Aug 26, 2024

I woke up today feeling a weird kind of pressure to be really productive because my long weekend is almost over. Even though I still have my day off tomorrow to look forward to, I still feel the need to make the most out of today. My morning wasn't anything noteworthy, I just relaxed and chilled because I remembered I might steer myself into burnout if I push myself further, so I decided that chill moments like these are needed. It rained quite a bit in the morning, and the weather was very unpredictable. But I still had my lunch and my sister bought the usual carinderia food. Thankfully, she got my favorite dish at the moment, menudo, and I enjoyed eating it in my room. I completed a few mood calendar entries and completed the basic entries so far, so I decided to go out and finally eat ramen at Ramen Nagi. I've been putting that off for so long, and I'm glad that I was actually able to follow through it today. I arrived at Ramen Nagi inside One Bonifacio High Street, just the same as my last Ramen Nagi visit. I ordered the "Red King (赤王)" and went all out on the customization. I thought I had set it at a nice spicy level, which was at 4. I also ordered a few extras for it like a tamago egg, extra seaweed, extra char siu pork, and extra noodles. When my waiter showed me that the base spiciness of the Red King was already at 5, with the level I chose being added, totaling to the 9th level of spiciness, I was shocked. I didn't know that it would be that level of spicy but whatever, I decided to just brave through it. My friends also messaged me at this time and we talked about how their trip went and how they got into a car accident. After a while, my food arrived and it wasn't that spicy. Honestly, I've eaten spicier noodles. It was certainly not to the level of Buldak and I got myself all worked up for nothing. I savored the food and it really hit the spot. I was also talking to my friends while eating my food, so it wasn't all that boring. Eventually, I finished my food and went on to use Reddit for a bit before going home. Initially, the plan was to go to my hangout place at Starbucks on 32nd Street, but I just didn't feel it. I could sense that it would be crowded tonight, so I just passed on it. I brought the MacBook along so I could continue working on my mood calendar and do some work, but I didn't really bring it out of my bag. I just booked a ride home and went home. When I got home, I talked to my friends for a bit but then just continued updating my mood calendar and finally publishing the remaining entries for last week. I also did some quick work on my blog's theme by fixing a bug that I found.