Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon

Tomorrow it will be Christmas eve again … and it won’t be a white one so we will just have to dream about such an event.

It’s been a year full of major events. We sold our house in New Jersey and are now going through the approval process for our new home in Silang Cavite. If all goes well, it should be finished by August. We had planned or hoped to start construction in October but things can move a bit slowly … and so the completion date is somewhat up in the air.

Obviously, it was a major decision to make this move and change in our lives but so far no regrets at all. We are enjoying life here and are both in relatively good health. Can’t say the same about Nikko, who will be 16 in January and shows his age; he’s gone blind and does not hear very much anymore … though he still eats well.

Some of our activities have been documented on our blog and we hope you will visit the site from time to time to look at what we are up to.

We had planned to go to Boracay, an island resort, for a few days, right after Xmas. However, when we tried to make our plane reservations, we found out that there was no space available. C’est la vie. Instead we may go to Calatagan where friends of our have a nice beach house [and they are still in New York].

In January, we have scheduled scuba classes … that should be nice, given all the great diving places here in the Philippines.

We’ll keep you updated on the progress of our house.

Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon.

Hans & Noel … and Nikko