My birthday weekend

I'm thankful to have a day-off from work last Friday. Marion just came from his Indonesia trip and I picked him up at Makati -- should be at the airport but then I couldn't wake up really early because we just had our company Christmas party on Thursday night. Also, I was able to get home at 12MN because some bully guy who is driving a red Mitsubishi Adventure (plate number WKI 827) hit my car. Tsss.

After picking him up, we had our brunch at SBC Bonifacio High Street. He dropped me an hour later at McDo near St. Lukes because I'm meeting my college friends there before we head to Tagaytay. The Tagaytay trip is welcome-to-the-real-world and/or post-breakup trip for our friend Fay who is mending a broken heart and just took the Bar Exam last November. Her mom also went with us (which is okay because tita is so nice and is willing to treat us dinner hihi) and Vlad was joking that his goal is to have a zero-gastos for the trip. We made a bet that it won't be possible because he is the king of pasalubongs plus knowing his appetite, he needs to eat every hour. True enough, the first thing he bought was a McChicken fillet meal. I asked him, "Di ka nagbreakfast??" which he nonchalantly answered "Nagbreakfast...eh gutom ako eh." "So ang goal mo ay zero money left sa wallet at hindi zero gastos". We left BGC at 11AM and arrived Tagaytay at 2PM. We had lunch at Dencio's and went to Tierra de Maria after.

lunch at Dencio's

     

We checked in at Taal Vista Hotel. After checking in, our first activity was to...sleep. We feel like lolas and lolos. Grabe. We even had a conversation reminiscing how "energetic" we were before -- we can sleep at 3AM and feel sooo alive the morning after. Now, we already feel sleepy at 9PM, lucky if we still get to party 'till 10PM. So what happened to our energy?! We feel so old.

relaxing view at Taal Vista Hotel

giant Christmas tree

After an hour, we went out for dinner. I feel so fat in just 4 hours. My stomach feels bloated and I can feel it say, "Huhu kakain uli??" But who am I to resist a free dinner, right? Lol. After dinner we went to Bag of Beans for dessert.

              

After too much eating, I slept early and I wasn't able to join my friends for stargazing. Yuck ang tanda ko na talaga! But I woke up early as well the following day. We left Tagaytay at 1PM. At 3PM, I waited for boyfie to pick me up at Shangri-la and as my birthday gift, he let me shop  for anything I want! Wohooo! I really love this guy.

On Sunday, my family and I went to Bulacan to attend my cousin's daughter's christening. We went home right after because my family organized a birthday party for me and mama.

I am soooo thankful my birthday fell on a weekday hence, I was able to avail a birthday leave.

On Monday (my exact birthday), I went to Makati Med to have a checkup -- yeah, like this was the coolest thing to do on a birthday nyahaha! (This has been postponed for the longest time. I was diagnosed with hemangioma last June and I had a CT Scan last month). I went to Makati Med to have my CT scan results read by the doctor. It feels good to have so "me" time even if I'm in a hospital. I was supposed to read a book while waiting for the doctor but my time was spent on replying to peoples' birthday greetings. I finished at 10AM and had brunch at Pancake House, waited for boyfriend for his lunch break before I head to Sofitel Vietura for my free treatment. Ms. Agnes, was so nice and the Vietura staff surprised me with a birthday cake.

Yay! I'm surprised!!! 

Ms. Agnes also treated me for a free foot massage. Yay! I feel soooo relaxed. I pick up boyfriend from work and we had my birthday dinner. Hooray for 20-ish years of existence (just because I stopped counting at 25 lol).

Happy birthday to me!