My birthday is May 19 and unfortunately for me, that date fell on a Thursday this year. There are some reasons why I am sad that day, and though it may refresh those sad things again, I would like to share those reasons on why I was sad then.
First thing might be the fact that I am celebrating my birthday in a new and different place. I can still remember that I had my birthday last year in our former home in Muntinlupa, and for this year, it is quite lonely for me to spend that day away from those I have known for so long. Ok, I admit that some of them sent me messages via mobile phones, and some have sent me messages through their e-mail…but I feel that there is still something lacking from it. I was also sad because of the reason that the people that I had expected to remember my natal day was unable to remember it. In fact, when I called them about four days later and asked them if they had forgotten something, they told me nothing. That just broke me!
Another reason that I felt quite sad on that day was because of my guilt and sorrow on something that I did days earlier than my birthday. I blew up something important and I admit that I was not quite ready for doing that sort of thing. I do not like to share that matter anymore…that makes me much more sorrowful in it.
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I asked my parents if they would allow me to celebrate my birthday in our new home. They asked me on who am I going to invite, and thank God, I already have friends here…I just remembered that then. I remembered that I was already part of our parish Youth Ministry. And no need to say, they were the ones I decided to invite on that occasion. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I forget my pals back on my former home. I called some of those of which I still have contacts with, and asked them if they would like to come. But unfortunately, among those that I had invited, merely a fraction of them came…but I am still grateful for that.
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Two days after my birthday, that is, May 21, I decided to have that little celebration. Luckily, that was also the day when our Youth Ministry decided to have a little splash on cool waters. In the afternoon of that same day, we met at our usual meeting place and went to Tropical Palace. We spent some time cooling off on the pool and at around 6 in the evening, we decided to pack up and proceed to our next destination: our house!
We arrived and waited for our other co-members and started partying at about 7. Dinner as usual and some singing in the Magic Sing…while my friend Gino and Joe prepare something to heat up the bit of showery evening (because there was some rain back then). Later in that evening, my co-celebrant Cyndee arrived with her yummy pasta. Shortly after her, my good friend Tis arrived, just from work.
Some of those who were present back then were as follows: Ate Jai, Ate Mishy, Ate Tis, Ate Cyndee, Jenny, Joe, Martin, Matt, Gino, Fatima, Ate Jho, D.A., Kuya Bryan (from the Youth Ministry), Majing, Ate Bem and Kuya Ron (from my former choirmates in Muntinlupa).
We ended up at around 3 in the morning…quite tired, but in general, I felt that I was happy!
