Chocolates are RED: Valentine Afterthought

More than a week elapsed since 14 February a.k.a hearts’ day.

A SPECIAL day for lovers and sweethearts; maybe an
ORDINARY day for singles.

But that's not true for me because this day is the day of great concerts and of course UP fair.

As early as Monday (9 February) I was looking forward to those events. But it went other way. Loads of office and school work prevented me from attending such events; plus I need to attend to some errands like paying our electric bill and claiming my defective lrt ticket (I was really pissed off, when i found my newly bought lrt ticket defective, I want to scream but I cannot blame the lrt people - they are very much accommodating in entertaining my complaint. Or maybe they are accommodating because I am waering my office barong and ID).

- receipt issued by lrt to claim the defective ticket, though, one needs to buy a new ticket pending the claim.

To illustrate how heavy my work load is; I have been asked help from most of my friends just to lighten the said work load.

I asked a friend (a special friend) to find some school materials as I do not have enough time to look for those stuff. My friend happily helped me, but in the end asked for a reward.

I know that I’ll be coming home late that night (13 February, Valentines Eve), so I said let’s just have dinner.

I didn’t treat my friend in a posh resto but rather I choose to have dinner in an ordinary carinderia near my place (cowboy naman yung friend ko, so ok lang yun, may pasok pa ako the next morning so dapat malapit lang sa bahay at wala akong pera). As we were having dinner, my friend greeted me “happy valentines” then handed me three red-colored, heart shaped chocoloates.



Shocked and awed, I wasn’t able to say a word. Maybe there’s more to come after valentines!

tsokolate e/ tsokolate a

I arrived early in our taxation class last Monday but instead of making a last minute review of the cases assigned that day I had a little chit chat with my seatmate Rachelle. She told me that there is SALE of Belgian Chocolate on her office (original price: P400, sale: P100). I throw a joke telling her that those chocolate might be expired already. She laugh and said; “Oo, malapit na mag expire. Pero sabi ng QA may pede pa rin yung within 3 months after expiration.”

After the class ended that day, she was able to convince me to buy. We agreed that she will bring the said chocolate the next day. But, I will pay the week after because I don’t have money yet (sa totoo lang gusto ko munang matikman bagoko bayaran, baka kasi hindi masarap)

The next day is a busy day because I need to finish an MFP (Memo for the President), so I wasn’t able to got hold of my phone. I saw several missed calls from Rachelle. I was surprise when I got into my classroom, Rachelle was yelling. Finally, I remember our agreement. Rachelle told me that the said Belgian Chocolate I ordered are already with Ryan inside the classroom. As proceed to my seat, I was surprised, I thought they are chocolate bars but then it turned out that they are chocolate drinks.

She gave me two liters/boxes if rich Belgian Chocolate Drink.



When I got home that night, I immediately opened the said drink so that it can be consumed even before its expiration.

Whoa.... the chocolate really tastes good!!! It reminded me of tsokolate e/ tsokolate a as used by Padre Damaso whenever there are parish guests in Rizal's Noli. I really cannot remember though, which chocolate drink is better. Anyway, the drink is addicting, I almost consumed the first liter in two hours. I said to myself; “sayang ngayon lang nag sale e di mas marami pa sana akong nabili, pero at least nakatikim ako ng Belgian Chocolate Drink!”