It’s raining real hard here in the Philippines as I type this entry and I’m all alone at my room. My grandmother is currently recovering from a heart operation at St. Lukes and my grandfather is beside her. A blogger friend and I originally planned to avail the GC we got as a prize last year, but the weather just won’t let us out.

Anyway, I would like to share this photo I found at an old USB I used way back in college. If I’m not mistaken, this photo was taken at the rooftop a day after Christmas 2006. Carlo wanted to swim though he doesn’t really know how. I remember how he threatened me as a child when he kept on jumping at our school’s swimming pool even at a young age of three. Yes, he is a water baby. My father kept on bringing him at the school swimming pool at least once a week.

On my first day as a second year high school student, Carlo escaped from our house and he went straight to the swimming pool! I didn’t know how to swim back then (ermmm… until now LOL). He ended up jumping at the 6 ft pool. Know what I did? I also jumped at the pool wanting to save him. We held each other’s hands and he kept on laughing while in reality, we’re drowning.

A resident lifesaver saved us. My black shoes, my school uniform and backpack’s wet. I ended up not going to class. I remember crying when I got home. I didn’t want my baby brother to drown and I just need to save him… even if it means risking my own life.

NYOK!

I first read that word in one of the tweets of the blogger named Jehzlau. He added me in Friendster and Twitter and since my sissies Maki and Cai knew him, I accepted his request. My first impression about him? Hmmm..Makulit. At tama ako.

I met him on my 21st birthday. He kept on texting Maki and Cai (which proves further that he is really makulit) but we only managed to say hi to each other.

We finally had the chance to bond in the succeeding blog events. I later found out that Jehzeel Laurente is known in the blogosphere as one of the bloggers who earns money while sleeping. In short, he is good in SEO. Most of the so-called “SEO experts” are usually snubbish and selfish (haha sorry) but he is different. He can help you out install adsense, share the links of the revenue programs where he earned a lot of money, give the top keywords that can make you rich and so on. Ask him anything about SEO and he will tell you the answer sincerely.

As time passes by, this guy became my constant companion in blog events until we became really good friends.

Last week, I saw these photos courtesy of Carl Valenzona. I realized that Jehzeel and Carlo has a lot of similarities:

1. Both are Chubby

2. Both are makulit

3. Both are addicted with a specific word (Carlo=Doreamon; Jehz=nyok)

4. Both are artistic

5. Both are fast eaters

6. Both are childish yet fun to be with

7. Both are special to my heart

So why did I write this entry? Wala lang. I just feel like writing an entry about two individuals with genuine hearts that really makes me smile in their own little kulit ways

Photo Credit: Hannah

Will Carlo and I get the same pose for a picture when he comes back?

NOTE: This is a sponsored post LOLZ just kidding You will see him in a short movie.. soon

When was the last time I spent my time with my father in this room? Hmmm.. that was way back in July 4, 2004, A Sunday. I remember telling him how excited I am to be dancing in the University orientation program. He looked at me differently as he wants me to concentrate on my academics for college. That night, I slept with my brother here in this room as my father lies in the ICU Bed #3 fighting for his life.

I can’t really remember the exact date, but the last time I slept with my mom in this room was sometime in the first week of November. We took some pictures using my new laptop and we were giggling like little girls. In this room, she showed her pasalubongs to me, to carlo, to her relatives, to her friends and her former officemates.

So when was the last time I slept with Carlo in this room? February 7, 2008. I remember recording a number of videos days before we went to Manila for his flight.

When my father was still alive, this room was filled with different genres of music – From Beatles to Cars, to Jon Secada, to Bananarama (what?!LOL) to cars, to Madonna to Heart and my favorite Earth, Wind and Fire. He owns this big collection of cassette tapes and his former job as a DJ counts as well.

When my mom was still here, you would usually hear her favorite dance songs like “On the Radio”, “I’m in the mood for dancing”, “Do the hustle”, “September” and much, much more. She is a good dancer, I tell you. I think I got my dancing talent from her

When my Carlo was still here, we would play the same song over and over again – I’m not lying! I am planning to write a separate entry about it soon so you better watch out . We play some of his favorite songs like Umbrella (eya eya eye y ey daw), Seven Black Roses (Carlo loves Chicosci), Sunburn (Sunbum for him) and Zaido (tenenenenen Zaido!).

