Category Archives: Celebrations

This is becoming a yearly celebration and we are always honored to be part of Suharto’s family.  I look forward to the special cake Soraya bakes for her Dad, the wonderful food, seeing their family and friends, Benny hosting and the fun entertainment.  This year it was Nanet Inventor who i used to watch all the time on Penthouse Live 🙂

 Tito Totoy is looking better and HAPPIER every year! He is lucky to have his children who love him very much and who all get together once a year from all over the world – to celebrate his special day!  Happy Birthday tito Totoy! 

Previous Entries:

Blue Leaf August 3, 2007

75th Birthday of Tito Totoy August 28, 2008

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Another Schiller reunion( London Group Reunion July 28, 2009)  hosted this time by Bambi, fianceé of Alexis.  Alexis was our schoolmate in London and we were so happy to reconnect with him through Bambi.  We were surprised to find out that Alexis is now a successful lawyer in Ilo Ilo.  

They will soon be married next year! 

Since we heard Bambi and Alexis love to cook, we asked them to cook for us!!  Apparently it was Bambi’s birthday as well! Happy Birthday Bambi!! 

Looks like it was only Bambi doing all the cooking…we made the birthday celebrant cook!  Everything was homemade until the dessert.  Thank you Bambi for preparing for us and sharing your culinary talent with us.  Everything was very good!!!

Hmmm….Alexis still owes us one 🙂 Maybe we can have homemade food cooked in Ilo Ilo?  🙂

Couscous with Tomatoes and Parsley**Porcetta**Cabrito**Chicken in Yogurt 

Sundried Tomato Pasta with Basil 

Homemade apple pie  

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In celebration of Newts and Michelle’s anniversary, they hosted a very special dinner for us!  They prepared a homemade dinner which was really really good!! It felt like it was a professional catering! Thanks guys for preparing such a lovely dinner!  Happy anniversary and here’s to many more years of love and friendship! and homemade dinners!  🙂

James feeding the kois!  

 Green Salad with Mushrooms and Parmesan Cheese

Shrimp and Pumpkin Bisque Soup 

Calamansi Sorbet 

Rib Eye with Blue Cheese butter and Double Baked potato and Creamed Spinach 

Chocolate Fondant with Vanilla Ice Cream 

This is Fe, the one who prepared our dinner with her assistant Mary.  I made sure she came out so we could meet the person behind the very good dinner.  James was teasing Newton the whole night that he will pirate Fe already!  🙂 

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We had a delayed birthday lunch for me as we were waiting for the gang to be complete.  We had it at Manila Golf.   And wow!  This for me is the best view you can ever have in Makati ( from the ground  and not looking from a high floor of a building ).  The greens and the space that you can see that reaches a far distance.  I can just sit and watch the view all day 🙂

Thanks to the girls for joining and celebrating, we missed Dette who could not make it.  I always enjoy catching up with them – Des, Lucille, Luzanne and Brenda ( and Dette who could not join us ).  I can’t cook like Lucille, so I just invite for a simple lunch 🙂 

What we had for lunch….

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 It has been almost 20 years since we all went our separate ways from studying in London together.  We met many other friends from different parts of the world, but we still hung out together. 

It was such a blessing to get all the girls together to be able to catch up.  

We had it in Rina’s place…she always seems to make her place look different and with additional touches

I love this new acquisition…proudly Filipino made 

Rina says this is the table with all her relatives who have passed away and who continue to pray for her and watch over her 🙂 I remember most especially her mother, Tita Fely, who I truly miss! 

Rina and Mich were in town so we were able to organize a get together with the Schiller girls!  Rina invited her neighbor Bambi to join who we found out is somehow connected to the Schiller girls as she is now the fianceé of one of the Schiller boys, Alexie 🙂 We were happy to have her with us as we have not been in touch with Alexie

 Rina prepared a CD as her giveaway  a compilation of songs she chose to fit each of us

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Thanks Tita Nedy for arranging our family get together!  We enjoyed the food and most especially the company!  Looking forward to the next one 🙂

Pritchon!! 

Catered by The Plaza.  Roast beef and ham! Yummy!! 

My favorite is always the home cooked dishes- and this was what i was looking forward to by my special request – Pasta Ala GRT ( named after my Grandmother/Lola ) made by the cook of Tita Nedy – Ines! Thanks Ines!

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