1. While in Baguio, we got high every time there’s a Ford vehicle with plates or stickers from Cainta, EDSA, and Makati.
Uy kanino ito? Very nice naman. Syempre pa from Makati Ford. (Salamat po)
2. Goodbye Baguio, time to head home.
3. Ayan ang lamang ng mga lalaki sa atin. Kahit saan pwede sila mag wee break. Pwede na dito.
4. We bought boiled corn (nilagang mais) from this handsome boy.
5. There are rows of vendors along the highway in Pangasinan selling bottled atsara, dried fish, suka, alamang, etc.
I wanted to get some dried pusit but we were in a hurry. It’s the 31st and we still have to prepare for Media Noche.
I bought 3 kilos of bawang (garlic) and 3 kilos of sibuyas (onions/ shallots) along the highway in Pangasinan. They are 100 pesos a kilo, a lot cheaper than Manila prices.
E——“Ang dami naman nito!”
A——“Madaling maubos ng mga maids”.
6. Ang sarap sa EDSA, no heavy traffic.
I was expecting there would be rush hour traffic, those in a hurry to get home. Wala pala, nasa probinsya na lahat.
A—–“Tart, walang tao, mga busy nag-gagawa ng fruit salad para sa media noche”.
7. Panic buying kami ni Edmund for paputok. Some would be delivered to our house at 5 pm by our suki. Since I only ordered a few hours ago, he ran out already. Konti na lang. As soon as we arrived in Manila, Edmund and I drove to Whiteplains Avenue to buy additional firecrackers.
8. We also went to Rustan’s to pick up a few items.
We’ll have pansit bihon, tinapay, fruit salad and some left-over ham from Christmas.
9. Mela and family spent their Christmas in Spain. She came over with some pasalubong. She gave me this Mantecado, it’s the equivalent of our pulvoron.
10. Derrick and family naman went to China for Christmas. His pasalubong for me is two packs of nougat candies.
Mukhang parehong thoughtful.
11. Simpler table setting, sobrang rush
Very old brass kubyertos were a gift from our ninang sa kasal, Dra. Nita Ynares-Pedraza (+).
Old Plates from Rustan’s
New table cloth from Hungary
Old glass from Marshall’s in the US
12. Oyen volunteered to be the one to scatter the coins around our house.
On the floors
December 31, 2015
She was more organized.
On the stairs
In the bedrooms
