Beating the Heat

We did drive to Canyon Cove in Nasugbu, Batangas yesterday for some changes in our daily routine. While some of our friends complained of freezing temperature in Germany, mutti and dirk enjoyed the beach here.






Daphne, my grandaughter is still very shy with Mutti, but she enjoyed very much the beach and the pool, a good refresher to beat the warm weather.

Public Markets

Its a whole new experience for Mutti to shop at public markets. Yesterday, we did go to Binan Public market to buy some clothing materials for her. Its incomparable compare to shops in Germany. At the public market in Paseo, we bought pork, fruits and vegetables. At least, she was able to experience the Filipino way of life during her short stay here.

A Nice Sunday

After the short visit of Nona and her family, we decided to have a late lunch at Nuvali's korean restaurant. I ordered Congee and Shrimp Siomai while Dirk and Mutti tried the tenderloin dishes. The food tastes good though Mutti always disliked dishes with garlic.





We then shopped at the nearby small stores where i tried kwek kwek, a birds egg coated with flour.

My Network Friends

Because of the social networking sites, i gained a lot of web friends. Three weeks ago, i met up with my Barrio 7 group and yesterday, its my multiply friends turn. Through their personal blogs, i was updated on whats happening in their lives. We connect to each other because of our respective blogs, thanks to the modern technologies.




My barriosiete group

Christmas with the Shepherd

Last night, we also celebrated christmas with Ted and Anabelle Shepherd, our friendly neighbor at Southforbes. They said they also have lots of guests that day mostly relatives so she prepared a lot of foods and gifts. Brian and Lucy Sawyer also joined us together with Anabelle's cousin Elena and her family. Christmas is really wonderful when you spend it with loved ones and friends.

Merry Christmas to All !!!!

It's Christmas time, the season of sharing, giving and forgiving. Last night, we celebrated the christmas eve with my family. My children and grandkids came and only Arianne don't make it because of her work at Mercury Drug. Anyway, she's represented by Jaimee, our Bulingling who filled up the absence of her parents. The kids also bring along our shih tzu named Cha-cha. Family friends, Brian, Lucy, Eric and Roxanne also joined our christmas eve celebration. As usual, the children liked very much the cash and gift giving.

Market Day

Our retirement house is in the best location, close to nature and to everything. We're just 5 minutes away from the shopping center and public market. My family will come tomorrow for the traditional christmas eve get together and gift giving thats why I did drive to the market today to buy some fresh vegetables, meat and poultry products. Inside the wet and dry market are also the fruit stores, eateries, tailoring shop and other stalls. There are two bread shops, i even watched how they cooked doughnuts.

Kid-Friendly Malls

The Mall of Asia is one of the baby/kid- friendly malls that i know. Yesterday, when we have our shopping there, i noticed some amenities that will thrill the kids no end. The parents can shop conveniently while the kids are playing and older kids do the skating. There's also a breastfeeding station for mothers to breastfed their baby.

The Kriz Brothers

Yesterday, Andreas and Thomas tried the golf driving range. Just like the other neophytes in golf, there are some nice and bad shots. Let the picture just speak for itself and see for yourself how concentrated they are.

Meet our New Joy in Life

My car in Germany was named Pangga by my best friend Joy, a term of endearment which means love for the Visayan folks. Here in the Philippines, i named our new chery car Joy. She is the new member of the family in apple green color and had her first service today. The head mechanic came today with the same color service car, the twin sister of Joy.

Home Service Massage

We usually go to Lynderm for our massage needs, but now, we decided to have it at home. The massage attendant comes twice or thrice a week for a full two-hour massage. The other day, i also tried hot stone massage and i liked it very much. It rejuvenates me and its good for back pain.

Service Deluxe

Since we moved in a month ago in our retirement house, there's an outpouring of help and support from my family, neighbors, friends and the staff of Southforbes clubhouse. They helped us organize our house, give suggestions and even delivered fresh pandesal and newspapers right in our doorstep, what a service!! Now we're already adjusted to our new life here and everything falls into the right places more than our expectation. But these are all short-lived, were going to return soon to our homebase Germany to resume work to fulfill financial obligations.

Kids at Work and Fun

My children and grandkids spend weekend with us and i'm glad that they come over to help us with household chores. Their visit is a mixture of work and fun. At night, they did drive to Paseo for some nightlife and have photo sessions at our villas clubhouse.






Kids at an early age should be trained to help in some household work and that's we're doing with my grandchildren.