September Lunch and Coffee Dates

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Okay so I ran out of excuses for all the backlogs in my blog hahaha! Sometimes I still wish I could have the luxury of time I used to have on those active blogging days. Oh those were the days indeed. Moving on to what this post is about...

A compilation of my eat-out's with the people that matter last September! Ever since I started working in Alabang, spontaneous coffee and lunch dates declined significantly and so each time I had the chance to meet and eat with people I feel giddied. Haha!

September 20 - Cafe Adriatico and CBTL date after Manila Book Fair slash client meet-up with Arianne and Sy (who is not in the picture). It's an in-between book club session! We had fun (of course) at the MIBF2014 and the catching up too! 

 

September 26 - Yabu with the parents, my Fridates that night. It was their first time and they enjoyed it!! I like it when they enjoy restaurants other than those that offer Filipino dishes. My parents are typical. They especially enjoyed the unli cabbage and fruits hahaha! That night I felt like an only child! Hihihi. 

September 28 - The night prior to this, I already had steak but still craved for something meaty and so ta-daaaa! Racks!!! Happy tummy!! And the Coldstone dessert right after. Made sweeter having it with boss amo Luke. :)

September 30 - What a way to end September --  with my lovelies. A night of catching up as it's been a while. Hmmmm we should plan our next travel already. We tried Teddy's Bigger Burgers at Greenbelt, and we all got disappointed. Too pricey for a burger that was not really that big, too salty patty and dry buns. To compensate our dismayed taste buds, we had Gelatissimo gelato!  So blessed with this bunch of ladies. I will forever be grateful for having them.

And there goes some eat-outs, as I may have missed some eat-out, for September. 

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Happy Birthday Que!

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February 3, Monday eve, was spent celebrating the best sister’s 20th++ birthday! Hayyyy she used to be cute really really cute and now she’s just plain annoying hahaha! It was another family dinner feat my boss amo, Luke. We had some Japanese cuisine at Mogu in Serendra, and we enjoyed the food!! Maka-Filipino food ang pamilya ko so the fact that we enjoyed every bit of what we ordered is something new. Hihi!

Family shot!

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Coffees and Lunches: ArSy Spontaneity

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It’s another one of those spontaneous lunch dates with ArSy (Arianne and Sy tandem hahaha) at nowhere else but where I and Sy work, BGC. Arianne has Kitchen’s Best as one of her must-try restaurants in her list so it’s where we lunched.

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Giving Back: A Start of An Annual Tradition (Orig4 Christmas 2013)

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Another happy post-Christmas celebration with my girls!This year, however, is a different and meaningful one. We didn't just celebrate Christmas among ourselves but somehow "passed on the celebration to others". 

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Christmas 2013 with the Family

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Merie Christmas, I mean MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Clarete family to yours! 

Unlike previous years wherein we get to celebrate this special occasion with relatives, this year we are alone as a family. We don't have the magarbong noche buena. We actually slept early. But the next day, we did the annual Christmas visit to Tagaytay for a bulalo, after attending the Christmas service that is. Hopefully next year we can go back to Bohol or Isabela to celebrate Christmas with the relatives. :) Got nothing much to say but praying that we all know the true meaning of Christmas. Now the photos...

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Coffees and Lunches

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Meeting people and eating while catching up must be one of the good things this life has to offer. I feel delighted that all throughout this year, I was able to squeeze in such meet-ups despite the corporate-slave-busyness I have. Sometimes one just need to unwind through talking to different people and maybe gain new perspectives, insights, get encouragement, or allow someone to absorb whatever emotion you may emit. Tapos ikain mo lang in between! Life can simply be that amazing. There is this feeling of being blessed with great people; this is besides having a very supportive boyfriend.

November 15, 2013

Another impromptu cocol night with my lovelies. I just got back from Hong Kong so apart from the catching up, I took it as a chance to give them my pasalubong and our “friendship necklace”. Haha! And by the way, it’s been quite a long time since we last had our coffee session in this Starbucks branch we used to frequent years back.

 

Missed my lovelies!

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RV's 30th

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This post is dedicated to Renee Victoria Nievera, who just turned 30 years old!!! Weeee!! This lady is so special to my heart. Who would have thought that we will be really close. She turned out to be my confidante, an older sister I never had, and my bulliness-absorber! Hahaha! Though I bully you always, you know the reason why.... It's because I love you! Haha! I pray for more blessings for you and your family and your blossoming love life. Yikeeee! You've been composed and demure in your own ways. Stay nice, bright and positive person that you are. Keep inspiring people. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Thank you for the sumptuous SumoSam Legacy Eat-all-you-can! Yayyyy!

Parang ako ang may birthday! Anyway, we have our birthdays close to each other :)

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Choco Yema Yummm

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The two ladies who didn't left me alone on my first day! 



Tuna Sandwich for lunch! So not me sandwich lang ang lunch haha!



Slice's must-try Chocolate Yema cupcake :)

Made use of company fun money and had some light lunch plus dessert at Slice High Street! How we enjoyed that one hour is beyond us! Haha! We had some sandwich for lunch. we also tried Slice's Choco Yema Cupcakes!! Make sure to try it, too when you visit Slice! It's Yema-yummmm!!! It's been a while since the last time the three of us had a lunch-out. Fun fun lunch with these two ladies!