There is this one song that Carlo keeps on singing if he’s with me. The song is “Strength of a Woman” By Geri Halliwell. He would kiss me everytime the song ends.
Let me share this video taken last January as we chill inside our room while listening to the song and as we eat some stick-o :

Now, I am here in the room playing the song “Alone” By Heart. Nah, I’m not heartbroken and I don’t really have that strong hidden desire for someone, but yeah, it feels so empty staying here and alone..

When I was already inside the train, a special child in his teens rode together with his grandmother. He was wearing a pink shirt with collar and he hurriedly grabbed one of the straps in the train and he made it sure that his lola is at his back.

MRT rides with Carlo is rather funny than exhausting even in rush hours. Why? Hmmmm… Lemme share to you some of his MRT experiences:

1. When he is in Manila, Carlo, Ate Virgie and I usually ride the MRT train from the Santolan-Annapolis station to the Taft Station and go back again to Santolan-Annapolis after walking for a few minutes

2. There was a time wherein he wanted to sit, but a lady in his early 40’s occupied the vacant seat. You know what he did? he kissed the lady on the cheeks and said “Sit… please?”. The lady obliged

3. He mastered the “Art of Pushing”. No need to elaborate LOL

4. He is really amazed everytime he sees big billboards along edsa. Just imagining his killer smile while looking at them makes me smile.

I recalled all of the funny moments when I looked at the special child in the plane this morning. I looked at his patient lola and she smiled at me. When I got of the train, tears were falling down. When I rode the jeep, a chubby guy smiled at me and he looked like a 25 year old version of my Carlo.

How am I feeling right now? Hmmmm… I’m happy because of his improvements in school. The school gave him a special award last week (will blog about it soon) and we had a short conversation last Saturday night. I am also a bit sad because I can’t hug him today. Oh well.. I guess life is really like that and we have to deal with it. I am hoping for nothing but the best for Carlo..

… even if it means I have to spend the long night alone in my room.

I can still remember Carlo’s reaction when he saw the big box full of chocolates, candies, canned goods and pastas (he ignored the other stuff).

My mom and Ate Virgie is doing the usual thing again – Filling out the balikbayans with a lot of gifts for us.

Did you know that my brother has a separate balikbayan box for me? The box is full of chocolates and he even did his own gift wrapping with matching cards!

TRIVIA: Carlo has a talent in gift wrapping and he really enjoys the task. Unlike most kids in christmas, Carlo carefully opens his gifts and he is fond of recycling the used gift wrapper to wrap some of his new stuff or in some cases, my things.

“Ate Mica.. chocolate..” Carlo said while showing his newly-wrapped gift for me. He then placed it in his own balikbayan box.

I am really happy right now because he really cares for me.

Should I send him some Goya Dark Mint Chocolates?

He wants Boy Bawang daw

As what I have mentioned in my previous blog posts, Carlo and I recorded some videos together a week before he left for England. I originally planned to make a “dramatic video blog”, but since I can’t really instruct him to do what I want him to do, we ended up recording videos full of fun moments and I really think its cute

Last year, Carlo fell in love with the song “The Sweet Escape” by Gwen Stefani. It’s my favorite break time song too. We even sang this song together in my mobile phone (I will upload it soon). I decided to make a simple music video for the song featuring some of our “bloopers”. The middle part is quite funny yet very personal.

You will witness what is the secret weapon of autistic siblings to please their siblings especially if they don’t want you to get mad at them

When the sun shine we’ll shine together
Told you I’ll be here forever
Said I’ll always be your friend
Took an oath, I’mma stick it out ’til the end
Now that it’s raining more than ever know that we’ll still have eachother
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

When we are here in Manila, I see to it that I treat Carlo out every other day (but when I had a part-time job, naging everyday LOL). We would usually eat in his favorite fast food chains like Mc Donalds, Jollibee, Greenwich and Pizza Hut. We were on our way to Greenwich when that photo was taken. It was raining a bit but we really didn’t care. As long as we have each other and we can stand under this umbrella hehe

We both love singing, dancing and having fun under the rain. We usually stay at the backyard. I actually have a video of him playing under the rain but i’m not yet sure if i should post it.

