Good morning everyone! Oh my goodness, I still haven’t completed my packing and I am flying out with family in 2 hours! Unfortunately I was unable to pack because I was out last night for 2 things– one was for the birthday of Lifestyle Asia Magazine’s editor- in- chief, Anna Sobrepeña.
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| With Dr. Aivee and Zee Teo, and the lovely birthday celebrant |
I wanted to greet Anna personally so I had to pop over the Peninsula to see her. I was glad I did :). Happy Birthday, Anna!!! 🙂
I rushed home quickly after in the hopes I can pack for the trip, but I ended up working on a set of interview questions for a magazine before I got a call that my friends from out of town are keen on meeting up before I head out today. They are in Manila for the holidays and I really wanted to see them. So it was a little past midnight when I went out to meet them. It was a little crazy to be out so late but I was just really glad to have caught up with them.
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| Ludo, Pauline whom I ran into (her brother owns the place we went to), Sher Ren, and Borgy |
It has been a crazy December, and I wished that the mood was a lot more festive. While I was away on that HK trip, I was unaware of the havoc that typhoon Sendong wreaked. It was devastating to find out that the number of casualties from that typhoon have been steadily climbing day by day. It was really all so unexpected. And as a result, people have taken to trimming their celebrations out of respect for the recent tragedy. It is however, good to see that everyone’s been doing their part to help the victims’ families. The relief efforts from private individuals have been overwhelming. It’s really so good to see that everyone’s still willing to chip in and help out. The Christmas spirit is not dead after all.
Anyway peeps, I think we all deserve to have a little break this Christmas too, so I hope you can take this opportunity to spend good quality time with your respective families and take a step back to reflect on the things happening in your lives 🙂 This is exactly what I will be doing with my family– to re- group, re-prioritize, and to just really enjoy their company. Let’s all not forget to celebrate life too.
Bah, I’m rambling on and on right now when I should be off this chair and on to work on my packing! I will be blogging from Singapore after this. Let the Christmas Travelog begin tomorrow 🙂 Hope you are all well! Where are you peeps off to for the holidays? Do tell! 🙂
x
TheBagHag