From a short vacation in Masbate, we headed to Manila for the awarding ceremony for the good deeds Dad has done in the province. We arrived on Sunday and dropped the things off in Camp Crame and immediately shopped for stuff in The Fort. Dad wanted a new pair of running shoes and I asked them if I could have one also. Fortunately, my wish was granted. They bought me a pair of Addidas. It was an expensively comfortable and beautiful pair. It cost them 7k. That's a lot for a pair of shoes. After which, they bought more stuff for them and we ate somewhere. (I forgot the name of the resto.)
I went back to Cebu later in the evening because I had review classes the next day. That day was also Apple Jean's birthday. It was her 21st. You can read what transpired on that day here.
Tuesday was the day where Dad got his award. Her Excellency, Gloria Arroyo herself, gave him the award. It would have been nice if I was there watching.
I was planning the things that I wanted to do for the rest of the week already. Until the day when Mom told that they will come home for my birthday. I didn't expect that since they had planned to come back home on July. I had to adjust some things.
Initially, I was thinking of a semi romantic date with Apple Jean on Friday before she goes to work. Then Saturday is the day where all my friends and me would go outing somewhere. And Sunday, a movie with Apple Jean. All but the outing with friends didn't come to fruition. The rest of the family arrived on Thursday morning and had to cancel all my dates with her. Of course, I didn't tell her what I would do. I would like to surprise her, you know. ^_^
Friday, we heard mass in St. Therese and ate at Pino resto. Later in the evening, after dinner, we had karaoke with my dad and brother. There was no mic yet so we had to sing our lungs out.
Saturday, right after the review classes, we headed to EMall and bought some stuff for the pool party. Tubod Flowing Waters was actually quite nice. We arrived at around 1 P.M., dropped Neil, Andrew, Joen, Elmer, Rey, and Christian off first as me, Hana, and Alphy went on to buy food.
We bought Lechon Baboy and Manok. We also went to Hana's house to get the camote and nilung-ag na saging that was sponsored by her mom. We also brought water from there.
It was a fun fun day. I was very grateful to Hana because she didn't tire driving for us. Her birthday is coming up, too! It'll be on the 24th.
We left around 6:30 P.M. smiling and stuffed! We kept on eating since there were still plenty left to eat. I told Hana that she would just drop us off where it'll be convenient for us to look for and ride the jeepney. To my surprise, she told us that she would just drop us off in Ayala. She's very kind. Glad that she's my best friend! :D
I met my family in The Terraces, Ayala and had dinner. We also bought 2 microphones.
This is the only birthday where I didn't have any celebration that involved lots of food and catering. It was purely good family and friends and lots of love. This is one for the books and I think the better birthday for me.
And btw, before we left for Masbate from Cebu, Mom bought me a Levi's jeans worth 2k++. What's not to love?
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