Nov 3, 2023

Wow, was this day fun. It's been soooooooo long since I've spent a "normal" day outside. A day where I'm just focused on being with my friends with no other distractions. I didn't have to worry about anything else, my only agenda for today is to be with my friends, hang out, and just have fun. I spent the day with Max and Meryll again. I met with my friends at the Odd Cafe in Salcedo, Makati, and I have to say that our first stay there was pretty nice. We got to have a seat near the wall outlet and we were able to charge our devices. Since my friends knew my story, I had shared with them what I was going through and how painful the past few days have been for me. I'm glad they listened, then we moved on to talking about mundane stuff like which movies we should watch together, and how Marvel's new season of Loki was good. After that, we packed our stuff to eat at a store called Gino's Brick Oven Pizza nearby. I missed eating there, I swear. It's literally been years since we last ate at Gino's and it was really good. I missed the spicy honey and the pasta dishes we ordered we really good. When we all finished eating, we were so full! We walked around Salcedo Village to burn off what we ate and then went back to the Odd Cafe. When we got back, some of my friends had work to do since they weren't on leave for that day. We still talked, then had a spontaneous idea of watching Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie again since the 2 of them haven't watched it. When I first watched it, I didn't really enjoy it because I barely sang any songs, even though I'm a big swiftie. We all agreed and then timed out, then headed to Glorietta mall by foot. To be honest, I deeply missed the feeling of walking around Makati's walkways and sidewalks in the afternoon. This area was the place where I had my first job and first company secondment. I deeply missed being here and I remembered how fun it was to be outside and being able walking around, after being stuck at home for so long. We got to the mall, ate some food, then had a really fun time watching the Eras Tour movie. I even had a hoarse voice at the end of it and got to sing all the songs I loved, especially Taylor's version of Long Live. Today was really, really fun and it reminded me of how fun working outside actually is. I get to be with friends, "work" alongside them, and even have spontaneous plans after work with them. I wish I could have more of these days in the future.