It was my baby’s first day of school yesterday!!! He’s 4, in Pre-K, and growing up way too fast. His mommy (my sister) told me there was crying, lots & lots of it…and tears…many of them…and he just wouldn’t let go. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww “he would not let go?!?” Oh how grateful I was not to be there! I would’ve put him right back in the car, driven home, and Google’d “home schooling” options!!! To just imagine my baby holding on to my sister’s leg…my hARt is aching!!! I always thought hospitals and airports are two of the saddest spots on Earth…unfortunately now Pre-K tops the list!
So I call my sister later and she’s laughing about the whole ordeal. She tells me the scene outside the school was too funny…every kid was clinging on to their parent as if their life was at stake. None of them would let go! This made me later ask my mom how I was on my first day of school. She said you let go of my hand so willingly and walked straight into the class without looking back – she reiterated what a disciplined child I was! And I’m thinking: how eccentric is that!?! Did I not suffer from any sort of separation anxiety like every other “normal” child? I can’t help but recall…and I’m not sure if it’s a figment of my imagination or a fraction of my real memory…a lucid memory: I am 3 years old, standing outside my school, dreading to go inside, desperately hoping my mom wouldn’t let go of me! Yet my mom insists I gave her absolutely no hard time. So I say if the memory is indeed real than I sure as hell did a fabulous job of pretending! And my mom should thank me… :)
See, these are all the reasons why I think twice about being a mommy every day. Just when you get used to this little living, breathing, undeniably adorable creature grabbing on to your lap, they start to crawl…right when you catch up, they begin to run from you…just when you get used to chasing after them, they begin to make a mess…just when you get used to cleaning up after them, they want to clean up their own mess…before you know it, they insist on tying their own shoes…and when you finally realize your little baby is growing up, they go off to school!!!
If anything, the experience of being an aunt has made me come closer to my parents. Now I feel why it was so hard for my folks to have to let go…and why they kept insisting on remaining overly & aggressively protective…and why they always just knew what was right for me even when I didn’t. I remember my mom would preach to me every time I rebelled: wait till you’re a parent one day and you shall see…funny if I earned a penny for each time I heard that. It is soooo hard to let go…and man, my baby is only 4 now…imagine how clingy I will be when he’s off to high school. I’ll be JUST LIKE MY MOM…only 10 times more horrible…
signed: Thinker-Bell
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
D-9
OMG OMG I watched the BESTEST movie EVER – DISTRICT 9!!! Brilliant Movie!!! Worth every penny of my paycheck!!! A spellbinding 2 hours of science-fiction drama presented in a documentary-style narrative with flawless acting, impeccable special effects, and an intense, mind-boggling story…a story which had me so wrapped up with the central characters of the movie that the affect of the movie stayed with me for daysssss. No joke, I can't stop thinking about the movie. IT'S SO DEEP!!! History lovers like me will enjoy the symbolism to the Apartheid and even to the Palestinian conflict which so brilliantly echoes throughout the movie. I always read the reviews before I watch any movie. After I read all the "thumbs-up", 5-star reviews on this movie, I thought to myself man, I'm not going to enjoy this movie now! You know how every time you get hyped up about a movie, it almost always manages to disappoint you. Well this one had the complete opposite effect!!! I fell in love with the movie even more after watching it. The concept totally blew my mind away, never seen anything like it!!! Thank you Hollywood *finally* for bringing a movie with an innovative idea transformed into a splendid script with all fresh faces. The movie starts out slow but you need not be hasty because you really need it to connect with the characters. However 20 minutes into the movie, I was on the edge of my seat holding my breath! I'm a geek, I confess: I'm a die-hard ALIEN fan!!! No, not just any aliens, I'm referring to the classic movie Alien…& Aliens…& Alien Resurrection!!! Sigourney Weaver rocksss… J but anyhow DISTRICT 9 has bumped down The Alien a notch on my list. Peter Jackson is truly a master-mind…trust me, you don't have to be a sci-fi geek to appreciate this movie. If you simply enjoy being entertained at the movie theatre, you MUST see this one. OKAY!!! I have to stop talking now…I don't want to ruin it for you…
signed: Thinker-Bell
Monday, August 17, 2009
bRiDeZiLLa
WHATS WITH THE WORLD TODAY???!!! I mean these people…are they crazy or am I crazy??! Normalcy is on its way to becoming a rare commodity!!! Why is it so hard to find normal people these days???!!! And why is it getting tougher…and tougher…and tougher…as I grow older. You’d think by now the immune system would’ve developed an “anti-virus” to numb the shocks. I mean I’m not complaining…like I said, I love sudden anomalies of life…albeit my instinct reaction is shock, I always get a good laugh at the end! After all, where would our blog be if it wasn’t for them!
