The Many Faces of Mimi

How time flies, my grandaughter Jaimee Antonie is turning one year old soon. She's the only kid of my daughter Arianne. Let her picture speaks for themselves, she's really cute.

An Evening with Friends

Last night, our family friends cum neighbor lani and Steve dropped by for a short visit. We have fun talking about life, travel and losing weight. Dirk is a very good influence because he's sharing his ways of removing unwanted pounds. Since he started his diet program, he now lose 32 kilos. His target weight is 100 and 35 kilos more to go.




By the way, our workers already finished putting black grout on our toilet and shower tiles. Before its all white and it just collect dirts.

The Tokyo Pool

After visiting Marianne & Ulli's farm in Canlubang, they decided to have an afternoon dip in the pool. The first choice was Phuket pool but the lifeguard said that they just cleaned the pool and put chlorine in it. So we then drive to the Tokyo Pool and there's an ongoing birthday celebration of the son of one of the provincial Mayor. It's really a wonderful sunday for the Bachmann and Krause family.




Above is the Phuket pool located at Phuket Mansions and below is the Tokyo pool for Tokyo Southforbes residents.

Garden Visitors

While watering our plants yesterday, Dirk found two visitors in our garden. The black ants are our permanent residents there and unwanted visitors are welcome as long as they are outside the house.

Star Mall Alabang

The last time i've been at Star Mall in Alabang was ten years ago when it was still called Metropolis. It's the most popular Mall during that time and up to now its still the biggest bargain center. Other stores in Alabang includes Festival Mall and Alabang Town Center.








It rained very hard on our way to Star Mall to play bowling with a family friend. Because its an old shopping center, there's already some leaks evident by the containers below.

Pig Out

Last night the Krause couple, Ulli and Marianne visited us again at home. We then have dinner at a suburban-chic style Pig Out restaurant and enjoy not just the food but the green surroundings as well. Tucked in the pleasant and bright Nuvali commercial and residential district in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Pig Out restaurant is a a family grill house that serves heavy comfort food perfect for young and old alike.
Specialties include Filipino favorites like Crispy Pata with crunchy skin and tender meat; Pork Baby-Back Ribs with Smokey BBQ Sauce; and Prawns Coco Crab Fat—prawns in shell topped with rich aligue in coconut milk.

Monterey Meat Products

Filipinos love to eat. As early retirees here in the Philippines, we became health conscious and very choosy when it comes to our food source. Dirk liked very much the barbeque sticks óf Monterey and our supply of meat and chicken came from them. They even deliver our order right in front of our doorstep. Truly, Monterey meat products are part of everyday Filipino life. With its "farm to market" concept, the Filipino consumer is assured of quality meats for every meal.