Rob and Jen's Wedding!

Here are a few photos from Ahia Rob and Achi Jen's wedding. It was Spectacular! Gorgeous! Lovely! hahaha.

Congratulation Ahia Rob and Achi Jen!!!

Doulos

That aint the Doulos. That's the Melville, the shipped parked behind the Doulos. But it makes for a great picture.

Ahia Spencer, achi Catherine, achi Eleanor, and I went to the Doulas at 4pm, Sunday afternoon. Big mistake. The line went all the way down the pier, and zig zagged like a scribble at the end of the picture. It was insane -- sooo many people.

You know there are too many people when you recognize people in the sea of faces. Saw Divine's gang and Cathleen's family. Cat's family left because there were too many people. Fortunately for me, Spencer and Eleanor knew people on the boat, so we got to cut (which I feel guilty about.) It was like one of those club scenes where the bouncer only let's in the VIPs. We were special.

Think that was the fire station.

Notice how they're going up the main entrance and the place I where I'm standing is on a different level.

Welcome home who-ever-you-are. (Anna with an H.)

Forget his name, but he was the Bouncer. He's from the Netherlands and he makes funny faces. And he's 18.

TAIWAN! TAIWAN!!! TAIWAN!!!!

The Engine Room. Bam Bam!

This guy looks like Samuel Tan, Rev. Stephen's brother. Ya think?

The gang minus Spencer. Left to right: Me, Ellie, Jina, Cat, Ilona, Benjamin, and Joshua. We rock.

They've got a trampoline in their cabin!

After the tour, 830pm. Cat's not feeling too well.. Sea sick?

From the outside -- without the long line of people.

Good bye Doulos. See you again in two years.

Where in the World Is Lao?

So I've disappeared from the world the past two weeks. And I've received a lot of "dude, where have you been?" minus the dude part. Anyway, my parents, sister, brother-in-law, and 6-month old niece arrived two weeks ago and I've abandoned my routines to match up with their crazy schedule. Below is pretty much a picture story of where I've been.

My family visited relatives on my mother's side of the family -- they travelled to Bauan, Batangas for my grandmother's 80th birthday. She had a party at her church and it was packed. I didn't get a picture, but this one was taken on the way there. The moon was huge, and sadly this picture does not do it justice.

The next week we travelled to Samar to visit my father's side of the family. The first thing we did after we hopped off the plane at Tacloban Airport was go visit the giant McArthur and his comrades. This is where the United States made their return during World War II.

My uncle had a cat at his house. He looked like two-face. He's awesome.

My brother-in-law, Paul, and my Ate, Katrina.

My father with his binoculars and Paul with his mega zooooooom zoom lens.

My grandmother owns this pier, and we just dropped by to check things out and to visit some old friends.

Whenever we go to Catbalogan (where my grandmother and uncle lives) we go to this spring. It's comes out of the mountain and it's freeeeeezing cold. I didn't swim in it.

My super photogenic cousin, Isabel.

Relatives. Hehe.. My grandmother on the right just turned 83.

We are dead serious. Peace.

Their reaction to "Anna's walking!" (the emoting game)

Question: How many people can you fit on a tricycle?

Anna's adorable. All smiles.

The beautiful sunset from the roof of my grandmother's house.

While everyone else was at class on Tuesday, I was bumming around under the sun at the beach.

Family picture. This is the only picture I got where Anna isn't pouting.

Six digits in Anna's mouth -- impressive!

She sucks on everything.

Mzungu drinking coconut milk.

Tacloban has one of the prettiest man-made structures in the Philippines. The place is called Rafael's Farm and it's absolutely gorgeous.

Everything about it, including the surrounding mountains.

And the wall-less structures where you can dine for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Mango Turon!

Chocolate Cake!

Mango Shake!

And a little lake to top it all off.

Hmm.. I didn't get in as many people pictures as I had hoped. Oh well. At least now you know that I'm not dead.