Gerardo’s

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I didn’t see my friend and her son today. When she sent me a message this afternoon, it was to say that the boy was taking a nap. We’ll make plans next week. I think it’s a blessing too that we didn’t see each other today. At least I’d be able to prepare for that meeting better. I can make truffles for Adam! 🙂

And next week, I will not be sleeping through Sunday morning.

For the first time in a long time, I went out for a drink with Alfred after work this morning. There’s this place in Sgt.Esguerra, Gerardo’s, that has been a known hangout of people from the office. It’s a 24-hour bar/restaurant, perfect for vampires. When I started working at the company, I’d go to Gerardo’s with my batchmates almost everyday. We’d go drinking at six in the morning! At the time, Alfred had a different type of work and he really was against me going out with my work friends – mostly boys – at that time.

When he started work there too, it was his turn to spend a lot of time at Gerardo’s. That stopped eventually, just like I stopped frequenting the place. But recently, he’s been going out more often again, with a new and bigger crowd this time. I don’t really mind. Really.

This morning, I waited for him to get off work so we could just go home together. A few minutes before his supposed logout, he mentioned that there was buzz about going for some drinks. I knew he was thinking of declining on account of yours truly, but he mentioned it to me anyway. While on the elevator ride down the building, I casually asked him if he wants to buy me a drink and he jumped on it!

We walked to the new Gerardo’s at Panay Avenue, ordered, and then waited almost an hour before the rest of his friends joined us. I hadn’t spent any time with any of them outside of the office before; and being a supervisor, I hadn’t really exchanged more than a few words with them at a time. It was okay though. It’s a great way to catch up on office gossip too. Haha.

The new Gerardo’s is definitely an improvement over the original one, which is still open. It’s definitely bigger, better ventilated, and they even have interesting pieces of wicker of furniture. There’s a videoke room too that’s up for rent. 

We didn’t go home until over three hours later. I was so sleepy already – not tipsy mind you. I only had one bottle of Vodka Cruiser – blueberry – and a few sips of beer. We slept until half past two in the afternoon. I wasn’t sure if my date with the friend was still up so I couldn’t commit to another friend’s dinner invitation. For dinner, I fried some of the chicken patties we bought from my enterprising colleague Richard – it was yummy! While eating, we picked up on a conversation we started this morning at Gerardo’s – how to make more money. We’re going to be trying something soon. We were so inspired we went out right away to the grocery and looked/bought some stuff so we could see just how possible this idea is. I’m excited 🙂

I’ll share more when things really shape up 😉