December 26-29, 2006

How you piece my thoughts is up to you:
Flashback:
December 27, 2001? 2002? : A supposed-to-be-wild birthday party at a parking garage where only 5 of my friends came. Celebrations lasted for a week.
December 27, 2003: Birthday party at the comforts of oakwood premiere makati
December 27, 2004- December 27, 2005: Forgettable birthday parties

DECEMBER 26-29 2006
-days of grace and thanksgiving
Day Minus One
- Greenbelt 3-- Starbucks-- In the Name of the Rose
- Ayala Museum Visit ( the multimedia presentation on 1972-1986 Philippine Conditions is so moving, it's as if I'm there.)
- Lunch at M Cafe
- Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh (hehe)
- Got my 2007 planner at Starbucks G4
- Do I still have to tell you who I am with? :)

D- Day
6:00 am Woke up
6:32 am Mass at Immaculate Conception Parish
- been wondering why everyone knows its my birthday. all the mass goers greeted me only to find out dad listed my name for the mass.
- pondered on the the life of Saint John the Evangelist my patron saint. The priest explained that St. John is the only apostle who died of old age and not of martyrdom.
- was so thankful for this day. I MADE IT!
7:35 am At home
- greetings started to pour in.
- wondering why Ka Stella (the La Residencia official cook)is at home cooking a lot of dishes in big containers
- dad said i should go with him in Lingap Bata and Bahay Kalinga
2:00 pm Bahay Kalinga/ Lingap Bata Visit
- i don't think i cud handle the sight of abandoned elders and children
- with Tita Flor (Mrs. Huber :) we talked to the lolas
- with a simple merienda of pancit and sandwiches my birthday celebration became a memorable one.
7:00 pm The Grand Celebration
- Tito Edgar setting up the videoke
- messages of greeting kept pouring in
- I never thought my thanksgiving dinner would be this grand. A lot of my relatives came. We savored a meal of lengua estofada, shrimp casserole, kare-kare, the ever famous pansit, spaghetti, fried chicken fare, desserts etc
- I love gifts! (hehe)
-celebration lasted till 4 am

D-Day plus One
The World: Gerald Ford dies at 93
- In the Name of the Rose-- The End
- Started "The Chistmas Mystery" by Jostein Gaarder ( a must read!)
- Supposed to be a doc's appointment at 6 pm, but the "fireworks" traffic jam in Bocaue came in the way.
- in Makati with friends till 12 MN

D-Day plus Two
- So fascinated with CASPAR! (the Christmas Mystery- a must-read!)
-Healing explosion at the Divine Mercy National Shrine in Marilao with Mom, Tita Ising and Jacky.
- Healing priest ---> Fr. Fernando Suarez from Canada (but a Batangueno eh)
- "I don't believe in healing priests, they just drive you out of grace when you're not healed. I believe that God will heal me in his time. I'm doing this for my mom. Real healing is unwavering faith and true love. And it dwells from the heart"
- "Father, I have cardiomyopathy"
-"On second thought, his hands have electricity"
- Nightcap at starbucks with the gang (see new pics uploaded by andrea)
God, Thanks for everything!
End
Have a Blessed New Year!