Sounds like a promo for cell phone service. It is actually my "Me" time. Children are grown and each has his/her own world of friends. And this is the time they soak up on the companionship, the camaraderie they missed during the weekdays. It's not that they do not go out with their friends during weekdays. But that is another story. Ahhh .. to be young and be a social whore!!
Almost always, I end up being alone Friday and Saturday nights. Nica worries about me being alone. And that is nice to hear. But I actually enjoy it. Really! I buy a new DVD, or just watch my DVDs again. I eat comfort food like chips and soda (for others, these are discomfort food:). When not watching, I surf the internet for interesting blogs. Fun fun fun. How the definition of that word changes depending on where you are in your life!
Ages ago, fun used to be:
1. Going out with officemates to the Malate bars, listening to the group Asin and Freddie Aguilar when they were just starting (ok so I'm ancient), while pretending to like gin tonic.
2. Clubbing with my cousins, Cecille and Baby, at the Where Else, I forgot that other disco place at the Greenbelt, and that other club at the hotel near the Manila International Airport (I can't even remember the names! I'm losing it ... yes, thank you!!) And this we do EVERY Saturday. We meet up with some of Cecille's friends (yes, only she has male friends) or we go stag and bump and grind with the masses.
3. And of course, going out with my then boyfriend (now my husband) to bars like International Pub at Kamuning, Bodega at Quezon Avenue, at Greenbelt, and some others (who pays attention to where you go with your boyfriend???? :))
That list made me look like I am such a "wild child". I have a tame side too. The tame me cuddled up with a Mills and Boon, a Barbra Cartland and best sellers from Ayn Rand (o malalim din di ba?).
Now, I am into movies, DVDs, the internet. It now takes a lot of effort to read books. I mean the really good ones. I like reading chick lit and I can finish reading it in a flash. But if you give me an interesting and "intellectual" book like The Da Vinci Code I will just look like reading it, absorb some facts, lose interest and put it down. FOR MONTHS. Then when I go back to it, I have to re-read because I already forgot what it was about. Sigh!! This is the reason why they made audio books, I tell you. Well, maybe, time will come when I will actually buy audio books. Then maybe it will warm up my Friday nights and change my meaning of FUN again.
Almost always, I end up being alone Friday and Saturday nights. Nica worries about me being alone. And that is nice to hear. But I actually enjoy it. Really! I buy a new DVD, or just watch my DVDs again. I eat comfort food like chips and soda (for others, these are discomfort food:). When not watching, I surf the internet for interesting blogs. Fun fun fun. How the definition of that word changes depending on where you are in your life!
Ages ago, fun used to be:
1. Going out with officemates to the Malate bars, listening to the group Asin and Freddie Aguilar when they were just starting (ok so I'm ancient), while pretending to like gin tonic.
2. Clubbing with my cousins, Cecille and Baby, at the Where Else, I forgot that other disco place at the Greenbelt, and that other club at the hotel near the Manila International Airport (I can't even remember the names! I'm losing it ... yes, thank you!!) And this we do EVERY Saturday. We meet up with some of Cecille's friends (yes, only she has male friends) or we go stag and bump and grind with the masses.
3. And of course, going out with my then boyfriend (now my husband) to bars like International Pub at Kamuning, Bodega at Quezon Avenue, at Greenbelt, and some others (who pays attention to where you go with your boyfriend???? :))
That list made me look like I am such a "wild child". I have a tame side too. The tame me cuddled up with a Mills and Boon, a Barbra Cartland and best sellers from Ayn Rand (o malalim din di ba?).
Now, I am into movies, DVDs, the internet. It now takes a lot of effort to read books. I mean the really good ones. I like reading chick lit and I can finish reading it in a flash. But if you give me an interesting and "intellectual" book like The Da Vinci Code I will just look like reading it, absorb some facts, lose interest and put it down. FOR MONTHS. Then when I go back to it, I have to re-read because I already forgot what it was about. Sigh!! This is the reason why they made audio books, I tell you. Well, maybe, time will come when I will actually buy audio books. Then maybe it will warm up my Friday nights and change my meaning of FUN again.
3 comments:
ohh.. i defenitely know how you feel! ..its like in my case tho, theres so much to read and so little time.. if there is just a possible way to finish them all in a flash ...hee
Love Rand.
Thanks for making time to read my post. Yes, so much to read and so little time. In my case, I still have memory lapses to deal with ... on top of everything else :)
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