Getting older by a year on just one day isn't a big deal for me. Hell yeah, I'm proud to reach and turn twenty-six. :) I haven't experienced the quarter life crisis, so I haven't had to hurry and do the things I need or desired to do. I heard that some tended to be depressed or something...so I guess I was just plain lucky that I wasn't. :)
@12am - 1am: Since I was still awake at the eve of my birthday (yup, I sleep early- early in the morning :D), I was doing my everyday "tasks" such as Facebook stalking and watching series/ movies (at that time I was catching up with Desperate Housewives), and also I was cooking European sausage carbonara for my officemates (just a little something for them). Then when I looked at my profile page, voila! I was overwhelmed by the greetings posted in my FB wall. :) So I started thanking those who remembered and took time to post a simple message. :) And I also talked to Ken on the phone after I finished cooking (of course, it was a given :D). After talking to Ken, I rested so I could wake up early, go to work early, and off from work early, because..it was my birthday! :D
@6am - 830am: Greetings kept coming! :) After thanking those who greeted, I started preparing for work and wore my birthday dress! Yey! ^_____^ I didn't wake my mahal (my daily routine), since he was still sick. So off to work, I was, bringing two heavy plastic containers of carbonara and peach ref cake. :D
me @ the office wearing my birthday dress ^____^
@830am-430pm: 仕事！仕事！^_____^
@430pm-530pm: Merienda time! ^_____^ My officemates and I enjoyed the food that I prepared for them. I was happy that they liked it, my Japanese boss was even telling me "とてもおいいしい！！！" and I would be a good wife and thank you and a happy new year. Hahahaha. :D Sir, you were funny indeed! :D
my European sausage carbonara and peach ref cake ^_____^
@530pm-630pm: I pretended to work while waiting for my beloved. :)
@630pm: Ken called that he was already waiting for me at the ground floor, so I went down with Em, and in the elevator, we saw Motmot (Ken's college friend) who was also working in CyberOne building. So all of us met Ken at the ground floor then there came teasing (libre! libre!). Hahaha. :p I just wanted to spend the rest of the day with my Ken. :) Motmot parted from us, and Ken and I walked towards the condo, Em tagging along with us because she's also heading towards the same direction. Em suggested that Ken and I should eat out because it was a special day, but Ken politely refused. I didn't mind because I also prepared food for us (the same carbonara and ref cake at the condo). Em, too, went home. :)
@7pm: At the condo, as I was preparing our dinner, Ken was making me go to my room because he wanted to prepare the food himself. Well, fine, he would just re-heat the food and make calamansi juice, so I let him do those stuff (if it's his way of pampering me on my special day). :D
While I was waiting in my room, I watched Desperate Housewives (yeah, I was still catching up :p), and with no ideas what so ever, he knocked and then...
he gave me a dozen of red roses! ^_____^
A good surprise indeed! :) He rarely does this kind of thing, but when he does, it is amazing. :) He was planning to deliver the flowers to the office but since he was sick, he didn't have enough time to do that... but damn, it was still good, and I was very happy. :) After that, we just ate at Cookbook kitchen (I've always wanted him to experience the Parmesan crusted white fish because it is heavenly :-p~) , then headed back to the condo, and rest, and watch some series, with him by my side. :)
Ken, I and the beautiful roses ^_____^
Getting older by a year on just one day isn't a big deal for me, it is just like any other day of the year. But with a loved one by your side, celebrating that ordinary day becomes a not-so-ordinary day after all. :)
