Posts Tagged ‘celebration’

After three hours of painstaking yet exciting (big smiles all the way) efforts of searching the internet for images, figuring out how to layer and basically work my way around Photoshop CS4, I finally finished Lia’s “Save The Date” card.

I was actually supposed to go to bed early, like 9:30 pm early, but I sat down one last time to look at some clipart images and I just found myself working until the entire card was done. I couldn’t have picked a better first Photoshop CS4 project on my new Macbook Pro. Hooorah! Hoorah! I feel like a pre-schooler who just finished her first hand painting project. Hoorah! Hoorah!

The card is actually already kinda late. I should be working on the actual invite. After all, the event is a month away and yet I have not done anything to prepare for it. Nothing at all yet! Dang, pressure is building up! Haha!

Now that I have this little card done, I can go to bed with a smile on my face. Aaaaah, the feeling of accomplishment, I have forgotten what that is.. until today. Big smiles all the way!

For my pretty, chic, always-fresh-hair friend and my best bud Nicki’s better half… I love you.

To more coffee and chats. To more laughter. To more years of fun, carefree and no-pressure friendship. You are one of the few gems college gave to me.

New Year’s Eve Eve was spent with my Rep family, on what was dubbed as the 2010 Kick Off Party, complete with countdown and “fireworks”. As Nick said, “Genius!”

Happy New Year Repists! To 2010 Barkadismo and beyond!

The real New Year’s Eve was spent with the Sorita family at the Sibal IV building along Bonny Serrano avenue. We have never seen that much fireworks in our lives, ever. Left, right, front, back, from early evening until past midnight!

My daughter and I

My nephew Sean and my sister Jasmin with my daughter Lia

My niece Marielle, my sister Girlie and my brother-in-law Manny

My brother-in-law Voltaire and my sister Jasmin with the New Year fruits!

Sean doing artwork with his Tito Ryan

Marielle blowing on her art pen

Putting lil New Year polka-dotted baby to sleep

Bonny Serrano avenue from the roof deck of the Sibal IV building

Start of fireworks.. New Year countdown

We believe this is over the Katipunan avenue area

More fireworks.. as smoke begins to build up..

It felt like in-your-eyes fireworks!

More fireworks and more smoke.

By the time we went home at about three in the morning, the entire city was enveloped in smog, with very low visibility. At least those were just fireworks. I remember when I was a child, we always found the streets on New Year’s morning all white, covered with the paper from the firecrackers the night before. Firecrackers are so much more dangerous!

Photo credits by the way, all photos with me in it and of the fireworks were taken by Ryan. I took the rest. We used both the 50mm and the 18-135mm. Love that 50mm!

Some of the photos taken at Roma and Jay’s belated joint birthday bash last December 11 at Ten 02 Bar in Sct. Ybardolaza, Timog, Q.C.

I was not too fired up to go because I was still reeling from the emotional crash hoolabaloo that happened that week but I thought, heck, I need some form of distraction. I need a party!!! So off I went though uber late.  Looking at the photos, you wouldn’t know I was not feeling too good about myself from how huge my smile is.

Happy party Abeth

Nicki and Abet, I love you two here.

Girls, girls, girls

Bagets (pa rin kayo para sa amin kahit di na naman talaga)

Dan Ramon Geromo and Jerico Placido (I go for complete names)

Jma, Amrei and (cool) Dan

Jay and Amrei... best buds!

Partying out in the street

Big smiles, everyone!

Photo-op with Kagawad Babit de Luna

Outside the bar

Bida ang Shell gas station

Kamusta ka naman Manuk?

Maraming salamat Jma sa focus sa aking hikaw

Yellow is the color

Beerday boy

Anjo, its your turn to shine!

Eshei, mapungay na mata much?

Jma's new textmate, er friend

MJ is that you?

Ito ang idea ng "cute" ni Bheng

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If you’re wondering where exactly this bar is, click here to get an idea.

For the friend who always remembers my birthday. Like, always!

For the friend who understands how it is to be married. How it is to be a parent. How it is to be… just be. Hahaha!

I love you Abeth! Thanks for the many wonderful meaningful talks we get to have about shitty things like marriage and parenthood. Hahaha.