Long Weekend Update

First (of six) long weekends for the year to celebrate Chinese New Year!  Here's a quick roundup of what we did...

Saturday, January 21.  I met Em at the Boni MRT station after lunch.  We went to the OMF main office to buy new Bibles for Papang and Mommy, to replace what was lost in the flood.  OMF has a 20% sale on all imported Bibles from January 16-31.

 
Then we went to Shangri-la Mall to watch Confucius, a Chinese film that is part of the 6th Spring Festival sponsored by the Ateneo de Manila University.  It was a good movie, but spoiled by the noisy kids who just could not stop blabbering, and not even about the movie.  Gaaah!  The Spring Festival runs from January 20 - 29.  Check this out for the movies and schedules.


After the movie, Em and I walked to SM Megamall to meet Richard, Neil and yaya at Pic-a-boo.  We had to schedule a studio session for Neil's yearbook pictures because he was absent (sick) when they took photos in school.  It was difficult getting Neil to sit still, look at the camera and smile because he was too distracted by the new environment.  But we got good shots and the parents had to shell out a (relatively) hefty amount for the prints because they don't release the soft copies.  What can you do?  It's an emotional expense...

We had dinner at Super Bowl afterwards.


Sunday, January 22.  Started the day early by attending the 8AM service at VCF Fort.  Then we drove to Robinsons Galleria for Gabrielle's first birthday.

We got unlimited ride passes at Tom's World and hung out at KFC so the adults can catch up.

We went home and rested for a while then we Em and I were off to to Glorietta/Greenbelt to check out shoes and jackets.... No purchases were made but we saw The Company perform a few songs, as well as excerpts of Mamma Mia the musical.  The Company is really good!  They sang Bohemian Rhapsody and Don't Stop Believing with perfect harmony.

Friends visited us at the condo for more catching up and stayed past midnight.

Monday, January 23.  Richard went out to buy groceries.  Neil and I stayed at home the whole day to 'recuperate.'


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