Santa to the max

May Santa kaming nasa swing at may dalang gift...

... meron pang ibang version ng naka-swing, at meron ding nakasakay sa reindeer...

... meron ding nagrarapel paakyat ng bubong, at meron pang ibang version na nasa swing...

... at merong naka-swing pero hindi na sa kahoy, at meron ding naka-parachute...



... at meron ding aso na Santa. Hehehe.

paluto at pa-game

Chetski, Huangcholi, Seoul Sister and I met up for our annual Christmas night out two weeks ago. Since walang tenant sa condo ni Huangcholi, we stayed there for the entire night. Tawanan galore.


"Saan tayo kakain?" We started the night by braving the traffic to eat seafood. Grabe, it took us 30 minutes to get to the resto, which was less than one block away from the condo!


Paluto. Seoul Sister treated us to seafood at Pasig's own version of Dampa. We had calamares, halaan soup, shrimp in garlic and butter sauce and of course, kuhol. Guess who ate most of the kuhol?


"Can I finish that?" Enough said. Hehehe.


Cheap thrills. Turns out we don't need cheap wine for laughs. Plus, we realized we were too old, este, mature, to get drunk just to have fun.


Lasheng? Nope, hindi naman. Although it didn't take much to convince them to try on the gifts they got from us. Hehehe.


Game na! Chetski said we should each bring 5 gifts worth P30 or less and make sure that they are wrapped in newspaper. Tapos, dapat daw yung gifts are stuff you wouldn't normally buy as gifts. Nakakatawa nga naman yung game. Huangcholi and I ended up fighting for one cheap gift. Hehehe. Curious ba kayo how the game was played?


Lazy Wednesday. Sarap tumambay sa condo at humilata. Hehehe.


KKL. Kanya-kanyang lakad na after a very late lunch together. Chetski was going to a Christmas party, while Huangcholi, Seoul Sister and I were going to the mall for some Christmas shopping. It took us 1 hour to get from the condo to the mall that was only two blocks away!


A condo with a view. Too bad there's no Julian Sands around. Hehehe.

channeling his inner ET ... or is it his inner Kenny?

18th Christmas with college friends

The college barkada met up for the annual Christmas reunion at Luisi's house again. Kids and spouses came as well, making for a fun and crowded party!



Potluck party. Luisi's family prepared a lot of food already but we all brought some more. Sa sobrang dami ng leftovers, we got to take most of them home! Parang piyesta!



Christmas reunions are for chikahan sessions. In our case, very loud chikahan sessions.


Pam and her youngest. Napakabait na bata. Was in dreamland during the entire reunion. Hehehe.


Sally's first baby is no longer a girl, not yet a woman. But will always be my inaanak.


While their moms gabbed up a storm with the girls...


... the kiddies decided to play the piano -- broken keyboard and all.


Poncho pals. Bagong barkada uniform? Nah. I just gave the same gifts to everyone. Wholesale price eh! Hehehe.


Paparazzi Hubbies. That's what they're there for. Right, ladies?

if you build it, they will come

30 minutes after we first turned on the lights on our outdoor Christmas display, sunod-sunod nang dumating ang mga bata para mag-caroling. Since we live in a relatively small subdivision, we were pretty sure that the same kids would be coming back every single day till the 24th. So I decided to take pictures of these kids -- just to scare them into thinking that hindi na sila puwedeng bumalik kasi naka-record na mga mukha nila sa amin. Hehehe. Naka-blotter na sila kumbaga.

This enterprising lonesome kid tried to squeeze her body into the corner of the gate. Hehehe.

These kids smiled when I called them from my post on the 2nd floor terrace, but they quickly shielded their faces when I said "Smile!". Hehehe.

Pero iba itong grupong ito. As soon I raised the camera and shouted "Smile!", para silang nagvolt-in and gamely posed for me! I loved them!

Seoul Sister's Special Day

Birthday ni Seoul Sister last week. Since she loves steaks, we ended up at one of her favorite restos.

We toasted her special day with... well... corn. Hehehe.