For baby Maxine's pre-Birthday (her 2nd Birthday is actually tomorrow), we ate at Saisaki, the last restaurant that dad ate in. Yes, an all-you-can-eat buffet. The house band with a chick lead singer serenaded our table. She started with Wonder Girls' Nobody But You ... And seemed like she forgot the words. Then Justin Bieber's Baby. We found out baby Samantha's idol is Bieber. And then finished with Lady Gaga and Beyonce's Telephone.
As we were leaving for dinner, a brown butterfly flew to Maxine. Mommy says it was dad visiting, via an old Filipino superstition, because dad loved her very much.
Dinner was another all-you-can-eat buffet at Shangri-La hotel. Haven't been there since I was maybe 10. It's a lot bigger and fancier now, but the lobby where I used to eat ice cream in still looks the same. I had at least 4 regular plates, 2 small plates, 1 bowl of soup, and a mock cocktail. The linguini alfredo I had them make on the spot was like the best thing I've had in a long time that it made me say Grace after a few bites.
And for some reason, Maxine wanted only me to carry her afterward rather than anyone else. When we got home, the brown butterfly was still chillin.'
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