Category Archives: family

Poinsettia

Posted on November 24, 2008 by greenbucks| 8 Comments

Saturday mid-afternoon till early evening was spent at the Greenhills Shopping Center because my work schedule was not full. This week’s Weekly Question was even thought of while we were here.

Shopping is at its best here, with high-end goods as well as bargain goods to be had. The high-end shops sell expensive clothes, shoes, gadgets and toys.

The bargain section sells inexpensive and imitation shoes, bags and clothes. There are also lots of gift items from toys to household items like ceramics, laundry hamper, furniture, and food to mobile phones and knick-knacks related to Christmas.

Shopping haven really.

Here is a photo of a store selling poinsettia plants. Hmm…these really brighten up the day with the bright colors:

Have a great week to you all 🙂

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Lunch Picnic

Posted on November 17, 2008 by greenbucks| 10 Comments

Weekend was spent quietly in a place where trees abound and where cool air blows on our faces. Lunch was served on a mat under a tree.

We had a lunch picnic, two hours of quiet time of lunch and snacks even before the lunch remnants were placed in the trash bag that we had. Yes, we do this, put everything in a bag to be thrown afterward.

Scratch the quiet since there were workmen milling around, getting the remnants of an obstacle course’s thingies lying near where we found our perfect spot. Still, it seems that time stood still for a while there.

The kids had fun and I had loads of photos. Here is another photo from this picnic.

I got interested in taking photos of these nearly leafless White Calachuchi trees:

But wait, I had to get a photo of those flowers in the middle, above the letters “uc” of greenbucks. So I decided to zoom in and take a closer photo:

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Sundays

Posted on November 16, 2008 by greenbucks| 9 Comments

Sundays are considered family days and days of obligation to go to church.

This is the day when we do things that are extra-special like cooking special dishes, going to special places, visiting special people and other things that we do that we give a special touch.

We had a special day today when we decided to have a lunch picnic.

During these two hours that we spent outdoors, I have taken a lot of photos while the two young children were running around, my eldest daughter had her ever-present earphones plugged in her ears and hubby was napping on the mat.

I chanced upon this small, young family from a distance, spending a quiet afternoon among the trees that provide shade and cool air:

The Weekly Question will touch on this topic:

What are the special things that you look forward to every Sunday?

My answer:

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Bargain Bags

Posted on November 10, 2008 by greenbucks| 9 Comments

Sunday was spent fussing on a new dog, getting early Christmas gifts, lunching on grilled burgers and getting groceries and the clothes from the laundry shop. In between that, we found a place that sells bargain bags.

Blazing Products bags to be exact. The bags and other sports equipments being sold are old stocks. Some are good as new and look clean. The others need some cleaning up before being used.

There were also binoculars, flashlights, tent, rain gears and other camping and sports products to choose from. Hubby saw a compass and got interested. I wonder if they also sell talking watches.

We got a padded camera bag for me and a small sling bag for my son.

Below is a photo of some of the products being sold there:

That empty spot on the top shelf was where I got my padded camera bag from. The price? PhP400.00 or roughly below $9.

By the way, one can have a laptop bag made-to-order from them.

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Todos los Santos

Posted on November 3, 2008 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

Todos los Santos is known in English as All Saints Day. In Filipino this is called Undas.

This is a day when the saints are being remembered. This is mostly a Catholic celebration because other religious denominations do not have saints.

Saturday 6pm we attended the anticipated mass. Then we had dinner here. The priest specifically stressed that the misalette in the pews’ boxes are not to be used for these are prepared for the All Souls Day which is an entirely different celebration.

This is usually the day that the people flock to the cemeteries to visit their relatives who have crossed over (although November 2 or All Souls day would have been more appropriate). This is also a day when scary stories abound in households and/or gathering. This is also a day when people who can’t physically go to their dearly departed’s physical resting place, light candles in their homes.

Did you light a candle and say a prayer for your loved ones?

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