little chef

recently, océane is into "cooking mama" ds lite game. she discovered and learned about the game with irina while we were in the philippines. today, with the guidance of her papa, they prepared gaufres (better known as waffle). right now, she is very impatient to cook their gaufres.

preparing the gaufres

washing & cleaning are included in learning how to cook/bake

getting ready to eat...

océane ate 2 gaufres and she's very satisfied:-) now, she is excited for the next cooking session...

back to paris

we are now back in paris. océane & i are both cold. it's summer here but with 13°C.... it's definitely cold!

yesterday, océane & i went to starbucks for some familiarity:-) doughnut and chocolate drink. i guess, océane is missing the krispy kreme sprinkle doughnut. hmmm i do miss the krispy kreme doughnuts!

at starbucks rue la boëtie

manila to paris...

the little bride

it was through lola fely that océane became a part of wedding entourage for the first time. 19 july 2008 - infanta, quezon. océane was the little bride.

dress designed & made by dobie aranda

océane is dobie aranda's loyal patron. her baptismal long dress was design & made by dobie too. now, her first time ever to be a part of wedding entourage, her dress is another dobie aranda's creation.

welcome to the philippines!

infanta...

coming home to the philippines is not complete without going to infanta. first stop, at the cemetery where our parents were buried.

geez, only these two girls will do something crazy like this... while at the cemetery.

alyssa & océane

another stop... we call this place isla where we have some of our cousins (on mother side).

océane with her ninang ruth

océane haven't seen her ninang for five years... she had fun with her ninang especially when taruth brought her to the store and let her choose what she wanted. océane told me that it was good to go in that store coz she can choose what she want and she doen't need to pay. lol guess what she had??? royal tru orange!!!! her first taste of royal and she liked it:-)

océane with her 1st royal tru orange

the pink house is tita susan & tito allan. océane turned crazy seeing the pink house:-) then she had fun visiting her ninang ruth's house. climbing up & down on the spiral staircase was fun for her.

tita men with océane

ariane joy is my first god-daughter. she is ate mayenne's one & only girl.

ariane joy, océane & alyssa

océane met marah (susan & allan's only girl) and zairah (she is liza's daughter). océane asked marah to keep on carrying her. lol the fun of meeting cousins who are bigger and older than her.

océane, marah & zairah

we brought océane in a piggery to see more pigs. oh, she said they smell bad! lol look at those mama pigs! next time, we are going to have lechon from rodel & elvie's piggery. hahahaha

océane with one of the mama pigs

hey, a short visit with my very good childhood friend -- shiela. her mother, inang angelina (as i called her) was my mother's very close-friend, as in real close. it was too bad, i wasn't able to come back and spend more time with shie.

shiela, inang angelina & océane

on our way back to manila, we stopped in a restaurant along sierra madre for a lunch.

alyssa & océane

at the farm...

as a child i used to go there when it was a huge rice and coconut plantation. now, my sister have a small house there. there are still some coconut trees and a small portion of rice field.

early saturday morning, glo (wife of my cousin joel) came with her daughter joelle. océane's first playmate at the farm aside from her ate yssa. jolo (joelle's older brother) was not supposed to know that they went there at the farm to play with océane. hahahaha

joelle & océane

towards the afternoon, we have more kids at the farm and they had lots of fun!

leia, océane & mia + the carabao far behind posing for my camera:-)

alyssa's bahay kubo - mia, erlo, océane & vergel

océane + the carabao

the girls played jack-stone. they let océane won since she don't know how to play the game. lol

the girl in peach t-shirt is aloha, lily's daughter

farm will not be complete without a pig:-)

the tenant at the farm gave us live chicken to bring back in manila to kill... then cook & eat it. hahahaha geez, océane doesn't like it to hold a live chicken. she wanted the chicken to be freed! lol

tata len trying to give the chicken to océane

alyssa & océane

ocean park, manila

sunday, after church and lunch we went to ocean park manila.

océane & irina

the kids

alyssa & hannah

penamora in los banos

a reunion of sort but lots of fun... heck, even with tons of green jokes among us.

star of the day... tia boyet! she even danced ballet:-) geez, a new version of swan lake. lol minus her hubby, tio javes. kahit hindi sya "ka anu-ano at hindi na aanu..." (family jokes), she's one heck of a star in the family.

oh yes, nobody can beat tia boyet and she's the winner!

kodakan.... kainan, inuman, kwentuhan, tawanan, sayawan, at kung anu-ano pang mga kalokohan (este kasayahan) lol

larawan ng mga hindi ka anu-ano (part of the jokes, meaning mga asawa ng lahi ng penamora)... lol

ghell taught océane to sing "boom tarat tarat"... lol

nieces, nephews, grandchildren

cousins except tia boyet:-)

the sisters & sis-in-law (absents are tita ely, tio totoy & javes)

océane discovered and liked the pork barbecue. thanks to one of her cousins for giving her a stick of barbecue:-)

los banos

somewhere in los banos, we spent a weekend stay in one of the hot-spring resorts. from evening until 2am, we enjoyed ourselves in the pool.

the next morning... more fun in the pool!

alyssa & océane

magallanes...

the cousins on magallanes' side... oh it's great to see all these kids grown-up and continue to grow real fast. océane had lots of fun with them.

lolo alfred & lola fely's grandchildren

erlo, océane & edmond on her lap. these boys are elmer's children

océane, mia, vergel, alyssa (carrying baby doods)

one evening, we went out with the other cousins also from magallanes' side. we went to the fort in makati, had dinner, lots of talking and fun. ate ams and ate k brought the kids at the time zone for some fun. before going back home, tita k brought all the kids at krispy kreme doughnuts and they all select what they wanted and went out each kids carrying their own dozen box of doughnuts. sweet & so yummy!!!

friday's resto & at time zone

ian, mark, boogie, mariz, alyssa & océane

friends

family...

on our way to manila

early in the morning of tuesday, kuya eras brought us to the airport for our flight to manila...

millennium hilton hotel, bangkok

breath-taking view... the millennium hilton hotel in bangkok boasts sweeping city views. we were able to see the city lights... the chao praya river... from the top of the hotel. we enjoyed a night cup while looking down at the well-lighted city of bangkok.

at the top of the millennium hilton