Jan 17, 2026

Today was a pretty cool and fun day and it was the last day of me doing night shift for the week. I just spent it while on call with my friends and I eventually timed out after my shift. My friends streamed some of their Cookie Run: Kingdom gameplay and then we also watched some cave diving videos, which were cool. Our call continued until our usual 10 a.m. and that's when we left the call.

I got some sleep and in the afternoon we planned to go out tonight. I also finally ate some liempo and we had some food at our house.. I woke up and got ready to leave first as I had an issue activating my SIM card. But after visiting my cell provider again, I was able to make it work! It was such a cool thing to see my first SMS text from that number get sent! I also got a text back from my sister, which was shocking. After that, I tried to get the GCash account suspension lifted because I had it suspended until further use. I took a few pictures for identification and that was it. It seems the issue was that the number was somehow blocked, too. But I'm glad it's working now!

I then went to Starbucks Shangri-La The Fort - 3rd Avenue and I actually passed by Nikka and her boyfriend, which was a total shocker. I didn't want to seem nosy and intrude upon them so I tried taking a pic and standing in front of them to see if she will notice, but she didn't. I just went inside and got my order and then messaged Nikka through Instagram. I told her that my family and I were chilling here and that I passed by her and her boyfriend, which was funny. We didn't meet up or anything and our chat ultimately ended.

Eventually, my Mom and sister arrived and met up with them. We planned to get a massage at Breeze Oriental Spa and, like before, we just tried to walk in. But I was already facepalming since we didn't get a reservation and they still tried to book a massage, and I already knew how it was going to turn out. We got in and immediately got rejected as they told us that they were booked for the evening. Part of me feels disappointed because I already told them that this place was super busy and we wouldn't get in without a reservation. We ultimately just decided to have some ice cream and we walked to Central Square Mall.

We got some gelato at our usual place Venchi Cioccolato e Gelato before and we chilled at Muji upstairs as we grabbed some drinks. I was fiddling with my SIM card on how to get it to turn into an eSIM but I ultimately gave up. We went downstairs as we planned to go home afterward but my Mom stopped by Shake Shack to get some fries. Our ride eventually arrived and we went home to finish some of the food that we had cooked in the morning.