Thirty one years ago on 27 November, my mom gave birth to her first child, a boy they named Jerry II because daddy didn't want him to be a JR, he just gave him his nickname.

It's a family tradition for the family to eat out during birthdays, and on this day, brother decided to eat at Sizzling Pepper Steak restaurant, one of the new food shops in SM Fairview. We each had our own sizzling meal (I had the creamy mayo hamburg - 185php), and we had 2 spaghetti dishes to share. It was a great meal, and I was really, really full!

Mom and sister went home right after the lunch, brother and I stayed in the mall because I was on a mission that day. Brother's girlfriend asked me to buy a cake for brother, but the problem was, I was with brother and I cannot think how to do the mission. Brother and I roamed around the mall - window shopping of sorts, and we even watched a fashion show (details tomorrow). In the end, I couldn't wait for him to go home, I just told him I will go somewhere else.

I bought him the Dulce de Leche cake at Red Ribbon. Not a great flavor in my opinion (I still love their rocky road cake), but it's delicious still. Brother brought home pizza - which covered our dinner. Very great way to celebrate his birthday.

Makes me wanna wish my birthday would be as great as my siblings'... seems whenever I celebrate my birthday it was just like a normal day. Anyway, happy birthday, brother.

*** Jenn ***