the 'barla' incident

photos (from top clockwise): me, the barlas, mom and gianne frances, me and my cousins - cookie and lilac, mom and dad, my robot necklace

family will always come first for me. when all else fails and the rest of the world abandons me, i can count on my family to be right behind -- waiting to catch me. 

last sunday was the christening of my cousin's baby girl -- gianne frances. and i was one of her godmothers. that means more gifts to buy by christmas...haha! i was happy to have spent time with my cousins, especially my favorite cousin, lilac (on the 3rd picture). our age difference is almost 15 years but we just think alike. they call us 'the barlas' after this long, black and bony fish.  
 

 why barla? well, every holy week, we go home to our province in zamboanga del norte and spend time at my grandparent's house. we take care of the easter breakfast for the church and the 'carro' of jesus on his resurrection. while in there, we mostly eat fish for fasting. our late lola (grandma) used to buy this fish called 'diwit' which is so yummy. the 'diwit' is a long and flat fish. one summer, my cousin and i volunteered to shop at the market for dinner. we were so excited to have found 'diwit' at such a cheap price -- P60 per kilo. we immediately bought it and were so proud of ourselves. we even bought sweet mangoes for dessert. when we got home, we were scolded by our moms because what we bought is not 'diwit' but barla! they look the same -- same shape and length but the barla has almost black scales. the barla is sooo bony that we can barely eat any meat on it. we became the laughing stock of the whole holy week and our relatives couldn't stop joking about it. LOL.

what about you? tell me of a family blooper you experienced.

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