The Customary Birthday blog
First of all I want to say thank you to the our Lord Almighty for giving me the chance to be in this world for the last 24 years. The journey has been rough but I’ve enjoyed all of it.
Next I’d like to thank everyone who remembered my special day last Tuesday. From the early greeters to those who waited until the wee hours of the night to send their greetings I really appreciate the small gesture that reminds me that people still care about me.
And of course I’d like to thank my family and Tere for being there for me. This life has been so special because how mommy, daddy, kuya, manang and of course tere, loves me. You make me feel so special that I continuously want to become a better man.
And for those who were wondering how the special day went? Well even though I would have wanted to take the day-off, I simply can’t because its month-end closing right now and the requirements I handle have a strict timeline. And since my birthday was a Tuesday was I really lucky when I re-discovered the fact that my car was coding for that day! So there I was, sitting in the office at 630 in the morning waiting for the events of the day to unfold. But I guess I am just so blessed to be part of an office where we treat one another as family. Everyone greeted me with smile and gusto and they even threw a lunch party for me at Manong’s! I really am so proud to be part of the Finance family in SPEX most especially because I really do feel at home with my officemates and we treat one another with respect and camaraderie that really makes you feel you belong. After lunch we still had to finish the month-end processes and even though I finished mine at around 430 I still couldn’t go home because of coding. So I waited until 630 before I went out of the building, fetched tere in the nearby Festival Mall where she was buying school supplies and off we went back home. I was hoping that the timing would just be enough so that when we reached Makati it would already be 7 but alas, traffic was so light that we were in the exit by 645. So what we did was we advanced the clock in the car so that when a traffic enforcer apprehends us we could say that it’s already past seven. I was also thinking of using the birthday treat ploy but we were lucky enough to avoid apprehension until it really became 7pm. We arrived home at around 745 where my parents together with my 3rd cousin and his cousin (so I guess that makes us 4th cousins already) were already seated for dinner. We had a hearty dinner followed up by good conversations when two of my good friends in High School came by to greet me. We enjoyed catching up and sharing stories but since it was a workday the following day we had to break it up at around 11. Well, of course I could have wished for something different for that day but having to celebrate it with the people you love, respect and care about makes it one of the best days ever.
Again thanks to everyone! Happy Birthday! hehe
posted by JaY @ 6/04/2008 06:36:00 PM
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