Let me tell you a story: I have this friend…no wait, let me back up…I happen to just know this girl who I went to middle school with. I was never really cool with her. During high school yrs, I ran into her maybe a couple of times on random occasions...of brief chatter. After high school, I didn’t see her for the longest time: she went off to some Ivy League school out-of-town. One night, at a friend's wedding, many yrs later I ran into her again & we shared some laughs over good memories...and then in March of 2007, she was added to my Facebook Friends List!!! I’m sure by now y’all must be wondering what’s the point of all this. Well hold on…I just think its imperative for me to draw out my past with this particular woman because I’d really like to summon up the idea *potentially*, after laying out all facts, if this woman is indeed crazy!!!
So thanks to Facebook, I knew exactly where she was vacationing at all times, where she was staying, what train she was taking from Rome to Naples, how lovely the Wall of China appeared from her hotel balcony…well…whatever…if you’re my reader I reckon you’re smart so you know where I’m going with this. Pretty soon her engagement pictures were up followed by every status displaying up-to-the-minute real-time wedding preparation updates. (I’m thinking…) Good for her! At least one of us found a normal man to declare a husband. So one fine day, I get this email from her on FB (mind you a week before her wedding):
Hi, sorry I havent been in touch (I’m guessing: no first name hence a Mass Email Distribution) - been swamped with my wedding stuff and work as usual and moving -- so much to do.
anyhow, I havent had a chance to officially invite you to the wedding festivities. I hope you dont mind but due to capacity issues, I cant invite you to the formal reception on July 11 - Sat, but I would love to have you join us at the Mehendi* (which is way more fun anyway) on Thursday at 8 pm at Parasio Maravilla. I hope you understand. I really want to see you and would love to have you join us but my finance (she really means fiancée) has a large family and we have over 100 folks just coming from out of town.
please let me know if you will be joining us
*Mehendi is a pre-wedding event*
Oooookaaaay soooo I'm not invited to the wedding reception but I'm invited to the pre-wedding event...hmmmh...which would be like going to the rehearsal dinner without the wedding invitation...NiiiCE...is this woman crazy???!!! Was she drunk when she wrote this???
I mean I don’t even know this girl well enough to be receiving an invitation from her in the 1st place…I'm thinking: If I were her, would I really invite me??? This invitation was downright rude, inconsiderate and unacceptable!!! And it desperately needed a response...so I emailed back:
woah...what an odd invitation! A piece of advice [insert friend’s name here]: a wedding is something to be shared with close friends and family. I just consider you an acquaintance. Have fun at the wedding. Sorry, wont be able to make it.
Trust me, it gets better!!!
The next day, this email awaits my presence in my FB inbox:
no worries - actually sorry to have invited you -didnt know you felt so strongly. I officialy un invite you and will also take you off my friends list. I dont believe in acquaintances and dont have time for that - but again appreciate the words of wisdom!!!!
OMG...OMG!!! LMAO...
It keeps getting better!!! Ma’am bridezilla stood by her words *oh she did* and not only did she remove me from her friends’ list, she blocked me on FB which means I can’t ever write her back!
