For the month of June, the clan decided to hold the regular/monthly kitakits for June birthday celebrants at one of our Uncle’s houses at AFPOVAI located at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. I guess it was because Uncle Boy and his wife Mama Carol were here in Manila and as such it would be an opportune time to spend an afternoon with them since they have been based in Cebu after Uncle Boy’s retirement from the military service.
We arrived at AFPOVAI early at 12 and as usual we were the first ones to arrive even if we live so far in the boondocks. But that’s OK coz then we’d have the license to be the first ones to leave din later. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by the general, still looking bright and sprightly despite his age. He led us to the sala and offered us drinks, but we told him we were just fine and went on our way through his house just like the regular visitors that we were. The kids and the hubby proceeded upstairs to watch TV in their 40-inch LCD at the entertainment corner. While I went off in search of Mama Carol and Auntie Bebs for some catching up on the happenings in Cebu.
The others arrived in a while and good thing too because we may end up eating all of the lechon ourselves if they don’t arrive soon. The lechon was delivered direct from Cebu so even if the skin was not so crisp anymore - it was truly delish! Aside from lechon, Auntie Chuchay prepared mixed seafood kinilaw, veggie lumpia and chicken teriyaki. Tita E bought hipon and alimasag while Ace cooked his special menudo. There was also Norwegian salmon sashimi which we ate first while waiting for the others to arrive.
Expectedly, we all had fun and stuffed ourselves full of food throughout the entire afternoon. What’s good about having our get-togethers at AFPOVAI is that they had a treadmill and a stationary bike so one can shed off some pounds while waiting for the next meal (hehehe). But frankly, we did nothing but eat the entire day – since there were also an entire bilao of kakanin for meryenda/snacks and of course there was a delicious chocolate cake for the June birthday celebrants. Then, at around 5 pm, Ace started cooking the leftover lechon into paksiw while Auntie Chuchay cooked sinigang fish in miso for our dinner.
They even wanted us to stay for the night but we declined because we had a new born baby rabbit that we had to look after and besides the hubby’s nephew got left behind at the house and I don’t think that he could manage staying alone in the house overnight. So after eating an early dinner and with some lechon paksiw for takeout, we left feeling quite satisfied with all the food and fun and laughter we just shared with family members we only see during occasions like these. Adios everyone! Till next month…
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