Lily wants to sit with us at the dinner table.
Even without my own food, I'm happy just being able to enjoy the atmosphere while looking at everyone's faces.
Relax in the parking lot.
We have planted various vegetables in the banana plantation in our backyard.
We can harvest okra every day now.
The produce harvested that morning goes straight to the dinner table.
Usually, it's served boiled, but the other day it was cooked with chicken and it was really delicious.
I'd been calling it 'I want to decorate the Christmas tree.' since October, but then I said we'd wait until November, and now I've already decorated it!
Apparently, in this country, Christmas starts in October.
And then Halloween.
The ritual involves going to the grave and offering prayers.
Gigi and the others apparently didn't know anyone's grave in Osamis, so they just prayed at the general grave.
Those whose family members or relatives are buried at the grave bring food and drinks to the grave and spend three days there, remembering the deceased and creating a lively atmosphere.
Something rather shocking happened.
Dr. Kerapas, the psychiatrist I always rely on, is married to a surgeon,
He passed away from acute leukemia. He had been admitted to a hospital in Manila three days prior after complaining of feeling unwell.