Category Archives: Hobbies

by Danny and Roscelle

By | Hobbies, Homes and Interiors | No Comments

We were in the area and we called Danny to show us his home with very very short notice!  This was last year before Christmas and so there is still a christmas tree up 🙂  What a beautiful and coz home for you guys and the twins!

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Heart2Heart loves fruit trees growing in gardens of homes! I wish i could have this in my home, freshly picked fruits

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Danny showed me this magazine with his Lola and with James Lolo, President Sergio Osmeñaimg_3033.jpg

Danny told me how involved he was with designing his home.  He even copied a wooden piece from an old ancestral home of his family!

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Some antique pieces from his and Roscelle’s ancestral homes in the province

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Antique doors

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My favorite is the dining room which had a collection of old silver from Roscelle’s family!!! WOW!!

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And this is Danny’s collection of cars!

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Danny’s old photo which shows he really loves cars even when he was still a little boy 🙂

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Danny’s garage

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Where the Creatures Live

By | Entertainment, halloween, Hobbies | 4 Comments

Last year, I featured the CREATURES of my Dad ( Creatures October 30, 2009 ) 

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Those creatures actually live in my Dad’s home theater 🙂 Eversince I was a kid, Dad was already into audio and video gadgets and it is really his hobby to listen to music and watch movies.  We have lots of good memories because it became a family activity for us to watch a movie all together, or sometimes, just the girls with Mom or we would even invite friends over and make it a movie party 🙂  The place has evolved throughout the years 

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We all have to remove our shoes before entering the place 

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Many friends cone over to see and meet the creatures and of course watch something in the theater 

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Here are some new ones… 

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Light switches which I can never figure out so I just press all to open the lights! 

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A nice Indiana Jones poster on the wall given by Tito Tanny and Tita Brenda 

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There are only a few chairs so sometimes we sit on the floor on the sides and the kids sit in front of the chairs.  I was able to sit in front a few months back and realized what I have been missing!!  Those massage chairs are the BEST seats in the house!!!!  Dad always gives them to the guests so we hardly get to sit there, but recently I sat there and loved it!  

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A recent film we all watched together as a family…. 

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and we love watching the videos dad edits and makes himself and shows to us 

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Herb Garden of Bambi

By | Green, Hobbies | 4 Comments

Heart2Heart featured Backyard Gardens last September 12, 2009 and Bambi’s was part of it.  But then Bambi sent me more photos from her garden in Bacolod!  Wow, she must have a big garden and is very lucky to have Jojo ( I call him Alexie ), a hard working and patient fiancé who helps her take care of her garden.   Thanks Bambi for sharing your photos and I really admire you….  Next time, we should feature the great cooking that you do with all these herbs!  

Jojo is very happy for his hardwork truly paid off! Jojo painstakenly wakes up at 5am daily to water all the plants in the garden, prune, cut, and replant, mixes his soil and seeds, and when he comes home from work he waters them all again!!!!!! I only buy the seeds and the seedlings and point to Jojo and Jay my wonderful Baptist gardener where to put all the seedlings!!!!! hahaha my manicured nails might get dirty and might loose its beauty so thats the bonus of being a girl!” 🙂

Baby Cinnamon Tree 

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Baby Curry Tree 

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Baby Fennel 

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 Baby Lettuce

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Baby Rosemary 

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Baby Seedlings to Sprout 

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Bay Leaf 

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Carraway 

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 Curly Parsley

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Fennel Tree 

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Fresh Harvest Native Ginger 

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Galangal 

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Garlic Chives 

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 Greek Chives

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Greek Oregano 

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Green Tea 

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Holy Red Basil 

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Italian Flat Parsley 

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Italian Oregano 

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 Italian Sweet Basil

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 Kaffir Lime Tree

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Native Ginger 

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Native Lemon Grass 

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Native Lime Tree 

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Rosemary ( Mother Plant ) 

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 Thai Basil

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Thai Lemon Grass

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Thyme

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 Turmeric in pots

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Bambi with turmeric leaf and flower from harvest

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Turmeric

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Vanilla Plant for the Vanilla Pod

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 Vietnamese Cilantro

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White Onion

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Monster Skatepark

By | For kids, Hobbies, Travel | No Comments

The kids are into skateboarding/longboarding nowadays that even in Australia they went to a skatepark!  Papa was patient enough to take them.  It is around 30 minutes from the city center of Sydney.  I wish they had something like this in our country so the kids can enjoy in a controlled environment.  I get worried about safety in the streets 

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website :  Monster Skate Park 

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Including here a video which Jaime made.  We always stress the importance of wearing their helmets for protection

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Magazine Collection

By | Hobbies | 2 Comments

Javs and I were so happy to have had the chance to visit Tita Nena in her Subic house and as usual we love her country house.  She was busy fixing her house and preparing it for her kids and grandkids who come over to visit.  We were amazed at her collection of magazines and books which was in almost every shelf in the house.  She told us she collects then and reads them over and over again.  As usual, they are neatly organized and for sure chronologically arranged. It is so nice to see what people collect and know their interests

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In her kitchen, all recipe books and magazines 

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Even in her laundry room are more magazines  

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And could not help but take a photo of this plaque in her kitchen 🙂

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Serge’s Gardens

By | Hobbies, Toys for the Big Boys | 3 Comments

Have you ever wondered what the Ex-Senator has been doing lately?  

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We were so surprised to discover his new found hobby and passion.  GARDENS!  The highlight of which was the English Garden in front of his house. I have never seen any like it in Manila.  It was so beautiful with all the flowers.  Tito Serge researched and worked very hard to create this garden.  Majority of us probably appreciate gardens but we normally just hire landscapers to do it.  But Tito Serge is different, he really chose each flower and plant and designed all his gardens himself.  Amazing!! 

Thank you Tito for sharing with us the beauty of nature through your gardens!  

Heart2Heart is so proud to feature and share this new found hobby of Tito Serge.  

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Tito Serge showed me all his books on gardening.  He has 45 books! I was so amused because he was so excited to show his books.  I overheard him saying that his gardens are his therapy.  He feels relaxed whenever he looks at his gardens.   

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Bamboo trees facing the dining room

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The swimming pool with beautiful plants surrounding it.   

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Tito Serge’s home office.  Across his office is a beautiful japanese garden.  sergeoffice.jpgserges-garden-book24.jpgserges-garden-book25.jpg

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This garden leads to the the side garden of the house which is also very beautiful.  All the surrounding areas of his house are all gardens and they are all beautifully made. serges-garden-book27.jpg

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