Le Birthday Dad

Today is the day that our Creator gave me my sweet, loving and jolly father. Today is his birthday and I don't know what to give him as a gift. I greeted him first thing in the morning when I woke up, while he was giving his instructions to my sister. He said thanks and headed to school. I gave him a text message, once again greeting him a happy birthday and telling him I love him. For the first time in history, he replied "thanks. love u2". He doesn't reply most of the time to those three words via text, but now he did. Yay for that!

Upon arriving at the office, I still have no idea what to give him. I asked Ray to accompany me at SM Megamall to look for one. We've gone to car shops, bookstores and clothing boutiques but to no avail. At the end of the day, I just decided to give him a cake. That was a usual buy when there's a birthday in our house. Along with Ray and Michelle when we went home from work, I bought a mango cake from Red Ribbon. Lucky that Red Ribbon allows to write some dedication even if it's a roll cake. Yes, I took advantage of that service and wrote a simple happy birthday note.

My mother called to check if I've already boarded a van and told her that I am still on the line. She asked Ray to come with me to our house for a small celebration. Ray gladly accepted the invitation. Upon arriving home, we just celebrated the night away, thanking God for giving me the best father one could ever have.

Papa Pol, Happy Birthday! I love you always. Thank you for being the best father, brother and friend to me. :)

Hello 2012!

Two. Zero. One. Two. Oooohhhh~ AKEMASHITE OMEDETOU MINNA-SAN! :) In English, HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

I was on the phone with Ray when the clock struck twelve. He was my first call this year. I was talking to him while jumping and shaking the coins in my pocket. Yes, I am still hoping to be taller. We talked for an hour listening to songs and making scenarios in it. We reminisced some of the good ole memories of 2011 and decided to make new milestones this year.

Right before he called, my family decided to pray the rosary to welcome the new year. After, we lit the seven candles which symbolizes the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. After 30 minutes, the candle which turned out to be the smallest will be what we will be given this year; it was knowledge and understanding (they have the same height). Fifteen minutes before twelve when we finished praying, I continued watching How I Met Your Mother until the phone rang.

2011 may not have started very well for me but at least it ended with happiness. Thank you for the new people in my life and those who I knew way before 2011 who stayed. May we all have a prosperous new year ahead and let us push to reach our goals. Cheers everyone! :)

Childhood Time Travel

After a long day of conflicts and discussions, I still managed to get home fine and safe. Ray insisted to accompany me home and along the way, thank God the tension was gone. Fortunately, we separated in good terms. I didn't change my clothes immediately since our dog, Cogie is playing with me. My sister told me that Cogie's previous owner sent a message to her saying that she will be getting Cogie back. Yes, that was a joke but I felt that everyone in our household would not want Cogie to go.

I finally managed to refresh my body before heading to the computer. The upcoming karaoke contest at Ozine Fest 2011 Anime Figure Special this December 28-29 still haunts me and I am having second thoughts on joining. I browsed through YouTube™ and played instrumental versions of the songs I'm planning to sing. I have already trimmed down my choices to three songs and I guess the next few days will be of decision-making. Then I came across Aya Hirano's live version of God Knows. I watched it a little then noticed on the sidebar that there was a video of her, voice acting Haruhi. I watched the video and on the same sidebar I clicked on her Pikachu voice acting. Because of that sidebar, I encountered the real Pikachu seiyuu then little did I realize I'm already watching the Pokemon opening theme. My sister joined me in watching as we reminisce our childhood; her liking Chansey and me liking the GameBoy™ Pokemon game. She asked the names of the other pokemons so I downloaded the whole image of the Pokemon list. We were naming these pokemons but upon reaching the 50th, I forgot the others.

Our reminiscing led to watching opening themes of other childhood shows like Digimon, Ragnarok the Animation, Cow and Chicken, Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory. Alongside with that, we recall on how we react upon watching these series. After cartoons, we watched the local opening themes of shows like Sineskwela, Math Tinik and Hiraya Manawari. Also, the tagalized cartoons like Cinderella, Cedie, Bananas in Pajamas and Remi. Then, there was this... the spanish telenovelas: Rosalinda, Marimar and Maria la del Barrio. I don't know what happened but that was really enjoyable for the both of us. It seems like we're close enough to know very well how we reacted back then.

Ray finally texted me to call him. When I called him, I was on this hype of naming pokemons. I asked him to name the pokemons and guess what; there were only five to which he can't name. He was so cool! I was teasing him that I already have a crush on him since he can name all the pokemons. We chatted a little while about Mirmo and buying pokemon figures before going to sleep.