Illinois

Oh yes, another road trip. This time to Illinois. When Ninong Sangko (Uncle Gani) passed away on 2003, we never had the chance to visit our relatives in Chicago. One of the reason was I got sicked. Now, that I can get out of my cocoon, we planned to visit them for U. S. Thanksgiving.


We left Toronto early Wednesday morning and arrived at my cousins' house before night time. We stayed there for the whole time. We visited Ninang Sangka's condo, not far from my cousins' place.



November 23rd, we had a good Thanksgiving Lunch with Kuya Michael's brother and sister with their families. Thank you for the yummy food we had for lunch like, the Baked Chicken Breast with White Sauce, Roasted Whole Thanksgiving Turkey, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Pancit, and many others.


We visited Nanay Letty at Thanksgiving night for dinner and saw her kids and their families. Nanay Letty and kids are from Malabon as well.


November 24th, Ate Lulyn and Kuya Albert invited us to their new house and we went out for lunch at Filipiniana Restaurant at Niles, Illinois. Thank you very much! Of course, we did a little shopping and a lot of window shopping :) When we get to my cousins' house, Jensine was surprised by her Aunt Rosi, Aunt Len, Uncle Michael and Ate Kennedy with lots of presents for his coming birthday and Christmas.

Next day, we attended Sabbath at Hinsdale Fil-Am Church and stayed the afternoon at the Mariano's Residence, house of Kuya Reinier's brother and sister-in-law. I met Ate Lita's in-laws and heard the sound of Tatay (Kuya Rainier's father) as he played his guitar. It was an amazing sound.


Before we headed Toronto, we went to visit the graveyard of my Uncle with my Ninang Sangka and my cousins with Kennedy. We also passed by at Ate Linda's place to pick up Chicago's finest Cheesecake, Eli's. Thank you very much for the cheesecakes.




This was another pleasant vacation we had this year. I saw my relatives again and be with them again. Surely, Jensine enjoyed this vacation and meeting them since he was still a baby when we last came. He also thinks that it was another birthday celebration for him for he got lot of gifts. We do hope to see them again someday, God permits. Thank you very much for the warmth and joyful thanksgiving. Thank you for the accommodation, food, late night chat and for everything. We hope to see you again!