Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mercy Tuason

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This is the second “Mercy”( Itayo Natin and Ating Bandila June 16, 2009 )  personality featured here at Heart2Heart!  Both women who inspire! While at my good friend Rina’s place, I saw a magazine on her coffeetable and I thought I saw Audrey Hepburn..but as I read the cover- it said Mercy Tuason. I had met Tita Mercy on a few occassions through Rina.  I had the opportunity to join one of her prayer sessions and mass which she hosts in her beautiful home.  Rina brought me along with her.  All her lady friends come over and pray together and hear mass.  She has recently been appointed as envoy to the Vatican.  My Grandfather was once the Ambassador to the Vatican as well.  Congratulations Tita Mercy!

I love how Lifestyle Asia did the article and photos of Tita Mercy.  Try to grab a copy of their July issue to read more

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O’Sonho

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We tried this new place in Jupiter, near our office.  We enjoyed the food!

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This was the most popular among the family – Portuguese Gambas

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 Beer Battered Fish Fingers

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Peri Peri Chicken Pasta

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Chorizo Sisig- also popular among the family – we like it crispy so we sent it back tot he kitchen to have them cook it til crispy 🙂 – YUMMY!

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Bacalhau de O Sonho

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This is supposed to be one of their specialities – Peri Peri Chicken

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Lamb with Parmesan Crusted Eggplant- YUMMY!!!

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How to Hug A Baby

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Instructions for properly hugging a baby

1.  First, uh…find a baby….

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2. Second, be sure that the object you found was 

Indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. 

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3. Next you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning theHugging process. 

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4. The ‘paw slide’ 

Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up. 

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 5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented ‘hug, smile, and lean’ so as to Achieve the best photo quality. 

 

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Aaah!

 

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Tats and Gabby

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Everytime I am with Rina and Tats, Gabby is always our constant companion.  He is so adorable!  He is a very well behaved little boy and always smiles for my camera.  What is more amazing is Gabby’s Mom, Tats!  She is a full time Mom to Gabby both in London where they live and in Manila when they come to visit.  She is a pro and she is so natural in handling her son in public places….I just watch her the whole time….and aside from that she even manages to continue chatting with us. AMAZING!

Tats says: 

“My baby does not have the luxury of a full-time yaya. We live in London, where nannies make more than most Filipinos in multinationals.

Hence, my baby is my constant companion. We spend every moment together, and my pushchair is my main form of transport.” 

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Tats showed me her baby stuff and was updating me as I have not bought any baby stuff for 9 years.   

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She was telling us how she found Skip Hop bags in Rustan’s at much lower prices than in London so she bought a lot! 🙂 

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Apparently, Tats writes for the Inquirer once in awhile and shares her motherhood experiences.  So for new mothers out there or soon to be mothers, you might want to watch out for her column.  This is her latest article: 

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At the end of our afternoon, Gabby managed to change his shirt as Mommy was prepared for a slight accident 🙂 and he still manages to smile

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and then falls quietly asleep on Mommy’s shoulder 

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Other Articles of Tats:

Lessons From an Expensive First Year 

How to Make Manila More Baby Friendly 

My Baby Was Born Through Hypnobirthing 

 

Previous Entries:  High Tea July 16, 2009 

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High Tea

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Count on my “British” friends to invite me to have high tea with them 🙂  Rina wanted to get together with Tats who was going back to London.  Thanks for inviting me guys, looking forward to having it again and hopefully in London the next time around 🙂 

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We had tea and scones….. 

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They had a high tea buffet which I was so tempted to avail of… WOW!

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