Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wedding Rings, Anniversaries, New Year's Eve


Photo was taken while we were waiting for the clock to strike 12 to usher in 'year 2012'.   Hubby and I try to come up with something unexpected for our two kids (okay, they're not kids anymore, they're officially teenagers) during their school breaks; nothing fancy or expensive... just something to perk 'em up, and hopefully add some wonderful bonding moments in their chest of childhood memories.  And so for last year's New Year's Eve, we opted to wait it out at Eastwood.  It was dinner first at
It's almost always Italian food for us whenever we eat out. Must make mention here that pasta is a staple in our pantry.  Pasta is to me what pansit was to my Mom and Dad (can't live without them!) and I was able to pass on this partiality to my children. One time, my son and I were discussing our favorite foods and we both agreed that, taking only food as the main consideration, I'd probably survive more in Europe than in any part of Asia--I have no penchant for anything spicy.  Anyway, after that sumptuous dinner, we walked around a bit, took a lot of photos of ourselves and then went to 
for our traditional after-dinner drink
'Twas double-chocolate latte for hubby and my daughter, caffe latte for my son and mocca latte for me. 
And there we waited and waited and waited for the clock to strike 12.
And it was a pretty long wait. We talked, exchanged jokes; each one with a smart phone, pretty much left us on our own world to play games, update our FB status and flood our timelines with tweets. 
And oh yes, the digicam came in handy too!
That was when my daughter took a photo of  our hands--hubby's and mine. Actually we just wanted to show off our wedding rings.  
A bit of some side story here... While we were planning our wedding (circa 1991), a good friend told us that we shouldn't scrimp on our wedding rings; the gown, the flowers, the food, and everything else might be forgotten, but certainly not the wedding rings. Wise words.  
And so prophetic of how we got it. During our wedding preparations, we got a request from one of our principal sponsors, asking us to visit him at his jewelry shop. He specifically asked what we wanted as gifts--a honeymoon package or wedding rings. At that time, we still didn't have both, but of course, we chose the latter. He then handed us some thick catalog of rings to choose from; and all  I had in mind was a two-tone band. We, of course got what we wanted and much more!  
2013 brings us to our 22nd year as husband and wife.
So why did I end up talking about this? Maybe because this weekend we join the celebration of my Uncle and Auntie who are celebrating their 5oth wedding anniversary.