Susan B. Anthony once said,
"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these."
The simplicity of my birthday this year is a reminder of that.
Life is a scary, creepy and exciting rollercoaster ride. But the countless number of caring family and wonderful friends I have who choose to ride each upredictable ups and downs of my life with me makes rollercoaster rides of my life worthy and enjoyable.
I am appalled and gratified with the overflowing birthday texts and SMS, the heartwarming emails, tearjerking phonecalls, unexpected visits I received from my extraordinarily fabulous circle of friends and awe-inspiring family. Just going through the rush of love I recieved on my birthday, I realized, " God, I am truly blessed."
To my fantastic friends and loving family who threw and hosted the week long birthday gatherings and dinners last week and this week, YOU WERE FANTASTIC!
Cho Sun Galbi Korean BBQ was the best place to intertwine my korean friends and my filipino friends. It was well organized and fun although we ended up smelling like the food we ate. As every stomach filled up through the night, I can tell you it was a job well done. Thanks Mr. Temper! You know who you are!
Brass Monkey was equally awesome! What a night to get unlimited bar privileges and sang the night away with out of tuned hits! Who cares? We were all too drunk to noticed. heheh. Love yah, Tony! You are the best Elvis Presley impersonator I know! And of course, I am Madonna! haha lol.
AT IVAR and the Larchmont, Despite the fact I can not dance the night away, I had an awesome time watching my alcohol infested guy friends dancing their butts off and trying so hard to get numbers from a prey of "new" victims (ooopps, I wasn't supposed to say that). Besides, the ten glass of apple and lychee martinis are keeping me busy. And oh, the sunrise tequilas and my all time favorite sex on the beach cocktails at the Larchmont was the bomb! Muchas Gracias Mickee for surprising me and giving me the biggest hang over the day after.
If there was one thing my family know about me is that I love authentic Japanese food.What better place to celebrate that than being on top of the Hollywood Hills' Yamashiro Restaurant? Not only the food is great but the company as well. Thank you, Ate Ral!
Medieval Times is fantastic! There's nothing more enjoyable than being able to eat chicken and spare ribs with your bare hands, drink from a copper cup and sip your soup from a copper bowl! At the same time, you get to flirt with the yellow knight whom you cheered for and lose your voice from all night long! It was really a "Knight" to remember! Thank you, Janet!!!
Thanks for all the gifts, the gift cards at the coffeehouse, shopping centers and movie houses, the girl "toys" (Janet!!! Bad girl!!!), the bling blings!!! (Love you ate bel!!), the mucho cash from my family ( mama, papa, and siblings and aunts and uncles and cousins!!! Don't worry -- it will be spent soon!) the Marc Jacobs package from my hermano LA, the relaxation and spa package, the wow ---my gazillion bags!!! (more to love!!), the coolest shades from auntie Vicks, the touching messages on the cards and more to mention!!!! I have so much, really. You didn't have too but I loved everything! (To the someone who gave me my Tiffany jewelry, though you were anonymous, I know it came from you.Thanks anyway)
Truth is, there are too many people to mention. Filling up these whole site is not even enough to tell you guys how grateful I really am having you all in my life. I just wanted to tell you all that the outpouring love and care that comes from all of you brings sunshie to my everyday.
And really, from the bottom of my heart,
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Lastly but above all, MY LORD JESUS CHRIST, You gave me MY life. Use me in such a way I can help, reach out and inspire others who needs you the same way you shed your love and blessings to me. Forgive us Lord for our shortcomings as we forgive those who have sinned and hurt us. I GIVE YOU BACK ALL THE GLORY. Amen
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