my best friend...my mama

she gave birth to me 17 days before her 22nd birthday. i'd like to think that i was an early birthday gift. since then she has always been there for me. through all the good and the bad. my mom has been in arizona for more than three years now and i miss her more and more each day. i miss our spur of the moment mall bonding (my mom can stay in the mall for hours and not get tired!), occassional drinking sessions (kwentuhan lang naman kami. hehehe!), i even miss going to farmers market with her...i also miss giving her gifts on special days such as this one.

to my mama,

even if we're miles apart remember that i'll always be your best friend. happy, happy birthday! i love you!

always, camille

HOTC (house of the cross)

to jandy, justin, batchang, ozzie and gf chelly: thanks for welcoming me into the family and remember joo thuck! hehehehe! mwah!

the best birthday i've ever had!

last saturday (october 14, 7:30pm) jason and i went to eastwood to meet up with his friend jay ( a DJ at 89.9 magic). when we got there, jason asked me to go inside the booth and take a seat. he came in and sat beside me then dj jay and dj max speed went on air. jay welcomed us and said, "we have our friends here, jason and erika the ringless fiancee. jason you're such a cheapo! hehehe!". to which jason replied, "jay you know what, i hate it when you diss me like that. tonight i'm gonna prove you wrong". next thing i knew jason was on his knee with an engagement ring, "erika, will you marry me?". of course i said YES! i couldn't explain how i felt...i was so surprised! it was truly a moment i will never forget. i just hope they got to record the proposal. it's something i won't get tired of listening to.

afterwards we went to lemuria where we had the best dinner yet. we had seared scallop salad, smoked scarmoza ravioli and pumpkin soup with duck flakes. for our main course we had lamb shank and lemon grass prawns with wild rice mushroom risotto. our dessert was really mouthwatering: chocolate souffle with mandarin ice cream. it had melted truffles in the souffle! yummy! thanks to chef golda and chef rudolf!

hon, this is the best birthday ever! i can't thank you enough. i love you to the moon and back times infinity!

stranded

i can't believe i spent the night in my office. around 5:30 yesterday afternoon, we experienced heavy rains in antipolo. this apparently caused flashfloods and landslides in nearby barangays. my assistant and i waited til the rains stopped then we took a tricycle to the city proper but the traffic was horrible...water was everywhere. we saw people walking and we heard them say that the water was 5 feet deep! we were left with no choice but to go back. even my youngest brother was stranded somewhere in cainta with his college friends.

my heart goes out to those who lost a member of their family because of this incident. it was totally unexpected. right now, the province of rizal is under the state of calamity. hopefully things will go back to normal.