birthday treats

i inherited the first-born spot when my sister decided the earth wasn't a very nice place and left 2 days after she was born. i was welcomed into the world by strong winds and flashfloods, a freddie aguilar song, and happy birthday wishes to my mom. and since it was then a tradition to follow the roman catholic calendar, i was named after Pope Pius - thus the name Pia.

since mom gave up her birthday the day she brought me into the world, it was time to give it back to her just this once, since it'll be the last i'm spending it with her here in manila. i gathered her closest friends and my dad at chili's greenbelt on the eve of our birthday, and lied. i told her we absolutely had to meet our avp editor that night because he had to finish our revisions this weekend. and when she walked into chili's, she got shocked because she found familiar faces and a birthday cake waiting for her.



that simple surprise was apparently enough to make her birthday complete and worth yakking about to everyone who ever asked how her birthday went.

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spent our birthday morning enjoying vigan longanisa, hot chocolate, and champorado at josephine's tagaytay.








and said a prayer of thanks at the pink sisters adoration chapel.



dinner was with high school friends at Zong's at The Fort. their spicy singaporean fish fillet, crispy noodles with vegetables, and yang chow fried rice were yummy and MSG-free... and prices are extremely reasonable - was surprised that for so much food it wasn't that expensive. hopped on over to Jill's for a bottle of beer before we all headed home. we must be getting old, as we didn't mind calling it a night at 12 midnight. LOL.

and as in the past years, my birthday wouldn't have been complete without a full birthday song from aldo!