This is an overdue post. I actually wrote this a while back, but Blogger was acting up and at the time, won’t let me upload my picture.
RARE FAMILY GET-TOGETHER!!!
It was a most chaotic week that went by, my uncle finally got married last Sunday and his younger brother, with his family, were all here at the house. They stayed here for almost 2 weeks, visiting from the States just to attend the wedding.
A long time ago when I found out that my uncle’s wedding was going to take place on the 23rd of September, days before my birthday, I was already dreading the idea that everyone in my family would try to find some way to have a get-together on my birthday, since they are all still reeling back from being all together for my uncle’s wedding 3 days prior. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and it’s the only one I have, but there is a reason why we rarely ever get together, unless someone’s getting married or someone just had a baby.
True enough, on my birthday, my aunts, uncles and cousins were going out to dinner and I was invited to come along so we can also celebrate my birthday. Ever since I got diagnosed with ESRD last year, I have no idea who’s been footing the hospital bills and who I am indebted to so it’s hard to say “no”. besides, how many times am I going to see my cousins? All 4 of these guys are based in different parts of the US, the last time I saw my uncle and aunt from Sacramento was when my grandfather died 8 years ago and now I have just met my youngest cousin of 7 years. Oh, and on a morbid note, I don’t think I will be alive by the time next time we have such a get-together, considering how rare we have them so despite having a script due the next day, I went along.
It's a shame that my brother and his family didn't get to come along. Apparently, this was a short-notice thing and my auntie never got to call my brother to make the invitation. As a result, my favorite nephew couldn't come alone. Aww... anyway, here's a pic of us with a naughty nephew-tito smile at my uncle's wedding...
We ate at Sumo Sam, a Japanese fusion restaurant in Shangri-la Mall, Mandaluyong. It is supposedly partly owned by celebrity Marvin Agustin [and after seeing him advertise it in the PLDT DSL BIZ ad, it must be true]. The food was relatively good. The conversations went from moderately funny to boring, typical of family. Hey, it's not like I was the only one bored, my 7-year old cousin was already playing with his Nintendo DS long before I started getting bored. It was typical, lots of "shop talk" about what could be the next big thing business-wise, and as usual, the relatives abroad would serve as the "mule", or the person facilitating the "importation"... they also joked around shopping at the 168 Mall the day after, which actually happened.
At the last hour I was beginning to tire, the air conditioning in the mall was already off and I was about to complain that I wanted to go home already, but I couldn’t since I didn’t want to spoil the rare reunion that we were having. My killjoy grandmother saved the day for me and she herself was getting impatient, which prompted my auntie the nun to propose that we call it a night.
My good friend Richmond and I had a small birthday bash of our own, the week after, at Steak Town in the same mall.
Tonight at Rack's El Pueblo is the fated CV5 EB among fellow Voltes V fans who have been together in a maling list for the last 7-8 years. Rack's El Pueblo has served as our impromptu Big Falcon Base ever since the early days, more on that later, with pictures.
