Good company

I had dinner last night at Sweet Inspirations with Brian M., Martin L. and Gio M. I think we all realized just how unprepared we all are for "real life" when Martin talked about how he should have taken a year off after high school to think about what he really wants to do in life (He's a History major--and that's not a common course choice because there are very few things you can do with a history degree, I'm told). I think I should have done that--taken a year off to travel, take on internships in fields I'm interested in, sign up for random, short, quirky classes (maybe a jewelry design class in SOFA, or Art Appreciation in CSB or a fiction writing class in UP or Great Books in Ateneo), learn how to bake and sew, etc. I think they should mandate high school graduates to take a year off before going to college. We'd have less shiftees/jobless graduates that way. Apart from that, we teased Brian about his all-white ensembles, swapped tales about two of our more interesting professors and discussed horror films. Fun, fun.

Tonight, I had dinner with Brian M. and Karlo D. at Flaming Wings, during which I got oppressed for preferring to eat with a knife and a fork and for being a (neo)feminist. Haha! I also got oppressed for my "socialist tendencies"--and, because I didn't finish half my food, I ended up having it wrapped so we could find a street kid to hand it to, just so I didn't have to renege on a bet I made with Karlo. I really should learn to be less stubborn. Haha.

Choco Mallows!

I didn't have dinner last night and I was rushing to get to class so I didn't have breakfast either. I couldn't concentrate on what Prof. Rosana was saying because my stomach was growling so I ran down to the Bellarmine caf to get something to munch on. I got this:

Fibisco's Choco Mallows! I haven't had this in a really long time! The last time was...fourth grade, I think. I remember how I'd find this in my lunch box at recess with a tumbler of cold milk and sneak in bites even while in class (Ma'am Lily Rodriguez's math class, in particular) . Good times. I ate three in five minutes and left Theology happy. I was even cheerfully discussing the Heckscher-Ohlin model in my International Eco class!

Chinese food cravings

In International Eco yesterday, I started craving Chinese food. Gio M. and I realized that, apart from Chowking (and that doesn't really count), there are no Chinese restaurants in the Katipunan/Katipunan Ext. area. We both started thinking about salted fish fried rice and salt-and-pepper spare ribs--and that effectively meant we spent the rest of the session talking about finding a way to get our hands (and mouths) on Chinese food without venturing too far from the area (It was raining and I had to be back by 7). After his thesis consultation and my PoS 160 class, we decided to go to the North Park in the Ortigas Home Depot compound then, just so the impromptu trip's worth it, hoard DVDs in Metrowalk.

We had jaded salted fish fried rice and salt-and-pepper spare ribs, as expected (My phone ran out of battery so the pictures are with Gio). We couldn't finish our food though. Revelations galore about common friends, Gio's girls (and boys!), his stud of a grandfather, my weird habits (I'm surprised he didn't run out on me, screaming in horror) and how we were like in high school. As usual, I made fun of his protein shake intake and he made fun of how "intense" I am as a person. He's kind of like my brother, I realized--but with freaky (flirty, his thesis adviser says) eyebrows, a crazily strong desire to be all buff and Jude Law-ish by October and murderous intentions (He keeps on cracking jokes at all the wrong moments--I choked in Prof. Tolosa's class laughing at one his jokes and trying not to show it because I didn't want Sir to notice so bad I couldn't breathe right for about five minutes and then, another time, he cracked a joke just as I was drinking water and taking my medicines). I went home with the first season of Modern Family and the third season of Chuck. Yay.

Today, I was craving Chinese food again so, when PJ and I went to MPen to meet up with Daddy (who just arrived from Palawan where he, apparently, learned the art of fire-eating :|), I begged to go to Man Yann for dinner. Yang chow fried rice + salt-and-pepper spare ribs + taosi fish fillet + crab and corn soup + chopsuey = happy Pau! (Uh-huh, I'm shallow like that.)

Not a lot of people order this but I love their taosi fish fillet! I rarely order seafood in restaurants (I grew up in Zamboanga so I'm used to fresh seafood (huuuge prawns, crabs the size of a dinner plate, mussels by the truckload) so seafood in Manila, unless it's at a really good restaurant, disappoints me. :( ) but I never hesitate ordering Mann Yann's taosi fish fillet.

My other Mann Yann staple: salt-and-pepper spare ribs

I hope I don't start craving Chinese food again anytime soon. I've been steadily losing weight and I really want to keep that up. OH CRAP, HERE IT GOES AGAIN.