Yesterday's celebration and thoughts

Yesterday morning, my Grandma woke me up and asked me, "Blah blah blah" because I couldn't understand what she was saying and I just said, "No." though I didn't understand her because I was still in the process of waking up. She went out of my room, and so I was supposed to go back to sleeping again, but I couldn't sleep anymore, so I decided to go outside and ask what she was saying earlier, and she was asking me if I would attend our aunt's youngest son's birthday celebration too, and I said yes because I wanted to travel too, and I can't remember the last time I visited their place. The birthday celebration will be held at their place in Umingan.

From our area to Umingan, Google says that if we ride a car, it is just 1 hr of travel. However, when we use a car, it's just an expectation vs. reality. Because we started traveling at 9 AM, when we arrived at Urdaneta, Pangasinan, we decided to drive through Jollibee because we were hungry already. We ate breakfast before going, but I'm still hungry. I don't know why.

Anyway, I ordered garlic pepper beef because I missed eating it. I can't remember when it was last time that they were selling this food at Jollibee, but I am glad that they decided to return it. When we got our order, we decided to continue our travels while we were eating our food.

OMG! We almost got lost because we are not familiar anymore with the ways to get there. We can't remember the last time we visited there. Every time that we go to Umingan, we always rent or use the van of our uncle, and he is the one who's driving, but this time, we used the car of our uncle, and the driver is my sister's boyfriend. He is not familiar with the way because it's his first time going to our cousin's place.

But it's a good thing that we were able to find the way and get there at the exact time because our Grandma and other Aunt also got there. We were riding in a separate car and they used other ways since they travelled from Urdaneta to fetch our aunt, and they also fetched our younger cousin at Rosales, Pangasinan.

When we arrived at their place, I couldn't believe that there were a lot of things that had changed. The big houses and the people I saw a lot of familiar faces that I had been with before.

Anyway, since we arrived during lunch time, they went to the kitchen to prepare our lunch food. Meanwhile, our cousin (their eldest) told us that there's a river that we should see.

Since I'm wearing slippers with a wedge, it's hard for me to walk in this state. That's the moment that I regretted wearing a slipper sandal with a wedge because I don't like to wear shoes. If this kind of slipper sandal is on, I can take it off on my feet when we go inside of their house or go out. I don't have a choice.

Anyway, we arrived at the top, and we saw this:

The water is clear, okay? But because I was so far away, the water would be like that.

I also saw this goat there. There were two goats actually, but I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the other one, and after we took some pictures, we decided to go back.

Shuta mga mare napansin ko tong mga manok doon sa daanan papunta sa ilog at pabalik ng bahay nila. Ang daming panabong. Baka naman pwede makahingi ng isa at ititinola ko lang sana kahit makunat kunat pa. Charot!

When we got back to their home, we decided to sing using their karaoke.

I didn't sing, okay? I'm just the one who picked a song from the song book, and I should make sure that all my cousins will sing those songs that I picked for them.

And while we are singing, our lunch food is finally prepared at the table. This is just a simple appetizer, but it's delicious! I like eating red eggs. There was boiled okra, which I intended to dip in fish sauce, but the fish sauce had not arrived. We also have the Caldereta, but I didn't take a picture of it.

Then, after lunch time, we continued to play the karaoke. I didn't get to go on my younger cousin's trip because they also returned what I did to them. They find the number of the song "Terrified" by Katharine McPhee. If you don't know that song, here it is:

And they played it on the karaoke too and gave the mic to me. I was shy about singing in front of many people, so I'm covering my side of my face using my hands, but it's a good thing that my younger cousin is also singing along with me, so my introverted side will vanish temporarily. Ah! They knew that I knew that song because of my older sister. They asked her what song I always sing, and she recommended that. I sang the song even though I'm shy because I didn't want the people around me to talk about me being OA or dramatic.

After that, we take a break for a little bit because I want to sleep and chat on Discord. Plus, they are cooking the food for the afternoon. And when I finally got some rest, I helped my younger cousin's girlfriend decorate.

It's just a simple design because his birthday celebration is just that simple too. We just have a little food that is served.

Oh my gosh! You know, when we were eating, I didn't expect that my younger cousin's friends would attend. They had previously become my friends when I came here for vacation with my older sister and our other younger cousin.A lot of familiar faces were there, and they looked mature now after years of not seeing them.

Ending Thoughts...

I enjoyed the birthday celebration. However, it's just a matter of time before I visit their place again. A lot of memories were created there before, and I still remember them. It's just sad that I can't be close to them like before.

We traveled home at 5 PM in the evening, and we arrived at 7:15 PM. It was a good thing that we arrived early, before 8 PM.

So that's all for today! Thanks for reading!

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