FickleMinded -Thougts & Ramblings

Travelling with my boys is not really a walk in a park kind of experience but I think this rule will help me on our upcoming trip.

Q. How should I deal with airplane seatmates who might get annoyed by my little first-time flyer?
A. The rules I live by when I fly with my family:
Don’t bother hoping fellow passengers will think your child is adorable and therefore automatically forgive him any restless-kid transgressions. Frankly, they’re all praying their seat is at least five rows away from yours so they won’t have to bear the brunt of said transgressions.

Do apologize in advance to all passengers in a five-foot radius of your seat for whatever spills, fits, kicks, and other random problems your child will likely cause — that way, no one will be surprised when the apple juice and pretzels start flying.

Don’t bring more than one book or magazine for yourself — you’ll be too busy running interference and reciting Goodnight Moon to read something for your own pleasure.

Do bring snacks — enough for everyone sitting around you. Who could get mad at the child of a mom who doles out Hershey’s Kisses?

Don’t pretend like you didn’t see your child give the guy in the suit a noogie. It happened. Suit guy is probably ticked off. Ignoring your child’s bad behavior will make suit guy even madder.

Do tell your child to stop kicking (and peeking over and crawling under) the seat — and say it loud enough so that the kickee hears you. That way, she’ll know you noticed your child’s behavior and are making some effort to stop it.

Don’t stress yourself out over the bad stuff. Bad stuff happens. But you know what? Everyone gets over it.

Do be happy when the pilot turns off the seat-belt sign for the last time.Flight’s over, and you made it!

I want to be active again with my Cyber Community,those are the one that keep me busy when I was still in US.

We got our ITR,and we received $4900 in tax returns,wow! thanks Uncle Sam

A friend of mine just lost her 5 month old son,I feel terribly bad for her knowing how much they waited to get pregnant and when she does,she really sacrifice a lot just to have a safe pregnancy and now…., I really don’t know exactly what to say .

I’m thinking of buying a USB cable for my digicam but I’m having second thoughts about it.

I’m done with my SS Digitized ID application,I have to make a follow up call within two weeks.

When I was in US, I have a few minor regrets about the things I should’ve done before leaving the country and one of those are for not keeping contacts with few of my friends. So a few weeks before our scheduled departure, I made a list of all the things I wanna do or at least I need to do while in Manila,and of course my main goal is to re-connect with my long lost friends, and so it happens….

A few weeks or so after my arrival,my high school bestfriend came and visit me ( and by the way,we are both clueless with each other a few months after graduation) She said that her visit was a spur of the moment because of some road constructions that was going on that time cause a re-routing and she thought to stop by hoping that I’m still in the same place since the new route was wihin the vicinity of where I live,so there she is,and we got the chance to talked about what we’ve been up too since we parted ways, and sad to say,hers is not a they-live-happily-ever-after kind of story. I was so flabbergasted when I found out what happen to her,she got married at the age of 19 just because she doesn’t like the way her aunt treat her (it was her who support her schooling that time),so she thought that getting married is the only way to get away with it, she wasn’t able to attend a university of course,while on the other hand, I was so busy with my so-called life that time trying to pursue my dreams,never in my wildest imagination that I thought of her ending with a life like that,I mean during our high school days, between our friendship, she was the pretty one (and now,I’m very proud to say that I’m the smart one ). I say “was” bec when I saw her that day, all I can see was how stressful her life is. I mean?, I am being mean to her here? She was my high school bestfriends for God’s sake!! and for me she deserved more than what I saw about her,we’re in the same age but now she look 10 years older than me. I guess that’s what you become for getting married for the wrong reason, now at her age,she already have 3 kids and the eldest is 12 years old with on & off job (and off season is much longer than on), I think her husband is nice but what you gonna do with being nice if he can barely reach the minimum salary and you have 3 mouths to feed. After her visit all I can was asked my self, “How do they do that?”. I’m thankful because God gave mo more than just a pretty face (but I think it won’t be bad either )During our high school days,I thought that her, being pretty will give her a head-start in life but it looks like it drags her the other way around. I just wish she handles it well. We are still texting each other and hoping to continue the friendship until fate decides. So there she is my Best Friend #1.

And let me talk( or in this case, write) about myBest Friend#2. I met her in college,she approached me and trying to be helpful because as a freshie that time and know-nothing,having someone giving help voluntarily was what I need the most. So to make the story short,we become friends,(actually she was my only friends when I was in college because I’m an evening student).I was one of the secondary sponsors when she got married,her daughter is my godchild (wow! I wonder,how much I owe her now!), and to top of it all, we celebrate our birthdays on the same date, (just some luck,huh!) Well,anyway, last night,we spent at least half an hour texting each other and thanks to Friends.Com,that’s where she found my account,she said she was trying to find me there for quite a while but to no avail, maybe it’s an instinct because just a few days ago,I decide to use my maiden name instead of my married name,so there we are trying to update each other,about our family and everything that makes us connected. And unlike bestfriend#1,hers is the story that you can really say, wow!. I mean,she’s married to a nice guy with nice salary,driving a car that was provided by the company,they own a nice place and their kids are attending a private school.

So there,my two best friends,become a part of me one way or the other but I guess, life is really full of surprises. And the things I learn, God gaveus a gift of Life,it’s up to us what we gonna do about it!.