remembering tarlac [dec 23-25]

fresh from bohol, salt water and all, we headed straight to tarlac to spend the christmas with tito danny. we did some last minute shopping at moa and arrived at tito danny's crib at around 12 midnight. what a house... it was huge... and scary... maybe because of the dim lights? maybe because it's an old house?

tito danny welcomed us with open arms. also, the christmas lights in the garden were all blazing with joy. thanks, tito danny for the warm greetings! and the warm food awaiting us. yummy paksiw na bangus, paksiw na baboy. yummy food at 2am!

the next day, we prepared for the noche buena and the 9pm mass - which was said in kapampangan. hihihi. i learned from sonny (house mate) that only the evening sunday mass is said in english. the rest is in kapampangan :) interesting. this is the first time we heard mass as a complete family. it feels odd having a "dad" figure around. odd but warm, odd but good, odd but great actually! :)

25th felt a lot like christmas because there were children every now and then asking for aguinaldo from tito danny. there were lots of food on the table. aha, but one thing i noted, there was no christmas tree inside the house. yahuh, no christmas tree but tons of christmas lights outside :) and kwitis!

we headed back home on the evening of 25th it was a weird way spending christmas night. baybayin ang nlex. hahaha! it was a good christmas season - spent with the new family member, tito danny. :)

more pics here :)