Halfway through my shift at work today, I suddenly felt like I got twapped on the head with a cold bug. In bed now, drinking water and popping Dayquil. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten sick, am just thankful I got through most of the holidays not feeling like this.
Christmas was merry. We had the traditional family party at my parents’ house. The food was amazing. I ate more than I did on Thanksgiving. Couldn’t stop eating my Tita Linda’s kare kare (peanut ox tail stew) and bagoong (shrimp paste), my cousin’s paella, my Mom’s coleslaw salad, and rice. Photos from the party are online here.
The coolest presents I received had to be the pillow from my brother, the snowmen blanket from Ernelyn, and the s’more maker (hehe) from my aunt. It was good times eating, singing, playing the brutal gift exchange game, opening presents, and lounging around with cousins.
After everyone had left, around midnight I watched The Day After Tomorrow with my brother and my cousin Jessica. It was a fun movie to watch, especially because it had a lot of room for banter, notably the wolves on the Russian naval ship, heheh.
The next day was my cousin Lisa’s 13th brithday. It being the big thirteenth birthday, my aunt had a brunch party at her house and even their relatives from Chicago flew in for it to come celebrate. Needless to say, my Tita Susie’s food was amazing. Everything from bagels and lox to egg nog french toast. It was a pretty full house of family and friends.
“Pretty multicultural party, huh?” my aunt mentioned. And looking around, it really was: Lisa’s German/black relatives, plus all my Filipino family and some Hispanic family friends. Mixed sounds of English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Visayan were in the air. You could see it on your plate too: Scrambled eggs and lumpia, pancit and honeyed ham.
The holiday season is winding down (dont’ forget New Year’s!) and I can’t help but think what a pretty festive month it has been. Am excited that Ryan is coming back to Seattle tomorrow! Not so excited that I feel sick though. Wonder how I’ll feel tomorrow. In the meantime, maybe I should actually design a layout for this blog. Or validate a certain page so Tho can quit giving me crap, haha.
