VISIT / SWIMMING AT AUNTIE JING’S POOL

This year, the family decided to hold the monthly kita-kits/ get-together for birthday participants at Auntie Jing’s new house which she bought just recently. It’s a very big house with (I think) five bedrooms and a driver’s quarters located at the garage. What’s more…the place had a pool! So COOL! The ground floor had a receiving area, a sala where a TV is located, then a dining area and a kitchen with a center island (I like!) From the sala, you can go out thru French doors to the patio and the pool. From the kitchen, you can also go out to the dirty kitchen, pass by the laundry area and to the gazebo that overlooks the pool. This is where we ate lunch since the dining area can only seat up to ten people and so we opted to stay outside where it is a bit cool. Besides, it gave us the opportunity to also look over the kids while they are swimming.

The downstairs bedroom was used as an office/tambakan of some of the stuff they still failed to unpack from their house in Norway…they say the house came with some free furnishings but I found the sofas a bit ostentatious for my taste (it had some carvings kasi e…) I wished they would buy a bit of modern furnishings like leather sofas or soft fluffy ones na lang… Then, going upstairs the first bedroom you will see is the kids bedroom, it’s not yet located on the second floor but more of like a mezzanine. This is because the kids bedroom is actually two floors. It had a big double bed and a double deck where the bed is placed on the top bunk while the lower space is actually a study nook with a small desk/storage area for toys…pretty neat huh? Then beside the wall to wall cabinets is a spiral staircase that leads to a loft…it can be used as another place to store toys or even a place for their yayas or guests to sleep.

Then on the second floor is the master’s bedroom with huge wooden double doors. The floors are wooden parquet and it had a huge bed (well, understandable considering the size of the people who sleep there). There was also a big flat screen TV and a desktop computer inside the room. All the bedrooms had its own toilet but this one is the biggest because it also had a big bathtub! Then outside the master’s bedroom there is a den which can be made into a TV room (but at present contained more unpacked boxes!) then further on is another blue bedroom obviously for a boy and at this time it was occupied by my cousin Mike. At the den, is another spiral staircase leading up to the attic and it is a huge place that the maids use as their bedroom.

Indeed it is such a huge place and quite ideal for gatherings of big families like ours, having the pool is such a bonus because it would surely keep the kids occupied from morning till night! I guess this house would be quite a favorite place for gatherings from now on…I guess our only problem here is accessibility since we have to take another jeep ride from EDSA to go to Pasig and then another trike to go to their subdivision in Greenwoods…truly quite far! Sure hope the hubby always consents to take us here otherwise it would be difficult to commute…But in all, I really like Auntie Jing’s house…with a little redecorating I’m sure it would be even better! Here are a few pics of the kids frolicking in the pool…I guess I was too awed by their house to get any pics e…maybe next time.