Our Happy Christmas 2015

Our Christmas is extra special last year. Why? Because my youngest brother surprised us. After 8 long years, he went home just to celebrate Christmas with us. Yes, Christmas lang. Di na siya umabot ng New Year dahil need na niya bumalik kaagad ng US dahil sa work niya. That is why instead of celebrating Christmas in our own house, we celebrated it to my parents' house para naman masulit ang uwi niya.




Here's a picture of me and my youngest brother, Ramon Jr...

At dahil sinimulan ko na ang picture picture, tuluyan na kaming nagpicture picture while waiting for Christmas.

Complete cast after 8 long years...



Pasensya na sa picture. Sa phone kasi ng dad ko galing eh, kaya no choice ako. In fact, nagalit (pero joke lang) yung bunsong kapatid ko dahil ang pangit daw niya sa picture na ito. Sorry naman kako, eto lang ang natanggap kong picture. Sabi ko nga eh, yung nagsend sa akin ng picture, halos nakapikit ang mata dito eh. Hahaha!

Wacky wacky this time...



O di ba? Sinabi na ngang wacky eh, pero dalawa lang kaming nagwacky sa picture na ito! Hahaha!

At dahil sobrang saya namin, nagwacky wacky shot na kami with all the addition to our original family. So from five, ten na kami lahat...



Siyempre, di pwede mawala ang family picture namin...



Sobrang sayang kasi tulogy si Christoff. =( Di bale, babawi na lang next time. =)

At 12:00 midnight, we all greeted each other Merry Merry Christmas then exchange gift na kami...



So sad kasi eto lang ang pictures ko that night, na lowbatt kasi ako. Yung ibang pictures nasa phone ng dad ko and di ko na nakuha. =(

The following day, I woke up the kids early so that they could check their gifts from Santa and para makapagready na rin for our yearly gift giving.

Here are my boys during the gift giving. Pinatulong ko sila magdistribute ng mga goodies sa mga tao...



After the gift giving, we ate brunch na and namasko na kami sa mga relatives namin and sa in-laws ko.

Before I end this blog entry, I just want to share the picture of  Nanay Anding (my grandma) and my Ina girl...



Ang cute ano? Nakakatuwa dahil naabutan pa ng lola ko ang apo niya sa tuhod. Hopefully, yung parents and in-laws ko maabutan din nila ang mga apo nila sa tuhod. =)

Have a fun and enjoyable weekend guys!

Christmas Came Too Early for Us

This blog post is supposed to be last last week pa... pero, as usual, nabaon lang sa aking drafts folder. Super duper busy talaga (yun naman talaga ang ultimate reason ko why I haven't blogged that much the past few months eh) plus I'm still adjusting my schedule since the birth of Ina plus Christmas season pa. Huhuhu! Kulang talaga ang 24 hours eh...


Anyway, I think we've been good this year. Ang aga kasing dumating ng pasko sa amin eh. Specially to my boys.


Bakit kamo? One Sunday, bigla na lang naisipan ng kanilang Papa G na ipagshopping sila...


Here are their gifts from their Papa G:


Light sabers and Spiderman figures for the twins and Darthvader Mr. Potato Head for Christoff...

Tablets for the boys...

Mahabang kwento yan kaya nabigyan ng mga tablets ang mga boys. Actually, gusto ko talaga irequest kay Papa G na tablets na lang ang ibigay na Christmas gift sa twins. They'll be using it kasi for their studies eh. As homeschoolers, they'll be having portfolio reviews (A portfolio review is equivalent to an examination). Since it's too much, na shy shy ako magrequest. Kaya, instead of requesting for a new one, nagtanong na lang ako sa kanya if he is still using his tablet PC...

Me: Daddy, yung tablet PC na pareho kayo ni mommy ginagamit mo pa ba?

Papa G: Oo, bakit?

Me: Ah... akala ko hindi mo na ginagamit. hihingin ko na lang sana kasi para sa kambal, gagamitin kasi nila sa school para sa portfolio review presentation nila. Yung iPad ko sana ang ipapagamit ko kaso lang bumigay na, biglang ayaw na mag-on.

Papa G: Meron ako yung Galaxy Tab, yun na lang. Ipaalala mo sa akin para madala ko.

Me: Ok. Thank you daddy!

So nung binigay na niya sa akin yung Galaxy Tab, I immediately installed some educational apps then pinagamit ko na sa mga boys. Nung nakita ni Papa G na all the 3 boys are taking turns sa pag gamit ng tablet, bigla na lang sinabi na bibilhan na lang niya yung kambal ng tablets para isa isa na sila and para di mag-away. Pero may condition yun, dapat may oras ang pag gamit and hindi madalas. Siyempre, I agreed to the condition kasi personally ganun naman talaga ang gagawin ko. Ayaw ko siyempre masanay sila sa video games and mas maganda pa rin yung may physical interaction.

