letter to Brunei

Dear Brunei,

Hi! It's been 13 days since we last saw you and we've been missing you already. I hope everything is good and I also hope that you miss us too :)

I will miss the double rainbows.
And the beach too.
I will miss your culture.
I'll miss The Mall and Yayasan, though I must admit I'd miss The Mall more (the shopaholic in me confess haha). And of course Empire.
Oh darling Empire, I love you. I promise to see you again.

Having met you is one of our life's major breakthroughs. We learned a lot from you. You have a different culture, religion, language even government but you welcomed us with open arms. You let us into your territory and shared your abundance with us.

Your surname Darusallam means Abode of Peace in Arabic, and true to your name you have been peaceful and calm through the years. I deeply admire you for that. May you always remain blessed.

You've made a permanent mark etched in our hearts, an awesome mark.

"Au Revoir" - "Till we meet again"

Love,
Em, Alvin and Thea

Father's Day t-shirts

Custom t-shirts are very much in demand these days. Customers would be those who want to see their name in their shirt, people who want to personalize their gift, advertisers, schools and so many others.
So I went to cafepress t-shirts site and I got interested. They got timely Father's day gifts (which is next Sunday mind you), graduation, even pets.
I like this humor shirt :D

The prices range from $16-$29 but the t-shirts look comfy. Dont know about deliveries though, I dont have time to read all the stuff. Plus I dont know if it will reach in time if you order from the Philippines nyahaha. I am pretty much reminding you lang that Father's day is this Sunday and we need to find something special for the father of our children and our dads as well.
Here's another shirt from cafe press :)
would be nice for my Tatay as he got 4 beautiful daughters

Slide

COnfession of the Momma Queen: I rock climb, I rapel, I even ziplined. I like swings but slide is a no no no. I cant remember going down the slide, be it at the park or at the pool. Slide is a different dimension I couldnt get myself to even try. Maybe because of Tatay's story about the manong who fell down the slide at the pool and lost his life, I was still in elementary and the idea etched in my young mind.

My princess is different. Just see the pics below. She just love the slide. Whenever we drive going to OGDC her face glows knowing that she'll play at the park again.

My not so little girl is enjoying the slide something she didnt get from me.

This slide is like 3x her height. Mommy was scared, but after a while I got tired of following her and I just let her enjoy it.

For some time she's been trying to go down the other slide but somehow she doesnt have the courage yet to take the covered slide. Then she saw other kids doing it so she tried. The first time she did it was super slow, next time she tried - it went fast then faster :) Here she is at the end of the slide, mommy and daddy are proud!


Live, Laugh, Love
Nyem

love love love

1.love
We are here in Seria, Brunei and will be until the 30th of the month. Her dad gifted her a drumset and she loves it :)

2.love love
Family is complete, Playground is near, Thea happy, Mommy and Daddy happy! Next picture is at OGDC - Oil and Gas Discovery Center! We missed this place, Calumpit kids dont have a luxury of a playground neither a park with grass as in none, well you cant count the memorial park can we?


3. love love love
It's our 3rd year anniversary! This time we didnt went to Empire as it was on the 1st and 2nd anniv. It's a bit far and it would affect's Thea's sleep time so we'll move the fancy date this weekend.
We went to Kaizen a japanese restaurant, you dont go wrong with salmon belly teriyaki and scallop teppanyaki, yummyness.

The best part of our vacation here though is how the little girl behaves here.
1 - She eats again with stress SHE EATS!!! Whenever she eats her dad looks at me as if saying "See Thea likes it here more" 2 - She mimics daddy's abc to z, plays with dad and even sings "your eyes your eyes" oh guess what song is that from? Her kind of music amaze me really she likes nursery rhymes but she also likes bruno mars, chipmunks and "hear ye' black eyed peas I gotta feeling :D
i love brunei and having my two best people to be with every single day!