my pamangkins

this is gonna be the first time that i'll be talking about my pamangkins. except for this thread...

no, i was not avoiding it. i'm proud to be a tita... a faraway tita, i guess. but my life has too many complications that i forgot to acknowledge that im so blessed in a lot of things.

i am a tita to 7 kids. 3 (ram, rev and mary) on my eldest brother and 4 (gorby, jonas, hazel and jc) to my older brother.

ram, rev and mary are residing in NY though mary is the only citizen. they've been there a couple of years with their parents syempre and still no plans of going home as they all wanted to process their papers there. well, i guess, by the time they decided to go home, the kids could be in their teens.

isaac ephraim or ram who's nick came from his dad's name read backwards (mar) is now 7 years old. edward virgil or rev, who's name is after his lolos' on both sides and nick is my dad's name read backwards (ver) just turned 6 a few days ago. mary evangeline or ineng as they fondly called her is 2 years old. i've seen her for a couple of days when i brought her brothers to the us of a but she's just a few months old at the time. i've seen her by webcam naman most of the time and more often than her brothers. this kid is makulit and malikot, mahilig mag-inarte according to her mom.

i never had a chance to be with my 4 pamangkins on kuya alex's side. they lived overseas and i've only spent a few weeks with them since they were born. their youngest, jc, i've cradled only for a few minutes before going back here in SG where i am presently residing.

lucky are the boys of kuya mar, ram and rev. for 4 years, i was with them but it was not enough to make too many memories. they were still too young when i accompanied them to their parents in NY. now that they're 7 and 6, we didn't have any emotional bonds anymore. they forgot all those things that we did together back when we're still in pinas. however, they haven't forgotten me.. that's enough for me. they still make sumbong to me pag napapagalitan sila kahit over the net lang. they still ask me to buy them stuffs at nakikipagkulitan pa din sa phone pag nasa mood. other than that, even if i try to get in touch everyday.. i wont get to see or hear them :( aside from yelling i don't like!

there were times na they asked me when i will come and visit them. they said na they missed me pero like any typical kids, they prefer to play or watch tivo instead of talking. ram always find time to talk to me or to just say hi or wave in front of the webcam. rev will always be busy in front of the tv. and i get stucked with ineng though i know that i can only see her because she's watching some video on the internet teeheehee

some of our convesations would go like:

ram: tita, kelan ka punta dito?

tita: ikaw ram, kelan ka uwi pinas?

ram: paglaki ko natita: hinde, sunduin na kita dyan

ram: di pwede tita. kelangan kasama ko si papa, si mama, si rev at ineng paguwi ko

tita: eh bakit naman?

ram: kase family kame!!!

onga naman...

rev: tita, ibili mo ko ng power ranger toys

tita: cge, bili kita. hintayin mo

rev: gusto ko now na.. now na

tita: night na here. close na mga shops

rev: sige, tomorrow na lang

ngek!

tita: san kayo punta?

ram: mag shopping kame

tita: ibili mo ko ng bag

ram: bag na naman? puros ka na lang bag...

di naman ahh... medyo lang hehe

tita: san kayo punta?

rev: mag-mall kame

tita: buy mo ko pasalubong

rev: sige, tita.. buy kita ng bag

tita: talaga? sige

rev: oo tita, paglaki ko.. pag may work na ko..

ngek! ilang years pa yun? baka di na uso bag nun...

kuya alex's kids are all in pinas and im going home to spend days with them before the holiday. its jonas' birthday also and im really looking forward to bond with them. jonas is the sweetest kid. he always want to hang out with me kahit na busy si tita gusto nya nasa tabi ko. hazel is different. pero she's so madaldal, i enjoy every minute i spend with her..

tita: hazel, sino madaldal?

hazel: si hazel

tita: sino makulit?

hazel: si hazel

tita: sino matakaw?

hazel: si hazel

tita: sino maganda?

hazel: si hazel

tita: sino cute?

hazel: si hazel

tita: sino sexy?

hazel: si tita olib!

nasa turo yan haha