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Last night Jade went to a party at her friend’s house. I jokingly said before she left, bring me some left overs. She gave me her mortified-and-you-are-so-embarrassing look and kept going. She knew I was just kidding because I’d be the first one to talk about people who go to parties with the sole intent of bringing food home. Of course, if it is offered, I have nothing against taking left over party food home rather than letting it go to waste. I’m not that proud LOL!

I remember one party where one person even brought her own containers! Of course she was being considerate of the host, so she wouldn’t have to hunt for containers for her guests to take home.

Then there’s another incident where one person actually started making plates to take home before all the guests even had a chance to make their plates! This person had a stack of foil covered plates next to them while they were eating their plate at the party.

Anyway, back to Jade and the party. When I went to pick her up, she came out with a bag full of food. I’m like, you actually accepted food to take home? She said that her friends mom insisted her guests take food home because they had made too much and it would have gone to waste. *eye roll from her here* She goes, you happy now?

Well, after I saw she came home with green papaya salad and pan fried noodles, yeah, I was happy! hehe!

I apologize I have been slow posting some of Asi’s artwork after I had promised a few family and friends. So finally, here’s a sampling of what she worked on over the summer. They had a gallery showing on July 18th and these are the pieces she had showing during their group show.

This is a self portrait.

A Collage.

My old friend Ces awarded me this Blogging Friends Forever card and I’m supposed to pass it on to other moms.

Here are the rules:
1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award
2. 4 of them followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

So this award I pass on to the following moms who have been regular visitors in our home on the internet or just have become friends because of blogging:

Joan, Meeya, Francesca, Girlie and Lara.

I have more memes and awards to give out, so friends watch out if you get tagged I’m catching up or at least trying to catch up on fulfilling all my tagged obligations. You’ve been warned

The theme for this week’s Lasang Pinoy Sunday is Birthday! The event hostess, Ces, says she chose this theme this week because it’s her birthday week, so let me start off by greeting her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

It’s my birthday week too as it is for another fellow Leo and blogger friend, so all over the world, this week is an auspicious week. This is a lucky year for my birthday too as in the Chinese culture, the number 8 is very lucky and that is one reason why the Olympic games will be starting on 08-08-08. So I’m crossing my fingers that good things will happen this year although, as luck would have it, my girls will not be with me this year for the first time.

Birthdays for me has always been a celebration that requires kids. I love celebrating birthdays with children because of the wonder and innocence that remains in them. It’s contagious and I love being in the same air as that wonder. The photo, was taken on my birthday last year when we were in Los Angeles, surrounded by my daughters, my nieces, sisters, cousins, parents, grandma and more of my large and extended family. The cake was from one our favorite bakery in Chinatown, Phoenix. It’s the famous sponge cake filled with strawberries and cream and frosted with whipped cream. This year, it will just me and my husband celebrating, but I’m sure good food will be involved and definitely the Olympics opening ceremonies is in line instead of a movie.

Since I didn’t have a good birthday themed food photo, I decided to post this entry here instead.

Check out the other entries of LaPiS here.