Dinner At Fely J's

This post is still from our 2nd trip to the Philippines last year.

Whenever we go home, my family always make it a point to dine out and spend time together the night before we fly back. Sort of a 'see us off' dinner.

We went to Fely J's in Greenbelt 5 and had these:

My family must be sick of having Filipino dishes whenever we're in town. I don't have it back here and they love me, so they let me. Hahaha! Nothing beats the customary comfort food, especially when you're in your home country.

Another 'must have' when the family is complete . . . a photo-op!

I love this shot of my Little Prince and my folks!

My parents' pride and joy next to Kaiden!

With my equally gorgeous sisters!

Our family pic minus B

The Little One and I miss them so much! If only we can be there in 1 blink!

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Manila Ocean Park

I should have done this post a long, long time ago, but just could not find enough time to do it. Things came up till I have forgotten about it. Good thing I was cleaning out photo files and saw pics from our 2nd Manila trip last year.


We went to Manila's Ocean Park on a very rainy Friday of 17Jul, our 2nd week there. The Student don't have a class, the Nurse finished her night duty at 0600H, forced the Office Girl to take the day off but let Mum go to work till noon and picked her up. And as you know, Dad is retired.

We went and see the Mermaid Show first.

It was nothing special but the Little Boy liked it. The Nurse and I were teasing the Office Girl to quit her job and try being a performing mermaid because she can do better than those ladies. Just kidding! I know carrying an act like that take some hard work. And I saw how the children and even some adults enjoyed watching a mermaid dance in the water!

Anyways, there was a dry mermaid ready for photo ops so we lined up.

Then we went on inside.

We had fun with these glow in the dark cubes!

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These are 2 of the eating places there,

But we had dinner at Gerry's Grill on the ground floor.

. . . and our peachy family photo sessions!

That was such a fun and amazing day being with the people that I treasure so much! We are one crazy happy family; and doing this post is making me want to go home to be with them!


Gorgeously . . .

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Manila . . . 3rd Time In 2009!

The Little One and I went back home to the Philippines in the beginning (January), middle (July) and now, the last month (December) of the year! Lucky us, hey!

The Husband and I were just talking about it over the phone. Being this the Christmas season, prices of everything go sky high. So I said it would be better that we plan our Manila trip by next year. Then I got a surprising email from him and Qantas . . . our E-Tickets! B said he looked at plane fares online and got us a fairly reasonable price, obviously not that cheap! LOL!


Kaiden's last day of school was yesterday and we'll be flying out on Sunday. Sadly, we won't be spending Christmas in Manila. It will just be a 2 weeks vacation and we'll fly home by the time the Husband comes back from overseas as well. We will still be celebrating Christmas here in Australia, a very quiet Christmas.

I hope I get to carry out the things I wanted to do in 2 weeks! I want to do a bit of shopping, see my friends and of course, be with the family! For sure places in Manila will be crowded like crazy, with everyone busy with Christmas shopping. So we'll see . . .

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The Power Of PRAYER

As millions of Filipinos prayed, prepared and started to brace typhoon Pepeng/Parma, the Metro was somehow spared from the brutal force of what others called was a super typhoon. Manila only got the tail of it, as the recent flood victims were just starting to clean up and start anew again.

I believe many of us prayed hard and some may have even prayed harder for the safety of everyone. That clearly showed that if we all unite and have that unwavering faith, indeed . . .



As Metro Manila felt grateful that the typhoon did not hit them again, the Northern part of Luzon suffered but not as bad. Prayers really works and does wonders!

GOD is good . . . all the time!

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Praying For The Philippines

The recent typhoon "ONDOY" have deluged almost the whole Metro Manila and its nearby provinces. This was said to be the worst so far that Manila had experienced. Almost a month's rain fell in just 6 hours!

We were out the whole day yesterday and wasn't able to get the calls and text messages from my Dad. Just found out all about Manila's flood when we got back last night. I instantly called at home. They were cleaning and sweeping the water out, for the first time. We as a family had never experienced flooding of any sort. That was a first!

When my parents bought the house a year ago, the former owners never mentioned anything about the place getting flooded. I guess partly our fault because we did not survey the place or asked around. Too late now, and surely karma will find its way back to them!

Anyways, I believe that the good Lord looks after my family back in the Philippines all the time. The street always gets inundated even with a few showers, but it never reached our front door. The neighbors were amazed that the house stays dry, unlike when the former owners were still living there. Well, not till yesterday. The water rose up to our family room all the way to the back porch. Dad could not move the cars any higher than where they were.

After everything, I am very thankful that my family are all fine. The flood had receded and they are just cleaning up. They did not lose power nor the water supply. Our relatives were alright as well.

Though I could not help but shed a tear to those who have lost their houses or have their homes get submerged in water, and worst, those who died.

I hope and pray help got to those who are in dire need of rescuing. God bless them!

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Kaiden's Manila-made Hair Cut

Everytime we come over to the Philippines for a holiday, the Little One never leaves without having his locks done at Kids Hair Salon over at the 4th Level of Rustan's. He loves the atmosphere there and at the same time, he know that toys are just outside the door, same with the play area.

I forgot the name of the guy who usually cut Kaiden's hair. Unfortunately he wasn't there last Wednesday, so it was a different one who did his hair. Nevertheless, he did a good job!

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Cupcakes By Sonja

There has been no update for about a week now simply because I am busy with a lot of things! Making the most with the time we have left before flying home next week. Our schedules are booked till the day we fly out, we're busy as a beaver!

Anyways, it has been raining cats and dogs here. Rain makes me feel sluggish and makes me want to just stay in the comfort of my sisters' bed. But I don't want to waste a day so I coerced the Nurse to come with me and spend the afternoon at Serendra last Thursday. Her hospital duty was at 2200H so we have enough time.

We went to Market Market first. We did not get to look around because there were a lot of people, don't like crowded places. We only managed to get some shirts from Collezione C2, the ones with the Philippine map on it. We also bumped into a childhood friend from the military camp we used to live in; chatted a bit about the other military kids we know.

We then crossed to Serendra and had coffee and cupcakes at Cupcakes by Sonja. Been hearing about this before and finally tried it.

The cupcakes are sooo good! We brought home some for the people at home, even for the helpers. They all loved it!

The shop is cute and chic!

Definitely worth the try!

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Spending Time With My Sibs

Kaiden and I often go out on our own this time. My sisters and brother have different work and school schedules. Though it is mostly Sheila who keeps us company after her shift in the hospital, then Tyn would just meet us in the mall after office. We would also go out when Jay is off from Uni.

We have our own room here in the house but the Little One and I sleeps and stays at my sisters' bedroom; forcing the girls to let us! LOL! Jay would sometimes stay in the room and watch TV with us.

When everyone is at home, there is an abundance of food because we simply love to eat! We most of the time have food delivered. I love how most food shops here delivers, unlike in Australia and Latvia.

So when my siblings were all free last week, we met at the mall and just hang out there. Kaiden loves being surrounded by his loving Aunts and Uncle! They tease him all the time which makes being together a lot more fun!

Sheila likes to eat at A Veneto which is situated along with the other restos outside Glorietta 3; so that was where we went for dinner and had these:

Wasn't able to get pics of the other food we ordered because they came late and I forgot to take a shot of it.

That Italian place is quite good, has adequate food choices with reasonable price list. You just have to ignore some of their staff sleeping on the side tables.

We had a good time while we were there, enjoying each other's company!

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