Some friends of mine has invited me to join them sa isang Pilipino halloween party in Krefeld last Saturday. Hindi ako sumali dahil I have promised to my hubby to help him rearrange Kathleen’s bedroom. He wanted to assemble the bunk bed we bought last week kasi. Since the new bed needs a big big space, inilabas ko yong ibang furnitures doon sa kuwarto katulad ng isang sirang aparador. Tamang-tama din dahil may naka schedule na bulk rubbish collection dito sometime this week. Kailangang samantalahin ang pagkakataon dahil two times a year lang ito ginagawa ng community.

Anyways, to make the story short I need to empty the cabinet para madala na ito doon sa tambakan. While sorting out Kathleen’s things, I found a box na halo-halo ang laman. Merong mp3 cd’s, Kathleen’s handmade rabbit out of clay, some of her drawings and many many old pictures. The pictures were taken during the time na si akesh ay solo (1998-2000). Laking gulat nalang ni Gerd nang bigla akong sumigaw ng ganito “O wow!!! Hanep ang ganda-ganda ko pala noong alaw oh, at ang payat koh!!!”. Curious malaman kong ano yong pinagsasabi ko, he came to me and grab the photos from my hand. Then he said: “Oh ja, das stimmt.” (tutuo nga ano?). Sus ang timong, hindi pa naman ako dambuhala noong magkakilala kami. Tapos dagdag niya pa: “Na dann mein Schatz, streng dich an!” (So my darling, you have to work hard to get this look again.). Waaaah, sana hindi na ako sumigaw noong makita ko ang mga litrato ko. Napasabak pa tuloy ako ngayon. Hmmmp, basta feel ko ang kumain ngayon kaya no diet and not even aerobic dahil di ko type at the moment. Maybe later kong ako ay 70 na.

Pero sa tutuong usapan, pumapasok din sa isip ko paminsan-minsan ang mag gym at magpenitensiya. Siyempre malaking penitensiya ang one day no eat noh para mabawasan ang katabaan ng aking chanda romero tiyan. Ay pero teka lang, hindi topic dito sa post kong ito ang pagdidyeta ha. Kaya don’t ever think I sound like a sirang CD (hindi na plaka kasi obesolete na yan). Wala akong balak sa ngayon dahil umiiral lagi sa isipan ko ang lumafang ng masasarap na pagkain, kaya magdusa ako sa aking mga jubis.

Okay, itutuloy natin ang kalukringang usapan. Alam niyo dati rati, hindi naman ako ganito ka boring na tao. Kaya yong iba diyan na nag-aakalang si akesh ay typical mudra mader talaga at boring pa, ay nagkakamali. Iba na ngayon siyempre ang diskarte ko sa buhay dahil may asawa na akong tao. By choice itong porma at arte ko na ito ngayon, and I don’t regret it dahil naranasan ko nang maging isang seductive na babaeng bading. Para bagang artista (aray) iba’t-ibang role ang ginagampanan. Naku ha, daring din ako noon at may pagkabilib sa sarili (hallelujah) kaya laging nagpapa kuha ng solo picture like the image on the left. Asus buti nalang meron akong mga kuhang ganya. At least meron akong souvenir - a souvenir that brings back memories ika nga ni Knoiz.

Sa aking kakikayan era noon kasama din siyempre ang pagiging party animal, kong saan ang party tiyak nandoon ako. Hindi lang yan kundi anik-anik pang activities ang sinalihan ko. May nag-aral ako ng belly dancing, and aside from that active din si lola niyo sa cultural dance group. At naglakas loob pang sumali sa isang byuti contest. Hurrayyy, naka third si lola niyo kahit saling pusa lang and the oldest among the contestants. O Say? Haaaay naku, those were the days.

O siya, mukhang mahaba na ang nobela kong ito. Ayokong ilipad kayo lalo ng hangin na kasalukuyang umuihip dito sa blog ko. Kaya ang mabuti pa dalawin niyo nalang ang bagong setup kong gallery at tingnan ang iba pang scanned pics ng aking mga kabaliwan noong araw. It’s a new found gallery script Zenphoto, actually di na ito talaga bago dahil noon ko pa sinubaybayan ang development ng software na ito. Hindi ko lang ginamit dahil napakameager ng features. But now it’s different, may plugin pa nga for Wordpress eh. O siya, here is the link to my other gallery Mosaic Of Memories.

Four months have passed since I was with my mother in Paris. Due to lack of time, I was not able to publish our pictures on my gallery. My sister from Orlando, FL called yesterday afternoon and asked me again for x times to email her the images. Or that I should upload it on my gallery so she can download them. The lazy me had been postponing things that seem not so important, madalas mangyari na tuluyan ko na itong makalimutan. Kaya, heto na’t I really took the time to resize the images and finally uploaded them.

The photos I published are lovely (ahem). Don’t worry most images I added on this specific album are architectural images of historical buildings, such as timber framed houses and etc.

I hope you’ll enjoy viewing the pictures and who knows, this might awaken your interest to visit Europe.

Before everything, I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to all of you who helped me decide which eyeglass to take. Yong No. 1 ang kinuha ko dahil unique.

Miltenberg

Tungkol naman sa aking bakasyon…as I briefly mentioned on my previous post, kaming mag-ina ay talagang nag enjoy sa aming galaan. I said mag-ina dahil hindi namin kasama si Papa Gerd due to his work. Unang destinasyon ng aming biyahe was Miltenberg. The original plan of my travel was only to bring some electric appliances to my eldest son. But as usual, it turned out different. Ang isang linggo ay naging dalawa at ang balak kong magrelax ay naging stress. While I was there kasi sangkatutak na party ang naka schedule.

One day before I left Miltenberg area, we were supposed to meet/surprise Tess Lermer (an old friend of ours) pero palpak dahil wala siya. My cousin Tess (yes same name) decided to call Melanie para doon nalang kami kina Genie magkita-kita. As she told me about it, bigla kong naalala na wala pala kaming pagkaing mai-serve dahil ang aming host na si Genie ay hindi nakapag grocery. I asked Tess to call Melanie again to tell her na magdala ng pagkain. Melanie on the other hand called the rest of Karilagan and other close friends of ours to join. Kaya ang labas, super fun party even if it was just a spontaneous idea. By the way, hindi naggrocery ang aming host dahil I warned her na hindi ako magluluto. Alam ko kasi ang tactic nitong friend kong ito, magpaplano siya kunyari ng party tapos ako kunyari ang tinatanong niya kong ano ang masarap ihanda…and at the end ako din pala ang magluluto. This time, naisahan ko siya. “The Kusinera” is on vacation noh (kaya mag ngatngat ng tsinelas ang sino mang gutom)! Hehehe. Pictures below were taken during the said kita-kita and hey, tingnan niyo ang dalawang nasa kusina…di ba’t ang gaganda nila?

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Hello all! I’m finally back from my two weeks vacation. We had a wonderful weather the whole time, weve been to several places and I was able to met almost all of my old friends. Kaya nag enjoy kami ng husto ng mga bata. BUT, hey…saka ko na lang isusulat ang tungkol sa aming bakasyon dahil mas may importanteng bagay akong dapat munang lutasin. Nakasasalay dito ang aking mga MATA, malabo na ang paningin ni Lola Beng kaya SOS talaga.

I need your opinions mga darling dahil hindi ako makapagdecide which to take. I would like to ask your honest opinion which eyeglasses suits to me and my lukring personality. I have two choices, please see images below.

EYEGLASSES 1

EYEGLASSES 2