// morsels of life //

36 days of catching up with our family and friends in the Philippines. Best Christmas season we have ever experienced. Thank you for all the great memories. See you again on 2011! :)

More photos here.

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Our baby girl is turning 2 tomorrow! Yipeee! :)

We actually had a celebration last weekend in our place.

Lori wore a lady bug inspired tutu dress. So charming!

Our friends came over to join us. Glad they enjoyed the food and treats.

We were hoping to hold the party at Carlton Gardens, but the Melbourne weather was really "stubborn"!

That's why our house was jam-packed. But it was a happy party, afterall.

Winston and I noticed that Lori is in her "terrible two's" stage already a week before her birthday. She often throws tantrums and always making demands.
But despite those things, she knows how to make amends by giving us sweet kisses and warm cuddles :)

Happy Birthday, my dearest baby girl.
I love you!

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Happy Father's Day to my dearest husband.
Thank you for being so patient and loving through the years.
Lori and I love you so much!

Hope you liked the pair of Levi's jeans :-)

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Attended Alex Caday's (the little girl with eyeglasses) birthday yesterday at Daydreamers in Windsor.


They have a function area for parties and nice play space too.

Lori experienced to slide down a tall chute with her dad.

I also accompanied Lori and had a go on the slide. It was so much fun!
But after few attempts, I was too tired already as I had to carry her all the way up.

Lori also enjoyed "driving" mini cars on a mini race track.
Her hands were holding the steering wheel the whole time pretending that she's a good driver and totally in control, hehe.

Fun times! :)

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Celebrated Mom's day by having dinner at Tomodachi restaurant.

Tried the crab roll (super yum!) and chicken teriyaki sushi from their sushi train (no photos coz we immediately ate them!)

Our mains was composed of sizzling beef bbq with rice (Ton) and beef Yaki Udon (mine).

Lori tasted all of them (hehe, takaw!)

Heard the Sunday mass afterwards.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there!
Cheers to us! :)

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Our Valentine family date was simple yet so enjoyable. Visited the Melbourne Aquarium this morning to see the much talked about Penguins of Antarctica.

We were able to watch the presentation as the keepers feed them and take a closer look at those adorable creatures. I personally liked the King Penguin with yellow feathers on its chest and beak. Looks like my favorite sanrio character, Badtzmaru! :)
Lori also loved the penguin show and I can say that she can now somehow appreciate our aquarium tour.

Then, we headed to Crown Casino to just roam around and purchase my much-awaited lux bag *wink*.

Photos here.

Happy Hearts Day! :)

Labels: abubot, celebrations, family

It was not a good summer day for Victorians yesterday. In fact, it was the worst ever as temperature reached almost 47C and resulted to bushfires and home blazed. Death toll is also feared to climb. It's such a catastrophe.

As for us, we just spent the hot morning at the Victoria Gardens shopping centre. We don't have airconditioner in our "ancient" apartment and staying at the mall is one of our ways to stay cool. Here's Lori playing in the baby care room...

On the brighter note, we joined our friends and Apiado family to celebrate the 3rd birthday of their dear son, Joshua later in the afternoon. Venue was in Laughs Galore, Deer Park. It's an indoor play centre with facilities for kids to enjoy and have fun like jumping castles, huge slides and ball room.

Lori particularly enjoyed tossing the colorful balls in the ball pool.

As for us adults, we totally enjoyed the abudant meal served that was composed mostly of pinoy favorites such as pancit, sisig, dinuguan and lechon! Yum!

Got home before 12 midnight. Felt thankful to be alive.

Labels: australia, celebrations, rant, rave

Just got home from our day trip to Geelong Adventure Theme Park. The location is a 1.5 hour drive from the cbd. It is a perfect summer getaway for kids and kids at heart.














Summer fun day indeed!

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Attended Ethan's baptism this morning at St. Brigid's Church in Fitzroy. I was one of the godparents.

(photo courtesy of Cherry M.)



(photo courtesy of Cherry M.)

Labels: celebrations, friends, Lori, melbourne

There are so many things to be thankful for the past year ~ family, friends, health, job, lifestyle and good relationships.

I admit that living away from our family brings sadness every now and then but I'm still grateful that we find some ways to communicate with them constantly. God is good.

We welcome the year ahead with a more positive outlook and hopeful spirits.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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We thank the Lord for all the blessings this year.

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The weather yesterday was a bit bad but that didn't stop us to meet our pinoy close friends and have a simple assembly in Apiado family's residence at Taylors Hill. A 30-minute drive away from the city.

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One of the main reasons of our Manila trip was to attend and celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of my parents in-law.




It was held last November 16 in Quezon City.
Thanks to my brother in-law, Kuya Sonny (who organized everything) for making this event a very momentous one for all of us.



Tonton, Lori and myself were part of the entourage together with the rest of Morasa family.

I know my husband was very proud of his pamangkins as everyone of them showed their talents and messages as part of the reception's program.



Tears & laughter filled the occassion. Especially when Tonton gave his heartfelt speech for his beloved parents. I was so proud of my hubby.



It was a once in a lifetime celebration that we really couldn't afford to miss.

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