I am BIG on anniversaries. After all, you're not counting just months anymore but years with the person you love. Anniversaries mark not only the time frame you've been together but the laughter, the tears, the highs, the heartaches, the psycho-ness that you've been through with that special person.

Yes, I am BIG on anniversaries. I'm so BIG that I fought with my only ex on our first year anniversary because he promised me a surprise only to find out on the night of our anniversary that the surprise was a movie and dinner in Rockwell... something we do every weekend. It's our FIRST ANNIVERSARY, you schmuck! It's suppose to be special! And if I remember correctly, he didn't give me anything that night (the gift came after a couple of days and for the life of me, I can't remember) while I got him original VCDs of the Star Wars Trilogy, his favorite movie of all time. Do I have the right to make a big fuss if it was both our first time to have an anniversary? He was my first boyfriend. I was his longest relationship, fer godssakes!

Anyway...Water under the bridge... We broke up a month later, but not for that particular reason.. Moving on!

On our first year anniversary, A took me to Aqua. A fine dining restaurant in the Enterprise Building in Makati. We had the whole restaurant to ourself (as nobody was eating there at 10pm anymore).

On our second year anniversary, we decided to experience Paseo Uno's very expensive buffet. I think it was about P1,000 per person. And because it was so expensive, A decided to stuff himself to the brim and then, eat more of my share! (Para sulit daw!)

Needless to say, after dinner, A clutches his bulging belly while gasping for breath and says, "Babe, I can't drive. Can you drive?" and half way home, he opens his eyes looks at me and says oh- so- sweetly NOT! "Babe, can we pass by Mercury Drug? I need antacids." (Tama ba? Antacid nga ba yung medicine?)

This year, A told me to leave the plans to him. The night before the anniversary, he told me he wanted to take me on the Tennessee Walker, a yacht with a restaurant that cruises while you dine. I was totally game for it.

Unfortunately, A woke up on Monday feeling weak and coming down with colds. I, on the other hand, was too lazy to go all the way to Pasay. So we changed to Plan B: Eating in yet another fine dining restaurant. Our choices: Le Souffle (for their mouth watering steak) or Red Crab (because A has been craving for crabs and well, me for the steak... because I don't eat crabs).

But because A wasn't feeling well and wasn't in the mood to get all dressed up and wanted to just wear shorts and sandals, we moved to Plan C: Eat anywhere.

I took us to Eastwood. I was famished that I was excited to eat, then have dessert at Cheesecake Etc or maybe at Floyd's or... wait! They have Fuzion! Maybe we can have fruit shakes after! Yes, I wanted everything in sight. And then, we saw Heaven and Eggs!!! We haven't eaten there before but have been wanting to since we saw the Heaven and Eggs construction in Glorietta 4. But as we waited for our table, we had more choices to make. There were so many great and appetizing viands to choose from that it was so difficult to choose!




After dinner, we walked and windowshopped and eventually stopped at Xocolat for dessert where we shared a Taza de Xocolat or simply, a cup of pure hot chocolate. I was worried that it might disappoint but as I waited for my order to be made (7-10 minutes to be exact because each cup was a labor of love), I imagined what it would taste like. Rich and thick and very sweet. And it was exactly what I had in mind! Heaven in a cup! It's the Pinoy version of Max Brenner, only much more affordable! The sad part is, because it can get too sweet, even a chocoholic like me couldn't finish a cup. At one point, I worried I might get diabetes from it.


We got home to my house at around 11:30pm and decided to pop in The Year of The Yao on DVD, a movie we missed seeing while it was being shown in the cinemas.

And that was the end of our 3rd year anniversary celebration.

It may be different from our previous- and expensive- anniversaries but it was just as special and meaningful. I loved it the way it was. I guess it just goes to show yet again that it's not what you do... but who you're with.

Oh, and what did I get A? I got him a very cool lava lamp. He's been wanting one ever since but we never managed to buy one because it's so expensive! (I stumbled upon one... actually a lot... in Divisoria with a low strata three digit price tag!!!) He loves it!