rj malacas

So it’s been a while since I’ve written here on my blog.  You know, the usual, busy with work, dealing with stuff but I will try my best to update my blog more often.  Last time I was here was on Father’s Day of last year, and there’s a bunch of things that went on before and after, so here it goes…

First, we moved to a new and safer place. After months of trying to have a baby, my wife and I have decided to move out from the city life to an urban life. It’s not where the farms are, but it’s far from the noisy neighbors, far from the sounds of the ambulance or police cars, and far from all the stress the city offers. The only downside of us moving is now we have to travel 15-20 minutes to go to work, as oppose to a 3-minute walk.

Anyway, the house has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and is near the shipping mall, near the main highways and has a great neighborhood. We have a big yard, so Popoy is can run around like crazy.

Here are some pics of the yard…

Last Sunday was Father’s Day. I didn’t get to use the internet the whole day because I got busy. We celebrated Father’s Day with Ava’s Baptism. Lots of food, playing basketball, some dancing, poker, and chit-chatting. My family invited lots of people, but surprisingly only a few came. Even my friends didn’t get to come (they had their own celebration). Here are some of the pics from the Baptism:

So to all the Dads, Papas, and Daddys out there, hope you had fun on your day. And to my Dad, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! We love you, and we miss you…

Congratulations to my niece for graduating from the 8th grade at St. Joan of Arc. She will be going to high school next school year, time flies doesn’t it?! lol

Ava finally went home today.  She is doing better and so is my sister.  They both had some complications, with Ava having some heart murmur and with my sister losing a good amount of blood.  I still haven’t seen the baby yet, with me being sick and all, but I am getting better though.  Here are some more pics of Ava…

Ava Romyna

Ava Romyna

Here she is, Ava Romyna, welcome to this world!

Ava Romyna Maranan

Born on April 29th, 2009 at 11:55am with the weight of 7 lbs and 3 oz.  Congratulations to Kuya Roger, Ate Gigi and Avery.  Sorry Avery, you’re not the ‘lil girl of your family anymore.  =P  But I know you’ll be a good big sis for Ava.

This past weekend, i felt uncomfortable with my throat being itchy. Since it is springtime, I guess it is allergies. I sneeze a lot and I get watery eyes. I’m starting to hate spring, I don’t get to enjoy the beautiful weather outside. Anyway, I’m starting to cough and I feel I’m getting a fever too because I feel like my eyes are getting warmer when I close them. Hopefully I won’t have this for too long because I need to practice tennis and tennis league starts on May.

Changing topic, my sister is going to have her new baby (Ava Romyna) tomorrow. Hope everything goes well. I’m going to be a new uncle again… If I don’t get any better tomorrow, I will have to see my doctor because I don’t want to get the swine flu. And there’s a chance that I might not get to see the new baby yet… =(

I set up a blog for my wife Alou (with the help of Mr Jim Doran, thank you very much sir). I thought I had to pay for another blog site but anyway, it’s alonacomalacas.com. Check it out in about a week, so hopefully she’d get to write at least once a week. She claims she’s a very good writer, so we’ll see. LOL just kiddin’ baby… I love u!

I’ve heard and read about other people’s experiences about getting their wisdom tooth pulled and all I learned was simply, it hurts! Growing up, I’ve never recalled myself going to a dentist and getting any of my teeth pulled out. All I remember was, every time I had a loose tooth, I did my own procedure. The procedure of just letting it be, and if I can pull it out, then I’d do it myself. But now, it’s a different situation. I had a problem with my lower right wisdom tooth, creating a pocket for food to get in. So I really had no choice but to take it out.

Four days ago was my procedure. It was early in the morning, still sleepy from sleeping late the night before. Didn’t like the people for they were somewhat unfriendly. With the slow service and unorganized help desk staff, I really didn’t want my day to start off in a bad/moody way. After at least 30 mins of waiting, I was led into the procedure room so I told my wife to come with me. “Ma’am, you can wait in the waiting area. It’ll be done in 20 mins.” the tech said to my wife. I was like “great!”. The only person that would comfort me throughout the procedure was not allowed to hold my hand. (ok i’m a baby, so what?! haha) Anyway, the dentist gave me a couple of shots to numb my gums and so I wouldn’t feel anything. But the injections alone gave me some painful stings. So after a few minutes the dentist started his procedure. He moved my tooth up and down, right to left, and up and down again. With my eyes closed during the procedure, I really was just imagining happy thoughts to alleviate the discomfort I was feeling. Then all of a sudden a sound of a drill starts, making it’s way inside my mouth as I hear the sound gets closer and closer. The dentist starts carving it’s way in, and the worse thing was I could smell the burning aroma. Not really an aroma, but u know what I mean. After hearing the freaky cracking sounds, more strong pushing left, pushing right, which led me into conclusion that this dentist was having a hard time pulling my tooth; it’s like a tug-of-war in there. My hands and feet started to shake a bit. But after a few more pulling and pushing, he stopped. I thought he didn’t take it out yet then he finally said, “that’s it!”. Finally, this awful experience is over! The dentist led me back to the help desk and gave me the prescription for the pain killers, hydrocodone, along with the instructions, ice pack and some gauze. We head home, and Alou stopped by the pharmacy to get the medicine.

It’s been four days since I haven’t eaten properly. I’ve only eaten soups, soft foods like my wife’s cheesecake and some tiramisu. The worse thing was, I had to be at my work’s surprise baby shower for my sister. It was tough being in a room full of good food and was unable to talk a lot. I still can’t open my mouth wide, and can’t even laugh the same way. The jaw area still hurts, although the pain is subsiding everyday. Just can’t wait for this thing to be over!

I’ve created a slideshow for Popoy before his birthday.  These are pictures we took when we got him last April  up to the present.    Hope you enjoy watching them!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

I was so busy during Valentine’s Day I never thought of putting a shout out to all the ladies out there, especially to the women of my life (my family and friends), and of course, most especially to my wife Alona Co Malacas.

My Baby Ga, hope you had fun on Valentine’s Day with me, as opposed to me working in the lab (he he).  I love you so much and I thank you for sticking with me through tough times.  With endless appreciation, thank you for being a great wife and a great mom (to Popoy!) and  for the unconditional love and support that you give me all these years.

I love you with all my heart…