weekend well spent

i'll blog about my weekend now. yey! :)

SATURDAY
prologue: my sooper friends and i were long been planning for an out-of-town UBE (ultimate bonding experience). due to factors like time, place and money, the idea is still not pursued. but as Filipinos always say about trips: "buti pa ang biglaan, natutuloy. ang planado, hindi.", that's what exactly happened when a few days noticed UBE was asked by james, aka rockstar.

i guess videoke is really more realistic than the beach --time, place and money wise. XD

we planned the day. but i guess plans are supposed to be set aside when we sooper friends go for UBE. we never ever had one that was thought of days ahead. so planning this one looked silly that's why chances did not let us go as how we wanted it.

how?

time: it was set for 6pm so that jan, aka team, can leave early for his run the next day. but friends were late due to earlier plans and appointments. we were completed at around 7:30pm. we arrived at V8 by 10pm due to traffic at greenhills car parking. :))
place: we planned to do videoke at redbox. so we went to greenhills as team suggested. but apparently, there is no redbox branch there. it's supposed to be greenBELT not greenHILLS. epic fail. X)) we ended up going to V8, our official videoke place since two years ago. so much for change in scenery.
budget: i don't want to talk about it. but V8 is V8. we love the place. :)

somehow, even if a lot of things did not go well and we were already tired before we have started what we came to do, IT WAS MARVELOUS!
hours of talking, laughing, slamman, eating, goofing around, singing and tummy aches due to excessiveness of everything enumerated were made.
i love the people i was with. they are my family. and seeing them and being with them is something i miss. i spent my college with them and those times spent were best times. but come to think of it, they are always on my best times not just on college related events. blessed to have them. :)

added bonus: mae and patchya came with us. the more the many-er. :D

i'll post a picture and introduce my friends as how i call them...

a pause from all the fun for a photo op :)

and btw, team's run record was around 1:06:00. we went home at past 2am, go figure. :))

SUNDAY
my sunday was spent with family. at home in the morning with everyone, at divi and binondo with mom and loisa in the afternoon, mass with my oso in the evening.

a simple day but is very meaningful for me. i missed times like this that it made me cry. no kidding.

my morning was spent eating and goofing around with my lovely nieces. i was able to eat our always yummy sunday lunch and was talking with everyone while eating.

by afternoon, mom, loisa and me went to divisoria to buy dhannia's bday souvenirs. mom and i will be out of town the week before dhannia's first bday so we should finish all the prep beforehand.
and since we were already at divisoria, we went shopping after we bought the souvenirs. i was not able to shop plenty since i was very guilty from buying a lot of clothes lately. i need to control. XD
after divisoria, we stopped by ongpin at binondo to eat dimsum. best place to eat it here in manila! yum yum! was able to buy take home bread from salazar's. i love their hopia'ng monggo. :P~
special thanks to tito rene for coming with us and for driving. he knows the streets of manila well. when he is with us, we can really go to places we want conveniently. :)

in the evening, i was able to see my oso. spent hearing mass with him and ate dinner at their place. best way how to end my sunday!
though LOM meeting is canceled, the evening is still fulfilling since i was able to pray and give thanks to our sooper and undisputed Lord Almighty.


God is always good to me. He never fails. all these things i get to have this weekend was all thanks to Him. letting me appreciate the people close to my heart makes me realize and appreciate His love and kindness more and more. truly, when tough times come, He considers and gives you a break. thank you, Lord! :)