The Celebrations Continues.....

today, the celebration of my 50th birthday continues..... we had buffet lunch at the Market Cafe of the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila at Malate Manila. With us were the whole family [here in the Philippines] namely: Daddy, Mommy, Kuya, Gwen, and Gail; John of Gwen and Alej of Gail; Emilie, my friend and former co-worker from UP days; and Jon.



to continue with our culinary trip, here are some of the food that were available... in other words, the food i ate!!! hahahahahahaha:

and here are the important people in my life who shared this event with me:

towards the end of our stay at the Market Cafe, our conversation was suddenly interrupted by a group of waiters and waitresses making their way to our table carrying a small cake with a lit candle on top. as they approached they were singing the Happy Birthday song....for me!!!!

normally, i don't like this type of attention in a very public place.....however, this time i enjoyed it. at first, i thought it was Kuya who arranged for it..... i was doubly surprised and touched when the waitress/supervisor gave me the cake and told me it was Mabelle who wrote an email from the US to the hotel and requested for that special greeting!!! what a sweet gesture and a loving and caring thought..... and to think, she only knew about our lunch venue two hours earlier during our weekly chat this morning!!! thank you mabelle....very much!!!.....i love you much, kid sister.... and i will never, never forget this!!!!