Celebrating Friendship

The despedida and my birthday celebration at Jack’s Loft, Eastwood, Libis, turned out good. Everybody was there. Mariel and Jordan, Aries and Mon, Tet and Jay, Kim and Rency plus Ate Lyn, Jai, Hazel, Me and Jet. Food were great and not that expensive.

We had a blast taking pictures as always, something that we do every time we have a get-together. Jet and Mon was our official photographers.

Aries was her old self. Putting all the guys (except for Mon and Rency) on the spot. Asking all the boyfriends about marriage and “kung kaya nyo bang magtiis?” What she meant was pagtiisan kaming mga babae! I told her, ang common factor ata ng mga boys ng P10 girls is “matiisin” nga! Hahaha!!!

We had such a good time kaya even before the night ends, napagkasunduan na magkita-kita ulit tonight for a videoke and drinking session naman. Talaga todo na ito… Before Aries and Mon leaves for Australia on the 11th of November. Huhuhu! With Hazel, we’ll still see her next weekend for our last time with her.

with my birhtday cake

sweet couple!

Aries checking out the scarpbook I made for her

our server!

Ang dalawang aalis! Huhuhu!!!

Oi! Ina and Jai! Magshare naman kayo nyan!

Five girls kami dapat dyan eh! Natakpan sila Mariel and Jai! Hehehe!!!

Tet, Kim, Mariel, Me, Jai, Aries and Hazel
We miss you Flo and Beth!

My Day

For my birthday this year I’ve decided to celebrate it in a different way. I shared it with two children whose birthday coincides with me.

Emman, just turned one. He’s the nephew of Jenelyn and a grandson of Ate Lita – our angels. Then there’s Indang (a granddaughter of Ate Vivian – also an angel), who turned five. Her only wish (every year) is to be able to blow a birthday candle. And this time she did.

I bought a big birthday cake, balloons and ice cream. I made some loot bags and cooked spaghetti, chicken and hotdogs on stick with mallows and put them in a pineapple (my first time to do it!). Nakakatawa nga ang kinalabasan. Ang haba ng stick parang lilipad yung pineapple! Hehehe!

There were like 20 – 25 people who came, mostly kids and a few friends from Marikina (mga kajamming namin ni Jai sa inuman at kalokohan), one of my inaanak and her family, Jet of course who surprised me with his gift and Jai who came late but nevertheless proved her love for me. Maski kulang pa sa tulog eh pumunta parin ang bruha.

Here are some pictures:

Emman with his cake... see the hotdogs... parang lilipad! Hehehe!

Indang's turn...

kainan na!!!

the ice cream man...

with Ate Tina and Ate Tess

Ate Lita with the goodies

with Brian and Emman... praktis lang po... Hehehe! Cute ng babies!

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Never thought Jet could be so sweet. Hehehe! Thank you Be!

Wednesday Night

Dinner was really good. Was so hungry didn't bother to take pictures of Inihaw na Tuna Belly, Inihaw na Pusit, Bangus Sisig and Jet's tasty Batchoy! Yummy!

It was a simple dinner at Gerry's (Bluewave, Marikina). Tet came over to see us because the place is like less than 5 minutes away from their place. We had a good time especially when Jet and Tet started posing for the camera. Hehehe!!!

We also saw Hazel there by the way. After dinner we waited for her and agreed to have coffee at Starbucks, Katipunan minus Tet though. She still has work 5:30am the following day. Around 11:30 pm we called it a night.

Tetet, wala nang mata kakatawa....

Pose ng pose ang dalawa...

Tayo rin nga mare!

Feeling gwapo talaga ang mokong!

Love nya ang camera...

Emote kung emote!

Tsismisan muna...

Last picture bago umuwi...

Nanay's Birthday

The Birthday Girl!!!

naputol ako... whaaa!

mukha akong dugyut... straight out from the kitchen...

blow your candles Nanay

with the apo's... all grown-up now...

mga baliw kong kaibigan... Jai & Tet

si Jetong, galing magpiano!

The three angels that helped me throughout the preparation...

THANK YOU!

Celebration...

