Painting The Silence...

As I was waiting for my turn at the derma clinic this afternoon, two women carrying a child came in, asking if Dr. Hayden came to work. Dr. Hayden is my derma's husband, a cosmetic surgeon. My friend and I became curious as we observed how the child bore numerous little lumps around his neck. Deep inside, I knew it wasn't just an ordinary case of rash... To my surprise, my friend approached the mother. She too has a son who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma, in layman's term ~ cancer of the lymph nodes. Lucky for her, her son was diagnosed and treated early before it reached the first stage. He is now currently under chemotherapy and is fast recuperating. She relates how hopeless she felt when her son was first diagnosed with cancer, she had some regret as well. For starters, her son's first doctor dismissed the node as just a sign of Vitamin deficiency, unaware that it was already the onset of a deadly illness. This probably pushed her to refer her son...

My officemate received the de livery in my behalf as I was still having lunch at home... The flowers came in at 12:37 PM., wrapped neatly inside a big personalized box from Islandrose.net. It was a 2-dozen red and white american r oses. I couldn't remember anymore how many flowers I received from the guy who sent me this but everytime he sends me one, it would always be of different combinations.. Today, I also had someone propose to me in a not-so-usual manner... it was a text message I got from this highschool friend of mine, asking me if I would like to think about his offer of marriage once he gets home in 2008 (he is not the one who sent me the flowers , BTW) . He sounded persistent and kinda in a hurry, wanting to start a family right away... Honestly, I couldn't quite define what I felt about what he said.. if it were a joke, it would have been funny... but it wasn't... I felt so flattered and kinda overwhelmed with the attention... he has been a close friend of mine...

All day long I played with my little pups in between my googleing... It was a lazy Saturday, time for malling in fact but I chose to just stay at home and take care of my dog and her five puppies... I felt a pang of sadness as I carried one of the puppies to my bed... It'll only be a fe w weeks and three of them will be out of my care.. Despite finding it hard to care for newborn pups, I'm starting to get pretty much attached to the little ones... They seem to recognize me already... No matter ho w sleepy I feel in the morning, I get my lazy self up and whip them some breakfast, clean up their mess and dry them clean after soaking in God-knows-what...They would come and kiss my feet seemingly greet ing me a "good day".. I feel sad thinking I'd be giving them away... They are so adorable... If only it wasn't that hard, I would have kept them all for good...

Today, my five puppies turned officially one month old!!! Since we won't anymore be celebrating their birthdays together in the next few months ( they'd be finding their new homes by then), I decided to get them a small chocolate brownie cake with a blue bi rthday candle. Here's Zach posing before his birthday brownie, eager to taste the pastry!!! Cute ei?

Another delivery of white and red American roses from ISLANDR OSE, sent by someone who wanted to brighten up my day.. Aren't they lovely??

Today, I got a y ea r older.... meaning, another year filled with memorable and happy moments passed by again... For my birthday, I got twenty-four pieces of t wo-toned Fuschia and Baby Pink Ecuadorian roses... I can't believe the size of these flowers.. They're ev en b igge r than my fist curled up. They're humongous and equally gorgeous... Leihson sent me this beautiful bo uquet together with a special cake, a big gall on of chocolate ice crea m and two delicious home-cooked seafoods ~ squid adobo and sweet/spicy shrimps, all done by his mother, Nanay Lut, an exceptional cook, by the way... There are no words to define how grateful I feel for the way these people remembered me.. At work, me and my officemates together with some of ou r friends shared a small blow-out celebration. It was a tiring day but a happy one.. I got to wish 3 times as I blew my magic bday candle. How I wish my next birthdays would be as wonderful as today... =) Growing older ain't that ...

These are Canary Yellow Bulb-Tulips... An errand-boy from Manila hand-delivered these to me at around 10:00 in the morning... Thank God it didn't wilt despite the terrible heat of the sun... It looked so striking with its color so alive... Looks like th ey're just about t o bloom... Here are the shots I took.. Nice, right??