Dec. 28, 2014
MISTIMING
Mild weather and nice start to the
morning. Though mom and dad looked like they decided to sleep in this
morning, I (as usual) am enjoying sitting outside watching the
morning sun come up. I did have to go around the front of the house
to get to the back porch because I couldn't find the key that unlocks
the back grill gate. Uli from across the lawn asked me if I wanted to
go play tennis but I declined. I kept thinking that I had errands to
run but really couldn't figure what.
Found me two of my long time
snacks or desserts. The first one is called a banana-Que which is basically a plantain banana
(best ripe), optionally dipped in a batter then rolled on a sugar
bed. The second one is called Halo-Halo which practically translates to 'a mix'. Fruits and sweets are mixed in with milk and topped with crushed ice and an ice cream scoop on top. The preferred ice cream is Ube (purple yam) This are definitely two of my all-time favorites.
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We went to the 4PM mass only to find
out that the bishop of Manila will be coming to hold mass at our
parish church because of the town fiesta. We attended the early mass
because we thought we had some preparation to do for our friends who
are coming to the house for a get-together. They weren't scheduled to
arrive till 7PM so we could have gone to the 5:30 and still had time
to get ready for the guys. As usual, we had a great time seeing and
talking. Other that Uli and myself, Demy and Ellyn, Manny, Bob, Mel
and Michael, Desiree, Dindo and Raine, Gisbert, and Jojo showed. We
stayed up till 2AM chatting away. I felt guilty having the party out
on the porch as it is in close proximity to my old room where the
girls are now camped in. Oh well. Its only for a night.
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Uli got me magnetic readers. Kinda
cool! Btw, the 'baby' reference was for my daughter as the video was meant to be a text message I had difficulty sending via iMessage.
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Dec. 29, 2014
SHOP, SHOP, SHOP!
We make it to Green Hills and I got to
pick up sussies for Katharine, Kelly, and Suzanne. Hope they like it!
Had Chinese lunch and Luk Yuen and I have to say the dishes were
pretty tasty. After shopping most of the day, we head home only to
find traffic slow us down. What normally takes 30 minutes had
stretched to 1 hour and 25 minutes. Hope mom and dad aren't waiting
for us to come home and not have dinner till we arrive. I look at my
watch and notice 7:30PM as I entered the house. They haven't even come
down from their room. All is well!
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| T-shirts captions at Green Hills |
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| Great! Stuck in traffic on our way home.. Grrr! |
Tomorrow we venture out to purchase
fireworks. I'm excited to see the New Year celebration here. Similar
to the Fourth of July in the U.S.
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