Another Year Older

I turned another year older last January 3. ^_^

It feels great to be 24! :)  Especially when I hear my dad say, "hmmm..24?  Still young!" haha!

I had a wonderful birthday celebration. It started last January 2, Saturday.  I was planning to have a swimming party, just like what we did on my 23rd birthday, but I really didn't have much time to organize and prepare for it. So we just decided to have a simple celebration instead. My dad cooked these tasty treats for dinner.

Pork Barbeque	Cream Dory in Sweet & Sour Sauce
Fried Squid with Onion, Cheese, & Tomato Filling	Kare-kare
Fresh Lumpia	Chicken Macaroni
Spaghetti	Chicken Wings
Lumpiang Shanghai	Fruit Salad

Too bad I didn't get to eat these delicious food because I just had 3 side winders placed on my braces during my dental checkup in the morning. *sigh*

But I really had a lot of fun! I got to spend some quality time with the special people in my life...

my dad                          my mom

my siblings
gia, jaoey, & chino

my cousins

and my love...

The celebration continued on January 3, Sunday. After hearing mass with my family, I had a lunch date with Mark at Persian Grill.

Since this is supposed to be a happy post, I won't elaborate on the food that we ate. I'll just probably do that in a separate post. :p

After lunch, Mark availed of the Shisha, an oriental tobacco pipe.

It has a long tube connected to a container with flavored water. It also has a slot on top where the charcoal is placed. It's a lot different from the usual tobacco or cigarettes because its smoke is cold. The smoke is cooled by passing through the water. We got the apple and cinnamon flavor.

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I got to try it and I can say that it was good, but Mark was the one who enjoyed it the most. :p We got to avail of it for 2 hours, then we had a few shots of tequila before finally going home.

More photos HERE. :)