it’s been…. that long since i last posted.  and a lot of things have happened.  mostly work-related stuff, and some family stuff as well.  my mom came home two weeks ago, my cousin from the UK with his two british kids also arrived two weeks ago and is bound to leave on sunday night, had a family summer outing, watched a live PBA basketball game for the second time, and… oh yes, i’m turning 32 in a couple of hours.

golly…. man, i am getting old…. but before i continue to rant about my age, i’d just want to take this space to thank everyone who gave their comments on my previous entry.  very, very much appreciated.  it’s good to see other people who i don’t personally know chance upon my blog and leave their marks behind.  special mention goes to father jess escala.  who would’ve thought that a priest–a salesian priest at that–would read my blog!   yes father, like you, i’m a very, very proud bosconian!  thank you father for dropping by.  i do hope i get to see you comment regularly on my entries.  you could be my "virtual spiritual counselor!"  hahahaha!!  i always have had a soft spot for salesian priests even though i’m not that religious.  not because i came from a salesian school (well, maybe partly… am i biased or what?), but i always see them wear a smile wherever they go.  plus, they’re easy to talk to.  again, thank you for your comments and support.

now, going back to my age… wait, do i really have to rant about it right now??  some say it’s just a number.  others, a state of mind.  but whatever or however one thinks of it, it’s still a yearly reminder of our journey in the road of life.  yeah, i know it sounds cheesy and all, but it’s the hard truth.   we all get old.  funny how when we were young kids, we wished we were older, and now that we’re older, we wish we were younger.  ain’t life sweet?

plans for my birthday this year?  quite the same as last year.   only this time, the celebration will be coupled with my cousin’s send off party.  just a family affair, like what i have done going three years now.  go to mass in the afternoon, have a dinner party, then get smashed and laced with alcohol until i throw up that last up to the wee hours of the morning with my cousins.  niiiice….. food, family, and booze… a perfect way to welcome the 32nd year of my existence.

birthday wish?  uhm… quick question, does that really come true?  or does it even exist?  i mean, i have wished for almost anything a normal person like me can imagine on my birthday, but none of them even came close to coming true.  from world peace, to the latest gadgets, to getting laid, and to finally having a girlfriend (i guess i wished that the most number of times)…. nothing….. kaput…. so here’s one for this year.  i wish that birthday wishes are real.  how about that?

anyways, it has been a very long work week and i promised myself that i would write an entry when i got home tonight.  so here i am, fulfilling a promise.  short of my mobile phone inbox getting quite busy with incoming birthday message greetings starting at midnight tonight, those will be serving as my gifts for this year.  come to think of it, it’s been a very long time since someone gave me a birthday present.  i guess it comes with the age.  there i go again with the age thing….

i’m turning 32.  older?  definitely.  better?  maybe.  wiser?  probably.   happier?  hmmm… good question.  to which i don’t have a ready answer.  that, i guess is a bad thing…  but blowing 32 candles with one blow on a cake would definitely be a good thing, right?

happy birthday to me…  i’ll be back to posting normally soon…