Last Christmas, I spent the whole vacation break with Carlo - We went to his favorite fast foods together, we took lots of pictures, we watched lots of movies via my laptop, we wrapped and opened some gifts and ate a lot.

This year is kinda different for me. I spent the christmas with lolo and lola at the condo. We went to church to attend the mass first then went straight home. We ate our noche buena and I called my mom afterwards. Obviously, Carlo is enjoying Christmas in England. My mom told us that he received a lot of gifts and as expected, he re-wrapped all of them LOL.

Last night, I spent the new year at my room. Yes, I slept the whole day. I woke up to eat Sinigang na Hipon for lunch then went back to bed and woke up again at 6pm. I ate Pansit Malabon for dinner the slept again. Lolo and Lola went to Lolo Victor’s house and I decided not to go with them because I wasn’t feeling well.

At 10pm, I called them up at England and my, my brother has a new laptop!

Yes, my brother has a laptop na!

Mama said that Carlo remembered his Ate when he saw the gadget “Ate Mica! Ate Mica!”. I cried, of course.

Honestly, I am going through a lot of stress right now. The fact that I couldn’t hug him on my down times can be a bit frustrating.

Oh well. Maybe its about time that I fix the papers and leave the country.

When I was in Grade 5, I remember reading a special feature in PDI wherein the signs of autism were stated. I remember reading them more than five times. It was the first time that I heard of such condition so I asked my grandfather about it. What really caught my attention are the signs and symptoms of autism found at the upperleft portion of the article. I was surprised to see 9 out of 12 signs and symptoms evident to my then-young little brother. 

Last Wednesday, I attended an event at CTBL and met Ms. Cristina of the Autism Society Philippines ( will blog about the organization and the simple sharing on my upcoming entries ).

I have here a list of 12 signs and symptoms if your child is autistic taken from the leaflet handed to me. For parents and siblings, I advise you to read and be accept the reality about the child’s condition once you find out that majority of the signs and symptoms are present.

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