Jean and Adi.
Third week of March - I was invited by my Boss and one of my colleagues to climb Mount Makiling Traverse or what they call MAKTRAV climb. I wasn't able to visit gym for three weeks now so I had second thoughts. I feel not healthy enough to do a major climb so I opted to stay and rest at home. I've been very busy for the last two months and always have something to do every weekend. This time, I thought I give myself a break and sleep for the entire weekend.
Sleeping for more than twelve hours after I went home from work made me feel bloated. My body craved for something to do. My feet itched to go out. So I texted Jean, Jazz and Adi and invited them for a Sunday coffee bonding. We agreed to meet each other around 3PM at Kopi Roti Katipunan.
I took a cab from Eastwood to Kopi Roti which I paid 70 pesos for the short ride. Jean and Adi was just parking when I arrived. Just in time. We said our hi and hello with quick hugs and headed to one of the tables outside where it's allowed to smoke. Then we headed to the counter to order coffee. Since it's summer and the temperature is so high, we decided to get cold drinks. Adi had Iced Kopi with Milk (65 peso), Jean had Milo Dinosaur (65 pesos) and I got myself a Tea Tarik (70 pesos). We paid 200 pesos in total, a fair amount for the three drinks we ordered.
We barely bond due to our schedules but if we do, we make sure that every moment is not wasted. So we faced our phones and started facebooking. Hahaha. Not a single moment wasted. Well, this is one thing we can not avoid. We have to have every moment documented so we check in on facebook and start taking pictures. Once we're satisfied with all the pictures we took, then we talk. Catching up on things we missed while we're busy with our work.
An hour or two is not enough to talk all about things we wanted to share so we decided to change venue. Original plan was to head to UCCF in White Planes where the ambiance is great and you can have an overlooking view of what I think is Marikina and Cainta area. Due to Adi's hesitation of what seemed to be the way people look in the cafe, we changed our mind and decided to have an early dinner in a Japanese Restaurant in Antipolo.
It was a 30-45mins drive so we busied ourselves with more talking. It was almost 7PM when we get to the restaurant called Cafe Dozo. The place was located at Circumferential Road in Antipolo. The place was small and can accommodate 30-50 people at the same time. The place and the food are Japanese inspired. We took one of the table outside and ordered. Yakisoba, a platter of mixed fresh vegetables, Tempura Combo, Pork Teriyaki Combo and Grilled Salmon Combo. The Combos were served in a bento box with California Maki, Gyoza, a small portion of mixed vegetable, rice and my favorite, their version of potato balls. This also came with a regular iced tea but since we thought regular is not enough to quench our thirst, we asked for it to be up sized. Prices are very affordable for the amount of food we have on the table and it was overwhelming. It was more than enough for three hungry people. It took us almost two hours to finish our bento and prayed our way through consuming all the yakisoba and mixed vegetables which we failed to finish. So we decided its best for us to take home the leftovers.
Our night was full of sharing stories and laughter. It's not always partying and going gaga when we see each other but were happy. Its always nice to have true people around that you don't have to pretend and worry about being criticize and being talked behind your back. With dynamic, crazy and strong traits that we all have, most people we know would question how we maintain our solid bond. None of us is perfect. We have our flaws. We have our insecurities. We have our own point of views but we know how to respect each personalities. And this is what makes our friendship grow stronger. ;-)
Third week of March - I was invited by my Boss and one of my colleagues to climb Mount Makiling Traverse or what they call MAKTRAV climb. I wasn't able to visit gym for three weeks now so I had second thoughts. I feel not healthy enough to do a major climb so I opted to stay and rest at home. I've been very busy for the last two months and always have something to do every weekend. This time, I thought I give myself a break and sleep for the entire weekend.
Sleeping for more than twelve hours after I went home from work made me feel bloated. My body craved for something to do. My feet itched to go out. So I texted Jean, Jazz and Adi and invited them for a Sunday coffee bonding. We agreed to meet each other around 3PM at Kopi Roti Katipunan.
We barely bond due to our schedules but if we do, we make sure that every moment is not wasted. So we faced our phones and started facebooking. Hahaha. Not a single moment wasted. Well, this is one thing we can not avoid. We have to have every moment documented so we check in on facebook and start taking pictures. Once we're satisfied with all the pictures we took, then we talk. Catching up on things we missed while we're busy with our work.An hour or two is not enough to talk all about things we wanted to share so we decided to change venue. Original plan was to head to UCCF in White Planes where the ambiance is great and you can have an overlooking view of what I think is Marikina and Cainta area. Due to Adi's hesitation of what seemed to be the way people look in the cafe, we changed our mind and decided to have an early dinner in a Japanese Restaurant in Antipolo.
Our night was full of sharing stories and laughter. It's not always partying and going gaga when we see each other but were happy. Its always nice to have true people around that you don't have to pretend and worry about being criticize and being talked behind your back. With dynamic, crazy and strong traits that we all have, most people we know would question how we maintain our solid bond. None of us is perfect. We have our flaws. We have our insecurities. We have our own point of views but we know how to respect each personalities. And this is what makes our friendship grow stronger. ;-)
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