Mama's Birthday Celebration

Jojo fetched me at around 6:45am at my office and we went home immediately as my brother along with the rest of our clan would be celebrating my mom's 64th birthday in my Kuya Edwin's house in Bulacan. I immediately prepared all the things we need to bring and cooked some Vigan Longaniza I bought at Emerald Bancheto during our lunch. They fetched us at around 7:30 am and off we go to Bulacan. I had a really nice time especially with our two babies, Eddyson and Emerson. Tita Beth also came with us with two of her grandchildren, Andre and Nadine. Of course, Ate Mel and Kuya Edwin is also present with Eddyson's yaya Maring. On our way, I bought 2 pcs Lechon Manok as my ambag for the celebration and I took this very cute picture of my nephew Empoy as he struggle to stand still as he is afraid of taking another step closer to the van.

We came to the house at around 10:30 am. To be honest, sobrang naawa ako sa bahay nila. Actually, that house was bought by my Kuya and his former wife for their family...unfortunately, their relationship did'nt last forever so the house has been abandoned as nobody wants to live there anymore. We only come here twice a year, so pagpasok namin...sobrang dami nang agiw. Sayang talaga, sobrang ganda pa naman ng place. They have 2 bedrooms and a maid's room. Plus a very nice kitchen, a huge lawn and an extra room for laundry. Naiwan ang nag-iisang tv kaso di nakakakuha ng reception, buti nalang, kuya brought with him his laptop...and buti nalang may dala akong dvd. Watched Caregiver and Hancock.











Btw, mama wants the food to be on the native side so they assigned Jojo to have the large tilapia grilled. Mama also cooked Pinakbet (her specialty) and brought Malagkit and Pancit. Ate Mel cooked fried Tofu, talbos ng kamote and okra with bagoong, and of course my Lechon Manok. We really had a very nice lunch time together, I've eaten so much and sobrang asaran talaga ang naganap sa harap ng hapag kainan! Mama boasted that only now did people found out about the miracle Malunggay gives to the body...and proudly say na "kaya kami matatalino nina Tita Beth kasi batang malunggay kami..." Hindi ko na kinontra si mama kasi birthday nya naman, so nagpatawa ako about the text i received from my friend Ice about a certain taong grasa, asking a student for a coin...the student apparently asked the taoong grasa if he will just use the money for his bisyo...the taong grasa said "wala ho akong bisyo" and the student - upon hearing that said : "halika muna sa bahay namin, ipapakita ko sa nanay ko kung anong nangyayari sa mga taong walang bisyo...." - my kuya Edwin and Ate Mel laughed so hard....but mama remained silent and seems absorbing the things I've said..." ah bakit daw walang bisyo..." and we started laughing so hard that we almost run out of breath...I said..."ay ayoko nang kumain ng malunggay mula ngayon...." teasing mama because her pick up is slow at that time. Mama, realizing what I was implying just laughed and tap my shoulder saying..."inaasar mo na naman ako ha!"

That was a really enjoyable time with the rest of the family, but it would be much happier if Ate Em's family is present. Anyways, after a busy lunch time, I took a nap as I have been awake for 18 hours already. Nagising ako, uuwi na kami at 5:00 pm. Hinatid nila kami hanggang bahay and pag-uwi..plakda na ako.

Im so happy seeing my family again. I hope we could have more bondings in the future that would be as happy as this one.