These past days, the hot weather has really become a pain in the neck. Or literally, a pain to every part of our body — our face, arms, nape, even to our hidden parts (censored!). The worst part of it, it can really hit hard on anyone’s health. For the last couple of days, I felt so stressed easily even if you stay indoors. Whether at home or at the office, the heat is something you just wish is gone for good. But that’s the sad thing. It doesn’t. Even when the sun has gone done, and you’d expect a cool breeze to ease it down (well, at least at home for that matter), the heat wave that has bombarded your place for the whole day, stays… and I mean hindi nawawala or umaalis! Frankly, this has been the worst kind of summer that we have to experience to date. Imagine, temp records of around 38 to 40 degrees of scorching heat… now that’s very alarming! But what’s more alarming, especially in my family’s case, is the concern to my kids who are prone to asthma attacks especially in an erratic weather like we’re having now.
Unfortunately, the worse part did hit. My kids were admitted again at Asian hospital last April because of their asthma. Little did Kaye & I know that their exacerbations were already due to something worse… they have pneumonia already. But good thing that we had them admitted so they could get utmost care and medicines will address it. We decided of bringing them in since both Cassie and Jemy haven’t been eating at all. If not for their usual rounds of milk, they could have been dehydrated already. But even the milk intake has waned. So that was really a wise choice to do.
After a few days, both of them have coped up with meds and liquids. Soon enough they were eating more. I guess the only thing that made difficult for us to have them admitted was the fact that they’ll be inserted with the needle again. And that is really to difficult to bear, especially for Cassie who’s veins are overshadowed by her chubby built. Siguro, we just thought they’ll recover faster thru that so we’ll just bear the sight of the procedure.
Thank God the kids recovered from the infection. But still we weren’t taking chances since the heat is not going down. So when we got back from the hospital, we had everything on round the clock meds regimen, as advised by their pedia (incidentally, the one that took care of Kara has become their pedia na rin!). And after a few days, Jemy is again back to his kulit self, if not doubly kulit pa! Cassie still was selective with food then but eventually became her old self as well. Kaya we’re still grateful that the kids are back to normal now.
I guess we just have to deal with the heat wave better this time. Despite the rising electricity rates, I guess I’d rather keep them comfy all the time in a aircon-cooled room, so as not to be affected by the heat again. And maybe keep the fans running downstairs when they play around the sala just to be ventilated from the trapped heat of the whole day.
Last week, Jemy has showed signs again of mild asthma, as evident of his coughing. But before it got any worse, we already had him nebulized for a given schedule. Now he’s coughing is less but manageable. I just hope his condition will soon be over so I wouldn’t be as worried of him since Kaye and I are working. Though he may be nebulizing, Jemy is still as bubbly and playful most of the time, as well as talkative and matakaw especially during meals and merienda. With Cassie, haaay… she’s really adorable at the same time super kulit! Besides we think she’s really a lot stronger than Jemy. But overall, we’re not as alarming as the one last April. We just hope and pray that the heat wave would finally come to an end. Because more than just dealing with the sweat and scorching, sunburn feeling, it’s really hard to bear of seeing the little ones suffer again because of this climate problem, where anyone and everyone can’t do anything about… for now.
Hope everyone can stay cool if we can help it. And let’s deal with the heat wisely, for summer, I think, is still a long way to go…
Kutis kalabaw na ako Bongkie pero hindi ako nakakaligtas sa tindi ng init.
Nang magsummer outing ang departamento namin, nagbalinguyngoy ako at nagkabutlig pa. Kahapon sa tagal ng pila sa labas ng paaralan, ayan nagkabutlig butlig ulit ang aking skin.
Kaazur kumareng Bong..so kaka talaga.
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bongkito Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 2:17 am
hay ganun talaga pagmatagal ka di naaaninagangan ng araw. ang mga kulipis kasi madalas sa madilim lang namamalagi at sa malamig na kapaligiran. buti di ka agad nagliyab ng biglaan nung lumabas ka sa araw? bwahahaha. pero kidding aside, yung pagbubutlig common talaga sa mainit na panahon. kaya normal ka pa rin pag sa anyong tao. hehehe
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J. Kulisap Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Ahahahha, ganun ba..yehey normal ako…may butlig ako.
