FrancescaInFrance

Me, Marie, Lorraine (Amy's pretty daughter) and Amy aka Francesca



Thanks, as you can see I already used it. It's nice!



Yummy crabs...my favorite!

The controversial Francesca is in town for a short vacation. Of course we have to see her! Ever since I became friends with her, everytime she comes home, we (me and Cuz ) make it a point to see her. We agreed to meet at Bonifacio High St. I remember bringing them here the last time she came home. This time we had lunch at ClawDaddy's, minus Michel. Once again we had a great time...great food, great friendship!

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Never Ending Awards, thank you!

I was given this award by Ana aka Francine. Thanks An for this award, you deserve this award from me too. I'm fortunate that I have met you in person while you were still here in Manila. I hope to see you in November?

I'm giving this award to the following people who have shown extra friendship beyond blogging.

KC
Thess
Justice
Pao
Francesca
G
Liz
and to my bff Cuz Marie

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From Thailand w/ LOVE

Look what I got in the mail this morning! It's a postcard from Thess who is currently enjoying her vacation in Thailand. Thank you very much Thess, it means a lot to be remembered by someone who is having the time of her life. Go over her blog and see bits and pieces of her rendezvous, and don't forget to appreciate the pictures she has taken, Man this girl has an eye for photography. Thanks a lot again, mwah ^_^

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We Were There

We attended The Philippine Blog Awards earlier to represent FrancescainFrance who was one of the finalists in the Special Awards category (Best OFW Blog). It was a successful event, though I expected see and meet more bloggers. I was happy to have met ApplesH who was part of the registration team. I saw Toni and her hubby who's seated right in front of us, Toni bagging the Best Home and Living Blog category...congratulations! Funny how Toni was excluded in the announcement of the finalist in that category, and that her husband had to point out to the emcees the screenshot being flashed on the stage (imho, even if her blog was not listed in the script, those emcees should have known since they were bloggers themselves, one even mentioned that she went through all the blogs of the finalists last night).

Congratulations to all the winners...and to Francesca, even if you did not bag the award, you are still a winner...in our hearts. We love you!

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G...Gealouxy...GIRLIE

G! Finally we met...you are such a beautiful and wonderful person. We had lunch at Podium along with Cuz, Toni and Tito Rolly. It was also the first time that I met Tito Rolly (everybody's Tito, young and old), he's such a funny sensitive guy. Anyways, We enjoyed all the food that was served, the conversations(it was like we have been friends for a long time, oh maybe we are - "cyberfriends").

Too bad Toni and Tito Rolly couldn't stay for G's "babystuff" shopping. Nope, she is not shopping for herself, but for her sister who is giving birth this Feb. See why I say she is wonderful? Really she is! After some shopping, we had coffee at Starbucks, talked about a lot of things, forgetting about the time and all. G, it was really great seeing you and hope to see you again hopefully with Kat this time.

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Rare Times

I woke up extra early today to prepare the marinades for the food that I will be serving Cuz and her family for lunch. I was a bit excited and at the same time worried coz this is the first time I'm having guests at home. I am used to cooking only for the family. I decided to go "inihaw" (grilled), having porkchops, chicken inasal, and milkfish. I also included in the menu my signature korean dish which is beef bulgoki which we were supposed to cook in the dining table (but everyone was hungry so I decided to just cook it myself in the stove) and my Mom's famous(only among relatives) pancit molo. I haven't quite perfected this dish yet but i'm proud to say that i've come close (di ba Kuya Rey?) to Mom's version.

It was a fun filled afternoon, kids having their own things to do like watch dvd, play video games, surf the net. The boys had their own too, talking about guns, bikes, dogs, etc. Of course we had our own agenda too, talked about the costumes we will be wearing in our upcoming belly recital on the first week of December, I showed Cuz the materials I was able to buy in Divisoria, and we were able to practice one dance routine.

Time was short, we couldn't squeeze all the things we wanted to do, I guess that's how it always is when you are having fun, time rans fast. For photos, please click Cuz' latest entry here

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