Double Celebration.

It's Christ's day and our dearest Aunt Susan's so we had a little celebration at Aunt's place.

Last Z in Z.

choco cloud 9 sliced cake

Blueberry cake

Japanese cookie

cream-puff

It was Zahra's last in Zamboanga and she'll be going to Qatar the next day so we made an appointment to meet her. We ate at Tsokolate and brought her to school because she wants to have her photo taken at the school's ADZU100 figure there. I left early for duty already, such lacking time. Tsk.

Choral Competition && PapaJing (Adjing)'s Birthday!

I had two events last night. One: Joy's Choral Singing Competition && Two: Cai-Cai's father's Birthday celebration. I went to Joy's at the Pastoral to watch the show but then it was already 7pm and it didn't start yet and I got a text message that Rj and the rest are there outside waiting for me. I went out already and joined them going to Cai's house and we ate and talked and talked and talked and karaoked :D What a night! I am going to share photos but Cai didn't upload yet so I'l update this really soon after she post the photos. :)

Photos from Cai-Cai's. ;)

Chelsea's Thanksgiving Part(e)y

Last Friday of August (August 31, 2012) I was invited to Chelsea's Thanksgiving party for passing the recent Nursing Licensure Exam so lemme share some photos of that event. These photos were grabbed from Patty's as you can see there's a watermark on each photo.

One BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Chelsea!!!

I like the 3-layered cake. It's like a cake for a debutante. Here's the beautiful Chelsea with a backless dress. haha!

with Cairylle and Chelsea

 

with Patty and Chelsea *honeyys*

again! smile or wacky pose??? what man?? haha!

And a group table photo! 

I had fun chit-chatting with my colleagues/friends and so was my my stomach. Lewl. Till next thanksgiving post.

Sweet 16.

Hey guys! Remember this picture from my last post? Yes? HAHA. These balloons were from my inaanak's first birthday. Her parents gave these to us and I'll show you where we used these.

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Sweet 16. My sister just turned 16 last March 6. Sweet 16 parties are popular in the United States and Canada as well as Western nations and now in the Philippines. I searched up sweet 16 parties and found out that there are traditions like the 18th birthday parties----the candle-lighting ceremony, the shoe ceremony, tiara ceremony, father-daughter dance and the video montage.

For the Candle-lighting ceremony.

Each of the 16 candles holds a special meaning

• The first candle is for the girl's parents.
• The second candle is for the siblings. (If there are no siblings, then this candle can represent the grandparents.)
• Candles 3, 4, 5 and 6 are for the rest of the family members.
• Candles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are for friends.
• Candle 15 is for the girl's best friend or friends.
• The 16th candle is for a significant male, such as a boyfriend or good friend.
• Some add a 17th candle which represents good luck

For the Shoe Ceremony.

 The girl would traditionally be wearing flat shoes, such as slippers, and the father ceremoniously helps her into her new high heels. This is symbolic of the girl transitioning into a woman.

For the Tiara Ceremony.

This ceremony is similar to the shoe ceremony, except the mother approaches with a tiara instead of shoes. She places it on her daughters head to symbolize her becoming a woman. Sometimes this is combined with the shoe ceremony, so that two people approach the birthday girl, one with a pillow with high heels, and the other with a pillow with a tiara.

For the Father-daughter Dance.

The father-daughter dance is a tradition that is also frequently performed at weddings.The girl and her father dance to a slow-jazz song while everyone sits and watches. This is usually the first song of the night.

For the Video Montage.

At high end sweet sixteens, a DJ often brings along several televisions or a projector to show a video montage set to music of the birthday girl containing pictures starting from when she was a baby and getting older, usually ending with pictures of her in her sweet sixteen dress.This is either made by the DJ with photos provided from the family of the birthday girl, by the parents, or by a sibling. The guests can either sit down and watch this montage, or it could be playing in the background while the guests dance.

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But, we did not go with the traditions instead because her class went on an outing/overnight on the 5th and they'll be back at lunch of the 6th so we made a birthday surprise for her. We made a tarpaulin, thanks to Rhea's for this beautiful picture from their JS PROM; ordered the piano cake at Kimlyn's and the balloons from D' Balloon Station, Inc. So, my mom told their moderator to go at our house before they'll go home from their overnight. And here are some pictures of our surprise. XD

The celebrant with our surprise!

 And here's US! Celebrating Joy's Birthday plus the ENDING of our FINALS. XD
*see the where we put those balloons from Ella's first birthday party?? hihi.

Tol.

Tol means a Child's First Birthday in Korea and my post relates to this. Last night, I went to my inaanak's first birthday held at Sapphire Ball, Astoria Hotel. Her theme for her birthday is POOH and his Friends, somewhat not appropriate for her because she's a girl and Pooh is a boy? right? Well, but I liked the venue, the set-up, the balloons, the games and of course the food. HAHA! So, I'll show you some photos from last night's birthday.

I like the balloon rainbows, sun and the clouds.

Her cake! Yummy!

Free ice cream and Free cotton candy.

Two of her birthday photos flashed on the screen. 

TRIVIA: That blouse she's wearing, I gave it to her as a Xmas gift

But, I like this picture the MOST coz she's so adorable in here. XD

Her Giveaways. 

Oh. Look! Her first game. :)

They're not ready but I am! HA!

She's tired already. :(

Got this piglet cupcake. 

TRIVIA: I gave her a piglet stuffed toy

THIS!!!!! read this in my next post. 

GOOD NIGHT! :*

A Celebration of LOVE and FATE ♥

What a hectic Saturday?! I was in no mood to go to duty coz it's our last day but because of dawn callers I woke up early. tsk. Call time was 7.30am but they all arrived at 8.00am, bummer! We had a quiz about photo-therapy and hormonal therapy, I pass! whew! >:))) Anyways, after that I went to Mindpro and bought gifts for my inaanaks. Yey! 2 down and now I only have to buy gifts for my friends. weeee. :) Merry Xmas! At 1.00pm we have OR orientation at ZCMC so we went there and changed into our scrubbed suits only to find out that we ain't going to orient because the OR's toxic so we went to school and waited for nothing. Well, that's just half of it, at 5.30pm we went to LUI and MAUI's FATE and LOVE celebration. 

So, here's what it was. MAUI, cousin of my cousin got married civil yesterday and their reception is today. Well, it just ended. I call her Ate Inday. I grew up calling her that and I don't know why. She and her boyfriend are long been friends that became lovers and now became his husband. Maui as described by their friend is tall, beautiful and fragile woman and the man, Lui, was described as tall dark and handsome. Perfect combination eh? Yeah. And I think they got married civil because the woman is a Protestant and you know religions and cultures. Anyways, here are some of my snapshots from awhile ago. By the way, their theme is Black and White. XD

The venue is at the Gazebo, Astoria Regency

Their cakes, the champagne, and giveaways. 

Their photos. ( I ♥ this )

Memorabilia table. ;)

Their Guest book, front cover.

The back of their Guest book.

Slicing and Eating of the Cake.

Drinking of Champagne.

The NEWLY WEDS. 

LOVE AND FATE

Friendship is a good foundation to a Great relationship.

Congratulations and Best Wishes! 

*sorry for some low quality photos, I zoomed in* LOLs :P