Days of "Strawberry Jam" without "J"
Dear Jam,
This is what happened to the Henna Party, where there was no Henna involved and where you were still hopped up from the Green Tea Frapp and ate nothing but "puto" and junk food! Unfortunately, your Tita Teeteen and Tita-Ninang-Jollibee-Ma'am-Deen didn't get to join us as well as Tita Bebem. It would have been nice to be complete, however I see it as a blessing in disguise for had we been complete, we would be like a can of fully packed sardines in our little pad.
This little gathering was supposed to be a joint post-birthday celebration for Tita Teeteen and pre-birthday for Nahnang. I had thought it wouldn't push thru, nobody was texting,
everyone seemed to be elsewhere, you and Nahnang were fast asleep. Nahnang thought it wouldn't push thru either that she fell asleep towards dinner and you eventually, tired of having no one to talk to or play with, fell asleep right beside Giorgio. You snuck beside Nahnang when THE MUMMY RETURNS scared you off the bed but she didn't wake, I think all the crying and whining got your tired and worn off. So you were asleep beside Giorgio when I came out from preparing food in the kitchen.
Anyway, the guests soon came with Ate Hannie coming first with two packs of colorful Jam's Special"puto" which really caught your fancy. Even more so that the owner is your namesake. Perhaps, like any child, you had thought that the different colors suggested different flavors. Admittedly, Ate Hannie, Nahnang and I did something similar to what you did today and that was to try all the colors you can find. But you were more creative, sorting out at least one piece of every color to a plate of you own.Everyone was tired for a fact. I was tired for lack of sleep. Tita Babap and Ate Hannah were tired from
a trip and Ate Hannie from work. We got so lazy and sleepy, dragging our weight around but you were such an entertainment that you kept us awake until we could get some decent shots. You roused everybody when you made and mixed what they have now christened "Jamchow", a "Yang Chow" by Jam. It's just the rice and the ground beef sautee I made altogether. You also roused everybody with your efforts to squeeze the last 
drop of Apple Ice Tea from the soda bottle, only to come up with none and said, "Tow-tow". Nahnang interpreted that maybe you meant it was nothing but water than the ice tea you expected.With the little energy left from the Green Tea Frapp, you used it to fuel your artistic attempts to put makeup on yourself and Nahnang. I was shocked to review the pictures and realize how apt you are with the brush and with how your hands were positioned properly. You are quite good, I have to admit.
Not to be left out, we dressed you up in your own Indian-inspired attire and some jewelries to match. They said, among all of us, you were the best model! You needn't be told to put your hands together to look like a meditating Bombay Indian, you just went ahead and posed beside me that way!
JAMantic of the Day:
You have developed another kind of lingo with the three basic words "ade-booh", "esha-booh" and "aja-booh". I wonder what that is?
Your Mommy,
P.S. More pix from the simple soiree! ;)
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