brunch

ME: "we're starving. i'm bringing the carbonara ingredients & some breads. we'll be there in 10 minutes."

Brother JUN: "forget the carbonara. i'll prepare spaghetti alla ragu instead!"

buon appettito!

football, rocks & a dog

WARNING:

This is an overload of pictures regarding our sunday junket. so, if you get bored of our faces: me, my brother & my daughter, just click the red X in the upper left-hand corner.

you didn't find the X on the left? good for you... keep on watching our fotos! =)

1st stop: Palazzo Reale

Rock Exhibit

translation: Rocks are Words...a lot of mysterious cities under the ground

most of the paintings, sculptures and masterpieces were exhibited here

pathway thru the palace

2nd stop: San Siro Stadium

this stadium is one of the biggest in europe. its capacity is 85,000 seats

south gate

north gate

souvenirs outside

brother Jun got the first game ticket: Milan vs. Lecce

zendra got her flag. her dad's for Inter FC team, the rival of AC Milan.

zendra might be thinking: who cares Ma?

3rd stop: Ippodromi di San Siro

horse racing venue

this is Leonardo Da Vinci's designed horse

the baby park is still closed. we're too early.

4th stop: brother's home

brother bought a shirt. i like this one too. sorry! no more stock!

harry: the dog. scene stealer

zendra playing with the white stones in the garden

that's my major-major pose! =)

just relaxing in the garden

she loves the violets

no dear. he doesn't eat flowers.

my brother found a new gardener!

scala gang

yesterday was a lovely day. i have an appointment at 12:30am at ACLI/CAF (a government office for assisting paperworks, for free). i applied for an ISEE (sort of economic equivalent indicator), that will serve for my son's enrollment for the next school year. if you have that kind of thing, they'll calculate the tuition fee 50% less. one way to save money.

i can't leave my kids at home 'cause nobody's there to look after them. so as usual, we're the so-called "scala gang" (stair gang) my son look at us three, the same as the stairs regarding our heights. sort of steps 1 (zendra), 2 (jaki), 3 (me). i dont know where his ideas came from. we arrived early at the acli office, around 12:15am, but the lady called me up right away. of course i provided all the fotocopies, even not asked, so in five minutes, the paper works are finished. i have an ISEE, valid for 1 year. the old one though is still valid until the 23rd of april.

jaki asks to sit down at the fountain nearby. zendra's a bit startled of the roaring sound of the water when the fountain gets higher. she literally runs, yet smiling.

we headed home after an hour and ate lunch. i have to get to work, still nobody home, so i called my brother jun if i can leave the kids for a while and my hub's cousin will fetch them later. 4pm, we left home and in 10 minutes, we're at the my brother's.

kids had their fun. of course, my cam's always in action. they helped in "cleaning" the house by sliding and swimming on the floors. my brother can relax and erase his cleaning schedule. =)