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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
holiday weekend
i love long weekends...i especially enjoyed this one...
 thanksgiving...the "christmas" of the States... one of the busiest travel days of the year... lucky for us we didn't have to travel to be with family... my mother-in-law baked this delicious chunk of roast beef... so tender, so tasty... i'm salivating just remembering it... we had it with corn, mashed potatoes and gravy... and if that wasn't enough we also had honeybaked ham on the side!... ayayay...the amount of food you can eat if you put your mind to it...hahaha... family friends came over to continue their thanksgiving celebration and the rest of the night was spent talking and joking around... it made me smile when i realized how good it feels to have a home people are comfortable in...
friday was spent furniture shopping... we got a king size bedframe, two side tables, and a huge dresser, all solid wood, in the dark finish that i like... we have to exchange our mattress though... the frame that was available was only for cal king... our mattress was an eastern king... the difference being that the cal king is longer and narrower than the eastern king... a minor but irritating detail... saturday was the busiest day for us... early morning we brought my car in for its scheduled tune up then went to the place where we bought our mattress to have it exchanged to a cal king size (lucky for us, they let us do that). after that we went to the mall to meet with my dad... he hasn't seen clara in a long time since his job takes him to different locations for long periods of time... we ate lunch at max's restaurant... we had their chicken (of course!), sinigang na hipon (tamarind soup with shrimps) and, since it was his birthday the past week, pancit canton (a noodle dish). we talked about different stuff... as usual the political and financial situation in the philippines and compare it to life here... everyone knows that the States is said to be the land of opportunity and my dad believes this to especially true for the younger generation... he vented his frustration that certain people related to us are not taking advantage of the fact that they can work here anytime they want when other people would to whatever it takes to come here...but he also knows that he can't force them to come so all we can do at the moment is shrug our shoulders and hope they make use of what they are taking for granted...  on the lighter side, clara finally warmed up to my dad...she is initially shy of the strangers she meets (although she randomly waves at them when they pass by)... since she hasn't seen my dad is a long time, he was a stranger to her...she would hide and cling to me everytime my dad would glance at her...but after lunch, she got used to him being there...as dad and i were talking, she gave my my dad a potato chip-filled smile and would walk around us, pause and smile again... she gave dad a handful of chips when asked (friends na sila)... she even showed dad her "tricks" like beautiful eyes, pretty smile, nguso (pursed lips), kiss, etc. which made my dad as happy as a lolo (grandfather) could be... all too soon, it was getting late and we had to say goodbye... it always makes me sad to leave...like we need more time to talk about random stuff... i could tell he feels the same way...*sigh*...
hubby and i had dinner with my cousin K from san francisco...we spent the night talking about her highlights as a masters student and our moving to the new house and who else, clara... of course hubby and i would gush like proud parents (well, we are...hehehe) about her quirks and habits...we dropped K off with a promise that we would visit her when her mom was in town... when hubby and i got home, we were exhausted as a result of our full day...i thought this was interesting because when you think about it we spent most of the day sitting down, having a meal and talking...hmmmm....clara, as usual, still like the energizer bunny at 10.30 in the evening... took a while for her to settle down but she finally drifted off to sleep... sunday...woke up late...had late breakfast...had a haircut...went to mass...had dinner...watched tv...SLEEP.... monday...back to work....arghhhh! |
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