Mother Hen mode...

Maroo's with me right now. She's in Manila for the Christmas vacation (from yesterday to the 5th of January). I'm just so happy that she's here. She's so much a grown-up now that sometimes I still can't believe she was the same little toddler I had to babysit at times some years back. Sometimes, I just look at her and smile at the thought of that little three-year-old who loved to dress up and pose for cameras. "Oh, how fast time flies!"

I can't begin to imagine how our parents feel seeing all of us all grown-up and living lives of our own now. It's, at times, when I just sit staring at my sister that I understand how our parents just can't stop being overprotective and meddlesome. They probably still see us as the helpless six-year-olds we used to be. I still see my sister as such sometimes, okay, most of the time! I just can't help it.

I guess having younger siblings, in one way or another, brings out the "mother hen" in all of us. We feel responsible for our younger siblings and we take it as our duty to make sure they do not go wrong or commit the same mistakes we did. We feel we have to protect them from the cruel world. We feel we know better than they do because we've been there and back. And, most important of all, we feel like we should take it upon ourselves to make their lives easier, better and more comfortable.

Sibling relationships may sometimes be complicated and even beset with problems as there will always be misunderstandings and fights (petty and big ones), but having siblings is definiltely one of the things that makes life a lot more fun and bearable. Unlike friends who (can) come and go, siblings always stay by your side. Well, they have no choice. Hehehehe:)

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Birthday Greetings

There are two December birthday celebrators in my family, Mommy (December 12th) and my brother, Adom (Decmeber 28th).

Mom and Supremo, may you both have a great and meaningful year and may all your dreams and wishes for the year to come be realized. I love you both so much. :)

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Last Tag of the Year

I was tagged by Noringai.


Seven things to do before I die (in no particular order):
-Hajj
-go and watch a World Cup match (especially if Trezeguet is playing)
-buy my own house
-get married and have kids
-go backpacking around the Philippines
-be Level 1 proficient in Nihongo
-read and study the Holy Qur'an


Seven things I cannot do:
-finish my masters this school year (waaaah!)
-stop procrastinating
-watch a movie with someone talking anywhere near me
-be a professional soccer player
-stop being bitchy to rude people and people who do not follow rules
-disappoint my parents
-not be a Muslim


Seven things that attract me:
-sense of humor (lots of it!)
-"just came from the shower" look and smell
-beautiful smile
-piano playing skills
-love for cats
-love for literature
-ability to talk about almost anything/everything (not in a boring, nerdy way)


Seven things I say most often:
-Astagfirullah!
-In fairness...
-Kiyasokaran a masosowa!
-Ay, potah!
-Oh my God!
-Ah, sou ka?
-Salaam!


Seven books (or series) I love:
-Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things" (the best!)
-Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist"
-Shaik A. Kadir's "Commanding a Dynamic Islamic Personality"
-Ustadz Iljas Ismael's "Islamic Prayers"
-Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue"
-J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter Series"
-L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Avonlea"


Seven movies I watch over and over again:
-Hero
-My Sassy Girl
-Braveheart
-Legally Blonde 1 & 2
-Bring It On
-So Close
-Any of the Harry Potter movies


I am supposed to tag seven other bloggers, but, in the same fashion I have been doing tags lately, I won't be tagging anyone in particular. Whoever wants to be tagged is tagged... seven times! Hehehehe:)

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Happy holidays, everyone!:) May we all have a great, peaceful and meaningful 2006! :)