Been watching an episode of the Australian Masterchef 2 where one of the ex-wanna-be-masterchef got booted out. They have a post-mortem shot of the contestant arriving at her home while being welcomed by her family. That scene reminded me of our home. Better yet, our lanai.
Our lanai is an open air extension of the living room, framed by a heavy wooden sliding doors. Most people thought these sliding doors were the main door to the house!
We installed a set of hardwood bench and table we bought from Tagaytay for a very reasonable price. We love hanging out at the lanai during summer nights when it is too stuffy inside the house, every weekend nights before retiring to sleep and during the Christmas season too, even though we freeze to death sitting at the benches with cold wind blowing freely. Christmas carolers also flock this area during yuletide season.
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| The lanai shortly after the house construction. |
The kids love to have their afternoon snack by the lanai. Or play games. And hang out with Kimby. And with our neighbors' kids. It opens up to a wide cul-de-sac road which is an open area.
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| Our Family Reunion in 2009. All four siblings were in Manila for the first time after 9 years. |
Kevin's favorite spot at the lanai is the left bench. If he caught you sitting in his favorite spot, he'll shoo you away.
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| Kevin's Corner |
Just beside the lanai is a weird looking tree (I learned it was a Banaba tree). Before the house was constructed, we wanted to cut it down and plant a new one (like an Indian Mango tree) because it looked so awful with dark stains marring its leaves. But it was part and parcel of the village developers' design and we were not allowed to cut them down.
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| Even Kimby loved the swing! |
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| With my Cabuyao "Outer Circle" Friends |
I miss our lanai. It held a lot of memories from our home. With loved ones. Neighbors. Friends.
When life was as I know it.
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