Stop Forrest Stop, no, I mean Run.
I was so bored to start the week last Monday. Heading off to office was stressful because of traffic jam. At work, I was not as productive due to my bad mood to start the week. My head is aching and I feel so weak because of uber-boredom.
After a very long day at the office (I felt that was the longest day of my life), I went straight out of the office and headed to the terminal to go home. All of a sudden while walking towards the terminal, I decided to change route and went to Greenbelt because of so much boredom. I bought a very cold smoothie to relax myself. Without hesitating, I decided to call a friend, Floi, to join me for dinner and just chill out.
It was around 6:30pm when I invited my friend. At first, she said that she won't be able to come because her brother will have his wedding the next day and she needs to buy a dress for herself. Fortunately, before we end our conversation through phone, she still said 'yes' but she'll be late. Right away, I said 'no problem, I can wait'.
I went back to the office to kill another 2 hours to wait for Floi. Checked my mail. Browse the net. And even continued some of my office work which was really not in my plan for that night. hehe. Before 9pm, I went to Starbucks at Greenbelt for us to meet.
After a couple of minutes, atlast, she came. She looked quite tired because of the long travel from Ortigas then she shopped at Shangrila and then straight to Greenbelt in just 2 hours. Along the way, surprisingly, we saw our former classmates way back in highschool. We talked to them for awhile and then decided to part ways.
Before we eat, we decided to talk first and we just wanted to hear both news about the past months we didn't see each other including some updates of our common friends. After awhile we realized that we were already starving, so we decided to find our favorite dinner spot, The Kitchen. Unfortunately, it was already close when we got there.
We decided to find another restaurant. As we were walking, Floi just without a doubt suggested Bubba Gump. We found out that it was both our first time to eat there. As we open the menu, we were quite itchy to find out that their main dishes were shrimps. FYI: We are both allergic to shrimps. hehe. Instead, Floi ordered chicken with mash potato, corn and salad. For a change and to taste differently, I ordered a Shrimp Pasta, take note, shrimp.
As we wait for our food, we were told by the staff about the environment of the restaurant, like a Bubba Gump 101. hehe. Whenever we need some help or request, all we need to do is flip the red sign - Stop Forrest Stop while the blue sign - Run Forrest Run - means 'no request'. Floi added that the movie Forrest Gump was related to the Bubba Gump restaurant. I forgot what she told me, hehe, well anyway just ask her.
Some minutes later, we were stunned to see that the orders we made was like a huge, huge plate for each of us. We can tell that we won't be able to eat the whole thing in one seating. It was like we were already full just by looking at the food, haha. Still, we ate our dinner while we were talking almost about anything that comes up. We conversed from fun and hilarious moments to serious and deep heart talk. We even took some pictures as a memento. For me, it was all worth the wait.
But before we go, we did some funny and silly things at the restaurant. Floi tried to flip the sign to red, Stop Forrest Stop. Quickly, a staff went to us and ask if we need some help. We chuckled as we told the staff that we just accidentally flipped the sign but it was so obvious that we intentionally did it. We flip back the sign to blue, Run Forrest Run. A couples of minutes more, we tried to fool them again, Stop Forrest Stop! Ofcourse, the same staff went back to us. Candidly, this time, we told the staff that we were just trying to test their ability to respond quickly. haha. The staff just smiled and went to back to his work. We're so bad. haha. We didn't do it again, the staff might kick as out of the restaurant if we do it for the third time. haha.
It was past midnight when we leave the restaurant. We went for a short walk around the place while talking again and then we decided to go home and take a cab. In the cab, all we did was to laugh about anything we've done in the past. All the silly things we did when we were still studying. The Ol' Good Days. We even talked about the future.
When the cab reached Floi's house, we say our goodbyes and I went straight home.
After a very long day at the office (I felt that was the longest day of my life), I went straight out of the office and headed to the terminal to go home. All of a sudden while walking towards the terminal, I decided to change route and went to Greenbelt because of so much boredom. I bought a very cold smoothie to relax myself. Without hesitating, I decided to call a friend, Floi, to join me for dinner and just chill out.
It was around 6:30pm when I invited my friend. At first, she said that she won't be able to come because her brother will have his wedding the next day and she needs to buy a dress for herself. Fortunately, before we end our conversation through phone, she still said 'yes' but she'll be late. Right away, I said 'no problem, I can wait'.
I went back to the office to kill another 2 hours to wait for Floi. Checked my mail. Browse the net. And even continued some of my office work which was really not in my plan for that night. hehe. Before 9pm, I went to Starbucks at Greenbelt for us to meet.
After a couple of minutes, atlast, she came. She looked quite tired because of the long travel from Ortigas then she shopped at Shangrila and then straight to Greenbelt in just 2 hours. Along the way, surprisingly, we saw our former classmates way back in highschool. We talked to them for awhile and then decided to part ways.
Before we eat, we decided to talk first and we just wanted to hear both news about the past months we didn't see each other including some updates of our common friends. After awhile we realized that we were already starving, so we decided to find our favorite dinner spot, The Kitchen. Unfortunately, it was already close when we got there.
We decided to find another restaurant. As we were walking, Floi just without a doubt suggested Bubba Gump. We found out that it was both our first time to eat there. As we open the menu, we were quite itchy to find out that their main dishes were shrimps. FYI: We are both allergic to shrimps. hehe. Instead, Floi ordered chicken with mash potato, corn and salad. For a change and to taste differently, I ordered a Shrimp Pasta, take note, shrimp.
As we wait for our food, we were told by the staff about the environment of the restaurant, like a Bubba Gump 101. hehe. Whenever we need some help or request, all we need to do is flip the red sign - Stop Forrest Stop while the blue sign - Run Forrest Run - means 'no request'. Floi added that the movie Forrest Gump was related to the Bubba Gump restaurant. I forgot what she told me, hehe, well anyway just ask her.
Some minutes later, we were stunned to see that the orders we made was like a huge, huge plate for each of us. We can tell that we won't be able to eat the whole thing in one seating. It was like we were already full just by looking at the food, haha. Still, we ate our dinner while we were talking almost about anything that comes up. We conversed from fun and hilarious moments to serious and deep heart talk. We even took some pictures as a memento. For me, it was all worth the wait.
But before we go, we did some funny and silly things at the restaurant. Floi tried to flip the sign to red, Stop Forrest Stop. Quickly, a staff went to us and ask if we need some help. We chuckled as we told the staff that we just accidentally flipped the sign but it was so obvious that we intentionally did it. We flip back the sign to blue, Run Forrest Run. A couples of minutes more, we tried to fool them again, Stop Forrest Stop! Ofcourse, the same staff went back to us. Candidly, this time, we told the staff that we were just trying to test their ability to respond quickly. haha. The staff just smiled and went to back to his work. We're so bad. haha. We didn't do it again, the staff might kick as out of the restaurant if we do it for the third time. haha.
It was past midnight when we leave the restaurant. We went for a short walk around the place while talking again and then we decided to go home and take a cab. In the cab, all we did was to laugh about anything we've done in the past. All the silly things we did when we were still studying. The Ol' Good Days. We even talked about the future.
When the cab reached Floi's house, we say our goodbyes and I went straight home.
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It's so nice to eat.
My new Food Buddy = Floi.
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