bits o' updates

It's been a while since I posted things I should be blogging about. I guess everything was overshadowed by the news that we finally got engaged. And since I had to shake off a little of my excitement (or we might end up breaking the engagement if I keep on insisting and bugging him harharhar), I'm back!

Last night we surprised Dad's mom, our Nanay L, with a celebration for her 75th birthday. Nanay L has long been refusing to celebrate her birthday every year but since 75 is such a special year, my parents planned to do something together with the whole family (think seven kids and a horde of grandchildren, though we were incomplete last night). The whole day yesterday, no one greeted Nanay, everyone of course was an accomplice! By mid-afternoon, she was so irritated that no one seemed to remember her. The plan was that, Tatay would ask Nanay to dine out and then the one who will drive them to the restaurant will "switch" cars when they pass by Max's Meyc, and they will lead Nanay inside where everyone is waiting.

I should have taken a shot of Nanay's face when she realized we were there. She was so happy she even cried. As I was fixing the cake she asked me, "ano yang nakalagay sa cake?" I replied, "eh di yung candles mo, seven tsaka five." And she whispered to me, "73 lang ako eh, 1932 ako pinanganak..."

Bummer! We were celebrating the wrong year, hahahah! I joked to everyone that we should all go home since we were all wrong! hehehe. But it was a wonderful night, nonetheless. I'm just not sure how are we going to pull another surprise party when her real 75th year arrives hahahah. Pictures here.

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Watching the MVP Cup live was an experience to remember, though I equally enjoyed watching it on TV (with the replays and all). We watched on the third day, Mhel's birthday. It became even more memorable when Mhel caught the racquet Nathan Robertson used and threw after winning with partner Gail Emms against RP's own, the Asuncion siblings. The Nathan and Gail partnership is currently the world's number one in mixed doubles. So you could just imagine our excitement when he actually caught it (coach w caught it first but then about three people literally kicked his back which caused the racquet to slip and fall on us). Some pictures here.

Some of the Baddicts! went on having late dinner at Pier One Ortigas, afterwards. Again pictures here.

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Isn't it ironic?

To return from a one-month cruise, healthy and happy, and then die of heart attack?
For the wife to fall asleep and be awakened by a bad dream where the husband was screaming for help?
For the wife to find the husband's dead body on the receiving room floor a few minutes after the bad dream?
To be laid in state in a grand house barely finished?
To be riding a brand new black Cadillac, IN A BOX?

A lot of people would say, "Iba talaga magbiro ang tadhana..." But I guess that's just the way it is. It is our destiny. But he wasn't able to say good bye. His family believes, he never truly left.

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Another close family friend died on Sunday. She was 28 when she surrendered to the Big C. She gave a good fight and her mother fought for her too. She was ready to go, but her mother wasn't. In the end, one of her last wishes was not fulfilled that she be put in a lavender coffin. Because of the disease, she was bloated, and she wouldn't fit in ready to made caskets.

Anyhow, I know she's happy now. She's finally free from any pain that the disease have caused her.

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May both Ka R. and C rest in peace!