au natural

This is Inay, my maternal grandmother. Unretouched, unenhanced. At 80 plus, she still loves to smile. Despite all the odds.

dimples galore

ate julya, dani and gold

peace man

sama kaaammmiiiiiiii.....

are you sure you don't have bird flu, birdie

grimace grimacing

Tita Yasmin: Dani, stop pulling Grimace's hair.

Ate Julya: Naku, wawa naman Grimace.

Unidentified girl: Kiliti, kiliti.

Grimace: (Sighing) Now I'm black and . . . purple.

smells like heaven

funday with ronnie

Julya, Ronald McDonald, Dani, Gold, Trixie and Xianne. It's supposed to be a fun day. But see other posts why it was ruined.

a favorite nokia 6600 shot

Caleruega, July 25, 2004.

morning delights

Heard over an AM radio station while cruising along EDSA:

. . . a job opening announcement for a "kitchen help" with the following qualifications: between 18 and 25 years old; with pleasing personality; speaks English well ; can make a salad.

. . . a seaman who committed suicide in a motel room, leaving a suicide note where he expressed exasperation over rich relatives who refused to help his family, among other things, and a plea to make a movie out of his life, to be topbilled by Richard Gomez. :-)


Hayyyy . . . .

Kumpleto na araw ko.

pilya

Naughty, naughty girl.

sticker earrings

Dippy had to make do with sticker earrings. Which she checked every now and then.

heart-to-heart

Anak, what do you think of the death penalty?

gaya-gaya, puto maya

Mom, how about me?

look ma, i'm pretty

first museo pambata visit

While a good-natured lady is trying so hard to make her laugh, Dani is busy memorizing scientific principles at the science room of Museo Pambata.

pinoy na pinoy!

One of the attractions at Seafood Wharf Restaurant (formerly Army and Navy Club) on Kalaw, near Roxas Boulevard.

I wonder if there's a counterpart sign in other parts of the world. "Gay-crab for sale"???

solfeggio

We are the members of Solfeggio (n. sightsinging from a score). One member is missing in the pic. We sing at Ermita Church (this is not the same as Malate Church) every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. We have varied occupations (lawyers, teachers, journalists/editors, ex-councilor/enterpreneur, recovery officer), varied interests (karaoke, flower horns and janitors [the fish, that is], jump rope, expats [wink-wink], cats and camels) and varied ambitions (Citipinoy pop idol; Bruce Lee of Tondo; the best traffic officer in Silang, Cavite; the sexiest mom in two months). We are not choosy: we sing at weddings, anniversaries, first communions, birthdays, baptismal parties and funeral masses.

We are driven by a common goal in life: to visit as a group all of the beach resorts/tourist spots in the Philippines.

Our price is always negotiable.

For a public demonstration of our singing prowess (naks!), just email me at mct@mctamayo.com.

am i doing it right, papa?

Seryoso.

smile :-)

Dippy's first camera. There's real film inside. Obviously, Dippydoo doesn't know which eye to shut.

hmmmmppp...

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

pretty little thing

Nakakagigilll!!!

This is Dani, my second greatest love. She loves the camera and the camera loves her. I'm so lucky.

c'mon bernie

This is Dippy, one of the (three) greatest loves of my life. She's seen here playing this morning with Bernie, our first dog. We bought her in Clark. The seller said she was a St. Bernard. Papa Dens named her Bernie, thinking all the while that she was a male until a trip to the vet showed that she was not. Until this morning, Dippy was so scared of Bernie (for more than a month we had been telling her not to play with Bernie yet because we did not know then if she was already rabies-free) and so Dippy thought it was not right for her to play with Bernie. Good thing we had the leash. At least now she's comfortable with Bernie. Dippy's other pets are/were: parakeets named Larry (as in "Larry Bird" - corny noh?) and Moira, whom we had more than one year ago and who have not produced a single egg; six goldfish -- all gone, meaning "dead na"; rabbits named Fiona and Cottonball, about 5 months old, who now refuse to live in their cage because the grass is greener at the vacant lot beside our house. What's next? Hmmm..... Let's wait for Dani.