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// morsels of life //

enjoying this so-called life -- li'l by li'l, bit by bit...

 

Party at Daydreamers

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.

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


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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.

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Fun times! :)

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Yum Cha lunch

Our "official" (Ton is a dad now, hehe) father's day celebration was spent at Dragon Boat place along Lonsdale street in the city. Delicious dim sums, chinese delicacies and tea were served. Flavored with an enjoyable conversation with our pinoy friends and their families.




I'm glad that Lori is now used to public's noise and she somehow likes the attention from other people. She also enjoys sitting with us while eating.





Anyway, Happy Father's Day to my loving husband.
Thanks for everything, Bi!

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Baptized

Lori's baptism was held yesterday at St. Augustine's Church in the city. Then reception followed at Michelino's Trattoria in Carlton. Thankfully, the weather was good! Almost all of our pinoy friends attended the ceremony and joined us in the reception. (thanks for coming, guys!)

There were three babies baptized including Lori. She's the only Filipino.
The ceremony was different from the traditional Catholic rite. It was lively and jubilant.
Father Wahid conducted the sacrament which also comprised of anointment & exorcism (to cast away the bad spirits).

The funny thing was, Lori had to "poopoo" when we were inside the church already! Fortunately the ceremony hasn't started that time and we were able to clean her up quickly. (almost ran out of wipes pa ha!)

But we're grateful that we were able to organize everything without major hassles. And the important thing is, Lori is now a Christian :) Our bub received a load of gifts that composed mostly of pink clothes and cute toys :)

Anyway, here are the photos from the event:

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Restaurant...








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Dinner + Coffee with the girls

saturday night, i went out with three of my pinoy girlfriends (Joni, Pam and Jo). had dinner at michelino's trattoria in lygon street. i was the one who organized the meeting and i'm glad that we were able to come.

afterwards, Joni invited us over for a coffee at their place. it was an evening of enjoyable tête-à-tête. Pam had the chance to finally see Lori. thankfully, Lori was in the mood for playing and mingling. we also watched Anya while she's entertaining us all with her improvised crown and plastic sword (Anya pretending to be a knight, hehe).



we did not notice that it was almost midnight when we called it a day :)

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New Gal Pal

i met a fellow filipino yesterday. her name is Jo Chua. Jo left a comment on my blog few weeks ago and we decided to finally meet up yesterday afternoon. she's also an ex-ACN employee who is currently working here in melbourne.

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Dinner at Milano

The couple Eian & Gina invited us over for a dinner yesterday at their pad at Milano apartments.



We enjoyed a great evening chat and a sumptuous seafood feast prepared by them of course.


Lori was well behaved and enjoyed the ambiance. She just quitely observed the things around her.


We also loved the beautiful city view from the place. It was completely mesmerizing.


We ended the meeting with a nice photo op. Thanks to our tripod & camera's RC :)

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first aussie roadtrip: mount buller & trout farm

our three-day roadtrip last weekend was great and full of fun moments.


we left the city on saturday morning and we arrived at our first stop (the trout farm in eildon town) past noon. the place is a beauty and the group had heaps of fun catching fish (trout & atlantic salmon). tonton and i caught two salmons.



after fishing, we grilled our fresh catch and pork liempo (courtesy of eian & gina) for late lunch.



the group arrived at the delatite apartment in merrijig around 6pm. we had a yummy hot pork sinigang for dinner (courtesy of ibarra family).


then before midnight, we had videoke session and my husband serenaded me with the walang kamatayan "when i met you" by apo hiking society (hehe so mushy ba?)



the following day, we headed to mount buller which is an hour drive from merrijig. mount buller is the snow spot in the state of victoria during winter.


tonton loved the tobogan ride. i enjoyed making snowman and playing with the snow as well.



we got back to merrijig around 6pm, just in time for me to cook dinner. i prepared chicken adobo for the group.


the next morning, we prepared to leave and went home.


it was a very enjoyable trip indeed, we all had a great time. i hope that we could go back to that nice place for more adventure.

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