Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

I can’t believe we actually managed to buy gifts for the family. I was ready to give up when for the past 2 days there wasn’t any cash in the ATMs and we barely had enough money to buy vegetables in the market for our meals. Anyway, I speculated that the banks probably allowed the cash ’shortage’ in order to increase subscription to credit cards (and other such ‘express’ cards).

Anyway, I didn’t quite like the idea (and the stress) of ‘holiday shopping’ although it does give lots of people a kind of high, I guess. My mom and aunties are experts on these things, so they do their Christmas shopping in June. If I start crocheting scrunchies, mats, socks, toys and other such things in June then I too could have enough to give away for Christmas. Trevor told me my relatives would all complain, oh another crocheted sock from auntie Fats!

I was actually able to crochet some 5 scrunchies to give to two people, and I am currently trying to finish a crocheted sleeveless blouse for our Christmas family reunion at Auntie Ciony’s house. So at least I won’t have to buy new clothes. Hmm… come to think of it, I’m not in the habit of buying new clothes for Christmas or New Year anyway!

While looking for gifts to give away at Circle C, we bumped into Heber and his wife. What a surprise! It was great since the last we met was probably February and Heber gets to greet us personally for our wedding. We’ve been planning the wedding and reception to take place at his garden, and that he’d sing for us (he’ll be singing at Christmas Eve mass  for the Magdalo mutineers) and give us a gift holiday to Puerto Princesa. This was early last year and so many things have taken place, and so many difficulties … And finally a simple wedding that we hadn’t really planned.

It was a nice evening - and Heber treated us to dinner at The Old Spaghetti House.

I guess Trevor is quite pleased with the “food treat” tradition here, that is, everyone is so fond of treating each other to food. Our landlady told us that for Noche Buena she will bring us food so we won’t have to stress ourselves cooking our own! Her family is always bringing us food when there is a birthday in their house, and my family is always treating us out or at their homes to eat whenever there’s a birthday too.

It’s nearly Christmas!

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