Malling

I usually try to figure out how to spend my day off with less spending. You need to have 500 pesos if you plan to go to a mall and pass the time there. If you intend to have your lunch there and let the time pass until late afternoon, you will be spending more.

I tried to beat the expense by eating lunch at home before heading to the mall. Even though I just had lunch, once I got there, I am really tempted to enter my favorite food joint.

The crispy chicken, the bubbly pepsi, the mouth-watering pizza or the roasted chicken, the hot rice with "dinuguan" (blood soup) are just few of the enticing dishes. The temptation is irresistible. Even if it's your bottom money, you would surely shed it.

I sometimes tried to economize by buying just two slices of take out pizza and devour it with coffee in my favorite coffee shop. After the "feast", I usually dwell longer there and literally pass the time away. Sometimes I fall asleep for an hour. The baristas don't mind you dozing off in the chair. What I'm concerned about are the thieves, they might take the chance and strip me off my valuables which actually I don't have.

That particular coffee shop used to be my regular hang-out, but when they had this placed renovated, the ambiance changed. Refills for half the amount is not so popular in this coffee shop, I guess. Once I tried to have a refill, they were caught by surprise for a moment and did not know how to charge me.

After I leave coffee shop I usually move around to window-shop. The best thing about window shopping is, you can shop as much as you want but you don't have to pay anything.

I also get excited when I see that a good film is being shown in one of the theatres inside the mall. I would not have second thoughts in viewing it and bringing a burger and soda for refreshments is a consequence, but recently I find myself falling asleep during the showing, one movie I can recall was when I watched "Da Vinci Code".  At the end of the day, I head back home feeling tired but felt that my "malling" experience for the day was worth it's toll.