Visited Glorietta After a Gazillion Years

Last time I got to visit Glorietta albeit very briefly was when we came home in November 2021. After we rendered our quarantine, I just took a peek for a short time. We've been visiting malls in the south eversince to avoid crowds.

I was really happy when Sweetie said they'll have a reunion somewhere in Glorietta. I was ecstatic since I've wanted to visit for a long time now. Surprisingly, we didn't have a hard time finding a parking space. Mall goers have probably waned after new year. Yay for us!

First place went to are the row of toy shops near Japan town. I was happy to see Big Boys and Filbars are still around. I got a Grogu toy which was on sale. After the toy shops we passed by a few tech shops and had merienda at Tea Live.

When Sweetie left for his get together, Miggy and I checked out Nitori, Toy Kingdom, Papemelroti and Anko. I was so happy to visit Papemelroti again. I've just been ordering stuff online from their Lazada shop. There were so many changes and we were sad to see our favorite Don Henrico's gone. Peri-peri took over their spot. Bayo and Kamiseta seems to have moved since the whole section where they were located was covered. 

We wanted to have dinner at Yabu, but the line was long. We ended up at Mexicali. Swarm said it's been 10 years since I last ate there! An oldi, but still a goodie! A lot of the shops beside it changed too. For dessert, we just had ice cream at McDonald's. Too bad, DQ moved nearer SM. 

After reaching almost 5,000 steps I was ready to go home. We bumped into Sweetie and his former colleagues on our way back to our meeting place. We had a great few hours in Glorietta. Maybe next time we can explore the other half.

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She Gave Us a Scare

When I woke up, Sweetie told me he didn't see Meredith all morning. That was really strange since she usually hangs out all day. She also only goes out if we open the gate.

I got really scared. A few months ago she refused to come home and would stay at neighbors garages. She would only come if we called her to eat. She eventually came back when we bribed her with treats. I didn't want that to happen since she got sick when she moved out.

I checked the CCTV and saw she went out just before 5 in the morning. It was a full 12 hours since she left, so I was really worried. I asked Bailey, Anakin, Pikachu and Grogu to tell her to come home if they saw her. 

It was almost 5 in the afternoon and I finished watering the plants. I was about to go back inside when Meredith suddenly came inside. I felt so relieved when she came straight to me and rubbed herself against my leg. I guess she was relieved too. We immediately gave all the cats some wet food. 

I'm really glad Meredith came back. I saw a lot of posts the past few days about missing pets and that's probably why I got paranoid. I hope we'll be able to keep the cats happy :)

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2025, New Year in Manila

We welcomed the new year ice again at home. We stayed in the family room to avoid the smoke. Good think the ones who used firecrackers were a bit far from us. I've always been nervous about it since I was a child.

I ordered some honking chicken horns, but it did not arrive on time. Our neighbors took care of providing the noise and I'm grateful for that. I didn't want to add to the noise since our cats were already anxious. 

For media noche, we just had leftovers from the get together. I cooked 3 kilos of chicken adobo, so we had a lot of that left. We also had some pancit canton, so I didn't have to make spaghetti. I'm also glad we had sansrival and apple pie. Yum-yum! 

I prepared a grand breakfast though - corned beef, cheese omelette and fried rice. My Dad said don't spend money on new years day, so you can save all year. It's been hard to do that, but I was finally able to do it today. Yay! 

We just chilled the whole day. Organized a bit of stuff. Wrote on my new planners and watered the plants. Also gave Meredith, Anakin and Bailey a dose of Frontline since I noticed they've been scratching again.

I had too much activity, so I elected to watch a movie on Netflix to rest. Dinner was leftovers. Tomorrow we can start fresh since I think we cleared out our leftovers. 

I have no new years resolution for now. I'd like to keep it simple and focus on health, wellness, family and family projects. 

Happy new year everyone! May God bless you and keep you.

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