came xmas & it hit me the worst. me & my daughter's situation kept us locked in our room, together, alone. well...my family's outside, but ya know, i can barely smile amidst the noche buena, the gift givings..etc. my cousins & siblings & their friends were outside drinking up to the wee hours of xmas morning. envious? ya... i shouldn't have been drowning in self-pity or misery. i just wanted to be beside my daughter all night. she was sick from colds & fever anyways, she needed my full attention. i guess i just gotta get used to it.
anyway, my lola, from dad's side, came home for xmas. my mom roasted chicken using her new roaster, my gift to her. i got my dad a chair very similar to a lazy boy & must be the most expensive gift i've ever spent for xmas. mom made chicken bbq & crema d' fruta. mom didn't cook alot for noche buena coz we always celebrate xmas in the afternoons w/ relatives from mom's side.
i gave out cash to my young cousins instead coz i didn't have enough shopping time due to the overwhelming work raining on me before the holidays. ayn, my kumare, was so generous she went to our house morning of the 24th to give small tokens for me & rayne. i felt so guilty i wasn't able to give back anything to her or trista so i made a few xmas shopping before & after the new years. i still have about 6 gifts to give that are still stuck in my room.
mom's menu barely fit our long table. this time of year, with my recent meager appetite, i didn't gain any xmas weight! all my relatives left home at about 5pm. my mom lost her cellphone afterwards, in our own home. so instead of resting after serving & entertaining everyone, she searched every corner of our house for her cellphone to no avail.
on the 26th, i met w/ some good ol' friends from my bayantel/skycablenet days at the fort. i went with alex.
my fella ex-cablenet ofcmates, louie, marco & elton
proceeded to starbucks afterwards coz we got so freakin' bored at the fort. we fetched saleng to join us.
new years eve was a blast as usual. everyone was at our garage as early as 7pm. dad drinking with tito norbie, ate anna playing games at dad's laptop that was setup at the garage for the sounds, the kids testing their 'paputok', mom cooking, me looking after rayne. mom & i went out in the afternoon to buy ice cream & others to serve in the ocassion. most of us plus rayne attended the 9-10pm mass at the st. peter's cathedral. prior to that, we went to kumareng iris' fireworks stand in don antonio to get our free, well, fireworks.
here's some pictures:
my tito norbie & tita ebeth; niece trish & cousins
dad & mom; w/ ate trish
my rayna fell asleep just about an hour before the new year hit. laid her beside her father who slept throughout the new year's eve celebration *:(
w/ my ate, cousin badeth & tita ebeth
in the afternoon, mom's impromptu suggestion to go to start city went ahead. was there with my mom, my cousins, niece & ofcourse my pumpkin.
while still at the entrance to the start city
my daughter's first ride at the star city. the carousel
waiting for her ate's & tito's to come out of the iceberg ride {couldn't recall the exact name}. she went poo-poo in this picture *:); w/ mom outside the covered area
tired from the noise & waiting hehe; baby's last ride, alladin's lamp
my bubu surely enjoyed the night she wouldn't sleep in the car on the way home!
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