So of course my inability to get the last word in leaves me no choice but to smile and move on. I go to Europe for 3 weeks, come back, and my sister is like “hey you, you’re the highlight of FB these days.” I’m like “what ma’am” She goes, well apparently, your email disturbed the bridezilla so much, she called one of our other common links (note that I refuse to call this common link “a friend”) and cried over what I wrote to her…and then that common link called my friend to tell her “Thinker-Bell shouldn’t have been this rude to the bride-to-be, after all she’s undergoing pre-wedding stress and everyone should be supportive; she didn’t do anything wrong” hmmmh
But c'mon...seriously...was I really rude there??? What about my feelings :( :(
Let me tell you a story: I have this friend…no wait, let me back up…I happen to just know this girl who I went to middle school with. I was never really cool with her. During high school yrs, I ran into her maybe a couple of times on random occasions...of brief chatter. After high school, I didn’t see her for the longest time: she went off to some Ivy League school out-of-town. One night, at a friend's wedding, many yrs later I ran into her again & we shared some laughs over good memories...and then in March of 2007, she was added to my Facebook Friends List!!! I’m sure by now y’all must be wondering what’s the point of all this. Well hold on…I just think its imperative for me to draw out my past with this particular woman because I’d really like to summon up the idea *potentially*, after laying out all facts, if this woman is indeed crazy!!!
So thanks to Facebook, I knew exactly where she was vacationing at all times, where she was staying, what train she was taking from Rome to Naples, how lovely the Wall of China appeared from her hotel balcony…well…whatever…if you’re my reader I reckon you’re smart so you know where I’m going with this. Pretty soon her engagement pictures were up followed by every status displaying up-to-the-minute real-time wedding preparation updates. (I’m thinking…) Good for her! At least one of us found a normal man to declare a husband. So one fine day, I get this email from her on FB (mind you a week before her wedding):
Hi, sorry I havent been in touch (I’m guessing: no first name hence a Mass Email Distribution) - been swamped with my wedding stuff and work as usual and moving -- so much to do.
anyhow, I havent had a chance to officially invite you to the wedding festivities. I hope you dont mind but due to capacity issues, I cant invite you to the formal reception on July 11 - Sat, but I would love to have you join us at the Mehendi* (which is way more fun anyway) on Thursday at 8 pm at Parasio Maravilla. I hope you understand. I really want to see you and would love to have you join us but my finance (she really means fiancée) has a large family and we have over 100 folks just coming from out of town.
please let me know if you will be joining us
*Mehendi is a pre-wedding event*
Oooookaaaay soooo I'm not invited to the wedding reception but I'm invited to the pre-wedding event...hmmmh...which would be like going to the rehearsal dinner without the wedding invitation...NiiiCE...is this woman crazy???!!! Was she drunk when she wrote this???
I mean I don’t even know this girl well enough to be receiving an invitation from her in the 1st place…I'm thinking: If I were her, would I really invite me??? This invitation was downright rude, inconsiderate and unacceptable!!! And it desperately needed a response...so I emailed back:
woah...what an odd invitation! A piece of advice [insert friend’s name here]: a wedding is something to be shared with close friends and family. I just consider you an acquaintance. Have fun at the wedding. Sorry, wont be able to make it.
Trust me, it gets better!!!
The next day, this email awaits my presence in my FB inbox:
no worries - actually sorry to have invited you -didnt know you felt so strongly. I officialy un invite you and will also take you off my friends list. I dont believe in acquaintances and dont have time for that - but again appreciate the words of wisdom!!!!
OMG...OMG!!! LMAO...
It keeps getting better!!! Ma’am bridezilla stood by her words *oh she did* and not only did she remove me from her friends’ list, she blocked me on FB which means I can’t ever write her back!
So of course my inability to get the last word in leaves me no choice but to smile and move on. I go to Europe for 3 weeks, come back, and my sister is like “hey you, you’re the highlight of FB these days.” I’m like “what ma’am” She goes, well apparently, your email disturbed the bridezilla so much, she called one of our other common links (note that I refuse to call this common link “a friend”) and cried over what I wrote to her…and then that common link called my friend to tell her “Thinker-Bell shouldn’t have been this rude to the bride-to-be, after all she’s undergoing pre-wedding stress and everyone should be supportive; she didn’t do anything wrong” hmmmh
But c'mon...seriously...was I really rude there??? What about my feelings :( :(
;)
signed: Thinker-Bell
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