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Spontaneous Date Night with My Girlfriends

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Blessings were showered upon me and I have no means to return the favour aside from paying it forward to no other than my best and loveliest girlfriends!

My girls with their 'loots'!

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Sabo-TIN!!!

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Yay!! Finally, though a quick one, an eat-out with Tin pushed through! It was one nippy lunch-out at Saboten. It was a first for the both of us and we actually liked it. Since I’m not really a fan of Japanese cuisine, it was a good experience having tried out their tenderloin Katsu. Tin compared it to Yabu but I never had a chance to experience Yabu yet so I have no basis of comparison. Pero kung sa Tokyo-Tokyo icocompare, naman, so much better hahaha! All I know is that I liked the Katsu and enjoyed the unlimited cabbage. Haha!

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One Saturday On Me

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RV and Chat with their "loot bags"

Meet RV and Chat – my greatest supporters in my Wear My Design endeavour! They were the ones whoepushed me to it and if not because of their insistence, I wouldn’t have won and maybe totally gave up that dream. I thank God for blessing me with these two.

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Spa and Steak

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Our second bonding session since the last time we ate at Red Kimono! I got to spend Saturday with my fellow BA ladies. We decided to try-out Ace Water Spa at Pioneer, Mandaluyong. We have no photos as it was prohibited. We had fun being played by the water. It was a tad tiring though but at the end of it, we felt relaxed.

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253. To The South

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Yayyy! The last time I bonded with just SOME of my college barkada was when we  watched The Phantom of the Opera in CCP months ago. I guess we’re just too apart from each other and we have different endeavours that we find it difficult to schedule a get-together. Gone are the days that we go out of town during our really “cute” term breaks!

It was last spontaneous Sunday that Geh randomly messaged us in Facebook and two hours later we found ourselves already on our way to Sta. Rosa – I, Jec, Jose and Geh! We’re the south people of our barkada. E pwede naman palang ganun lang magkakasama na kami! hahaha! But I felt really glad that we got to catch up with each other! Thanks Geh for drinking Mountain Dew that kept you awake and hyper that we reached Nuvali and Paseo de Sta. Rosa and we were able to bond the afternoon away.

Jose/Gelo treated us at Cafe Breton, Paseo de Sta. Rosa! Oh crepe oh crepe!!! Super yummyyyy!! UL/LR - Dejavu; UR - Funtastyc; Le Manifique

So many things happened already and yet there are things that still remain. We may have “higher raison d'être” or higher motivation or reasons to do the things we’re doing now but we still laugh on shallow things and goof around. Actually, I missed them! I miss those college days!!

So thankful that this Sunday afternoon spontaneity happened!

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246. IHOPed Again

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cr: Arianne for the photo

I could very well be paid of posting IHOP eat-outs with different people! Haha! But how can't I when breakfast is the favorite type of meal of the day! Dinner time with Arianne and Sy last Wednesday! I love these two people! It was super fun spending a few hours of catching up and talking about things over FOOD of course! Sa uulitin! And hopefully we could spend an out-of-town or out-of-the-country together!!

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237. IHOP you dont mind IHOP you dont mind~

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Okay cornyyyyyy... If you get that knock knock joke title up there. Hahaha! We had breakfast for dinner last night! And it was so hard to breathe!!!

Yes! All for me yummyyyy!

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231. First eat-out with these ladies...

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June teambuilding is a dine-out at Red Kimono! Japanese cuisine to satisfy our taste buds. It's actually my first time to join the teambuilding with these ladies as the previous one was the time I had surgery. It's always good to splurge on food at the company's expense! Hahaha!

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230. Coldstone Goodness

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Finally got to try what the buzz is all about and the better news is I got to try it for free! April, officemate, treated us yayyy! The best things in life are ~free~! Hahaha! We tried one of their Signature Creations, Mud Pie Mojo! Coldstone is also known for their singing staff, so while our orders were being served, they sang us the Coldstone version of 1D's "What Makes You Beautiful".

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225. And so we ended this series this way...

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“Pagod ako, kumain tayo nang marami…”, he said.
“Nakaka-depress pagkatalo ng Spurs sa Heat, sa HEAT!! Of all teams!”, and so I agreed to quite splurge on food. By splurge, we mean, dining in restaurants apart from fast-food chains – splurge na yun.

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219. Papa's Day 2013 feat Turon ala Mode

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Happy Father’s Day to my first ever superhero! Walang sinabi si Man of Steel sa Papa ko! Marrying my Mom is one of the bravest things to do – and it’s close to overcoming kryptonite weakness. Hehehe. Samahan pa ng panganay na tulad ko! Hahaha I kid of course. But being a father is not an easy job so props to my Papa!! He has to take care and guard us four! He drives for us and picks us up on those rainy days and even on normal days – literally and figuratively. He even acts as our mother sometimes. He never left us even if he may have reasons to! He’s not a perfect father, but he’s the best! This is more than just a movie line in a superhero installment but I owe you my life Papa. Naks!



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217. Beng's Silver Celebration

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Usually June and July are the months of ‘reunion’ with my high school buddies. We have six celebrants for June and July which is obviously the reason why the bulk of our get-together happens on these months.

Kicking it off with Beng’s birthday celebration…

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