The wife and I celebrated it early. We spent the weekend in Tagaytay--lakeside resort area in a province south of Manila. Nothing like the cool breeze and some open hillside space to refresh the soul. Here's more (noncommercial info page--we've been making tons of info pages powered by Google AdSense so I've grown tired of posting links to info sites with AdSense

) info on Tagaytay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagaytay
Tagaytay is great for a weekend or even overnight vacation since it's so close to Metro Manila.