Dateline: Bacolod

Despite the agonizingly slow Internet connection speeds here in Bacolod City (read: dial up), it is still enough to log on to blogger.com and input this posting. However, since Mommy D and Boky are not here, “Boky’s Adventures” is momentarily at a standstill, what with the lack of an accurate “eyewitness account.”

But certainly, that does not mean at all that Boky is in the midst of suspended animation. Word from Tokyo bespeaks of Mommy D unable to sleep at night and catching only a few winks starting at 3 am because of Boky’s endless acrobatics inside her. Numerous books say that the fetus starts to become active at around 8 pm and this activity lasts until past midnight, which is very true of Boky’s current level of activity.

Here’s what the book that I’m currently reading says:

“…there is a possibility that an active fetus might be born as an active baby, but I stressed that more than just prenatal activity would determine the type of person (the baby would become)… (Ludington-Hoe, 1985: How to have a smarter baby)

My uncle recently had another baby (his fifth!) and she’s currently 4 months old. It’s absolutely unbelievable how cute this baby is. I’ll probably be able to post her picture here when I return to Tokyo next week. Suffice it to say that it would probably be very difficult to find a baby as cute as her. Her older sisters were beautiful babies, but this one is tops in the cuteness category. You should see her when she laughs and smiles. Seen ice cream under the sun? That’s how your heart would melt.

Going back to Boky, it would only be after 28 weeks when we can already determine his/her gender. But by then, we would have already moved to Tsukuba. I am not sure if our next obstetrician will provide this information, but if Boky is male, he will be named “Troy” or "Tristan" and if female, “Tracy”.

We’re not subscribing to this fad of giving babies two names. One name will rid the child of unnecessary complications. I have two names but I only use one, keeping the other as plain and simple initial.