MMSM - Kiddie Birthday Parties

25 January 2010

Yay for Mondays! That is the battlecry of this serial. If you were not able to read this post, I said there that I want to start a regular fixture in this blog that will be known as Make Me Smile Mondays, for the sole reason that I want to make you find a reason to smile on a day that you (may or may not) dread (this being the start of another school- or work-week). Ü

Since this is the first MMSM post, I wanted to make it perfect. I racked my brains in the last couple of days  - and even asked assistance from friends - thinking of what I will feature first. And then I realized, hey, this should be about things that make me happy so I shouldn't  be too stressed about it. I should  just go with the flow and wait for inspiration to strike. Weekend rolled, and it did.

Last weekend is one of the best weekends I have had in a looooong time, mainly because I did not have work! As you know, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my rest days so the only way I can enjoy weekends is to file for vacation leaves. I learned to budget my VLs wisely ever since I used up  all of them on the first six months of last year, leaving me with no VLs  for the rest of the remaining half x_x I was supposed to go with Dane to Bicol but my VL for Monday (today) was not approved. So yeah, he's there now enjoying his vacation, while I am here missing him. Left on my own, I tried to look for other things to do so my weekend will not be put to waste.  Thank God for friends, they provided the distraction I needed!

On Saturday Mich and I had a photoshoot with Karlo, a friend from college. What is the photoshoot for? It was actually inspired by Project Barbie! Another valid reason for this: we are only young once, so we better have our pictures taken while we are at the prime of our youth. Ü I can't wait to show you the pictures! They would have to wait for a little bit longer though, I don't want to spoil Project Barbie. Ü

After the shoot I went to my home-city so I can attend my godchild Kaylee's birthday party. It was supposed to take place last week but she got asthma and broncho-pneumonia and was confined in Infant Jesus Hospital. Good thing she's okay now. Because I arrived at 7PM, I was already too late for the mini programme and kiddie parlor games. x_x I was already too late to see Kaylee dressed in full regalia (boo!) so I just took a photo of hers from her mom's Facebook account (they haven't uploaded photos from the party yet).


Baby Kaylee
She turned 1 year old on January 14

It was great to see my friends from elementary and high school again! They are my oldest friends - people I have been friends with for the longest time.
 
Sidenote: Our other classmates created a Facebook group for our high school batch and uploaded photos from waaaaaay back. Gah I was too skinny! I pray those photos won't reach you :D

Here's what we look like now:



 
me and Ching



me and Carmela
notice  how we kinda look alike?
us three (together with Jeje) were called Triplets back in our COCC days
here I did her makeup with the same shades I used in my face :D


me and Christian







I love these guys!

I ended up sleeping over at Dianne's house. The next day I planned to just laze around  the whole day and Net-surf to my heart's content, but fate had other plans.My bestfriend Jerome did not stop pestering badgering urging me until I said yes to hanging out at his house so I can look at his plans for a new business. (I am so happy that he is so wise with money, unlike me a certain person I know.) Before I knew it I was whisked away to another kiddie birthday party! It is for our classmate Jane's sister Janeil. This time, it was held at Jollibee.

For my non-Filipino readers, Jollibee is the number one competitor of McDonald's here in the Philippines. This picture I got from Tumblr can explain it better:



Who's that fat stupid happy bee? Everyone, meet Jollibee!


If that alone won't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will :D


busting a move with Twirlie


Kiddie Party Krissy :D


Ron and Jer


Grace, me, Bhade, Elly


me and Ron

I am glad I was able to see my friends and classmates again after a very long time! :) So yeah, two kiddie parties in one weekend. At the age of 19 23? Not bad :D

It got me thinking of my own birthday parties. Apart from my 7th Birthday Party in Mary Jay's Restaurant (after my graduation from Kindergarten, to celebrate my being a Valedictorian),  Debut Party on my 18th birthday and my Pink Positive Party I didn't really get to have kiddie birthday parties. I suppose it would be grand to have a LOT of gifts. And parlor games will be fun! I laughed so hard when Jerome told his twin brother Jonas that they should not stop until they have convinced their mom to let them have a Jolli Kiddie Party as well when they turn 24 this year :D  It got me thinking about what kind of celebration I will prepare for this year. But then again I would really want to buy a new camera so I should just save my money for that. And now I am getting ahead of myself already. Must. Stay. Focused. What about you? What are your fondest birthday memories? Do share! :)

Sorry for the quite long post. I leave you now with my resolution to not gloat about my rest days for the next two days. Mwahaha. Have a fabulous week, everyone! ♥♥


9 comments

  1. GORGEOUS photos!Ü
    OMG, super natawa ako dun sa McDonald's sign. Hahaa! Super funny!

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  2. what cute photos! i would love to try jolibee :)

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  3. this made me happy and sad at the same time... such a cute baby! and i love joilbeee!! but the reason i got sad was because... its a rare treat for me. :( gahhh i miss it! and p.s - does dane read your blog?

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  4. lol... yes, echoing kym's q: does dane read this blog? >:D

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  5. aww cute baby! and LOL on mcdonalds and Jollibee. I read a case study on that in my international study class a few years back! It's pretty amazing that they kick mcdonald's butt considering every other contry has been pretty much defeated by mcdonalds!

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  6. Yikeeee, Krissy misses Dane! Hahaha, I'm so grade school! :)

    Wow, your weekend was very well-spent huh? Nothing beats reuniting with good, old friends. And I wanna see how skinny you were in high school. I need inspiration, especially now that summer's fast approaching! :)

    I'm too excited about our get-together as well. Will blog about it really, really soon! Just text me if you need anything, k? :)

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  7. @ russ: Winner di ba? :D

    @ Meg: You should! :)

    @ Kym and Ejannz: If only it's possible to send some your way!
    He reads it when I ask him to, but there was one time I saw him reading it without me telling him to do so :D

    @ Pop Champagne: Really? There's a case study about it? That's awesome :D Yeah, whatever branch of Jollibee you go to, it's always full! It might be a great idea to own a franchise :D

    @ Jessica: Gah I really wish all our blogfriends can come! :)

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  8. It's great we can relive fun experiences or make up for what we missed thanks to the next generation going through those things! The crown made me smile. =)

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  9. @ Rick: Thank you, I'm glad it did :)

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