i heart family weekend

saturday, 10th of december.  just when i thought i'd be going to the opening of our group project exhibit whilst we wait on my own, my mom said they'd be glad to see our film photographs and handwritten letters!  after lunch, my mom and i met up with my youngest sister in trinoma, after which we took the train to ayala to meet up with my younger sister in greenbelt.  we shopped around a bit before heading off to the show in 55 paseo de roxas.

 one of the panels.  my 'space' is the middle one at the leftmost side.

 younger, youngest, and mother hen.

 with my photo in the background.

i had actually forgotten what i took photos of.  it was nice to see these images again (i refrained from opening the files via computer, haha).

our handwritten letters (mine are in the box third from bottom)

 

 sister's got freaky eyelash shadows!

 spot the photobomber :)

 and that's us with my canonet rangefinder!

then we walked to the ayala triangle gardens for dinner.  my mom's celebrating her 52nd birthday the following day, so she said it was going to be her pre-birthday treat. yay!

 

 cbd! we had burgers, onion rings, and fries. 

and apple walnut pie.

 after dinner he waited for the lights and sound show to start.

 

 

 it was an awesome show.  i had goosebumps listening to the music and watching the lights!  i wish it was 30 minutes long though.

 sisters :)

after the show we took the bus home.  we were tired from all the walking we did but we had a lot of fun. 

sunday, 11th of december.  the following day was my mom's birthday and the day before mom and dad's 30th wedding anniversary.  we took them out to lunch.  before we finished, my brother signaled the restaurant staff to bring out our surprise:

mini-me (super)dad and mini-me (wonder)mom!

we had the figurines custom made.

 

 while they were pretending to be lost in the mall my brother and sis-in-law looked for a cake to put the figurines on.

my mom found it extremely funny and amusing that the superdad really looks like my dad, gap tooth and all.

 

a very good likeness!  when we got home my mom put eyeshadow on her mini-me and put some gray "hairs" on my dad's mini-me, to make the figurines look more realistic. hahaha.

my sisters had to buy something from the mall.  we waited for them by hanging out in the arcade.

 see the look of concentration on my niece's face?  she's been like that ever since we got in the arcade.

this is a really challenging race...

so challenging that my dad needs an assistant!

 

 

on our way to the parking lot my niece dragged me to the ferris wheel.  best. ride. ever.

christmas is just around the corner!  i hope you have fun full of memorable, meaningful moments with your loved ones! :)  happy holidays!

wishlist, i guess

a lot has happened the past few days; unfortunately i've also been too busy to blog about them.  maybe i can squeeze in a few paragraphs and photos in tomorrow's post, assuming i actually get myself to blog about how i've been and what i've been up to.

i've been telling myself and some friends about i don't really need anything for christmas, and then i remembered it's pretty easy to justify buying needs when it's not christmas.  christmas is for wants--you won't feel guilty about buying a want during christmas.

a couple of saturdays ago i got myself sony mdr-zx100 headphones in gray (my eyes see a bit of olive drab mixed with the gray though).  i've been itching to get another pair of earphones for my laptop at home, so i won't have to remove my earphones from my media player.  i kinda live in the noisy part of the house so i was really glad to find this set in my favorite color.

as for my wishlist, here goes.

1. a ricoh gr digital iii camera.

but because that's expensive (cheapest: 19,000 pesoses) and i will be soon without a regular income, i can settle for a cheaper  wide-angled sony cyber-shot, just so i can have a digital camera i can take with me everywhere.  don't worry, i still primarily shoot with film.  :)


2. a north face recon se daypack.

because sometimes, backpacks designed for laptops (i bought one in september) just won't be able to weather it out as much as a proper daypack can.


3. this pair of keds.

because it's the only pair that caught my eye in shoe salon.


4. a schleich stegosaurus.  it's my favorite dinosaur (even if i do have a t-rex on my wall, and would like to have a t-rex pendant).

i would be glad to have a woolly mammoth parent + child too.

5. a lamy safari fountain pen in aquamarine, fitted with an xf nib.

i have a whole bunch of notebooks waiting to be written on by this baby.  hey, making the grocery list counts as writing, right?



and of course there's the usual wishes for love, happiness, and world peace.

i hope you guys have a meaningful christmas, and remember that even if we don't get what we want, we can always be thankful for what we already have. :) cheers.

sunday at seven

good morning!

i woke up to my mother making breakfast in the kitchen.

morning braids

my cat who lives on the kitchen window sill.

spassky woke up from slumbering on my car.

the cat who sees me off when i leave every morning. i love you bugoy! 

my niece is so adept at these things.  here she is playing angry birds.

she knows how to take aim, too!

breakfast

can you tell which place is mine?

because i smell like bacon.

it started to rain after breakfast.  we're attending a cousin's wedding later.  what do you have planned for sunday?  i hope you have a great day!  :)