december 23, 2009, at our house
with the bestest girlfriends ever 
delicious food + yummy cocktails + great company + reminiscing + tons of love and laughter
= one of the best Christmases ever
* labshu beauties! *
Category: snapshots of perfect moments
it had been a long, long time since the four of us last got together. i can’t even recall right now when the last time was, just that it’s been more than a year.
the ninangs dropped by to visit gwapoging franco. at one point in the evening, i went to the bathroom. ninang ting went in for the kill. (as seen above..) i had to laugh at franco’s expression, although the poor baby couldn’t do anything to defend himself.
hay.. miss you guys.
patty + boots + ting + camille = good times.
it was a hot sunday afternoon, just last week. my baby was naked except for his mittens and diaper, me and his daddy were sweating bullets. there was nothing to do. baby was cranky and we were at wit’s end as to how to comfort him and calm him down.
and yet.. it was a defining moment. i wouldn’t wish to be anywhere else.
sige lang, franco, kainin mo mittens mo. kakagigil!!
when: october 16, 2007; 8:30-ish in the evening
where: the shoreline in front of our cottage in beeyutiful boracay
what: the sweetest surprise ever
i knew something was up. my boyfriend had been acting a bit strange, and i was wondering why. he even suggested letting our friends go ahead to find a place to eat, on the premise that to ask them to wait for us while we get changed would be inconvenient.
little did i know…
love you ferdie. thanks for another great memory that i’m sure i’ll treasure forever.Ü
september 1, 2007, brazil brazil! at serendra
it was a birthday celebration – ferdie’s dad turned 80, and family and close friends gathered together. after gorging ourselves on tender slices of beef and sausage grilled to perfection, and hitting the buffet, we all sat around telling stories and cracking jokes. some of ferdie’s relatives saw me for the first time that night, so there was the usual asaran.
“o, bkit yung pinakilala mo sa ‘kin last time kulot yung buhok? tsaka hindi camille ang pangalan nun ah!“, uttered by a tito, with a semi-straight face, etc etc. i just had to take it all in stride.Ü
and it was then, in the midst of all the jokes, listening to them reminisce, that i felt accepted, even welcomed. like i was already part of their huge family. (yihaa!Ü)
*click!* yet another perfect moment.Ü
chicago, june 2005
it was an unexpected treat, coming across this area of millenium park. my cousin manang anne and i were so tired of walking, having just come from the huge shedd aquarium. (i wish we had something like that here in the philippines!) we took off our slippers and soaked our aching feet in the cool, cool water.. it was bliss. and simple as that was, it became one of my favorite moments of the trip..Ü
last sunday, august 12, 2007:
la mesa park, bike trail
it was unusual for me to be up and about so early – i forced myself out of bed at 4:30am. i usually am just about to sleep by that time. after all the preparations (packing stuff, cooking breakfast-to-go, waiting for friends), we got to la mesa at around 8:45am.
and amidst the beauty of shadowed grassy knolls, tall graceful trees, and the chirping of birds in the background, i was actually able to psych myself into believing that yeah, maybe i could take on this 18-kilometer nature trail.
15 minutes and 100 meters later, lungs constricting, legs tense, and gasping for air, i was forced to re-think. first time biker and the la mesa bike trail – they definitely don’t mix. but for a few moments there, i thought i could do it. and that’s enough for now.Ü
(sige, camille, yosi pa. ‘atapang ‘a tao ka e.. hehe)
when: april 7, 2007
where: camayan beach, subic
i had been friends with ferdie for quite some time become we became.. close. hehe.. and during that time, i had only met one of his siblings: his brother, kuya bong. this time, we were in subic, and i was introduced to almost all of his entire immediate family: tito, tita, ate berl & kuya derek & kids, ate bing & kuya bebot & kids, kuya bong, even some other relatives who were there. and from what they were saying (asaran & all), it was the first time ferdie had ever brought a girl to meet his family en masse.
and so, even with sand in my bathing suit, feeling uncommonly shy and at the same time conscious about my ever-growing bilbil, there was still an overwhelming amount of kilig.
what else is there to say? *sigh*Ü
june 2, 2007:
matuod, batangas
never imagined that my first try at playing frisbee would be in such a beautiful spot, and with the greatest friends ever too! (wala nga lang kami pic na magkakasama mag frisbee..)
*click* another snapshot of a perfect moment..Ü
circa feb/march 2007, after watching 300:
a bench located at the brookside field
the cast: me, ferdie, van
the scene:
dark. gloomy. mildly humid. clouds of mosquitos.
suddenly, a single extremely loud voice: “SPARTA!!”
immediately followed by other loud voices: “A-HU! A-HU!”
aaah.. once again, simple joys.
mabuhay ang mga unggoy.
