1. Tom, Angel, Martha and Dylan arrived Cotabato on Dec. 23, 2009
2. Emil and Marion came home on the 24th. Christmas eve dinner at my home with Lucio and Conchita, Eugene and Aimee Tan & children, Vicente and Sofia Co and grand daughter, my sister Jeannette Yu and her family, close friend Kian Hua Co and of course Lucas and me and my family except for Roy who was in Seattle, USA.
3. After dinner, we attended mass at Queen of Peace Church from 9 to 10 in the evening.
4. After the Christmas Mass, we came home to open our gifts. Emil donned the Santa's hat and started the distribution of presents. Dylan received a lot of gifts and his favorite was Thomas the train complete with rail and bus tracks. We were all fascinated by his favorite toy too. It was Dylan Christmas wish. He drew it on a paper and put it inside a cardboard stocking he and his teacher helped make at school. This stocking was hanged on the Christmas tree and his parents made sure he got his Christmas wish and more. Everybody was equally elated as Dylan jumped and ran and screamed and played with joy.
6. Noche Buena after the opening of presents - We ate my traditional Christmas ham and a special ordered pato tim, however there were not enough coke and bread ( my mistake ) so we drank juice instead and just simply shared and finished what's remaining from our loaf of bread that day. Haha! It was a good meal altogether!
7. Went to bed late and most of us woke up late on Christmas Day.
8. We went to CCI in the afternoon of Dec. 25th. Angel watched over Dylan while he played on the slide and seesaw. Lucas and I took a walk around the school while Tom, Emil, Martha and Marion played 21 and 2 on 2 on the basketball court.
9. The family except Lucas who had to work in the store on Dec. 26, 2009 went to Agco Kidapawan for sight seeing and took a dip in the cold and hot water pools at the side of Mt Apo. It was an enjoyable whole day excursion.
10. Emil and Marion left for Manila the next day Dec. 27 for their year end work duties.
11. LCT Hardware Employees Christmas party at South Sea's Ballroom in the evening of Dec. 27th. The Tans present were Lucio, Conchita, Eugene, Lucas, Heddy, Tomas, Angel, Martha and Dylan. We consumed one whole lechon on our table. It was crispy and yummy. I didn't eat anything else except lechon and rice and few cakes.
12. Angel, Martha and I went shopping at Simply Fashion Boutique and South Sea's Mall on December 28. In the evening was the CCI Annual Alumni Homecoming Event - a time for meeting old classmates and friends. Union Hardware won the first prize - an Isuzu Crosswind car.
13. Next day December 29th, Dylan was fretful and not feeling well. We mostly stayed at home. I baked cupcakes and planned my menu for the new year.
14. Angel and I and the whole household got really busy on Dec. 30: Me with my fruit cakes, Angel with her fruit salad and the houselhelps with our home cooked suman. My suman recipe was really delicious!!! I gave away cupcakes and suman to relatives and closed friends. After a hard day work of preparing food, we took our supper at Circuit Resto. The children were surprised that the restaurant served delicious crispy pata, sizzling beef spare ribs and pizza. Everybody at home was worried because Dylan was still sick.
15. On Dec. 31, the family had New Year's Eve dinner at Lucio's place. We went to Mass at 9 to 10 in the evening. We came home after the mass to prepare for the noche buena. My center piece was a shinny golden brown roast turkey breast. Everybody waited for the new year's count down
and cheers!!!.............. HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!! P.S. Tom and Angel brought Dylan to a doctor on Jan.1, 2010. He took the medication and felt a lot better.
A blessed, happy and prosperous year 2010 to all !!!
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