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Good day hivers! It's me again, Jelay your cutetastic friend from Bacolod. For today's blog we decided to make part two of our family get together. After our successful and happy family get together we decided that we would do it again. We planned ahead of time and gave an individual role in preparation for our 2nd get together of the year. I know everyone especially those who have extended family and live in a compound can relate or be inspired by this blog to try to have fun with their family once in a while.
Our family bonding starts by giving different assignments for the menu and dishes that we will cook. The dishes and delicacy that we agree to cook for our boodle fight are Dinuguan ( a Filipino stew made of pork,blood, and spices ), Chicken Inasal ( A famous delicacy of Bacolod ), kinilaw na gulay( a fresh vegetables salad" not cook") and grilled fish, we partner those dishes with ice tea and freshly cut watermelon and banana. We also put sawsawan ( a homemade sauce) it adds flavor to the chicken inasal and grilled fish after you dip. After we prepared, we arranged and put it them in banana leaves.
We prayed and started to eat, we ate using our barehand. At our first bite it gives sparkle to our eyes the chicken is very juicy and delicious. The chicken Inasal disappeared quickly and we smiled and laughed, We saw that every child had 1 or 2 pieces of chicken inasal in their hand. The Dinuguan is a very delicious stew and I recommend it to everyone here in hive, I guarantee you that it will make your mouth water after you taste it. The vegetable salad balances our diet.
After we ate, we sat on the pick up and stayed under the mango tree. We were so full because of the food, none of those dishes have leftovers This is the proof of how good the goods we prepared. We rest in our backyard and feel the fine weather. Even though we were experiencing hot weather the ice tea kept us refreshed. After that we talk as a family, some of my cousins crack some jokes, what's more funny about their jokes is the reaction of those children that they laughed very hard at corny jokes and even they don't understand they still laugh because of the facial expression of my cousin. While most of them were having fun, we are having deep conversations about my college life and about school. I said to them that it's been really hard these past few days, since we are having a busy schedule and full of activities having in our school as we are approaching our exam day. At that moment I freely express what I feel and don't mind anything, I believe that they can relate to me and they motivate me more and say that they believe in me and always be there if I need help.
This family get together hits me greatly and realize that it is essential to have a family time, as a student having a hard time family support was very important, it can give you confidence and inspire you to keep on grinding for your future. Just like they said "A home feels like a home when everyone is having unity and love".
This ends my blog today, I hope I inspire some of you to take time for yourself and your family.