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Wattamolla Beach 2021
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Ethan
Ethan's 5th Birthday
For God and Family - that was the theme of this year's celebration of Ethan's …
Repairs
And the iPad lives again
Ethan's iPad (err, I mean Lani's iPad), had been out of commission for more th…
Funny
Ethan's Church Cleaning Service
After "helping" us with the chapel cleaning this morning. Ethan : I am so …
Sad
Farewells and Hellos
Today was both a sad and happy day for us. We just came back from the airport to send…
Funny
Soccer
After playing in the playground. Ethan : Daddy, the boy asked me if I want to play s…
Visa
Mama and Papa's visas, finally
Whew, that got us a bit nervous. We had mama and papa apply for a visa on 17 October…
Lani
Ang Pakwan
This happened at lunch today, while we were eating watermelon: Me : Mommy, ayaw ko n…
Ethan's chatter
A picture is a selfie
In one of their learning sessions: Lani : Ethan, what's a picture? Ethan : A …
Ethan's chatter
I'm gonna sing a song about that
Lani : Ethan, Nanay is already going back to the Philippines in December. Ethan : Why?…
Funny
Is God coming with you?
Ethan like watching videos on Youtube. Even since he was young, he'd spend a lot o…
Pizza
Pizza delivery
Me : Ethan, I'm going out to buy pizza. Wanna come with me? Ethan : No. Me : Wh…
Ethan's chatter
My imagination
Last night, after a paluan session. Ethan : Mommy, I had an imagination. Mommy : …
Erin
Erin is now eating solids
She's already 5.5 months, so we've already started giving her infant cereals a…
Ethan's chatter
$2 reward
Whenever we get home, we'd empty the coins in our pockets into a "coin bowl.&…
Funny
Heart in my tummy
After buying food from McDo drive thru: Ethan : i love you, Daddy Me : i love you …
Erin
Erin's 5th month birthday
Erin is now 5-month old. Time really flies. She's no premature baby anymore, she&#…
Funny
Are you a helper, Daddy?
Inside the shopping centre: Store clerk : Do you need any help, mate? Me : No, I…
House Hunting
House move 2013
I did blog that we submitted an application to rent a house but I forgot to blog the …
Trips & Holidays
2013 Family Week at Port Macquarie
The rest area lunch Had a little bit of relaxation last week when we had our first…
CFO Sydney
Bowling Night
Been a while since we last played bowling, but last night we had the chance to enjoy a…
Rent
Finally found the house that we like
Looks like we've found what we're looking for. As I mentioned before , we are…
Vox
Getting ready to jam
I've been buying guitar bits and parts since last year hoping to one day build my…
Eye glasses
Ethan's glasses
After a long and exhausting bout with stubborness over the past 4 months, Ethan has f…
XBOX
Apl D Ap on our Xbox
Ethan was playing against the computer on XBOX when he quickly pulled me to the living…
Erin
Happy 3rd Month Little Erin!
Happy birthday, little princess! Celebrated with a simple dinner of Rice, Assorted Sea…
Erin
Chatty little Erin
Erin is coming to 3 months tomorrow. She's already showing some developments. She…
XBOX
Ethan's Kinect exercise
Ethan has rediscovered his love for XBOX kinect. The past week, whenever I start u…
Funny
Daddy, will you marry me?
This conversation while we were driving home the other day Ethan : Daddy, will you…
Nutella
Nutella sandwich, just like Daddy
Ethan just finished eating his Nutella sandwich when I heard this conversion: Ethan…
Glasses
Terrible time at the eye specialist
Ethan doesn't have good eye sight. He squints alot specially when reading small…
Repairs
Cooking a mac (part 2)
I blogged a few months ago about how I cooked Ka Narsing's Mac in the oven . Well,…
Taxes
Passport, School and Taxes
Busy day today. Lani and I took the day off work to accomplish some important tasks. …
Ovation
Gotta go with Gotoh!!
Decided to replace the machine heads of my Ovation guitar with proper ones. The previo…
Good deeds
Mr Lost and Found
How many times have you found a wallet? For me, three times. The first time was not re…
Surprises
Am I Johnson Au?
I certainly hope so! Coz if I am, then there's $4854.24 waiting for me to claim. …
Learning the Aussie way
So how much is Erin?
Finally had the chance (and courage) to work on our Medical Expenses relating to Lani&…
House Hunting
House hunt 2013
Time really flies. It's been one year since we moved into our home at Telopea . I …
XBOX
Free game on XBOX!
