September was, overall, a satisfactory month. It was a mix of ups and downs. The first two weeks were bad, but the tide turned in the latter days of the ninth month in the calendar. If you may have noticed, I don’t blog about my day in essay form anymore because I want to keep everything simple. What matters is not failing to leave the key events of the day in my post.
But first things first, it was Ondoy’s second birthday last September 26. However, history has repeated itself last Tuesday, when Pedring annoyed Meralco’s millions of customers all over the country.
Without further anticipation, let me tell you what happened on the clash of typhoon Pedring in the Philippine shores and last Friday’s lunch treat.
September 27
- Woke up at around 6AM to a text that classes were suspended
- As soon as I read the message and climbed back to bed, the power went off - and it went for six hours
- While the electricity was out, I finished reading Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes
- As mentioned above, the lights were back at 2PM and immediately checked my Twitter feed
- My Twitter feed was DEAD because almost everyone had no Internet connection and electricity
The next day, classes were suspended once again in DLSU because of the power problems. That night, I got my monthly allowance and had a carefree dinner with my aunt in Jollibee.
Meanwhile, last Friday was superb. Tisha’s birthday is this Wednesday, but she decided to celebrate it on the last day of September since we had free cut in FILDLAR. Supposedly, she will treat us in Gravy Fix this Friday for a lunch of their tantalizing chicken and Oreo Sundae. However, the free cut caused her to change plans. Instead of Gravy Fix, Tisha treated my blockmates and I in TGI Friday’s, Robinsons Midtown. The eight of us had a great time feasting on a whole-sized Baby Back Ribs with yummy fries, two plates of Mozarella Sticks (my personal favorite next to Mushroom Chicken), nine (?) cups of rice, and fruitshakes. After the lunch, we went to Starbucks and chilled there to pass the time.
When I got home that afternoon, Tita Badette and I headed to SM San Lazaro for the 3-day sale. We wanted to look for affordable yet pleasant dresses and shoes which we didn’t get to find, however. Despite going home without a shopping bag, we enjoyed making rounds in the many stalls set up outside the stores. For dinner, I had Greenwich chicken with java rice and onion rings. Finally, after four hours, Tita Badette and I went home dead-tired but delighted over that sale.
Yesterday, the two of us went to Divisoria to buy a cheap pair of shoes. Luckily, we bought one for only P150. I won’t be posting the photo because I was forbidden to do so:/
This Saturday will be a IV-3 reunion because of Ferica’s debut in C3 Events Place, Greenhills. Because of her finals week, she wasn’t able to distribute the invites. But according to her, we’re welcome as long as we informed her party organizer of our attendance. I don’t have a green / yellow / red / blue party dress so I settled with this instead. BTW, my mom owns this ;)
In other news, I’m psyched for the following events this week:
- Wednesday - CGEAT
- Thursday - LASARE1
- Saturday - Ferica’s debut / IV-3 reunion
- Sunday - Avon Fun Run in SM MOA
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” - Jodi Picoult
