A Lazy Sunday

While sunday in the Philippines is a family and malling day, here in Germany is more of relaxing day. Some spend weekend with family, friends and relatives, no shopping because stores are closed. Many visitors to Germany can find themselves standing outside a closed department store, perplexed to find that they cannot do a bit of shopping during their weekend trip. But small shops in train stations and airports are excempted from the restriction. The use of machines outside the house is also not allowed because it will create noise to the neighbors. For me and Dirk, its sunday as usual, swimming/playing golf for him, watching TV/DVD and browsing the web for me.

Colored-Theme Houses

Yesterday, when we attended Jasmine's second birthday its very noticeable the colored-themed houses in the village. Houses in red, blue, white, orange ruled the roadway. The place embraced a more striking element by painting each houses with varied colors. If in the Philippines, we have coding scheme for motorists to ease the traffic in the metropolis, there are also some houses here with color coding for identification purposes.

Litratong Pinoy- Mantsa (Stain)

Happy LP ulit sa lahat ng kasapi ng Litratong Pinoy. Ang tema natin para sa araw na ito ay mantsa/batik sa ating wika, specks/stain sa wikang Ingles at flecken sa wikang aleman. Huwag din nating kaligtaang bisitahin ang lahok ng aking mga ka-LP dito.

Kami ay nakapagpasya ng magretiro sa Pilipinas pagdating ng panahon kung kaya't kami ay nagpagawa ng munting tahanan sa ating bansa. Karamihan sa aming mga gamit ay naipadala na sa Pilipinas at ang mga naiwan dito ay pawang mga luma na. Katulad na lamang ng aming plantsahan o tinatawag din nating kabayo na may mantsa, ganon din ang aming lumang plantsa at ang stained t-shirt na pantrabaho ni Dirk kapag siyay naglilinis ng aming hardin.



May mantsa din sa aming dining table mabuti na lamang at sa plastic na nakacover napunta ang batik o spot

Minka 3

Minka is the family cat of the Deichelbohrer. One time, they were worried because Minka 3 didn't showed up for almost 24 hours. The last years, they also have Minka 1&2, the first Minka died after she fell from higher ground and Minka2 was run over by a car and the family were depressed for days. Of course they dont want Minka 3 to suffer the same fate.

Alas!! Minka 3 showed up the next day not alone but with two male cat companions. Cats also needs friends and nightlife, right????

Here Minka showing one of her talent, drinking milk using both her left and right legs, she is also fond of collecting hair rubber bands.

Rose Monday

Rosenmontag (Rose Monday)is the highlight of the German "Karneval" (carnival)in Germany. Celebrations usually include dressing up in fancy costumes, dancing, parades, heavy drinking and general public displays with floats. Every town in the Karneval areas boasts at least one parade with floats making fun of the themes of the day. It is observed mainly in Catholic regions as a season of feasting and fun before the fasting period of Lent.


Children also goes from house to house just like our caroling and the house owner give something in return (chocolates, candies, etc)

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

February 14, 2010 marks the start of the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. So i'm wishing you all especially my chinese friends and relatives, Kung Hei Fat Choi and a successful & blessed 2010.

Kukuk, the Talking Bird

Many kinds of birds can be taught to imitate human speech. Some are able to remember more words, sing songs and utter several sentences. For thousand of years, parrot birds have been kept as pets because of their nice colors and ability as mimics. Just like yesterday at Carmen's place, she took Kukuk out of her cage because she's immitating the telephone call sound. We thought somebody is calling but its Kukuk who learned some german language and different sounds. Kukuk liked very much my leche plan and even orange juice.