“Because it’s nice to escape that busy life and just go to the park for that fun, bright and warm party with friends and barBQ. And time is like a long bicycle ride with balloons and a strong wind brushing your hair and carrying your troubles behind.” That was Brian’s description on the photo album […]
Thirty, Flirty and Thriving part 2: Wine and Candles
A week before my birthday, I realized that I missed Ted Mosby and the gang and decided to rewatch some old episodes of my favorite sitcom How I Met Your Mother. One of those happened to be the episode called “Say Cheese” which centered around Lily’s 32nd birthday. In the episode, Lily celebrates her birthday with […]
Thirty, Flirty and Thriving part 1: Hungry Games
Jemma (aka Jimjim) and I decided to have a picnic on the first of September in Botanic Gardens to celebrate our birthdays together. We invited some of our office friends and headed over there loaded down with store-bought food and mats. We wanted to have games, so Nantoy and Joc volunteered to organize that part […]
Birthday Celebration @ Pan Pacific Hotel
I celebrated my birthday with my hometown friends like I did last year – in a hotel room. I served Ikea chicken wings, Canadian pizza, and hokkien mee. Anne and Mark brought their wii and guitar and we all had such a blast eating and playing and jamming and talking and laughing with each other. […]
Birthday Cakes
For the first time in the history of me working, I decided to take a birthday leave! Yahoo! So… now what? *Crickets chirping* Aha! I can wax nostalgic and take a look at pictures of my previous birthdays. (Whew! Crisis avoided.) My first ever birthday. Obviously I don’t remember anything about it but the pictures show that […]
Surprised
My first birthday surprise came this morning when I arrived at my work station to find Hershey’s kisses on it. Turns out it was from my new seatmate Tinay. She said she had been pressured when I jokingly told her the day before that I was expecting a surprise. LOL! Such a sweet gesture nonetheless. […]
Joint Birthday Celebration with Jemma
Jemma and I threw a joint celebration for our birthdays and cooked up some Pinoy goodies for the dwarfs at their place. Jemma cooked her pancit with quail eggs, Maya fried some spring rolls and cheese sticks, Dred whipped up some maja blanca, while I threw together a buko salad and grilled some pork liempo […]
The Fairest Cake of Them All
No doubt about it, this is the prettiest birthday cake I have ever had. My colleague Farrah baked it. Good news is, she takes orders. So if you want one, just leave a message and I’ll let her know. She left early though, so she wasn’t able to eat the cake and be part of […]
A Happy BirthDee Indeed
Before midnight, my flatmates surprised me with Italian food, a mini cake (since they already gave me a big one the day before) and a video. The video was made by Tyne. The messages were so touching and unexpected and I would’ve cried if there had been no other people around (haha, I’m like that). […]
Pre-Birthday Celebration
Last Friday, our bosses announced that September 6 was a holiday in one of the countries we were supporting, so we could take a leave on said day if we want. I filed for it straightaway. Now that I had an extra day off, what to do? I was deliberating jetting off somewhere by myself, […]