Thea’s 3rd Birthday Party

I just had my daughter’s 3rd birthday party last week. The preparation was a rush because of little time.  We had pinata, treasure hunting, and a raffle draw for the kids’ activities. Since Thea, my daughter, wanted a  Dora party, we had Dora and her two friends over her cake. We also have Dora on her posters, hats, plates, cups, balloons and even on her pinata pot. We had gifts for her and for the raffle draw,  each kid won a prize of toys, school supplies. wallets and accessories. Everyone was happy because  no one left empty handed. There were also older people enjoying the party with us. My brother made a mouth watering pork sinugba  (grilled pork) that went with pinakurat suka (famous vinegar dip in Mindanao)  and his wife prepared the super crispy and delicious fried chicken which the kids really loved.My daughter never stopped talking about her 3rd birthday party for months. Seeing her so happy made every effort worthwhile.

DFA

Our family plans to go settle in Thailand for a few years. We  are praying that my husband could find a job in an oil and gas company and continue his career as an engineer. We are also praying that we could fit in and help on a ministry in South Thailand.

We had a scheduled plan to go already but plans changed when we knew that the DFA changed their system on how long the passports could be released after processing.  They already have a fixed schedule for the passports to be released and it would take me almost two months to wait. Before, it would just take a week or two to process the passports. The long wait an be cvery inconvenient for people who have little time to prepare to go abroad.

Anyway, there’s nothing that we can do to change back their system but to wait and see what are other things that need to be done before we leave.