Final Pay; SM South with Ivan

My husband and I went to DME today to pick up our final pay. We got there around 10 AM and were thankful to be the first ones there. I got to say hi and goodbye to my friends in the BPO department as well as to some people from publishing who were at the office early. I apologized for not bringing our son Stephen like I promised to. My son and I leave for the States early on the 28th.. 10 days from now so understandably, we’re running short on time.

We didn’t have to wait long to be seen which was good. We were also lucky to run into one of our friends who was also there early to pick up his final pay. He was kind enough to give us a ride to the bank to cash our checks and then drove us SM South. All 3 of us had lunch there at a Chinese restaurant called Flavours of China. We were all starving when we arrived so we ordered quite a bit.. Yang Chow Fried Rice, Lumpiang Shanghai, Mapo Tofu, and Grilled fish in garlic sauce. Yummy. Miraculously, we finished all of it but of course, we were stuffed. We thanked our friend and went our separate ways.

Being as full as we were, my husband and I decided to walk around the mall to get rid of our bloatedness hehe. After a couple of hours of window shopping, we went to Centerstage and sang karaoke for an hour. Most of the songs we sang were about love and goodbyes so I was feeling very emotional. I finally cried when Ivan sang Gary Valenciano’s song “How did you know?” I hate it that I’ll have to say goodbye to him in just a little over a week and I it breaks my heart every time I remember. I’m going to miss him so much.. I hope that when we get to be with each other again, it’ll be for good.

We told our yaya that since we got our final pay today that she didn’t have to cook dinner. She said she wanted to eat the “potatoes at Shakey’s” (mojos) again so we got her a basket of mojos and bought a Grand Slam Pizza for all of us. We went home and had a nice and peaceful dinner.

Today was pretty busy but will be nothing compared to what we have lined up this following week. Wish me luck!