the Cacing Diaries #45

pretty in pink

For the first time in her young 1 ½ years of existence, Cacing cried when I said goodbye today. It’s just one of my usual week-long trips abroad – there’ll be lots more down the road – but increasingly, each time I leave for a trip, Cacing is becoming more aware of her emotions. She still has no concrete concept of time. It is safe to suppose that she quickly got over my departure. But soon it would be different and I’ll have to contend to her heartache. And mine.


the muses of my life, at my mom’s place in Talisay this May



testing the crown



those eyes are smart!



smiling and clowning



the roller brush as a toy



a pink princess



testing the jackfruit



a tease in front of the camera



at the backseat of the car

the Cacing Diaries #44

at Mactan, Cebu, the Philippines

Seems like an eternity when Cacing was able to go to the beach. Blame it on the stormy weather. It is rainy season in the Philippines and we don’t like going out when it’s wet.


tresses gone wild



loving the sea (with my wife’s mom)



testing chocolates


The opportunity came when my wife had her high school reunion. As a fitting finale, their batch decided on family time at the Portofino Beach Resort in Mactan. So we got a room for the day. As always, Cacing was the star of my wife’s family and mine.


gee… my hair is long



checking out her hair



a modelic pose



in the pool with her yaya Jinjin



racing to the beach

the Cacing Diaries #43

at Boracay, Aklan, the Philippines

It’s Cacing time!

I’ve made a resolution to post a Cacing entry once a week to clear my backlog of Cacing pictures. The photos here are only a couple of months old but Cacing is growing so fast that she may look quite differently today already.


smiling inside our Cebu Pacific flight



posing inside the plane



Cacing with her mom at Station 3, Boracay island, Aklan



mother and daughter


When we went to Boracay last May, Cacing was just learning how to walk solo but now she zips and breezes too quick for us already. Her awareness of the world around her increases by the day. The games she learns and invents by herself take us constantly by surprise.


my Mom at Boracay



it’s Cacing with her Yaya Jinjin



that’s my wife, Dia



it’s Cacing’s early morning look


And lovable as she is, Cacing keenly knows what she wants and tries to get it. If she were an adult she’d be manipulative. For today, she is just plain endearing.


foray at the church grounds of Balabag’s Holy Rosary Parish



my Mom during a Boracay sunset (she’s 68!)



my daughter enjoying a boat trip around the island



my mother-in-law, my wife and my Mom, with Cacing, after their massage session at the Mandala Spa, the Discovery Shores (talk about real splurge!)



stroll time with her Mom

the Cacing Diaries #42

in Bali

It is now my 42nd My Cacing diary entry in my blog. The pictures I post in the blog – some of which I feature in flickr – are a celebration of life and joy with my daughter Cacing. They allow me to step back in time and feel what I felt then and more.


the flower girl smile, at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia


cacing and the adenium behind her ears


the charmer in her gray dress at Nusa Dua, Bali



spreading some more cheers



the pixie, shopping at Kuta, Bali



car frolic


the cheerleader at Candi Dasa, Karangasem, Bali



windswept giddiness

the Cacing Diaries #41

at Friday’s, Boracay, Aklan, the Philippines

The pictures here were taken only 6 weeks ago yet time seems to have stopped in slow motion. Cacing could just barely walk on her own and would only sprint short distances. Of course now, she is more confident in her abilities and is more like to insist on doing things her own way.


playing in the sand



backview


She recently went through a rough patch. She’s teething, growing a pair of incisors which are notoriously painful. Her appetite suffered for awhile and her bowels were loose. She even ran a temperature but only for a few days.


sitting in a red dress



playing waitress


She’s fine now. Every now and then she gets cranky. It was not easy giving her the necessary medicines as they were almost foul to the taste but she’s over the hump.


bringing the menu



studying the menu


Meantime, weather is stormy in the Philippines now. Not much sunshine. I bet she’s missing the beach as she smiles broadly every time she sees pictures of her in Boracay. We all miss the sun too.


digging sand

the Cacing Diaries #40

at Tanah Lot, Tabanan, Bali

Today, I am leaving for a week-long business trip to Africa so I want to have a photo of my family in my flickr frontpage.


This photograph of my wife, my mom, my mother-in-law and my daughter Cacing was taken a couple of months ago in Bali (that is the temple of Tanah Lot in the background).


I probably won’t be able to linger long in flickr or even blog in the next seven days. I’ve been delinquent lately as my brother and my sister are also here in Cebu so the term busy is an understatement. Now that I will be away, I’ll be missing the most my family. But I will be back.


Cacing, her Pooh and good friend Ketut at Tanah Lot



Cacing with Mama Pingping, my mother-in-law



me and Cacing