Happy 25!

I had originally conceptualized the celebration of my 2010 birthday to be Hawaiian-themed, or some sort of that. My mind pictured petals and candles afloating the pool water giving a cozy evening ambience with closest girlfriends plus my most missed guy friends around.

Then I came across Gossip Girls' white party.

Then I read about solo-backpacking to Italy and got the idea of roaming around Saint Peter's Basilica, which as a non-Catholic, I'd like to look at it more as a landmark and not really some religious structure for the pious, and probably hop on to a restaurant to hunt for some cute Italian waiters. Let's tag it as a friendly adventure since I refuse to call it flirting. Hah! Kidding aside, I'd take it more as a great way for real interaction with a local of a land which I'm a stranger to, a land that's so foreign to me! I like exploring the new and immersing myself in diverse kinds of people and culture is one. These, amongst others of the many to-do things offered by the world's known oracular icon of Christianity. It's a possible trip, but at one point I lost the discipline to save and prepare for it plus the fear of solo-backpacking perils. I hint for the need to learn the language first. Until then, I'd have to put it aside.

Then came the thoughts of a Palawan getaway with my bestfriend. According to bestfriend's friend who has spent his early life until he moved to Manila for college, my birth month is the perfect time to visit the white-sand paradise of the southern part of the Philippines.

There's no definite plan, really. I just want a Happy 25 that's extra extra special.

Until it came to me that I actually prefer to spend a total of my 7-day leave accumulated for 6 months in my very hometown with my dad and mom. And I could picture a huge round chocolate cake with a tiny candle lit at the center, three of us posing for a picture with my huge huge smile as I put each of my arm on the shoulders of my happy homies. ^^,