Sunny Saturday

Day is almost done. I didn't do much. Certainly took a break with the laptop.

Today i did things differently. I slept in, stayed in bed for as long as I could. Then I took a bath. By the time I stepped out, my flatmates were already having breakfast and Ningning was already next door. I took my time eating, made tea with milk which again was taken notice of. They said I'm already a Kiwi. But what's a Kiwi anayway? I've been making french toast for my family back home for at least a year now. I've been drinking tea with milk with my hubby.

It's a Saturday and I tried not think about anything. The sun was up and the weather was nice. I stepped out and said hi to our neighbor. Shane drove the car out from the garage and parked it by the greens. He started cleaning it. Arnie was busy doing the laundry. Tita already had her cushions and mats set out under the sun. I sat there in front of their house, went through the newspapers with Ningning. While everyone else were doing their chores, I tried to keep myself and Ningning busy by pretending to read the flyers and catalogues that we got from the mailbox. At least her parents can go on with their chores, and the same with Tita. Ningning loves runing to Tita's house especially when Tito Ivan is there. They're like the best buds (Our next door neighbors are in their 50s and they don't have any kids). Tita said that the three of us ladies should go out walking every now and then especially now since the weather is getting better. Arnie and I agreed and of course that also meant bringing Ningning with us on her bike.

It's nice to be outside and bask in the sun for a bit. Later a man arrived delivering an empty balikbayan box to Tita. She told me that she just calls that guy whenever she has something to be sent to the Philippines. She also told me about how everything here are always on sale and that it's easy to buy things coz they're often sold at a bargain. She's a simple folk and I think she's nice.

Ningning was running around outside barefoot. Tita said that it's ok since there are no broken glass here. Later I decided to vacuum my room, then I went ahead and vacuumed the carpet in the sala and in the dining. It felt great afterwards, to finally sit on a clean carpet. I went through the rest of the papers by the glass door. I found out that Auckland has the largest indoor climbing facility here in Australasia. Of course nobody but me would be interested in this. I miss those nights wherein my teammates and I would go to the Powerplant mall after office hours, and spend 2-3 hours wall climbing. Those were the days.

Then my flatmates drove out for a while and gave me the liberty to cook whatever I want. So I did. I cooked some spaghetti, using leftover mutton, eggplants and bell pepper. I tried to scoop in as much brown sugar as I could to make it sweet. Then I've added some cheese for that Filipino style flavor. And that's the most that I could do with the Watties spaghetti sauce. It tasted close enough to Jollibee. By the time my flatmates came back, I was already in my 2nd serving. I'm glad that Ningning liked it and she enjoyed it so much that she insisted on sitting at the dining table longer than usual. At least she had a full lunch.

After lunch, I went back to my room and watched a movie and two episodes of Modern Family. Now it's half past four. The sun is about to set. It's good to take a break once ina while. I wonder how things are back home. Hubby and Max are going to a birthday party today. I'm sure it'll be a blast!