Maria Adriana David Entrata

Here are some pics of my baby! you can also check out my wifes multiply account:
http://peprdavid.multiply.com/photos/album/29/A_few_days_after..._plus_pictures_of_Tita_Peaches_birthday_merienda?replies_read=5

Now im surprised!!

I was surprised a while ago that one of my students in jiujitsu actually found this blogsite! guess people once in a while still drop in so i guess i better put some stuff here.

Yo franco, guess you cant search for porn in your office thats why you ended up in my blogspot!


Ill try to put in some more martial arts and music related stuff here :)

New Breed Jiu-jitsu blogsite

Guys, hope you can check out www.newbreedphilippines.blogspot.com to see whats up with my team, New Breed. We post updates and vids there.

Im also proud to say that two out of my three students who competed in the last Philippine International Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Grappling Open won gold medals. Technically, Wendell Ponferada shared the gold medal with one of our teammates from Ateneo. Gully Go won the gold for masters division for the gi and no gi division and gold for the blue belt 65.1 to 72 kg. Eric Matic won his first match via submission but lost his second match to a Mike Fowler protege'. All in all, it was still a great performance from my students. I'm very proud of them!

If you're interested in training with us, check out the blogsite i posted above.

curse of castle dragon cover

its been a while since i posted something. anyway, here's my cover of paul gilberts song, curse of castle dragon. a few mistakes tho. oh well.....

Bday greeting for rama

This is our bday greeting for Rama. Unfortunately, we didnt dress up for the occassion tho coz we wanted to get this vid uploaded as soon as we could and we didnt have clothes in my mom's house, which is where we shot this vid.

Pepper's 3rd letter to Leonidas

This is the third letter Pepper made for Leonidas in our little scrapbook.

it has been a week of phone calls from friends and family. they were very excited for mommy and daddy. daddy would often come home with "pasalubong" for us. he would give in to any of our requests! he would buy us ice cream, cakes, chocolates! all the sweet stuff that i would crave for! but of course we would not dare forget to feed you with the right food. veggies and fish usually, and my daily dose of fruits (our favorite, a big serving of water melon! yum yum!) daddy also somehow took over the kitchen. he would prepare dinner and wash the dishes after. it was kind of heartbreaking for me to see daddy doing my chores after a long day at work. he was more than happy to do it for us though. how can you not love him?? he also started saving up for your future. putting aside a hefty portion of his salary for you.

it was also the same week when daddy announced to his family the good news. everyone was just so excited to welcome you in the family. lola sue treated everyone for a chinese dinner at tita bianca's house. daddy and mommy could not stop smiling the whole time because we were so proud to know that you've made everyone so happy!

the next monday, april 16, 2007, it was time for the second ultrasound. i said a little prayer for us and hoped to see you in good condition. i was surprised to see you've grown so fast! i could actually see you!! and since you have grown, we could now see your tiny heart and could now monitor your heartbeat. i was relieved to know your heart was beating (again, mommy is a worry wart!).

after the ultrasound, i had to ask daddy to join me inside the doctors office. there was a problem. according to the ultrasound, you were a bit small for your age, did not eat much and your heart was weak. the news made our knees shake! i wanted to cry right there and then but mommy and daddy had to be strong for you. i was then advised by our doctor to bed rest for 2 weeks till it was time for the 3rd ultrasound. daddy felt sad but he had to hide his emotions a bit because he knew he had to think of a way to make us feel comfortable and relaxed to help make your condition better.

daddy and i decided that it would be best for us to stay in lolo's house for the next 2 weeks because someone had to watch over us while daddy's working.

while we were in bf, and while daddy was away, lolo and tita peaches took care of us. lolo would prepare healthy and yummy meals for us and tita peaches would buy whatever food we like for "pasalubong". daddy would come visit us almost everyday! again, it broke my heart to see him tired from work and yet drove from pasig to bf just to be with us. he even drove from cainta to san juan to buy your medicines and bring it to bf. daddy, like tita peaches, would buy us treats to munch on. a whole box of my favorite carrot cake, lots of burgers, a big serving of halo-halo, and a lot lot more!! he even brought with him our TV from the condo just so i did not have to walk to lolo's room to watch TV. and these gestures leonidas, is what you call LOVE... you are one lucky babe!!!

Jorge Leonidas the 1st

It was a Sunday afternoon when my wife gave me the pregnancy kit that had two lines on it. Since that was my first time to see a pregnancy kit, i was not really sure if that was a positive or negative result. Turns out it was positive. The feeling was surreal. Something i cant really describe. We both were so happy that finally we were gonna have a baby of our own. Maybe our own Rama or Kiko or Leona or whoever. Bottomline is, we were so happy and excited!

Peppers first ultrasound revealed that the baby was in the right place. But since it was too early, that was all that ultrasound could do. It was good new nonetheless.

The video i posted above was the 2nd ultrasound. During this ultrasound, the sac, egg and heartbeat could already be detected. I was outside getting this vid. I just couldnt believe that this was my first glimpse of our baby! After a few minutes, i was then called by the doctor alongside pepper. Turns out, there was a problem with the baby. The baby wasnt eating much and the heartbeat was just at 60 beats per minute while the normal is 120 to 180 beats per second. This was not good news. Pepper was then advised to be in bed rest for the next two weeks till she gets her 3rd ultrasound.

During the two weeks, we just kept on praying and hoping that our baby would get stronger before the 3rd ultrasound. Pepper and I also had a talk that we should prepare for the worst but try our best to make the baby survive. The night before the 3rd ultrasound, Pepper was scared and so was I. We were just hours away from finding out if our baby was going to be ok.

The third ultrasound was probably the longest 3mins of our lives. We were just there looking at the monitor while the doctor was just silently operating the machine. Then, all of a sudden, the doctor said that the ultrsound was over. I then asked her "Doc, what about the heartbeat?" The doctor just said that we should just wait for the results and give it to peppers ob-gyn. We both knew that something was wrong. When we got the results, we then hurried to an ob-gyn available that time since Pepper's doctor wasnt available. we couldnt wait to know whats up. We then found an available doctor who could interpret the results of the ultrasound. The doctor confirmed our fears. We lost our baby.

Pepper and I did not breakdown. We were sad yet we were also prepared for this. When we got to their house in BF, thats when she started crying. Tho i was also saddened by the news, my brain just had a longer time to transmit the news to my emotions. I did not shed a tear tho i was teary-eyed when i talked to some of my family members about it.

Two days after the news, Pepper made this little scrap book about our short journey with our baby. Reading through the scrap book brought me back to the joy and excitement that i felt during the first weeks of her pregnancy but also made me realize that our baby was gone. Thats when it hit me. All the emotions ive kept for two days just came out pouring. I cried so hard just thinking that it was a fight that i wish i couldve fought with our baby. Its so hard to just watch and be helpless. He was all alone in his fight. A fight wherein he lost.

We named him Jorge Leonidas. Jorge being the name of his lolo and Leonidas, the legendary king of sparta made famous again by the movie 300. We named him after Leonidas because we felt that he fought against the odds lost. But winning was not the important part, it was the fighting.

God bless you my son. We love you. May the heavens provide you with the same love that we wouldve given you and more. Rest in peace Jorge Leonidas David Entrata.