Saturday, May 31, 2008

Farewell for Philip, Harly, and Farzana, Neil & Ariana

Yesterday we said goodbye to Philip, Harly, and Farzana, Neil & Ariana, as they have concluded their services at the Bahá'í World Centre. Philip and Harly return to the Philippines, and Farzana, Neil and Ariana will set up home in Pune, State of Maharashtra, India. Here are some pictures of the gathering, and also a short video of Alex Burias entertaining us with some good old Karaoke :)

Sharing some last words of wisdom with the friends...

What's a dinner without food?

Rhea and Willi...

Together with Necati, who is also known as Dr. Kaffa...

Mrs. Ramirez and the Laroya's...

Alex warming up his vocal chords...

Beautiful Elfida, who makes me miss Enna-Marie even more every time I see her ;)

Alex is right there waiting for you...

Elfida...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

We are here in Manila...

Menchie and Enna-Marie are currently visiting family in the Philippines. We have been here almost a week now and so far we are enjoying our stay. We missed daddy Maarten so much and we know that he feels the same for us. Here are some photos to share with him and everyone...

EM sitting inside the plane

at home watching her fav programme

with tita Cel at the dogs area (don't worry daddy i am careful & tita is there watching me)



blowing some bubbles with cousin Munirih

learning to blow some bubbles

my brother Maxwell choosing some music for his upcoming wedding

visit to the bride's family in Cavite

another group photo with me & EM

my nephew Nuri with the bride (Valerie) & groom (Maxwell)

Valerie's mom, my aunt Mary & my sister Maricel

Nuri doing Anna's presentation as the family members of Val are not Bahai's, she's the only Baha'i in the fam.

Val's dad, my dad & my aunt.

EM went to the trees with tita Cel while everyone else is busy talking about the Faith.









we also visited the venue of the wedding that same day

the bride & groom with their parents & tita Mary

at my tita Mary's place with our cousins and nieces

photo taken yesterday, EM singing "we are the people of Baha" while lola Ping plays guitar



with her new doll given by her lola & lolo

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

More activities at home

cleaning the floor

playing rice

playing house, trees & cars













making bubbles

practice writing, drawing

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Israel's 60th Independence Day

Last night the celebrations for Israel's 60th anniversary started with fireworks and a laser show on Ben Gurion Avenue here in Haifa. While Maarten stayed home to look after Enna-Marie, Menchie and some of her friends went down to the bottom of the Terraces to get a closer look at the happenings down there. Here are some pictures to give you an impression...













Lit Arc Buildings...









Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Enna-Marie & Tara

I love taking photos of Enna-Marie and her friends. Last Ridvan Holy Day in Bahji, Tara and Enna-Marie were so cute touching and smelling the flowers. I captured their sweetness and moments together.