i <3 ...

... having the will to say "i gotta go" to a friend after a particularly bad dinner where 90% of the conversation revolved around my brother. she has a huge thing for him and when my aunt and i warned her about his philandering ways, she took it to mean that the two of us were stopping "true love" from taking root and blooming. when i realized that i was getting awfully bored, tired, and was in general mentally counting the things i could be doing instead of sitting across her, i found the will to say "goodnight".

... having a good friend to go to a dinky little parlor named "rosa bonita" with. abovementioned parlor happens to be a discovery of an aunt's friend where for P250 you can get your lower legs stripped bare of hair using this sticky concoction called "alawa". it was a small hot parlor with almost zilch magazines so friend's presence was a big thing. said friend also lent me money to pay for lunch after i was left with only 50 bucks after alawa and atm's in the katipunan area were all off-line effectively cutting me off from my money.

... being able to decide that in spite of the P17.50 left in my pocket (fifty bucks minus money for photocopying readings = P17.50) i will risk going to SM sucat to check out atm's to get money, buy a gift for a birthday party, and watch kill bill vol. 2, alone. i was able to do all 3, yay, yay, yay.

... pat, who in spite of my usual cranky saturday evenings, patiently argued point by point with me until i backed down because i was tired already. sometimes, with pat, no matter how nasty our fights get, all it takes is for us to see each other face to face and we immediately run to each other for a huge hug, forgetting the reason why we fought in the first place.

... pat again, for driving me to golden chinese food haus in baesa, somewhere almost in novaliches, to serve a subpoena. when i was almost freaking out cause the person we were supposed to serve the subpoena to wasn't there, for coming up with an idea to draw the person out.

... parents who came up with the idea of having their kid's first birthday party in an adult place simply because almost all of the guests are adults and there were only about four children present. food was divine, there was no irritating party host forcing you to join the inane games to win prizes you'd have no use for at all, and everyone left the party generally happy.

... finally being able to watch spiderman 2 with pat, at the podium, where surprisingly, kids AND adults are well-behaved. no hooting, no phones ringing, no sticky floors, no small spaces between your knees and the chair in front of you. lovely, lovely cinema, much underrated, if you ask me.

... pat. pat, if i may say so myself, is divine, amazing, and the most handsome sweetie in the whole wide universe. lovely bonding time at 10:30 last night, just sitting and quietly chatting, hoping that the next time we get a lovely weekend like this won't be too far away in the future.