approvals!

i went to meet karl's surrogate Ate last friday. her name's bingbing and she used to be a nun. hard to imagine. she's so alive, i don't think she can keep herself contained in her habit, much less in a convent. of course, i wouldn't know how they actually live. for all we know they get out more often than we think. and i guess they do. and i think they experience things a lot like us too. just the way i'd take living in a house full of girls - same for them - one big sorority with all the politics and crap. that's what she said, anyway. and that really is how it seems when she talks of her former nunnery-mates. she's a fun, fun gal! she made cool alibata tarot cards and writes songs, wants to study and study and study. she dates someone like mr.Big it seems. and she's totally cool about it. or maybe she's just naive. after all, she didn't start dating till she was probably in her late 20's. i guess that's where karl is obviously the kuya. anyway, i'm glad that the only family he has told him she likes me.

karl, in turn, came with me to leo's party the next night. skipp's the last one to meet him, and he almost didn't want to go because he ran into horrendous traffic when he went the wrong way. well, everyone got lost to some extent. i even kinda upset karl about it. i'm guilty, too. my mum said it's really dangerous in that place. but it all ended well enough. we ate and drank to our heart's content, played with the kids and danced away (except karl of course, and i obliged a dance or two with skipp, ais and mark). skipp brought us home, and sent me his greetings over the rest of the weekend.

yesterday was my first christening as a godmother, to my nephew karl vergel. regular uneventful UP chapel christening. but he's one fair, fat baby.

anyway, after 2 nights at chocolate kiss and 2 days of catering, my body's reacting horridly, trying to empty itself out. dammit. i'm keeping everything clenched.