Life so far...

So it's been 6 weeks since we moved here, how have we liked it? We liked it a lot! Although we do miss our friends back in NJ and the glorious food there i.e. Ramen from Mitsuwa and endless choices of filipino food. We find life here relaxing worlds away from the rat race in NJ, we actually have some semblance of *gasp* family life. Although we do wake up earlier we found out that it isn't that bad at all, it's amazing how you get a lot of mileage when you do that. People here just wake up earlier, garage sale at 7:00 AM, imagine that, I don't think I have it in me to wake up that early unless I have someone to shop with. Our apartment's parking lot is deserted by 9:00 AM.

Yiek goes home 2 hours earlier than in NJ so we now have time to go swimming at our complex's pool which is conveniently a few feet away from our unit, time to go to the library to borrow books, biking for Caleb, a walk to and from the playground and time for me to do a little bit of grocery shopping and deal hopping.

Parks are a-plenty here so we visit one or two every week to stroll and let Caleb play in the playground. It is really a family oriented place and that's exactly what we were looking for.

I am still adjusting though to making food from scratch, dinuguan for one (something I tried and failed miserably) and other pinoy food, I can't find here. I did find one but what weird hours, open only on weekdays from 9-4 PM and every 3rd Saturday of the month. I guess we have to wait for July then to try the resto. Not to worry though, one will open this august so it's something we are looking forward to.