There’s a sweetness even with nature. Though dreary, gray, these clouds stay for just a bit of the morning. Sun appears and stays with blue clouds until late afternoon.
In our travels, we saw rainbows early in am, twice and another in the afternoon. This is what my thank you message to my beloved family here, somewhat edited.
Beehive is my metaphor for your sweetness! Each pore is sweet and authentic, no person is of two faces!!
Thank you so much for your kiwi brand of hospitality – so overwhelmed by your sweetness, generosity, and time investment for both of us – feeling like royalty!!
There are so many places I loved: Goat Island Marine Reserve, Taupo, Rotorua’s Agrodome, Living Maori Village, Skyline Luge, Beehive Parliament, Picton, and my ultimate paradise – Orewa and Oliver’s and Canton Flavor and Pullman Hotel Airport’s 9th floor restaurant dinner, and the open, loving house cooking of Kaukapakapa with its chicharon, mussels, in Picton and ChristChurch – Bert’s sotanghon and lamb chops, and of course the vibrant, passionate story telling triggered by Dollie’s excavating question:”How did you meet?”
After an hour and a half of sharing about the kilusan it was still left unanswered – how sad that it cannot be remembered.
Thank you for being my family here! Pursue your dreams and reach for your potentials – tomorrows are never promised.
I enjoyed every second, even the fatigued moments, and the challenge of moving from airbnb to another. If we were so economically endowed, we could have a jet taking us places but we would miss observing the three lucky brothers’ driving competence and decision making prowess. How lucky they got to spend every bonding opportunity to be with each other!
I love you all and I look forward to the wedding of Sophie and John in Bali in two years or sooner.
Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz (Enrique)