Letran High School Class of 1979

Holy cow! I was reading my classmates' FB pages and one of them has a link to a batch website.  It took me a while to find my old class photo but eventually found the group.  Kelly asked me what the deal was with our ties.. back then, the larger you could tie your knot, the cooler you were!  Hey, that was the style then.  Ok, try and spot me..

Facebook

I finally gave in and joined Facebook.  It took a few discussions with people to convince me that I might be missing out connecting with old family and friends.  The other thing is that I always like the idea of having monopoly of what's being posted to a 'wall' - just like in Blogger.  I can write whatever and having control whether let comments post or not. Eline seemed excited I'm on Facebook and to be honest, I am.  I've found some classmates I'm trying to reconnect with and hope to be chatting soon.  One thing's for sure, I do not see letting the blogger go anytime soon..

Goodbye to an old friend!

13 years later, we've decided to let my '97 Ford Explorer go to make way for a new car for Kelly.  The Explorer was bought here in Texas, was shipped to California in '01, then driven back to Texas in '04.  I remember when I had it brought over to California that my friends frowned upon my having an SUV- a gas-guzzling, road-hugging, parking spot hog, too-big-of-a-car for California's green mentality.  It was great because I could look over cars when sitting in traffic and tell what might be causing it.  By the time it had made its way back to Texas, every other person already drove bigger SUV's.  I was back to square one.  Oh well.  As time went by, it would sit in the garage during work days as I took the bike to work instead.  Its purpose only to be used when Kelly couldn't pick up the goose or something big and heavy needed to be transported.  The transmission has started slipping and the air conditioner went out.  (Not good if you live here.)  Its been a good run.  This car will be missed.  Bye old friend!!

Happy Birthday Kelly!!

Birthday weekend for Kelly.  She turned __ today!  Friday dinner went for sushi.  Saturday dinner with her family at Samui Thai.  Breakfast at our regular brunch restaurant, Lil' Gus' both days.  Cousins Blake and Morgan spent the weekend with us one after the other and were very excited with Shiloh.  The goose was a bit jealous because the girls were trying to hoard the little dog.  I kept telling her that they're just excited because they don't have one.  Besides, she gets to see him everyday when her cousins will only see Shiloh when they come over.
Kelly wanted a sink for her birthday so we got her a stainless one to replace the white cast iron sink we've had for the last few years.

before ...

and after..

Fallen Mango Tree

This past week, tropical storm Basyang went though the Philippines bringing strong winds and a lot of rain.  Our mango tree which was planted roughly twenty years ago was uprooted.  I remember when it was planted.  When it fell, it was close to 40 feet in height.  Thank goodness it fell away and towards the fence.  The size of it could have easily damaged the main part of the house if it fell the other way. It will be missed.

Goose went to camp!

Katharine went to camp a month ago for a week.  Found these pictures in my Blackberry.  Sky Ranch is in Van, TX.  First time we had to decorate the car for this.  If you do, you get a cookie basket or something.  Camp is 1 hour and 45 minutes away so part of the afternoon was spent driving.

Catch-up

New member of the family - Shiloh or Bean. The goose decided on the latter but I happen to like Shiloh better.  The dog is a Toy Fox Terrier and is about 10 weeks old.  Quite fun.  "One thing dog, I am the alpha male! Got it?"