Teasers

our appetizer : scallops , my youngest helped in slicing and preparing/plating this

main course

Okay, since my hubby doesn't like me taking photos of food

Had to sneak in these photos

It helps when you have a top chef in your kitchen

He gets to work while you entertain the guests, haha

Enjoy...

Fab dinner with friends

this is me after the party

after party

We hosted a dinner last night for the godparents of my son in Confirmation
Was really a fabulous time being around people you like

And intellectual people whom you can converse with

With just about anything

Sharing thoughts, ideas and learning from their different fields of expertise

We weren't able to take photos as we were involved with the gastronomic delights

prepared by my husband

So these are just the photos I can share

I hope you sort of get a glimpse of the fun we had...

Happy Monday!

Friends from BKK

w/ Art & Irma

Yup, food's gone

Art & Irma were my first friends in Bangkok

They helped us a lot when I was adjusting to life there

pregnant and with a toddler

They showed me where to go, kept me company

and just made the transition easier

For that I will always be grateful

So, I always look forward when they visit Manila

I always feel warm when friends of ours from our life overseas visit

I just feel a special bond

how that part was real and so much a part of who we have become

Since my friends live in Bangkok (Art is Thai)

They requested for Filipino food

so I gladly served kare-kare, Bicol express, and, catfish mango salad

Thanks for visiting Art & Irma

See you in your neck of woods this year!

Safe travels!

Before the guests arrive

preparing for dinner guests

linens from Vietnam

Good friends of ours from Bangkok visited last night

Was again a busy day in the house

with the noise of drilling, installing

but my worker was such a fast worker

he accomplished everything quickly , leaving me enough time to prepare for guests

Just decided to do this frenchy set-up

wanted something feminine and sweet

My fave plates from Gien

More than a decade after

still loving it...

Happy Thursday!

Home with a view

casual set-up, serving take out Chinese food from Eat Well

our home with a view

One of the last dinners I will probably host in this home
As I am gone the whole day

Site inspection and meetings in the morning

then catechism class in the afternoon

Decided to just serve take out food from Eat Well

Had a wonderful time

talking about life, the world

and just about anything one can think of

I have hosted countless parties and dinners

at this home of ours

I love entertaining

My guest, last night, asked me

if I would miss the place

to which I replied a ho-hum answer

We've moved countless times

as it's part of the expat life

In Bangkok alone, we moved 3 times in a span

of 2.5 years!

The thing we've done to always make it feel at home

despite the difference in country or location

was have the same pieces

When we started out, we never bought stuff for the sake of it

We always waited til we find the right one

Hence, we plan to keep the same stuff in the new home

Interesting how it would look in a totally different perspective

I am so at home in our home

I love it

It still evokes a feeling of warmth & coziness

I still enjoy looking at it to this day

Being greeted by the greenery of the golf course in the morning

while being hypnotized by the skyscrapers at night

and the cars moving by the flyover

It's lovely, mesmerizing

and comforting

It is home

It was in the past 6 years

and it will , in my memory,

Forever be