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It's been mid May but the temperature is still below 20 deg Celsius. I have been watching the weather forecast lately anticipating for warmer chain of days, weeks and maybe months soon.

We had to cancel our planned trip to Ottawa last weekend due to unavoidable circumstances. Instead, we spent the Saturday at home setting-up a new computer and on Sunday, we were invited to join a Mother's Day celebration of our friends Annalou and Eric in Oakville. Oakville seems to be a very nice place. It is about 30 minutes drive from downtown Toronto via the QEW highway. That neighborhood we've been is beautiful and quite. We were so keen to know a little bit about the place as we will be moving to this area later on. On our way there, we passed by several shopping places, nice playgrounds and pretty residential areas. Transportation is also very accessible. It's gonna be a different environment.

We were so delighted to meet their family for the first time. I have never expected that we will ever meet them here in Canada. It's really a small world! We had a fantastic dinner and even treated myself with my long-craved 'Bibingka' (sweet glutinous rice cake), one of our delicacies back home. We were also served with a Mexican food. I didn't get the name of it though, but it was truly delicious. It was so nice to be with the family, it felt like home.

Well, time seemed too short for us talking about life back home, life in Canada and of course sharing our respective travel experiences. Indeed, we had fun and wonderful time with the family.

More than two weeks ago, Annalou and Eric came over to meet us after almost 4 years. I was so happy to meet them both. Since it was rainy and cold, we opted to stay in our apartment. Later on, they invited us to dinner at the 'Spring Rolls' restaurant which is right next to the building we are living in. It was funny though because for 6 months we have never been to this place. I thought it was a small place but no, I was completely surprised because it's big and very nice inside. Their menu has a wide variety of asian food, kind of 'fusion'. The food was great, highly recommended.