I am currently occupied with my mother’s upcoming birthday this October 21st. Though we never invited anyone in particular (except for my own friends and Jet hehehe!), my Nanay’s birthday is known to all our relatives. So we expect some of them will be coming over to visit her all the same. I pre-ordered her cake from Shoppersville (my favorite bake shop) last Monday. I’ve set aside some money for the food, flowers and a simple decoration. A simple party to celebrate as my Nanay turns 82 years old. Hope everything go well…

At the same time, I’m trying to finish this “special project” of mine for two my closest friends bound to leave in a few weeks. I’m still way behind my schedule. I already doubt if I will finish it on time.

I’m sad because their leaving us mid-November of this year. But I know it is all for their future. Ariesyl is leaving for Australia together with her son and her husband while Hazel is leaving for Malaysia to teach in the University of Nottingham (I’m so PROUD of her!). But that’s another entry.

Next week October 27, I’ll be celebrating my 29th birthday. Yahoo!!! I feel so old already. The next day (28th), I’ll be celebrating it with my high school barkada as I always do for the past years of my life since we got together again after college. Also we are going to celebrate the departure of Ariesyl and Hazel. I’m really really really looking forward to it.

It seems that, the only cure from depression, sadness and trouble is when you surround yourself with the people who really care…. But in a few weeks time…two of them will be far away from me… Huhuhu!!!

Stop it! I’m going to cry now! I don’t want to cry… Enough!

Talk about being stupid!!!

Jai and I (my best friend since high school) for the past month have been spending time together every weekend. We usually have coffee and talk about how our past week was. Yesterday though, we went shopping for some kikay stuff. It’s been a long time since we went shopping together. After dinner we went to Rustan’s at Gateway Mall and both bought this new perfume by Inno Sotto, the designer. It was 60% off. Who could pass that? Plus the fact that it smelled nice. We bought two different scents so that we won’t be caught wearing the same perfume together… Hehehe!!! After that we went to Beauty Bar to look for this certain nail polish that I read in Cosmo but alas it was not available there. The sales lady told me to go to Rockwell and visit Dashing Diva for more choices.. I will if I’ll have time to go there.

Anyways, so failing to buy the polish that I wanted, we looked around the store and were drawn to these tall bottles of perfumes in the center of the shop. We smelled some of them and even tried a couple of scent. I bought one. Mango & Lime by Asquith & Somerset. They really do smell wonderful. Happy with our purchases, we went to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and have our usual coffee and cig.

I was so excited with what we bought; I told Jai that I would like to check them out na. So I did! Starting with the Inno Sotto perfumes. The first bottle I opened was not the one that I liked. Grabe! I was surprised and when I opened the other bottle fortunately it was the one Jai wanted. So thinking about what to do with it because I didn’t really liked its musky aroma. Jai said she’ll try to return the item and exchange it with the one I wanted. She was an angel. So off she goes. Waited for her to return and checked the new bottle and seeing and smelling it was the right one; I turned to my Mango & Lime. I was so so so shocked and at the same time so embarrassed thinking about what we both did. Remember, we tried a couple of scent of Asquith & Somerset perfumes. We sprayed some of them on our wrist and arms… Only to find out it was…. a ROOM FRAGRANCE!!!!


Hahaha!!!! Goodness me! I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breath. So embarrassed I don’t want to return to Beauty Bar for the next couple of months!!! Imagine what could have been the sales ladies thinking when they saw us spraying room fragrance to ourselves!!! Two-crazy-STUPID-women!!! Hahaha!!!!

I’m only human. Please don’t be unkind. Please!!! Just laugh with me! :p

I couldn’t bring myself to tell Jet about it. Or else it will be an endless tuksuhan! As if I’m not embarrassed enough! That guy could be really cruel sometimes! Hehehe! Jai on the other hand was cool about it… ice queen! :p

Anyways… Lesson learned: ALWAYS always read the label and inspect the product thoroughly! Okay!? Don’t be stupid like us… Hehehe!!!

cHoCoLaTeS

The BEST chocolate ever! This came from Ate Cindy. A good friend brought it from Canada. Even BETTER than Cadbury!

As if one chocolate bar isn’t enough… chocolate cake from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is also one of my favorite dessert.

Chocoholic here we go again!

I'm BAD! Really really bad!

What a weekend it was…

Friday, Jet and I together with my Nanay, Ate Lita and Jenelyn went to Loyola to see the grave of my dear Tatay. It’s been months since the last visit. The grave is well kept. Thanks to my ever faithful caretaker Mang Danny.

