Visiting Suharto and Rina on a different mission 🙂 Bumped into Juan Miguel who knew Father Julian 🙂
Our friends Suharto and Rina wanted to renew the blessing of their house which they have had for 10 years already. It was a good idea so we called Fr. Julian who so willingly came and it was a nice celebration. Fr. Julian said that you should never be afraid because God’s powers are stronger than anyone or anything
Merienda 🙂
On Mike’s birthday, his office mates gave him an old photo of Gloria! WOW! I thought it was her daughter Isabelle (Belle) – I made sure I took this photo!!! Super love it! Happy Birthday Mike
Uncle Mike doesn’t have kids but he loves all his nieces and nephews and is a great uncle and second father to all 🙂 So this is always a traditional family photo 
Yummy Plaza Ham being carved by Chef Javs
Pancit Sotanghon from Conti’s YUM! 
Four Cheese pizza from the Last Chukker
The yummy chocolate cake which we cannot order!!! Second time to have this only on his birthday! I wish it were Mike’s birthday everyday! 🙂
Take two with Gloria then and now 🙂
Celebrating Ron’s @ronnierodrigo 50th Birthday but partying like he’s 5 haha!! 
Who would think that someone as gigantic as Ron would marry our tiny friend Laura 🙂 Though late in the game, it didn’t take long for them to realize they were meant for each other. Ron is a great addition to our group – funny, down to earth, always “game” and many times “one of the girls” 🙂 
Aside from loving our friend Lau, he’s a very good and present father to his girls. One of the things that strikes me the most about Ron is his amazing dedication to his little girls – Riana and Reese. His world literally revolves around them. You look at his Instagram – it’s all his kids! Every afternoon he picks them up and spends time with them. Amazing daddy. Happy 50th to a guy who makes us feel like 5 🙂 Never stop making us laugh. We love you Ron!!
Lau and her family own Active Fun and there are function rooms where you can use for events. At the same time they have a catering business to provide the food there or outside Active Fun. Contact Connoisseur Catering at 869-3327 
Live music by Alamat with our batch mate Aileen Tupaz Lota as agent
Drummer Alden Costa from Callalily, Composer Sam Santos who plays for Shamrock, and brother Don Santos Basist from Goodbye Tracy, Lead Singer Ram Chaves Runner up of Pinoy Idol 2008 
Theme for Sunday Family Lunch was Graduation 🙂 
Thanks to Party City for all the party decors 🙂 
Thank you SPS cafeteria for the napkins haha!!
All the food was from Abuelita’s Kitchen
Previous entry: Abuelita’s Kitchen July 27, 2015
Caviar pie 
Ceasar Salad homemade by my Mom’s cook
Roast Prime Grade Rib Eye – delicious! Make sure to have it with the gravy!
Bone marrow mushroom rice! YUM!
Korean Beef Stew
Thank you Ned and Janet for the Baklawa from Lebanon! Authentic! 🙂
Mamon it Yourself Minions
Previous entry: Mamon it Yourself June 28, 2015
Giveaways
Time flies and it is already a year since La Cabrera opened in Manila. We had a lovely dinner celebration 
Congratulations Carlo Calma Lorenzana, Carlo Gordon Lorenzana and Bobby Tenchavez. Finally a complete photo of the owners
Happy to see Carlo’s brother, Eugene and his wife Marga who is my cousin 🙂 
A special menu curated by Chef Ejecutivo Juan Barosco 
Chef Juan Barosco! Thank you for a wonderful celebration!
Steak Chicharones! YUM!!!
Mollejas
Choripan y Morcipan
Provoleta
Asado del Centro – Beef Shortribs
Entraña / Skirt Steak
Cuadril Coulotte / Picaña steak
Creme Brûlée Dulce de Leche
Homemade Alfajores – Coconut, Chocolate covered and original
Come on over to get 25% off this weekend!!
For the whole month of July Wine all you can!
