Mababaw lang kaligayahan naming mag-asawa. Maski nung nagd-date pa lang kami pareho kaming di mahilig sa magagarbong lugar. As long as the music is good, the beer is flowing, okay na kami. We don’t hang in Makati or Ortigas too much, the crowd’s too hypocritical. That was our opinion, or maybe we just felt out of place.

Instead we go to Manila, Malate was our favorite place. We just hop from bar to bar. Di pa nga kilala yung iba. Minsan dinadayo naman yung restaurant sa tapat ng PGH (i forgot the name), we always go for the grilled squid and the chocolate milkshake. On Thursday, we go to novena for St Jude (malapit sa Malacañang) & after mass, we stop by the streetfood vendors. Matakaw ako dyan, kumakain kami ng kwek-kwek, bituka, fried bituka… Ang ayaw nyang ipakain sa akin yung dugo. Gross ba?

I love those times.

Ang luho lang naman namin talaga e pagkain. We love trying all sorts of restaurants. Hanggang ngayon tuloy habit na namin magbasa ng mga restaurant reviews, kahit di naman kami lagi nagpupunta.

Things haven’t changed much for us. May anak na kami, may monthly mortgage, maraming bayarin… But we’re still happily simple. Siempre may “illusions of grandeur” din, pero those would often revolve around our dream home in Pinas when we retire, our dream retirement, our son’s future, maybe a future daughter… Mababaw nga e.

Today’s Valentine’s but it’s not something I’d want to celebrate. I keep telling my husband, he should show me his love everyday without fail, not just once a year. At dahil simple nga kami, binigyan ko na lang sya ng £2 pang-kape nung inihatid nya ako kanina. Sabi ko “happy balentayms”, I’m sure touched sya.