Jandrea...so far

    Two days in January were spent in Tagaytay in the company of the members of the Parish Pastoral Council of the Holy Family Parish. We were busy at work evaluating the previous year's action plans and then planning our programs for this year. It was fun seeing the church elders and the younger-than-the- elders  (which included me, I hope) flash those smiles and let lose those antics after feverishly working on our outputs. Just proves that the child in everyone is awakened with only a little nudging from a camera. Say cheese!!!

   These are what we had for family dinner two nights ago: Main dishes:           Chili con carne                                     Brown rice Drink:                       Green tea with mint Dessert:                   Tikoy                                    Christmas stollen      Midway through the meal, I laughingly observed that it was made up of an assortment of dishes that were foreign in origin.  It was a combination of Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, German, and of course, Filipino food. If I hadn't taken note of it, the meal's odd character would have passed unnoticed. It is not our practice to have themed meals in our household. We just serve what we enjoy eating and on this particular day, they just happened to be what it was. Singaporean dish we had in a restaurant in our neighborhood      Perhaps the international flavor comes from our family's openness to try all sorts of dishes. Even in their childhood, my kids were not afraid to try new and "s