PLAYING GAMES WITH JOHN
It's fun to play games with your hubby. ;-) nope...it's not what you think it is. It's just clean and fun games, boardgames that is. ;-)
A few nights back, John and I played like children anew with chess and Snakes and Ladders. The game took me back to my younger years when Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly, Scrabble and Millionaires' were the games children play, aside from the truly Pinoy street games of patintero, taguan-pong, and piko.
Our TV was busted for over a week already, and to while away our evenings, my Manang Leah took out the 6-in-1 gameboard and called our nieces and nephew to play Ludo. The girls played Ludo while my nephew Augie engaged his Tito John in a chess match. We had fun playing Ludo, as I coach my nephew once in a while with chess moves in an attempt to beat John. Hehe. My mom watched us play, and got to relive her younger days when my Dad courted her and engaged our Tatang (Mommy's father, our lolo) in a chess match. According to my mom's tales, our Tatang was the undisputed champion in chess in their hometown. Nobody can beat him until my dad, who was courting my mom during those days, played chess with our Tatang. Of course, our Tatang was confident of his chess prowess, but my dad proved to be more superior as he beat our Tatang, not just once, but twice! Our Lolo was flabbergasted, and so was everbody else. They could not believe that the Maestro (our Tatang was the school principal in their hometown in La Union) was beaten by a young engineer in the person of my dad! And for that my dad won the hand of my mom, and earned the respect and high-esteem of the Maestro.
Back to the present...in the chess match between John and my nephew, John was actually teaching him moves, as my nephew is trying out for their school's chess team. After their match, John dared me with a game of chess, and to spice the game, we had a bet that whoever loses the match will sleep in the floor!! I took the challenge, as my dad had taught me chess when I was in gradeschool, but sad to say, I have not inherited my dad's chess prowess. John and I started playing; my chess skills had definitely become rusty, as I forgot how to do go about castling. Hehe. John taught me as we played, even hinted on some moves to help me win. But I admit John is really good in chess, and finally John had my king in a checkmate. I lost! And John kept on taunting me that I will sleep on the floor. I said, "Oo ba! Asan na ang comforter? Wag kang maka-kalabit-kalabit jan ha!" Hahaha!! John could only scratch his head, and when we were in our bedroom, I was grinning mischievously. Of course John would not let me sleep in the floor, and grabbed me by the waist and told me "Lika na Hon, tulog na tayo." *wink*wink* ;-)
End of chess game. Lights off. A new game about to start...hehehehe...;-)
TAGGED BY TONI!!
Etong si Toni o! Galing lang sa Taiwan tapos mag-tag ba! Kahirap pa naman sagutin! Anyway, here are my SEVEN TAG answers, some are gaya-gaya from Toni...hehe! Hirap talaga mag-isip huh!
Seven Things That Scare Me:
1. Not having our own baby
2. Losing a baby through miscarriage
3. Dying without getting the last rites
4. Losing my dearest loved ones
4. GHOSTS!!! (hehe!)
5. cockroaches
6. rodents (those big black ones yuck!!)
7. drowning
Seven Things I Like The Most
1. John!! - a person, not thing ;-)
2. biting John's shoulders (di pa ko naglilihi nyan ha! hehe! ;-) )
3. chocolates!!!
4. cooking and baking
5. watching cooking shows
6. FRIENDS (the tv show) and my own friends
7. vacationing in my dad's hometown in Iloilo
Seven Random Facts About Me
1. I am a structural engineer but aspires to be a chef someday (frustration!)
2. I started going to school at the early age of 4 y.o. (kaya tinatalikuran ang kindergarten teacher!)
3. I was Daddy's pet (hehe!)
4. I am the youngest among 3 girls (now you know why I was daddy's pet ;-) )
5. I am asthmatic and has a heart problem, too (high maintenance ako)
6. I can be quite frank even to my closest friends
7. I am a devoted Marian
Seven Important Things in Our Bedroom
1. our Bible, Our Daily Bread and my rosary
2. our bed and different kinds and sizes of pillows
3. my favorite handwoven blanket I bought from Laoag
4. our clock radio
5. aircon and electric fan
6. our clothes and boxes and boxes of my shoes! ;-)
7. dresser/mirror and kikay stuff (lotion, astringent, cologne, brush)
Seven Things I Plan to Do Before I Die
1. Donate to a government hospital for patients with heart and lung diseases
2. Treat some streetchildren to a fun afternoon in Enchanted Kingdom
3. Go to Holy Land with my family
4. Spend quality time with John and our family
5. Build our own dream house and have my own bakeshop
6. Ensure my children's future
7. Travel all around the Philippines then the whole world
Seven Things I Can Do
1. I can cook delicious food!!
2. I can bake yummy goodies!!
3. I can sing (but not as good as John)
4. I can play the piano
5. I can dance
6. I can compose poems
7. I can understand both Ilonggo and Ilocano dialects
Seven Things I Can't Do
1. I can't swim (nyehehe!)
2. I can't ride a bike (nyehehe again!)
3. I can't drive (si John kasi ayaw pa ako turuan...hehe!)
4. I can't walk or run too fast (asthmatic nga eh!)
5. I can't take aspirin (allergic)
6. I can't understand John's dialect (Panggalatok)
7. I can't bear to live without John (naks! ;-) )
Seven Things That Attract Me to the Opposite Sex
1. soulful eyes (just like John's)
2. deep, manly voice (both singing and talking voice) - just like John pa rin ;-)
3. Love and responsibility to family
4. clean finger and toe nails
5. intelligent, witty, simple and humble
6. great sense of humor
7. artistic (can draw) and musically inclined ( can sing and play the guitar) - yep! yep! si John pa rin 'to! ;-)
Seven Things I Say the Most
1. Hon
2. Ganun??
3. Ngek!!!
4. Ano ba yan?
5. Asar!!
6. Shocks naman o!
7 Talaga lang ha?!
Seven Celebrity Crushes
1. Antonio Banderas
2. George Clooney (the eyes!)
3. Oscar dela Hoya (cute! doesn't look like a boxer!)
4. Kevin Bacon
5. Brendan Fraser
6. John Stockton (NBA player - Utah Jazz pa rin ba?)
7. hmmmm...wala na!
Seven people you want to take this Quiz
1. Mec
2. Angie ni Max
3. Dionne
4. Mai
5. Jacque ni Simon
6. Aggie ni Irwin
7. Jenn ni Tabs