Just found out today, Microsoft is giving XBOX Live Gold members 2 free games every mo…
Playground
A chipmunk reward for the little big boy
After more than 7 days of continuous high fever, Ethan has finally recovered. He hasn&…
Erin
Erin is now 2 months old
Happy birthday to our little girl Erin, who turns 2-months old today. We're cele…
Nanay
A sickly family
The past week has been... uhh, unhealthy at home. We've all been sick. First it …
Medicals
Medical appointments and vaccines
We spent our 1st Anniversary in Australia doing medicals for the two kids. Not that we…
Life
Our 1st Anniversary in Australia
Today marks our 1st year in Australia. We arrived here on 24th of June 2012 and so muc…
Movies
Ethan's first full movie
Ethan has finally watched a full movie in the cinema. This is the first time he's …
Guitars
New toy: Ovation Applause AE248
My new toy arrived today. A second hand Ovation Applause AE248 that I bought from an e…
Funny
Opo or Hindi?
Ethan was enjoying his choco-wafers so I asked, Me: Do you want me to buy more …
Reading
Ethan's reading my blog
Lani and I were attending to Erin when Ethan suddenly came to us, almost crying. He sa…
Hospital
Erin is home
After 3 long weeks in the Special Care Nurseries of Westmead Public and Westmead Priva…
Ray-Ban
New Ray-Ban
Got my new Ray Ban specs today, thanks to our private health insurance, Bupa. RB86…
Funny
Daddy, we're lost!
We were inside Westfield Parramatta shopping centre today when Ethan decided he want…
Lani
Meet Erin Zoe Epifanio Au
After 3 weeks of tiring, nerve-racking trips in and out of the hospital because of thr…
Lani
Hospitalised again
Lani was hospitalised again last night. She had a sudden gush of blood again at around…
Funny
I'm a darling
A conversation in the car after enjoying a McDo Playground. Ethan : Thank you, Dadd…
Thank you
A little thank you
We just overcame a very tough week in our life. I would just like to thank the people …
Lani
What a long week
It had been such a long and challenging week for us, as Lani was admitted to hospital …
Funny
Someone's noisy
Had this conversation with Ethan just now. Me : Aren't you sleeping yet, Ethan? …
Life
First night away from Ethan
Tonight is the very first night that Lani is spending away from Ethan since he was bor…
Repairs
An apple-filled weekend
Spent much of the weekend trying to be a Apple technician. I have an 80% success rate …
Repairs
The new iPad is "new" again!
I mentioned in this post that the iPad was broken. Well, not anymore! Thanks to the i…
Repairs
Cooking a Macbook
I am now both a chef and an Apple engineer, woo hoo! Cooked my very first Macbook logi…
Macbook
And the Macbook lives again
So I posted about this conundrum I had last week when my Macbook Air suddenly stopped…
Shoes
My basketball shoes throughout the years
These new shoes have got me thinking again of all the shoes I've owned in the pas…
Oh well
iPad is broken
Terrible news again. Just noticed this on the iPad today. A very big crack on the fron…
Iglesia Ni Cristo
Ready for the unity games
Bought myself a new pair of shoes for the upcoming INC Unity Games. Yay!
Funny
What a mess
We got home from work and found Ethan in Nanay's room with all his toys scathered …
Oh well
My Macbook is dead!
Tsk tsk tsk, this is bad. This is veeerrrrrryyyyyy bad! I was using the Macbook last…
Oh well
iPhone repair mode
So I broke my iPhone again (what's new?). Dropped from my pocket as I was stepping…
Life
Bad, bad driver!
Terrible me, I scratched my car's side today as i went into the garage. It was dar…
Iglesia Ni Cristo
A ribbon from God
Yesterday was Ethan's first time to attend CWS on this own. He's been attendin…
Ethan's chatter
Can you save Donald Duck?
Ethan was watching an old Disney cartoon of on Youtube when he got a little scared and…
Parenting
Officially potty trained!
And finally, Ethan is now officially potty trained! Woo hoo! We've been trying t…
Baby Bunny
It's a girl!
Just got out of the ultrasound room. We're thrilled to learn that our little bunny…
Funny
Ethan caught a cold
Been months since Ethan last caught a cold, so we've almost forgotten how difficul…
Life
Big bang weekend
Long weekend here because of the Australia Day. Got myself prepared with Seasons 1-5 o…
Baby Bunny
OBGyn checkup 24 Jan 2012
We had our checkup with the OB-GYN yesterday. As usual, there isn't much to say. W…
Parenting
Ethan's Stars
The past few weeks we've been trying out this new strategy on Ethan's bad beha…
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