Saturdate

Dear Cie,

Because of you, we decided to make sure we get together monthly with S and R.
Because yeah, I was seeing you more than I see them, and they live within a 30-minute drive! So this Saturday, S picked me up, and we went to pick up R from her Magallanes Village home. Except this time, it took us an hour and a half. What the F? Traffic was horrible along Edsa and we were thinking if this was brought about by a concert at MOA. Turns out the Special Pyrolympics started this Saturday. We missed a turn, and we ended up taking the skyway and exiting to NAIA. Dinner was supposedly at Little Tokyo, and by the time we reached the cluster of restaurants there, parking was a problem.
I know, right? The problems of living in Metro Manila.

We chose Nodasho, instead of Izakaya Kikufuji because there was not a single parking slot available in that area. We only got a good look at R's new hairdo when we stepped out of the car- it was a sleeker, shorter version of a bob, and your name came up. S commented that your hair is always changing, from short, to long, to very long, to kulot to kulot na kulot. We were conversing just as if you were there with us. It looked great on her, we tell her. She seemed happier, too.

New job too for her. Her title is now GM- surpassing us all, unless of course, I told everyone, if your title was still Regional Director. That really takes the icing on the cake. But you know us girls, our talks really did not center on the jobs but on the things that truly matter- on relationships, on life. R wants to have a child, and S wants to think hard about this, or in replacement of this if she can't have it. Does she just walk away from the man she loves? Does she compromise? What replaces a child in terms of fulfillment? S wants a child too, did you know that? I thought he was content being a mother of two...dogs. Apparently, he does. Let's talk about this when you get home. What about you? If you're homesick, come home, let's do a Saturdate. I truly enjoyed the last one. It was a quiet, calm Saturday complete with a perfect weather, good enough to sit outside. We ordered tons of food, and enjoyed every morsel of Japanese cooking. The food was excellent although the service was slow, but it made us enjoy our food quietly while conversation free-flowed along with the ocha, or green tea. A small whiff of the yakisoba brought back memories of our Japan days, and yes, the kind of yakisoba that has the red ginger, you remember? S wondered if you had fun with your ex. That food brings you this kind of trip down memory lane. Maybe it was better that you were not there =).

On the other hand, if you were there, maybe we could talk about your Shanghai guy, or why everywhere you go, you always say you are bored. Or why you don't want to settle back home when you miss it so. If you were there, you could have done my makeup, or gone shopping. Heck, we could have gone away for the weekend for that annual outing we do. (Told the guys to do it this year, even if I can't.)

Oh yes, we miss you so. Can we have one Saturdate soon, too?


Love,
A

P.S.
We'll do a pata tim date soon!