valentine dates

Yesterday was valentine's day. I wasn't expecting something from my husband because he doesn't believe in it. We never celebrated valentine's day, that is, until last night...

Unexpectedly, he took off from work at 6:00pm to pick me up from the office. This is unusual because he's been rendering overtime for 2 months now and he just can't leave work early. I was so ready to go home alone on a valentine's night when he called. Coming from Bulacan, he arrived in Makati 8:15pm already. He wanted to watch a movie, i said let's just eat. So we went to Fort Bonifacio and of course all the resto was full. Good thing ol' UCC, which is located far from the usual gimmick location at the Fort, is welcoming with just the usual load of people dining and having coffee. I know it's still not yet a valentine's date for my husband, just a night out with his misus, and it does not feel so much different from our usual dates. It's a bit disappointing because valentine's day has been sooo over-rated here in the Philippines that when I finally got to date on that day, I felt like: hey, i get this all the time... and we've had more romantic moments than this, much, much more:)

Well, my parents also went our last night. They double dated with our ninong and ninang sa kasal. These two couples had been going out almost every week! But I'm so glad that they are still enjoying each other, especially now that they're retired and they spend their days together alone in the house. I'm looking forward to retiring that way with my husband too:)

-chebong