Sometimes I feel like my weekend starts on Thursdays because I start seeing friends or go out after work on the second to the last day of the work week. Makes me feel like I have a short week even if I still have to go to work on Friday.

Last Thursday was our after-work-hangout-in-the-city with Jackie and Teena with their spouses Jojo and Louie respectively. We had dinner at Hurricane’s Grill at Darling Harbour. Hurricane’s has the best tasting ribs in town!

Chris and I shared an order of Pork Ribs and Steak with a siding of Rice with Rosemary and Chips. The ribs are to-die-for but the steak was so-so (get the Mushroom Sauce so it would taste a bit better). I would definitely come back here for the ribs. Oh and I like their service, very accommodating even if we forgot to make a reservation (for some reason, we just forgot to call the restaurant!).

After dinner, we had dessert at Lindt Cafe. We all shared a waffle with ice cream and a sundae.

The sundae was our choice of three ice cream flavors for a hefty AUD$8.00. We thought it would look like the usual Banana Split but it didn’t. The serving was small. Lindt has always been pricey compared to other cafes but it is always worth your money.

It was Chris’ first time at Lindt!

This was Chris’ first Hot Chocolate at Lindt.

We all left the city happy, full from all the food we ate and looking forward to our next get-together.

Meetings here, there and everywhere.

Orientation of New Caseworkers.

Paperworks.

Preps for September trainings.

Tie up loose ends at work.

Thursday dinner with Friends.

Picnic Day on Saturday.

Buy gifts for Aussie Father’s Day.

Currently working on cafe review—hoped to finish today but nooooo…sorted and resized photos yesterday, finished editing tonight. Will probably publish next week!

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this yummy-chocolatey photograph which came from the cafe review I’m currently working on…

Enjoy the rest of week!

What about you??? What’s keeping you busy?

The husband got me Siopao as pasalubong today. Weee!!!! *kilig*.

The way to my heart

is not thru flowers or chocolate…

it’s got to be food, baby!

One of the things I sometimes miss now that I’m living here, is that in the Phils, it’s so easy to hang out after work. You know? Like have a cup of coffee first before making pila in the FX terminal hehehe. Bakit ba pag nasa Pilipinas eh parang ang daling mag-lakwatsa???? (Dahil bawat kanto may shopping mall o di kaya ay Starbucks!!!).

Two of the so many reasons why it’s so hard to find time to hang out with friends after work is that: (1) everyone seemed to be working or living too far away and (2) I’m married and most of my friends are married too!–so we need to go home because there are still things to be done at home.

Nowadays, more often than not, a simple coffee date needs to be planned or scheduled. But once in a while (there is always an exception to the routine este to the rule), I get surprise visits from friends who give me a call at two o’clock in the afternoon saying “I’m free later, wanna meet up and have coffee?”

Two weeks ago, my friend Teena visited me at work. So I took her to Naggy’s Cafe where we shared two cakes with our cups of coffee. As we enjoyed our coffee date, we talked of our “dramas” in life, as in chika-to-death ang mga girlash. 🙂 You know how it is with girls…from day-to-day dramas to boys–this time around it’s about husbands, lahat na pag-uusapan.

Last week, Larry invited me and Erick for coffee but when we met up, we decided to try out Chocolateria San Churro in Glebe. We all had hot chocolate because it was the specialty of the cafe, plus churros coz I was hungry (it was sooo yum!). Chris arrived a bit later and finally met Larry. This time, usapang photography naman.

After these two recent coffee dates, I realized how lucky I am when it comes to friendships…that even if I’m married already, I still have the best of both worlds: super chika coffee dates with a girlfriend (or with girlfriends) and the more subdued coffee dates with guy friends. Both fun and fabulous!