It was quite a big day for Scout today: we had a little bigger monthly celebration for him and it's his first day to move into solid food. We had a family lunch, and by that I mean just the three of us, at Lugang Café to have birthday noodles.

Yep, it has been 4 months since Scout was born. It actually feels a lot longer...and I mean it in a good way. I guess, watching and appreciating him as he grows and develops everyday makes me feel like he's been with us for a much longer period.

Every month, we celebrate his birth with a cake and noodles. For this month, we went for Icings Fruit Basket and North Park's Crispy Noodles.

They say that when the eyes need to relax, stare at something green. There's nothing like taking a break from the busy life in the city than going home to the province. The rains just made the scenery even more beautiful by making the rice field look greener and more alive.

We haven't had a decent reunion for a while and with the visit of my uncle and another cousin from overseas who just renewed her wedding vows, the family had more than enough reasons to come together.

No, I wasn't hoarding consumable goods, this is cart 1 of our relief goods donation for Typhoon Haikui victims. My dad has always been a great believer of sharing your blessings with others. It's something that he taught us for as long as I can remember. And I can say that he taught us well enough in giving that we continued to do so though he's no longer with us.

A and I have received so many blessings over the years that it's only natural for us to share them with others, most especially in this time of need.

We stocked up on the basics: water, juice for the kids, bread spreads, toiletries, sanitizers, and medicines. We had to breakdown the items that we purchased due to the logistic issue of how to transport the items to the drop off points. There was a relief drive at work, so I bought the food items in Megamall. Since I couldn't carry the items on my own, I advised the volunteer group of the donation and they had our security group transport the goods back to our quarters. That was pretty convenient!

As for the rest of the items, we used A's BDO Prestige Card points to purchase the items at Watson's and dropped them off at Aracama.

What I wanted to do, but didn't get to was take part in the relief operations by helping pack the goods. Since our headcount at work was cut by more than half, I ended supporting the whole office...for almost the entire week. I was just pretty tired come end of work day.

Just the same, it feels good to be able to help out.