In Betweens

It was a great weekend for me again. And I give all the Glory to God for that. My weekend started productively actually. Friday night, I submitted my project for one of my subjects in Grad. school and I checked all the feed backs that I got from my classmates and professor for all the recent term papers we made; I am very happy with all their feed backs. But I especially appreciated the comment that came from my professor re my papers. I was in shock; not that I don't have confidence with my own work, it's just that making all those critique, research, reading modules, and term papers were all very challenging to me given my situation of juggling 4 worlds at the same time. I had a hard time grasping some of the theories for a short span of time, that's why when I read that overwhelming feed back from my professor I got so happy because it was an affirmation that I'm on the right track. The next thing I did was to finish reading Module 5 because I wanted to take advantage of the fact that it's Friday and I can stay up late because there's no work the next day. Finally, after doing everything, I succumbed to the comforts of my pillows and sheet. 

Saturday, well I continued studying but with DVD marathon, web surfing, and eating in between. :P It was my mom's birthday too, so just imagine how all the food AND not to mention the rain made me sleepy and the whole studying a total struggle. But I'm happy I was able to accomplish things that day. Plus I got a new toy!  Thank you HTC! :D

Sunday, I went out with the family. We celebrated mama's birthday with the rest of my siblings. And the whole eating escapade began. 

First stop: Glorietta

We went there for pops' printing purposes. While waiting for pops, mama and I strolled along the shops, promising each other that we will just settle for window shopping and do the real shopping thing in HK but in the end, we broke the pact we made ourselves! I really had to muster myself not to buy but blame it on these 2 items that made me to relapse:

Red is my favorite color of the month (yes it changes. It's actually a cycle between these colors: Black, White, Green, Brown, Purple, and Red) and I've been meaning to find my phone a new case but not just any case, it has to be RED! So when I saw this case, I just had to grab it. Anyway, it's ONLY 80 bucks! so why not coconut?:)

It actually turned out to be color orange in person (boo), the real bloody red I shall hunt on our August trip.

I love my wallet!

Like the jelly case, I also wanted a new wallet but I wasn't really looking for one, it's just that when I saw this, that's the end of it all. I would describe my style in terms of clothing as bohemian and sometimes solid ragged (Feeling Fashionista ha ha, just ride w/ my fantasy, okay?! :P) and obviously, this wallet screams my name! So there, I really love it. This wallet that costs only php.450.00 is the one who threw my Nine West wallet to my drawer and bound to get stuck for a long while.

Here's a photo of me with my folks after our mini shopping

2nd Stop: Greenbelt2-- Cafe Mary Grace

On our way, I took a paparazzi shot of our folks

Had our snacks while doing what we always love doing: Talking to each other :) 

Shared our diverse experiences on our jobs. It's actually nice that the 3 of us are on different fields: Kuya works for HTC as a Country Manager, Ate works for Makati Med. as a Medical Technologist, and I work as a Pre-school teacher at Rosewood. See how different our fields are? That's why it is really awesome sharing different stories and experiences w/ them; very liberating. We would have a good laugh every time we could steal these kind of moments. :)

I ordered my fave sandwich from them: Vigan Longganisa with Kesong Puti

Our happy mom, trying out kuya Mark and ate Yam's gift:)

I can't help but notice this catchy question on the table

Interesting, right? Mapapa-isip ka talaga... ladida...

3rd Stop: Manna Korean Garden

Last week, I posted this Fb status:

"Dreaming of Ramen, Korean seafood pancake, and Ssam. 

In short I'm craving for Korean foooooood!! + Ramen from the Japs. *Drools*"

Then kuya told me he'd treat us to a Korean dinner for mama's birthday----Hooray!! (Feeling celebrant)

So here are the food I was craving for on my Fb status:

Seafood Pancake

I super love, love, love this Korean dish!!!! Actually, I think I love all Korean food!! <3

Here's another food mentioned on my Fb status: Ssam

It's basically a grilled pork sliced thinly, which you will  season with their condiment, ssamjang, raw garlic or a banchan then wrap it yourself with a vegetable leaf; some use lettuce, mint leaf, cabbage leaf,  etc... and slam it to your mouth! ha ha yummeh! Name pa lang, this food really suits me na! :P

Banchan (side dishes)

Kimchi

My plate before I started to eat

My plate after eating

Notice the cup of rice? That's already my 2nd cup, actually. 

Got really stuffed that night! I love Korean food as in tie na sila ngayon w/ my love for Italian cuisine! And lately, people tell me I look like Korean! ho ho! Koreanang maitim? (don't get me wrong I LOVE MY PINOY COLOR) May ganun ba? ha ha but anyway, it does give a kilig feeling. So that's how my weekend passed by. Till next weekend escapade!