Alvin’s 40th Birthday Celebration

Sorry ngayon lang ang post. Anika had fever last Monday and coughing like there’s no tomorrow until today. Nebulize siya with Salbutamol and we are making her drink Allerzet. This means ang panic episodes ko na naman since then ay wagas. Grabe ang palpitations. They’re so uncomfortable.

I called Alvin yesterday morning to tell him.

ME: Grabe palpitations Babe. Anxiety na naman ng walang dahilan. Pero feeling ko ang trigger is yung may sakit si Anika.

ALVIN: Di bale Babe, nandito naman ako for you.

I almost choked on my laway.

ME: Woah. Ano sabi mo?

ALVIN: Sabi ko I am here for you. Nabasa ko yan eh. Yan dapat yung sabihin daw sa mga may ganyang anxiety. Wag daw, “kaya mo yan”.

Mmm! In fairness, nagbabasa siya tungkol dito sa anxiety. Apir!

In the same conversation, we talked about how Anika is sick with cough and colds again.

ME: Ang hina talaga ng resistensya niya eh. Lahat naman ng vitamins iniinom.

ALVIN: Kailangan niyang maglaro sa labas. Fresh air.

ME: Sige, paglalaruin ko sa labas more often.

ALVIN: Kaso naman, baka ma-kidnap.

ME: Kidnap?! Bakit naman siya kikidnapin?!

ALViN: Hindi mo din masabi.

ME: Eh di punta na lang tayo dun sa mga places na open like parks.

ALVIN: Kailangan yung nadudumihan siya.

ME: Osige. Palaruin ko siya sa basurahan.

Kalokang tatay ito! Ang daming gusto hahahaha! But he’s right, you know. Ang lilinis ng mga bata ngayon. Remember back in the days, we were always in the streets playing. Kung saan saan ako umaakyat: puno, tambak ng buhangin, gates and kung saan saan pa (much to Wowa’s stress). Ngayon waley. They are always in front of the TV or with their gadgets. Tapos kulang na lang, paliguan ng alcohol nating parents all the time. So konting dirty lang, may sakit na agad.

Anyway, that’s not the topic for today. It was Alvin’s 40th birthday last week and I haven’t made kwento yet!

The night before his birthday, Anika made him go to our room so we can put up the decors sa sala. Sumakit panga ka kaka-blow nung mga letter balloons!

ANIKA: Nanay, are you running out of Oxygen yet?

ME: Hindi. Magkaka-beke ako dito.

ANIKA: You cannot have beke from doing that. That’s a virus.

Okay Shaira Luna. Ikaw na.

The next morning, Anika woke up early because she will cook daw breakfast in bed for Alvin. That means, her yaya will cook while I fix it. This is how the preps looked like:

Alvin dislike eating cakes except for Brazo de Mercedes so yan ang kanyang birthday cake =)

Temporary cake lang niya yan.

His real cake was made by one of his cousins, Nessie.

Astig the cake huh? Kaya naman you can imagine Anika and my sadness when Alvin said ayaw na niya magparty. Ganda talaga ng cake niya eh. I got that from one of the photos in the internet. You can order a cake like this from Nessie. Her IG account is clumsynessie. Message niyo na lang siya there.

Of course dahil special occasion, I asked Maggie of The Little Whisk Ph to make liquor inspired cookies for Alvin.

I love it!!!! Suki ko talaga sa cookies si Maggie. Take note ha? Super sarap also her cookies. Maganda na, masarap pa.

For the appetizers, I ordered these crostini, bread sticks and dips from The Village Bread House. Ang sasarap of course!

Here’s what I wore.

Top: FOREVER 21; Shorts: LEVI’S; Sandals: ALDO; Sunglasses: RAYBAN

Oh by the way, I ordered also the Pistachio crepe cake from Nessie kasi her hubby is a baker =)

Eto na, success ang aking pa-cater! =D

The guests loved the food from Mom’s Catering.

I ordered baked lasanga, sotanghon, roast beef with gravy and mushroom, chicken teriyaki (sobrang hit), pork in tomato sauce pero hindi ko alam ang title and fish fillet. Ako na ang nagprovide ng rice and drinks.