Dec 25, 2024

Christmas this year started with me staying home with my family. We still had A LOT of food from last night and I ate some of the liempo, although I was very wary of it since it wasn't refridgerated. I just made sure that it wasn't expired. My mom and sister took photos with our cousins the morning and they also shared some of the food. In the afternoon, we left to go to Sto. Nino de Paz Greenbelt Chapel for Christmas Mass, despite the pouring rain. We were able to book a ride there with relative ease, surprisingly, and I wore the same outfit I had for my company's boho-themed Christmas party. I honestly felt fat in that outfit, and even way bigger now, but my sister liked my outfit and gave me compliments, which helped out a bit. We eventually get there and stay a few minutes for the end of one mass. I went to use the restroom and I honestly felt like this outfit was extremely tight on me, and I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb. It didn't help that the Squid Game Vans I was wearing also felt uncomfortable. But whatever, I went and met up with them, despite almost wanting to leave because they had left their spot. We took some pictures at the Tiffany and Co. Christmas tree and mom had managed to ask some people to take a group photo of us, much to my dismay. We walked to the Starbucks nearby and we ordered some coffee. I ordered 3 drinks for us and that was enough for me to complete the stickers for this year's Starbucks Traditions. I was having a hard time choosing which tumbler to get, my eye was initially set on the indigo one. But my sister pointed out that the turquoise one looks better so I picked that instead. We got our drinks and I unwrapped it, and it does look really pretty! After finishing our drinks, we went back to the chapel to actually attend a full Catholic mass this time and it was a good experience. After that, we had dinner at Greenbelt nearby. Since the Japanese restaurant that my mom liked had closed down, we just went in for a random restaurant that had noodles and we chose the Honolulu Cafe. My mom and sister didn't like the food there that much since they overstuffed it with pepper, but I just made a joke to them that they wouldn't last in Hong Kong. I did like the curry chicken that I ordered. We booked a ride home afterward and that ended a very peaceful and great Christmas.