Holiday season is over and one good way to start the new year is to share some of the activities that I did during the holidays.
December 24
We were required to report for work but only until 3pm, so we can still have ample time to prepare for the noche buena. My family and I were going to spend Christmas together with my other relatives at my lola's house in Biñan, Laguna. Since I was already in Laguna, I decided to spend Christmas eve with my aunts, uncle and lola. I had to wait though because they were not yet home when we were dismissed. I joined Jim and Monch and we killed time at Congo Grill in SM Sta. Rosa. We didn't really have a noche buena feast, we just prepared the food that we served on Christmas day.
December 25
As always, we started Christmas day by attending the Holy mass at Sto. Niño de Cebu Parish. We waited for our other relatives to arrive so we can have lunch together. My parents wasn't able to come because my father wasn't feeling too good. But they promised they'd be there for lola's birthday on the 26th.
1. with my aunts and lola 2. Kasama na si Tito
with my siblings, cousins and tito
Every year the whole family engage in an activity (usually card games). This year, my aunt bought a game called taboo. It was the same game played by Reese and Vince in the movie four christmases except that this was the Singaporean version. So how was this game played? It's like charades except that instead of the word, you describe the written in the card using words also. No action or sound was allowed. There were also words in the card which easily described the word you're guessing. If you say any of those words, you're taboo which means you're out!
So we grouped ourselves into two. There were only two members from our family who joined. My other two siblings went to mass during the time the game was played. Do you want to know how much the prize was? 5000 pesos for the winning group. Losers also received a consolation prize of 2000 pesos. Not bad I say. I was with the losing team *LOL*. It was a very exciting game. Everybody enjoyed it especially the cash we received from our very generous tita.
December 26It's my lola's birthday. Another reason to get together sa bahay ni lola. We had lunch and merienda and went home after.
My loving lola
Kulitan lang
December 27I still had to work this day because I was on duty. My officemates went home to their respective provinces, and I was the only one who lived near enough kaya ako ang naiwan. I just finished the working instructions for the scheduled production when our president announced that we can go home by 11. After work, BF and I went straight to MOA. My cousins and Tita were waiting for me. It was our schedule to watch shake, rattle, and roll. The line at the cinema was soooo long but we still had good seats. The second episode of the movie was pretty scary. Most of the viewers were screaming, including me *LOL*. After the movie, we went ice skating. It was only my second time but I can say that I got the hang of it until I slipped butt first! Ouch! Oh well, its part of learning. December 29My uncle had their house blessed but I wasn't able to attend because BF and I watched iskul bukol. After the movie, BF was trying to convinve me and his self that the movie was funny. Actually, not much.December 31This was the first time our family was not together to welcome the new year. My ate was in Bulacan with her husband's family. My two siblings were in Laguna. I must admit I was kinda sad.January 1Off we went again to Laguna. Had lunch and merienda and went home. Oops, I almost forgot. During the times we were in Laguna, me and my cousins were practicing "Hawak Kamay" as a group presentation for the surprise birthday celebration of our Tita Dang.January 2I booked a reservation at Huey Ying restaurant for Tita Dang's Birthday. This was shouldered by each family. We were required to wear something white. Aside from the group presentation we each sang a song dedicated to her. I sang "In my life" by Bette Midler. Her brothers and sister each gave a message for her. My tita is the most generous person I've ever known. She supports us financially with our education and helpedin the expenses for the chemotherapy of Raphael. She's a God send. Unselfish and loving. We will always bethankful for everything she had done for us and someday we will be looking forward to returning the favor. After the program, came the picture taking at the bay. It's funny, each family own a DSLR.
Singing to the tune of In my Life by Bette Midler
Blow the candle
outside the resto
Group Pic
with my Tita Dang
This day also happened to be our anniversary. We've been together for four years now. We're not into big celebrations. We had coffee. To spend just a little time with each other on this special day. During the four years we've been together we seldom have problems. Maybe because we were both mature and we both understand each other. I hope we would still have more years to count together.
I think this post is already too long, you might get bored. To sum it up, I was happy. I spent time with my family and loved ones. Nothing makes the holidays more memorable than that....
