Blogging Baby Sleepover: International Edition, August 16, 2006
Categories: Eating & Nutrition, Medical Conditions, Media
Tonight, we are going to the Philippines. I have never been there in blog life or in real life. But I am definitely going back. I stumbled upon a fortune of Filipino blogs by some fascinating women. I hope you enjoy these blogs as much as I do. Wife Speaks features women from the Philippines, Australia, India who all contribute to this women's collective about being wives and mothers. They are beginning a new series on parenting. Their last series was on traveling with kids-- and their headings were all in English, but then the extended paragraphs were in another language. I am going to guess that it was Filipino, because most of the contributors to the blog seem to be from the Philippines.
Cez, from the Philippines is mom to Caitlin, age 1, and recently wondered if she were pregnant. She was having spotting. She had an ultrasound and she is not pregnant, but thought she might have to have a D&C-- but it looks like she may not have to. I don't understand why though because she mingled English with Filipino.
Mrs. Party Girl is also from the Philippines. I think. I wish I were more familiar with the language, but I am afraid I am lacking there. These women's blogs are so interesting, though I could hardly pull myself away to do this post. Mrs. Party Girl did a meme that I am familiar with, but she did it with a world of sensations, foods, longings that I am completely, culturally, unfamiliar with. But it was fascinating, because even though I may not recognize the names of some of the foods she described, even though I have never had squid balls as street foods, I could totally relate to her: Her favorite day is Saturday. She wants to have more children while her ovaries are still working. She has a keen sense of humour.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jmoy 8-16-2006 @ 10:39PM
Yes, MrsPartyGirl is from the Philippines, but she now lives in Charlotte, NC (I think that's where she and her family moved to recently). She's funny. My other favorite reads from Filipino moms: http://www.pinayexpat.net (living in Germany), http://linnor.marikit.net (Cebu, one of the major cities in the Philippines), http://katscrib.blogspot.com (cool rockstar mom living on the East Coast).
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Pond 8-17-2006 @ 5:30AM
After last Tsunami I'm afraid of going anywhere where is ocean. Stupid, but for me it's really scare. Good luck for you!
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Franni 8-17-2006 @ 12:50PM
"But it looks like I won't be having the D&C Medyo nawawala na kasi yung spotting ko. In fact, as of yesterday, wala na talaga. Sana lang magtuloy-tuloy na."
Taglish (Tagalog & English) to All English translation:
But it looks like I won't be having the D&C. The spotting is going away. In fact, as of yesterday, I didn't have anymore spotting. I hope it continues this way.
HTH.
Love that you read these blogs despite not being able to understand them totally.
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MrsPartyGirl 8-21-2006 @ 5:10PM
hello, thanks for featuring wifespeaks on the international edition of your sleepover. it's such an honor to be mentioned and we are tickled beyond pink. *blows a kiss*
our contributors are all originally from the philippines but some of us now live outside the country and, although we cater primarily to the concerns of fellow filipina wives and mothers, we do strive to have diversified insights. just to clarify though, we dont have a member from india (yet), and the lady who lives down under is actually from new zealand (close enough, right?) :D
as for my "squid balls", from where you're coming from, it does sound a bit shady. but, hey, that's something to look forward to, if and when you do visit our country. :D thanks again! :)
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