Olwen's Excitement

Last December 2001, Chief and I made our first trip to the United States. We were overwhelmed by excitement and euphoria (which I still need to blog) as we visited family and friends. One of those friends is Olwen Powell Abergas.

Last Wednesday night, before my birthday, the excitement extended to our own greenhome in the heart of Legazpi Village as Olwen made a “state visit” into our humble abode. We had met him earlier for dinner at Dad’s Restaurant at SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City and made a quick 15 minute drive back to our greenhome in Makati for red wine and stories.

“Parang museum ang bahay ninyo,” says Olwen. We could feel his own excitement of seeing our place… and even being first among our friends to see our home.

He admired the furnitures and fixtures which we had shipped back from Vietnam, plus the other stuff we had accumulated through the years.

But more than the physical surrounding, it is the solid friendship between us and make our greenhome an even more memorable place to be in.

For many hours, we talked about family and friends and life between the New York City and Makati.