An Auspicious Day

Yey, my first foray in blogging. Bear with me folks in my first attempt. Hope I won't bore you to death. Just wouldn't want to end this day without sharing this "auspicious" day. Wow, I sound so old haha. Now I know, I should have a dictionary beside me or have a browser tab set to merriam-webster.com.

Auspicious - meaning fortunate. Yeah, I should say that. Because that's what just happened to me. After the weekend, I was dead broke. As in! Hubby was expecting something but didn't get it over the weekend. And it was his birthday yesterday - talk about great timing. But the night before we still treated the Lorenzo clan at this steakhouse along Kalayaan Ave in QC thinking we will have moolah again the next day being a Monday. We were 12 - 8 adults and 4 teens sans the 4 younger kiddos. Since this is a budget-friendly resto - the most expensive order of steak was just P99 - so I was thinking it would be just right even with drinks. We set our budget to P2,000 tops. Of course, upon seeing the menu, prices are exclusive of VAT. So, ok, still cool about it. Even ordered 2 more extra dishes (so it wouldn't look like were on a shoestring budget haha). Just want to tell you about this resto first – it has the usual fast food ambience so hubby and I (being self-professed food "connoisseurs") were not expecting too much. But it didn't disappoint. The servings were big - good enough for 2 even. Ordered T-bone; garlic steak; -ala pobre; sisig, & liempo meals. For a few more pesos (i.e., 10) you can enjoy your order with rice AND mashed potatoes. It was really good, I should say more than worth the price. Too bad, was not able to take photos. So, well, come bill time - and good thing my in-laws had their senior citizen cards with them - the final bill amounted to jan ja ran....P1,993!!! God is really good.

Going back to this day, I muttered to myself this morning that how I wish someone would treat me or Coors' team would invite me to lunch. This is not really unusual in the office. But I just remembered that we already had the team lunch last week (had it by the way, at Agave, the new mexican resto in Eastwood). So maybe someone will order pizza (again, this is a lunch staple in the office). I haven't had breakfast yet since I woke up late (well, what else is new?). Come 12:30, couldn't take it anymore I scrounged for my coins in my drawer – and what do you know – still found P75 from the 5’s and 10’s I would randomly stash to lighten my purse. So off I went to the next floor to buy lunch from our ever-reliable “manang”. Still happy with the “fortune” I got, even bought kakanin for dessert and as an added treat – sweet corn for my merienda. Total bill: P73. Manang could have seen my utter delight that she even gave me yema as freebie! Love you manang!!!

So, went back to my cube ready to devour my loot, when I got a text from hubby. It read: “Baba ka. Now na now na. Libre kita lunch. Crossing C5 from Gerry’s.” Whaddah?! As in I literally dropped my lunch on my desk and hurried downstairs. Turned out, I thought out loud about wishing for someone to make me libre for lunch and he heard it. He just got what we were expecting. Well, I think that was what made him more determined to really get what was due him this morning. My theKnox, you see, loves springing surprises on me– always thinking of such gimmicry! One of the reasons I am soo in love with this “mokong” kahit most of the time – pasaway! Lobsu bebekoy.

What can I say? All my moping and hunger throughout the morning were well worth it! That Paulo Coelho quote “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” readily comes to mind.

We ate at Jack’s Loft (hubby hasn’t eaten there yet, while I’m a sort of a regular). Ordered my fave Steak and Mushroom Gravy Sandwich and he – the Indian-style Butter Chicken and topped off our meals with Mango Mousse. But it was my first time to order their Fish Bowl Iced Tea. We had a blast taking pictures with that gigantic vase of a glass (hubby even kidded that it had a Flowers by Sylvia logo at the bottom haha). Food, as usual, was great. I am not much of a curry person but I liked the chicken. But more than the food, we didn’t care if we looked like a pair of lovestruck teeners, uttering sweet-nothings in between spoonfuls with nary a care in our own little world! Haaay, I’m still swooning…..

I should say that this capped off our Crystal Anniversary. Yup, 15^th anniversary na namin to ‘tsong! 15 years as Mag-Un!

So there.

I am really blessed.