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Growth is one of our constant needs in life. I didnt say WANT... I said it is a NEED. It is necessary so we could have a harmonious relationship with other people. If we're having problems dealing with other people, maybe because we treat growth as a want, that we don't ever bother wanting.

Mistakes are part of growing up--it make us learn our lesson we thought we already knew. Like right now:

I thought Nanay was just too paranoid when she tells me not to eat too much sweets and too much cold bevs because if I did I'd get my allergies all boost up again, and by allergies she meant runny nose and sore throat.

Well, since I thought i am all grown up and mature and I can handle my own shit...



NEWSFLASH, sister: Your're so immature, you don't even know how to listen. And if you just knew how to do that, you must have been in the store helping your paranoid Nanay with her work.

I've been bedridden for almost two days. All i do is eat (not even happy tummy food :(), watch, read, and write. I could almost say THIS IS THE LIFE, if not only for the baradong ilong, and makating lalamunan and the konsensya (if you know what i mean).

Sometimes, we thought we are mature enough to keep up and do things on our own. We think that we dont need others to tell or do things for us cos we think we are 100% geared up to be on our own. Uh-oh! Big No-No. We will never bee 100% ready for everything. We people are constant learners. Even my Nanay's not yet halfway to maturity, even my tatay, even your lolo or lola! There's always this new thing that we are not familiar with, that we commit a mistake the first time we tried it. And none of us deserves to be judged by the mistake we did, cos we change...we grow up. And we didn't grow up because we wanted to, it is because we needed to.

So since things needed to change here, I will listen to Nanay and eat this bunch of kiat-kiats and drink my water, and avoid allergy-booster food (goodbye happy-tummy food :().

madame sickness

my new best friends

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For our third MerSaki FADay, Karen and I decided, well...Karen chose to go Seoul Garden.

Seoul Garden is a nice Korean resto - buffet style - where you can cook/grill/boil whatever you want--Seafood, meat, raw salad--your style.

It is kind of the one I blogged before, the hotpot, but this one's better cos the food are divided into categories--meat, seafood, desserts, beverages, sauces, salads.

My favorite category is the dessert. They a  have fridge of ice cream with six different flavors - you get to choose whatever flavor you like, you can choose all if you want to, but trust me you cant cos youll get full just by the main course. And on the other side, if ice cream's not your thing, they have the complete ingredient for your Halo-halo (cant believe they have halo-halo in Korea!).



We got the cookies on the bar, where all the cupcakes and pastries are displayed. I also love the beverages part cos you get to choose whichever drink you wish! You can change drinks after drinks! Man, it's like a food heaven in the Philippines but in Seoul...whatever! hahaha.

My ice cream was mango-flavored with chocolate sprinkles, marshmallows, and sago and nata de coco on the side. Karen's avocado, with all the sprinkles, and banana, sago, and nata de coco on the side.(Mine looks much much edible, don't you think? :))

For our main course, we had pork teriyaki and garlic, chicken teriyaki and garlic, all the balls you could imagine, chicken, korean rice, veggies, some unknown food = They all tasted YUMMY, HAPPY TUMMY! Buuut, they wouldnt taste as yummy if you dont try the sauce, we only get to try the three basic sauces, and man they were the BEST!

just starting

The branch we went to is located in SM North EDSA.

I hope I did a good job enticing you with our experience. You should try this one! And the price is very student friendly. :)

HAPPY 3RD MERSAKI FADAY!

I sure look like I have cancer lol

P.S.

If you want to treat a friend for your birthday, or just cos youre happy, this is the place to go! Right, Karen? hihi :) Arigatou Gozaimasu!

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Nowadays, it is funny how male creatures forget to put the word "gentle" before men... Let me correct myself, it is ANNOYING how male creatures forget to put the word "GENTLE" before 'men'.

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I always ride a bus every time I go to Manila and during Mondays I always had the dilemma of finding a seat because it's the start of the week--many student-dormers, students and employees try to get to school and work all together.

Here's the scenario:
if it's not my Monday, I would have to stand for one and a half hour and make sure to hold on tight to handles if I dont wanna find my face on somebody else's property (if you know what I mean).

If I'm lucky enough, I can find myself a seat where I can declare my butt as the queen...

but wait there's more..
.here's a big IF for me, my friend. IF there's even one guy in the bus who offers his seat for me to declare my butt as the queen of HIS throne.

So yeah...

Last Monday, I had to ride a bus to Manila. I am late so I couldnt wait for the next bus (which has free seats). So I rode the first Cubao bus that passed. There were no free seats and the aisle was almost full of standing ovationers. So I stayed in the back because it's more convenient to stand there than in front or somewhere in the middle. The standing ovationers were composed of many guys and two girls--the lady in the middle and yours truly. The bus was from Nueva Ecija, so some of the passengers got off somewhere in Bulacan. I was surprised to see that when a passenger stands and goes to the door of the bus to get off--the leaving--the male standing ovationers were fighting for leaving's throne, trying to get first on the seat to declare their butts to be the king! UNBELIEVABLE! they didnt even bother to offer the seats to the ONLY TWO girls, who have much skinnier legs and fragile feet than they do! Dont they realize that? Selfish pricks.

Anyways, on my way home. I also have to ride a bus. And this time I'm lucky because i'd definitely have a throne of my own. I was right, there was a seat waiting for me in the last row of the aisle seats. I was so happy and relaxed and then put my iPod shuffle on work mode...AND THEN..A family of three--old mom, college kid, and little girl--rode the bus. Unfortunately all the seats were taken. I thought someone would be kind to offer his/her seat to the old woman. I waited...and waited...and waited. Tanananananananan....I OFFERED MINE.

Lemme count the men at the back part of the bus, where I am seating and the family were standing. There was one beside me, two in front of me and one in front of them and another beside him, and also one in the middle of the back seat. So there were five, and no one even dared to offer. DAMN.

Man, I didnt write this post to brag about what I did, i wrote this because i want to share (or even to make people realize) that it isn't hurtful to be kind and courteous not sometimes but ALL THE TIME (whether youre a man, a woman, or a gay). let us not forget how we value traditions and the rule of politeness. i bet those guys, doesnt even want to see their mothers standing on the aisle of the bus with a bunch of machos with butts reigning the seats. ONE AND HALF HOUR isnt as painful to your muscled legs and sturdy bones as compared to an old woman calloused feet and breaking bones, MAN UP!

Don't let the word GENTLEMAN lose its meaning, or lose the word itself. I wouldnt be surprised if one day, it's forgotten and dead like the Latin Language--never evolving, never used.