Book 1
Katniss & Peeta
Book 2
Last thursday was St. Zachary's day again (November 5). We were in Macon (600 kms. from where we live) chez Raph's grandparents. We were there since November 1, Raphaël had a week of holiday (finally!). For Zach's fête, we got him a chocolate cake with Lightning Mcqueen on it. He was sooo happy! He loves Cars so much. We just came home tonight after our 10 hour drive. Happy to be back home but I got tons of laundry to do! 
... I finally became french! I just knew this last saturday, when I got a letter from the Tribunal d'Instance that they have registered my declaration of french nationality. This means that, as of now, I am officially french and not a filipino. Ofcourse, it's possible to have the double nationality... but I have to apply for it in the Philippine Embassy. I will do it later, ofcourse, when I get the chance to go to Paris again. Do I feel less of a filipino now?
Ofcourse, No!
I would love to eat these! Aside from my family and friends back in the Philippines, I really miss eating pinoy food. There's nothing Filipino (when it comes to food) here in Nantes. I heard there's a shop in Paris that sells pinoy stuffs (itlog na maalat, daing na bangus, balut etc).... but unfortunately, nothing like that exists here in Nantes. When I have time, I try to cook filipino dishes like chicken arroz caldo, sopas, adobo, sinigang at tocino (There's an asian market near my in-laws and they sell tocino mix and sinigang mix!). That's as close as I can get eating pinoy food here. Sad to say, I can't make kakanin myself...I am missing them terribly!
I'm so sorry for not posting anything for quite sometime now. I don't have any excuse for it. I'm just lazy. I don't even know how to make my blog alive again. I will try my best... again...
How am I these days? I'm fine... I'm busy reviewing road codes here. I am just starting my driving lessons, and I have to pass the code test soon. The test consists 40 questions (about road signs, driving priorities, parking rules, etc.) and I am just allowed to do 5 mistakes. I am not yet ready to pass the test, but I'm getting good day by day :) I had my first driving lesson last tuesday. I started driving in a parking lot first, then on our way back, the instructor let me stay in the driver's seat. So I had my first experience driving a car on the road (almost, since he was the one doing all the feet work). It was kind of scary at first... but I got the hang of it after a while. Next driving lesson will be on wednesday. Goodluck to me!
I'm very thankful my family's safe from the typhoon/flooding that happened last week in the Philippines. Until now, it's so hard for me to believe that something like this happened. I remember experiencing strong typhoons when I was young, but not this much. And I remember a few times being happy whenever there's a typhoon because the classes will be suspended, I can just stay sleeping and watch TV all day. Now, when I heard that there will be another typhoon coming to the Philippines, I felt scared.
It's already October. Christmas will be just in a few weeks. I really wish we can go to the Philippines for the holidays. But we don't have plane tickets yet!!! I wish we can still get plane tickets on November. I have to get a new passport first, my old one expired last month. And it's very complicated to renew it here in France (meaning, I have to go to Paris just for that). But I think, I don't have to do it that way now... you'll know why next time ;)
xoxo
I am now writing this entry inside the mobile home that we rented for a week. We came here last saturday. The site is located in Ronce-les-bains (Charente Maritime). When we arrived, it was raining very much and we thought that we won't be having a nice time at all during our vacation. But the sun shined the next day, and now, I feel like it's summer already :) We did a lot of stuff since we came here. We went to the beach not so far from here. Zachary loves to run on the sand. Raphael is having a good time with his kite. I am so enjoying this time away from home. How I wish we can have vacation more often. We went to a zoo last monday then tuesday,to an island, Ile d'Oléron, connected to the mainland by bridge. Yesterday, we were with friends: Sebastien and Catherine together with Catherine's parents. They came here all the way from where we live. Catherine's parents have a camping car and they arrived here last tuesday. We had barbeque together. Then the next day, which was yesterday, we met in Royan to visit Jardins du Monde (Gardens of the World).
We ate lunch with them outside their camping car. After the visit, we headed to the beach. Raphael and Sebastien did kite flying. We went back home late and all of us are tired. 
Today, we are just here in the mobile home. Zach is finally having his afternoon nap again. We woke up at 11 am, we were really tired. We'll go back to the beach this afternoon with Chris. Tomorrow, we'll be taking a boat to go to L'ile d'Aix and Fort Boyard and on saturday, we'll be going back home. 
It's been quite a while since I last made an entry here. As usual, I am too lazy to blog. There's nothing much going on in our lives these days. I am just reading when I'm free. Right now, I'm reading The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. SMith. I still can't get enough of Edward and Bella's love story! I know, I'm desperate lol! But this book is printed in the 90's, long before Twilight... so it's not a Twilight wannabe :) so far, so good... but I still can't help to compare it with Twilight.
Last weekend, we were at my in-laws. It was the birthday of Raph's mom and we celebrated his dad's birthday at the same time (his bday is in 2 weeks!). We ate in a crêperie last saturday and in a brasserie the next day. My diet was suspended for two whole days hehe :) Here's what I ate in the brasserie:
happy family
Zach after eating his mousse au chocolat :)
