birthday at the poolside bar of PUERTO del SOL

January is my birth month.  Yes, I  will be turning 30 soon!!!! That translates to three decades of existence on planet earth and a lot of experiences. I would like to think of myself as a wiser middle aged man in another transition in life. I thought women are the only one who are conscious about their age. While I don't keep it a secret, I cant deny the fact that I have mixed feelings about this. Makes me realize the realities that I am not getting any younger and that physically, my body is showing signs of ageing. Concepts about sickness and death suddenly starts playing in  my mind. The young never think about death so I guess I am really old. But as I asaid, wisdom comes with age. that's consolation enough for me.

While I would love to spend my birthday in a remote resort or somewhere quiet and peaceful, it falls on a work week. So I guess I just have to contend myself with daydreaming then.I was browsing through some photos and I saw these ones. Brings back good memories of our tour in Western pangasinan and bolinao last August where we got surprised when we learned that one of the members of the group, Josh Uy of   http://akosishinchan.blogspot.com/ was actually turning a year older on our last day of the tour.

LUCKY him, when Puerto del Sol Bolinao (our accomodation) found out about this, they immediately gave him a treat at the poolside bar of the resort. Of coarse they gave all 10 of us 1 cocktail drink each. A classic way of spending your  birthday....... here are the photos taken that night.......

i miss these wonderful people....

I didn't get to compose a wishlist last Christmas so I hope its okay if I make one in time for my coming birthday. I wish for the following.

* good health

* fat bank savings

* more travels

* a more successful blog

* more blog events

* more friends

* a baby in the house

* a better husband

* better skill in photography and more lenses
* more clients from South Korea

...these are simple things that would definitely make my 2011 worthwhile. Breakthrough after breakthrough happened in the past few years and I thought this year will be no different. The momentum is still on and I will be taking advantage of it. The goal is to balance personal life with career achievements. Wish me luck.......

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