Dinner with the Kriz

Yesterday, though its foggy, we did drive to Thomas and Mabel's house in Lahr to have dinner with them. Also present were the parents of Thomas. How time really flies fast, Their love story which we orchestrated started in Boracay and now they have two wonderful kids.

Thomas is a very good cook, he can passed for a chef in any restaurant hotel. He is the man in the kitchen. For our dinner, he prepared königsbergerklopse, a specific meatballs with white sauce and kapern, boiled potatoes and vegetable salad. For our dessert, apple cake and vanille star ice cream.

The Kriz kids are sooo cute, Annika loves to read and play, while Alexis is a behaved baby. The grandparents are happy with the new addition to their family.



Annika in her tantrum mode

Because of "You"...

I'm really very proud of you, because....

I gain lot of web friends, real and reel ones
I was able to share all my thoughts and feelings
I reflect on life and works of arts
You changed my life's perspective
I used to ignore things, now big and small matters
I was able to communicate and share informations
I have now a bit knowledge about photography
Now i talk less because they know already my everyday life
My love ones and friends knows photo first before eating
you're my stress reliever
You cured my homesickness and boring moments
We were able to help and raise funds for typhoon victims
You create awareness
you're a silent witness to all my mood swings
I was able to explore and share the east and west culture
You travel with me and you become my travel guide
And the most important You connect me to the world
All in the name of BLOG

And also because of you...

I sometimes lose my patience and sanity
I already lose two cameras, it slipped on my hand, kaputt....
I infected two of my computers, also kaputt.....
I lost two umbrellas, i forgot because of picture taking
I lose some of my cooking pans, forgot my cooking
All because of BLOGGING


(Below) Dirk trying to save a cooking pan

Lunch at Carmen's Place

I just came back from a spontaneous lunch invitation of Carmen who just returned from her 3-week vacation in Bantayan Island, Cebu. I already cooked our lunch but i cannot say no to a very good friend and besides she just live nearby.

Carmen is from Cebu so expect the bulad to be on the center of the table matched by Ginisang Munggo. Since we came from different parts of the Philippines, each have their own version of cooking pinoy dishes. She cooked the ginisang munggo with coconut milk and some of my friends cooked it with pumpkin, potatoes, eggplant, etc. I remember my mother cooking it with malunggay or ampalaya leaves, she also put some sotanghon on it.


Our dessert is the leftover one and only ripe mango which is soooo sweet, the three of us shared it. Our snack is a cebu delicacy which i forgot the name but i remember carmen bought it at Titay's. We also have our take home danggit, dried squid and dilis.

My New Ebay Star

I just recently reached 100 positive evaluation from the German Ebay.de. This means that my new star is turkish blue in color. For 10 positive evaluation, i got yellow, 50 blue and 100 turkish blue. I'm looking forward to the next star.


PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO, here is the link

Missing Colleague

One of our colleague in the hotel where we work is missing since October 6, 2009. She is very friendly and love to travel. She was last seen driving her car to wander in Austria. On most of her trips, she will always send postcard, but this time there's none and she's missing. Her family is very much worried about her whereabouts. She is 32 years old, very slim, with pink hair and piercing on her lower lip.


Her car was found in the parking area of St. Anton am Arlberg in Austria. All her belongings were intact in the car trunk including her gadgets and jackets. But she is nowhere to be found. The worried family set up a website for her www.waleah.de for any information available.

Friday Dinner

We have dinner at Joy's place last friday. Lalaine is in Karlsruhe so Michael came with his daughter Michelle. This time Joy prepared vegetable salad, Gulasch and noodles. Joy's husband left early to attend to his music club and we also didn't stay long because i'm not feeling well that time.

Joy and me feasted on Dinuguan and Ginisang Munggo which i cooked. I also prepared Leche Plan and Ginataang Bilo-bilo for our dessert.

Lunch with Friends

The best thing in life are free. That is true because our lunch today is free courtesy of a good friend Melds who invited us to have lunch at their place. She cooked corned beef omelet, ginisang sitaw and of course the girls' favorite crispy danggit.