Day 2 (IN Los Angeles)

DEAR ALL

DAY TWO IN LOS ANGELES


It was a good day

A RIDE WITHOUT GPS...

We got to ride the Nissa Extera that Elaine rented
IT IS LIKE YOUR S TRAIL MESH

Of course, we got lost. 

So we missed Loyola Marymount Mass schedule

We ended up at St Anastacia's Parish.
St Anastacia's feast day is celebrated ON CHRISTMAS DAY!!
I  only know she was supposedly beheaded. 
The only ones we know with that name is SR Anastacia of Sri Lanka.

AROUND AND AROUND WE WENT..


CHINESE FOOD

Lars, Papa would have wanted to share Orange Chicken with you. We entered this resto wher a whole wall was filled with food photos.  Beautifully done.. Tempting.  But as Don looked through the selection/collection galore , he thought of Denden and Lourdes, France where he always feasts on DUCK. AB ,is it called CANARD?  Well that he had,  ROASTED DUCK!

We actually watched a program on television re Peking Duck..poultry and kitchen preparation of the duck for Americans (headless!) and the ducks for the rest of the world ... and so that must have been a-la-continuum in Papa's mind.

He did not enjoy the taste of it.  He ended up eating my scallops cum spinach. 

ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND WE WENT ...
Driving through the golf courses and tree lined avenues ...

FRY'S

We dropped by to get his I TOUCH charger.  Yes Tony and Vi, your birthday present of last year is in his bag..but he forgot the charger.

Oh, yes Kobe's  water,  cant recall what it is called but Angel and AB  and Den, you must recall how that water of Kobe became his favorite mineral water..(ENERGY DRINK AND MEMORY DRINK!! DIDN'T WE ALL LAUGH SO HARD, LAST YEAR AS WE TRAVELLED EVERYWHERE AFTER THE WEDDING OF JUN AND ANGEL? Kobe water was the source of all goodness!!)

PAYLESS SHOES..

We had to get 2 pairs of CLOSED  shoes for Elaine.  The difficulty of getting a size 9 w in the Philippines!!

Papa did not want to come down.  So as we hurried to finish the chore, I recalled he had been asking for a new belt. 
Fortunately we saw a leather belt for him, just so he can let go of his favorite FOSSILS belt.  He is now down to a 38 to 40

He announced he will have better pairs of pants when he gets better.

COSTCO

We stopped by to have pizza. 
And we got a few things too.  Fleece sweaters and pants  for Elaine.
She did not have those in the convent !
No Mesh, no ROSS this time.

ST JOSEPH's PARISH

We went for Mass at St Joseph. Interestingly our Mass was bilingual Mass.  A lovely lady sang Spanish songs.  After mass, as we visited the Altar of the SAints, we happily saw the image of Our Lady of Charity.  Aha,  Mama Caring making her love and presence felt.

ATT

We tried to get a  SIM CARD  to replace my phone's sim.
HAAAY AMERICA, how difficult it is to buy a sim card.  They keep sellingme a new phone and after I return to MANILA , and having failed to use the phone...GONE..GONE GONE .I can no longer use it.

VERIZON /T MOBILE/
Pare pareho..Same Same


CALLS..
OH TITO AUDIE HAD TONS OF FAMILY NEWS...AND SPECIAL NEWS RE GRANDCHILDREN COMING INTO THEIR LIVES..
AND THE LOST OPPORTUNITY TO GO  TO VANCOUVER FOR THE WINTER GAMES. TITO AUDIE AND TITA MARIE ARE COMING ON SUNDAY.

MANAY MELEN CALLED WITH  AN OFFER OF HOMEMADE SOUP.!!!AND STORIES OF HOW THEIR SENIOR CITIZENS
MEETINGS GO...THIS TIME IT STARTED WITH EVERYONE TRYION TO GROWL LIKE A TIGER!!!

JUN  AND ANGEL CALLED ..JUN,OUR DEAR SON IN LAW.  GOT FRUSTRATED..TRYING TO REACH US BY CALLING THE HOTEL. HONEY WE WERE EITHER SLEEPING OR OUT

WE LEFT AT 11 AM  AND RETURNED AT 10 PM.

TITA ANNETTE WITH A LOT OF GOOD NEWS  AND SPECIAL NEWS RE GRANDCHILD COMING THIS FEB 14TH OR 19TH.
OF COURSE 19TH IS BEST PARA MAY KABIRTHDAY AKO!  .

TONY  AND VILMA  JACOB CALLED ANNOUNCING THEIR VISIT SATURDAY NIGHT !

TITO TONY SORRA CALLED ...GOT THE PHONE NUMBERS TITO.

Well, I have been reading ..There is a movie called INVICTUS..THE LATEST FILM OF CLINT EASTWOOD.  starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela  the former president of South Africa  and Francois Piennar , the captain of the national rugby team.
The review by a professor of theology of University of Notre Dame  is enought for me to endorse it to our movie enthusiasts (FAMILIA DEE!! FAMILIA VILLANUEVA IN MANILA).   He calls it a movie of STRATEGIC INSPIRATION.  ENJOY!!

I wonder if its message of enlightened, unifying leadership can be of use in the Philppine setting. 

Bye for now...the 3rd days rolls on

Love
Mama/Tita /Mare/Ninang/ Med