So back to the story...
I was startled with my phone's ring at around 345am. Looked outside my window and saw headlights approaching the curb. It was my knight in shining armor coming to rescue me. Not. Yeah, it was Rye, waking me up in the middle of the night only to doze off on my sister's empty bed (for some reason, Kit has been sleeping on the floor these days. Weird person.) after "partying" at Beaurau (that's his version of BUREAU. haha.) So after waking up to open the door for my love, I went back to bed to get more Zzzzzs. After an eye's blink, my mother dear came knocking on my door to wake me up once more for the village fun run scheduled at 530am. Oh, dear Lord. I wanted to bail but our other jogging mates namely Kitkat, Mico, and Rye, flaked on us already. Sheer determination to be fit again made me leap from my bed in an instant. Haha. I hope that was what happened... I begged for another 5 minutes of sleep and then hurried to the bathroom to change into my jogging attire. Couldn't find my running shoes so I was forced to wear Maan's thick gum sole filas. Why the heck did you buy that, dear sister?! It's ginormously bulky. But I had no choice.
I was the youngest person present. After 3 laps around the perimeter of the village, the oldies were sweaty and energized. Me, to no avail. I was feeling cold and dry. Fail.
Proceeded to the clubhouse for light breakfast and drinks. I drank 2 glasses of four seasons juice, a cassava suman, and 3 tiny pandesals with butter. I think I gained more than what I was supposed to lose that morning. Fail number 2.
Went home and found Rye on my bed wrapped like a burrito beneath my comforter. He was shivering like a poor puppy in my sisters' room because he didn't have a blanket nor a pillow pala. Wawa. After taking a bath, I went downstairs and saw Rye by the dining table reading the newspaper. We ended up wearing the same shirts... It wasn't planned, promised. It was kinda funny. We looked like an "asian couple" daw, according to him. But aren't we asians, dear? Oh well. (He initially said Koreans but changed it to Asians, which he said was politically and racially correct. Well, check his blog nalang - The RPM Project).
Here we are in our terno Jesus My Superhero shirts:
No food was prepared (which was unusual, maybe because of the fun run breakfast) so I figured he was already hungry. Yes, he was already hungry because he came to me and whispered to my ear that we cook breakfast. He was shy to say it aloud in front of Mommy. Haha. So we raided the fridge and saw a big pack of uncooked goodness called bacon waiting for us. Rye got a couple of eggs to cook. I also saw a jar of aligue beaming at me and brought it out nonetheless. Rye suggested that we make aligue rice. Sure! Haha. So much for dieting and the RPM Project. Fail number 3.
Here is the finished product:
Yummmm. Guilty (dieter) Ryan and Happy (cheater) Trina.
After our champion breakfast, Rye felt so guilty and forced me to walk! AGAIN. My feet hurt already so I said no. But finally, he was able to convince me to go out once more. It was a fun stroll around the village. It was the first time we did it, in fact. We were able to talk, hold hands, and see unusual birds (I was so used to seeing the brown maya birds all my life that I didn't realize the different colored birds that flew around in our village!). Then Rye's knee began to hurt again when we walked uphill so we decided to go back to the house.
Now, it was my time to force him into doing something! REVENGE TIME. I told him that we will watch either PS I Love You or Definitely, Maybe. Those were the only two options I gave him for movie time. His aversion to chick flicks was evident on his face. He tried to divert my attention by telling me to get the DVDs from my parents room, but I remained firm. He said that we already watched Definitely, Maybe (we? I don't think so. Sino naman kasama mo nun?! Haha. Straighten up your facts, Mister!!!) so we ended up with PS I Love You, which was my first choice anyway.
2 minutes after... Rye was laughing. We can so relate to the fight scene! Hahaha.
10 minutes into the film... Rye was weeeeping!! He asked for a tissue, tears running down his cheeks. Hahahaha.
30 minutes down.. "Why did he have to die?... Kala ko pa naman makaka-relate tayo dito. Bakit ako namatay? Huhuhuhu"
1 hour and counting... "Bakit kasi siya namatay? Nakakainis naman. Huhuhu"
Credits...
We were laughing our butts off already. He cried in 10 (or so?) separate scenes. Benta talaga! Hahaha.
Good movie indeed! Thanks, Love, for granting my request to see it with me. Don't worry, I was crying buckets as well when I watched it for the first time.
Even if we agreed not to eat lunch anymore because of the super heavy breakfast we just had, we went down and ate with the family anyway. Menudo then banana fritters for dessert. Fail number 4.
After the movie and lunch, we went back upstairs to hibernate and FB for a bit. Rye posted the Palawan pics finally. A couple of hours passed until we declared it was MAC and CHEESE TIME! Cream cheese, milk, all purpose cream, quickmelt cheese and everything in between went into that pot of cooked elbow macaroni. Rye said "parang bitin" which is why we brought out a bag of king size bright red hotdogs to fry and toasted some bread. Oh my, we're toast. Fail number 5.
Rye and I, together with the gang - Mico, Robby, Maan, and Kit, gobbled down every bit of cheese, pasta, crumb, and meat there were on the table. Good job, kiddos!
(Pics to follow! Haha. The camera is still with Maan who's stuck in the village Christmas Party. Key is to slowly fade away...)
By the time we finished eating our homemade mac and cheese, in all it's rich, cheesy, creamy, fatty goodness, toasted bread and hotdog, it was time for Rye to go home. He needed to be in Better by 530pm cos his sister needed the car to go to work. So much for his plans of playing basketball, running, and swimming. Haha. Fail number 6.
But today was not a failure at all ... Though our time was suddenly cut short, I loved every bit and moment of our day. Time spent well I must say. I missed him and I missed doing simple, uncomplicated, and ordinary things with him. No big plans , no grand expectations (right, Rye?).. this actually works.
Till next week! Let's go Christmas shopping on Saturday, what do you say? Then, Marathon on Sunday? Hmmmm.
So much activities during the holidays. And so much food. It's going to be tough but I will start the TMF Project 2 a.k.a. the TMF Fitness Plan. Thinking of doing the 14-day Nestle Fitnesse Challenge with Mommy and jogging every afternoon (well, at least 3 times each week)... But then again, Christmas is in 12 days. Oh my, I anticipate Fail number 7 happening soon. Haha!
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Side dish: Excited to see The Killers with Rye in January. 7th Anniv treat! Yey! We need to get tickets first though. Haha.
Ciao!
9:46pm
December 13, 2009
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