It's Christmas.....and I'm Sooooo Very Happy!!! (PART 1)

if you noticed, my last blog entry before this was on December 22.... that was like 3 days away. you might be wondering how come i didn't have any entries for soooo long.... you might think nothing worth blogging happened to me during these past few days!!!

on the contrary, a lot of things happened to me.... but as much as i would like to post entries in my blog, i cannot.... and did not do so.... why??? because since last thursday evening, i've had this terrible toothache!!! yes! a toothache during the Holidays.... during the Seasons.... of parties, food, gifts, food, good cheer, food, love, food, sharing, and food!!! i was so miserable i thought this would be the worst Christmas i'll ever have!!! i couldn't even bring myself to write in my blog.... all i wanted to do whenever i get home was sleep!!!

but wonder of wonders.....come Christmas Eve last night.... my toothache was gone!!! how? ....just let me update my blog....

DECEMBER 23, 2006, SATURDAY

i woke up with a terrible toothache. actually, this tooth has been acting up for the past 3 days.... but the pain was low-grade and it comes and go.... so. i wasn't giving any attention to it. but this morning... the pain was non-stop. nevertheless, i went for my early morning run... and on the way home, i passed by the car wash along Boni Avenue and gave Can-Can her Christmas gift from me.... a Christmas car wash!!!! yipeeeeeeee!

when i got home, my toothache was a bit better.... and it wasn't bothering me too much. by late afternoon, jon and i went to the Rockwell Mall to do last minute shopping for gifts. it turned out that we forgot to buy gifts for some bank personnel, as well as for jon's aunt and one of his nieces. i also bought a new Dockers slacks which i'll be wearing for the wedding of a classmate's daughter on the 27th.

we spent the whole afternoon and early evening shopping.... that instead of going home, we went straight to The Manila Peninsula Hotel to meet up with jon's family for our early Christmas dinner. by the time we arrived at The Peninsula, my toothache was acting up again.... i took two capsules of Ponstan SF 500 mg!!! (it didn't help!!!)..... i enjoyed the company.... but not the food!!!

as always, the lobby of the Peninsula was festively decorated.... and the whole ambience conjured of "good times gone by".... that's why i'm posting these in sepia:

of course, Christmas celebration at The Peninsula isn't complete without the customaty picture-taking by the enormous Christmas tree....

what is a party without food? at The Peninsula, they serve a sumptous seafood buffet to die for. with my toothache, i wasn't able to enjoy the food much.... i just gulped them down without chewing and i only had these: (hehehehehehe)

after the gift-giving and fond farewells, we went home..... and instead of blogging, i went straight to bed... groaning from my toothache!!!

(CONTINUED ON PART 2)