Yup.
A year older.

Thanks to my son for picking this at the store.
Even though he got pissed that there wasn’t any birthday balloons.
So he wrote B-Day.

Thank you to all my families and friends
for extending their Birthday Wishes for me today.

I truly appreciate it.

Also, Let me introduce you to my new girl.

She’s an IBANEZ GA5TCE-AM,
with a slim body and a sexy neck.
A Classical Masterpiece.

We’re going to make sweet, beautiful music together.

I just have to name her first.
Any suggestions?

I would like to thank everyone who remembered.
You are all cherished.

*A little story about this cake.
We went to the Merlot Revolving Restaurant in Ottawa,
and my son whispered to the server,
“It’s my Dad’s Birthday today. Can you do something for him?”

The guy said, “I’ll take care of it.”

And a couple of minutes later,
here comes my birthday slice.

Sweet kid, huh?
So I gave him the cake after he helped me blow the candle.

Click HERE for pic.

It truly was one of the best birthdays I’ve ever had.
Thank you so much.

And a Happy Valentines to all.

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Yup.

I must admit,
I have been quite down these past few days,
but today made me realize
just how many people care for me.

(And when I say “how many”, I meant you, Mom!
Thanks for the Steak!)

Thank you to all who called,
Emailed
SMS’d,
IM’d,
and
Telegram’d.

And thanks to Tracy for my new PSP game,
and taking me to the Sushi place.

Now excuse me,
while I remove the fish breath funk out of me.

Oh, and a Happy VD to all!

One weird thing about having your birthday fall on Valentines,
is that, even though it’s your birthday,
you still have to give somebody something.

Can you actually call this day your own,
if you still have to put a lot of thought to make someone else happy?
Not to mention all the planning, stress, effort
and the pressure of getting the right gift?

Since it’s your birthday,
and you know you will receive a gift, or something,
wouldn’t it just even out,
since you too have to give someone a gift?

This has been my predicament,
with all my past relationships.
Never has been this day, completely mine.

So, let me tell you something about my wife.
She realized this dilemma I am in,
very early on in our relationship.

She made me promise to her,
that come Valentines Day,
we will treat this as my day.
My Birthday.

I will not do anything,
I will not worry about anything,
I just have to spend this day as my own.
My day.

And she will treat me as such.

I did promise her,
that I will not get her anything,
and just enjoy my birthday.

But I always cheat.

I always end up giving her something,
or any simple surprises that I could think of,
come Valentines Day.

But as of late,
since I don’t work,
and with only one car,
it’s quite hard for me to surprise her with anything.

And she will know if I purchased anything for her anyways,
for she manages our finances.
And she knows where I am, or where I was
at any given time of day.

Last year, I spent my birthday in Canada without her,
to finish some paperwork,
so that doesn’t count.

So today,
I fulfilled my promise.
I treated this day as mine.

And she did what she always does.
My Queen made her man realize,
that even though she is the breadwinner,
she made sure that I am still the King of her castle.
Like always.

And you know what?
It actually felt very good.

But at the end of the day,
I realized something.

As we watched whatever was on TV,
snuggling on the couch,
listening to Tyler’s snores,
I realized,
that even though it’s my birthday,
she does not deserve to have no Valentines.

She is my wife,
but today, she was also my date.
She also deserves to have something.

But what am I going to do?
The day is ending,
And even though I am also the king of “last minute -11th hour- cramming things“,
I couldn’t possibly come up with something this late.

So, what’s a guy to do?

Well, I guess at the last minute,
you just have to give the one you love,
with what you already have.

You look straight into their eyes,
And say,

“Honey, thank you for making my day very special.
I really enjoyed every moment with you.
I love you very much.”

And you know what?
It works!

I guess, technically, I still gave her something.
One lovely smile.
Which I know made her day too.

And she deserved it.
She was after all,
still,
My Valentine.

My God!
I am the “Cheesiest Man” on this planet!
Hah! No matter!
At least the sex was AWESOME!!!

Here in Canada for 7 days now.

It did not take that long for me to hate the cold again.
(Say about 2 hours.)

Tyler got sick from the sudden change of temperature.
Poor kid.
He’s been dragged to travel from all this crap.

But today, I turn 30.
Oh God.
That’s it.

Today I woke up as a grown man.

Today I woke up with a whole different perspective of the world.

Today I woke up thinking on how to improve my life.

Today I woke up remembering my past.

Today I woke up smelling chocolate cake my mom used to make.

It was 4 in the morning,
And she really was baking me a cake.
It must really be my birthday.

Good thing we stayed at her house while we are here.
This place never runs out of food.
I like food.

Today was a good day.

*Sighs*
Happy Valentines Day to all.

Hahahaaaaa!! 29 today!!
My first birthday as a father.

You know, its funny how,
Now that I am older.
And now that my family is what matters the most,
I do not really want anything for me on my birthday.
All I wish for is the best for my family.
And any other that might concern them.

A wonderful life for Tyler.
Great Health for Tracy.
Happiness for the rest of my family.
Good fortune to my friends,
Hunger would end in Africa,
Peace in the Middle East,
and an alternative to the rumor of war between the States and Iraq.

I wish for all of these.
As I blow the candles on my cake that Tracy baked.

….and maybe more RAM for my Laptop,
and also a Video Card, with 128 MB of memory,
probably a GeForce 4, with T&L support.
A nice whooping ATHLON XP 2700+ would be nice,
and an ASUS Motherboard A7M266 to go along with it.
I would love to have the bandwith of a 512MB DDR RAM.
Or that great Server Case Mod my friend Grant has.
While I am at it, It would also be nice to get that new
Playstation game, Devil May Cry 2.
I heard that ones Kicks ass!!

Oh man.. those gifts would be nice.

So anyway…
what was I saying?

I kinda lost my train of thought.

Oh yeah..
Happy Birthday to me!!

and a Happy V.D to all!!