Chantelle Zoe Enerio aka Zoe or Chaz, is the love of my life and the reason why every day seems to be so nice. Even until now I still marvel at the power that gave her to me for safekeeping and I hope and I pray that even if I am a single traveler that I will be able to be a good guide for her.
Some milestones on her 8th month…
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she can already say ma-ma and pa-pa…(although id rather have her forget the latter! ).
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she can sit on her own without support.
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she has 2 small front teeth now growing on the bottom part of her mouth.
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she recognizes people, although she can already tell by her 6th month.
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she dances to some tunes that I invent and she delights all her audiences.
I am thankful that she is a happy child and she has a happy disposition. I thank God everyday for the gift of zoe to me and my family.
- baby zoe or baby chaz
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The Nursing Board Exam results are already out. Whew! I was quite relieved with the results…as if I was a nursing student. My sister actually was the one who took it and thankfully she passed it. Thank God! I had no doubt of course. I knew how she studied for it and how she really wanted it but of course we are never really sure until last week when the results came out and I saw her name in a website(http://www.prcboardexamresults.com/nle-june-2008-passers-e/). You can check it out and see if you have any family members or relatives who also took it.
Congratulations to the 2008 passers.
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shot on location in pampanga
one of the very first test shots, unedited by me with a SONY digital camera. I personally like black and white because I believe that it adds drama to the photograph as well as showing more texture and very contrasting effects.
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Got on a bus going to the office. Usual travel, usual everyday trip…stopped at Baclaran and got on a bus going to Ayala Avenue and seated myself at the side because I don’t like to be in the aisle seat because of too many people cramped in the bus. My seating companion was an old man. Maybe 60 or more years old and he was such a funny person. I heard him give the bus conductor the fare and I noticed a hint of the Visayan accent that I thought he must be one. I detected a certain hardness in the pronunciation. So, I sort of looked around and he had this friendly smile on his face that I couldn’t resist asking, “Are you Bisaya po sir?” To which his reply was a resounding “OO dai!” I was born and bred in the Queen City of the South, the lovely Cebu!
We engaged in more conversation after that. I found out that he had before coming to Manila and living in Dasma, lived in one of the poshest neighborhoods in Cebu, Silver Hills. They used to have a swimming pool at home, he tells me but they had to sell out their place somehow and got here. He used to be Gothong Lines manager. He wanted to introduce me to his daughter who was working here in Makati but we couldn’t find a pen to write my phone number with and he did not have his cellphone so we ended up saying hi and goodbye in one sitting.
As usual, my trip was not boring…Until my next conversation with a stranger. Until my next journey…
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As I sit here in my desk, wondering who next to call on our rather complicated lists at the office, I think and I ponder on the fact that ever since my lovely daughter entered my life, my sleep hours have been altered so much that I now find that I can sleep anywhere especially on the commute going to and fro from the office.
Children take up so much of your time as well that sometimes you don’t have any left for yourself but I have always made it a point that I have my own free time on the side as well as enjoying my daughter.
My Zoe is about 8mos old and she has this cute little toothless smile to welcome me home that even after a day of hard work, I feel recharged and happy at the mere thought of going home. She welcomes me with her giggles and big laughs that I somehow think whatever good have I done to deserve such a lovely person in my life. We spend some time together before we both go to sleep and I always end up sleeping kind of late because I still catch the late night TV shows for some entertainment. Early dawn, she twists and turns and cries in her sleep and somehow I don’t know how to calm her. But when I gather her close to my heart she seems to calm down and go back to sleep again. I end up being awake at times and not anymore sleepy hence sometimes I just sleep for like less than 6 hours. I guess children have their own sleeping patterns that they grow into as they get older.
One thing though that I have discovered is that the comfortability factor plays a significant role in her undisturbed sleep. Like if she is really wet, then she wakes up and cries until she is dry again so the challenge for me was to find a diaper that would work really well. I found one and I am really grateful because that means more sleep hours for me as well as good all night sleep for zoe…
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