Christmas 2006....the Celebration Begins...

now that my birthday celebrations are over.... it's time for the Christmas celebrations to begin!!! ever since i can remember, even if the month of December has already started, even if the night air has begun to get cold, even if decorations are seen everywhere, and even if Christmas songs are heard on the radio, tv and everwhere, i do not feel the Christmas spirit until after my birthday has been celebrated!!!

in a selfish kind of way, as a child, there was even a time when i didn't like having december as my birth month because some relatives would give me birthday gifts and they'd say that that's also their Christmas gift!!! aurrrrgh!!! but what can i do???..... hehehehehe now, i'm just glad i'm able to celebrate my birthday every year!!!

today, to start the celebration of Christmas, jon and i went shopping for gifts for some members of the family, as well as for the myriads of people jon deals with at the banks they do business with. after the shopping, we decided to have dinner at Italianni's at Glorietta in Makati....