Like I said here, Miko, Arnold and I celebrated our birthday together. Miko might’ve already celebrated his birthday (link) but who said you only get to celebrate once?! I’m sure I didn’t, heck, I used the birthday card all week. πŸ™‚ This was from last January 15 when we changed our yearly celebration to something more intimate – just the college group. Instead of my usual pictures spam, I’d like to share with you something I call:

House-Birthday-Party 101
(or 20 helpful tips in celebrating your birthday at home)
Tip No. 1: Throw a joint celebration with friends born on the same month. We’ve been doing it for three years now πŸ™‚
Tip No. 2: It isn’t called a house party for nothing, find a house accessible to all. If you’re using a friend’s house, give him “house privileges” which are pretty much the same as “birthday privileges” (ie: skip a shot, give a shot to someone, and the like)
Tip No. 3: Wear something comfy! In my case, I opted for this leopard print Topshop shirt dress
Tip No. 4: Make sure you have the “birthday spirit“. If you don’t have it yet, buy yourself a present or two



Tip No. 5: Get someone who normally doesn’t attend to attend (plus points if you get her to stay, haha, hi Bix!)




Tip No. 6: Stock up on food and drinks
Tip No. 7: If your co-organizers permit, invite a couple of other friends who get along with your guests
Tip No. 8: Persuade your boyfriend to stay longer than he originally planned
Tip No. 9: In case person referred to in Tip No. 5 wants to leave early, have a plan to stall her. We literally had 2 people stand in her way
Tip No. 10: Play games! (and make sure you’re ready to capture those silly alcohol induced moments)
Tip No. 11: Focus in said game to avoid having to take unnecessary shots
Tip No. 12: Take a picture in honor of a friend who isn’t there (hi Ka-te!)
Tip No. 13: Take pictures of those on the verge of drunkenness, it’s a good souvenir 

Tip No. 14: Be cautious of all food and drink given to you in the latter part of the evening. That friend might be already drunk or wants you to get drunk or wants to take advantage of your drunkenness (which is often funny if you aren’t the victim, haha)
Tip No. 15: Get yourself a new camera if you don’t want your pictures as blurry as this
Tip No. 16: It’s okay to reminisce about the good ol’ days just as long as you promise to make plans for the good ol’ tomorrows (Canyon Cove + Pepe Lopez Round 2 SOON!)
Tip No. 17: Speaking of planning, make sure you invite friends not on the last minute. This girl right here did that resulting to 2 of her fav college girlfriends not being able to go πŸ™
Tip No. 18: Look cute at all times, you never know when someone’s snapping your picture
Tip No. 19: Don’t be killjoy
Tip No. 20: HAVE FUN!!!
It’s really cool that there are three of us in our barkada (group of friends) who were born in January. It makes gathering people easier and it makes our celebrations 3x the fun (haha, lame, sorry!). I’m looking forward to next year’s bash! πŸ™‚
our 2009 and 2010 birthday celebration
xx
Reg

23 thoughts on “HOUSE-BIRTHDAY-PARTY 101”

  1. Haha! You are hilarious! My two other friends and I who are born a day apart always celebrate our birthdays together, and it's a blast πŸ™‚

    PS: I guess this year you don't have any bangs and your hair color got lighter! And you're wearing a necklace πŸ˜‰

    xo
    Sealverland

  2. LOL with the "get yourself a new camera if you dont want ur pictures to be this blurry" hahaha..
    i think you're just moving fast and the camera is having a hard time to focus.. πŸ™‚

    happy belated birthday btw !

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