Jan. 13, 2007: Celebrating My Birthday With My Fellow Capricorn Gals Who Are All My First Cousins

We are all January born: moi, Mel, Lily, Gay and Ningning!

During our recent trip to Manila, we decided to have a joint party at the residence of Mel and Philip. There, we brought in our share of potluck to share with our first cousins and their respective families. The party started at 7 PM and did not end until around half past two in the morning the next day which was the 14th of January. We were almost falling asleep waiting for Gay and Ningning to arrive. They were trapped in the midst of traffic for 6 hours along Roxas Boulevard because of the fireworks competition that evening. Considering their efforts in joining us celebrate our birthdays together, every one of us decided to hang out for as long as we could if only to see them manifest in 3-D right between our eyes.


Kids posed animatedly in front of the camera while waiting for the other guests to arrive.

At the party, the kids were almost falling asleep but they were nice and stayed up~ played some board games, watched DVD and or played their guitars. As for us, the adults, we were continually chatting and nibbling our food. The men were at the back garden enjoying their San Miguel beer.

Finally at a little past 12 MN, Gay and Ningning came by with Ningning's daughters. At long last, the birthday song was sang; the candles were lit and our wishes were spoken with great hopes for a prosperous and happier new year! After a few more hours of tete-a-tete, drinking gallore and eating time (of our favorite Filipino and Italian delicacies), we bid goodbye and went home.

Boy Blue left at 1 AM and got a ride from my cousin Irma who brought in her owner jeep. It was Little Boy's first hand experience to ride this vehicle Philippine style~with a bunch of 7 or so people inside it- comprising of nieces and nephews plus cousins on my mother's side. All went well.

I was home by 3 AM and moi husband was fast asleep. Our birthday party was memorable as it brought a re-connection among the clan who now live in distant places away from each other.


To my fellow Capricorn gals, cheers!

Belated happy birthday greetings to my friend EMILY PUTNAM of Jacksonville, Florida. Thanks for the birthday card you sent by snail mail!