Dada's Christmas

This blog would not be complete without some account of how Christmas was celebrated by at least one of our classmates.
Here's a taste of Dada Javier-Tan's hectic but happy season. I don't have pictures of Dada's Holiday activities, but here are a couple of our party-going diva while she was in Manila during the "Homecoming Holidays last February". My, that was almost a year ago! How time goes by so fast!!!!!

Dada's Story:

Hello! The X'mas season is just about over. After writing 120 X'mas cards & wrapping about 60 presents & delivering them, shopping the day after X'mas for X'mas cards, wrappers, tags at 1/2 price, putting up about 60 cards I received on my wall (shaped like a X'mas tree), entertaining guests after X'mas day, I'm all pooped! On the 28th & 29th I had relatives visiting from LA & Sacramento. Finally got to see my cousin (her first time in the US) & her husband from Sacramento. She just arrived from the Phil a month ago & I never got to visit her in Sacto kasi I've had events every weekend. Vicky's son, Ronald & his wife Cherrie drove all the way from LA to Sacto & stayed there overnight. Then they drove all the way here & 4 of them stayed over night at our house. I toured them SF. We had lunches & dinners & shopping.

After 2 days of spending time w/ my relatives I went out w/ our classmates the next night (30th). Rea, Stella & I went to the St. Francis Hotel to have some cocktails & appetizers w/ our classmate, Melba who is visiting from Sarasota, Florida. Melba, her husband & daughter stopped by SF for a few days after their trip from Beijing & Shanghai. Then we went to eat Thai food a couple of blocks away then we spent the evening chit chatting at Stella's condo. We left at 1:00 am & walked about 4 blocks in the rain & wind. I dropped off Rea at her place & I got home around 2:10 am.

So, on New Year's eve I spent the whole morning sleeping cuz I was already catching a cold. I got up w/ aching body & sore throat. I ate first then took some medicine. Then Jauw & I got ready for our New Year's Eve Party at the Clarion Hotel. It was a formal dinner/dance w'/ a live band. It was one of those Fil assoc. parties. We sat together w/ Agnes & Dan & Eva & Mike Cullen. At first Jauw didn't want to go cuz he didn't want to wear his tuxedo. But he changed his mind anyway & went. We danced until 12:45 am when Jauw already had enough. Of course he bugged me several times earlier to go home. I'm glad he lasted that long. BTW, the Fil bakla (Crystal) made a grand entrance in a red halter gown around 11 pm or after. She had a long blonde wig & looked fabulous! Napakasexy talaga! She sat next to Jauw. Ha, Ha, ha.....

Here's an email below from my daughter, Cheryl who is vacationing in Poland:

I'll call again soon. We spent New Year's in a cabin around 1/2 hr. away from here. They had an outdoor sauna and we went back and forth between jumping in the icy lake and the sauna. It was fun and something different. We were also going to go on a sleigh ride with horses but the roads were icy and they were bad conditions for the horses. We have to wait until it snows heavily.

Wow! Cheryl said it was -25 degrees below 0. I can't believe she jumped in the icy waters! BRRRRR......She's the same daughter who went tandem parachuting last year on her 22nd birthday!

I'm so glad it's a holiday today (Jan 2) so I'm just resting home. It's really raining heavily today & I just want to be under the covers! ...... Dada