Wait! Wait! May naalala lang ako. May funny conversation kami ng dad ko while buying the tablets.

Me: Grabe talaga ha, nung bata kami,

Papa G: ngingiti ngiti

Me: Bakit ka ngingiti ngiti daddy?

Papa G: Wala... Ang lakas mo talaga sa akin... May toys and tablets na ang mga anak tapos may kotse ka pa!

Me: Hmmm... Ang lakas kamo ng mga apo mo sa iyo!

Octagon OIC: Pwede po bang maging apo niyo na rin ako sir?

Hahaha! Nakakatawa yung OIC ng Octagon, nag-papaampon! Tapos si daddy, ako raw itong malakas sa kanya, pero sa totoo yung mga apo naman talaga niya ang malakas sa kanya at di matiis. =)

Then nung pabalik na kami ng parking, biglang naglambing si Ian kay Papa G. Ayaw sumama sa amin, gusto kay Papa G lang. Eh may dinner parents ko with my Ninong at City of Dreams. Di niya natiis ang apo niya, isasama na lang daw niya. Eh sabi ko paano yun, walang dalang extra clothes, ibibili na lang daw niya. Kaya ayan, may new polo si Ian at pati si Chris binilhan din...

And may pahabol pa, toy cars from Petron...



Kaya look at my boys, they were very happy with the gifts that they received from Papa G that day...

Of course, ako rin may blessing... naging maaga rin ang pasko ko... kasi my brother gave me a new cellphone... Akala ko nagbibiro lang, serioso pala...

Thank you Papa G and to my brother Paolo dahil napaaga niyo ang pasko naming mag-iina! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! =)





How We Spent Our Christmas & New Year

This is a super duper late post. But still, I want to share it to you. Hehehe! =)

Last Christmas and New Year, nothing much happened to us. It's too hard for us to celebrate the holiday season the way we used to since I just gave birth and all of us are still adjusting.

On Christmas Eve, I'm suppose to cook but hubby suggested that we just spend it at my parents' house so that I can rest. So there we went. We ate dinner with my immediate family and relatives and we exchanged gifts. Too bad because I forgot to take some photos and it's Christoff's first Christmas. Huhu! =(

Come Christmas morning, we helped my parents give away some goodies, stuffed toys and books to those people who went to my parents' house. It's actually a regular activity that we do every Christmas.

Lunch time, we went to my in-laws' house in San Pedro, Laguna. We stayed there until after dinner.

Here are some of our souvenir photos during Christmas day:

Kulitan before dinner...

Dinner time...

On New Year's Eve, here is our simple dinner table...

I cooked, baked garlic salmon belly, angel hair spaghetti with salmon in olive oil, smoked pork ribs and chicken macaroni salad (c/o my mommy).

Then we had our very first family picture which wasn't that good because the twins kept on moving. Hehe...

After all the fireworks, we crashed again my parents' house...

On New Year's day, we went again to my in-laws' house and spent the entire day there.

We had lunch al fresco...

Then in the evening, we had our family picture taken...

That's it! A very simple but fun celebration...

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing everyone

A Merry Merry Christmas!!!

I'll blog more soon...

Adventures in Hongkong: Day 5 & Loots

This is my last post about our recent travel in Hongkong.

Well, day 5 in Hongkong is our free day. Bahala na si Batman kung ano ang gagawin namin that time. Personally, that was my time na mag-gala gala on my own and try to look for some pasalubong. Pero, kamalas malasan naman namin dahil dumating yung typhoon doon na galing sa Pinas. Typhoon signal no. 3 nga daw that day eh pero hindi naman ganun karamdam. Iba kasi sa kanila eh, yung signal no. 3 sa kanila katumbas lang ng signal no. 1 sa atin.

In short, hindi ako nagpapigil sa ulan. Gumala pa rin ako mag-isa. Iniwan ko ang mga Kulilits kay hubby sa hotel. Kung saan saan ako actually nakarating. Kainis lang dahil pang-gabi halos ng mga stores doon dahil past 10:00am na puros sarado pa. Mga 11:00am ata kasi nagbubukas ang mga stores eh. 