I love having themes and logos when it’s a gathering or some group trip! 🙂 So I had one made for the kids. For graduation – Jaime, Antonio and Yasmeen – invited 25 of their friends from school to come over to the Philippines to celebrate. After all they worked very hard the past years and now are ready to start a new chapter in their life and work even harder in college 🙂Gina, the mom of Antonio, Donya, the mom of Yasmeen and I divided the kids so we could accommodate them in our homes. We have been planning and organizing this for months
They all arrived on the 8th of June but in different flights. This was the first batch that stayed in the house 🙂 I had 8 adopted kids who were all very good and we loved having them over 
From the first batch, 6 of them went to Gina’s house
Since I did not have an extra room, I put them in our basement where the kids usually hang out. I had five boys and 4 girls. So the boys stayed here
We had 8 additional beds in our home. In our home, our kids always invite their friends over and we like it. We have many that come and visit and some live with us. This time is the most we have and I had to borrow mattresses and sheets from mom. They say when you get married, you marry his/her family. With us, we have a saying that when you have kids, you adopt their friends and they become a member of the family 🙂
Not enough towel racks so I put a clothes rack to hang the towels and just labelled them 
A few snacks in case they got hungry in between meals
The four girls I put in one of the rooms – I just put two queen beds on the floor since I did not have any real beds. Gina’s house was much better!! :-O 
These laundry baskets filled up so quick! 🙂
I converted Jaime’s room into a spa! haha!! I treated the girls to a massage 🙂
The next day they left for Boracay and look at the smiles on their faces 🙂 Four days in Boracay for them!
Tim, Elena, Paul, Annie Gray, Samrat, Amy and Trin
Antonio, Charley, Jake, Eleanor, Noah, Samantha, Justin, Chad and Tim 
Photos from Boracay – there would have been more had they let me go with them! haha!!j
The 4 best friends in St. Paul’s had a joint graduation dinner before Graduation Day – Jaime, Antonino, Trin and Charley. It was a great idea to celebrate together
Thank you to Chananya, the mom of Trin, she organised everything and found the venue which was perfect for all four families. There are not that many venues in Concord and it gets full so we were lucky to get this place
When you open the door, the teapot pours water
We had a private room that was cozy for all of us
Since it was a big group – we could only choose between salmon, chicken or beef. Everyone got a salad and dessert. It was very good 🙂
Kiddie meals for the kids – Chicken Fingers
Macaroni and Cheese
Prime Rib
Atlantic Salmon
Delicious chocolate cake
Computing the bill 🙂 Mommy Gina and Mommy Chananya 🙂 
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Graduation is a weekend long celebration at St. Paul’s School. They have a whole line up of activities for alumni, for the graduates and for their families
Jaime’s wish was to have Lolo Benny and his Lolo Jun and Dada Monching attend his graduation. 2 out of 3 came!! Lolo Jun who ofcourse is there always and his 94 year old great grandfather! Lolo Benny. We never thought it would be possible, but he was there!!! He flew from Manila, drove 5 hours to Concord, celebrated Grad dinner, ate in the Gordon rink for lunch and waited an hour to get a good seat and sat for an hour and a half to be in Jaime’s graduation. Truly a blessing and an honor!! Didn’t I say he was the best?
Cousins Mio, Taty and Nicola coming over to attend Manong Jaime’s graduation
It’s a beautiful campus here! It’s self contained and it’s a beautiful environment for the children to live in and study. They hardly have to go out 
One of the major events is the Alumni and Form of 2015 Parade where all the Alumni and for the graduating class
Form of 2015 (Sixth Form) at the Alumni Parade/ Welcome to the Form of 2015
In long-standing tradition, SPS alumni parade down Rectory Road to the Matthews Hockey Center for lunch; the oldest alumnus leads the line, followed by ascending form years including the Form of 2015
Graduation weekend is a homecoming weekend. So nice to see alumni from 1940!
Alumni Parade/Welcome to the Form of 2015
In long-standing tradition, SPS alumni parade down Rectory Road to the Matthews Hockey Center for lunch; the oldest alumnus leads the line, followed by ascending form years including the Form of 2015
Boat Races – The traditional boat races with alumni and club crews 
Drone flying all over campus taking photos
So happy to be with this beautiful family – Pedro, Gina, Antonio and Pedro ( Pepe ) 
There are meals being served in the cafeteria or in the Gordon Rink or Hockey Centre and families are al welcome to join. This was graduation day and the family joined lunch at the Hockey Centre 
Last Monday, we had a plan! Which we all put together in two days for a Wednesday celebration 🙂 It’s all TEAMWORK! 🙂 And this was the plan taken from our WhatsApp group ” THE GOLDEN AN PLAN”
Here is the plan….. You take the Golden “AN” and put it in the TAN truck! ( haha!! )
Seriously – for Wednesday we are all set!!!! So glad everyone is game!!!!
Laura
Ina
Nich we need a clown, come na haha!
Lance
Nelson
Siu Ping
Leanna
Rica
Ned Tuesday after the last class in aero room, I will decorate so when Ned goes to work on Wednesday it is there na
( Thanks to helpful people from the Sports and Games office and the gym – Edna and Mico )
Then let’s all meet at 720 am by the stairs of the ladies locker room
then lets all go up together to the aero room and shout SURPRISE!! haha!! ( corny ba?)
Then class ( we actually still had class! haha )
(Group Photo with the poster before Juampi left for the airport – he came just to greet and surprise Ned 🙂 )
Lance : Don’t forget to take a photo of the champagne in the gym ref
after class, we will all go to the back parking by the badminton – my van will be there with driver so we can all go together and not worry about parking. We will go to MAPLE in San Antonio Forbes. Laura already reserved the place. Ty Laura and EA 🙂
I will bring a cake/dessert and Nelson and Siuping can bring it during dessert and we can sing and he will blow.
From Maple – my van can bring everyone back to Polo. KKB tayo but lets not let Ned pay 🙂 Okay? THATS THE PLAN! 🙂
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The plan worked out very well and smoothly and we were able to come up with all that in a day’s planning!!! Every single one contributed for the celebration!!! So much fun!!
The Birthday Boy with his poster at the back
Taken from Die Hard the movie 🙂
Thanks Ina for all the wonderful creatives!!! It really set the mood and tone for the celebration 
We had special guests who joined us 🙂 Dra. Vermin Verallo who also trains one on one with Ned! Three times a week! She is 76 years old and very strong probably stronger than all of us 🙂 
Ned scheduled a breakfast with his friend from the states, Rene! So we were happy to adopt him for the day as a boot camper 🙂 
Laura’s kids joined us as well – Gavin and Madison – they took the place of Juampi who could not join
Breakfast at Maple!!! As a tip, please use the salt and pepper shakers to season your food. I am sure they put those there because they did not season the food, you have to do it yourself to your liking 🙂 
The Big Maple Breakfast
Eggs Benedict that had no muffin since it was out of stock
Huevos Rancheros – a bestseller and it looks so good but Lance did not share this with us! haha!!
Truffle Omelette Souffle!! How unique!!! and yummy!
We shared this and cut it like a pizza 🙂
Prime Rib Tapa – another unique dish and one of the bestsellers in Maple
Chicken Fried Steak
Maple Belgian Waffle
Chicken dish which I cannot find in the menu -it was for the kids so it must have been in the menu 
Fruit Brûlée
The cake that started this all! I was going to bring this to bootcamp class because I knew Ned liked it and then from there decided to make it into a more complicated celebration 🙂 
Leana our SGV and treasure who audited the bill and collected from us – she was so ready she even had a plastic bag with change in case she needed. Ang galeng!! haha!!
Giveaways from Laura – of course from VMV Hypoallergenics. Armada and Boo Boo Balm
Group photo!! Happy Birthday Ned!!!
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