It is first, thanking God for the many wonderful blessings, for a life well-lived, and for the amazing people who have been part of my life.
Second, it is spending time with these amazing people.
I thought of gathering the most important people in my life for a weekend in Antipolo. I chose MMLDC (www.mmldc.org) for obvious reasons, but also because of its proximity to the city (travel of less than two hours). Besides, I'm sure that most of my guests have not been to this place yet. It also offered a lot of activities -- there's swimming, jogging or walking, tour of the aviary and the duck pond, a gym and a gameroom.
Everything started with a Holy Mass officiated by Father Catalino, who we found out celebrates his birthday four days ahead of me. And thus we learned that April 30 (two days after my birthday) is the Feast of St. Catherine, that is why he was named Catalino. He continues to say that I should have been named "Catherine". Don't be surprised if you hear some people call me by the name "Catherine".
We had dinner after the Holy Mass at the open-air Areva Pavilion:
My family and E's family:
My high school barkada and their hubbies:
My college barkada and their families:
There was no program that evening, but my nephews and niece prepared messages for me.
What is a birthday without a cake, but honestly, I forgot to get one! Good thing my sister T and college barkada SC brought one each:-)
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