Couples night

Tagbilaran 1st Branch held a wonderful couples night yesterday. It was attended by 17 couples and some singles. We had simple dinner,live band, games and dance. If you knew me, you would guess that I danced the night away. I did. I danced like crazy just like in my Young Women and Single Adult days(which made me miss ate rizza and all the other fellow dance crazies in malaybalay).Even after all the decorations and tables were put down. Up until the last music equipment was packed. I had a blast!

And I'm glad Jerome was just happy with me being giddy happy. What can I do, that baby face is just sooo in love with me.hah...

Our valentines

We usually don't go with the love tide. In short we spend valentines day just like any ordinary day. No flowers, special dinner for two or cards. Jerome was different this year though. After a long tiring travel in Cebu, Jerome was home with flowers on his hand and a card and later manage to treat us with a delicious chocolate cake. Sorry, no picture for the latter, kids devoured it in one sitting.

Bukidnon my home

I grew up in a pretty modest home but it did not stop me from having all the joys a child should have. We have to improvise on most stuff though.:) I had my share of climbing trees, playing house (balay balay), cooking(luto luto), hide and seek, "reskate", chinese garter, jackstone, looking for spiders and bugs(dulog), tumba lata. Growing up with a gardener for a a grandmother also meant planting sweet potatoes, pechay, cassava, chayote and others. It meant too that during hard times we have to sell sayote at the gulayan for 25 centavos each. During summer months cousins from Managok stay with us. It meant twice the chance of having sayote and sardines(tinapa) for our lunch or dinner, crowded sleeping areas but it also meant twice the fun.

I thought then that all places looked like Malaybalay but when I have to go to Cagayan de Oro for College I realized the difference. Going home every weekend was the chance for me to soak in all up again the beauties of the place which I proudly call home.

After College life allowed little chances for me to visit home often. Nowadays I get lucky to visit Bukidnon once a year and we try to get everything we can from the experience. Hubby loves the place so much for the fruits and the wonderful tennis weather during summer months. Children love the plays on the Capitol grounds and the wonderful scenery. I love the opportunity to be reunited with friends and family but most especially to be on the ground I grew up and love most.

Pineapple plantations and juicy sweet pineapples. Rodeo. Woodstock. Capitol grounds. Kaamulan and the festival.Cold weather. Dewy grasses on early mornings. Crisp sunny afternoons. Colorful sunsets. Wide open spaces. Beautiful green mountains. These pretty much describes what Bukidnon and growing in such a wonderful place is all about.

We may travel on or live in other beautiful places but truly "there's no place like home".