yippeee, i’ve got my booking confirmations and am flying back home in two weeks. we’ve just figured that either we go now or celebrate j’s birthday yet again in the philippines in september. i don’t want to miss the summer here in germany (june-aug) as that’s the only time the weather is cheerful and sunny and warm. plus, j’s opa and oma want to see him on his birthday this year, and if we fly after september, we’ll have to shell-out nearly 75% of the adult fare for his ticket. so off we go now, while his ticket costs only 10%.

hm, two weeks to go and i’ve still got to:

1. get an appointment for j’s hepaA booster shot
2. get MY hepaB booster shot
3. see my OB for check-up (can still wait til we’re back… or?)
4. shop for J’s necessities: sunblock, favorite snacks, toys for the plane ride
5. wash J’s clothes with this UV protection detergent
6. sort J’s summer clothes and choose what to bring
7. transfer my bacterial cultures to fresh media
8. leave a set of stock cultures to RGP
9. spring clean the apartment
10. go to hanau and visit CH
11. return vcd’s and books to AnP, get movie-list, borrow cd case
12. get some pasalubongs (shucks, hirap mag-isip)
13. teach J the mano po
14. reduce the mt. everest of clothes for ironing to mt. apo
(what else am i forgetting?)

long, yes, but that list can’t compete with my wish list for when i eventually get home:

1. pig out on pinoy fare esp fish– the small ones, cooked and served with heads and tails. no fillets, please!
2. get my fill of polvoron, buko pie, good shepherd’s ube and peanut brittle, pastillas de leche, choc-nut, tamarind preserves, selecta’s queso royale (meron pa ba nito?)
3. refill my body’s vitamin stocks: carabao mangoes, indian mangoes, melon, watermelon, banana (latundan, the small ones with blemishes), pineapples, rambutan and everyting else in season, even durian and marang, if available
4. get a haircut, hot oil, manicure, pedicure… ah basta, the works!
5. buy english books, books, books… for me and j
6. get pinoy movie vcd’s
7. cool off in baguio
8. go bitchin’, este, beaching pala (pagudpod? can j make it?)
9. see the pahiyas in lucena (may 15)
10. vote at the national elections, if possible
11. meet with friends and former colleagues
12. catch up on the latest showbiz chika
13. get caught up in the daily telenovelas
14. check out the malls (euphemism for…you know what, hehe)
15. buy the negatives from our wedding photographer
16. get j a photo shoot (from auey?) –may budget kaya kami dito?
17. buy J’s summer clothes
18. feast on jolibee chickenjoy and longanisa breakfast
19. visit the kids at Pinagpala
ano pa ba???

i’m sure this blog will get edited-and re-edited as i add things to my lists… got any more suggestions?

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