May 16, 2024

Today was surprisingly calm and chill. Things went really, really good. My day started with me just being alone, by myself and catching up on the journal entries I've missed for the past 7 days. It was really hard to reconstruct how the days went because there were parts that I had to really dig for just so I can write the entries for. But it all turned out okay as I was able to restore all of my entries. After that was done, I spent some time doing random stuff online before going to bed. When I woke up, I felt mostly okay and my morning was really calm and quiet. Nothing much happened aside from me doing some work tasks and then preparing to leave for Makati. In the afternoon, I had an IRL meeting with a client and I was supposed to go to their office. I don't usually go out, and it's been a while since my last Shake Shack adventure, but it was a welcomed change of pace because I didn't want to stay cooped up all day. I also made plans to see my sister after my shift ends so we can spend some sibling time and eat dinner together. So I had to prepare and then leave, but I had such horrible luck in trying to book a ride to Makati. I took so long to get a ride, it was ridiculous. I kept waiting for a ride for 50 minutes and it was horrible. I was so worried that I would be late, but surprisingly my thoughts didn't deviate or overthink from there. I was just worried that I'll be late. I did get a ride, however, and even though the rider made the wrong choices in the paths they took, I got there relatively quick because my other teammates timed in 9 minutes earlier than I did. Working there and the meeting went fairly quickly. It was simple to me, so I wasn't bothered. I then spent some time with a high-level manager after the meeting, talking about things at a Tim Hortons. We eventually left at around 5:30 and it was around that time when I got a message from someone, and that they have something to say. I told them that I'd be able for a talk later and focused on my own things. Then I met up with my sister and walked around together for a bit before buying dinner at Pepper Lunch. It was a rare thing that we were both in Makati, so we decided to just go home at the same time as well. I mostly talked to them about their work and their career, and generally gave them tips about working. Then I told her about how surreal life has been because we were eating at a restaurant that overlooked koi ponds we used to frequent as kids with our parents. We also saw mom in a video call and we went to attend a mass that was ongoing at the Greenbelt Chapel. We visited the koi pond for a bit before deciding to leave. We waited a while for a ride but it took a while and there were kind of a few dumb drivers that just wasted our time. But we were eventually able to book a ride home and get home safe.