Im writing this in the dark. Waking up very early in the morning to check on e-mails have been a ritual for me these days, but Im actually doing this because Im doing something for Edil’s birthday! He’s turning 27 tomorrow! (the Chinese New year) Just a bit of trivia though: He was actually born on the 29th but his birth certificate shows he was born on the 28th, so legally, he celebrates his today, but according to Ma (MIL), he was born on the 29th so we celebrate his “real” birthday tomorrow, haha! Damn those clerical errors in the hospital! Edil was delivered at home (him and his other 6 siblings ~ the last one was born in the hospital) and the midwife might have reported the wrong date (hilo pa siguro). Another trivia which is out of topic actually: My dad had his name as Baby Boy Austriaco for the longest time in his birth certificate! And the funny thing is, he was able to finish school and pass his medical board exams as BABY BOY! Wahahaha! When NSO and the gov’t agencies became stricter, that’s when he found out he was just BABY BOY, and mind you, this was around the 90’s already. So my Dad was BABY BOY for about 40 years, hahaha!

Anyhoo, I would have loved to show you my belly pics but the card reader stupidly doesnt work as of the moment. Good thing though that it has a warranty, but I am itching to have pics from the cam and scrap ~ there is a Matthew Pacquiao shot where Matthew is wearing boxing gloves (because of the Pacquiao win, I tell you. Im surprised he even watched the whole thing with his Dad ~ I was at work and had to rely on the Internet), and there were some goofy shots of Edil I would have loved to scrap for his birthday.

Oh well, I need to wrap this up and work on one element for his day. Let me just share with you my first All About Me scrap. I’m actually happy the way I scrapped it

Credits:
Jen Wilson Passion Fruit Papers (Layers upon Layers Collection)
Rhona Farrer Bead Swirl
Shabby Princess Kiwi Black Stamp
Holly McCaig Bling Fastener
Jen Wilson HandScribbled Alpha
DDE Creative Team Doodle Collection (Arrow - recolored)

Journalling reads:
I am a first and foremost, a child of God. I am woman - blessed. I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I have always doen things differently, and I generally have an open view on things but have conservative values on myself. I am a perfectionist, who always aim high, yet I am flexible on changes. I am an eternal optimist, who always try to see the beauty of things and the goddness of people. Outwardly, I may seem a snob and intimidating but I’m generally a quiet person who would rather be alone than spend time with people she doesn’t have a connection with. I only keep a few selct friends - who have proven their trustworthiness to me. I am pretty confirdent with myself and have specific goals ever since I was a child. Serving mankind has been for me, the most noblest profession. I have not been able to practice what I want professionally, but I have been caring for my family and that has the best rewards. I have been in love with the same man since I was 13 years old. And I am blessed to have a son right when I needed him most. I have discipline on almost every aspect of my life except eating. For the life of me, I can’t seem to give up on chocolates! Sweets are the instant pick me up and coffee gets me through the gazillion workload I have to do everyday. I sometimes think 24 hours a day isn’t enough for everything I want to do and I am tired all the time with a long list of to-do’s in my head, but I still find to smile and be happy. I have what I need, but most of all I have what I want - a family, great love and chocolate! This is me, turning 25, in 2006.

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