Pig-out Weekend

This is shaping up to be the weekend where I consumed the most calories.

Last night (Friday), Tin and I went out on a date in Bonifacio High Street, and eventually had dinner at T.G.I. Friday's.  The last time I visited a Friday's branch was 3 or 4 years back, and so it completely escaped my mind that Friday's had huge servings.  Thinking that an order each of Ceasar's Salad with Grilled Chicken and Jack Daniel's 2-Piece Pork Chops would be just right for the two of us, we had a change of opinion when we realized that the Salad itself would have filled the stomachs of three hungry men.  When the Pork Chops finally came, both of us were almost filled to bursting.

This, of course, was the perfect excuse to walk around the area - which, due to the volume of the meal, encompassed three rounds of the entire length of Bonifacio High Street ...and walking all the way to Serendra and Market Market, and back to Serendra, before our stomachs "normalized".  It rather turned out very romantically, so I guess that's a good thing. 

At lunch time today, I had a mini-reunion with former Tonka buddies Dette, Carnel and Chiway to catch up on old times.  It was held in the fairly-new Italianni's restaurant in Libis (which used to be occupied by Dencio's.)  There's a daily lunch buffet for only P395 per head that we took advantage of.  I wasn't really too keen on eating a lot less than 24 hours after the Friday's episode.  The thing is, this buffet lunch was arranged way before the date I had last night (which was something of a spur-of-the-moment decision).  But at P395 per head, I felt that i had to consume my money's worth - even though it's already "cheap" by buffet standards.  I ended up eating a bowl of thick soup, some salad, a serving each of three different types of pasta, a slice of pizza, and what they called "Milanese Chicken".  As with last night's date, I ordered refillable drinks.

My father texted me just now.  He said that we are having dinner tomorrow in the house of my aunt, Tita Y-Dette.  No reason was given, but I'm thinking it has something to do with celebrating her recent appointment as Assistant Secretary by GMA.  Either that, or my other aunt, Tita Carmen, must have flown in from Singapore.  And if past experience is any indication, it's again going to be a food fest.

(Groan.)  Oh, my overburdened tummy.

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