I know it is a bit late for this, but I'd still do it anyway.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Thank you for everything. Though we know that words cannot sufficiently express our deepest gratitudes for you, we would like to take this opportunity to make you feel really really special for us.





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Since today is a special day for our Mom, we treated her to a scrumptuous lunch at TGI Friday's. Uhmmm...Correct that. Our Dad, treated my Mom, me and my brothers at TGI Friday's. *He was the one who shouldered all the expenses for such treat. Haha!*

I really enjoyed the food! So yummy! Haha! Suprisingly though, I did not order the second to the most expensive meal this time. *Usually, my Dad orders the most expensive meal for these occassions and I always come second because of my voraciousness.* I just opted for some pasta because I was craving for this type of food for some time already.

Yong, my younger brother ordered the second most expensive food which was a whole slab of baby back ribs. His food was so enormous that I thought he would not be able to consume it all because of his relatively small frame. I was so wrong! He was able to eat the entirety of the meat *except the bone of course* with no problem!

I wondered: Where the hell does my brother put all those food? He is so thin for god's sake?!?

I am quite envious towards my brother on this department because he does not get fat even though he eats so much! He is totally unlike me, who eats a lot and gets fatter and fatter each time! Waaahhhh!!!

Anyway, each of us totally enjoyed our meal. I was so stuffed that at such point, I refused to think about food already. Else, I would have puked because of gluttony. Hahaha!

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After lunch, we went to Rustan's to find a gift for my Mom. The gift we were shopping for was my Dad's gift for my her.

The catch: Dad hates shopping. He despises it so much that he does not buy a gift for anyone, independently. When there are special occassions like this, my Dad just asks the person to buy the gift on his/her own, with the money he shall provide. He says that in this manner, he will not be harassed with all the shopping commotion stuff, at the same time, the person gets the gift he/she truly likes. Such logic!

My Mom wanted to buy a new perfume so we went to the fragrance section.

Gawd! I did not realize how taxing it was to shop for a perfume! Aside from all the sales persons hounding you with their product by spraying here and there, one gets sensory overload from such experience. All of the famous and not-so-famous fragrance companies were there. Each of them competing against one another. All of them trying to out smell each other!

Because of so many varieties of perfume which one needs to have a sniff of, one's olfactory sense tends to fail at some point. Nasal fatigue sets in and each scent seems to smell like everything else. Even coffee beans can only do so much.

It was so hard, I tell you. My nose would have fallen off my face if I had not persuaded my Mom to choose from all the scents she had tested already.

So who won?

I had a bias for Dolce for the benefit of myself. But since we were shopping for my Mom, Versace took the victory.

For me, It did not matter  which perfume got the pick from my Mom. I just wanted to leave and let my olfactory nerves have some rest. I did not want my precious nose to die down on me. Haha!

We went to Shangri-La mall in Mandaluyong yesterday. I was with my Mom and my two brothers. It was my first time to go to such place so I was quite excited on the things I shall see there.

Anyway, we went there because my Mom had a lunch-out with her friends. However, Yong, Yeng and I did not join them. We ate in a different place so that we shall not be hindrances to whatever stuff they had to discuss over lunch. Besides, I don't want to sit on a dining chair listening on girly adult stuff I had no business with. Also, it was my Mom's time to have a quality bonding time with her friends to help her relax and unwind from the stresses her work gives her.

After having lunch with my two brothers, we strolled around the mall. In fairness to it, it is quite a nice place to be at. It has the "Ayala mall" feel to it. I was even surprised to know that the place was quite bigger than I expected. I liked the place a lot but I would have loved it if they had a Dairy Queen concession stand there! Waaaahhh!!! Ice cream!!!

After strolling around the mall, the three of us watched a movie in the mall's Shangri-La Cineplex. The movie ticket's prize is equivalent to that of Greenbelt's and Rockwell's. The movie house was great, by the way.

And oh, I forgot to mention, we watched the movie "Enchanted." We were supposed to watch "Beowulf" but then it was not being shown at the Shangri-La Cineplex anymore. I was not really keen on watching such movie at first but then the movie turned out very enjoyable. The characters were funny especially the main female protagonist. Amy Adams, the actress who played such character was great in acting out a character that literally popped out of a fairy tale cartoon. Add to it the fact that she is so pretty!

After watching the movie, we went to Star Mall, the shopping center just across EDSA from Shangri-La. We went there to play bowling. This was because there was this mini family bowling competition that my Mom's friends organized. The concept was to have a bonding time among the family members through bowling.


After the mini tournament, I decided to play with the bowling balls through cam whoring with them as props! They were so heavy! Gawd! Also, some of my friends and my little brother joined me on such activity with the shy Yong being the photographer! We were such silly people! Haha! I enjoyed such cam whoring activity with all of you! The pics were great! Haha! Until next time guys! Looking for another bowling session with all of you!