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bongkito Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 4:16 am
sige na nga! hehehe minsan ka lang naman maturingang normal e. pero actually, di ka normal. normal state mo ay kung ipis ka e. nyahahahha!
Mr. Nonsense Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 1:11 am
malamok kapag mainit.
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:38 am
ah kaya siguro mga ipis laging nagtatago sa malamig lang. takot sila sa lamok.! nyahahahah!
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Grabe nga ang init. Galaw galaw tayo guys baka maistroke. Pero kahit sa paggalaw nakakatamad kasi mainit. Argh.
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bongkito Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 3:42 am
buti na lang kami pag mainit, aircon sa kwarto ang katapat. Or better yet, punta sa mall para mas malaki ang lalakarin na malamig. Tanong lang… kakayanin mo kaya pumunta sa mall e kung sobrang init nga? Hehehe
Kumusta salbe? ano vhalits syo?
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mainit talaga at dagdag init pa tong palaging sirang airon sa opisina. kanina mainit na naman pero buti at nagawan ng paraan umandar ulit kaya malamig na.
magkano naman kaya ang kuryente natin? hayyy…kelangang dagdagan ang raket para may pambayad sa dagdag na kuryente. hahahaha!
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bongkito Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
skerd nga ako kung magkano kuryente natin this month, but don’t worry. magtatabi na ko ngayong sweldo pa lang. at yeah! dapat magbayad na yung mga niraketan natin. come to think of it, kelangan ko na rin magawa yung isang rush na print ad. yikes!!! sana di pa hanapin sa kin! hehehe!
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Great post! I really love your nice blog! I also commented at your other post that I thought was awesome.
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bongkito Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 2:33 am
thanks! btw, which other post are you referring to?
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Nice story, hey I found this post while surfing the web for free downloads. Thanks for sharing I’ll post this to my facebook about this too.
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bongkito Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 2:35 am
Sure. And thanks for visiting! hope to see you around again.
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I’m sorry about your kids, Daddy.
Pero ang sushal talaga ng ospital nyo. Hindi pa ko nakakapasok dyan kase baka nagpapalayas sila ng mga gusgusin. Hahahaha.
Sa sobrang inet pag nagigising ako pawis na pawis ako. Bumabaho tuloy agad mga punda ng unan ko.
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bongkito Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Uy hindi naman! Mababait ang mga tao sa Asian. Di ka naman nila pagtatabuyan dun. Kahit minsan may lapses sila, relatively they’ll really take care of you.
Pawis ba kamo paggising? Yung mga piglets, napapaihi na sa bed dahil apaw na yung diapers nila sa tagal ng tulog. Hehehe but who’s to complain?
Kumusta Vaj?
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wahhhhh pagpapray ko po ang mga kids… malakas tayo kay lord dinya tayo pababayaan.. at papaalis na rin po ang heatwaves satin.. welcome la-nina na….
godbless lagi
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bongkito Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 2:21 am
naku sana nga nag-uuulan na. pero wag naman masyado. mahirap naman at baka magka-Ondoy-an na naman dito sa tin.
Thanks sa pagpepray mo Jason sa mga piglets! Lam ko si Lord will always protect them all the time!
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jason ivler Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
aw. sana mild rains lang at drizzles lang – susyal
kung baga blessing after paghihirap mula sa napakainit na panahon..
yep. pray tayo kay lord.
para happy lahat pati ang mga kyut piglets nyo!
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:33 am
tama ka, mild rains and drizzles lang dapat para di tayo ma-Ondoy ulit hehehe! at tama ka ulit. prayer brigade lang para lagi tayong lahat ligtas sa kahit anumang sakuna.
ingat kapatid na jason!
Hello kuya bong.. grabeh nga ang init now, compare last year.. feeling ko nsa disyerto eko eh.. hehehe..
musta na?!
