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As long as I can.. I will protect you (the new Johnson’s Baby TVC)

I always believe that every mom is a part time worrier..just like me. We worry about almost anything about our kids and yes we do everything in our power to protect them.. and watching the Johnson’s Baby TVC, I can relate so much with the video’s message.. I feel so much the same.. that as long as I can.. as long as my kids would let me, I will protect them..

Now, excuse me as I sniff and sniff while I write my letter to my kids:

Dear Kuya,
You know, even if always complain of having to do some of your project or that I have to stay awake the whole night, just to complete your school requirements, I never really mind all those. In fact, I am proud and glad that you let me to those things for you. My happiness is in-explainable whenever you express how lucky you are for having the best mom. Kuya, I know most of the time, you don’t need mommy’s help but I am happy to be able to help you and be there for you..

Dear Dico,
Always be patient baby, never let your frustrations rule you. Mommy will always be here to hold you when thing become incontrollable. Mommy will protect you from any harm that you think might happen to you. Baby, I love you no matter what.. no matter what you do, even if say my patience is running out, I will never get tired of holding you..

Dear Chico,
Baby, you never failed to keep my mommy’s sanity on the verge.. your playfulness makes me nervous all the time.. just like today..baby, I love you so much and mommy will do anything beyond my power to protect you and be there for you.. I always feel that it is you who needs my protection the most. Baby, mommy will never give up on you. Mommy is your superhero and that’s a promise.

Dear Sati,
As I always tell you, we are the luckiest for having you.. when you came to our life, you complete our family. You know until now, I cry whenever I remember the day I knew you were a she. And yes honey, because of you being the only girl in the family, expect over protection not just from me but as well as from daddy, kuya, dico and sangko.

Habang kaya ko pa mga anak, sisiguraduhin ko, walang makakasakit sa inyo.

That was quite a letter no…actually, if I can write a letter every night, I would do. Being a mom, I am always full of love, emotion and protection for my kids. And of course I am always thankful for having them and for completing me.

And I know moms, you too feel the same, I know how much you can related to the video above, why don’t you visit and like Johnson’s Baby FB page and share what you thought about the new Johnson’s Baby TVC!

Gaya nga ng sabi sa video:

Bilang mga mommy, we try to always protect our child. Habang baby pa siya. Habang pwede pa. Like kung napangiti ka. Share kung naka-relate ka.

Introducing The Guy To Your Family

A couple of years back a friend of mine met this great guy online. Yes, you heard (or should I say, read) it right. She met him online, a foreigner. She did take note of the importance of online dating safety though. She made sure that this was not a “fake” or “dangerous” guy. She learned to ask the right questions, draw him out so she would know the real him. And as their connection led to courtship and then more, he decided to come and see her in person, meet her family. The challenge then was how would she introduce him to them? What could she (and he) do to make the introductions a bit easier?

One of the things my friend did was to tell him more about our country, our culture. This helped him to understand how things are being done in our country, what is important in our culture. Thankfully, he was more than willing to learn. She referred him to books, websites that helped him know more about our country and culture. This would help him prepare how to relate, interact with her family. On the other hand, my friend also began opening up to her family about her foreigner beau, his life, and his culture. She was really familiarizing them about him so that when they would finally meet, it’s not like they were meeting a total stranger.

Another thing my friend also did was to already include her family in their online chats and calls. She asked the guy first, of course, if he was willing to do this. Thankfully, he was willing. His affirmative answer, of course, was also a clue that he was that sincere in their blossoming relationship. As he and her family had their share of interaction online, her family began to know him and appreciate his efforts to reach out to them before his travel time to the country came. So if you are currently involved with a foreigner boyfriend/fiancé that you may have met through a dating site, you could take these major points from my friend. Share about your culture to your foreigner boyfriend/fiancé. It will help him a lot to connect with your family. And so will introducing him online to your family before his actual arrival in the country. Make those communication bridges even before he comes. This will go a long way towards a better interaction and relationship between this love of your life and your family.

Plastik Ka Ba? Weeeh Di Nga?!?

I had the chance to watch Cheche Lazaro presents Plastic Ka.

made me realize I should continue posting about my “manong wag mo na i-plastic” adventure to inspire more people to stop using plastic.

Opps. did I say stop using plastic? I take that back.. watching Plastik Ka, I have to agree on some points.. yes we cannot live without plastics.. and I am sharing with you some of the things that I can’t do without plastics:

frenemies… eek I was just joking hahaha
Milk Tea and float straw.. I don’t use straw on my drinks.. but with Milk Tea and Coke Float, is it really possible? I mean to enjoy the drink without the straw? Isn’t one of the most exciting part of drinking milk tea is the sinkers and how it goes through the straw.. ang saya di ba?
Plastic wrapper for books and notebooks.. self explainable.. paki explain sa katabi mo kung di gets.
Plastic on supermarket meats.. which I learned from Cheche Lazaro show, I can actually use my containers instead!

I did not include other plastic usage such as hanger, containers etc.. those are plastic made stuff that I really can’t live without..yes we cannot live naman without plastics.. but I think we can minimize the use of it. How?

Here are five ways to minimize the use of plastic without much hassle to your lifestyle:

if it is not milk tea or coke float, do not use straw.
when buying small medicine, don’t ask for plastic and if they put it in a small plastic, say you’ll just place it inside your bag.. those small plastic bags, it has no use, you can’t even reuse it.
avoid the “pakidoble” culture… that is common no? padoble ng plastic at baka mabutas.. as much as one plastic would do, let it be that way.
your garbage bin can live without plastic, so don’t make it a habit to line your garbage bag with a plastic. The thing is, because you are doing it, you will have the tendency to commit the “padoble” culture just to have more plastic that you can use to line your garbage bag.. gets?
when buying at convenience stores.. specially if you’re just buying a mineral water or a pack of something, that an do without using a plastic bag..

It’s not easy..as I have mentioned before, inconvenience is the price I have to pay to help save Mother Earth. It’s very inconvenient to bring your own ecobag, to bring your own container when shopping for meat and wet goods.. it’s not easy but inconvenience is a very small price.

I do agree, on the point that, plastic banning is not the ultimate solution, it was pointed out that other trash such as wood, old clothes have the tendency to sink at the bottom of the river.. and that only plastics are seen as the waste that clogs the river… making the metro more susceptible to flooding.. it’s all about waste management still and education. It was amazing what Villar Foundation has done to clean up their river and how they manage waste in their area..I hope this kind of waste management can be done in all parts of the metro (if only LGU will unite.. OK that’s another thing..)

Of course, waste management aside, minimal plastic use will be a great help…

How about paper bag? as one of the guest in Cheche Lazaro presents said, “basura pa din yon”….indeed..