Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...
We live in rules that come in our life and today I came
across memories we may have post in our Facebook wall just to participate in
something our friends may have sent us to do just for fun.
25 Things about Me
Rules:
Once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write a note
with 25 random things, facts, habits, thoughts, or goals about you. At the end
choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If, I
tagged you, it’s because I want to know about you.
(To do this go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page,
paste these instructions in the body of the note, types your random 25 people
(in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
- My nickname is Chinkee, but ever since I lived in the Philippines people call me Jinky and cannot pronounce the word CH.
- I keep correcting the people who call me by Jinky, but it becomes useless to the point I don’t mind it anymore.
- I am shy, but I can be talkative once I get to know who you are.
- I love doing research on so many things. I have family and friends who ask me to research stuff for them.
- My boys treat me like their sister and share their stories with me.
- My mom thinks I am her friend because she feels she can tell me anything and we travel with each other a lot.
- I have never been really close to my younger sister we always had a distance relationship.
- All my best friends live in California.
- I have a bunion and was operated when I was in college year 1987 right after I had graduated from high school.
- I don’t trust people easily when they lie and kept secrets from me. It will take me years for me to trust you back.
- I love to joke around when I am with my friends.
- I love to take stolen pictures and video of other people who are with me.
- My favorite hobby is being creative.
- My goals are to let my boys accomplish all their dreams.
- I would like to travel to other places and write about it in my blog.
- I am a person who has never eaten in a restaurant alone.
- I can never lie because I will be smiling.
- People say I am a brat.
- I get compliments that I look very young for my age and ask me how do I make myself look the way I am.
- My son's close friends or classmate think I am their cousin or sister when I get introduce by them.
- My son's brag to their friends that their mom knows how to cook certain food.
- I am not afraid to gain weight because I can loose weight in one week.
- My best friend is the restroom because I am there so often.
- When I enter in a Chinese Restaurant they mistake me as being Chinese and give me the Chinese Menu
- People still ask for my ID. I think it is a compliment when you are older.
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