MyFamily

Posts in this page will be about my family, my kids and relatives

Hello! This is meme, the new member of the family. This is my son’s pet and he’s really fond of meme. He always cuddle it everyday and he even kiss goodnight lol!

My hub bought meme so my son will have something to get busy of especially when his older sisters are in school. This is effective though because since meme came to us, he never disturb me and I really can focus in my work.

This is my hub, Robin. This was taken at the foot of Mount Pinatubo mountain when he cover pictures for Capas Municipal Tourism Trekking Program that was participated by municipal and barangay officials from different barangays. I will discuss some details and picture about that event in my future posts.

This is my eldest daughter Jessica. She’s in her Junior high and very active in school. Yesterday, their group won the dancing competition for different levels. It was their second year of reigning as champion and she’s so happy and giggling while telling me the sequence of events yesterday and asked me to blog it here lol.

Following my steps, she’s also a member of the student council and officers of different clubs.

Sabrina & Rajisha.

Sabrina is in 5th grade while Rajisha in 3rd grade. They are both smart and active. This two is very close buddy and Isha is an active fan of Sabrina while Sabrina is Rajisha’s heroine in her school’s trouble lol. She’s always there to defend her whenever somebody bully her kid sister and nobody will win.

Sabrina has acquired my character, strong like a boy, cautious and will never back out to any fight. Like Jessica, she’s a good dancer too. They won the 2nd place in 32nd Milo Cheerdance competition in our province. I had the details in my previous posts.

…and my only son, Robin Jr.

We call him Nonoy. Of course spoiled from the attentions of her older sisters, his dad & aunts.

A little monster at times but my therapy when I’m in a bad mood. He knows how to make me laugh and hugs me all the time.

That’s my family. My reason to breath, live and work everyday. Like a typical family in the Philippines, we’ve been into a lot of hardship and we face it all together. I am very transparent to my kids. They know what’s going on. They knows when to pull the belt tighter to make both ends meet.

I am a tough mom, but I am on my weakest when my children are concerned. This year is our hardest year. We’re surviving a lot of financial problems. Of course this has something to do with what is happening in our economy. The Political struggles, the continuous price increase of commodities, tuition fees due to never ending oil price hikes.

Business is bad and client is decreasing. Some of my clients closed their businesses for the same reason.. Bad year. If you will listen to a common family, you will hear the same comment. Many members of middle class families has became poorer this year and we are one of them. If we became poorer, what happen to the poorest among the poor? They are dying of hunger! and yes it’s true. The poverty line has brought many people to illness and those who didn’t survive were already in their grave.

My kids used to study in private school, The Tarlac Montessori School (TMS). Jessica graduated her elementary at TMS and now she’s studying at TSU – Tarlac State University, a public school, though high school student in TSU are strictly selected because it is a science high school. I’m contented with the quality of education that Jessica is receiving now but my 2 younger daughters has different stories.

We were forced to transfer Sabrina & Rajisha to public school this year. I really had a hard time breaking the news to them because I know they will be very disappointed but I was surprised when they hug me and told me that it’s okay. They promised me that they will study well and pray hard to God so they can go back to TMS in the coming years. That made me cry for many nights.

But I am a survivor. All my life has been a series of struggles and I consider this year as one of my hardest fight. My hub and I are struggling to run the business and were making different strategies to win additional clients. I have online work and writing job now and I even accepts $3/article just to have an extra. This is not enough for us but I don’t wanna lose hope and I still continue to see the tiny light at the end of the tunnel. I never blog in the past but I need this now to lessen the burden in my heart. I really have to write this down. Somehow, it made me feel better.

I know it will not be easy for us. It will still a long way off but with my hub and my children around, I know we will survive the cold…

RECENT FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Juliet Corpuz – 38th Birthday – July 6, 2008

KB’s – Kassandra Beatriz – 5th Birthday – August 8, 2008

Rajisha’s 9th Birthday – August 16, 2008

CJ’s – Carlyn Jaed – 4th Birthday

Happy Birthday Daddy Robin! – September 19, 2008

Happy Birthday Nonoy! – Robin Corpuz Jr. – 4th Bday 10-26, 2008

Welcome to the Christian World Baby Jed! November 7, 2008