Overdue Date

Hullo All!

So this is a bit of an overdue post. Because of all the excitement of our new place, I almost forgot to share with you guys this simple, nice lunch-date I had with Micah! :) 

If you have been reading closely, you can probably surmise that Micah is one of my best friends. I'll admit that there are times that I get cross and feel like she forgets me (I'm clingy), but whenever I get a chance to sit down and spend time with her, all that disappears!

Presenting Micah! :) Yeah, you can say it, she's quite pretty!

Friends since the fifth grade!

We had lunch here! We're big fans of Japanese food and we're always up for a twist to it. Well, me more than Micah. She's a bit of a selective eater so when she suggested this, I was up for the new experience!

It was a quaint place that had all the vintage elements that make me feel all cozy!

Ma Maison is known for their huge Japanese-style Western burgers (yeah, I know). This one was as big as our entire hand, so we decided to split it.

We did get quite full from the burger but we also got this mini pizza! IT was just as good! Shrimp, mushroom and pepperoni!

And the piece de resistance! 

This is the main reason Micah wanted me to try Ma Maison--it's famous Frozen Green Tea Brazo! Micah's not a fan of Green Tea so this is a big deal for her. Meanwhile, I'm a big fan of Green Tea (and brazo!) so this got me all the right kinds of happy!

Unfortunately, Micah and I had to part after that (boo). But that didn't stop me from finding my own fun! And so, I went around the mall to look for a few things!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love notebooks?

Slouchy bags at Follow Your Heart! These are so colorful I wanted almost all of them! If only I had more room in my luggage (and more money)!

Ending this post with a narcissistic photo of me trying on two pairs of pretty pastel pants! Don't they match my floral top? :) 

Which do you think I should get?

Tuttah!

Mishie

AdLibitum, My Great Loves (and Surprise)

"Ad Libitum" is the name that my high school friends and I have given ourselves during our senior year. It means "at one's pleasure" in Latin. So how non-conformist our we to have named our barkada (it means "close group of friends" in Filipino) in freakin' Latin? 

Almost six years after graduating from high school and of the eight of us, we have not been able to have a complete dinner with every one present and accounted for. To our credit, we certainly did try many, many, many times. At least there would be four of us, and at the most was seven last 2009. 

For many weeks since knowing of my impending departure to the US, I have been obsessed with the idea of having a complete get-together. No pressure for sleep-overs, just a nice dinner with all of us in attendance. I even went as far as creating an event for the thing. 

We had decided to eat at a restaurant  called Nolita. Coincidentally, it was a New York-styled restaurant with pizza as the main dish. The concept was taken from Nolita, an actual place in New York. It stands for North of Little Italy, of which we have nothing of locally. 

To my sheer disappointment, someone cancelled on the day itself and I was upset. I tried not to let it bother me. 

Long story short, just when we were about to dig into our food, they surprised me. I was not expecting anything special--in fact, the dinner wasn't even for me. I just wanted to meet up with everyone. Never the less, these special people surprised me with, drumroll please, a brand new Sony Digital Camera! 

Gosh, I guess they know how frustrated and vocal had been about wanting to get a new camera. I guess I just didn't realize about how vocal. I was so happy and surprised that I ended up crying on the spot! You see, I'm not very easily surprised because I'm normally the one arranging and concocting them. No to brag, but I'm so good at organizing surprises that I was actually legit scared that my future fiancé would not be able to come up with a good proposal because I'd figure it out right away. About an hour after my friends' surprise, I made a note to remind my future super serious boyfriend that if he ever wanted to propose, to ask them for some tips. HAHA

More than anything, I just couldn't believe how lucky I was to have these great friends. I made a conscious effort not to play the "BUT I'M LEAVING" card while organizing the dinner because I really didn't want to make such a big deal out of it. But going so far as to organize this all (and deceive me!) was just such a good, eye-opening surprise!

I think my tears summed up all the other emotions that I can never be able to put into words. It wasn't the camera (though that was VERY appreciated, seriously), but just *sigh* ALL THE FEELS.

Thank you, guys.

Mishie