Thanks to the Multiply site, I've crashed into a lot of wonderful people..becoming part of their liv

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Thanks to the Multiply site, I've crashed into a lot of wonderful people..becoming part of their lives, and their thoughts and happenings becoming part of mine too. On October 7, 2007 (Sunday) I was the last one to arrive in Boboy and Guia Yonzon's cozy home...but the good folks still waited for me, inspite of their ravenous hunger, no doubt tripled by the tempting aromas of a very special paella bin (thanks to Chito, Cecil and Chicha for not eating it during the ride to Tagaytay), pinaputok bin na tilapia, bin Ms G's pork binangoongan tempatation, bulala (or pochero) and lots of other dishes which I will not continue to write about or else I may get hungry again in the midst of my own bare cupboards. Sir B had picked me up near Olivarez, where the bus conductor was probably glad to see the back of me..since I was like a kid, asking him at least twice (like a petulant child on a trip) - "are we there yet?" How was he to know the significance of the event? He could only shake his head at me.... Bursting thru the door (kc gutom na!) I exchanged warm hugs, kisses and pats on the back with MeAnn, Pearl, Choie, Faith, Chito, Ms G and got introduced to Jack's sister Chicha..and Chito's wife Cecil...as well the tres charmante French family (Peter and Victor were the little frenchmen's names, Mariel was the rambutan especialista)... Clicking away for posterity's sake....we finally settled down to eat, and amidst bin general ribbing about how Jack and the otheres were going to be a tad envious of how we were all gathered togehter...I am sure Nona, Jack, Oselle, bin Chiara, Helene, Lucy as well as the others know that they were in our thoughts as we gorged on the food and stimulating conversation (well, parang multiply posts din..kung saan-saan napunta ang usapan)... Later that afternoon, after meandering around the house and having a merienda of turon with vanille ice cream, bin EllaFitz arrived, another multiplier. I have not been in very active contact with her but I know I've come across her posts once in a while. With more funny conversation (highlight was the Yonzon dogs' antics....esp Max and his chicken-chasing, and panty-stealing ways) and videos from Pearl....we gathered ourselves outside the door. I was hoping to see the gorgeous sunset for myself from Faith's location-prize of a house ever since I had seen her pics. Since MeAnn and ze French famille left earlier...the rest of us proceeded to Faith's house where we met her family and settled down for a hilarious tete-a-tete. *sigh* If only my equipment could have managed it...it would have been wonderful to videotape how that conversation among the group went. Chito and Choie kept up the funny repartee and topics included bringing up parents..ehem..I mean children, grandparents, jailbirds, wrong ankle-scratching, politics, croc shoes, multiplitis symptoms, talk about other multipliers, subgroups like the Kitchen Goddesses (hmm...food to..bat di ko to namalayan at di ko nakita?) etc. Chito and his family left thereafter bin and dropped off Pearl who had Rico and Ein waiting for her at home. So for dinner the remaining bin people again converged on the Yonzon's dinner table,where the fun continued... and of course where the talk continued. I was moved by Ms G's tales of how our fellow countrymen have fared and have upheld the Filipinos good name during their work abroad. The Yonzons had met with some OFWs abroad...and while I am not ecstatically happy at how we are forced to export our people...I cannot help but also feel very proud of fellow Filipinos...even if they have become Italian or French citizens...their roots and values and behaviour in their adopted cou