And here we are, at the anniversary of the institution that I had been covering for 18 years.

I was hoping they would give prints of the paintings of national artists but what they gave was something they thought has more practical use…

Of course I won’t use it so I’ll just put it on the book shelf where cats can’t reach it. I have yet to have the Arturo Luz and Sena, which they gave last year, framed. 😑

We left the hotel early, before 10:30 am, to start shopping for school stuff for the girls. Huge dent to my wallet 🤣. Since it has been a while since the girls were back in civilization, I treated them and my sister to Din Tai Fung xiao long bao and noodles.

Then I brought my sister to Ikea to buy thingssssss for their house. She said she just wanted to buy the lamp but look what she ended up with:

It was so wet and wild during the drive back south…I thought super typhoon Egay has already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). But it seems like Egay is still pulling up all the southwest monsoon rains to cause flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. . .