Happy Birthday to Me!!!

what better way to celebrate my birthday than with the ones I love?

Although it says Jan. 28 on the date of this post, it's already Jan. 29 and I just finished celebrating my 26th birthday. It was actually the first time I celebrated it while in a serious relationship. I started celebrating my birthday last Thursday, Jan. 26 with a dinner at Gerry's Grill with my family (dad, bro and sis) My sister finished taking the board exams for Pharmacists and my dad and bro came from Pampanga to pick her up from my pad. Before they left, my dad treated us to dinner and it was an advanced "birthday dinner" for me since they won't be with me on the day itself.

The next day, 27th, I had dinner at Metrowalk in Ortigas with my amigas (dona, kate, trina and dakers.) Of course my birthday wouldn't be complete if I dont get to celebrate it with them. We had dinner at Cravings and in anticipation of the Chinese New Year, there were festivities like the dragon dance that we enjoyed to watch. As usual, when I'm with these girls spending time with them is always a blast. We were talking and laughing and of course, taking pictures =) the whole time and we didnt seem to notice the time (took us 3hrs to finish) However, since the 27th is also me and bie's monthsary, I couldnt stay long as much as I wanted to. So at around 11pm, we called it a night and went home.

Since I wanted my birthday to come with my bie with me, I picked her up on my way home and then we went home together. When we got home we didnt sleep right away...we had a long talk and for the first time she opened up to me about her past. Although I know it was difficult for her, she talked about what happened to her...about how Christian came along...and I still can't believe how strong she is to be able get through it...before we went to bed she asked me if I still love her despite knowing what I know now...As cliche-ish as this may sound...I love her more because of what I do know now!

When we woke up, she went home to prepare for my birthday dinner. All I wanted for my birthday was to go out with her and Christian but she wanted to cook for me and invite friends to celebrate with us. She went shopping and cooked food and her friends, cousin, and my old roommates came. It was actually fun specially since the food was good and of course it was prepared by my bie...however, I have work today so I didnt enjoy it that much coz I was worried I wouldnt be able to wake up to report for work...but I did and I'm here and I'm really very happy that this year I celebrated my day with my bie and her son.