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Erin's been quite talkative these days. Her speech is not limited anymore to just cooing. She gurgles a lot and I think an emerging "Ba" is on the way as she loves making bubbles with her saliva. "Gi" is also now part of her vocal gymnatics repertoire.

The other day, J reckons he heard her say "Daddy." Now, that can't be really true, right? I spend almost the entire day (24/7) with this kid and her first word is "daddy" ?! Maybe J heard something else, like the "gi" syllable which does sound like the last syllable of daddy. Anyway, whatever it is, I have yet to hear it for myself to believe it. So far, nada! :P

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Yesterday was Erin's cousin C's 18th birthday. Lunch was held at the second floor of the Canberra Football Club in Deakin. It was eat-all-you-can Yum Cha at AU$15 per person. The food was delicious but their service was terrible. :( The place was packed at 12 noon. And since our tables were located in the farthest corner from the kitchen, the food couldn't get to us. I think we were able to start really eating at past one when some of the other customers had left.

While waiting for the food, the little girl got passed around to other family members and friends. And she did not cry! :) Looks like this kid is turning into one social butterfly! And she doesn't cry anymore in her car seat (except of course, when she's already tired). Thanks to endless playing of nursery rhymes and toys dangling everywhere. ;)

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The three of us haven't been getting much sleep these days. Erin's eczema still flares up every now and then. What's worse is that these episodes occur late at night or at early dawn when we're all supposed to be sleeping. We know it's occuring when she suddenly wakes up, rubs her face and starts screaming. J and I don't have eczema so we don't have the slightest clue as to how she's really feeling. But I reckon it's so damn itchy judging from her terribly loud cries. After applying creams, the most that we can do is just wait for the rashes to subside. And it's only then can we go back to getting some shut-eye, which isn't easy, by the way.

I realise eczema is actually pretty common in kids, especially after talking to family and friends. Extreme weather temperatures (either the cold or the heat), I think, are majorly the culprits. So I'm guessing this'll be back to haunt us in the summer time. Oh dear... :(

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Shameless Plugs
Thanks to my brother D for 'photoshopping' one of Erin's photos. He's a graduating Fine Arts student at the UP in Diliman and he's trying to build up his portfolio. Here's his 'Erin' project:

And here's one more of his works:

Couldn't be any prouder. :D

And while we're on the subject of family and the arts, my brother-in-law is currently exhibiting his artwork at The Art Hall, Tower 2, The Enterprise Center in Makati City. The exhibit runs from the 23rd of July to the 5th of August. Access to his works is also available online at his site.

SITUATION : Aling Martha, a 32 year old fish vendor from baranggay matahimik came to see you at the prenatal clinic. She brought with her all her three children. Maye, 1 year 6 months; Joy, 3 and Dan, 7 years old. She mentioned that she stopped taking oral contraceptives several months ago and now suspects she is pregnant. She cannot remember her LMP. 1. Which of the following would be useful in

I was browsing on technorati earlier and started to notice on my blog reactions the title of my most recent post about my week 1 earnings. It was from PinoyBlogMachine and then, that was one of those times when a lightbulb flashes above your head "twing!". My Post Got Featured on PinoyBlogMachine! As i continued to think about it, i had train of thoughts spinning on my mind. Traffic, Visitors, Traffic, Readers, traffic, more clicks, traffic, more friends , and. . . well, you know whats next. . .hehe

Read my post here.

Kidding aside, i was really delighted to find this out. Not only will this get my blog more visitors, but it will be known to more people around the blogsphere and on the internet in general. As i have said in my previous post, i will try hard to help people earn on the internet; this being said, i need as much eyeballs on my blog as possible. This, i hope is one of them. . .

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Does this story remind you of our local celebrity news anchors?

"The world of the news anchor, born of the idea that the news is a public trust, is in free fall," says this story. "Today's news presenters like the much-criticised Katie Couric of CBS News and the idolised Anderson Cooper of CNN, are the creation of the media campaigns that old Hollywood studios once used to manufacture their stars."

"Dan Rather complained that the decision to bring in Katie Couric as his replacement to anchor The CBS Evening News represented a desire 'to dumb it down, tart it up'.

Starting with a story on a journalist who slept with her source and very much part of the controversy she reported, the story said: "The old world that Rather represents is long gone. With his prematurely grey head of hair and steel blue eyes, the newest star, Anderson Cooper, gazes from the cover of June's issue of Vanity Fair. No bad dye jobs for the man People magazine has named one of the 'sexiest men alive'."

Click here for the story which I got from the New Zealand Herald.

Yey! Sizzle wins in Move! Now back to work.

Got lots of things to do but I have to stop for now. I'm watching the final episode of Move. Oh boy, I hope Sizzle gets in.

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