pix from last saturday

we had dinner at my apartment last saturday.. a sort of welcome dinner for jay, lorie's fiance.. a reason to cook.

i cooked embutido and chopsuey (had great review, too)
jag cooked the spring rolls, beef steak tagalog, brazo de mercedes and baked cookies from scratch.
laila cooked the rice..

here is a picture of all of us... from the back (left to right) are sonny, jag, me, jae, martin, laila and jae. on the front sitting on the floor (left to right) are lorie, eric, jack and steve..

and more group pictures....

after eating, we sang a bit.. using the brand new Magic sing brought by Jay from Pinas... had fun.

i was actually waiting for my neighbor to knock on my door and tell us to keep the noise down.. hahaha.

so yeah.. chat a bit about my friends: jag is from Deloitte and Touche, currently seconded at Bank of Bermuda (HSBC). He is British by heart, Filipino by birth, and Thailander in looks.. hahaha..

jae is from Bank of New York, a Korean born and raised in Toronto, loves Toronto so much.. and easy to get along with.. just that he always laughs at me and finds me weird. goes to the gym regularly too.

martin is laila's irish boyfriend who loves the Filipino dishes. he is really a nice guy.. works at Marsh, is into sports, fishing, diving...etc..

laila is pinay, really a hit among the the other nationalities, used to be an ambassadress of sorts and works at Deloitte. she is really sweet and cool. a really good girl.

lorie is our very own ms. friendship... sings very well.. used to be a part of the UP Singing Ambassadors from what i heard.. has a very cheerful disposition... is like sunshine. works at E&Y.

jay is also from E&Y. haven't had that much of a chance to get to know him but i know he sings quite well too and he can rap..

sonny is from Deloitte.. i met him at church. he said that i looked familiar coz we both used to work at SGV. he sings quite well, too. and has a really nice bike.. well-travelled as well.

eric is chinese, also from Toronto, works at the Bank of Bermuda.. always working.. he is leaving today for vacation in Europe with some of his friends.. loves sports, he tells me he is into volleyball (haven't seen him play though) but he smashes really hard and has really nice biceps.. hahaha.

steve is korean from Toronto as well. he is in IT.. his email addy is Bank of Bermuda although im not quite sure coz he has clients.. hmmm.. he is sweet.. loves to dance even when alone.. easy.

i didn't like jack so much when i first met him.. but now he seems quite nice.. always joking with steve.. he is vietnamese from Toronto too.. i guess they know each other for almost a decade now.

well, i hang out with these guys most of the time - for dinner, beach, movie, badminton, night outs... its cool actually. great to have new friends here..