His 30th - a Surprise

This is the year when hubby and I both turn t-h-i-r-t-y and our birthdays are exactly 9 weeks apart. Of course he goes first. Ahem, I was still blessed to marry an older guy. :)

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Anyway, friends and family have been asking me what were our plans - MY plans to be exact. I think they were all expecting something special from me. But honestly, not that he's not very special to me, (of course he is!) - throwing a big party is just too much work that I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to put my best effort in just this time. One, I had an assignment due on the week of his birthday. Two, I was busy preparing Luis putt putt party for the 26th of May. So I was moving back and forth from doing my programming assignments and handcrafting Luis' invitations. And I thought I wouldn't be able to take another load during the night.

But tides have changed at the last minute. Twelve days before May 11, I started picking up the phone and got in touch with a band - who could play songs from yesteryears beginning from the 70s. I just told them to hold May 11 as a tentative date. It would all depend on the venue that I didn't have yet at that time.

So I tried ringing different community halls for availabilites. It was quite impossible for any of them to be available in the next week. What was I thinking? The following day, I asked help from the council. And the lady in charge said that there was none left... but since I was only looking for a place where I could hold a cocktail party (read: no kitchen needed), she might be able to convince Castle Grand to offer me one of their smaller function rooms. And so my call was transferred to the manager and even if he had this disclaimer that they don't normally rent out the seminar room if the main hall isn't rented as well, he'd gladly give it to me since a 21st party on the main hall didn't require the seminar room. Oh, my heart leaped for joy. I knew it I would be able to pull through this party. I quickly sent an email to everyone to save the date and all details will follow.

The rest of the preparations was history. I could only remember how exhausted I was on those days leading to this party.

We had a Hollywood Theme. Invitees were asked to come dressed as a famous Hollywood actor/movie character. Village People were the ultimate special guest of the night. You can see their pics here.

Although, the birthday boy had every inkling that we were up to something, he never guessed what he really was in for. He was really blown away when he arrived. He never expected something extraordinary. So during his speech, he thanked everyone for coming and for helping his "beautiful wife" (no objections please!!!). He also said, that he wouldn't be able to out-do the kind of surprise that I've just done for his 30th. And I quote, "So maybe a trip to Europe will make up for it when it's your turn to celebrate your 30th!!!". (In 9 weeks na yun kaya? Uy, wala ng bawian ah! Finally, I was able to convince him!!!! Yehey!!! Yikes - makapagbook kaya kami???)