Thanks to these bags and school uniforms, our problem has lessen a little because, now, we are only going to worry about other school supplies like notebooks, pencils, papers and others. Money for tuition fees is not going to be a big problem because Rodymel, Romelyn and Rain are all attending Public Schools but we still have to pay for miscellaneous expenses which can be very high.

Well, with this many bags, I don’t think the kids will be able to use all of them. I’m sure they are going to pick one and use it for the entire year (or until it becomes worn out). Of course, the Spongebob Squarepants bag belongs to Rhomiel already because she likes Spongbob Squarepants very much and I don’t think she will let anyone take it from her.

Again, thanks to Ms. Twinkle de Leon for all of the bags and school uniforms. The kids love them and appreciate them very much.

This year’s Good Friday Procession was very special because there was only one big procession featuring all the carriages in the City. I think San Pablo City has the best carriages in the country and the carriage carrying the Last Supper Scene was once the biggest before it was cut down to size. The Last Supper carriage used to span both lanes of Rizal Avenue and turning it was a very hard task for the men pulling it.

Unfortunately, we didn’t actually watch the procession because there was too many of them and it was also getting dark already. What we did was, we went to each carriage as they were parked at the side of Rizal Avenue and looked at them while they were getting ready for the procession.

I took some photos of the carriages but I haven’t yet uploaded them but below are a couple of pictures of the family.

Because it was a Street Senakulo, the audience also had to follow the group as they perform or they won’t see anything. Did I follow the performance? Nope. It was very hot that day so I just waited at the City Plaza where the crucifixion took place. Of course, no one was actually crucified because the performers in this Street Senakulo were only kids. In fact, Rain asked us if they were really crucified on the cross. We told him that they were not really crucified and that they were only re-enacting the scene of Jesus Christ’s final hour here on Earth.

Below are some pictures of us and the Street Senakulo.

Ritchie left a wife and two very young children. They’re currently residing at Barleta Subdivision. I just wished I could have helped them more but, unfortunately, I have problems of my own. Contrary to what you see here on our Family Blog, we are also not doing very well but we do try our best to make our situation work for us. Feeling sorry or down will just build up more negative energy.

I never looked at him in the coffin, simply, because I don’t want my last memory of him to be that way. He is a very fun and lively person with lots of energy and I want to remember him that way.

He was interred at San Pablo City Memorial with my father who died many, many years ago. The funeral was attended mostly by friends and families.

Below are some pictures from the funeral.

I just hope those people who takes drinking and driving for granted will learn something from this. No one wanted this accident to happen but, the question is, could it have been avoided if the two were not influenced by alcohol or if both of them were wearing helmets? Maybe but we will never know.

(Dang prepared a little something for our Media Noche)

We also had our exchange gift on New Year’s Eve. We’ve been having a family exchange gift for a few years now and we usually do it on Christmas Eve but this year we did it on New Year’s Eve. We spent New Year’s Eve together as a family. We didn’t have an extravagant feast, we didn’t have any firecrackers nor fireworks but, still, we did enjoy the evening because we have each other.

Here are some pictures of everyone in the family that were taken last New Year’s Eve.

(Here we have our gifts for the Exchange Gifts. Spongebob Squarepants was guarding them.)

(Here we have Mommy Dang slicing some vegetables while Pauline looks on. That is me in the other picture. I covered my face with Play Money.)

(Kuya Rain spent some time playing games on Miniclip.com. His favorite game in Miniclip is Need for Madness. It’s the only thing he plays everytime he uses the computer.)

Later that morning, Rain and Rhomiel found their gifts from Santa Claus. Rodymel and Romelyn didn’t get anything because they already know the secret behind the whole Santa Claus thing.

On Christmas Day, I spent the whole day at home while Rodylyn and the kids visited nearby relatives. Visiting relatives like Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, etc. on Christmas Day to greet and wish them a Merry Christmas is an old Filipino Christmas Tradition. In exchange, children are often given gifts in the form of toys and/or money. Godparents (Ninongs and Ninangs) are also visited but I don’t think Rodylyn took the kids to any of their Godparents this year.

This year, we were able to buy the kids some new clothes and new pairs of shoes. We were also able to buy them some gifts. Rodymel got a guitar, Romelyn got a cellphone, Rain got a bicycle and Rhomiel got more new clothes. Also, Rain got a remote controlled car and Rhomiel got a Spongebob stuff doll from Santa Claus.

Christmas 2010 was very enjoyable for all of us and I’m hoping that next Christmas would be even better.

It was a short visit but we did have a good time. I took some pictures of both of them outside the Cinemas and, no, we didn’t watch any movie. I just couldn’t remember why we were there in the first place. Unfortunately, the pictures I took didn’t help me remember. T_T

Below are some pictures of Rodylyn and Rodymel at SM City San Pablo.

Romelyn won against the player of Academia by default but lost in the following match. Rodymel and his double’s partner reached the Finals but lost to Academia. They did get Second Place. Of course, we were there to support both of them.

Below are some more photos. Most of them are photos of Romelyn, Rhomiel and Rodylyn.

We brought Rhomiel along because there was no way we can leave her at home. Rain was not with us because he was in school. We spent most of the day waiting for Rodymel and Romelyn’s matches.

As for the results, both of them did very well. We were not expecting Romelyn to win because she just started playing the game and we were surprised that Rodymel and his partner were able to defeat a lot of other teams before going down in the finals against Academia.

In the picture above are Rhomiel, Rodylyn and Rain sitting on a Red Sofa. SM City San Pablo has this Christmas setup where people can take pictures. In fact, other people were also taking pictures of their own kids on the other end of the Red Sofa when I took some of the pictures.

Below are some more pictures of Rain, Rhomiel and Rodylyn. Unfortunately, you will not see me in any of them.

The photos below show Rain and Rhomiel having fun at Worlds of Fun. As you can see, Words of Fun wasn’t crowded with people playing games. In fact, it’s the opposite. Very few people were there when these pictures were taken.

Afterwards, we took Rain and Rhomiel to Jollibee where we had some snack. I think the kids had some Spaghetti, French Fries and Chicken. We went home after that because it was getting dark already.

In the two photos above are Rodymel (Ar-ar), Rain, Rodylyn (Dang), Rhomiel and Romelyn (Aryan). Unfortunately, the sun was kinda on their faces that was why Rain and Rhomiel covered their faces with their hands.

Below are some photos from our most recent visit to Sampalok Lake (see the photos after the jump).