and so another christmas gone by with not much hoolabaloo...ibang iba talaga pasko sa pilipinas - inuumaga kakakain at kakainom. but since nandito kami sa amerika, we have to adapt to their style of celebrating it which is not bad naman. it's just that you can't help miss the kind of celebration na kinalakihan mo...the food, the gifts, the get-togethers, the noise of my pamangkins, san mig light, isaw, lechon, sopas.....at madami pang iba!
anyways, here's a recap of how our christmas went...
dec. 24 (noon) - dell took us to rowland heights and he talked about his humble beginnings. we drove by the apartment where their family first lived, the park where he used to play some hoops and the jack in the box where he first worked. on the way back, we decided to pass by marshall's since we needed to buy a gift for our lunch party tomorrow. then we headed home since his sister prepared some lunch for the family. it was sumptuous...we stuffed ourselves with korean bbq beef, grilled veggies (bell pepper, zucchinis and portabello mushrooms) and some greens.
dec. 24 (evening) - we first went to our friend's house in NorCo to have dinner. it's also her mom's birthday so their whole clan was there. and my gulay, they have a great dane named Pumpkin which is bigger than Inigo, a chihuahua named Cooper and another dog (his breed escapes my mind) named ChoCho. they're all cuties and Inigo enjoyed running after them. we only stayed till 8:30pm and then we headed off to Irvine for our other commitment.
the travel wasn't that bad because we took the toll express. ang bilis pero we spent $5 just for toll fee. then as soon as we exited the freeway, i drove going to dette's house. Tita Baby served as sopas, pandesal with ham and mayo and tsokolateng pinoy. oh my...it was heaven so i kinda felt homesick again. it reminded me of what we used to eat on christmas eve...ganong ganon ang kinakain namin (because main celebration is on christmas day). we wanted to stay long but Inigo wasn't up for it. he was cranky the whole time so we just opened his gifts and then headed home.
i called my family as soon as i got home. everyone was there except us who are now based here in the US. i talked to my daughter and had to control myself from bawling my heart's out because i miss her terribly. di bale...malapit na anak!!! then we went to bed.
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dec. 25 - when everyone else was happily snoozing, i was up at 7am to prepare the adobo =(. i'm quite particular when i cook so i had to wake up early to make sure that i got everything ready and running.
1:00 pm - heading off (with the car smelling of adobo and onions) for the potluck lunch at glady's (dell's cousin) lovely house in anaheim hills; the ignacio siblings and their families were all present plus kuya venjoy and ana. the food was great and all of us couldn't stop eating. after the usual kwentuhans and updates with each other's going ons we decided to play guesstures. it was so fun because we were playing against our partner (ignacios and relatives vs. their partners in life) and guess who won? hahaha US!!! dell was good but I WAS BETTER!!! hahaha...
it was pretty much a great day, with all the little cousins playing. we even tried to capture some kodak moments with all of them together but tough luck...they were all over the place...maybe when they get a little bigger...
we all called it a night at around 9pm since most of them are working the following day. it was indeed one great christmas...not as fun-filled compared to my pinas christmas celebration but close enough because i was with my new family.
till next year.....=)
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