01 January 2009

My parents' house has always been host to many visitors. My mom likes it that way because she believes na swerte daw ang bahay na laging maraming bisita. And that was how we welcomed the new year. My mom's siblings, tita Papot and tito Jun, spent the day in our house and I was more than happy to make them try my new recipes. Here are snippets of how we spent the first day of 2009.

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Joanne, Mick, Gabbi and my super favorite tita Papot.

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Gabbi girl.

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Big Moe's here! We missed him last night.

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Chig and Kokoy.

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Richard, Angel, Jof and Kokoy.

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Tito Bert wearing the Krisan Team shirt. Vintage na yan!

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Mick and Richard.

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Lunch time! The entire Taguig household was present -- the helpers, driver, labandera...kulang na lang yung manicurista ni lolo Pete! Heehee!

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Drinking session ng mga boys sa labas.

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Later that evening, my mom's cousins from Calamba, Laguna arrived so we had an instant reunion of sorts.

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Mommy, tita Papot and their cousins.

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It was great to see our relatives again after a very long time. My cousin Maricon was there. We were playmates when we were about Gabbi's age and we haven't seen each other in years! She now has three boys.

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Mom, tita Papot and tito Jun enjoyed catching up with their cousins as well. It truly was a wonderful way of welcoming the new year.

Alyannah's Kidcore Reunion

Alyannah missed her NSIS Christmas Program and Year-end party because we left for the Philippines early. I told her it's ok, because she will be joining the Kidcore Christmas party anyway.

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So I bought her a nice dress and I made sure that I will wear a shirt that matches her dress. I wrapped all her gifts and placed them in a bag so I won't forget. I was well prepared -- except for one thing: my dear daughter's tantrum.

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Everything was going smoothly even if we arrived at the party late. We missed the program, but when we got there, Aly was thrilled to see her classmates and vice versa. She was eating spaghetti and ice cream together with her friends. They were playing and running all over the place. We were all happy making chika and everything. Then, it happened: my daughter's mood suddenly turned sour. She doesn't want to play with her friends anymore, she doesn't want to eat, she doesn't want to have her picture taken...she just wants to stay with her lola Aple. Aaarrgghhh!!! I don't know how it happened, why it happened...I was just too frustrated and disappointed that she chose this day, of all days, to throw a tantrum.

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Looking back, I remember two things that happened before she lost her mood. First, she tripped on the stage. As in "BLAG!" then I saw her on the floor. She didn't cry and she didn't hurt herself naman. Yung ego lang nya ang nasaktan. Hehe! Second, her classmates performed their Christmas number for tita Carmen. So while all her classmates were singing on stage, she was the only kid left sitting with the adults. So nawala sya sa mood, either because nadapa sya or because she felt bad na hindi sya kasama sa stage. Tuloy, parang ako yung may reunion because I was really happy to see the Kidcore mommies and teachers again.

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Anyway, I was able to force my daughter to have her picture taken before we left the party. I felt really bad that we had to leave right away, but Alyannah wasn't in the mood anymore. Hay...

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With Andree, Andree's lola and Lolo Aple.

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With Kristine.

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Did you notice how she looked in the photos? Ganyan sya pag wala na sya sa mood. Also she didn't want to have her photo taken without her Lola Aple.

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Hopefully, there will be no more tantrums next year.