The love survey I posted was kinda intriguing to you, huh? I hope you won’t judge me based on my answers. Under the advice of a loyal reader, I had to change some of them because they weren’t even close answers to the questions. But as you read the survey, I bet you’re curious how I spent Valentine’s Day this year. Yes, I was single, but not forever alone! February 14 was LEAP (Lasallian Enrichment Alternative Program) 2K12 and I spent the day with my super duper cool college friends. I have to warn you ahead of time that this would be a pretty darn long post because the day was so memorable.
The day began at Mcdo Taft where I met up with Tisha and Monzie. Kev was already running late so he wasn’t able to meet up with us. The latter brought her DSLR on that day which made all of us giddy because we would get to have photos from our first-ever LEAP + Valentine’s Day in college. So while we were waiting for LEAP to begin, we chilled around the amphitheater and took pictures of ourselves. At 9AM sharp, the three of us went to Enrique Razon Sports Center for the dance class.
Fast forward to 12PM, LEAP class was done and all I could say that it was tiring but we learned so much from the experience. Plus, the instructors were really good! Tisha decided to get a haircut, so we accompanied her to David’s Salon in EGI Taft Tower. Jeline, fresh from her flash fiction class, arrived not long after us. While waiting for her to be finished, we hopped around the University Week bazaar to buy clothes then had a sort-of photoshoot outside EGI. After that, the five of us went to SM Mall of Asia to spend our first Valentine’s Day together. We had a satisfying lunch at Sbarro where we had a feast of pizza and pasta galore! In the middle of our meals, we were asking to ourselves how we spent Valentine’s in the past. In a bizarre twist of fate, we decided to do something we’ve never did together: ice skating! Since Jeline didn’t want to skate, the four of us were left to dominate the humongous land of ice. And since Kev and I didn’t know how to skate, Tisha and Monzie taught us the basics of ice skating. It was terrifying in the beginning because I was afraid to fall (which happened eventually but it was worth laughing), but in the end I was able to balance and glide with poise on ice. What a great achievement for a first timer like me! Lucky for Kev, he never fell on ice even though he turned into a nervous wrack on skates.
After about 30 minutes of skating, everyone was asked to step aside for the skating rink to be polished. During the break, there were love songs blasting on the speakers harmonizing with the professional skaters who did an exhibition on ice. Subsequently, we went back to skating for another half an hour before Jeline returned from an hour reading at NBS. When everything was settled, the five of us strolled around MOA and took wacky photos in the blue. Several camera flashes later, we were at NBS where we checked out to-die-for Moleskine notebooks. However, Monzie had to leave because she was supposed to watch Mamma Mia! in CCP, so we accompanied her to SMX where her mom picked her up. The four of us were left with two options: crepes or Dairy Queen. We headed to the nearest crepe shop while Kev got giddy over a cone of DQ ice cream. As we sat in the crepe shop, we revolved our conversation on sundaes, Internet memes, and beaches. Then at the end of an exhausting yet fun day, we went home together.
Things I learned on that day:
- The snow in the skating rink is made out of soap
- The garlic in Sbarro is just as good as it is when sprinkled in pizza
- Thank my lucky stars I didn’t wear a dress like originally planned because of the ice skating activity - looks like we were fated to do it that day
- All of the lockers in the rink had roses on it except ours
- If Jeline were an Internet meme, she would be Challenge Accepted
- Whenever I would buy a t-shirt, I should get a S or XS size
- The five of us have a common interest in food, the bookstore, and ice cream
- Tisha’s favorite word is “Aigo!”
- Kev and Monzie are good photographers
In conclusion, this year was the best Valentine’s Day ever.
Photos will be showcased on a separate post :)
