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| My favorite birthday was legal, long and imperfect. |
Sure you wanna know how I spent my 18th birthday.
Sure you wished me to have fun.
Sure you bet I had a very special day upon entering womanhood.
Sure I did. A little not too perfect though, but nonetheless, I had it with pixie sparks.
[...] So before the sun sets, we drove off to Boni High for my dinner celebration at Abe. I instantly found relief upon seeing everything in order in High Street-- their boutiques and stores are my anti-depressants. I really felt like every door's opening up, so inviting, so much for me. Kidding.
Pre-dinner was the most upsetting part right there. Or so I thought. First, I really felt that the Ongpauco lady's trying to kill me on my birthday with her cancer sticks. Goodness, what is she, a human smoke machine? Second, reservation took us half an hour to settle, how's that? Well, anyhow, after quite a long wait, we finally got to our seats and ate lots of gooood foooood. I'm upset no more.
It's half past 9pm and I'm still hoping to get a laptop tonight. But, define 'very bad timing'. The stores were closed and the "Sorry, we're closed" sign kept on shoving my Happy Birthday juju till it dropped to zero. It was like a tantra alert. Ever seen an 18-year-old kid throwing tantrums?
I was thinking that it was the worst birthday of my life.
We got inside the car and we're about to go home. Start the engine, dad, and let's go. I'm not feeling any better.
And so my phone rang. FRIENDS. Some of my teammates from HS called to greet me. I talked with more than ten of them and they sounded more excited and happier than me. Cool kids, I hope they get the championship for this year. They are the best and the sweetest!
Oh, we were still in the parking area and we haven't left the place. Dad asked, "Anak, let's go to Fully Booked, get yourself a book or anything that will somehow make you feel better." Okay, so you got me dad. Frowning on the outside but smiling on the inside. So off I grabbed a book and some stuff from the bookstore. I was so happy I even forgot about the screwed-up night because I didn't get to buy my laptop tonight.
After that, it's time to go home, for real.
Thank you, Heavenly Dad for this day. It might not be the "perfect celebration", but I couldn't be thankful enough that I spent my 18th with my family. Please give this new year a blessed run-- full of hopes and lessons to be learnt.
October 22, 2008
Not my birthday anymore but celeb's not done, baby! After getting my clearance for this sem, Glen and I went to Trinoma for a pizza date! I-tie fest! But hey, where are the others? Ugh, life.
October 23, 2008
Finally bought a lappy! A Dell Inspiron. And I'm naming this thing Pyro because there were fireworks when we got out from Alabang Town Center. Wow, deep. She (Pyro) is one of the reasons why I didn't have a one-time-big-time 18th celebration. And yes, because I'm not girly enough for a debut party. And I think that would cost a lot of cheese. Oh yeah, thanks mom and dad!
On why October 2008 is my favorite birthday:
It went off the usual dinner party with the folks. My first day to legit womanhood was a test of character. And I somehow failed at it but I learned.
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