Herbst Decoration

The weather is really freaking cold especially at night. It's supposed to be autumn but what we feel is winter coldness, blame it on climate change. Though we have a freezing temperature, decorations in houses, streets and shopping centers are for autumn season.

Take a look of our bank here with nice Fall decorations.


Though the weather is cold, that didn't stop me from eating waffel with vanilla ice cream.

Our Bühlertal Trip

Maureen and Peter, a wonderful couple and a family friend invited us to visit their new place in Bühlertal. They live before in Urloffen which is just 10 minutes drive from our place. Because of new work assignment for Peter, they decided to rent a house near his place of work.

Going to their new place is just like going to Baguio. We got lost because of the road construction near their place, somehow the navigator got confused. We finally found their place and we were surprised that it is somewhere near the mountain and a good place for skiing during winter.

We're really very happy to see them once again. Maureen prepared a combination of Filipino and Thai foods which she learned from her training in a thai restaurant. They seemed to enjoy their newfound haven and new acquaintances.

The foods was delicious, it's very cold up there but their warm welcome and smile is enough, there's really no dull moment with them.

Germany in Autumn

It's supposed to be falling of leaves season here but due to climate change, the weather suddenly shifted to winter. For the past days, its very cold and windy. There's already snow in the mountain and in some areas in Germany.

Around our house, there are already tons of dried leaves waiting to be collected and to be disposed. But it's very cold, staying too long outside is not good for the health. We already adopted some of the leaves of the neighbors and our dried leaves also decided to leave us without asking permission, but its okey, they are free to go wherever they want. I would like it more if they're all gone. Enough of the leaves tale for now, just wanted to show you my picture, who said that only celebrities can walk in the red carpet? here in our city, you can walk, pose and shop while in the red carpet.

The Weekly Get-Together

It's our turn yesterday evening to host dinner for our family friends. We started this weekly get together last month to strengthen the friendship between the three families. Besides our partners in life had one thing in common, they're all golf players. It is during these dinners that they talked about mostly golf and family matters.

I cooked ginisang munggo, adobo and tortang talong for us pinay girls. For our german partners, I prepared vegetable salad and Joy baked turkey breast with mushroom and noodles. For our dessert, i prepared turon and leche plan.

My sister who live in Köln also dropped by for a short visit before driving to Freiburg to visit her sons and our relatives.

My Mother's Bestfriend

Manang Angelina, as we fondly called her is a retired principal in a Philippine public school. She was my mother's bestfriend when she was still alive for they have one thing in common, they both love to dance.

I always saw Manang Angelina perform folk dances in different occasions. I love her gracefulness and the way she project herself when dancing. Parties became lively because of her jokes. Today, i saw her to condole and grieve with her. Her husband of 14 years passed away at the age of 78. I can feel the sadness and pain in her heart.

After the 1 pm mass today, her husband Eric was laid to rest. May his soul rest in peace.

LP- Maagap

LP day na naman mga kasapi at ang ating tema para sa araw na ito ay MAAGAP or very prompt sa english. May kasabihan tayong mga pinoy na 'daig ng maagap, ang masipag.'Sa araw araw nating pamumuhay, bukod sa sipag, kailangan rin nating maging maagap o gawin kaagad ang nararapat at hindi na ipagliliban pa sa ibang araw. Huwag rin po nating kalimutang silipin ang lahok ng ibang miyembro ng Litratong Pinoy.

Dito sa Germany, sa pagsagip ng buhay, maagap din ang mga ambulansya sa pagtugon ng mga tumatawag sa kanila upang mabigyan ng mabilisang medical attention ang nangangailangan.
Sa ating bansa, mas mabuting ang kaanak na lamang ang magdala sa ospital kesa maghintay ng ambulansya o tulong, siguradong bago dumating ang tinawag, malamang ay matraffic, masiraan sa daan dahil sa lubak lubak na kalsada at marami pang dahilan.


Kapag may nasira sa kalye, agad din nilang nirerepair ito upang hindi lumala at makaperhuwisyo sa tao.
May pag asa pa kaya ang ating bansa? Saan napupunta ang mga buwis na binabayad ng mga empleyado? Saan napupunta ang budget para sa repair ng mga kalsada? Napakaraming katanungan pero alam nating lahat ang kasagutan.


Karamihan sa mga Aleman ay masisipag kaya naman ang kanilang bansa ay maunlad. Sila rin ay maagap na kagaya ng nasa larawan, pagtapos ang winefestival ay kanila rin agad na niligpit ang kanilang mga gamit.
Sa ating bayang magiliw, karamihan sa basurang iniwan ng bagyong Ondoy, hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa nahahakot lahat kaya naman ang mga tao ay may bagong pangamba, ang magkasakit. Napakasakit talaga Kuya Eddie ang nangyayari sa ating bansa sa kasalukuyan, sino kaya ang dapat sisihin, ang mother nature? climate change? ang pamahalaan? ang mga public official? ang mga taong abuso sa kapaligiran? Walang mangyayari sa a blame game, atin na lamang isipin na ang lahat ng ito ay wake-up call para sa lahat.

Our Retirement House

It took seven months to finish our retirement haven, one month earlier than expected. Thank God we encountered a very minimal problem with our contractor. They correctly followed the plans with just some changes in the architectural side. The construction process runs smoothly and everything fall into the right places.

Today, my sisters together with my two daughters visited our empty house. They checked if there's some problem caused by the recent typhoon. Probably the wind is on the opposite direction that our furnitures in the terrace was not damaged. The big car of my youngest sister also fits in our garage.


Our next project is to furnished the house and the landscaping of our small garden. I think it will take time to complete the furnishings.

Below is our Bulingling, my grandaughter with her Lola Sexy