A script for yesterday's laughter

Scene 1: Early morning conversation at home

T: Can I borrow your Toshiba netbook, please?

J: Sure, use K's account. Her password is "Sweetie" with a capital S.

T: Sweetie? S-w-e-a-

J: No, S-w-e-E

T: Ok, S-w-e-A-

J: No, no, no! It's Sweetie, as in, like K! Double E! Not sweaty, as in like you pag pinawisan ka after you walk.

T: Ah ok, I get it! (hindi na nagtangka mag-spelling ulit) 

Scene 2: Conversation in the car in the evening

J: So, K, this is what Papa said this morning ... blah, blah, blah!

(Laughter from everyone)

T: E kasi naman, Bisaya ako. Pareho lang naman sa amin ang pronunciation nun kahit na magkaiba pa ang spelling! S-w-e-e-t-i-e ... swety at S-w-e-a-t-y ... swety pa rin! Hahaha!

(More laughter from everyone)

T: Besides, puede naman kasing gamitin both words to describe Kara, di ba? Especially when she puts off her showers for later in the day! Hahaha!

(K groans)

J: Sorry but this scene is going to end up in my blog.

(Laughter from everyone)

Paris 4

Bercy Village

                                                    Charles de Gaulle airport restroom

Paris 3: Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur Basilica

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.

The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.

Hongkong in September 2011

From Paris, the 3 of us got off at Hongkong (Para, mama!) for 3 days just to break our long trip. Tito planed in from Manila to meet us. We didn't do anything new except for the Avenue of the Stars. Fun!

Paris 2: The Louvre

The Louvre

Paris 1

Lucerne, Switzerland

Where in the world is Liechstenstein?

The Principality of Liechtenstein (Listeni/ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ lik-tən-styn) is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. Liechtenstein has the second highest gross domestic product per person in the world and has the world's lowest external debt.

Liechtenstein is the smallest yet the richest (by measure of GDP per capita) German-speaking country in the world and the only country to lie entirely within the Alps. It is the only predominantly German-speaking country not to share a common border with Germany and the only predominantly German-speaking nation to have a monarch. It is known as a principality as it is a constitutional monarchy headed by a prince. The country has a strong financial sector located in the capital, Vaduz, and has been identified as a tax haven.

Venezia

Firenze!

Florence, Italy

Tower Power

Postcard Rome

Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Castel Gandolfo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl ɡanˈdɔlfo],[1] Latin: Castrum Gandulphi, colloquially Castello in the Castelli Romani dialects) is a small Italian town or comune in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope.

The resort community includes almost the whole coastline of Lake Albano that is surrounded by many summer residences, villas and cottages built during the seventeenth century.

Assisi, Italy

Roma, on our own

August 24-28, 2011

Post-WYD Madrid

Days in the Diocese (Coria-Caceres)

Kara is 23

Dinner at Cyma

Cloistered!

Dominican House of Prayer
February 25 - March 1, 2011

Woman-to-woman guarding

Friday evening to Sunday morning in DAP, then Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning in Viewpoint Hotel! Goodness, I have infected my daughter with the can't-finish-a-paper-unless-I work-in-Tagaytay virus! We managed to complete most of what we set out to do thanks to long, late nights fueled by food & coffee from a nearby, friendly cafe.  I guess I should start saving up for the next one!