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Showing posts with label chrismas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chrismas. Show all posts

Friday, January 3, 2014

Looking Hot So Far!!!

2nd day of January and am still feeling the joys of XMas...  
Weather's been great..  Chilly breezes with the sun shining..  Enough to wake up in a good mood...
FIrst Selfie of the Year... and so it begins again!!!
 
First day was spent with Juju...  Running around here and there - starting with seeing GioGio off at the airport.. Watched a few planes fly off and took the obligatory shot with Open-chang...  Then it was off to TRU just to check out the latest goodies...
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2nd of January!!!
Today started off pretty good, too...  Great weather...  
And a couple of surprise packages in the mail!!!
December issue of the Philippine's Men's Magazine, GARAGE, with tom Rodriguez of My Husband Lover's fame on the cover...   and as an added bonus, burning up the back cover with his newest endorsement ad, for Bench Body....  I knew I wanted this issue when I saw someone posted about it on FB...  but am so glad my cousin found me a copy and sent it on to me....  HOTNESS!!
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With the magazine package, I got another box that contained 3 of the most precious Rosaries from the Holy Land...  gifts from friend, Isabel Casas....  such a sweet thing to think of me when she visited Jerusalem a couple of months back....  Thank You so very much!!!  They will make great additions to my ever - growing collection of rosaries....

Monday, December 16, 2013

Pre XMas Dinner

Just as the Christmas season at the malls seems to be happening earlier and earlier each year, so seems the Christmas dinner with the besties..  And this year, it is the earliest yet - with us having our Annual Dinner on the 15th of December...

Scheduling amongst us is always a big factor, of course...  With this year being the worst...  Sue and Cecilia are still pulling overtimes at their respective jobs...  Juliana leaving the 19th to spend the Holidays in the Bay Area...  And sadly, David even had to miss this dinner - as he is on a tour in  the Czech Republic and Austria.
So we made do with the time we had..  3 hours of eating, gabbing, eating, exchanging gifts, and eating some more..  Lol!!!  The venue was Dan Ryan's Grill at the Xinyi District Mitsukoshi Area..  Food was good enough, service OK, but we did get our own quiet area that enable us to relax and enjoy the time together...
With Christmas being a fave time of the year for me, it is always great to be able to spend it with the people I like, I love..  And these girls, being my Best Friends in Taiwan, am always happy I get to spend a Holiday dinner with them, before we all do our own separate Celebrations...  It is a night for us to give Thanks for being in each others' lives...  And to toast the new year to come...  
Thank You Juliana for the "Oh So Cute" Sony Angels...
Thanks Sue & Cecilia for the Yummy Chocolate covered Coffee beans
that comes in this lovely tin from agnes b.
But Most of All, Thank You for the friendship all these years and for many more years to come...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

A Wonderful Feeling!

Christmas has a way of making me feel like a little kid - Always!  
And I could not be any happier...  
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold,
everything is softer and more beautiful."
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No matter where I may be for the season, I do go out of my way to look for some Christmas Cheers here and there...  And also bring a few of my own to friends, family and some strangers, even...  My way if sharing, giving back, and doing what I can - help where I can...  

Note: Please do help me in helping the victims of the recent
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This year will mark the 2nd year in a row I do not get to go home to Manila and spend it with the family...   For a few different reasons, personal and otherwise,  it just did not work out...  Am saddened by this but at the same time, I accept it..  Will just make the most of it all...    Of the circumstances...  
No Matter What, I will have the Christmas spirits in me...  
and Christmas will always be my most Fave time of the year!!

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Ghosts of Christmas Past!

"A Happy Memory is a hiding place for Unforgotten Treasures."
-Paul L. Powers
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With Christmas fast approaching - it is  always good to look back
at some of the past ones...
 they bring back memories that are dear to us...
1993:  XMas totally dedicated to that loving Pooch, Baxter! 
San Francisco, CA - USA

2003: Narita Airport
Narita, Japan
2007: XMas with the Family
Taytay, Rizal - Philippines

2010: Attending an  XMas Pa.rt given by
the PNN Group
Manila, Philippines
2011: last Christmas spent with Mom
Rizal, Philippines
2011: Hanging with Juju, GioGio, Lisa et Gaspard
Taipei, Taiwan