Tribute to Mama

"i envy those people who can drink coffee anytime they feel like drinking,
but i envy more those people who are in the comforts of having their moms around"
i very well know that i am kinda' allergic to coffee
just it's aroma drives me to headache
i can hardly figure out what such unfortunate luck developed in me..
the fast-rising cafe' industry really can't get even a single cent profit from me!
recently we had a fieldtrip to Sasang-gu, a district office here in korea
there were generous people who wanted to treat us for a drink.
without any hesitation i let myself be counted in the tally of those who will avail the free drink..
not much to my surprise, iced coffee was served.
what's astonishing is the concentrated, strong taste of the drink!
i was not the only one who felt something unusual drinking it.
with the knowledge that i am reacting not so well when i drink coffee, i made it a point to just sip a little from the whole thing and i gave it to a friend who happens to be a coffee lover.

my physical and emotional turmoil started when we were on our way to the university, i felt dizzy and i really want to throw up if i had only the chance to do so. glad i contained the feeling and went back to our so-called "HQ" and stayed there to get some rest..

i tried to overcome it through the "mind over matter" therapy but it did not work..
more than the physical complaints,
i have other concerns that cannot be solved by the said strategy.
i really have to acknowledge that i have emptiness within

that no medicine can cure,
i need my mama’s presence;
her carress.
i have recalled that whenever i feel something unusual, she is always there to comfort me.
she always go an extra mile to make things easy for me.
i never realized how important she is to me until i was really far away from her.
now, whenever i feel like hugging or kissing her,
i cannot simply do that for the reason that she is miles away from me.
i miss my mom so much..
yes, i miss my other family members but i miss my mom the most!

mama,
happy mother's day!
i cannot thank God enough for you!
i love you!

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Unsupressed thoughts and Feelings

hehehe.. it's kinda funny when i read kimee's e-mail all the way from belgium where she is at right now and for the next few days..

you see she is up to something important there.. she is marketing the doy pack bags to the belgians and other europeans too.. through this project funded by an NGO in Belgium, we get to help our unemployed kababayans to earn for a living..

last february, during our midterm exams, i went to manila to accompany two belgians-cloe and simon to KILUS Foundation. There, we were able to get some tips how to make such wonderful bags out of recycled materials-mainly doy packs..

we jotted salient ideas that would be of help in the realization of the planned livelihood for the unemployed mothers in bacolod.. we got everything that we thought will be of help to the program..

we bought some bags to serve as prototype.. i bought one for myself too.. i recalled that during that time, i'll be in short of money if i'll buy it.. still i made a way to get it!

glad i bought it!

when we reached bacolod, i flaunted my new bag.. almost everybody expressed that they really like the bag.. and so that was the start of everything..

balayan, an institutional organization in the university borrowed my bag and made it a prototype for the bags that will be sent to belgium.. they named it-"malou bag"

before it's kinda astonishing and quite chaka to name it as malou bag?

huwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttt? why that name?

later on i get to encounter that bag's name everytime cloe updates us about the orders in belgium..

whew! now, another email sent to me containing the name malou in the bag.. now, i think it is cool! never thought that it will be a hit there..

come to think of it.. it all started because i was able to pick a nice, simple bag that have undeniably drawn others eyes and interest on it..

good taste indeed! hahaha..i never felt so affirmed of my taste on fashion until i had this so called "malou bag".



thanks cloe for insisting to call the bag with my name..

thanks CUDettes..



guys, it's all in the name... i mean the name "bag" hahaha



malou is just malou..

there are a lot of malou-s in this world! and my name is ma.lourdes anyway.. but i know that it was named after me.. i know..hehehe



coz you see there is sole "malou" in the CUD Project.

Kilus Foundation, salamat at nadisplay nyo po ang isang magandang bag sa medyo mura na presyo..

waaah!



p.s.

i'm sorry kung ka-ugok sa akon ha..

haappy lang gid ko, promise.. inta lang gid ko ya noh?!

regards to all!

mwwwwwwwaaaaaaahhhh!

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