More of The Emperor

Well obviously, I am still feeling my way through this new computer and how to blog with it as my previous post was quite challenging with the attachment of photos.

Please click on the photos in the previous post to view accurately.

Hope this time, it works out better, if not, I'll get there through practice, hahaha.

Everytime we travel, I try to book us in a boutique hotel, preferably in Small Luxury Hotel properties, very personal, great interiors, personal service,my type of place to vacation in.  The family always enjoys the hotels I book us in and it just heightens the experience of the new place.

Here are more shots of where to stay in Beijing...

Beijing - Where to Stay - The Emperor Hotel, SLH (Small Luxury Hotel)

 As soon as we arrived, we had dinner at the hotel's rooftop restaurant

 I still remember the taste of this soup, yummy!

I would love to eat this again!

 outside the hotel, The Emperor Hotel, a Small Luxury Hotel

Future

My eldest son's homework a few weeks back was about writing poetry, topic the Future, using similes, metaphors, analogies, etc, etc
While he was typing, I decided to write one too
Mine did not turn out as well written, and impressive as his was, but I did this in less than a minute, ahem, ahem, and just for the fun of it
would like to share with you...

Enjoy my attempt at poetry...

Future

Like an unexpected gift
Wrapped nicely in a bow
Or randomly so

The future is a mystery
Always enchanting and scary
Will it be awesome
or just plain cumbersome

N one knows
No one sees
But everyone has a chance to shape
What the future holds
So let it be...


Enjoy the rest of the week!

Maple

 w/ Leah Lorenzo, Maureen Soong, Marichu Kahn

at Maple, San Antonio Plaza, Forbes Park


Leah invited us for dinner at their new restaurant at the newly renovated San Antonio Plaza
As always, the company was great and food comforting
Place was cozy and a nice place to meet up with friends

Check it out!

New Year's with bff's

 w/ Jackie & Kea Laudico at Bencab Museum, Baguio

Bencab Museum w/ J

New Year's Eve with the Laudicos, Roland, Jackie, Orlando at Baguio Country Club 

at the Manor with J & C and Orlando Laudico covering his face



We were invited to spend New Year's with the Laudicos in Baguio
Always easy and fun
First time to spend New Year's Eve there
Noticed how Manilenos were everywhere
We bumped into people we know from the Church to the restos we've eaten to the country club

Here's to a bright, peaceful, joyful New Year ahead!

When women need a break

a candid shot of my Mom

My sister with our long time helper

Served them turkey courtesy of Chef Wenger



Another dinner I traditionally host after Christmas is that for the women in our family
That includes my Mom, sister, and 2 sisters-in-law
It's a nice and intimate time to catch up as Christmas eve the boys rule (for them anyway, haha) and it's nice to give the women a break

Served them turkey with vegetables, yummy cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes and made the dessert of fruit salad (my Mom's recipe)

Enjoy the photos and have a good week ahead!

Christmas dinner with painting class

 w/ Leah Lorenzo, Karen & Pat Wu, Marichu Kahn, Abibs Espiritu

 w/ Nathania & Tani Villonco, Marichu, Leah, Abibs, Pat & Karen

Maureen Soong joining us

our food ordered this time from bff's Chef Laudico's Bistro Filipino

my very practical iced tea dispenser which I got from last year's trip to LA

I love taking photos after to see how party went

Hosted an intimate dinner for my painting classmates a week after my annual party

As always, it was filled with lots of funny, inspiring stories, and just hanging out with people you like

Hope you get to feel the happy celebration we shared.

Here's to the next!  

Kung hei fat choy !

Kung hei fat choy!!!

I know, I know, wasn't able to post for the big and all time fave, Christmas Day, New Year's but better late than never!

Sharing with you photos from my Christmas party last 2012.

Hope you enjoy the pics as am still trying to learn how to blog with my new computer hence no labels, hahaha.

As a former resident of Hong Kong, here's wishing you all Kung hei fat choy!!!

Enjoy the photos...