to everything: turn, turn, turn

turn turn turn

its not just a song in the movie, "forrest gump" by the byrds. its actually in the Bible. though it slips my mind at the moment what book it can be found. basta. its there.


To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven
A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time for peace, I swear its not too late




a time for new life to be born and a time for someone loved to return to his maker. on one end you look at the new surise and the next a sunset. life will always be like this, regardless of what we try to make it.



eva turns 1

preparations for eva's birthday must have lasted us about 3 weeks. the moment we found out that she would be turning 1 here the whole Filipino chapeter of our family knew this was gonna come. i had the pleasure of seeing things through. its the least i can do for all the things the straubs and mitch (eva's dad) has done for me while i was there the last time. plus, you've seen eva, how could you resist?

of course, eva couldn't remember it anyway but it was really nice to see family come together after sooo long. its been a while since we had a kid's party at our house and we really did miss it. kids just bring such a different atmosphere to everything and it kinda got a bit sentimental for me to see how my cousins' kids were together. i can still remember some parts wherein it was us in their places. we're old! hahaha will try to post some more pictures soon.

the dinner that night meant something to us, more than what we set out for it to be, as we would come to realize it a few days later. again, a reminder to cherish each moment with the people you love and love you back.

another first : eva's 1st trip to the beach

special thanks to tita angie for lending us her home by the beach. everyone was so nice and took such great care of us.

eva's never seen the beach. i love this picture of her and her dad. such a sweet moment, i think. awww....

well, she preferred the firmer sand than the loose ones. she ate some (twice i think) and couldn't quite figure out if she actually like the taste or not.

she was scared of the water though. something we can work on for next time. maybe when she visits christian in san francisco, things would be easier for them there. she just clung on so tightly to her daddy. very reminiscent of her tito joey when he was a kid. haha!