Happy Birthday Chuy!

Chuy is turning 4 tomorrow!!! We'll have a simple celebration tomorrow night, so just stand by for more photos...

Remembering our Daddy... Major Leopoldo A. Alicbusan, Sr.

Issa was talking to Heidi this morning, Heidi forwarded this article about my Daddy... you might be interested to read it? This was posted at Balitang San Pablo Online on August 2007, 6th article and we just discovered it now.

MAJOR ALICBUSAN, LIMOT NA BAYANI
Pag-alinsunod sa Batas Republika Bilang 9492, na sumusog sa Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order No. 292, o Administrative Code of 1987, ang huling Araw ng Lunes ng Buwan ng Agosto ay itinatakdang Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani o National Heroes Day.

Simula ng manungkulan si Alkalde Vicente B. Amante ay naging tradisyon na ang paggunita sa Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani ay ganapin sa paanan ng bantayog ni Gat Andres Bonifacio sa dahilang ito ay nakatayo sa kapaligiran ng Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park, at ang bantayog ay malapit lamang sa Bantayog Para Sa Alaala ng mga Martir ng Himagsikan na ipinatayo ng mga Diakonesa ng Iglesia Filipina Independiente noong ikalawang dekada ng pananakop ng mga Americano; at pananda para sa mga Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor at iba pang bayani ng Ikalawang Digmaan.

Ang bantayog ay halos katapatan ng isang concrete obelisk o pananda para sa alaala ni Major Leopoldo Alicbusan ng 27th Company ng Philippine Constabulary (PC) na nasawi sa pagtatanggol sa kalunsuran laban sa sumalakay na mga kaaway ng katahimikan noong madaling-araw ng Marso 29, 1950. Ang nabanggit na obelisk sa dati o orihinal na kinatatayuan ay nadalaw ni Pangulong Ramon F. Magsaysay noong Marso 29, 1954 nang ang Pangulong Idolo ng Masang Pilipino ay gumawa ng biglaang pagdalaw sa himpilan ng pulisiya ng Lunsod ng San Pablo, na walang kasama liban sa kanyang official driver at isang tradisyonal na military aide, na sa katotohanan ay tagabukas lamang ng pinto ng kotse, sapagka’t noon ay ika-4 na anibersaryo ng kamatayan ni Constabulary Major Leopoldo Alicbusan na napatay noong madaling-araw ng Marso 29, 1950 sa pagtatanggol sa kalunsuran sa pananalakay ng isang pangkat ng mga Huk. Subali’t sa tuwing magaganap ang palatuntunan sa paggunita ng Araw ng mga Bayani, ay walang isa man sa mga tagapagsalita ang nakakaalaala sa pagkapag-alay ng buhay ni Alicbusan.

Limampo’t pito (57) taon na ang nakalipas, at kapansinpansing maging ang obelisk sa alaala ni Alicbusan ay nanganganib ngayong mabuwal dahil sa isinasagawang konstruksyon ng Proposed City Engineer’s Office Building. Nagpapatunay na “Si Major Alicbusan ay limot na bayani.”

Lenten Season started...

We were all up at 3 in the morning! We went to Marilao, Bulacan at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy, it was almost a 2-hour travel from Los Banos. We attended the 6am mass in this huge field at the back of the main church.

People gathered here right after the 6am mass, this alter was located at the back wall of the main church.

Under the main church was a replica of the Holy Land...




Then, our final stop was a little snack at the famous Aling Nene's Eatery in Obando. Its a famous snack place in the area where Lugaw with Tokwa't Baboy, Pancit Palabok and dessert Akay-akay are served daily!

Here's the famous Pancit Palabok of Marilao and Obando... yum!

Hello Everyone... this is Issa!

This is not a food thing but I'm posting in behalf of my Mommy! Nothing much new lately, but I want to share some stories about my boys... Luigi and Chuy!

Let me start with little Chuy-chuy... last Saturday we were at SM Sta. Rosa, we just went out to treat the boys and stroll around. It was SM's closing time, Luigi and I were together, while Mommy, Dodo and Chuy were at the parking area waiting for us. Since it was quite late already wala ng masyadong tao and cars at the parking. As Luigi and I were walking towards the parking and crossing the road, I told Luigi not to call Chuy or make any sound so that Chuy won't see us walking. BUT! He still saw us and run crossing the wide road towards us, hay mabuti na lang at malayo pa yong car na padating and still had to slow down because of a hump. I felt like my heart jumped out of my chest sa sobrang nerbyos! Before he slept that night, I talked to chuy not to do that again, or else maba-bantay bata si Mommy and Daddy...

Oh well, I got a text message last night from Luigi's school service driver... he told me na may sinuntok daw si Luigi na service-mate nya and that the mother of boy was asking my telephone number. So instantly, I talked to Luigi about it. Inamin naman nya na may sinuntok nga sya kasi napuno na daw sya sa pangaasar nong bata who was only grade 4, meaning a lot younger than him. Dodo was out last night attending a little reunioun with his dormmates in college. So Jay and Mommyla were there while I was scolding Luigi, they were telling him to hit again the boy if he does that again. See how KONSINTEDOR these people are! Hahaha! This morning when his service came to pick him, Dodo talked to the boy at pinagbati nya to finally end their differences. Dodo even went to the boy's parents for an apology. Whatever really happened then, I still think that Luigi should have kept his patience because he's a lot bigger than the poor grade 4 boy.

Well, cases closed! Sabi nga ng mga friends ko, lalaki nga ang mga anak ko! These are things that boys should pass thru before growing up. Hay naku, you just don't know how praning I am when it comes to raising kids specially my two brating boys! Have to go now, have to let the steam get off my head!