From Yau Ma Tei, nakarating ako ng Jordan and Mongkok. Tapos pabalik ng hotel, naglakad lang ako pabalik sa Yau Ma Tei. Ang masaklap doon ay nagkamali ako ng direction. Imbis na pa-Yau Ma Tei ako, napunta ako sa Prince Edward. Kaya ayun, na-exercise ako nang di oras. 2 stations ang nalakad ko with bitbit pabalik ng hotel. Bakit kamo ako naglakad? Kuripot ako eh! Joke! Medyo lang naman. Gusto ko lang din maglibot libot at baka may makita ako na something.

On my way back to the hotel, nag-stopover muna ako sa noodle house sa tabi tabi to get something for hubby. Hindi kasi papayag yun na hindi makatikim ng noodles bago umuwi ng Pinas eh. Kaya pagdating ko sa hotel, all smiles siya sa bitbit ko. Hehe.

After that, gumala ulit ako. This time with my parents. Nasabi ko kasi na nakita ko na yung hinahanap kong market sa Mongkok eh and napakita ko yung mga napamili kong food kaya nagpasama sa akin. Kaya ayun, lakad lakad ulit kami back to Mongkok.

Sa Mongkok, nakabili kami ni mommy ng Takoyaki balls! Actually, binaon namin siya sa airport. Yum Yum talaga! Buti na lang at nakita ko ulit yung stall dahil kung hindi, hindi magiging complete yung trip namin ni hubby kapag hindi namin nakakain nito. Yes, ganun kami kababaw ni hubby. Hehe.

After going to Mongkok, nag-preprare na kami for our flight home. Medyo nagrush nga kami eh kasi nag-extend lang kami sa hotel.

So that's our final day in Hongkong. Last minute shopping lang talaga.

And for my loots, eto lang ang mga nabili ko:

My favorite mooncake A.K.A. overpriced hopia with egg yolk! Hehehe! Ewan ko ba at bakit addict na addict ako dito lalo na kapag may kasamang nagmamantika yung egg yolk. At ewan ko rin kung bakit napakamahal nito.

For hubby, I bought him two long-sleeves polos...

For the Kulilits, I bought them Toms shoes...

And for our pasalubong, I bought packs of these yummy noodles...

and peeled chestnuts...

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So ayun lang ang mga napamili ko. Konti lang talaga dahil wala naman talaga akong planong magshopping eh. Lam niyo naman sa panahon na ito, medyo tipid mode kami ni hubby dahil nga we need to save for the renovation of our house.

So that's it. I hope you enjoyed my series about our trip in Macau and Hongkong. =)

Adventures in Hongkong: Day 4

Sorry now lang nacontinue ang kuwento ko. Natabunan na. Hehe.

So here it goes...

We spent our day 4 at Hongkong Disneyland. As in tinapos namin hanggang fireworks. All for the sake of the Kulilits!

Ang daming tao at ang init init pa! Kakaloka ang mga taga mainland talaga. Ang gugulo. Haaayssst... Ibang iba talaga ang Disneyland sa US as compared sa Hongkong Disneyland. Sabi ko nga kay hubby, hindi na talaga mauulit ang punta namin dun kasi di ko talaga carry ang crowd. Nakakafrustrate lang.

Tapos sa dami ng tao, it will take you at least 45 minutes to wait for a ride. As in sayang ang oras. Hindi sulit. Aside from that, hindi ka makakakuha ng matinong picture dahil sa kapal ng tao. Tapos, yung pauwi na kami, akala mo magkakaroon ng stampede. Sa sobrang takot ko nga sinabihan ko dad ko na tumabi muna kami at hayaan munang maubos ang tao. 

Pagdating naman sa MTR (since nagcommute lang kami), siksikan din sa entrance. Napasigaw nga si hubby sa isang group ng teenagers eh kasi nanunulak. Tapos may foreigner din na galit na galit sa isang Chinese dahil sumisingit. Ang gulo talaga to the max! Instead na mag-enjoy ka, ma-s-stress ka lang.

Anyway, may mga pictures pa rin naman kami kahit papaano and here are some of our photos..

A must photo...

Parade...

Ang mahalia na waffles...

My boys with Buzz...

Parade again...

The twins riding Dumbo...

Papa G and Mama G with the Kulilits on queue for the Dumbo ride...

The Padusters with Goofy...

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Pluto...

The Filipina dolls singing Filipino version of "It's a Small World"...

Chris and Me...

The Kulilits...

The Kulilits with Papa G and Mama G with Woody...

With Jessie the cowgirl...

The Kulilits with Jessie the cowgirl...

The Kulilits with Papa G...

Spot Doc Padu...

Mama G and Doc Padu with the Kulilits...

Familia Padusters again...

and again...

That's it! I didn't post pictures of the fireworks na kasi nasa camera ng mom ko. =)