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Monday, February 27, 2006

ate kris' & kuya sean's baby shower


ate kris & kuya sean are gonna have a baby in a couple of weeks… so the family got together and had a lotta fun hanging out and having weird games where kuya glenn was cheating and everyone was laughing their heads off.  it was fun… good times with family =)


kuya glenn went a little bit overboard with the baby decorations… and he was sweaty enough to have it stick on his face!!!  ewww!!!!


auntie esther’s family - jenny and kedian, with their son d’mitri and daughter jordan, and judy and nathan


kami & josh, who was cool enough to go up to ed cabanatan and ask him what his name was.  and kami and ate shirley (in that other picture with my cousins) were mistaken for sisters!  ate’s like, um… 25 years older than her?  or something like that.  apparently people think that kuya garry and taylor are siblings as well… weirdness…


afterwards we went to ate nadine’s house and hung out and played cranium and stuff… here’s auntie zeny, cole, taylor, joshua, ate becky, ate donna, connor, kuya (my brother), griffin, and andy.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

happy birthday, mom!

when i was younger, i had no concept of age.  i mean, the age of “old people”.  and that really referred to anyone in the double digits.  if you weren’t a kid, then you just fell into the general category of “adult”, unless you were a grandparent, and then you were just ancient.  hahaha… yeah…

so anyways, when i was 7 years old, my mom turned 40, and i thought that she’d be happy to celebrate another birthday!  after all, i loved my birthdays!  and then i saw that she really wasn’t all -that- happy to be celebrating, and i couldn’t figure out why.  she just told me that she didn’t wanna turn 40.  i guess that was too old for her.  and since i had no concept of age, i just simply told her,

“Don’t worry mom, you don’t look 40!  You only look 39!!!”

hahaha.... yeah, i had no idea i’d make her laugh that much!!!

anyways, today it is her birthday, and i know that she’s living it up!  she totally embraces her age now, and that’s one of the things i love about her.  she lives life to the fullest and makes the most of each moment, and i think that has led her to love her age - it reflects her experiences and how much she has enjoyed life!

happy birthday, mom!  may you continue to enjoy many more years of life!

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cousins


a couple’a weekends ago my uncle had this big church service here in loma linda and afterwards some family stopped by kuya garry’s house just to hang out and chill with each other.  here’s just a few of us:  jackie, james, and jaylene in the front left, kuya garry behind them, me, and ate shirley next to me.

y’know, growing up everyone thought i was a younger version of ate shirley, and that she looked like my older sister.  so, sometimes i think that’s what i’ll look like ‘when i grow up’ =)

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

the last samurai


ryan’s hair is getting pretty long...and when he ties it back like that he reminds me of the last samurai =) ok… trying to be tom cruise!  hahahhah… anyways, i took this pic of him posing with knife in hand (i know, you can barely see it) at “potluck” at elephant bar this weekend. 

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Monday, November 14, 2005

wabi sabi

me, kuya, & laurie
today i went with laurie out to santa monica to visit my brother =) we got there towards the end of the farmer’s market and had some yummy quiche and just sat in the victorian watching him work and catching up on life.  it was really neat just being able to hang out with the puen side of my family =) living out here in the IE i’ve been surrounded by the banaags, and i don’t normally like heading out to LA at all.  but it was nice having a sunday just for them.

i was supposed to head back to loma to hang out with WOY but then my brother said i had to go to his restaurant and try his food.  it’s technically not even his restaurant anymore, since he no longer works at wabi sabi, but they still serve the desserts that he created, so it was still cool.  his pomegranate creme brulee was awesome!  and i really hope he teaches me how to make that and also how to make the mushroom potstickers - i normally don’t eat anything mushroom, but this stuff was mmmm… so yummy! 


i met my brother’s volleyball classmates mika, mariko, and kohei (but i’m not sure i’m spelling their names right...)


and we took a picture with laurie


and my brother finally came out of the restaurant to take a picture with us =) he knew everyone there and was catching up with all his friends - hostesses, waiters, bussers, and the sushi chefs… i think it’s cool that he knows everyone =) and it’s obvious that they all love him and want him to work there again.  i’m glad i got to go with them and spend time with my family =)

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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

i knocked out his tooth!


this past Sabbath at church, griffin, cole, & connor were running around following each other, and just having a lotta fun.  i went over to the corner they were zooming thru and knelt down and said, “hey, come kiss me!” griffin ran to me first and kissed my cheek, then cole followed, and then connor ran up and kissed my shoulder =) it was so adorable!

then i heard griffin talking to ate becky and she was saying, ‘that happened when you kissed auntie kimi?’ and i wondered what was going on.  turns out… his tooth was so loose, when he came up to kiss me it knocked his tooth outta his head =) hahahahha… he was so proud o’ himself he showed all of his aunties/uncles and we all took pictures (you can see ate becky’s relatives in the background - they were visiting from oregon)

griffin’s the only one who calls me auntie kimi, by the way.  cole has started calling me “kimi”, thinking it’s hilarious and telling everyone i’m no longer his auntie.  i’ve started calling him “uncle cole” to get him back =) hahahaha… we’ll see how long that lasts.

connor, on the other hand, started calling me “auntie donna” and wouldn’t stop laughing! 
connor giggling
(click on the picture to download the video of him giggling and saying ‘auntie donna’ over and over again)

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Friday, October 07, 2005

friday night

it’s friday night and another week is done… with only Sabbath left, of course.  i’m looking forward to tomorrow’s sermon.  alan‘s gonna be speaking at the grove so i know it’ll be good…

yesterday, i found out one of my students is jewish, and i told him how my family used to light the menorah every friday night.  no, not the hanukkah menorah, but the 7-candle weekly menorah. 

later that night, i started reminiscing… how we’d go home earlier than most days, and spend the time cleaning the house and preparing for the Sabbath.  it was such a big deal growing up.  i’d have to clean my room, clean the living room, and have my clothes all picked out and ready to go - i’d even have to go to the garage and polish my shoes for church!  my mom would have potato corn chowder on the stove and it would tempt me....  and then, when the sun went down, even if we weren’t done cleaning (and boy, would we get in trouble for that!) we’d stop, and have family worship to bring in the Sabbath.  even our pets would participate in worship!  bubbles -always- sang along with any hymn we’d sing =) then we’d get to eat the good food =) and we’d sit around the dinner table, light the menorah, recite the fourth commandment, and then bless the food.

as stressful as the clean-the-entire-house-before-the-sun-goes-down was, i look back on that time with fond memories.  as i grew up, we got more involved in church and school, and i’d have vespers to attend (or even be in charge of) and we were home less often on friday nights.  we would still have dinners like that every once in the while, but they weren’t the same… and especially now, as i live on my own, i find that i miss that.  Sabbath used to be a celebration, something we’d fervently prepare for… and now, it’s almost just like any other day in the week =/ it’s too bad… i really enjoyed those times.  i guess it’s one of those things i wonder if i’ll do for my children, y’know, having our family have our special nights together.  i really hope so.

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