from her acne. I remember seeing her with lots of acne on her face on the photos that her mom shared to me. Fortunately with the acne treatment that the doctor gave her, it was gone already. Thankfully there are minimal scars that was left.

The photos of my other nieces and nephews also made me realize how they really have grown so fast and thanks for my efforts in taking pictures of them because we can see how they grow just by looking at their photos.

Wow, my uncle just bought a new car for their family before Christmas last year and of course how’d we wish we can afford to buy the same. We have no budget right now but my mom is really dreaming of buying a replacement for our van just like what I’ve been blogging here the past months. A second-hand van is good enough as long as it is in good running condition.

Owning a vehicle these days has become a necessity rather than being a luxury. Car owners also will not find it hard to find car insurance quotes for they are now available online. My uncle who also has a small business can now deliver his good faster and that only means more productivity.

If you will notice, my family loves barbeque during weekends and just like yesterday we had a BBQ lunch again. I promised them that I’m going to treat them once I won at the digi-kit designing contest over at Artscow. I already won 3x (1 3rd place, 1 1st place and 1 2nd place) so we had a very sumptuous lunch yesterday. It was held at my brother’s place and good thing is that my sis and their family are here to celebrate with us.

All of the patio chairs are occupied and we had some great chat and laughs. In the afternoon we went to the mall and later on watched Toy Story 3 movie.

Wow we are so happy that my nephew is graduating from college on March 26th. He took up BA Fine Arts major in Advertising at the University of Santo Thomas (UST). Actually he should graduate last year but he wasn’t able to finish his thesis in his photography class so he was late. With so much effort and hard work he passed his thesis just last month and passed it with flying colors.

His parents where so excited to attend his graduation rites at PICC and my mom actually wanted to see his grandson march and get his diplomas. I know it’ll be so memorable and heartwarming not only for his parents but to all the graduates who will soon see their dreams coming true. I’m not sure i they will have a graduation ball but I assumed they also wanted to be in their tuxedos and gowns and have fun the whole night.

I just hope he’ll land a job easily and I’m pretty sure he’d be good in the career that he chose.