December 24, 2009

I love last-minute Christmas shopping. No kidding! I guess it's sort of like cramming back in College, except that this is something I actually love to do. :)) FYI, cramming is one of my best talents. :PP


The time on our computer reads 8:15 PM of December 24th, and believe it or not, my eyes are crying for sleep already, for the following reasons:

***We got home past 12 this morning, from the Miranda Family Reunion held at Tita Minoy's house at South Bay Garden, Sucat, Paranaque. Everyone had fun :)), although there were a
lot of relatives who weren't able to come because they were out of the country. The food was superb, and some of the younger cousins were "forced" to perform (Mimi and I included) in front of our grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents :PP.

I particularly miss Majo and Kathy, because the three of us were always together during reunions and family potlucks. We would always plan the food we would eat, and perform a dance or song number for everyone. But this year's different, because Majo, who's a year older than I, is with her dad (my Ninong Diomeng) at Abu Dhabi; and Kathy, who's a year younger than I, is stationed at Okinawa, Japan (she's in the US Marine Corps). I really miss them, and I hope someday we could all get together soon.

***We had to get up at around 7AM because we wanted to get our last-minute Christmas shopping done with, so we could make fruit salad during the afternoon (we already cooked Callos and Chili Con Carne yesterday). Mom and I went to Greenhills, and Mimi went to SM North Edsa and SM Manila. We scoured the whole tiangge for real bargains, until we got so tired of walking and carrying heavy plastic bags. Mom wanted to go home before 4PM, because she had to go to Kuya Panny's house and deliver the gifts, then go back to Cubao before 8PM. So we rushed home and wrapped the gifts.


I know I should catch some zZzZ's before Noche Buena, but I can't, because I'm waiting for Amram's call. He went home to Laguna this morning straight from work, and since we can't text each other due to the heavy "text traffic", we call each other every two hours so we could at least spend our Christmas together, even if only through the help of Globe Telecom. :)) He tells me that I should sleep for a few hours, but I'm scared I might oversleep and miss his call. :PP


Oops, I have to go now, I still have errands to run. :PP Will write more soon. Merry Christmas to everyone! :))