On My Own

Today turned out to be very productive. E is on a business trip in Japan, and I had the (long) weekend all to myself. Today, Saturday, started out with a short visit to the school to drop off the Final Exams which my students will be taking in the afternoon.

Next stop was our Municipal Office. Background: I decided that this coming national elections will be different for me. I will try, in my capacity, to do my share. Just to be sure, I thought of checking if I am still a registered voter through the COMELEC website (www.comelec.gov.ph). And... Hala! The website did not recognize my name! Fortunately, registration is until October 31, 2009, and there are ongoing registrations Monday to Saturday in all municipal and city offices. And so I made it a point to go today, and I'm glad I did. The whole process only took 20minutes including taking my picture and digital finger-printing.

Next on the agenda was to spend the rest of the day in Greenbelt before I meet my family for dinner:

Lunch by myself was at Cafe Bola (2F Greenbelt 3) and I had my usual Adobo Flakes with Kesong Puti Rice Bowl. Yummy, it will always be one of my favorite comfort food. Service continues to be excellent by the way. After lunch, I went on my mission: Find shoes and clothes for work. I wasn't successful with the shoes part put had better luck with the clothes which I mostly bought at Marks and Spencer (Greenbelt 5). Marks and Spencer had an on-going sale and I was able to find trousers, sleepwear and lingerie at very cheap prices. Had fun window-shopping at Adora, where they had really nice shoes but were too fancy for work (I promised myself I would only buy work shoes this year since I'm most comfortable in my FitFlops on weekends and I hardly have any use for fancy shoes).

After going around for hours, I got tired and so I found a seat by the concierge and enjoyed Greenbelt 5's free wifi until it was time for Holy Mass. After Mass, met my family at Cibo (2F Greenbelt 5), one of Baby S's favorite restaurants. Obvious ba that I am a fan of Gaita Fores (naks, parang friend ko sya)? Waiting for my brother to post pictures so I can grab some of them...