visita iglesia 2012

visita iglesia this year was done with a different group this time. i know its tradition to do it with my BFFs (even shared our experience here) and i know too that one friend is disappointed but i can't help it :( i am so sorry. i invited them but they wouldn't join us. one, because it starts at 7 in the morning and 2, the other one needs to go to work. yep, work on a holy thursday. people depended on her.

anyway, for the first time in the 6+ years that we are married, husband, together with the girls, joined me. husband is a christian and visita iglesia is not one of their practices. it is also a first for the girls. we joined husband's fraternity brods together with their family. its one big group! it is their tradition too to do it together annually and followed by a lunch at the UP atrium, which their fraternity developed (and continuously developing). anyway, husband thought its going to be fun joining the group and so we did.

i am glad we did this together. this is meaningful for me especially since i am a Catholic. visita iglesia makes me remember and reconnect with God. this is one way to show the girls about Jesus and what He went through. remember, one of the goals this year is to let God be known to them. they now know that when we are at church, we pray. i let raya look at the pictures/painting/stained glass window so that she will have a visual picture of what i am talking about. they may not YET fully understand this, but at least this is a start.

it was a hot day. but we enjoyed it. time for reflection, camaraderie and family. kids asked us to buy whatever they see cos there were a lot of vendors selling goodies especially at this time of year. we just bought them cotton candy, corn cobs and ice cream. we had lunch, picnic style, after the visita iglesia. this they enjoyed the most.

some brought their tables and chairs

we brought our mats and malong and placed it under a tree for shade

ice cream to beat the heat

husband teaching the girls to throw rock at the water

playing badminton

thank God for such a day like this!



holy week

happy holy thursday! though my husband is a Christian, and i am a Catholic, i still retain some of the practices such as sign of the cross, praying the rosary, asking for intercessions from the saints and Mother Mary among other stuff. this week is Holy week. me and my BFFs will do bisita iglesia later. and this week, our meals will consist of fish and chicken only. i am still thinking of what to abstain from. perhaps abstain from soda and access to the social networ? i don't know. anyway, i prepared a fish dish for lunch. i got the recipe from my good friend nikki eleazar. and here is the final project ;)

looks good. taste good too. though i may have put a little too much of the celery. anyway, everybody enjoyed it.

thats it for now. still have no plans for the rest of the week.

ill keep you posted