joni | January 4, 2010
It is rare to meet someone and immediately feel a connection, yet I think that was exactly what happened on the first day of school in 5th grade. As the seatmate of the new girl in class, Jack somehow had to take on the responsibility of showing me around and making me feel welcome. Ha! [...]
joni | January 1, 2010
Because we all love the veggie soup at Capriccioasa in Greenbelt 3, we decided to have our Christmas dinner there. We gobbled up two orders of the yummy soup, among other things. And then off to White Hat for dessert.
joni | December 28, 2009
Like an extended wedding reception, Tere and Eric treated us to dinner at Hap Chan in Mackinley Hill(s?) on December 23. The celebration also doubled as the we screw Christmas get-together.
First, the ever-present group table pictures…
And then come the gift series….
Nuni and the phallic trophy…
Some behind-the-scene shots…
And then we transferred to Starbucks for some coffee [...]
joni | December 26, 2009
The Christmas week is fun, fun, fun! And I am especially thankful for my…
– gifts, gifts, gifts galore!
I had so many! Whee!! So many many many!! And we haven’t even included the ones I bought for myself yet.
– vacation, vacation, vacation!
Thus I was able to sleep, sleep, sleep! And read, read, read! Finally finished the [...]
joni | December 18, 2009
Annette is home and the Lit people made a mad dash to have Christmas dinner with her. We went to Brasserie Boheme at Picasso Serviced Residences in Makati. Food was yummy and reasonably-priced (at least for now), but the staff were still undergoing training. Fair warning: Don’t go if you’re not the patient type.
Super thanks [...]
joni | December 12, 2009
Was pleasantly surprised that I could actually have fun at company Christmas parties given my Scroogey nature. Oh, the power of alcohol!
Location: The Campbells’ residence, Makati
Date and Time: December 11, 2009; 6pm to sawa
Theme: 80s
Photos are mostly from Mars’ camera, one from Jean’s.
