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Wishes

Happy New Year!

I thought there is no LP today because those who celebrated New Year are still fast asleep. I was awake around 5am, I blame this on my body clock.

My first post for this year is about wishes symbolized by the candles we lighted last night.

Every candle has its own color and interpretation.

Before we (hubby, our son and I only because our oldest daughter went back to bed and our yungest daughter won’t wake up)  had our New Year meal, my son asked me what candlecolor I prefer. I answered “Green” because it represents money.

He asked me if this is for the food expenses, school expenses and gas expenses for me t be able to go to work. I said “Yes.”

I didn’t know he asked hubby the same question and that we had the same answer.

He said something which surprised us both.

“I like blue because it means PEACE so that everyne is happy and no one is figting each other. Its LOVE (pertaining to the candle that burned the fastest) because the first candle that melted was pink. Its love for us.

Hubby and I looked at each other and kissed him.

I wanted to cry then, out of joy and shame.

New Year’s Eve

We are obligated to join hubby’s family tonight for an early dinner because its his brother’s birthday.

We would have wanted to just stay in the house because it gets a bit nasty when the clock is nearer 12 o’clock. Almost the whole country mimics a war zone due to firecrackers being fired. Everywhere its smoky and noisy and dangerous.

The moneyed ones have fireworks display. City governments schedule fireworks display in key places at the stroke of midnight to lure away the people from their homes so that they would not light up firecrackers.

I personally know of a family whose home was almost burned down due to these practices. Yes, that was a tragic thing to happen on new year’s eve itself.

We spent the first few days of 2007 in the hospital because of a severe asthma attack that my son suffered. We wouldn’t want to have that repeated. Should I have stacked safety equipment then like respiratory protection?

Personally I always wish for rains during new year’s eve, for my own selfish benefits and its been drizzling since we woke up. To that I say “Woohoo!” (insert Plurk banana dance here)

Jingle Bells

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…”

“Pasko na naman, o kay tulin ng araw…” (hindi po ito translation ng Jingle bells, lol)

These are what we usually hear the carolers sing. Happy songs, they almost invite the listeners to join in the fun, making us remember that Christmas is near.

Masaya, kaiga-igaya and nagpapa-alala sa atin na malapit na ang Pasko.

Last weekend when we went to The Fort, we saw several wonderfully dressed and happy people singing carols and greeting people “Merry Christmas” It sure felt great to see them.

Nung isang linggong napadpad kami sa The Fort nakakita kami ng mga taong me magagarang damit. Sila ay masasaya at nagbigay ng ngiti sa mga labi ng mga taong kanilang binabati ng kanilang American accent na “Merry Chirstmas!”

Ayan, medyo nahiya pa ang aking unico hijo, napilitan yatang ngumiti 😀

There are my two younger children with Julian a bit apprehensive.

But do you know that there is another face to this happy caroling?

Alam nyo ba na may ibang mukha ang pagkakaroling na ito?

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Bonifacio High Street at Night

Saturday was spent having sessions with my enrichment students from 8am till 5pm. Sunday was spent staying in except for mass during the early evening.

When my husband and children came to pick me up around 5pm, I was so hungry that we went directly to a restaurant and didn’t have time to go to church for the anticipated mass because it was a bit late for that.

We decided to go to Market! Market! so that I could get some books at the weekend book sale of a popular local bookstore chain.

I got a number of books to be given as gifts. Yes, bargain books as low as PhP20, like the earlier ones I got. Of course, this was in line with my keeping a frugal Christmas 😀

Anyway, a night stroll at Bonifaco High Street and Serendra was a delight! We did have some problems with the parking though, everywhere was full. Course, that being a Saturday night.

There were so many colors to see at night. The place is huge with open spaces where children (and pets) can move about.

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Frugal Christmas: Family Photo Christmas Tree Ornaments

We have had the same Christmas tree ornaments for years now. The gold ribbons were made as such 10 Christmases ago. The red ribbons came to be five Christmases ago. The golden stars and beads were collected one after the other.

This year, we have added something new.

Handmade, homemade Christmas decor.

(Practicing frugal Christmas would have enabled me to afford a Sony Vaio for my husband but that would have to take a back seat for now)

We made handmade paper stockings last week.

This week, we made and hanged these:

Family photos as Christmas tree ornaments.

These make the tree and the special event itself even more special. Isn’t it that the first Christmas was about a family who had nowhere to go? Even so, Mary bore a son who was in fact God’s son.

Anyway…

Here was how these family photo Christmas tree ornaments were made:

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