Glorietta, fear, Aiah, Christine and Cindy

So. After a month of living here in Makati and just going straight from home to office and vice versa, I finally plucked the courage from somewhere and conquered my fear of getting lost. In other words, I went to Glorietta earlier and got home in one piece. Haha.

It may sound really shallow and all, but I really have this deep-seated fear of getting lost in an unknown place. And yeah, the whole of Makati--with the sole exception of Chino Roces Avenue where I live and work--still counts as an unknown place for me. So however much I want to go malling--and I'm your typical female mall rat, mind you--I was just too scared to go somewhere especially when I haven't the slightest idea how to go to. Of course, I could always just hail a taxi, but I prefer to leave that as a last resort--it's just way too expensive for a mere pauper like me.

I just really forced myself earlier since I still have no gift for Aiah--it just doesn't feel right not to give her something when I'm already working and she got top honors. But in the end I was able to find her a really cute skirt and top which actually fit into my budget, thank God.

By the who, Christine and I planned to go swimming earlier tonight. But when we got to the pool, it was already closed and being cleaned/treated. Tsk. So we ended up going to ShopWise instead where she bought a swimsuit to use tomorrow morning. As for me, I may actually wear that cute bikini I bought from eBay. Kapal ng mukha, para namang me ipapakita. Haha. But what the hell? It's a private pool anyway.

Oh, and in just a few minutes the two of us are going to the airport to fetch Cindy, our Chinese ex-housemate who went back to China a week or so ago. Poor girl was practically pleading with Christine to come get her there since she might get lost on the way here. So we're being good Samaritans here and agreed to fetch her there. And have pizza before going back here, gluttons that we are. Haha.