My husband granted my wish that I've been eyeing for for Christmas and bought it last week but not for me but for Clarence Claire ( he loves her like his own ) who will be celebrating her birthday this week. We don't give each other pressies ( except for birthdays and wedding anniversaries ) on Christmas coz it's a time of the year to play Santa to our kids and was surprised when he asked me what I wanted for Christmas and so went to the mall with the catalogue with me--me is of course excited. It was gift wrapped then he handled it to me and said " This is for our Clarence Claire's birthday/christmas present ", wag ko dawng papalitan lol! Christmas wish list granted, I'm happy with the gesture^_^ Well anyway, I guess we'll buy something na lang for each other like we did during ordinary days. I'm browsing online of what to give him on his birthday this December instead. I've been saving for it the past few months ( ssshh! it's a secret) . He told me he wants to change his wallet that he have been using for the past 3 years--still looking for a good wallet but not sure what kind of brand to give. Any suggestions?What includes your Christmas wish list? Head up to Mommy Liza' s fun meme
It was the year 2002 when we celebrated our first Christmas as married couple---I remember I used the recipe from the book my Mama sent me all the way from the Philippines for I dunno what to cook for noche buena. I cooked beef morcon ( meat roll ), pasta and fruit salad and I guess I cooked for 4 people although we're only two in our apartment lol! It was a first to know that Christmas is not a national holiday and in Japan it is essential to have a Christmas Cake on Christmas. I was surprised when Yochan came home with a sparkling wine and a whole cake in hand--I believe we ate the cake for days! Kung alam ko lang, di na ako nagluto pa ng marami lol!
Wakaba played her part of Japanese folktales called the Nezumi No Yomeiri ( The Mouse's Marriage ) and went on stage at her school's stage play/musical last week. It was a first to experience to watch a stage play of the elementary students in Japan school. They played their roles, delivered their lines so well and I'm so proud of my Wakaba performing dances without any shyness and full of confidence. I'm glad that Wakaba loves to be on stage! It was a day to remember, we really had a WONDERFUL time most especially Haruka--she was shouting when she saw her big sissy dancing lol! We thought of leaving school after the performance of Wakaba and the 1st graders because Haruka might get bored--but was wrong, she enjoyed watching the play. It was pretty neat performance of them and Wakaba really had fun and it does makes me proud when my Wakaba were up there performing^_^
While waiting for a mamatomo ( friend mum), I lurked inside the Bakery House My Tokuji, a bakery house that is a joy to visit.( I tend to take photos of what the inside but there's a lot of buying customers in the bakery and so I didn't and the truth is it's my 3rd time attempt ) I love having my simple ME time there and sometimes a tambayan while having a talk with some of my mamatomo. They have a wide of arrays of baked goodies and I highly recommend their maple french and kurumi pan ( walnut bread )since it was one of their best, they're all gone when I visited (T_T). All of their goods looks amazing and smell even better! And also you can sit back and relax while having their best baked goods at the outside and the environment here is like a cozy bakery and oh before I forget, there's also a FREE coffee service ^_^ I bought mine however at the nearest convenience store lol!
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