It was almost 5:30 PM when we arrived. A few people were there also. Lighting candles, saying a prayer and paying respect. I liked the ambiance. The sun beginning to set and all you could hear were the leaves from the trees surrounding us gently swaying with the wind. We lit some candles and said our prayers. My Nanay was asking a lot of questions, some of which we couldn’t understand. The only thing we understood was when she asked about my Tatay, her father and her mother. Who are all buried in front of her. All we could say was they’re all in heaven and all she did was stared at us blankly. I wanted to cry… I miss my Tatay. And I miss seeing my old Nanay. The Nanay I used to know. Before all these… But that’s another story. Sad story.

Before going home, we shared some food, few stories and a last prayer. It was around 7:00 PM when we left. But the moon was there to help us find our way back.

Finally, I’ve accomplished what I came for. I’ve told my Tatay what my plans are in the near future. And I hope he gave me his blessings.

After our trip to Loyola, Jet and I went to Coffee Bean for our ritual tea and cig. Then I decided to ask Jai (my best friend) if she wants to join me and Jet for coffee or something it’s been awhile since the three of us got together.

She came and we stayed there till 10:30 PM. Then we decided to bring Jai to her work in Makati. But along the way, being a bad girl that I am, I convinced her not to go to work anymore… Hehehe! So we decided to play billiards near her place in Marikina.

It’s been almost a year I think since Jai and I played billiards, Jet on the other hand I don’t know. But he is quite good, really good for a player who’s been inactive for so long. We had to remind him several times that we are also part of the game. My goodness! He was playing like a mad man!

After an hour and a half we called it a night. On the way home, I was convincing Jet to stay over but he was making all these excuses that really irritated me. So I just stopped convincing him and ignored him until he dropped us off and till the minute he was about to go home. Didn’t kiss him goodnight or even looked at him. I just sent him a message and when he replied that he’s home safe, I ignored him till the next day.

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Saturday, I just spent the whole day watching TV with Jai. She went home around 2PM and I slept after she left. When I woke up I still have this bad feeling inside me because of last night with Jet. I just don’t feel okay whenever we have our fights. It’s been a long time since we had one. So I sent him a text message asking him to call me. But what happened was we had another big fight. It ended up me slamming the phone on him which he really hates. He called again but I didn’t answer it anymore. I hated him so much. I slept with a heavy heart that night.

The next day I woke up from a sound of heavy footsteps approaching my room. I was listening for my babies to bark or make any noise. Usually they make noise when ever they see these certain people or when they see strangers. But I was curious and mad at the same time because they didn’t react to this person who’s making a lot of racket. When I turned in my bed to look whoever entered my room, I was really really surprised to see – who else! Jet. Looking so nervous. “Gising na! Bilis! Nandyan sa baba si Papa!” Boy! Talk about rude awakening. I was smiling when I saw his face because I thought he came over just to patch things up with me. I was saying to myself “Awww… Love nya talaga ako…” But when I heard him say “… Papa” I almost fell off my bed. “HUWAT?! WHY?!” His father wants to talk to me about something over coffee. I looked at the clock it was 10AM… Too early (for me on a Sunday)! I’m still sleepy. I told him that they should go ahead and I’ll just follow them. He went down but after a few minutes then he texted and told me they’ll wait for me outside. I told myself “This is crunch time!” So within 10 minutes I was ready. Went down and told him to fetch me inside our office. I didn’t want to go outside by myself. I was scared and so nervous because it is my first time to meet his father though we’ve been together for almost three years now. There’s always a first time for everything.

We had coffee at a McDonald near our place. We talked about this future business his father is planning to put up. I was staring at his father coolly half the time. I was so nervous I felt my mind freeze. Plus the fact that I was surprised, so mentally I was still not functioning until after our meeting. Hehehe! I was just smiling the whole time fidgeting with my coffee that tasted so bad. Jet on the other hand is cool, sipping his black coffee, nodding and sometimes teases me with his foot. It was the longest two hours of my life though it was nice meeting his Papa finally.

So after dropping me off, Jet and I still exchanged messages. His message was “So, are we okay already?” which I answered with “Hindi pa! Dahil lang sa Papa mo kaya kita binati kanina noh!”

But of course it was not true…

This weekend felt like I was celebrating father’s day… Hehehe!

Sometimes I wonder how it feels like...

Seems so inviting...

Peaceful...

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i miss my father...