Birthday celeb

forest-house
Originally uploaded by micaela.

Here's the whole gang at Forest House in Baguio, where I "celebrated" my birthday.

Thanks to my husband Neil for giving in (hehehe) to my wishes!

28th

When Neil asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, there was only one answer: a trip to Baguio. He asked me again, and I said Baguio. He asked me if I wanted shopping spree, I said Baguio. The release of the iPhone was announced last week, and he asked me if I wanted that, and I said Baguio.

The wanderlust in me is stirring again.

And so it was decided, Baguio it was. :) We planned to leave Manila January 14 and return January 17. Ginny kindly offered her family's time-sharing privileges in The Manor at Camp John Hay. John and Ryan also decided to go.

Since we were to leave January 14, I spent my birthday here in the city. Lia and I went to the grocery in the morning, to shop for stuff we'd need for our Baguio trip. Then we slept the whole afternoon (duh, what a way to spend my birthday hahaha). In the evening, Neil and I went to Greenbelt to hear mass, then have dinner.

Before I fell asleep that night, I realized I was getting older: no more birthday surprises, no more hard-core partying. Just a simple, uneventful day--which, surprisingly, was a happy one.

Holiday rush (A Late Post)

Sigh. This is so looong due. I really didn't have the time to blog during the holidays! Christmas rush got me--again.

Shopping

I thought I figured it all out. I started shopping in November. Since I started relatively early, I told myself I can do my shopping in batches. I mentally scheduled my shopping days, and it looked like I was going to end earlier than usual.

But no! Of course not. Took me a long while again to find the perfect gifts. Took us a while to decide on Lia's gift (should we give in to her whims and buy her that train set, or buy another toy that's much more feminine?). Took me forever to shop for my mom's gifts ( i.e., her gifts for other people). Took me until the mall's closing time to look around.

Get-togethers

We started on the 24th, with a trip to Neil's relatives in Cavite. We left in the afternoon to go to Laguna (my tita's place). Dropped by Neil's friend's house there and socialized a bit. Attended mass. Noche Buena (where Lia slept through).

The next day, we went to my relatives in Alabang, where we always spend Christmas lunch. I couldn't believe there were 8 kids already from the second generation!

After Christmas lunch, we proceeded to Cavite again, to Neil's father's relatives. We stayed until late at night, before finally going home.

Sick baby

Lia started to have fever just before the New Year. And then she started coughing. And then right after New Year, she showed signs of dehydration--and we almost took her to the ER.

The New Year

Before I knew it, 2006 passed. I went back to work on the 2nd day of the year.

Ooooh well. I hope this year's much much better than last year!

A happy new year to everyone. :)