Viernes Dolores

This is the only picture, I can post to share what I did today. The flowers seen here are a selection of gladiolas, mums in white and lilac color.

The "santo" is called - Dolorosa. The Mother Virgin and her seven sorrows. This is in line with spending my Lenten Season here.

My bedroom door

The portal to my bedroom has this marking on the door.

The letter "G" means:

a) Girl

b) Goddess

c) Gregarious

d) None of the above

Note: Give the correct answer and you win a prize

Lunch at Mexican-inspired Restaurant -

Today, some friends and I went to this Mexican-inspired restaurant called Mooon Cafe. The name - Mooon Cafe -has 3 letter "o"s after the three owners.

That is Angie in the picture, she was our server for the day and at the latter part of lunch was also one of our photographer. (I took this particular photo though.)

This small cafe is so reflective of the festive colors one would see at a Mexican restaurant anywhere. It had lots of bright colors all around. The cloth napkin was a bright orange and you can never go wrong with that. The restaurant is in a two-story building and does occupy both a ground floor and "upstairs" - where we gathered and fested on Veracruz tortilla among other and fruit shakes. I had the mango shake before settling on the beef stroganoff. My choice is not exactly Mexican food but I know I wanted something with button mushrooms and creamy sauce so for me it was beef stroganoff.

It was more of whom you are with than what you are eating that made the gathering lots of fun.

The place is easy to find and ample parking because it is next to a major shopping mall. My friends meet now and again to catch up. And as high school friends gathered together we had years of stories to tell.

After a freshly brewed cup of coffee, we parted ways. But the girls being girls could never pass up the chance to shop since it was right next to a mall and all.

Another day...

After the rain..comes the sunshine.

There is nothing like working with nature.

Living in Asia can have its benefits. And just like any place of residence, often times it has its downside as well. Weather changes has been drastic and sporadic in terms of farming but the payoff is so much more when you work in an area like where I am.

The picture to the left is where I spend most of my sunny days. If you could enlarge the photo, you will see a small hut, I had that built with nipa materials and bamboo floors. It is the closest I could get to have a place for shade and still use native materials to blend with nature. The breeze next to the tall bamboo trees and the shade from the mango tree is heavenly. Beyond the hut I could set my eyes on a series of coconut trees, tall ones and short ones. And right before I get to the hut, I would pass by the rice paddies (foreground of photo) and as you can see there is also a cow in the picture. Pastural, is a word that comes to mind but it does not cover the entire scenery. It is farming 101, basics of crops growing next to each other and still not deplete nature.

I hope you like it. I sure do. Ciao. Until more photos for another day...