Birthday ko noong Good Friday. It was an ideal day, to be honest. The youth choir at my church did our annual "living stations" and I played most of the music for it. The church was nearly full, almost like a regular Sunday mass. I got to sing 3 songs, one of which was part of a duet of the song "By My Side" from Godspell. One of the songs I sang, I was proud of coz there's a bridge in the song where you really gotta belt a fairly high note (for me anyway) and hold it until the choir comes in with the chorus. Normally, i totally get chicken shit and either move away from the mic too soon or just end the note weakly. Not sure if it was my age or what, but I was so freakin relaxed throughout the song and hit it! Unlike past birthdays since I turned 25, I'm not dreading turning an age older. I think I was more relaxed to sing that song because of age. I figure, well, I've messed up a bunch of times in the past, and hey! I'm still here, relatively undamaged from any temporary trauma. I've messed up before, and I'm just fine, so why get scared. Heh.
After church, we all came back to the house. I walked my god-daughter home (um, so i could buy a pack of ciggies) and ran in to one of my best friends, P. She was on her way to the gym and ended up coming to the house late. Mom showed Brian and I how to make pesto sauce using olive oil, garlic, basil leaves, and (YUM) pignoli nuts. Brian took a bus to Flushing to get me 2 (two!) cakes - one strawberry shortcake and an ice cream cake from Baskin Robins. Dad went to Manhattan to pick up a tray of appetizers he ordered 'specially for me! Family and friends came, ate, and left. Totally ideal. *sigh*
Eto? Si Beng 'to. Wala lang, I was going through photos from my trip to the Philippines last year and found one of my fave pictures I took, hehe.
