Previous Sunday Specials

Sunday Special#2: James and Adam invited their friend, Arwill, to join us in our afternoon swim.

We ate half of our spaghetti before we left home, ran some errands in town, and brought the other half of our lunch to our usual swimming pool. We burned most of what we ate. It was fun swimming, playing, and having our usual race in the water. Luckily, the weather wasn't too hot or too cold.

Sunday Special#3: These fried chicken was the fruit of our labor. And by labor we meant raising the birds and butchering them, which we are getting better at. Once in a while we also indulge in sugary soda, well, that's for me, James, and Adam, while Daddy enjoyed some ice-cold beer.

Adam and James asked for water guns, about a thousand times.. so we gave in. The weather was also a little bit on the warm side so we gave in, again, to a cold classic Filipino street food, ice scramble!

Sunday Special#4: Our family of four loves sandwiches, usually paired up with soup. But this is a Sunday special, so we went all the way with our Build-your-Own-Burger meal! These greasy cheeseburgers were washed down with its classic team-mate, Coke, so we added a few bites of salad to clear our conscience. :)

Sunday Special#5: This week our Sunday was simple yet very special. I guess you can tell it by the kalamansi slices that garnished our juice glasses. :) Our lunch included grilled fish (Tulingan) with soy sauce and kalamansi, ensaladang talbos ng kamote, Java rice, and kalamansi juice. After our meal, we headed to the nearby resort to swim, as usual.

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