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Love James

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Happy Birthday to Mr. Heart2Heart! 🙂 Though I mention him often in my blogs, I hardly feature him and give more attention to the man who brings so much love and happiness in my life 🙂  ( Now you know why I don’t feature him too much..it becomes too cheesy haha!)

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Whenever we go out, people always comment that he looks so young!  And many say he looks like either, an F4 band member because of his hairstyle?  I don’t know 🙂

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Aga Muhlach ( since we were in highschool til now ), or Sam Milby – Good thing they are good looking….to me at least 🙂

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though he thinks he is this guy – maybe because he says I look like Angelina Jolie haha!!

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And though he is associated with many people from show business, he is more proud to claim fame by telling everyone that he has a photo with this guy 🙂 who we bumped into in New York in one of his restaurants probably almost ten years ago  

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He also shares this special day with his twin brother John – Believe it or not but they talk to each other everyday maybe 10 to 20 times a day!  If you ask me, they are each other’s best friend 🙂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!  

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Reasons why I love James:

He is kind to animals

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He has a great sense of humor – even in the most challenging times he always seems to make things light and so it’s so nice to always be with him.  It’s so hard to stay mad at him or be mad at him   

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He is always willing to help others and put other people’s needs before his even if he is very very busy….always busy on the phone! 🙂  Not to mention a very smart and hard working guy.  He will do everything he can to get what he wants

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He can cook!

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and he can make the best steaks in town!

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He loves his parents and takes care of them

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He loves my parents too, he is like assistant to Mom

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And he has a lot in common with my Dad!

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He loves his children and is a great father! You cannot imagine how lucky I am that he is very hands on because I cannot understand boys! 🙂  It’s very difficult to raise two sons and James takes care of them very well

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He loves me! 🙂  I could not possibly live without him which is why I always tell him to take care of himself.  Happy Birthday to my better half and the love of my life!!  

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Happy 13th Birthday Javier

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Celebrating the January birthdays!  Javier also thought of his Nana as he remembers she passed away the day after his birthday so he included her in the celebration

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What a cute set up by Rustans Flower Shop

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Javier requested to have Cibo cater and requested for the Rockwell team to be there- the people he worked with for the Summer – Eunice and company

Previous entry:  Javier’s Summer Job at Cibo July 22, 2012 

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Dad and Mom’s favorite since way back in Trattoria in Cubao Ali Mall

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They even brought the pizza oven

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The buffet table with all the favorites of Javier as he requested

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Love the Kitchen Aid decor – no that was not a gift just a decoration ( Mom’s property ) for the buffet table 🙂

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His favorite pastas which are quite similar

Rigatoni Alfonso

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Telefono

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Ceasar Salad on the parmesan wheel

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Mom added her fruits and cheese

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Thank you Tita Trish for the Yummy bread pudding!!

Previous entry:  Bread and Butter Pudding by Trish Villanueva January 21, 2013 

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The desserts are never ending – frozen yogurt!

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And what a nice surprise for Tita Gaita to stop by and greet Javier!! Thank you Tita Gaita! 

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Lunch for Patrick and Mateo and Tin

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Mom organized a welcome home lunch for Patrick, the son of Mom’s good friend Tita Ludette

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and well wishes for Mateo and Tin who came all the way from Spain

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Mom was still feeling the valentine spirit as this was in February.  My feature is delayed and you might wonder why there are roses and hearts 🙂

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We had Persian food and the best shawarma by Bryan Flannery.  James and I missed the dessert so there are no photos of dessert  

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God Bless Francisco

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Congratulations to our dear dear friends – Jose and Tin- on your third blessing – Francisco!!

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So adorable!!!

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The growing family!!

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Catered by M Cuisine of Chef Ed Quimson.  This was the most recent catering we had witnessed from Chef Ed – It was very very good!baptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-03.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-025.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-09.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-010.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-011.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-012.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-013.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-036.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-014.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-015.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-016.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-017.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-018.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-019.jpg

Pepitas lechon!!  With Truffle rice stuffing – French Lechonbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-020.jpgbaptism-of-jose-luis-francisco-moreno-035.jpg

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Iago is ONE!

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Happy birthday to Iago!! How fast time flies! It’s obvious how much joy this cute little boy has brought to Gil and Christine!  You cannot imagine what Christine did to document Iago’s first year!!!  Look at this two videos – the first one documents how they celebrated every month and then the second video shows a photo of Iago every single day for one year!!!!  WOW!!!!!!  I could not believe it till I saw it! Amazing! Thank you Gil and Christine for sharing this special occasion with us

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What a cute theme!  Dr. Seuss!  Mommy Christine was of course on top of everything.  I particularly liked the donation box instead of a gift idea – Nice one!

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Sige na Mom Sige Sa Mantsa

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Heart2Heart loves products that are not only effective but they have an advocacy.  Breeze just came out with their latest detergent that removes stains at the same time they are promoting “SIGE NA MOM, SIGE SA MANTSA.”  

Previous entry:  Pigilan O Sige Lang?  Which side are you on?   February 19, 2013 

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Allow your kids to play and get dirty – allow your kids to experiment and do what they want to do – let them make mistakes and learn from them.  

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Several Sige na moms and kids had a fun day celebrating this advocacy and the kids really got down and got DIRTY! 🙂

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Sige na Moms

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Chinese New Year with SGB

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We are also happy to be friends with Dad and Mom’s friends!  🙂  We invited them over to the house finally as we promised.  Since it was Chinese New Year – Tita Margarita, who is our neighbor in the same street, came with siopao boobs! haha!!! She is hilarious!!

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Those siopao breasts were so heavy!  🙂  Tita Margarita had it served and we all tried it

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Chinese New Year Dinner for Tito Oscar

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I am so happy that we are friends with the children of Dad and Mom’s friends 🙂  And I am happy to have get togethers with both generations!  Dad and Mom had Tito Oscar over for dinner though we missed Tita Edith since she was out of the country.  I love it that he came in Chinese theme! COOL!  

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Our good friends – Alexis and Bambi

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The Chinese ladies 🙂 who came in theme for the evening- Mom and my sister Maricar

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My two handsome boys missing my third

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Delicious dinner by Gaita which was not Chinese haha!! But we super enjoyed as always

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Tito Cesar and Tita Lulu joined us that evening too 🙂

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 After all that – we still had room for frozen yogurt!!  Tito Oscar and Bambi’s favorite! 🙂

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