15.11.07
Dolands’ back from pinas.
He’s been away for 1 month and for practical reasons, we missed him so dearly. He is finally back to drive us around, give us free Mcdo meals, help us with house expenses and chuck our rubbish free of charge (Here in NZ, trash is only collected if it’s in the official NZ rubbish bag which costs a fortune. We exempt ourselves from this cost by secretly dumping all our rubbish in Mcdonalds where dad works. hahaha).
He seemed to have enjoyed his 1 month vacation in Pinas. He spent probably half of his trip boozing with his mates, which is practically the most perfect indication that he did enjoy his holiday.
I became very jealous watching the vids that he took. To see faces of relatives, friends and even just mere acquaintances laughing all together and partying upon my dad’s comeback is just heart-warming. It makes me want to buy a plane ticket right away. They all seemed to be ecstatic to see my dad once again. And I can only hope to see the same bliss on my turn.
Learning from our misfortunes from past balikbayans, we didn’t ask for too much pasalubongs from dolands. It is exasperating to get a pasalubong entirely different, in a distasteful kind of way, from what you originally have in mind. Expectation can cause too much frustration you see so we just asked dad to bring us whatever if not really specific stuff like Goldilocks polvoron and YES magazine and new pinoy movie dvds. Other than that, we just let ourselves get surprised by what our relatives and friends bought for us.
With this principle in mind, I arrived at one conclusion. Undies is the way to go! it is fascinating how people would give me undies as pasalubong every single time. My mom went back home around the same time last year and since it is near my bday, relatives and friends bought more for me, undies for that matter, than for my mom or for my sister. And same thing happened this year, I got more undies because my bday is nearing. Even karol’s mom gave me undies. I now have a truckload! Lol.
Anyway, all’s well that ends well. I can’t thank people enough for whole-heartedly accommodating my lousy father and for sending us all those extra gifts. I just love everything especially the polvoron. Yum!
Btw, Camille Prats still looks pretty when pregnant (c/o Yes Magazine). Lol.
He’s been away for 1 month and for practical reasons, we missed him so dearly. He is finally back to drive us around, give us free Mcdo meals, help us with house expenses and chuck our rubbish free of charge (Here in NZ, trash is only collected if it’s in the official NZ rubbish bag which costs a fortune. We exempt ourselves from this cost by secretly dumping all our rubbish in Mcdonalds where dad works. hahaha).
He seemed to have enjoyed his 1 month vacation in Pinas. He spent probably half of his trip boozing with his mates, which is practically the most perfect indication that he did enjoy his holiday.
I became very jealous watching the vids that he took. To see faces of relatives, friends and even just mere acquaintances laughing all together and partying upon my dad’s comeback is just heart-warming. It makes me want to buy a plane ticket right away. They all seemed to be ecstatic to see my dad once again. And I can only hope to see the same bliss on my turn.
Learning from our misfortunes from past balikbayans, we didn’t ask for too much pasalubongs from dolands. It is exasperating to get a pasalubong entirely different, in a distasteful kind of way, from what you originally have in mind. Expectation can cause too much frustration you see so we just asked dad to bring us whatever if not really specific stuff like Goldilocks polvoron and YES magazine and new pinoy movie dvds. Other than that, we just let ourselves get surprised by what our relatives and friends bought for us.
With this principle in mind, I arrived at one conclusion. Undies is the way to go! it is fascinating how people would give me undies as pasalubong every single time. My mom went back home around the same time last year and since it is near my bday, relatives and friends bought more for me, undies for that matter, than for my mom or for my sister. And same thing happened this year, I got more undies because my bday is nearing. Even karol’s mom gave me undies. I now have a truckload! Lol.
Anyway, all’s well that ends well. I can’t thank people enough for whole-heartedly accommodating my lousy father and for sending us all those extra gifts. I just love everything especially the polvoron. Yum!
Btw, Camille Prats still looks pretty when pregnant (c/o Yes Magazine). Lol.
// posted by jaena*** @ 12:20 
