saturday at home

i spent it sleeping, watching 'the killers' on dvd and the news on tv, having my hair treated (the yearly make-it-straight thing), cuddling austin, checking my tumblr, and scanning old photos then uploading them to tumblr.  


then uploading them here:

first, i would like to say hi.

my aunt's first communion.  she's the one with the downcast eyes and twisted braids.

my great-grandfather. my grandmother writes at the back of this photo: "Pa seems to be lonely not knowing yet the death of Uncle."

a funeral scene postcard.

“This was taken near the big rock in front of the house.”

my dad (in the foreground, inside the inner tube) and his siblings & cousins April 1968.  this is also where i “learned” to swim by accidentally being swept away by waves.

inscription on the back reads: "Good Friday in the fishpond."

This was in Santiago Cove in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, where my maternal grandmother’s family comes from.  Date on photo: 1968.

my aunt and my dad.

L-R: My grandfather, my grandmother, three aunts, and my dad. 

Inscription on the back of the photo (most probably written by my grandmother to her sister in the States):

"Aug. 12, 1970.  This was taken at the U.P. campus.  Anabel & Benjo are very much taller than me.  I guess that when you will visit us Cecile will also be taller than you."

“The kids had your lot with mark X as their background.  This is with concrete roads and gutters as you could see.”

March 1971.  That’s my dad at the right.

my aunt and my dad (seated) with their dolls: a bonnie lassie for her, an indian chief for him.

"Pa is giving instructions to the men catching fish."

the beach!

tracks

there's a lot more old photographs stored in our living room cabinet, and when i have another lazy, stay-at-home time, i would definitely scan and upload them too.