Friday "Me" Time

I felt like this week was one of the longest weeks of my life so I decided to leave an hour early at work and drop by Gloria Jeans for a cup of coffee.

I was a few minutes late for my appointment with myself (ano ba yun???), my boss had to remind me that I should leave the office coz it was past 3pm already (coz I was plurking hahaha).

And so I left and I walked into the cafe to try their White Chocolate Mocha.

Since I only have limited time for myself and yet I wanted to do so many things, I decided to divide my time.

I spent about 15 minutes reading two chapters of the book I'm currently reading (Recipes for Perfect Marriages by Kate Kerrigan--funny, entertaining and insightful).

I spent another 15 minutes either staring into nothingness or watching people pass by the street.

The next 15 minutes I spent sorting out my thoughts, getting rid of negatives I felt for the past few days, replacing it with renewed positivity and motivation. Then sealed my short reflection with a prayer.

The last 15 minutes was spent looking at additional winter clothes but instead I ended up buying two pairs of colorful toe socks.

That's a total of one hour well-spent with "me".

plurk Me!

The newest craze in the blogosphere is

plurk

with plurk, you can easily update your blogmates what you're doing, thinking, eating, planning, wishing, dreaming and all other things you want to let the blogosphere know.

Your friends can easily reply back to your plurks, too!

According to plurk.com:

Noun. plurk (plüer-kh) - A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life in deliciously digestible chunks. Low in fat, 5 calories per serving, yet chock full of goodness.

Verb. plurk (plüer-kh) - To chronicle the events of your always on, action-packed, storybook, semi-charmed kinda life.

TRY it and add me up! Simply look for ibyang :) so we can enjoy plurking together.

Or you can just click on my plurk address below:

http://www.plurk.com/user/ibyang

Hope to see you in plurk world!

If I were in the Philippines....

I would be watching this......

Paging my Mommy, paki-bili po ako ng DVD nito when it goes on sale in the malls...thank you!!! :)

Starbucks Blacktown Closing Tonight

There goes my "supposedly" last coffee date at Starbucks Blacktown this weekend...

I dropped by Westpoint today to double check when's Starbucks' last day and as it turned out, it was today. The news only came out last Tuesday saying that stores will close by 3 August, so hubby and I planned to dropped by Blacktown this Saturday to have one last cup of coffee from one of the my most favorite Starbucks branches.

That's why there were so many people when I arrived....

....everyone seemed to want to have one last cup from this branch. I didn't buy myself a cup of cofffe though coz I needed to head home.

I'm becoming sentimental I know. But this branch had been home to me since I migrated here. This is one of those places where I usually hang out by my lonesome just to enjoy a cup of coffee while writing notes in my journal or writing letters for loved ones. This was where I usually have coffee after my grocery-shopping or trip from the salon. This was where I drank coffee while I text my ex-bf/husband how much I miss him during our long distance relationship. So many good memories.

Goodbye Starbucks Blacktown...hope to see you again. You will surely be missed.