The Blue Belter

Last week, my grandson kim joined a taekwondo competition at Nagcarlan, Laguna. He's really very determined to upgrade his belt and luckily he placed second in his age and belt group.

He received a silver medal and from yellow belt, he is now a blue belter.

Gathering of Friends

It's almost summer here in Germany and people are enjoying a nice weather. It's also grill and garden time. They are now busy beautifying their gardens with lots of beautiful flowers and inviting friends for a grill party.

The other day, Lalaine invited us again for a get-together at their place. The kids enjoyed the pool while we're busy joking and exchanging pleasantries. The foods was superb, pansit, fried chicken, chicken curry, sinigang and kaldereta. I'm really busy this week attending get together and birthday parties.

Yesterday, i am with my best friends having lunch at our favorite italian restaurant.

Floh Markt

We have a very nice weather today, its sunny but a little bit cold, around 20 degrees. I know that there's a scheduled flea market today so i browsed around the stalls selling different kind of stuff, clothes, decors, antiques and other household junks.

I told myself i will just browsed, but i cannot control myself buying some things for our house.

I think we have a flea market four or five times a year only and its just from 8 to 5, so better take advantage because you will surely find some rare things that's not available in any store.

Asparagus and Strawberries

It is asparagus and strawberry season in Germany. Spargel is the german name for asparagus and most of it are colored white as it is grown covered in soil in order to prevent photosynthesis. This process prevents the asparagus from turning green and results in a sweeter and more tender taste.

It's perfect when its served with slices of ham and hollandaise sauce.

The german strawberry season had also started. Dirk like very much strawberries picked by neighbors and other locals here in our place. These seasonal foods/fruits are selling like hotcakes in the supermarkets and stalls.

Cool mom in front of the supermarket

Schnitzel and Pommes

Everytime we go to any german restaurant, i always order the same food, fried sliced pork and french fries. Sometimes vegetable salad is included as an appetizer.Take a look at my order below, its really a big portion that you can only eat one slice.


There are some restaurants that allow you to order kids menu and that includes small schnitzel and french fries. With our small built, i think that portion is enough for us, same thing with t-shirts that we can buy in the kids section.

The other schnitzel menu at Gugglhupf restaurant

Meet our Engineers

These are the young but promising engineers of Bestman Builders who are responsible in building our retirement house at southforbes golf city. The two are graduates of Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) and the other one is from Adamson University. MIT used to be the best engineering school in the country. Since they started with the quarterm, the increase in tuition fees and the changing of school name, the quality of teaching suffers.

Caring for the Oldies

Filipino culture do not really look well on children "abandoning" their parents to any homes for the aged. We are reared to respect our parents and that means taking care of them when they grow old. Filipino families are close knit and taking care of our elders is a responsibility.

Here in Germany, the older generation are looking at new models of living for their retirement years. They want security, social contact and comfort. To live in a nursing home for older people is always a family decision. Some children don't have time to care for their elders because of work and own family.

In a nursing home, there are rules to follow, strict schedules and everything is planned as if you're trapped. It's also expensive and rooms depends on the pocket power. Some who cannot afford the nursing home resort to alternative care from relatives and the mobile caregivers.