Halloween- Filipino Style

For us Filipinos, spending the day with our departed family members in the cemeteries is a fun event after of course the prayers, lighting candles, mass offerings and flowers. Its a sort of mini-reunion for families and friends and a chance to have an acquaintance with those people that we see only once a year in the memorial park.




Tables, chairs and tents are set up in front of the grave sites so that the family and their visitors can stay and talk. They bring along laptops, cd players to provide entertainment and board games.





Foods and drinks are also overflowing during this time but if you run out of food stuff, candles and even flowers, vendors are all around the cemetery to provide for your needs. It saves the family members the hassle of bringing these things plus it provides extra income for these vendors. Food stalls of Greenwich, Chowking and many others are already set-up at Everlasting Memorial Park when we visited my mother's grave yesterday.

Dinner with Friends

Yesterday, Evelyn and Richard invited us for dinner at their place in Cabuyao. I'm very happy to see them once again and over the sumptuous foods that she prepared, we talked about life's ups and downs. We also planned to play bowling in the coming days.





By the way, SM Santa Rosa started their pre-christmas sale the other day. There are lots of shoppers taking advantage of the big discount on household and gift items. We're there to shop for my dumbells and have a relaxing massage at Lynderm.

Dunkin Donuts

Over the years, Dunkin donuts remains to be the favorite take-outs for my children. It has become an enjoyable experience of our everyday life even touching the lives of people from all ages and walks of life. Dunkin donuts was our share during the halloween party for the kids in our subdivision. In a span of minutes, its all gone proved that kids really love the munchkins.



Lunch at Pizza Hut

Trick or Treat at Southforbes

Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or other goodies. As part of our Twilight Wednesday event for resident kids of Southforbes, residents prepared loot bags not only for the kids but for the teens as well. The children enjoyed it very much, the givers as well because we makes the kids happy.

Manila Adventure

Driving to Manila is not that easy considering the heavy traffic and undisciplined drivers. Its understandable that Dirk is so kaputt, driving to Tondo is very challenging. We have a business appointment and the last time i've been there was twenty years ago.




On the way back, we decided to stop at The Mall of Asia for lunch and browsing the stores.

Alabang Shopping

Last saturday we did drive to Festival Mall in Alabang to buy food stuff at Saentis Delicatessen, a high-end shop that offers excellent quality gourmet products from all over the world. Its highly celebrated products includes european sausages, cold cuts, prime meats and varieties of wines. Unfortunately, the store was not there anymore and the security guard told us that its now at Alabang Town Center.





We then drive to ATC and we already searched the whole town center but we were not able to find it. We ended up shopping for some items that are not on the priority list.

Homeowners Assembly

Yesterday, we attended the assembly of homeowners of Southforbes Villas. Its good that the number of attendees doubled than the last time. Its an encouraging indication that an association is going to be formed soon. We discussed matters concering security, projects and some financial aspect. Its a potluck and in-between discussion and foods, we were able to know some of our neighbors.






After the meeting, a free facial for the attendees.