Here’s Carlo’s short email message for Lolo:

hellio         lolo

i am a g oold  vboy  ii likred the food shjow i always say cheessde on pictures.  h j y    9opiuhhgffddss 

There are the photos attached in the email. I really can’t believe my baby brother is now in his puberty stage! Good-looking guy, isn’t he?

No matter how cheesy this photo looks like, this is priceless for me

I was able to talk to my mom awhile ago and I heard my brother singing Lady Gaga’s Poker Face at the background. His voice is still the same. I really miss him.

All I can do by now is reminisce:

11 Years of Laughter, 11 Years of Joy – This entry was written when I was still in Dagupan. We went to his school to give his classmates a Jollibee treat. As expected, he ate a lot. It was a heartwarming experience for me because it was the first time I was able to mingle with his schoolmates.

Someone’s turning 12 years old! – We were in Manila when we celebrated his 12th birthday. We went to Greenwich and had a little Pizza siesta.

Carlo’s 13th Birthday – My brother became a part of the “teens” group. Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t able to witness this event in his life. My mom and some of her friends managed to give my baby brother a simple birthday party – Filipino style.

Despite the distance, I am planning to celebrate my brother’s birthday too. I might go to one of his favorite fastfood chains and eat there with a friend or alone. Oh well. I miss my brother.

BTW, here’s a funny conversation that took place after I talked to mom:

Me: Hi Carlo! Happy Birthday!
Carlo: Pizza, Chicken Joy, Spagetti!
Me: Ay, wag naman ganyan. Di ako delivery girl.
Carlo: I Love You Forever.

And that made me smile

I received a forwarded email from my grandfather this afternoon. Sharon, Carlo’s teacher is constantly sending updates about him and we are really happy about it. I really smiled when I saw the attached photos of my brother taken during a bowling event. Oh my, my brother is no longer a kid!

Here’s the message of Carlo’s teacher:

Hi Mr Rodriguez,
Thank you for the pictures we printed them off for Carlos he smiled when he saw the pictures of yourself and your wife. He gave Micas’ pictures a kiss and then put them all in our cupboard under some books. We are not sure why he put them there we think he probably thought that was a safe place for them. Today I showed him the picture of you and told him who we were writing to.

 Carlos has certainly grown since he came here last May, we all thought he had but seeing those pictures you can really see how tall he has become and how much slimmer he is, he is now looking so grown up.

 I have attached a photo of Carlos take on 13th Feb when we went on a class treat day to the local bowling alley. Carlos had a great time he was jumping around everywhere, I was worried a couple of times that the bowling ball was going to go in the wrong direction but he managed to do it ok. He waited patiently for his turn and played the whole game. He did enjoy taking different members of staff up to the coffee bar and taking sachets of sugar and bringing them back to his seat. He certainly makes us smile everyday.

 
 Well we had better get back to our work
 We will write to you soon.
 
 Carlos and Sharon

 

Here are the photos:

My little brother is now a teenager. I wonder how tall he is. 

I miss you Carlobobet!

Last Christmas, I spent the whole vacation break with Carlo – We went to his favorite fast foods together, we took lots of pictures, we watched lots of movies via my laptop, we wrapped and opened some gifts and ate a lot.

This year is kinda different for me. I spent the christmas with lolo and lola at the condo. We went to church to attend the mass first then went straight home. We ate our noche buena and I called my mom afterwards. Obviously, Carlo is enjoying Christmas in England. My mom told us that he received a lot of gifts and as expected, he re-wrapped all of them LOL.

Last night, I spent the new year at my room. Yes, I slept the whole day. I woke up to eat Sinigang na Hipon for lunch then went back to bed and woke up again at 6pm. I ate Pansit Malabon for dinner the slept again. Lolo and Lola went to Lolo Victor’s house and I decided not to go with them because I wasn’t feeling well.

At 10pm, I called them up at England and my, my brother has a new laptop!

Yes, my brother has a laptop na!

Mama said that Carlo remembered his Ate when he saw the gadget “Ate Mica! Ate Mica!”. I cried, of course.

Honestly, I am going through a lot of stress right now. The fact that I couldn’t hug him on my down times can be a bit frustrating.

Oh well. Maybe its about time that I fix the papers and leave the country.

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

Carlo is wearing his favorite red top again!

It’s time for a birthday celebration! Filipino Style

Mama (Right) singing with some of her friends who went to Carlo’s little birthday bash

Blow the candle, Carlo! Happy Birthday Again!

According to my mom, Carlo received a lot of gifts mostly drawing and coloring tools like pencils, paper, crayons, water color and more. He also received two jackets and a rubbershoes.

I, on the other hand celebrated his birthday working on some blogs. I know he enjoyed his birthday party as he sang a lot of song after eating