The birthday that was...

Another birthday had passed. If I was still back home, hanging out with guys around my age or younger, I would probably be feeling way way old already. I felt that way when I turned 21 hehe. But here, turning 24 doesn’t really mean anything. I do not feel old at all, but do not feel young either. When you are dating someone seven years older than you, sometimes you will feel so mature, but most of the time you’ll still feel like a kid.

How’s the birthday? Oh it was okay. Did I sound too plain? Well, the pre-birthday thingy was fun rather than the day itself, which I spent in the office under loads of paperwork. To make it worse; nobody in the office knew it was my birthday so they made me work overtime for another 2 hours.

Okay, let me just tell you about the pre-birthday surprises.

Feb. 17 – yes I now it was way way early for a birthday surprise but schmuck treated me out for lunch at the Intercontinental Hotel. The best lunch ever! No kidding! The green lemon tea at Sumibiya is something to die for, not to mention the rest of the meal.

Feb. 23 – An amazing night of seafood buffet at Dusit Hotel, arranged by Schmuck, attended by my friends. Overflowing wine, lobster tails, prawns, getting tipsy, and best of all, sharing it with beloved friends, and paying just a small percentage of the total bill. Not to mention the Simon’s gift, dried mangoes. Yeah I know, it’s the thought that counts!

But the highlight of that night was schmuck picking me up for the dinner, looking really dressed up (which is rare) in a new, perfect fitting (another rare due to his size) black topman polo, and holding in his hand his gift: a “Chronicles of Narnia” box set. He knows I’ve been itching to have that one. And have I told you about his oh-so-perfect polo? Hehe, can’t get enough of it, he really looks great that night.

But he lost his 2nd gift though. He told me that he still had another gift and that he cannot find it as its small and might have misplaced it. Hearing that it was "small" and hearing him pissed on losing it, I panicked myself because I thought that the gift was "the" gift. You know. Turned out, it was a neutrogena lip balm, though we never found it. Good thing, I thought he lost something expensive.

Feb. 24 – another lunch date courtesy of schmuck (again), which (again) consists of lobster as main course. So what’s our fave food again, kids? Everyone now: lobster!

Feb. 27 – the day itself! Woke up with tons of text messages, which did not stop until late that night. Not to mention the phone calls, friendster msgs, emails, and Ym’s. Thanks guys for all your greetings and making me feel so so loved, thanks everyone! As much as I wanted to mention you all, I do not want to end up forgetting some names, so you guys know who you are. Okay, special shout outs to: hanna, thanks for that unexpected call, marye: for blogging your greetings and ria: for the skirt hehe.

And so the day ended with a dinner of home-cooked nilagang baka by kuya banoy…

To sum it all up, I can just sigh and smile. It was a good one...