A Whole New Blog

Since this is very obviously Danielle Cinco-Mueller's blog, I am creating a link that will take you to another blog, a cousin blog of this current one. It's going to be all about the entire deutsche Erfahrung (German Experience) with MY thoughts in it and I will not be speaking in behalf of Danielle :-)

So, have fun with the On the Other Side of the World blog!

Before Germany

Just some pictures we took while whiling away the days, waiting excitedly for February 03, 2008.

December 31, 2007

New Year's eve is celebrated a bit like Christmas, a late mass (in our case, an early church service) then a Noche Buena equivalent. During Christmas, it was Danie who woke up, on the new year, it was Gabe who joined us :-D

Dec. 30 pics
This picture is taken minutes before the ones taken from the Cannon Store (If a picture paints a thousand words post)

after the mall, inside the our room now...



at church, new year's eve


after church (just look at Danie, ok?!)

Christmas 2007

Christmas in the Philippines is celebrated with a late mass on Christmas Eve and Noche Buena at midnight. Noche Buena is a midnight feast of sorts with the whole family gathered around the table, and in our case, a short worship and prayer and then the feasting! Danie woke up for an hour or so only.












Christmas Day 2007


Opening Gifts

A real christmas tree :-)

Since i'm being blackmailed, i'm posting some real christmas tree pictures now ;-)


The tree was stored outside on the terrace for a while, in a bucket of water...



The water eventually turned into ice.



After a few hours the frosty tree was unfrosted and ready to be decorated.



And that's what the end result looks like:






Merry Christmas again!