A DAY IN THE LIFE, Vol. "ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE"

Cess and I were supposed to go out out on our special night, March 15th, but we were too busy to even think about it. Told ourselves to just ball out on the weekend so we could enjoy ourselves completely without work on our minds.

But ball we didn't! #SIDEBAR: You see, when we started hanging out we were always on a budget... And we looked at it as a game. Php200.00 for dinner? No problem... Let's cook dumplings! Php100.00 to get around? No sweat... Let's take the jeep to Galle, walk to Shang, train to Trinoma, train to Ayala! We'd get dirty, we'd be tired, we'd see some nasty shit on the road... But we always had fun! We'd laugh and go crazy over it!

I miss the thrill of the days when we were living on a student's budget, a far cry from the convenience our lives now provide. Don't get me wrong tho - we still don't live a life of fancy, popping Rose' and shit... But we get to live a bit more comfortably now. We get to experience life's best once in a while.

Back to the story: So we went to The Landmark's food court to take on our Php150.00 lunch challenge: Each would have to spend less than or equal to of Php 150.00 on a good meal: should include a starter, the main course, a drink and dessert.

And so we YOLO'd our way around the joint, scouting for cheap eats. We landed on an old college favorite: STEAK ESCAPE! Their menu will go HAM on any hungry dude, on a budget or not. LOL We were about to get ourselves a tray right, then... BAM! A baby cockroach was on the rack! Haha Cess was trying her best not to flip, but I could tell she's already losing her mind! LOL I flipped the tray and I was expecting the bustboy to elimate the pest, but crazy man just let the roach walk! Dufuq was that? LOL was the roach on mob protection or something? Anyway, I grabbed a cleaner tray (?) to carry our lunch to a free table. Here's what we had:

Cess had the single porkchop meal, with egg, an Ice Tea, and soup.

I had a double porkchop meal, a Sprite, and soup.

Score so far. Cess - Php95.00, Me - Php100.00.

Foodcourt swag!

After that surprisingly good meal, we decided to ditch Landmark and look elsewhere for dessert. We stumbled upon this very stylish lolo on our way out. Grampa is a sir!

Cess scored first blood on the dessert round... 2 bars of brownies from Brownies Unlimited, and a bottle of water... Php55.00! Haha now she's stuck at the ceiling and her budget's maxed out! This is good as done... I got this. But I have yet to select my dessert.

"Balling on a budget" was just limited to food tho. She was on a mean shopping tip and was all BMF! At Forever 21... Place was packed!!! She didn't see much but she did leave the store with a bag.

Ah yes... That's how I like my adult movies.

At Zara waiting for her. #SeizeTheDay #Fourth

We went back to the car to dump most of her shopping in the trunk. Then off to John and Yoko for a well-deserved dinner. No crawlers here. LOL Spicy Tuna Salad is crack! The garlic rice was nice too.

Neeeewwwwww Yaaawwwwwk! NOM!

After a quick stop at my ninang's house, we rolled thru WeLegendary Ronac to celebrate the return of Specks! Here's something for you buddy... Benmore! Shuwave naman... Not bad! Co-Signed by Borgie! Had a dope evening of convo with Mr. WeLegendary and the Ronac Boys over a couple of shots. (Photo via @WeLegendary on instagram)

Got home. We promised no gifts but I lied. Haha I copped her a yoga mat... Told her its a late Christmas present. (Photo via @Cess_0921 on Instagram)

...Not to be outdone, she got me this! I ain't mad tho! Top shelf display right now.

Watched Return of the King on DVD then I rolled home after.

We've explored a sunken gunship together, free dove in the middle of South China Sea, kayaked from island to island, crashed a motorcycle, and explored a jungle among other things. She's always down for anything! She may be soft-spoken, prim and proper, but the girl's tough as nails! I've seen her bark at a dude thrice her size ghetto-style, ready to go on a fist fight.

Surprisingly, she knows how to hand wash the laundry, and she knows how to cook, clean, and do dirty chores. I was birthed and raised in the harder areas of Makati till I was 5 and unlike me she was born with every possible convenience a girl might need. But for some reason, she knows how to deal with the toughest of life's situations like she was from the streets.

She's a trooper. A fighter. And she's real. We've been best friends longer than we've been together. So trust me when I say that she's a "ride or die" type. A Bonnie to a Clyde. When shit gets real crazy - though I pray it won't, I find comfort in thinking I have someone equally tough who got my back.

LOL she rarely reads the blog... So don't tell her I said that.

Anyway, you might be wondering how that Php150.00 challenge went? Well... Let me be real with y'all... So I was en route home, right? And the entire day I've been fiending on Chowking Halo-Halo! Dude, I just had to give it up... Pulled over at a 24-hour joint along Sucat!