Oscars 2009: Hugh Jackman

I was wary at first when they announced that Hugh Jackman will be hosting this year's Oscars. I haven't seen him host before and I don't see Wolverine what Billy Crystal or Chris Rock did before (Billy Crystal was the best host for me) but hey, he happily proved me wrong.

Here's a clip of his opening number (where he was assisted by Anne Hathaway--who can carry a tune) which was really hilarious. I hope they bring him back next year.

By the way, saw the trailer of Xmen Origins: Wolverine. As usual, Hugh Jackman is so yum! So deserving of his People's 2008 Sexiest Man Award. Hah!

Basti Photos

Pictures taken from Feb 9 to 17.

Sick Basti

Is this the picture of a boy who is sick of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection?

Last Saturday, we noticed that Basti was wheezing either while feeding or just breathing. Not the asthma-type wheeze but cold-type wheeze.We used the aspirator to suck out some phlegm from his nose and thought that the wheezing sound and phelgm was due to his sinuses being irritated when milk dripped from his nose.

Putting him to sleep at night was also becoming difficult. Everytime we would put him down on his crib, he would instantly wake up and start crying again. Sunday night, I was up until 2AM because Basti did not want to settle down. I ended up tucking him between Leo and me on our bed which made me not sleep well as I was half-conscious all the time (I was scared that I might roll over him).

Monday morning, we noticed that his left eye was "nagmumuta". He couldn't open his left eye because of the dried mucus.We thought that he must've hit his eye with his mitten which somehow irritated it. He would also be coughing once inawhile which added to my worry. Leo and I decided to bring him to his pedia today to find out what was wrong with him.

Dr. Clemente said that Basti doesn't look sick as his appetite hasn't suffered and he even gained weight (he's now 4.5 kilos from 3.5 kilos at birth 3 weeks ago! He also grew 2cm and is now 54cm in length). When he heard Basti's breathing, he immediately pulled out an asipirator and sucked out the mucus from Basti's nose. I cringed while he was working on Basti, moreover when I heard my son's cries. But hearing how his breathing improved afterwards made it worthwhile.

He diagnosed Sebastian with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. We don't know where or how he got it as no one has a cold at home. In fact, my throat and Leo's only started hurting after Basti got sick. The doctor said we really can't tell where he got it as it's in the air (it's viral after all).

As for his left eye, it was mucus seeping out from his sinuses. Since he doesn't know how to blow his nose, the mucus is finding its way out of his body. Dr. Clemente did not want to give antibiotics yet (Thank God!) and just prescribed saline drops to decongest Basti's nose. In case his temperature rises, he also prescribed Paracetamol and an ointment for his eye in case it gets irritated. He asked me to text him the next two days to update him of Basti's condition. In case it gets worse, we'll bring him in again or he'll prescribe antibiotics.

At least we now know what's wrong with him and have the right tools to put help him cope. It's just sad that he got the infection quite early (he's only 3 weeks old!) but the doctor said that it does happen. I'll continue to breastfeed him and hope that my antibodies will be sufficient to help him through this.

Basti's next pedia check-up

Start:	Feb 26, '09 09:00a
Location:	Asian Hospital

Basti will be one month then. He'll be given his BCG. Gosh, I don't know if I'll be able to bear that as it will be administered on his butt. He'll probably cry a lot. Kawawa!

American Idol Season 8

My favorite show's new season has started and it has been a blast so far! I don't care about the reviews.

There has been a lot of good talents this year, especially from the men. Here are my favorites. I've embedded youtube videos of some of their performances. Apologies if some of them are crappy. Can't seem to find any decent videos:

Adam Lambert - he reminds me of Mig Ayesa, a finalist of Rockstar INXS. Not surprising as Adam's background is theater--same as Mig.

Anoop Desai - he's definitely better than Sanjaya. 'Nuff said.

Danny Gokey - he's better than his bestfriend. I wonder if they will play up his life story during the contest?

Jasmine Murray - love her audition. Reminds me of Brandy but with Alicia Keyes' charisma

Lil Rounds - she's the SAHM with 3 children. Great voice. I like her audition song more than this one but she's still good.

Jorge Nunez - I love his audition where he sang "My Way" in Spanish.

Scott Macintyre - the visually impaired contestant. He can definitely sing. I like his audition song better though.

Matt Giraud - a mean piano player and has a voice that goes with it. Liked his "Georgia in my Mind" performance on Day 3 of Hollywood week. Simon says he reminds him of Elliott Yamin from Season 5. I agree with him.

Michael Sarver - he's the oil rigger. I like his voice. Very cool. Oh and I love his manners--the way he says "ma'm" sounds so endearing. Well, his back story is also nice. (I'm such a sucker for back stories!)

Of course, there's the love them or hate them list:

Tatiana del Toro - She can sing but she's so full of drama it can be SO annoying

Nathaniel Marshall - another person that is full of drama. Tatiana and he certainly complements each other

Nick Mitchell aka Norman Gentle - he can sing and he can definitely entertain. Wonder how he'll fare during the live shows. Will he sing as Nick or as Norman?

More Basti Photos

Being first time parents, we just had to take pictures of our son any chance we can get.

Sebastian David Sangalang

Pictures of our firstborn, Sebastian.