I prepared Chicken Curry today. Im sharing my recipe.
Bouna vita, dolce vita. Good life, sweet life. This blog would somehow document how I intend to find joy in simple things no matter how ordinary or insignificant they may be to others.
I prepared Chicken Curry today. Im sharing my recipe.
When true-blue friends meet after a”long time passing”; it feels like nothing ever changed; like we just met yesterday.
Today we met up for brunch with my former office colleagues who through the years became good friends.
They are like family now that we share milestone celebrations together; be it a wedding, an anniversary or a birthday, we can count on each other’s presence.
It was a happy reunion and as always we felt the same closeness and warmth we always have. Helen S. who migrated to Vancouver and currently vacation said:
: Deep down in my heart, I thank God for the blessings of being friends forever. We treasure every moment of being together like this, sharing wonderful moments, laughter, reminiscing the past ……till next year. Well, she has to go back.
The beauty of our get together is sharing our personally prepared food, well..,, except our host, Helen Conti, who used to head the HR of Conti’s restaurant before the family sold the whole enterprise. She ordered their signature baked salmon and chicken barbecue.
There was baked lasagna, lapu lapu salad, pork barbecue, Vietnamese rolls and veggie paella.
For dessert, we had Nathaniel’s buko pandan ice cream and mango cheese cake.
There was also Leche flan as a party favor.
I was pleasantly surprised when our host came out holding the cutest strawberry cake while everyone started singing happy birthday. I failed to take a photo of the cake but they took a video.
I can only say that true friends are hard to find and lucky to have. To quote my friend Nina:
“A real friend walks in when the rest of the world walk out. Let’s not let age change us …let’s change the way we age. Our time is too valuable to be wasted on people that can’t appreciate who we are”.
My advanced birthday celebration wouldn’t have been a million-fold happier were it for the presence of my walking friends, the Sweet Magnolias.
I was surprised that they went out of their way to come up with a gift I’d truly love. It took them half the night to decide which design I’d like best out of all the beautiful collection of dinner set from: At Home With Maria.
At least they did not go far since one of us,Maria Claire markets all those exquisite, colorful and beautiful wares that a good homemaker who knows quality home wares would love to add to her a collection.
To compliment the dinner set for 12, Claire gave me 12 of those modern transparent chargers and colorful placemats.
I received other equally interesting gifts but I’d like to tell everyone that the At Home With Maria collection is worth acquiring.
Wait, there’s more! This 3-tiers cake with a garden theme of the most decadently moist chocolate; fully decorated with edible plants was a surprise.
Im happy that my sister and niece drove all the way from the other side of town to grace my party. It turned out that they easily mingled with my friends before i knew it they were exchanging contact numbers.
Me with my sister and niece
It was a happy event. I thank Jim who entertained the husbands. It was his idea to hold this party and he made it happen.
Thank you everyone for coming, I had a great time.