Merry Christmas Everyone !!!

No Swim today. We attended a Christmas party over at Rey and Evelyn's. As usual, there's the endless chit-chat among relatives and friends. It's mostly slow until a semblance of a program starts. Well, the kids prepared a little dance number to the tune "Mary's Born Child - O My Lord" by Boney M. It's a choreographed dance that the girls learned in school. Anyway, at the party, it was mostly Sandra who led it. Che and Karen kinda just dragged themselves to it. Renz... now THERE's a dancer. He danced his own made-up steps in the entire number! He managed to fall on the floor a couple of times too! (much to the delight of the crowd of course). After a few more chit-chat (and more stuffing) by relatives and friends, the kids and cousins had parlor games. There's a pic at the right of one of the games. Overall it was a fun activity.

We kinda started a tradition of taking a picture we simply call The Christmas Picture. In this picture, the four kids form a pyramid or totem pole formation in front of the Christmas tree. That tree has been there for as long as I can remember. It isn't tall at all. It's around 4 ft and appears tall coz we prop it up on top of a side table. The pic on the left was last year and the one on the right is this year. See how the kids have grown in just a year. Merry Christmas, Irene, Che, Karen, Sandra and Renz! May the coming year bring us more Blessedness, Health, Joy and Prosperity !

BF Clubhouse Brrrrrr...

Cold Swim at the BF Clubhouse at Don Antonio Heights in Fairview: Brrrrrr.... We attended Joel and Marivic's 25th wedding anniversary. Sandra was The Flower Girl and Renz was a partner of somebody in the entourage. Hey, Sandra, that's a lovely gown you're wearing. And me? Well I was given the unenviable role of impromptu video cameraman. See the pool at the left. It was too cold that my swimcap wasn't enough. The only other person who did swim was a Japanese(?) lady. But she too didn't last in the pool inspite of her swimcap. The pool is rather short. The water was clear but it was simply too cold. The kids enjoyed in the kiddie pool. Irene didn't go swimming.

Here's another shot of the pool behind the kids. The pool and its environs is Greek inspired I would think(naks!). It was a fun reception coz the couple and their 2 grownup kids, Vanessa and Marjorie had a wonderful program. They even added a very cute and lively dance routine to the tune of "Build Me Up Buttercup". I'm happy for the couple coz they have two very thoughtful kids. Happy Anniversary Joel and Marivic!

There was a horrendous traffic at SLEX on the way home. Even the Skyway was JAMMED!

Long Layoff

Laps-5: 2 minutes rest between lengths. Had a loooong layoff for almost a month due to typhoons Winnie, Yoyong and Unding. And then got the flu from Irene. Also had allergies. Swim today was relaxed and it had to be, hence the 2-min rest.