| The year started in a
bad mood. We received a letter from the Administrative Office of our Appartment
charging Peter of doing things around the building to their disappointment.
Peter in return wrote them back disagreeing saying to bring the case in
court. It followed that they charged me unfairly as well. The truth is,
Vanessa did make a short cut footpath to herself without our knowledge which
resulted to damaging our neighbor’s garden. In the end we were able to settle
it peacefully without having to pay a single cent for damages done. Because
of this incident we came to know that the Building will soon be renovated
& we knew as a result the rent will zoom up of course. Besides, Peter
cannot stand any renovation as he is working graveyard shift too. Thus,
we decided to look for a Condominium Unit, like this, it will come out cheaper
for us than renting a new place. The 1st 2 weeks of February was spent
hunting such in the Internet. |
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Vacation in Wengen (Berneroberland) |
V and I took a one week break, went skiing with
Neni’s family in Wengen. On the last day V tried snowboarding & had her 1st lessons on it. Peter stayed home & spoiled himself by buying a new Laptop & a Video Camera. As soon as we came back from a wonderful sporty week, Sunday February 23, drove around Furt Valley area to see Condo Buildings under construction. While I was in the middle of it, received a call from Bobby that they just lost their residence and all their belongings through fire. Was really quiet a sad day for all of us. 4 days later, we were again happy as Dodong Joseph finally received his Canadian working visa. |
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On March 5, after 4 weeks of intensive searching
we finally found the new home we were looking for in
Otelfingen,
and made the deal right then and there. A very ideal place because not only
it is nearer to Peter’s working place but I no longer have to pass the long
Gubrist tunnel underneath Zurich City everytime I go to Neni’s place and
at last no more rush hour traffic which we have to experience daily in Birmensdorf.
Second week of March, the Balkon construction, the last work in the beach house was finally done. March 23, Joseph our construction supervisor finally flew off to Vancouver, what a relief and such a good timing. Thank you Lord. |
new Balkon construction in Sayaw |
Vanessa and Sarah |
April 12 Saturday attended Gary Valenciano’s Concert, was
really entertaining, even Vanessa and Jasmin find him a very good performer. Was a good show. The following months was spent from appointment to another choosing a new kitchen, bathroom and floor tiles for our new home. Then on July 9, was an awaited moment. Peter, Vanessa, Sarah Baumgartner (V’s close friend) & I flew off to Cebu via Kuala Lumpur aboard Malaysian Airlines. At last finally set foot to the new Sayaw beach house, such a perfect location, truly beautiful. |
| After the town Fiesta July 26, the day after which is Sunday
we had a Class 1976 Section A Reunion, a total of 16 Classmates came to attend.
We had a good laugh, thanks to Nilo Dandan the policeman, the star of the
show. We all enjoyed our stay. We toured Bohol, went to Tanjay Negros
to meet cousin Shirley from LA. Also met Susan Farrarons from Paris &
cousin Nenette from Sacramento. Peter was soo happy as a week before his
return home he was able to have his eyes laserd by Lasik Surgery at Cebu
Doctors Hospital done by Dr. Yong Larazabal. No more eyeglasses at
last. What a memorable vacation. |
Class 1976 Reunion Sayaw Beach |
Peter first time without eyeglasses |
Then back to reality & quiet hectic as we only had 2 weeks
left to pack up our things. September 1, the Big Moment, we finally received the Keys to our new home, we are now proud homeowners not only that but we really like our new place as it is now twice as big 120 sq.m. inside and a big balkon 23 sq.m.. Oh well, everything is perfect especially the kitchen, the oven turns on & off by itself as you can program it 24 hours. The cooking plates are just terrific, you can program it that the heat lowers down as soon as it boils so no more overflowings! Great eh?! |
| Busy buzy as a bee, setting up our new beautiful home. Thanks
to Peter’s good friend Hans Bättig, he was such a big help. Without
him, we couldn’t have done everything in a matter of 2 weeks! Peter did
suffer afterwards, so Oct. 20 his right hand was operated as he got dumb
feelings as a result of the hard work. Nov. 8, took an exam in TELC (The European Language Certificate) for a German Lanquage Certificate but before that took 4 weeks classes in preparation for the exam and taraaaaah I passed! Dated December 4, 2003 with a good 88% passing grade. Christmas was quiet, no more money. Bankrupt! |
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