I FINALLY HAD the chance to celebrate my 38th birthday last Thursday. Close friends were there, most notably those working in the same company as me. Alice and I had initially planned to prepare beef and chicken dishes, but unfortunately, the beef was not available that time, and so we were left preparing chicken dishes only. We were able to complete all the ingredients by 9:30 in the morning of Thursday, and we were on track to cooking all the planned recipes before 10:00. After an approximate 1 and 1/2 hours in the kitchen, we were able to complete the dishes - mixed pancit (bihon/canton), tinola, and chicken fritada - it wasn't much, but from the way the guests devoured the food, I guess we had done it well. :D
Anyways, the day also served as kind of 'bonding' day for everyone as well... most of them stayed until late in the evening just plain talking about all the things at work and in the Gulf... in the afternoon, I decided to quickly bake Alice's favorite - the Peach Pie. The guys loved it as well, giving more 'compliments' to the crust. Well, that's not bad for a budding baker :D
The get-together ended at about a little before 9:00, the guys, probably already feeling tired for almost a whole day staying at the flat, decided they have to go to their own accomodations and have a rest.
The day was both exhilarating and fun... all the preparations were worth the memories gained to start another year for me...
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