Mood: Extremely thankful for the many blessings these past 25 years of my life.

Like my previous birthday celebration, I opted to have my dinner party at a newly-opened mall — the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. I selected Gerry’s Grill since it had a very ideal place right in front of a viewing deck where we could have lots of photo oppportunites such as this one:

Looking back on the first 25 years of my life

My mother who taught me to aim for the sky

Posing in front of the SM Mall of Asia facade

Posing in front of the Olympic-size skating rink of SM Mall of Asia

Group pic at Gerry’s Grill. We dined on pinaputok na pla-pla, sisig, chopsuey, and pinakbet.

Joseph arrived at SM Mall of Asia but was unable to join us for dinner.

Thanks for celebrating the first quarter of my life!