Rain or Shine
Yesterday, hunbun and I had lunch at Eyrie. It’s a yummy and affordable restaurant along Katipunan that is wildly famous for its baby back ribs. Afterwards, I left most of my notebooks in hunbun’s car because most of my classes were finished. When we got back to the car 6 hours later, there was so much heat trapped inside. And the plastic covering on my notebooks melted and shrinked. My guess is that it shrinked because of the extreme heat. *sigh* I painstakingly covered my notebooks one by one. It’s kind of a small thing but those things matter a lot to me. I’m an OC person. 
We were feeling realy rich that day and we had dinner at UCC. 
Hunbun ordered his usual Hamburg curry and I tried their house specialty garlic seafood pasta. Both our entrees were delicious! I love fine dining. 
Of course, we couldn’t leave without our favorite dessert: Pane Alla Cioccolata. The whole dinner cost us about Php900.00, roughly a week’s allowance. *hehe*
Hunbun and I had a few hours to kill before our meeting at 5pm this afternoon. We decided to go to any coffee shop along Katipunan to study. We’re kind of bored with the library since you need to keep silent at all times. We tried our luck with Seattle’s first but there were no available seats. Luckily, Starbucks had some free seats! Yey! It was actually my first time to study in a cafe. *lol* I found that although they provided study tables and a conducive atmosphere, I wasn’t that productive there. Probably because there were a lot of people and they were really noisy. Next time, I’d prefer to study at the library. I accomplish so much more there. 
We attended Celadon’s CFA Departmental Gathering afterwards. Only a few members showed up. That kind of made the whole event not so successful. Afterall, the point of the event itself was to welcome the new members into the department. *sigh* We as managers even prepared games and presentations. And so much food was wasted! Anyway, the meeting ended at about 7pm. Hunbun and I were getting ready to go to his car when the rain suddenly poured, really really hard. We waited a little while for the rain to weaken. And it did, so hunbun got out his umbrella and handed me a towel to put over my head. He so sweetie. I’m very susceptible to sickness especially the flu. We toughed it out and trecked through the muddy field. It was okay at first but the rain kept pouring harder and harder. The umbrella was no match for it. It turned inside out and became a rain catcher instead! At that point, we were drenched from head to toe and our shoes were covered with mud. Instead of feeling sorry for ourselves, hunbun and I started laughing so hard because of our weird plight. To top it off, I was wearing my platform sandals. Yikes! At least I was not wearing my new white Nike sneakers. I think this is the closest I’ll ever get to dancing in the rain. *lol*
Look at what I discovered. It’s Pinky the Talking Toonie. She’s a little teddy bear that you can attach to your cellphones. She’s configured in such a way that she’ll move in rhythm with the voice of the person on the other line. So it seems like you’re talking to a little teddy bear. Oh my cuteness! 
I want one! You can even view her in action. I just can’t resist these things.
Krys commented on:
July 29, 2004 at 12:06 am
hiyah fellow aquarian oc person
lolz.. I usually hate it when it rains but you and your guy seemed to have had lotsa fun ;)
btw, Pinkie is adorable!
hazel commented on:
July 29, 2004 at 5:17 pm
Hmm.. haven’t heard of that restaurant in Katips considering that I’ve studied in a school in katips all my life.. lol.. ;-) wow.. oo nga sosyal nyo ha,,. daming pera kaya sosyal rin restaurant.. hehe.. ;-) the term ‘hunbun’ is sooo sweet.. lol.. ;) aaaahh.. I like that too, the bear attached on a cellphone.. kyut.. ;-)
Rap commented on:
July 29, 2004 at 6:00 pm
hey gretch! nakakagutom naman yung blog mo! di pa ko nakakakain sa mga restaurant na sinasabi mo. minsan lang ako makaabot sa katips. hehe! AKO rin OC!
Pauleen commented on:
July 29, 2004 at 9:57 pm
waa…Nagugutom ako s pagbabasa ng blog mo..LOL. Haven’t gone to that resto yet. But, I’m looking forward in doing so.
Weee..Pinkie is cute!!
Trinnah commented on:
July 29, 2004 at 10:22 pm
My friends and I do that a lot. We always go out for dinner at Johnny Carinos [a classy Italian restaurant]. We usually order everything that we want, and bam! the check is already in the 40s and then we have to leave money for the tip. We act like we have so much money when we really don’t! HAHA. Oc rin ako, so it’s okay! Well, actually, hindi na man all the time, some times lang. Selective yata ako. Yup. Starbucks is loud. Even the Starbucks in our Barnes & Nobles. You have to go all the way across the store just to study. LOL. Well, take care!
aline commented on:
July 30, 2004 at 1:58 pm
I’m very susceptible to sickness too.
I’m sorry about your notebooks btw. It must have been very hot that day. At least you had a lovely time with your hun.
mama sangre commented on:
July 30, 2004 at 3:00 pm
hi.
yeah, my father (bless his soul) was spanish so i look kinda half-breed. 
but i grew up in manila (well, paranaque). hey sorry about your notebooks, but then you get to spend time with your hun so i guess all’s well. 
carme commented on:
July 30, 2004 at 11:14 pm
awww. ang sweet nyo naman ng hunbun mo!!
kakainggit!! lolz! 
Jasmin commented on:
July 31, 2004 at 1:26 am
haha i’m guessing ‘hunbun’ is your bf
. what a sweet day together…it’s worth it sometimes to spend a lotta money over food…yum ;p.
Nathaniel commented on:
August 1, 2004 at 12:39 am
We were wet wet wet!!! Anyway, the day we went to Eyrie and UCC, well we were feeling “mayaman” hehe! I mean Eyrie price is pretty much cheap already! (2 full meals plus drinks for 200 bucks?) But, when we went to UCC *koff koff* goodness haha! Anyway, I like eating out with my Bunchie! I know she enjoys yummy meals in both restaurants, too bad there were no ribs that time though the salpicao is also yummy right? Oh well, I hope to have more fun times with Gretchieboo hehe! Now, to the wet part. Everything was a-ok until it poured… We were wet pero laughing na rin kasi it’s an experience that we’ll never forget! Even though we were icky and I’m having a minor headache that time, I’m glad Bunch didn’t get her head wet! (Stupid jacket I forgot it was in my bag!!!) Basta my Bunch is fine and healthy, I’m happyboo!