Christmas 2011

Our family do not spend Christmas on the 25th.  My dad's birthday is on the 26th so it has been a family tradition to do a double-celebration every December 26th. Practical diba? :) Hehehe.  So last Christmas eve, I was just at home, munching on nothing but Kitkat and Peanut butter.  Sweet way to welcome Christmas right?

Here are some pictures from our family bonding during our post-Christmas-slash-Dad's-birthday-celebration.

It's really a good feeling to be with family on the most joyous occasion of the year!  Same feeling I get when I sip a cup of hot Swiss Miss (with lots of marsh mallows) on a rainy day.  Pure LOVE.

So, how was your Christmas? :) Did you get a gift from Santa? :p



The Unpure One,


-=K=-

I love you Dad!

Yesterday was the birthday of the Man who gave us life. Today is the birthday of the man who gave me MY life. Happy Birthday, Daddy! I love you! :)

Love,

Khaye

Istapegi

I love to cook (i just don't like washing the dishes afterwards, hahaha) but I don't like to cook for one. Feeling ko it's impractical - waste of time, energy and gas (ang mahal na ng gas noh!). I do a bit of cooking on weekdays but most of the time, it's either fastfood or food from our office pantry. Hehe.

That's why I always look forward to our Sunday lunches at my parents' house because that's the only time that I get to experience real home-cooked meals.  Perfect attendance kameng magkakapatid yesterday, good job! Hahaha! And as always, my mom cooked a hearty lunch for us. Yehey!

Thank you Lord for the gift of family!

My lovely sisters =)

I feel so busog and blessed. Hee! :)

(And my favorite part of all - lagi akong may take-out! HAHAHAHAHA!)

Hope you all had a great weekend!


The Unpure One,


-=K=-

Sunday's Best

One of my best childhood memories is going to church every Sunday.  My mom would wake us up early so we can hear mass before lunch.  I am not a religious person but I've come to love our Sunday ritual because it involved sharing precious time with my siblings and my parents.  I can still remember those times after mass when I would pester my dad to buy me those colored chicks that were being sold outside the church, hahaha.  My usual Sunday requests were either that or one big balloon! Those were the highlight of my Sundays!  

When I got a little older, my requests have evolved from chicks to fishes! I would always ask my dad to buy those little colorful ones or those fishes that had big eyes.  I always look forward to Sundays because after hearing mass and fish-hunting, we'd always end it with a hearty lunch in the mall.  We'd share stories and laughter over food.  Ultimate bonding at its best!

When I was already in my teens and no longer cared for colorful chicks or big-eyed fishes, I still loved going to  church with them because I've developed a deeper appreciation of what the whole ritual is and everything that it represents. 

Many years later.. my siblings got married and had families of their own and me? .. well, I've started living a life of my own, too! Hehehe.  Since then, our Sunday rituals have become few and far between.  We still try our best to get in the swing of things but it's not the same as before.  We don't live under the same roof anymore so it's hard to get everyone together.  

♥♥♥ L O V E ♥♥♥

It's been awhile since we've all gotten together na walang absent. Hehe. (Ako usually ang absent.)  I still spend time with each one of them but I just miss those times when we'd bond together as a complete family.  I miss our Sunday rituals.  I miss them.  I miss being with them.

What were your days like when you were little?  Share! 

The Unpure One,

-=K=-