Kanittha and I met on her birthday (July 18th) in 2003, and by February the next year we were seeing each other quite seriously. In March 2004, I decided to bring her back home with me to Manila to meet the family.
Now that sounds really nice and wholesome, but that isn't really me. So to add a bit of interest to things I didn't tell my mother about her and my father only knew that I was bringing Kanittha home with me a few days before we arrived. Only my sister, Via, and my brother, Nico, were in on our little surprise.
Everything went extremely well... the surprise was well received and she was made most welcome. Here we all are gathered around the dining room table at home, from left to right — Jose, Daddy, Louie, Tessa, Nico, Mommy, Via, David, Franco and Kanittha.
No surprises there, my wife is a real charmer. Here she is trying on a hat my mother gave to her.
We spent time with family and friends... mostly eating. Here's the family having lunch at Banana Leaf restaurant. Again, from left to right — Franco, Kanittha, Mommy, Tessa, Louie, Nico, Bong, Daddy, Jose, Via and David.
But, we were also able to spend time enjoying the summer weather. We took advantage of the really great swimming pool over at Via's condominium to cool off. We tried to get our friend, Bong, into the pool with us but he wouldn't fit into one of Kanittha's spare bikinis.
The photo above is Kanittha sandwiched between our really good friends, Gino and Bong. Perhaps you now can begin to understand why Bong couldn't go swimming with us. This was taken in Café Bola at the Glorietta 3 Mall, in Makati City.
Despite the fact that Kanittha had become quite sick and tired of going out to malls, and that we were both exhausted towards the end of our trip, I think it's safe to say that we had a wonderful time in the Philippines.
