Hey guys! I haven’t been posting lately because last week was a tough week at work, and this weekend, I was occupied with taking care of my visitors. My siblings were in town! I actually invited my entire family over, but for some reason, only two of my siblings (Aloha and Joshua) managed to come to Manila.

It was a stormy weekend, with non-stop rain…and add to that my car’s new issue (it overheats fast), we didn’t get to go out of town. We stayed in Makati instead and did a lot of shopping and eating!

Saturday had the worst rain. We initially wanted to go to Rockwell (since they haven’t been there), but when we got out of the house, rain poured like there’s no tomorrow. I made pancakes for them in the afternoon while my sister cleaned up my room (yay!), and my brother was playing games on the iPad (he’s as lazy as me). In the evening, we ended up having dinner at Oki Oki in A. Venue instead.

We stayed at home after, just watching TV, and doing sibling stuff like shouting at each other over little things. I missed this kind of noise.

The next day, the rain lifted a bit after lunch, so we went to Greenbelt to shop. My brother has been begging us to buy him new kicks from Nike. We searched all the Nike stores but they didn’t carry the ones he was looking for. We finally found the shoes he wanted at Urban Athlete in Greenbelt 3. My sister also bought a bag from. Adidas, and I bought a badminton racket. Kaching, kaching. I closed my eyes when they swiped my card.

Our feet were sore from all the walking, so we watched a movie, Riddick – and it was crappy. Waste of money!

For dinner, we ate at Pepper Lunch in GB5. Japanese again? At least this was not conventional Japanese. Hehe.

I look thin in this photo and I wish it were the same in reality. Sigh.

This is Aloha. She’s 3 years younger than me.

And this is Joshua, who hates having his photo taken (and 3 years younger than Aloha).

I ordered Salmon. It was good! In my mind, I heard it again – kaching, kaching!

Monday, I took a leave from work to spend time with them on their last day in Manila. We finally got the chance to go to Rockwell. We had dinner at Kulinarya Kitchen, which was quite good according to my tastebuds.

This was Joshua’s roasted beef. I loved the potatoes on the side, as well as the corn. The beef was so tender!

This was Aloha’s Blackened fish fillet over pasta…didn’t get to try it, but my sister says it was delicious!

I had Sage & Rosemary Porkchops with beer gravy (what, they got me at Beer). It was very flavorful! The pork chops weren’t as tender as the beef, but I enjoyed the taste.

We went to Happy Lemon after. Their first time to try Rock Salt and Cheese, but I don’t think it left that much of an impression on them. Haha. This was my sister’s treat by the way.

After we stuffed ourselves, Aloha wanted to watch Insidious: Chapter 2. Me and my brother HATE horror movies, but in the end, she managed to force us (by paying for our tickets…haha!), and I actually enjoyed the movie!

We went home, and at around 12 midnight, we got hungry and ordered Shakey’s Tropical Bacon pizza for delivery. My sister burned some KDrama on DVD for her to bring home to Cebu afterwards, while I watched TV. They started packing and preparing at around 2am since their flight is at 5:30. At around 3:30, I hailed a cab and bid good bye to my siblings!

Now that they are no longer in my room, I can finally enjoy the peace and quiet. But if I were to decide, I would have wanted them to stay longer. Now I’m home sick while writing this blog post. It’s too quiet! I did spend a lot this weekend, but I don’t regret it. I want to share my blessings with them. I want them to live the easy life, without worrying about anything, even if it’s just for a weekend. My sister’s working hard, while my brother is studying hard (I’d like to believe…haha) back in Cebu, so I wanted them to have a great time here, despite the storm. I hope they did, because I did enjoy their company.

We’re not the cheesy type of family, so expressing our appreciation to each other isn’t normal for us. I miss having my siblings around me. I got so used to it before I left for Manila to work, but I really wish I could come home each night to a noisy home where I can find my parents and my siblings. I miss the good old days. And I’m getting even more homesick so I am going to end this post here, and try to sleep before the sun rises.

Good mornight everyone! 🙂