Feb 15, 2025

My Saturday was pretty tame. I thought about going outside today and just decided to push through it. I watched a YouTube video that talked about the new Captain America film and I just said “fuck it” and decided to book a ticket afterwards. Mom also called and I was able to FaceTime with her and my sister joined me and we both talked to Mom for a bit then I got ready to leave.

Unfortunately, I had trouble booking a ride to Venice Grand Canal. It was so bad. It's 30 minutes before my movie starts, I was still at home even though I should be there by now. But no, I had trouble booking. I eventually got a ride, though, and they arrived pretty quickly. I was late to enter the theaters and I wasn't even able to present my ticket slip to anyone. I was surprised that there was no security to check the theater, either.

I stood inside the movie theater for a bit and stood in the isle like an idiot. I forgot my seat number and the Internet connection inside was trash, but I remembered that I took a screenshot and found my seat immediately. I was surprised that there was a Captain America pillow there, though. I didn't expect this cool freebie. This looks awesome. I'm also glad that my seat also had popcorn and drinks, despite me booking a bit late and thinking that they would forget the snacks like the last time I reserved late. But no, I got everything I needed and reclined my seat to watch the movie.

A lady did approach me and asked for my ticket, though, which was fine because she probably thought I just ran in here (which I technically did lol). It was fine since she confirmed my ticket and didn't bother me for the rest of the film. I was able to watch it and it was… okay? I mean, I kinda like it. I just didn't like how I missed the intro because I was late, but that's fine. Afterwards, I took photos of the cool pillow so I can post on my IG. I also looked a little silly bringing just a pillow around so I went to Miniso to buy a bag. Since I couldn't find any generic black bag, I opted to buy myself a Cinnamoroll-themed bag. I also saw a tumbler that I would definitely buy once I get my salary and get my own spot in the office. I just decided to only buy the bag for now.

For some reason, I had trouble paying even though I had the money for it. The first transaction failed and it was not recorded. I had to ask the store's manager if they can accept my transaction number as a receipt but they still had to make me pay for it AGAIN and wait for my 1st transaction to be resolved at a later time once they bring it up at their office. It was rough to hear. I really didn't want to pay for the product twice and it was such an issue that caused a line behind me, but whatever, I paid for the item again and just jotted down the number of the store's manager to call tomorrow to help fix my payment dispute. I walked out of the store feeling a little worse, tbh. I just walked around Venice thinking of where to go next, or to just go home.

I walk around for a bit and thought about getting a Starbucks, but nah, I didn't feel like it. I also called Gcash support and asked them check my last transaction that failed and if the money can be returned today. As I was walking around, I get a notification that my transaction had been reversed from earlier and I felt great again. I went to the food court to get some food that wasn't that expensive. I ordered some inasal chicken and it was unappetizing because the employee just reheated it in the microwave. It didn't even taste good. I was honestly pretty disappointed and I'm never going back there again. They gave me dinuguan as a side and I'm not really a fan of it, so I didn't really enjoy my meal that much. I went home after that.

My evening was pretty chill after that. I didn't really do much nor talked to my friends that much. I just talked to a few who replied to my IG Story about the Captain America pillow. I don't know why, but I still felt the same loneliness from yesterday where I missed someone a lot. Part of me thought about reaching out to her, but I just dissuaded myself and reminded myself that they're the ones to still left after I reached out. I had some internal dialogue to calm myself down because I had thoughts about them.

I guess I'm right. Them leaving after everything I did speaks volumes and that I shouldn't try to bring back a person who's walked away twice in a month. I just did other things for the night like try out Genshin again and watch YouTube.