Thank goodness, my cousin helped us out with her contacts. We had a van and a private driver to drive us to Cauayan. Twelve hours later (because of a major accident in the mountains between a trailer and a sleeper bus) we have arrived! Home sweet home
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This week is exam week for the kids. They have been doing a lot of studying. While the kids were at school, we met with the couple we met in Stokke, Norway Convention and friends from Malaysia. After the kids came home, we bought sisiw (chicks) for Nika.
Mark and 8 enjoy going to Triple J and eat their pancit Cabagan for meryenda (snack). I am enjoying blooming Filipino flowers. The hibiscus here are practically trees. Nika enjoys visiting the neighborhood kitty to give her love and feed ger sardines.
It is Friday so we drove to Tuguegarao after the kids got out of school at 1pm. It was a three hour drive before we got to our hotel, Go Hotel by Robinson’s.
Shopping Mall. It was especially great to see Dad and Tita Norma.
We had lunch with Teacher Lili. My Auntie Bing was also here from California. We also met with my cousin Dinky and Pinky. We went through the family’s lots in Cauayan. And then we finished off at his beautiful home.
Happy New Year from the Philippines! We celebrated the New Year with cousins, who happen to be our next door neighbors. So glad that the kids are here to fully experience their culture and language.
Today is the day, our kids’ first day of school in my hometown, Cauayan City, Philippines. They love that they ride a tricycle to school and that they were uniforms.
We went to visit my mom’s sister, Auntie Nene in Ilagan. It was good to see all my first cousins. The kids were happy to meet their cousins.
We have enrolled the kids in a Filipino school in the Philippines. We want our kids to be fully immersed in their culture and language.
The renovation of the house is still going on. The pipes for the bathroom came in. The marble floors are currently being refinished.
We had supper with my cousin from Seattle. We ate at Otep’s which is a traditional Filipino restaurant where we ate with our hands.
The renovations of our house is well under way. The walls outside have been painted. Nika is truly enjoying her sisiws (chicks).
