01 August 2007
We're moving!
Finally after six years, we're moving to a new place. We've been trying to do it for four years now but we never found the perfect space. Finally we have. This one's almost twice as big as our old apartment, has a roof deck (parteh!) with an amazing view of the Makati skyline and is near Buddy's Pancit Lucban (hala, purga sa pancit hab hab).
It's actually just down the road, 10 minutes away from where we are now. But I still can't help the creeping separation anxieties. Six years is a long time, you know. Lots of memories in that small space that we called home for quite a while. So allow me to be nostalgic for a bit. Some things I'll miss when we move.
- my walk home route- valero, dela costa, makati ave., burgos... speaking of which...
- walking on P. Burgos Street, seeing the visiting foreigners (quite pervie, really) enjoy a bit of Makati entertainment, the girls, the gays, the occasional shock of seeing those odd couples (big chunk of white male with an uber petite and pinay female/ or could be male --they have adam's apple forkrissake!!! how can you mistake them for girls?!), occasionally getting checked out by undesirable weirdos (yiiiii! eewww! i feel so dirty!)
- being able to actually walk to Powerplant, yes it's that near -- for that lifestyles of the rich and famous fix, star sighting fix (yesterday I saw zanjo marudo, manu sandejas and carlos agassi), crowd-less shopping fix (as if i can really shop at Powerplant), and overall feel mayaman for the night fix
- In the absence of cabs, we can actually walk it home from Glorietta. It's slightly far but it's walkable. Flip flops and good company and we're set.
- THE bibingka they sell during simbang gabi at Burgos Church
- Insular Bakery - where else can you buy yummy enseymada at 4 pesos a pop?
- That 711 just around the corner which allowed me to survive on bread, an assortment of chips, payless instant chicken mami, asado siopao, chicken cheese hotdog, coke light or sola iced tea... such healthy eating habits, don't you agree?
- the Beef Hofan and chinese lumpia at North Park Next Door
- the Makati Avenue strip of restos that satisfy our every craving - fast food, chinese, japanese, italian, pinoy
- passing by Teriyaki Boy for dinner when we can't think of anywhere else to eat
- being so near station 168 that I can stay till 11pm downloading all the mp3's and Rain videos I want
- living near Makati's Korean Village... we must have a farewell Min Sok dinner before we move out, but when will we have the time?
It's not a total separation from all of these things. After all, we're not moving that far. But it's still different. However, I'm extremely excited and hopeful that this move will open to more opportunities. Maybe it will bring us that career boost we've been waiting for, or new and brighter prospects in our nonexistent "social" lives (I will not label it as what it really is.. hehe. Don't want to be like Uncle Vernon in Bridget Jones' Diary). New aura, feng shui, good karma... whatever it is. This move feels good.
So we're off! Packing the must haves and disposing the worn out. Someone made me think before that moving was such a burden, like it's a never ending packing experience. But like most of the things that person made me believe, it's actually quite the opposite. I'm loving this experience. By this time next week, I'll have a new address. It's sinking in, and it feels fabulous.
So we're off! Packing the must haves and disposing the worn out. Someone made me think before that moving was such a burden, like it's a never ending packing experience. But like most of the things that person made me believe, it's actually quite the opposite. I'm loving this experience. By this time next week, I'll have a new address. It's sinking in, and it feels fabulous.
Orange Git at 2:33 AM
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at 11:36 AM
The Traveling Epicure said... I'm so excited for you guys! :)
