i will just follow you then...

after a petty quarrel (which my mom and dad enjoys getting into), my mom asked my dad --

Anong gagawin mo na kung mamatay na ako?! (What would you now do if I die?!)

my dad answered,

Susundan na lang kita, Mama... (I will just follow you then, Mama...)


Aren't my parents so sweet?

So this story had reached some of my father's officemates and apparently, one guy had really a liking to it and this was what he said to his wife:

Guy: Ma, if I die, you go back to your family, okay? They will take care of you when I'm not around anymore.

Girl: So what if I die first, what will you do?

Guy: I will just follow you, Ma.

(hahaha)... and then the girl said, 'Hmph! I know where you got that line! You just copied that from Sir!'

hahaha... but then again, the sentiment is so sweet...

I TRULY LOVE MY PARENTS!

Happy New Year!

Early morning in Zamboanga City, New Year's Day 2012

What a beautiful view of the pueblo early morning on New Year's Day. Only the church-goers and street sweepers were awake that early to greet the new year. Hoping this year will be more peaceful and prosperous for us all! God bless us always :)

New Year and Prayer

Greeting the new year with a prayer early in the morning

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Zamboanga City

Woke up at 4 AM to attend mass at the city's cathedral. What a way to start the new year! :)

Also, seeing that crucifix hanging above the altar brought me back to the years when the cathedral was smaller and our grade school was still located at this site. That crucifix had always been there for as long as I can remember. The same goes for the obviously old, but I guess well-kept church organ. Everything has changed but there are still things that are still the same. Amazing :)

fun night

fireworks at our grade school's annual reunion three nights ago...

(first time to use the fireworks setting of my camera. not bad.)

shadow play

Before graduating from high school, our class made a pact of meeting every 28th of December. This is one of these days, and tonight we caught up with each other, took pictures and played with shadows. Here, we are spelling our Class' name. Can you guess what it is? :) Reunion night with high school classmates has always been fun. Hope I can meet with them again next year.

Picture courtesy of my classmate :)

Holiday Greetings!

Felices Pascua y Prospero Año Nuevo estaba aqui na Zamboanga! :)

Plaza Pershing, 1915

Zamboanga City

Every 28th of December, my high school friends usually meet for our annual reunion. Whether we may only be five or twenty, we take this time to catch up with each other and be grateful for the friendship we have kept alive since we were in high school. We also take this time to go around the city and enjoy the festive decors our city government has provided for its people. Wonderful, don't you think?

Kudos to my friend too, whom I later found out, is the head of the parks development in the city. She and her team really worked hard to bring this about. Galing!

 

mask

my nephew, the artist, made this one out of the cartons he found at my mom's store --

cool, isn't it? he even wore it on his way home :)

food and conversation

it's been two years since i've been home and the first thing my friend did was bring me to this new cafe at gov. camins road in the city called witchcraft. it's located on the second floor and is relatively a big place. there was a sizeable crowd (even saw a couple of acquaintances) but what surprised me here was that youngsters, whom i don't usually see in more well-known cafes in manila, also hang out here. i guess it is a good tambayan for them. the food all looked quite nice and the one that i ordered - crab something on croissant is lovely. i tasted my friends roast chicken salad and it was also very good. the cheesecake, although good already, good use a little more cream cheese? well, that is only my personal taste. another surprise also was the way they serve their lemonade - on a jar! i just saw one like it on a food show the other day! :)

i liked the place - the layout, the design, the food and the atmosphere, especially when they raise the blinds on the windows and you will see the open fields leading to the airport. what is a little bit disappointing is that the place is a little bit expensive (more like manila prices) for a small city. however, i didn't mind it much as i was having a great time catching up with the goings-on in town with my friend :)

dinosaur on christmas day

"tita, tita, i will draw something for you," said my four-year old nephew ---

What a wonderful gift from a future master :)

Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday, Jesus! :) 

Guess who came to give us some presents?! :)