Mommy | 2005

Being a dad does not just mean having a child. Being a dad also calls for being a better husband. Better, in the sense that the responsibilities one has towards his partner, has now changed. And these changes are not like oh-you-changed-the-color-of-your-hair types of changes. It's much deeper than that. If one is prepared for fatherhood, then it should be a normal transition. If not, well, the floodgates of hell will open up and swallow both parents (Ok, so maybe it won't swallow them all in one go).


I remember back when Judy was in her first trimester. She no longer had PMS (which, I initially thought was a relief). But she had these cravings typical of pregnant women. She did not go through the length of letting me go out at night to get these, but she did bug me about them until she went to sleep. Some of her cravings then were:

1. Watermelons

2. Shrimp (fried)

3. Shrimp (sinigang)

4. Crabs (rebosado)

5. Crabs (with gata)

6. Arrozcaldo

7. Strawberries

8. Siopao (Kowloon)

9. Jimini Pizza

10. Shakey's thin crust pizza

11. Inihaw na Tilapia

12. Halo-halo ni Chato

13. Pansit ng naglalako sa street namin at 1 PM (apparently, another one vends at around 2 PM)

14. Kwek-kwek

15. Pandesal de Pugon

16. Royal Carribean Jamaican Patties (beef jerky, from the branch near ATC cinema and nowhere else)

So at the end of the day, Jakjak is probably made up of any combination of these food types.