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 12:28 am
hahaha! actually di ko pa alam feeling ng nasa disyerto pero kung nakakapasong init, ay well, siguro nga! Buti pa nga dyan pagdating ng gabi lumalamig, dito nawawala rin e, tapos nakukulob pa yung init. Bad trip! Pero ok naman lately, medyo coping na yung weather from the sobrang heat. o kumusta naman dyan sa dako mo? jingat jingat (jejemon style ng ingat) hehehe!
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Len Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 5:10 am
haha, natawa naman ako sa jejemon kuya… hahaha, nako mainit po sa disyerto kasi may kakilala ako taga don.. hehee
owkhey khuea Bong, SalAmhaTs PoW.. Jingat khdaen pow JeAn!
( jejemon stlye! ahaha )
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Naku talagang mainit nga daw dyan Bong. Ganyan din kami nung andyan pa sa Pinas. Todo gamit na lang ng aircon, wag lang magkasakit. Buti naman at okay na ang mga bata. Medyo mainit na rin ngayon dito 20C(70F)…medyo pinapawis na ang kili-kili ko niyan…hehe. Siguro yan ‘global warming’ ang isang dapat pagtuunan ng mga bagong naupo sa gobyerno. Simulan na sana.
God Bless!
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Yup! the kids are ok na naman! Kaya kahit mainit ng konti lately, basta’t makulit sila, ok pa rin kami!
Kumusta dyan Tay? di ba ganun kainit? Akshuwali, tayo rin ang may kagagawan nito kaya may global warming. Sana lang sa pagpasok ng new administration, may magawa sila agad to curb yung rising problem ng climate change.
Ingat lagi Tay!
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Awt, wawa naman ng kids.. buti na lang at back to normal mode na ang kakulitan.
Mukang matatagalan pa nga ang inet ng panahon kaya matagal tagal pa ang madalas na paggamit ng aircon, tsk tsk wahhh…. goodluck sa kuryente. Ahihihi… Gandang araw Kuya Bong! ^^
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:24 am
Hi hi to you too! Ay hirap talaga ‘pag nakikita mong apektado sila because of the heat. Kaya talagang yung aircon room lang ang last place of haven nila to be ok. And yes! Talagang good luck sa kuryente. Ngayon pa nga lang inaabangan ko na kung magkano pa idadagdag namin for this month’s bill. Well, that’s life… mahirap pero enjoy naman! Heheheh!
Ingat lagi and wag magpakasunog sa init!
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I’m glad your family’s okay now, Mr Bongkito. I think nga that this is the worst heat wave in the last few years. :c Grabe. We should really take precautions talaga.
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 12:30 am
agree ako with you on that. kaya talagang dapat we need to carry all the time some things that can refresh us especially if we’re always outside.
kumusta naman dyan sa cebu? same heat wave so to speak ba?
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slaveboi Reply:
May 20th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Yup! Superbad din dito! Parang nakakapaso talaga. :c I hope it ends soon. I feel sorry for the farmers and the plants.
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bongkito Reply:
May 21st, 2010 at 3:30 am
hay oo! if there’s one thing talaga ang apektado ay ang ating agriculture business, moreso the farmers who worked hard for planting so they can earn a living. but because of this problem, less na kita, they couldn’t even do anything about the rising heat and dry land. haaay… wish the rains would come soon… stay cool slaveboi.
god bless sa yo and family. kaya ako takot iuwi ang misis ko. na-heat stroke nang dati yun
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bongkito Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:27 am
uy fafa jesse! long time no hear! at sinabi mo pang nakakaheat-stroke ang init dito ngayon compared to the past summers. kaya nga wise to come home pag medyo di na ganun kainit. but well, who’s to know kung kelan matitigil ang init na to?!? gudlak na lang talaga sa min.
nga pala, next pakidala nga ng Baygon na istetsayd para kay kulipis para di gaanong nagkakakalat ng lagim kung san-san. Heheheh!
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Wahakhak.
H8 meowzh na@3 u*ew mehz pohez?
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bongkito Reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
bawal jejemon dito! burn jejemon burn!
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