This is my friend Nicole.
We are friends since high school. That's somehow 10 years of friendship already, from 2010-2020. She had her 23rd birthday yesterday and although, we are currently in an 'enhanced community quarantine' situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there's no public transportation anywhere, luckily, she just lives nearby that's why I was able to go to their house.
This friend of ours does not have any plans at all to celebrate her birthday and she has been like that for years already. Though in reality, it is hard to make plans at this time of pandemic because you could not easily get the food you want, either stores are closed or it's hard to mobilize food. So, my friend Jai and I planned to cook whatever we have and we can with our resources at home to bring to Nicole's house. It was supposedly a surprise but it turned out that we were the ones that were surprised because Nicole had invited us to come to their house if we can and if we wanted to.
Fortunately, Nicole was surprised by her family with a celebration! So happy for her. <3
I was fetched by Jai and her parents and we went together to Nicole's house. (They have a car haha good for them.) Jai brought some homemade carbonara (super masarap!) made especially by her and I brought some cookies and banana cupcakes my mom and I made the day before. It was our simple gifts for the celebration. My stomach was really satisfied that afternoon! I gobbled up as much food as possible because I miss eating these kinds of food: humba, chocolate cake, Filipino spaghetti, carbonara! I was really full. Hayy, I am really happy like it's my birthday. Haha.
We spent the rest of our afternoon doing some goofy photoshoots like we used to do. We also tried to do some Tiktok (tried it the first time!) and laughed our asses out. I've never laughed that much ever since the quarantine started and my laughter's always that loud and carefree whenever I'm with them. I really had so much fun.
It has been raining in the afternoon these days but on this day, on Nicole's birthday, it ended with a nice orange hue of a sunset sky with a rainbow nearby. It's like the universe had finally favored us this moment and decided to give us a nice day.
Thank you Father God for giving my friend another year to celebrate life. To more years! ♡
2 comments
It was very thoughtful and sweet of you and your friend to go and visit your friend Nicole on her birthday! :) Indeed, nothing can stop us from celebrating special occasions with our loved ones, and it's just so amazing to see how creative we can be in expressing our appreciation for one another during this quarantine season. It seemed like a great day, and it's great to hear that you all truly enjoyed each other's company. Truly, a time well-spent.
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