Life’s Lessons

Ace turned 34 on January 17. We have no definite plan what to do that day because it’s a work day and they have a weekly meeting first hour in the morning CST so we need to be home before 8PM should we decide to go out. We’re planning to dine out on weekend instead. But after lunch, we have decided to have early dinner instead. MIL is cooking something – to have dinner here at home since we can’t just go out – but to save Mama from the inconvenience of going here at home and me on straightening up the house and the after dinner concerns, we decided to have an early dinner instead – some place else but not here at home. 

We haven’t decided where to eat when we arrived in Abreeza Mall. First option is Ranchero’s. But Ace celebrated his birthday in Ranchero’s when he turned 33 so we opted to try something we haven’t tried before and we ended in the place of HUGE chairs and menu – Grab A Crab. Look at the photos below! The high back chairs are really huge with a super large menu!

After a few moments of waiting, the troop arrived – straight from Digos City. Then MIL got to the place not long after.

While waiting for the food, I asked the restaurant personnel to take a photo of us and she was very much willing to oblige.

We had Chicken Tinola, Mixed Vegetables, Garlic Fried Chicken, Shanghai Szechuan Crab, and Garlic Noodles (as the restaurant staff suggested for long life. ). Yummy! Two thumbs up to their mixed vegetables and Shanghai Szechuan Crab

Before we finished our dinner, the restaurant staffs sang a birthday song and gave their sweet treat to the birthday guy – his favorite Buko Pandan! Ace shared his Buko Pandan to us and we liked it! They used macapuno instead of the usual buko. Yummy!!!!

So we had to rush home because of the meeting but lest not forget the traditional picture taking with the resto’s name in the background.

It was one simple dinner with the family. Good food. Good company. Good times! We arrived home before the call time for the meeting and we had a few minutes to spare for some photo.

Happy birthday to my knight in shining armor!

Cebu Pacific Air had a PISO seat sale last week. I tried to book for our wedding anniversary trip and luckily there’s promo fare available on the dates that I chose. I just had to cancel the booking because it’s too expensive for a PISO fare, IMO. The base fare is just four pesos but the add-on charges including the fuel charge is more than three thousand pesos! I’ll have to experiment on this one so I would know if getting we could really save from getting that PISO fare instead of other seat sale.

Since we are planning to go to Siquijor Island on May for Ace’ grandma’s birthday, Ace said we have to pass on this seat sale and prepare for our trip on May. So forget about Cebu Pacific Air’s Piso seat sale and move on!LOL. Later that night, there was an email coming from Anne (Ace’ sister) with the subject SURPRISE!. I immediately opened the email and was so surprised to see a copy of a round trip itinerary from Davao to Cebu. Anne and Ian booked and paid for us! Weee!

It was indeed a surprise because they didn’t asked us of our preferred travel dates. It doesn’t matter anyway because we can bring our work anywhere as long as there is an internet connection. In half a year we will be saying hello Cebu City, Dumaguete City, and Siquijor Island! Yay! So excited! Thank God for super generous bro and sis!

There’s another baby coming in the family very soon! Can’t wait to see baby Sendong (so, we already have a nickname for my sister’s baby and we named him after the typhoon that hit their place in CDO last month.LOL). We’re planning to visit CDO when Baby Sendong comes out but plans are not definite yet. It still depends on our resources, the availability of the vehicle and the driver. So I am crossing my fingers that extra moolah will pour in so the troop will be able to go CDO and welcome Baby Sendong to the world.

Sadly, Mamang won’t be able to see her 3rd grandchild (as she only get to see and spoil Ella for almost three years). If she’s alive I am sure she would be one excited Lola to shop baby gifts, or rather shop for gifts for baby Sendong. In spirit, Mamang will be there – that’s for sure. Me and my other sister will make up for the absence of the Grandmother who always wanted her grandkids to look great and feel really comfortable. I wish my sister and her family will move here in Davao after she gives birth so we won’t be travelling more than six hours just to see them. It’s a few weeks to go and I’m praying that my sister and baby Sendong will be safe during the delivery.