birthday monday holiday!

although it's my mom's birthday today, i am now all by lonesome self in the house because she's out to meet up with her amigas. so here i am, passing the time away until my horse carriage arrives in an hour or so.

anyway, yesterday was quite a cute day as we went to have an advanced birthday lunch in glorietta. cheska, as usual, was a source of laughter especially when she spilled the toothpicks all over the floor. we all kind of made her feel guilty about it (yeah, we're all pretty evil in the family) so she cried. well, that's her. after that we bought her shoes and she was okay na.

after lunch, we went around rustan's a bit and i saw the most beautiful shoes at kenneth cole. it was a bad case of love at first sight. it was sooooooo exquisite. but also quite expensive. oh well, for someone who's broke, everything is expensive, anyway.

so to make me feel better, i opted to just pamper myself. and by that i mean having my nails done at beauty bar nail salon. i just paid for the leg waxing then got the two most expensive nail treatments for free! while the leg waxing was at 450, the manicure and pedicure cost 275 and 575, respectively, so my free treatments were actually more expensive! hehe...

then going home, my mom and i opted to take advantage of the free mrt rides. i was so worried that i'd get stepped on and that would ruin my precious pedicure...not that i paid for it, anyway. but still, you know? luckily, it wasn't as bad as i imagined. going to work in the morning is so much worse. that i can tell you.

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since it's my mom's birthday today, i thought i could pay her a bit of a tribute here (though she has no idea of what blogging is). hmm... maybe i can come up with how i see her in my life...let's see...

1. when i was a kid, my mom was hitler in a woman's body. for those who know me, you know what i mean.
2. when i was growing up, there was a time she was my worst enemy. i believe i was 12 at that time. we were always fighting! about boys, actually. disclaimer: hindi kami nag-aagawan ng boys. she just thought boys were the only thing on my mind. no, noh!
3. when we went to europe, she was not the best travel buddy in the world. i mean, i lost her on the 2nd floor of the eiffel tower. when i went back to the tour bus, she wasn't there! turns out, she had to go pee. and it had to be there in the washroom of the eiffel. haaay...
4. when we finally got to meet each other halfway, though, she's become like a great sister.
5. and now that it's really just the two of us, she is my constant date, my shopping buddy.
6. ever since i got interested in boys, she was always my partner in boy hunting. then she'd lecture me about thinking too much about boys at 12...huh?
7. when i have boyfriends come over to the house, she is one happy cook. she gives in to whatever they fancy.
8. when there are babies around, she's my ally in making them kulit. even when we watch babies being studied on the discovery channel, we laugh so hard at how innocent they are we end up crying!
9. in my pursuit of finding the best tiramisu in manila, she's my hunting partner.
10. at a young age of 51, she has become a bit of a Dory. she forgets things so much it gets ridiculous at times.

of course, mothers are everything rolled into one. and i gotta say, i've one of the most indescribable ones! and though we have our differences, we do have a lot of fun with each other. nobody can tolerate me like she can. for that, and for a million other reasons, she is just simply, the greatest person in my life.