Age 1-15: As siblings go, my brother & I were never close. Not like how my kids are, or more to the point, my girls. Kasi I always saw him as a competition, our parents’ favorite. #Lamna1, in a chinese family, the boys were always given more importance. And he’s always been the brighter one, the more studious one (straight honor student yan). The one who always had plenty of friends over sa bahay. For short, wallflower ako, fly in the background.

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#OutOfPlace Can you blame me?

The Trinity! 😛

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Age 15-25: Then growing up, he got a girlfriend naman. #Lamna2 iba ang boys when they have girlfriends. Just look at my Babyson. The sun, the moon, and the stars shine, set, and sparkle on the girlfriend. Goodbye Nanay, goodbye Ate. So we never got the chance to be close those years as well. Tapos may pagka-selosa pa yung first GF nya (of 8 years) so wa talaga.

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This photo doesn’t belong to me.

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Anyway, I also had my Kap, and my world was never the same. I was finally the apple of someone’s eye. I bloomed, even my personality drastically changed. It’s funny coz when I take online tests, iba ang personality ko from what is stereotyped for my zodiac sign or birth month. And that is due to Kap’s strong influence talaga. I give him full credit for who & what I am now. (Wait. Is that a good thing or bad? :P)

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Kap & I, we are like peanut buttah & jelly. We BELONG two-gether. <3

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Age 25-now: We concentrated on building our own families & raising our brood. Plus we were thrown together in the family business so #Lamna3, friction built up with the differences of opinion & ideas. Isama mo pa ang money woes. Wala na talagang pag-asa. We were clashing cymbals.

But then, a thing I call miracle happened. And restoration began around a year or so leading to it. That’s actually how I sensed that our troubles were nearly over actually, when I felt a change in the relationship. The one thing we have been praying for all these years came to realization. And we were now allies. New BFFs. Hindi na sya masungit, lol. Nakikipag-joke na sya sa akin. 😉 May “Labyu” pa after each text message haha.

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Colossians 3:12-14 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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Blogging: I didn’t know he reads my blog pala. Actually even my SIL reads it daw (and maybe my niece too), silent readers lang sila hehe. *insert pabebe wave here*

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In Philippine media, a kind of wave in which a person imitates the waving gesture done by beauty contestants in the Miss Universe pageant. It was popularized by the Aldub tandem. This photo doesn’t belong to me.

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So alam pala nila ang mga pinag-gagagawa ko sa buhay. One day, out of the blue, brother bear asked me paano mag-blog. Uy! Opening na ito, pagkakataon! Something in common that we can expound on.

My brother David, he’s a world traveler & a seeker of adventure. Siya yung tipo ng tao na hindi mapakali ang pwet sa isang lugar. He loves to travel -he’s been to so many places. He loves to eat out & discover new things -he knows more about cheap eats & good finds than me. And the magic word -like Kap, he LOVES budget, lol (in fact his first blog post is about his recent groupon find)! So for your travel & food ideas, do head on over to: DAVID & GOLIATH.

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This photo doesn’t belong to me. Read the story of David & Goliath by clicking HERE.

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Why David & Goliath? Goliath was the name of his French Bulldog. Super cute their tandem coz Goliath is but a wee dog with a giant name. But unfortunately, Goliath is now in doggie heaven. :'( David & Goliath because even when faced with major obstacles, my brother always manages to come out of it stronger & better. Madami na yang pinagdaanan but by the grace of God, he doesn’t let the magnitude of the struggle defeat him, or define him. Yun din naman ang maganda sa kanya. Bukod sa ako ang Ate nya! 😛

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Magkamukha ba kami? 🙂 People say magka-lokalike daw kami! Wala lang akong kilay! ;))

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So dear readers, may I ask that you give him the same love & affection that you have given me these 4 happy years? Please say “HI” to him naman over at his blog & follow his adventures. Mej nangangapa pa sya but I’ll ask him also to guest blog here soon.

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This photo doesn’t belong to me.