Dire Mao?: Welcome Year 2008!

I realize that no one's posting here anymore. So I thought I'd post some - even if no one reads it, hehehe.

Anyhoo... we, the loilos here in Manila, had our annual new year get-together last January 1, 2008. It was, as always, held at the Conti residence, and this time we put a little twist to the party by having a theme (hats and hats :>) and "almost-catered" food. We played some parlor games and had the "white elephant" exchange gift. And let's not forget the non-stop picture taking.

Attendees are the Contis and Lims - di na matra-traffic (Jun, Alpha, LA, Bernard, Dutchy, Sheila, Leo and Kalli), Esbers, Santoses and Mamiits - where is the Esber bachelor??? (Leah, Rameses, Anna, Nico, Bianca, Tetet, Elmer, Lara, Red), Geronimos - our special guests, yes they're here, with the special appearance of J-Lo (Alex, Leah, Lance, Landon, May), Cecilios - huli man at magaling... (Rommel, Maddie and Ralph), the Loilo sisters - aw kay nano kay pinaghugas ng plato si lola Talya??? (Lola Nona, Lola Talya, Lola Lume), and Patrick Tongson. And let's not forget our non-Loilo guests - tita Precy, my inlaws (Papa, Mama, Elsa), extended Contis and Ilagans (Rizal, Nora, Ritchie, Gigi, and Orly). Did I forget anyone?

Food was abundant. We had lots of cakes (LA's chocolate cake, Contis Cake c/o the Esbers- bought at the Conti's restaurant, not owned by us, Chocolate cake c/o the Cecilios, Chocolate Mousse c/o the Ilagans). We had crispy noodles, fish fillet and beef with brocolli from Luk Foo. We had Mechado c/o Bernard's mom, Ginataang Tilapia, barbecue, Lumpiang Ubod, Laing, Salad Bar, tita Leah's famous buko pandan, walang-kamatayang bake macaroni, tita Ome's (yes, tita Ome's... and no, she wasn't here, hehehe) famous food-for-the-gods, white-chocolate fountain, LA's rumbells, espresso bells and cherry brandy bells, and tacos and siomai, which we forgot to serve, hahaha. And I'm sure I forgot a few other dishes too.

Highlights of the evening for me: Twister game, with the fit and flexible Geronimos winning, beating the supposedly more fit and flexible kids Bianca and Nico. Other contestants ay nagkandabalu-baluktot na. Kuya Elmer's competitive streak was overruled by ate Tetet's need for poise, hehehe; Cottonball relay - with Red slowly but surely scooping one conttonball, only to drop it, NOT in the bowl, but on the bench, ahahaha; White elephant exchange gift, where the most sought after gift was the 1 pack tissue paper - ate Anna fought tooth and nail to keep it - but alas, it wasn't meant to be hers; Picture taking, with colorful, creative hats and daddy (tito Jun) looking like "Glock 9" according to May.

Ok, that's it for now. I'll post most of the pictures in another site (hopefully soon, but no promises). Meanwhile, here are some pics: