breakfast at the shangrila

may 20 2009,
shangrila hotel, makati

so my team won a P10k food & accomodation gift certificate to the shangrila hotel courtesy of our company. i did mention in my twitter that i too won an overnight stay at the crowne plaza hotel for two after the shangrila raffle! i am one lucky b@$t@rd!

the old-er men in my team (ahehe) decided to use it for breakfast (kill joys, ehehe). after an exhausting night shift & empty bellies, we sped to nearby shangrila & drooled over the plethora of food from eggs to danishes spread in the buffet, inviting us for a taste at every corner...& that's only for breakfast!! for two hours we all felt very high-class w/ appetites absolutely satisfied!!haha

my 1st plate: eggs benedict, bacon, waffles, sausage & meatloaf, an olive, tuna, hash brown. maximum pleasure!

fiesta!

may 10, 2009
nueva ecija

the delos reyes clan (rye's family) all packed up & left manila for a couple days to celebrate their province's fiesta, mother's day & the birthday of rye's mother.

the reunion wouldn't be complete w/o the 3 of us so we HAD to be there too..or else..??

my own mother was utterly excited she nagged me for days to ensure we were coming over & even coerced us to use our 'new' car as it'll be the first time we'll be stretching the car's mileage & testing how reliable & cost-worthy our car was. we pushed through even though rye was reluctant to go to the province days before because of the bad weather.

so we drove to the province on the 10th. rye's family was already eager to see our daughter rayna that they messaged us non-stop in the morning wanting to hear news on our whereabouts. we arrived before noon & the sharp inviting smell of succulent food being cooked at the kitchen already starved us to death. in half an hour, the food was laid down the table. our rayna immediately went swimming w/ her cousins in their inflatable pool. my daughter wasn't obviously ready for the swim her mommy didn't bring her her swim wear so she jumped in the pool w/ just her panties hehe.

our mothers, w/ rye at the back; cousins

my darlings

rye got bored an hour after eating so we left after staying for only 4 hours! our drive to & from the province was longer!

anyhoo, on our way home (rye's mom joined us), rye decided to treat our mothers to max's for early dinner.

mickey shades

may 2, 2009

i just gotta share this. my girl's super cute clad in her mickey mouse shades!

isn't she a darling? photos taken at TOSH on a Saturday afternoon