First of all...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROSA!!!

On cool thing about one 1/3 is that Rosa and my birthdays are only 2 days apart, hehehe.

I'd like to thank all those who had greeted me on my birthday, through text, emails, here in my blog and even in Friendster. I love y'all, guys.

Like what I usually do on my birthday, the first thing was to attend the first day of Misa de Gallo with my Dad. Hahaha, I had put my phone on silent mode before I went to bed so I can have at least a couple of hours of sleep before the mass, so I found a whole of bunch of messages waiting for me.

I was the first one who arrived at the office because, as luck would have it, there wasn't a line at the shuttle terminal but a van that was ready to leave, yay. Once Ate Sally had unlocked the office, we went to Amy's for breakfast then to Landmark to purchase those rubber pads Mrs. Garcia had asked us to buy. For lunch, I had ordered food for everyone and even got Ate Alona to bring half to Ate Jackie and Nene back in the other building. So sweet, Ate Sal and Rich even bought dessert, which was ice cream and a mango cake (which I brought with me instead). And wonder of wonders, Ate Sally let me take the afternoon off because it was my birthday. Thank you!

Anyway, so I headed to Taft and met up first with Peachy at Starbucks. Mish met with us there and we hung around until after Peach had left for Megamall. The two of us talked for a while longer then we went to the condo. Blonzki was shooting something for class then, so Mish and I went straight to Drei's bed and hung out there.

Spent most of the time just sitting around, sometimes peering in on what Blonz was shooting, or looking at Kopihus photos in Drei's laptop.

I didn't really want my birthday to be a big deal this year, so I got pizza for the 1401 residents. Pizza was supposed to be for take-out from Pizza Hut, but as Drei, Mish and I were about to leave the place, Miko and Nicco came in and decided we just eat there. We had to order a few extras then because we got take-out, and spent quite a while sitting around and talking in the booth and also watching TV. We just left when Starstruck had ended, hahaha.

Retired at the condo, with Mish and I watching Drei make his Christmas presents from his laptop, while Nicco fell asleep on Miko's bed (Miko had left Pizza Hut earlier to go to some party thing). Then I remembered that Mimay had mentioned a Christmas party she was attending at CCP, so I sent her a text message asking where she was. Arni was the one who replied that they'd be dropping by.

Once Mimay and Arni had arrived, my mood was sort of dropping already. Sorry, Mims, I was already getting sleepy. I guess I didn't feel like talking much anymore, but I found myself talking with Drei on his bed. Well, the usual talk, hahaha, plus something that ticked me off earlier that night. The rest of the wee morning hours were spent like that, until Nicco was more than ready to go home.

Quoting...
"What's Hogi like as a girlfriend?"
"Wala lang, nakikita ko lang kayo... Mga a few months from now..."

Can anyone react for me, please??


Yesterday was Rosa's day. Well, her birthday's really today, but decided to celebrate it on a Saturday night.

Ate Maui went to our house to visit, plus to give our Christmas presents and celebrate my birthday on our own. Hahaha, she pored over our old pictures that my mom had transferred to the new photo albums that I bought for her.

Went to Iam's house because that's where we had to decided to meet up so Aris can pick us up from there. Prior to that, she told me that we could bring Johnny/Terie with us to Rosa's house so he can visit his brothers Makie and Sushie. So when Aris had pulled up in front of Iam's house, that's when I first met Johnny (to be called Terie from this point), plus his sisters Rosie and Patti. He sat in the car next to me, but didn't bother sitting on the newspapers we had laid out for him. He insisted on sitting on my lap. Aw... his eyes are so adorable.

We had to meet up with PJ, Gonx and Josh at McDo ATC before we had to go to Rosa's house, and Aris had to buy something at National Bookstore for Rosa's mom. So Iam and I hung around outside McDo with Terie while we waited. Hahaha, my goodness, he got so startled when the fireworks in ATC went off.

When we arrived at Rosa's house, Snowie was waiting by the open gate, and this time I was the one who got startled because he instantly saw Terie in my arms. Before I knew it, Terie was off and running with Snowie at his heels. Waaa... Someone finally grabbed Terie and Rosa let us take him to the puppies' playroom to eat, while he and Snowie got a little reacquainted. Then when he had his fill, he was put in the puppies' cage to bond with his brothers, which was quite the entertainment for everyone that night, hahaha.

The Hogi Hall gang who were there that night were me, Iam, Aris, Seph, PJ, Josh, Gonx and Mike (who managed to catch up in the middle of the videoke session). Hahaha, one of the best quips I heard all night was "The old Josh is back!"

Anyway, so Terie went home with me that night. My dad let him sleep in my room for the night so he won't cry about being alone. Hahaha, the whole time, he was facing me as if making sure that he wasn't alone in the room.

This morning, after Terie had eaten, my mom let me sleep in until lunch. And she spent the entire time bonding with him (and she insisted calling him Koji... Huwaaat??). Poor baby's gonna be one confused pup. By the time I woke up, I was so amused that he and Mom were getting along pretty well. Take note that my mom is not a dog lover.

Dinner time... It's been a busy day today, and it's back to work tomorrow.