Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween

Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31 in which the colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire or of pumpkins.


Even in the city shopping center, there's a statue ghost trying to scare the kids. There will be lots of halloween costume parties tonight and there will be trick and treats for the kids.


It is a custom for children on Halloween. Children proceed in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as confectionery, or sometimes money, with the question, “Trick or treat?” The “trick” is an idle threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. This is normally an empty threat, because it is rare that any such trick is ever played (source-wikipedia)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The New Passageway

It's very foggy last sunday. It also rained that day and its so serene when you look around. I grabbed my camera and take shots of the mountain hidden by fog.


While waiting for the gas station to open, i took photo of the new passageway leading to Offenburg train station. They constructed a new and secured one though the other "tunnel" on the opposite side is still passable for train passengers. But its more dangerous to walk alone in the old passageway, there are reported crimes that happened to people while walking alone because there's no hidden camera and there's no security manning the area.

Below is my best friend Joy and her Panggo

Monday, October 26, 2009

Lunch with Friends (again!!!)

Today, we have a sumptuous lunch at Elena's place. She cooked Dinuguan, her own version with Kohlrabi and paprika, adobo, and fried chicken. My commenters in my main blog noticed that we like to meet and eat. Pinoys here really love to eat and we really have a good appetite when we're eating and talking together. Our dessert is of course my leche plan and elena's tiramisu cream.


Dinuguan and Fried Chicken

My friends, oh! look at Agnes, caught in the act of eating while we're posing for the camera

Elena and her daughter Vanessa, how time flies very fast, i still remember pushing her stroller when she's still a baby, look at her now, she acts and dress like a lady.

Elena and Vanessa's new toy is the balance board where you can do some sports, yoga, aerobics, etc.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

City Shopping

Yesterday, i did drive to the city to buy some girls stuff. It's saturday so there are many weekend shoppers taking advantage of the sale at H&M store, Pimkie, etc. I am not anymore lured to shop on these stores because i have more than enough junks already.

While walking along the coffee shops, i saw Annalyn, wearing blue pullover and boots. She is known here for her fancy kind of dressing, sometimes wearing all red, pink, silver, yellow, gold, polka dot, tiger-look, barbie, spaceship girl,black & white and other colors from head to foot.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Seminar Workshop at Home

For two days, Dirk conducted a training and seminar workshop at home. The three employees of a beer company was billeted at Hotel Engel which is just 5 minutes walk from our house.

The beer company is one of our major customer and they send their employees for training on computer software applications.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Pumpkin

When summer is over, autumn fills the air and the landscape changes colors. It is also a great time to change up your home decor for the new season. Bringing this magic inside a home, autumn decorating is a lot of fun and natures offers plenty to work with. One creative but underused decorating item is the pumpkin which you can use as vase and table displays.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Pink for October

The Pink for October campaign is about blog and website owners showing their support for breast cancer awareness by turning our sites pink for the month of October.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
As well as providing a platform for breast cancer charities to raise awareness of their work and of the disease, BCAM is also a prime opportunity to remind women to be breast aware for earlier detection.

Even here in Germany, some store like Müller are also supporting the campaign by information posters and giving out pink ribbon to women customers. I would say that i proudly displayed my pink ribbon as show of support.