it's the season again of gift-giving, parties, simbang gabi, reunions and balikbayans. my cousin susan came from sydney so it is my job to entertain and accompany her to all the cool hangout place in the metro. this week long fete started on a wednesday night when she came in town.
wednesday. she stayed at greenhills so i told her to meet me at coffee bean and tea leaf, promenade. we had our coffee and looong chit chat that took for 6 hrs including our wine drinking at sofreh, a cozy persian restaurant we saw at g-strip. since i'm not really a greenhills-savvy kinda gal i called up my friend noel, who lives there and asked for a good place to have wine. he said chivs is a cool place but when we went there the place was empty at 6 in the evening, obviously. so we went instead to sofreh. i recommend to have a date there with all the cushions and stuff!
we're supposed to smoke shisha at sofreh but the we didn't like the flavors available
then failed to find one the next time
sofreh, greenhills
thursday night. i literally went around. went to taytay, rizal in the afternoon for a client service. after my off from work around 5, i went to robinson's galleria to do some xmas shopping. then went to metrowalk with my bestfriend oscar. he had dinner at bacolod chicken inasal while i was waiting for a text from my girlfriends. after an hour, i went to bargo, home depot, ortigas for our xmas dinner. i got my twilight book from grace! i am curious to read this book because the question in my head right now is that: is this another harry potter cult for kids or is the writing really that good that girls are so awed in reading it? i'll found out and tell my review soon. after our xmas dinner, we went to starbucks then around 12-ish i dropped by my former office at gamboa st., makati to pick up some of my stuff then went to bistro bar, palanca st., makati to see my former officemates judd and tina. then went ahead to see my cuz outside tabu, salcedo st. (because they don't know how to go around the streets of makati) to il ponticello, valero st. i didn't enjoy much at that time due to my exhaustion. then off home i went around 4am.
friday night. picked up cuz from greenhills then we went to bonifacio high street and serendra. we were looking for a persian resto for shisha so we entered hossein, serendra but the waiter told us to go to the strip for it. we went to hossein, fort strip but there were no people! so we ended up with our cosmopolitan at the mint bar. we checked out pier one and piedra and it was full. all bars were occupied with xmas parties. then we were tired so she slept at our house, in my room. we had a good night sleep.
saturday. we woke up around 11am. after brunch, we watched the first episode of 'how i met your mother' because i told her she should watch the hilarious show and since we could never understand men, she'll know a little on how they think after watching it. hehe we met up with ate debbie at trinoma for lunch at cafe breton. i ordered a caffe mocha, i love mocha flavored coffee. then walked the whole day until our feet tired out. we pigged out at tokyo tokyo for dinner. we went home around 9pm and continued to watch how i met until we slept. it was fun. can't wait for season 4!
i so love himym!
sunday. tito vic picked her up. i rested thank God.
monday. she had a qt with her man. and as for me, i went home and slept.
tuesday night. i was driving at edsa after dropping my mom at trinoma which is way up north. i was on my way to greenbelt for the maxus' xmas party when she called and insisted that we have to meet. i was reluctant at first but what can i do? she's leaving on thursday. i turned right to greenhills and we had dinner at cafe ysabel at p. guevarra st., san juan. it's this posh baroque style restaurant near shaw blvd. i had a norweigian salmon steak which is around 488 bucks and it was hell good. from the kitchen of chef gene gonzales. his daughter and one of the owners, giannina, is a friend of my cousin's bf alvin whom i went out on a gimmick with a couple of times. it's another fabulous fine dining date place because of its seclusion in the city. their interior is a fusion of an old spanish home meets the palace of versailles. then around 9pm i left so i can go to red box. it was nice to see peeps from my old agency. i really felt their kindness and warmth. i also had goodies and giveaways like the shell ferrari keychains! i heart maxus --- the most creative media agency. i grew up there and literally had my baby milestones in media. (emo! haha)
