HaPpY neW yEaR!!!

new year ramblings...
(discovered late that this is my 50th post, hurrah!)

instead of the usual gathering of the family by midnight for the medya noche,
we decided to celebrate the coming of the new year as early as lunchtime of december 31...
kahit wala na parents namin, we had to be together pa rin siyempre sa mga ganitong okasyon...
our first new year without the both of them...

the venue: my ate lorna's place...(last year sa bahay ang new year's eve ng family)...
yummy food grabe- all sorts of seafoods, grilled food etc., pati deserts... chef kasi ang host...
exchanged new year's gifts after lunch...(nagbunutan kami nung christmas eve)
everybody's having fun...
everyone got a gift from us nung x'mas...so those who weren't able to join us nung christmas eve at home ngayon lang natanggap gifts nila...
kainan na naman at snacktime...haay grabe na to, ibang food na naman!...
my ate mel's family had to leave early to spend the new year's eve with her in-laws...
by 6pm, ang host busy na naman preparing the medya noche: kare-kare, grilled spareribs, kaldereta, sugpo, steamed lapu-lapo, etc...
mass at 10pm with the family, walking distance lang ang church sa village...
nakakatawa, si raph had to excuse himself during the mass coz he had to go to the restroom, dahil siguro sa dami kinain, kaya umuwi sila ni yaya middle of the mass...
mass ended around 11:30pm...
fireworks galore then medya noche, then fireworks ulit...
chikahan to the max till past 2am...
overnight na don kahit gusto sana ni ronald umuwi para daw ma-ilawan ang bahay...
woke up at 10am the following day...
suman & mangoes plus leftovers for breakfast...
the kids including my nieces & nephews wanted to go to global fun...
3 cars on convoy...
grabe tao sa global fun di na kami tumuloy, sa MOA na lang pero crowded pa rin...
we went instead to serendra at the fort...
first stop: krispy kreme then ikot-ikot, picture-picture, kulitan...
buffet dinner...
ronald wanted to buy me sanuk sandals...
uwian na by 9:30 pm...
sarap mag-rest sa bed, but ronald chanced upon "snakes on a plane"...
so had to leave the room, em scared of snakes di ba?...
coffee and wifi na lang sa baba...
kaya eto ako, after checking my mails and some websites tsaka ko naisipang mag-blog...
tamad pa ko to upload my pics, kaya next time na lang...
to everybody, happy new year!

may we all be blessed with overflowing joy, abundance of wealth, and good health!