Weekend Snippets

SATURDAY: FIRST DAY HIGH

I bid this weekend adieu feeling refreshed and grateful for having been productive. School officially started yesterday Saturday afternoon but I still felt like my weekend was on the right track.

While waiting for our professor to come in, I finished my can of Coke Zero outside of the classroom. It was one of those rare moments when I appreciated being in school on a weekend. I decided to take a snapshot of my view from the LS Building veranda and you can see it below. 

It's the facade of DLSU's Yuchengco Hall. I love seeing old buildings like this still being preserved. 

SUNDAY STILLS

On Sundays, I usually sleep in and my day already starts at lunch time. But this time, I made an effort to wake up a little early and go hear the 8:30 a.m. mass. Well, I didn't make it to the 8:30 a.m. mass so I opted for the next sched, which was at 10:30 a.m.

Later on, I joined my friend Jamie for a healthy lunch of roast chicken which we had with tortilla wraps and condiments on the side such as cottage cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, olives, and olive oil. The experiment turned out so well!

Just when we thought our tummies could not take any more food, the dessert cravings finally set in when we were almost done with the movie! This led us all the way to Molito Center in Alabang, where we discovered a new French-inspired coffee shop by the name of Le Petit Cheri. Though still in their soft-opening stage, they are already serving coffee and pastries. 

What makes Le Petit Cheri cool and unique are the display of books of various literary genres on their shelves that customers can read. All the books were obviously purchased recently because the Fully Booked price stickers were still not removed. You could also tell from the plastic covers, which where still clear and not yellowish.

We picked out a few titles that piqued our interests. Lonely Planet's Travel Book was a common choice since we both share an intense love for travelling. :)

(Top Left: Le Petit Cheri's walls adorned with photographs of everything French, Bottom Left: Wake Up to This Dream, Right: Café au Lait and a stack of books)

Jamie took a candid shot of me browsing through F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, which will have a screen adaptation soon! Can't wait for the movie.

While trying to entertain ourselves, we scanned the Lonely Planet book and decided to pick a random destination where we would go someday by closing our eyes and choosing a page. It was Moldova! 

 I hope you all had a fun and productive weekend!


Cheers,
April

The Gameplan

"Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return." 

I chanced upon this quote while reading one of the blogs that I follow. Then it hit me.... This should be my mantra. Some of them I've done but some I still haven't. As for "Never Return", I am still gathering courage to do it.

But here's what I've accomplished so far over the past year:

1. QUIT YOUR JOB

I have to say that my decision to leave what could have been a   lucrative career in finance was the biggest leap I've done. Handing over that hastily-written resignation letter to my then boss was ultimately liberating. Nothing could top that experience. And to make things even more exciting, there was no job waiting for me. It was an open-ended vacation that I've been dreaming of.

When you finally let go of that thing you have an attachment to makes it even more easier to let go of others you have less attachment to. 

2. BUY A TICKET

After leaving the company that I gave six years of my life to, I had my whole life ahead of me. One of the first few things I did was to book a flight. My travel buddy and I hardly planned our trip. Everything was done on a whim and yet it still turned out to be one of the best trips I've had. And though it's been almost a year, I bring with me the kickass memories of that short trip to Ho Chi Minh. 

3. FALL IN LOVE

You have to agree with me when I say that falling in love and I mean madly in love is heavenly. No, it's not cheesy. It is true.

They say that the best kind of love does not make any sense at all and that's how it felt with that person. And though things did not work out the way they're supposed to, it was good while it lasted. And I know that one day I will meet that man who can make me feel giddy like a high school girl all over again.

Happy to say that a few days ago, I bought a ticket again. This time, it's for a trip to Cambodia that I have been wanting to tick off my list for the longest time. But I'm still returning to Manila. In two years time, I will finally buy that ticket and never return. God knows where I'm headed to but only one thing's for sure - that I will make it happen.

Cheers to your personal mantras and having the courage to accomplish them.

April D.