I sat here for about 10 minutes thinking of how to describe this weekend and I decided to just write whatever came to mind. I could have written a nice long intricate tale of the weekend but I thought I would just keep with the theme of the weekend, family. I know that doesn’t make much sense but I had forgotten just how important family life is here in Philly. I know that some of you will say that family is important everywhere but the whole lifestyle here revolves around the family. Im finding it very difficult to explain but lets just say that Im starting to remember that fact and its a very good feeling. The only real downer for me last night was that my immediate family(Mum, Nina, and Rujay) were not here for the party because it ended up being a pretty big Torres reunion. Most of my Mums Brothers and Sisters came and at such short notice too for which I am very grateful. I suspect it had as much to do with having an excuse to see each other again after so long rather than for my birthday lol. Also present were 2 of the cousins that I was closest to when I was growing up here, Kuya Ninoy and Kuya Jimmy. Both have obviously changed after so many years but within 5 minutes we were back to laughing and joking like kids again. It was so very good seeing all of the old(sorry, older ;P) faces again and a few new ones too and even though it rained for most of the evening nothing could have stopped the laughter, gossip and general merriment that happened last night. At one point I felt like a celeb cause I actually had to do a round of photos with various members of the family with their respective families and that took about half an hour after saying hello and all the hugging and kissing and the ‘you’ve got so big!’ I was more than happy to pose and talk though cause I had missed them as much as they missed me. There was also a videoke machine there which I can assure you was used non-stop from 10 AM till the whenever the party finished. All sorts of songs were sung from old love songs to Filipino classics and after a while it just became part of the background noise. I resisted the urge to perform though for fear of everyone leaving :)
A big thank you has to go out to Ate Precy and Kuya Guilbert for hosting the party for me and also special thanks to Tita Edith, Tito Tony and all the others who prepared all the food and made the night possible. Because of last night. I have also asked everyone else who had a camera to email them to me so if and when I get more pics I will add them. The food last night was amazing, I was more than happy with my specially made veggie spaghetti but there was also freshly caught grilled Tilapia, fresh lumpia, chop suey, and various other Filipino dishes which was more for my carnivorous relatives than for me :D All in all a great time seemed to be had by all so there was nothing more that I could have asked for. At the time of writing I have been invited to 3 more fiestas in the next month as well as having orders to visit everyones homes around the Philippines. So at least I cant say that I will just be sitting here bored with a busy social calendar like that!
PS Thanks for all the messages and the kind words that you have all sent me today, its much appreciated :D
I tried uploading the pics the normal way but no joy so I have uploaded them to my picasa account and you should just be able to view them by clicking the link, enjoy!
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/pjdetorres/SonyCyberShotDSCW130?authkey=Gv1sRgCLTHnp6cncDIkAE#
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