There was an instance when i was in high school wherein i went home wet due to rain water. We were practicing for our cheering piece when suddenly the heavy rain pour down. My hair, my clothes and my stuff were soaking wet. When I arrived home, Carlo was shocked seeing me in that condition. You know what he did? He handed me a towel and a used short pants. Why? hmmmm….

Because he wanted to play under the rain. He wanted me to dry up a bit, remove my pants and wear my shorts and proceed to the backyard with him and play! After that, we ate chocolate ice cream..

After that day, we got sick =( it was a fun experience though. I never did those things when I was a little kid since my mom was a bit strict during those times and i didn’t have a neighbor with my same age group. Wanna know the truth? When I am under the rain, i feel like a little kid again

Let me tell you a story about chickens (I’m not talking about the <a href=”http://missingcarlo.filblogs.com/?p=36″>Chicken Mafia</a> LOL).

The main reason why I always declare bankruptcy during weekends is because of Jollibee or Mc Do deliveries. There was a time wherein I called Mc Do Delivery hotline twice in one day all because of Carlo.

Carlo loves to eat especially cheeseburger, spaghetti and of course, chicken.

As you can see in the picture above, he has spaghetti with chicken in his left and chicken nuggets with rice at his rice. Honestly, the food at the right side is mine. I gave it to him because he kissed me when I am about to eat it. I was hungry at that time too but I sacrificed for him. I ended up cooking Payless Instant Mami Chicken Flavor with Egg. The coke drink was mine though :p

I know that some mothers or teachers might react to this post because it is pretty obvious that he’s a spoiled kid whenever I have extra money, but what can I do? My brother failed to eat a good meal for lunch and yes, he is cute.

Last week, my mom gave me a ring. She informed me about Carlo. He wants to go to Mc Do and as we all know, fast food in England is quite expensive so my mom declined. Carlo eventually grabbed my mom’s phone and pretended to dial some numbers (the keypad of the phone is locked). The imaginary voice answered the phone then Carlo said:

“Ate, Mc Do please.. chicken joy, friend fries, spaghetti, coke, ice cream, cheeseburger, ketchup”.

Mama said “Naku anak, spoiled ka talaga sa Ate mo. Paano siya makakaipon kapag nandito na siya kung pabili ka ng pabili ng pagkain?

Carlo paused for awhile then kissed mama.

Mama: Bakit mo ako ki-niss?

Carlo: Mc Do.. Chicken please?

Baby Brother, Don’t be sad
I know you miss me because mom told me that you keep on knocking on the door hoping “baby chow” is will come out of the room
I know you miss me because you’re calling out my name if you want a Mc Do Meal
I know you miss me because you want me to update the songs in my iPod that I gave to you
I know you miss me because you don’t have a wrestling partner
I know you miss me because I can feel it

I am spending my lonely nights alone
I used to share this bed with you
I used to smell your armpits and kiss you in the cheeks before i go to sleep
I used to hug you oh-so-tight and treat you as a hotdog pillow

Baby boy, I just miss you
But I will fight this loneliness that I’m feeling right now
We will be together again and now I am willing to leave everything behind just to be with you

One happy morning, I caught my brother working on my laptop (or rather nakikialam hehe) and i was able to record the whole scenario:

Me: Hala.. Huli ka!
Carlo: Huli Ka!
Me: Ano yan? Aba, nagwowordpress ka pa pala
-gap-
Me: Nagbblog ka Carlo?
-gap-
Carlo: 1-2-3 Tsk
Me: Hi!
Carlo: Hi!
Me: Good Morning!
Carlo: Good morning!

NOTE: This is not scripted. You can’t tell them exactly what they should do. Everything comes out naturally kaya mas cute