Last Cristmas: Deck the Halls

Last Christmas I fancied taking photos of the Christmas decors in my sister-in-law’s new house in Bataan

Looking at the photos I took, It just occurred to me now that we’ve never really decorated our own house for Christmas. Not yet, at least.  Perhaps because we don’t really celebrate Christmas there as we always go to Bataan for Christmas Day.  Perhaps also because until a couple of years ago we’ve always felt that the kids are still too young to appreciate Christmas decorations and these may  even pose dangers to them.

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Last Christmas: Good things do last

It has been our tradition to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my in-laws in Mariveles, Bataan.  For the 2nd year in a row now we celebrated Christmas in Tina’s new house.  Tina is my xxGF’s younger sister and a practicing ob-gyne doctor in Bataan.

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Great Ball of Fur

Last Christmas the furriest member of our family, Mario, took center stage and entertained everyone — family members and guests alike — with his antics and cute ways.

I took the opportunity to snap photos of Mario.  Here are some of them.

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Christmas in Manila is like no other

Brightly lit and ornately decorated thoroughfares and buildings, colorful parols (Christmas lanterns), Tagalog Christmas songs… these are just some of the things that make Christmas in Metro Manila memorable and unique.

And they have all been captured in this approximately 10-minute video clip that I have stumbled upon just earlier today.

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My very own Christmas Wish List

I made a list of my top 100 wishes but managed to fill only up to number 98.  All of those 98 wishes are for the people dear to me — my family and friends.  So I decided to add my own personal wishes on numbers 99 and 100.

The first 98 I am keeping to myself and only God can see what they are as He looks into my heart.  The last two I don’t mind sharing to the rest of the world.  Here they are: Continue reading

Christmas is in the air… And in the lights, too!

The simple yet elegant and eye-catchy Christmas decoration of the Cash and Carry mall near the corner of South Luzon Expressway and Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly Buendia) caught my eyes.   I was approaching the Buendia Flyover on my way to Makati yesterday at around 7:30 in the evening when I saw it for the first time.

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