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!

Emars Wavepool is the first wavepool in Davao City. Heard about it many times but never dared to visit the place since it opened. I am not willing to pay Php200.00 for an entrance fee but if it’s a beach resort, I won’t mind.

Sister and BIL decided to hold Eman’s 2nd birthday at Emar’s so the troop went there last March (see, this post is way too late!). The place is fairly nice but too hot during the day because there’s not much trees around. The interactive pool is huge but not tiled nor painted. It might have been better if they painted blue on the pool’s wall and floor so that the water will be more inviting.

Aside from the Php200.00 entrance fee, we paid Php500.00 for the open cottage. Don’t you think it’s too much?

I thought there’s waves all-the-time. Unfortunately, the waves is scheduled – at most 15 minutes every hour and in only one part of the pool. So when the siren starts to sound, everybody who wanted to enjoy the waves rush to that part of the pool where pool pump motors and wave machine are located.

Eman had a great time at the pool and wanted to walk alone in the water…

…and thinks that he is a big boy…he likes to submerge his head in the water.

Ella and Toti are having a great time too.

And while everybody are in the pool, Eman got hungry. Carol wanted to bring him to the cottage but he insisted on being fed at the pool so Carol has to breastfeed him in the middle of the pool.LOL.

It’s getting late and we’re out of the water but the photo op continued. See the joiners in every photo?

Ace never failed to do his signature TUWAD POSE.

We had FUN in Emars Wavepool but we don’t know if we’re willing to go back there again. It’s just too expensive for us. BUT at least we have tried the place and we enjoyed it. If somebody will invite us there for free, why not?

Some friends are on the way and as expected, I’d be swamped with birthday party invitations for their babies in a year. I may not have a kid but I love attending kiddie parties! I love it more than attending adult birthday celebrations. It’s so much fun watching the kids enjoy with their spontaneity as they savor the moment of being with other kids.

I was amazed at how my two-year old nephew remembers how he enjoyed the first birthday party of a friends’ son. Eman can’t forget the magic tricks he was able to watch and has been imitating the magician every time he remembers it. The words “enjoy, magic, and happy birthday!” are just few of the things that he could clearly remember and describe the first and grandest kiddie party he attended.

Here’s looking forward to more birthday party invitations for the little guy.