Did I tell you that Philippinos don't skimp when it comes to despedidas? Here was another one - or maybe just a good excuse to get together and eat eat eat! We all met at Kamay Kainan in Quezon City. A Pinoy buffet restaurant. I think people thought I was a little strange taking heaps of photos of all the food - but there was such a large variety of typical Philippino food on offer that I couldn't resist.

Dinner was with my workmates at the Program Development Division in NCRFW as well as with the Executive Director, Miyen and members of the Gender Resource Network Core Group, Aida, Carol and Milalin.

The buffet with beans and ginataang tahong (mussel chowder) in the foreground