a birthday dinner for Richard!

It was my birthday yesterday, I'm 27 years young!

My mom flew in last thursday from Florida to spend the weekend with me and Franny. It was a nice surprise to have my mom here to spend some time with us. We really had nothing planned for my birthday except for a dinner with friends and family.

We ate at Pasquale's here in Little Italy in the Bronx. We had a lot of fun, just chatting with each other and making jokes. The worst was when Ger told the waiter it was my birthday, and the owner came over and started singing Happy Birthday and called me Richard! hahahaha! He ended up with the name Richard since the first waiter pointed to me as the celebrant as the one with the "red shirt". So from "red shirt", I ended up being Richard. hehehe!

Once done with dinner we headed back to our apartment, and there we ended up playing mah-jong all night while others entertained themselves with the magic mic. I could only imagine what the people who were living upstairs were thinking, hearing us singing and the mah-jong tiles making so much noise.

mae, franny & me

me blowing out my birthday chocolate mousse cake!

danny, tina, dom, ger, jill, ken, mae, franny, me, mom, leanne & jonner

monday weigh-in

Again its monday and even though it was columbus day, I still went to the gym. This time there wasn't anyone playing basketball which was a good thing. That made me go back to doing cardio. It was nice getting back on those eliptical machines. That's pretty much it.

Current weight : 254 lbs
Weight lost : 1.5 lbs

Another few pounds lost. As they say, slowly but surely, as long its headed in the right direction =)

monday weigh-in

I've tried to get back into the habit of going to the gym or at least doing some form of exercise during the week. I have been able to make it every Monday which at least gives me one day in a week. Afterwards I then do my weigh-in.

Current weight : 255.5lbs
Weight lost : 3.5 lbs

At least I'm making some progress. It's slow, but at least it's headed in the right direction.

happy birthday!

It's the beginning of a new month and I would like to greet all those celebrating their birthdays this month! May you all (including me) have a wonderful time celebrating it with your loved ones. May the good Lord continue to shower you with His blessings and may He continue to guide you in the decisions we make in our everyday lives.

2 - Ed I.
3 - Val P.
4 - Chay P.
5 - Pat B., Jonil B.
6 - Jen L., Ambo E., PJ C.
7 - Eugene T.
9 - GT M., Janice C.
10 - Lolo Frank, Cecile A.
12 - Aisa L., Maha M.
13 - Lola Charito
15 - David H., Nicole P., Nageeb I.
16 - Gina T., Adrian L.
18 - Frankie T.
19 - Ryan C.
20 - Paul & John I., and me!
21 - Jego R., Joey E., Cris T.
22 - Joel T.
24 - Loric B.
28 - Enzo C., Ken E.
29 - Cris S.
30 - Kelley M., Paolo A.
31 - Miqui G.

God bless and have a great time celebrating your day!