Guests have arrived.

The party has started, relatives from far and wide gather to feast on Mom's hongba and mango pandan.

Max was not getting along well with a guest though: Conan.

Preparation for the Death Anniversay

Death Anniversary again for Grandpa father side. Relatives from the father side will be coming in at lunch tomorrow lunch Saturday. I may wake just after they leave.

Mom of course washes Max, we need to be presentable!

Max after a wash loves to roll and roll and roll, I think he is trying the wetness out of his face.

Mom will be cooking the feast and will be preparing her most special dessert: mango pandan jelly salad.

Party at Dannyboy's place

All of Mom's side of the family were invited. Food was korean: dumpling, grilled pork, kimchi, beef stew... cake and fondue at the end. 3 events in one: (1) Kristine's going away party, Mother's day and Pacquiao's fight.

After lunch we played bingo and watched the slide presentation of the Boracay trip and a tribute to Kristine. Dannyboy gave a rose to each mother. And there were picture's from Boracay framed and given to the guests. Mom's picture's were pretty good, Dannyboy has recently taken of photography and photographed the pictures that were framed and in the slide show.

Pie, a big fan of Pacquiao, was watching the fight from a movie house. Before coming to the party, he texted that we should let Ado go home to watch the fight. Pie was not able to make it to the party though but was pretty close to attending. When he tried to get into the compound the guard would not let him in, this was because the non-owners were only allowed to go in thru the main entrance. Pie, irritated, went back home, which is just a couple of minutes away.