Birthday and all...

The birthday boy was awakened with lots of hugs and kisses from Shua and with a bright light courtesy of yours truly... sorry I never learn my lesson. Anyway, after breakfast, we all headed out to church for the annual easter egg hunt. Shua had a lot fun and enjoyed the event with his classmate.

Later after lunch, the birthday boy and son did lots of work on my car - changed the oil, lubed and oiled my creaking doors and replaced my tail lights. They even did a test drive and went to buy a filter for our aquarium...hmmm now I am really looking bad here...
Anyway, after all of his hard work. I took him to get his massage at the Spa. It was not as good as the ones he gets in Singapore apparently but at least he got some massage, better than anything I can muster.

After his massage, I took him to dinner at Marrakesh. It's a Morroccan restaurant located in downtown Portland. The entertainment was good but I think the food was better :)

Once we got home, Shua prepared the birthday cake. It is suppose to be a Trifle but it didn't come close to one. I think I should stick with cooking and no more baking for me.


Glad, we got our dessert at the restaurant...at least that made up for my lack of "baking" ability...

Spring break

Spring break seem to have gone by so fast. Unfortunately for Shua, he spent most of that time at home sick with a stomach flu. Still, we managed to squeeze in some fun during the week. We went out bowling one day and that was fun for all three of us. Lola Teresita definitely enjoyed it big time, since she hasn't gone bowling since she was in high school. Then, over the weekend we went ice skating and that was the highlight of Shua's spring break. Being his first time on ice, he fell a lot but he never gave up. He enjoyed it so much that he wanted to sign up for hockey. Thanks to Aunt Lynn and Uncle John - he's already got the gear if he does get into it.

Anyway, as ever here are some pictures of our adventures lately.

Dad, keeping a watchful eye...
I had fun too, it was my second time on ice...and I did manage to stay upright the whole time :)

Shua and his team during their little league basketball awards ceremony.

Looking forward to...

1. The spring break begins on Saturday here in Oregon. It should be nice to not have to get up early, rush in the morning and to get a break from the routine a bit.

2. I look forward to spending sometime with Pat at home over the weekend, we hardly had time with him this week.

3. To hearing more stories from Janet and Mike. I am really happy for them. I think it is no secret that I love babies and it is great to have another addition to the family. Can't wait to see pictures of Baby Katherine!

4. Sitting down with my girlfriends and their kids to catch up a bit. It has been over a month since I went and hang out with them. I have completely neglected my social life once I started my class.

5. To seeing my grades, not that it is that exciting but I guess I am happy to have pushed myself to do it, even if I struggled with it.

6. I am looking forward to my Mom taking her ESOL class by the end of March. It will be good for her and I hope she can meet a friend or some friends there too. That will be nice!

7. I am looking forward to all of the upcoming birthdays...yipee, Pat is going to be 28 again :)

A day of anticipation and excitement

Oh I am really very excited to hear about Janet and Baby W! I hope things are going well. It'll be great to meet Baby W finally. I want to fly to NY but we'll see how I can make that happen. Too bad my Mom can't drive, I would leave Joshua for a while just so I can help his Aunt Janet and Uncle Mike and of course so I can meet Baby W! Oh it is so exciting!!!

Not without a snag...

So, I finally took my finals this morning. I was going to take it Saturday evening but to our sweet surprise Pat came home earlier than expected. So I put it off.

So, today while I was in the middle of taking my exam, the network decided to fail which is not a good thing. I was worried that if I re-logged I would loose all of the answers that I already had or that I will have no more chance to answer the rest of the questions and so I proceeded until I answered the whole thing. The exam was 35 points and I was only on question # 23 at that time by then I only had about 1 1/2 hour left on my timer. The exam was good for 2 1/2 hrs. I was panicking while answering the rest of the questions and I was not even sure I got the prior questions right. Time was pretty tight as well. So, I decided to copy and paste the exams to Word then list all of my answers. I then relogged and fortunately was able to retrieve my exam again and just rewrote my answers, this is with just about 30 min left on my timer. I think I was able to submit all of the answers but I unfortunately didn't have enough time to double check my answers. I would hate to have to take my exam again but we'll see....ah I simply can not have a good day!

I just want to finally chill out! I won't find out the result until Wednesday....grrr bummer!

Anyway, at least Pat is home now and that is a good thing.

Brain and body

The next two weeks is pretty hectic for me. I have 3 labs that is all due by March 18 and 2 exams including my finals between this week and next week. I've been postponing taking my midterm exam this week until at least I am comfortable enough, however I feel like I am just making matters worse. Every time I go back to our previous homework, I keep getting different answers and I think I have more mistakes now than before...I have confused the daylights out of me!!! I think it is because I am again rushing and trying to cram everything all at the same time. I hate it when I do that and yet I do it. It doesn't help too that I am still not feeling well. I have the Pat disease ( can't hear, disoriented, nauseous, sick to my stomach and sleepless). I don't know how he is walking around like this for the last three months.

Anyway, other than school keeping me busy - Joshua's schedule picked up quite a bit too lately. He will be home for the next two days for Parent Teacher Conferences (ah I don't know what surprises the teacher has in store for me) and of course there is basketball and boy scout.

I too started taking my Mom to some workshop. It is a program that caters to 55+ who are seeking for employment. She's really adamant about working and so I am doing my best to support her despite of the many obstacles. Anyway, she had some orientation last week and I took her there again today and whew I have a lot of work to do with her. I'll have to send her to some ESL program to begin with to help her become more comfortable with speaking the language. She seems to be fine when we talk to her and responds to us even if it is in broken english at home, but then when other people talk to her, she freezes and begins to mumble her words. I know it is tough but I get frustrated when she refuses to get help and is denying the fact that she can't speak or understand english that much. Today was a clear example of why she needs to take classes and for some reason she still didn't see the point why she needs to...ah frustrating. Anyway, I'll send her to ESL whether she likes it or not...this is me being a terrible daughter and I hate being a terrible daughter but sometimes you just gotta do what you have to do.

ah my brain hurts! I need a hug...

The new home search...

Seems like a good choice given our current situation ;)

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