This is a late post
but whatever. :)
September 01, 2016 |
Phillip’s Birthday
Family time!
There’s no easier
and faster way to gather the family than by the mention of *you know it* FOOD. It always works! Haha!
It was my cousin
Phillip’s birthday + we also really wanted to visit his family’s new home.
The new home is
huge! And pretty! And near ours so that’s great news! I’m so happy I got to
visit! It has plenty of rooms and space, manicured lawns, a large balcony, high
ceilings, nice furniture. Aaah! #GOALS Hahaha!
It was a pretty
intimate night with mostly just us relatives there. Dinner was simple but
complete with pasta, pork, beef, seafood, fruits, veggies, and desserts. The
rest of the evening was mostly spent by the front yard. Cousins, aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews, and even dogs came and went sporadically. School activity,
work, social life, and household chores could get in the way of people’s
schedules, but we would always try to make do.
Happy birthday again,
Phillip! He’s 26 now I think? :)
September 03, 2016 |
Isaw Date/Spontaneous Road trip with College Friends
So this was supposed
to only be just a simple and quick meet-up with friends. We were just really
missing the isawan.
If you live in
Tanauan or Sto. Tomas in Batangas or anywhere near this place, you’ll know
which specific isawan I’m referring
to! In my personal opinion, this isawan
has the best street food out there. And the vinegar sauce, I can’t even explain
how much I love this food spot’s suka.
This isawan played a great part in helping us
survive college life. This place witnessed some crazy hilarity among friends,
the coming and going of people in our lives and the stress eating caused by
school deadlines. Hahaha, crazy!
After eating stick
after stick after stick of chicken intestines and other innards, we had nowhere
else to go, no plans. Since Aileen Mame was Lipa-bound to buy some lippies, we
thought we should go with her for some road trip fun, so we did. We were, as
usual, laughing the whole time, the laughter mainly brought to us by Mame, her
driving skills and candid funniness. We were laughing out our nerves 70% of the
time while she was driving because she is still new to this whole driving thing.
It was even her first time to drive at the expressway which was nuts! Hahaha! It
isn’t the safest road trip I’ve had but surely one of the most memorable ones,
what with our lives on the line. At least it became an interesting story. LOL
September 16, 2016 |
UPLB Fridate
Jason and I always
go on our LB dates on Fridays because they serve as our simple workweek capper.
Dates are always a good idea, and UPLB’s the nearest place that can get us
going for a long time without boring ourselves out.
And finally, Big
Belly’s again! Remember that last time in July that we were here? That
time when it was *gasp* closed? Thank
heavens it was only temporary.
We got there around
past six after work, so we got to order and finish our plates of Cheesy Garlic
Chickens in peace – no whiners, no panicky waiters, no long queues, very few
occupied tables! I’d say it was a good time to recapitulate the whole workweek.
:)
We then went
strolling around the area, like we always do. Going in and out of shops to
check out whatever, we were just basically killing time. We were enjoying
ourselves too much that we didn’t notice the time. It was already 9, so we
started looking for this particular food trike. I chanced upon this food trike
online when my cousin posted a photo of it. It got me feeling intrigued, and it
so happened to be in UPLB so win-win for us!
Interestingly, this
food trike only comes over every 9 or so each night. The idea is the
driver/server sets different menus every night, so it’s always something else
every time. What manong offers is
cheap, ranging from P10-P40, and pretty unique for street food fare. On that
particular Friday, there were macarogna
(obviously a play between the classic baked mac and lasagna), yema cake NHN
(NHN stands for “na hindi nakakataba”) and pizza! They are good enough for what
you pay for.
This food trike is
perfect for students who are on the go and down to their last straw of
allowance for the week.
September 24, 2016 |
Antoniette’s Birthday
It was Antoniette’s
or, as we so fondly call her, Tegs’s 24th birthday! How come she’s
only 24? Boo, haha!
This has become a
yearly thing for my college best buddies and me. How would this not become a
yearly thing when the celebrant/celebrator knows how to cook so well and does
not just prepare enough but floods the table with too much food goodness? Feel
us?
Since it was also
Zhello’s birthday last September 14, she, along with Antoniette, received
quirky gifts from us too. When I say quirky, I mean something I’m not
comfortable showing here and something they wouldn’t wanna use in public! Haha!
Btw, Roc’s also a September baby, but he didn’t make it. He still contributed
to the party, though. :)
We were all just
either in Antoniette’s room lying around and making fun of each other or at the
big table munching on food the moment we already felt hungry from too much
laughing. Yup, laughing can be tiring. How can you not laugh too much while
watching friends struggle to do sit-ups?! Imagine their crumpled facial
expressions every rep? Haha! Aaaan yuuup, we were living the boss life for a day.
As for Roc, Zhello
and Antoniette, I wish happiness and light and love for them!
Belated happy
birthday, friends! xx
Photo
sources: Antoniette Pulutan, Aileen Malbataan, Justine Dador, yours truly!
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