Tag Archives: Alyssa

Maligayang Bati

Two weekends ago I went home for my niece’s 1st birthday party. Filipino parties are pretty boring for me when there’s no one my age to converse with, so I mostly played with my nieces, but the real treat of these parties is THE FOOD! I miss it so much when I’m at school! My mom made me a care package of Filipino food to take back to school with me, but I forgot to grab it off the coffee table before I left! :-(

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Family Dinner

The reason I came home this weekend was because my brother is turning 30 today and my parents wanted to have dinner as a family to celebrate the occasion.

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My mom loves my niece!

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My other niece explores under the table.

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Takeout chinese food.

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My niece is still learning to talk. Barney helps.

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My sister and her family.

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Happy happy birthday cake. My dad played a birthday song CD which brought back memories. 

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My aunt and grandma pray the rosary in tagalog downstairs.

I try to go home once a month to visit the fam — usually I get pretty homesick when I look thru my photos, haha.