christmas 2008

mila, jenny and gaying at wack wack christmas party













every christmasmas day in wack wack, this is our yearly tradition of eating the whole day and share stories and fun.

Arlene, Justin and Joanne always tease me that i dont have childhood when im growing up, because i dont know who is who in disney charcters

YES that is true, because when i was growing up, cartoons is somewhat taboo in our house then, my father tell me stories about Cuba's Fidel Castro, Kennedy, Russia< color="#ffff00">raid of Victor corpus in PMA armory, Nixon in San Clemente, California ( my dad and i even peeked at the western white house then).
about tsar Nikolas of Russia , Seebees of US navy

Arlene noticed this so much, because i don't even know the difference of snow white and Cinderella, Pluto, mickey mouse, and etc

but some how when justin was interested in teen age ninja turtle, i study that cartoons alot just to have a common bond with my son. even the choice of TV program, i prefer history and biography, Gilmore girls,desperate house wife nanny fine, charmed, every body likes Raymond which m family enjoys,
that is why i have my own place to watch tv and surf my BBC, FOX news, CNN, abscbn news, gma tv, Reuters, police frequency which i enjoy most

dad and mom's private noche buena dinner

this is daddy just arrived from his daily 6pm mass daily mass, ate ina. in the pic


i feel blessed and very lucky because i still have my parents , that i could share my joys , i just enjoy the feeling that we could have jokes, stories to tell, news paper reporting. i just pray that God will give a several years more to do this status quo
it is like a life cycle, before in my childhood, my father reads me news and stories with blackboards, now it is the other way around, the only difference is now im using white board






this is pic of nsc, who is eating asado siopao, hinatian ko sya bec it is pork
eto ay christmas eve dinner sa malibay, i just drop by to see my dad and mom, thier noche buena was luk yuen lemon chicken and siopao , sweets and dads favorite " morcon"

every sunday is "lechon day for dad" maybe ill add a saturday it will be a " morcon day" dami niya kumain pag morcon

this photo is taken at DEc 24, 2008 7:00pm
the place is under renovation

test run the 100 x 90 tires

today i tested the 100 x 90 x 17 tires, the widest in its class, feels heavy but very stable, from wack wack to malibay to quiapo i feel more confident with this type of high end tires

this is my second choice for a high end tire, my first choice was battlax but with a much narrower thread but gummy softer compound

wu xiang house of chicken, san juan

this is how to cook pancit canton , stew all the " recado" nad put corn starch
sincerity chicken

simbang gabi 2008

this is a night shot with flash of the mary the queen parish at greenhills, this church is very familiar with me because in the 70's we have a condo unit at midlands manor just besides mary the queen, and my family use to spend sunday here and mass at mary the queen.

this is where we started misa de gao in 2003, at 430am, now we changed to night time mass at 8pm

my mom a fashionista in the 1970's

nagulat ako noong ini solate ko si mommy ko sa pic. ang ganda nya manamit at parang artista sya pala noon. lagi pa sya naka sunglasses

mga terno at layering, minsan nakaka lungkot kasi ngayon matatanda na sila

my cousin jun , conrado claudio jr

this is jun, photo take at delano california 1979
he went to usa in 1977 and enlisted in the us airforce
after his tour of duty he was a post man in los angeles
we spend alot of childhood plays and fight

ust hospital chapel

when i fetch biboy at ust, i use to sit here and wait, but the cell phone signal is so weak here

at the above photo is arlene inside the chapel while we are waiting for biboy

cherry foodarama shaw

this is cherry foodarama Shaw blvd, this is where i buy groceries for malibay, this is the frozen section of the supermarket.
kabisado k na ang mga aisle dito, kahit naka pikit ako i cannot get lost and know where to find anything.
HERE THEY HAVE RARE TO FIND LITID NG BAKA, GEOUND BEEF

monterey meats and other cuts

lipton tea, my get well quick formulae

lipton black tea no sugar is a cure all for me
no earl greys, can come close to it
this is my comfort drink...... alo na yun made in USA na lipton tea,pag hindi made in USA, dapat lagyan mo pa ng calamansi kasi iba lasa

city inspection

this is my dad, in one of his inspection tour of the city
in his second term as mayor in 1998, we always round the city from 9am to 3pm after we eat at ma mon luk and also he takes me home at wack wack, sometimes i pass buy an electronic shop of a store and my dad walks with me even though he has difficulty in walking
my father seldom goes to dept store m but i was with him when he went to automatic center to bu a home stereo, shopping is not his cup of tea

in 1967, I'm in grade 3 when he went rounds and inspection in the city i sat with him in the front of the car
i never i could imagine, that what we did 40 years ago we still did it in 1999 father and son inspecting the city to make it safe for its citizens

in my speeches , i always tell people , that normally- ang tatay ay tinururuan ang anak nila ng tade nila, pag ka carpentero o driver o magsasa ka.... ako siguro ang tangi minana ko sa aking ama ay ang pag mamahal sa bayan at mag lingkod at sacrifice

sharon cuneta

my mom with sharon cuneta in 1998, at cuneta's house at dasmarinas village
with her are her ladies group with mila, at the lower left is kiko pangilinan with alice

Daddy at East Orange Train station, waiting for Train to NYC

noong 1974 we decided to play like Americans in New Jersey, si Daddy goes to ST Barnabas Hospital to study while kami mga kapatid ko play the whole day sa rented apartment namin sa Fern Towers, we go to Manhattan everyday to shop  for toys at Macys at 23 rd street. noong una sinamahan kami ni mama odeng later on kami nalang, hindi kami sanay na kami lang, dito ako natuto mag washing machine at mag lakad ng 3 km papunta super market na bitbit mo pina bili mo. mag luto ng hot dog na dapat akulo muna bago mo fry, wala pang micro wave oven dati,  nag lease kami ng brand new chevorlet Monte Carlo Landau top pero wala naman marunong mag drive sa amin noon...for 3 to 4 months summer ng 1974 we spend summer watching TV , Guliggan island, raskals, I dream of Genie.

May namg yari pa sa amin na nag super market kami ni theresa  elena at mommy, naiwan si dad sa apt, pag balik namin hindi  nag open ang room, sabi ng manager ng  service apartment tatawag sya  ng pulis at wag daw kami mabibigla kungano makita namin.. after 2 ours nakatulog pala si daddy

my sister elena's momentos during christmas party 2008

i had a good laugh to this posters made bu my sister elena, because i always forward to her and te bp's and food of dad and mom, even though te is in los angeles