to toledo we will go...

i often times missed family gathering at Toledo [dad's side] due to my work.. fortunately, dad planned to go there during my day off.. yeheyyy :D and then, Juarez Clan (lola's side) was having a family reunion while we were there.. GOOD TIMING! haha

my lolo at 93 :)

my younger cousins.. :) i love all of them.. hehe

Kemp.. as if nothing happens. haha

one of my close cousins...

this place is sooo steep i had a hard time climbing to the top.. haha

then we saw a store just right in the middle of the steep road..

and then we're almost there to the lot where dad wants to see..

then this is the lot...[partially]

ps.. i love this shot.. hehehe

going down is not as hard as going up there...

we were very hungry after the long walk.. haha

lolo and lola still in love

DADAM :)

Our Christmas

after work, the family decided to have Christmas dinner. So before anything else, we went to Sto. Nino Church to hear mass..

that's mom and dad right there :)

the Girls in dad's life.. hahah

after Sto. Nino, we went to Blue Elephant, IT Park to have dinner..everything was good, ambience was good, lights good, staff good, service good, food good :D

too bad i didn't take photos of the foods... i kind of didn't think about it..haha

Happy Happy Christmas 2010

well it's already Christmas and we have this tradition that every Christmas, we will have a party with the neighbors and exchange gifts... and this is how we spent it the Vistabella way ;)

mom preparing for the foods...

and us, preparing the drinks.. hihi

Jero was the Santa for this year bcuz the Santa costume could hardly fit

at my dad's.. hahha

and then there's us.. weeee

after socializing and eating, exchanging of gifts follows right after..

my manita

surprise, surprise... never thought that i am the manita of my
sister.. haha

dad's manita, Jessa

Jaydee's manita..

after the party with the neighbors, it's time to party with
the VB TAMBAYS.. yaaay... the best part of Christmas :D :D

red.. blue.. purple

with Baboi

random...

in every occasion, 3 of us always have photos together.. :)

the best Christmas in the world is spending it with your families and friends :)

Site Party

Mom and Dad planned a Christmas Party for the people working for the new house.. and this is also their way of saying thank you.. :) hehe

sister and dad fixing the gifts and some stuffs at the table..

Family picture for the night... hehehe

One of the random photos.. on the right, the one with the black shirt,

is our family friend SLASH architect of the house :)

and another random out-of-focus photo.. ahahaha

the girls :) hihi

after eating, mom started to distribute the gifts we prepared for

the contractors... thank you guys.. :)

by the way, this was the moon during the party... VERY PRETTY :)

hello there Mr. Moon :)

The Franciscan Friars

Every December, Franciscan Friars have this tradition to do Caroling on our subdivision but just on the selected houses. This year, our house was the first on the list :)

The Franciscans

Presenting baby Jesus at home

Us

and that my friend, is my UBER PROUD DADDY :) hihi

Secret Project

our first project as a Service Associate was to make the F&B Bulletin Board..

so here are the photos...

me typing the why-i-love-shangrila testimonials of the selected employees

Pearly and Myskar (draft work for the bulletin)

Myskar and Sir Jun Vitor, training manager

in the making :)

the making :)

Welcome to Shangri-la

December 16, 2010 Thursday

I am officially an employee of Shangri-la as of December 16, 2010. yeheeeey...

Shangri-la is my location dream job since i was a kid because my father used to work here and i always hear good stories about it. We also used to check in here every year until july 2009. hehe.. I also had my on-the-job training in the said hotel.. so yeah.. i basically know a lot about Shangri-la :)

and that photo right there was taken during our 3-day orientation at the training room. :)

I owe this blog a lot

yes... i just a this blog a looooooot of stories... hehehe sorry blog.. i was just too busy... but i promise you i will feed you with lots and lots and lots of stories and rants for december 2009 and january 2010 ;) i promise you that :D