A wise man once told me to stop thinking about saving for material things and start investing on experience. And so I did. Voila!

My accounting balance for January 31 to Feb 2, 2014:

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
30-Jan	Cash	700
	Saving's from last week's allowance		700
30-Jan	Cash	2,400
	Weekly income from Beth Linatoc		2,400
30-Jan	Cash	600
	Laundry Budget for Feb from Beth Linatoc		600
30-Jan	Monday-Thursday (morning) expenditures	600
	Cash		800
30-Jan	EXPERIENCE A
	Tomato Kick	110
	Transportation	50
	Gerrardo's	150
	Yosi	120
		430
	Cash		410
31-Jan	EXPERIENCE B
	Lunch	40
	LRT & MRT	30
	Coffe Shop	230
	Dinner	85
		385
	Cash		385
31-Jan	EXPERIENCE C
	Transportation	40
	Tomato Kick	110
	Taxi to Katipunan	20
	Jeep Fair to Antipolo	26
	Padis Antipolo	150
	Lugaw!! (2 orders)	54
	Jeep Fair to Katipunan	26
	Jeep Fair to Bahay	8
		434
	Cash		434
1-Feb	EXPERIENCE D
	Dinner	195
	Taxi to Katipunan	20
	Jeep Fair to Antipolo	26
	Libre Fees :)	700
	KTV	200
	Jeep fair to Katipunan	26
		1167
	Cash		1167
2-Feb	EXPERIENCE E
	Cooking food	56
	Yosi	35
		91
	Cash		91
	TOTAL	6807	6807
	ALLOWANCE BEFOREHAND	3700
	EXPERIENCE INVESTMENT		3107
	CASH BEFORE DUES AND TAXES	593
	PAYABLE DUES AND TAXES		600
	CASH ON HAND		7

In fact, I am still credited seven pesos to my succeeding allowance. :) The question you might want to ask is, do i regret it? I would whole-heartedly (gall bladders included) say that how could a man regret something worth more than what he payed for. Why?

Experience A- 92%:
Was it the two beers at tomato kick? The taxi ride to Panay Ave.? The puffing of cigarette somewhere? No! It was the resurrection of the guy who thinks that mentioning area 1~9 is really, really funny (we actually did laugh on his goofy jokes that we question our humanity afterwards). Who would regret when we are endowed with the company of physicists, athlete, dancer, singer, actor,  and hayop sa bait that is Floyd Patricio. (Hi Floyd!)

It was nice hanging out with this guy after a long time. The night was full of laughters and senti talks considering we actually went home 7 hours after midnight.

Experience B- 95%
I don't really know what to call it but for humanitarian and world peace purposes, let's just call it a date. I was really comfortable with this person even from the start since I could show my typical obnoxious side without any manner considerations or whatsoever. After all, she's a really co-co-cool person as well. She helped me do one of my bucket list and I am really grateful for that (Guess what guys? *wink).

We talked for ages and I honestly feel that I haven't talked about the stuff we talked about in a really long time. I'm happy I had to spend my entire afternoon with her just talking about the most random things then we find ourselves keep going back to this one thing that most people stay away from-- religion.

I'm an agnostic and I hate religionist sometimes. But I know how to respect opinions. There are only a few non-condescending religious people I know, and she is one of them. I like how she subtly imposes her views and at the same time presents things that she questions as well. I hope you find your truth soon J.M.! (Clue: Jessy Mendiola, literally)

Experience C- 95%
The date ended at around 10 pm, and boy I was deep in south manila that time when my friends told me to hang out with them. With my recently reconnected friend Floyd and some other (Darrah Soriano and Rodolfo San Diego. Hi!) friends I invited and of course the usuals (Rein, Tope, Mikhail, Goan), it felt like drinking two-three beers on our usual hangout place (Tomato Kick)  at around 11 pm was nothing but lackluster.

So my ever spontaneous self just told them to go to Antipolo and at first they were hesitant cause first, its already late, and second, it is far away. Beer on one hand & a stick of cigarrete on the other to fight the intimately cold breeze while overlooking the city lights of metro manila with documentations from Floyd's DSLR camera nailed it for them.

Needless to say, we were happy as cows being milked for the very first time (the metaphor though). We ended the night with the morning sun on our cheeks as we eat that 27 peso lugaw I couldn't even scratch my itchy ears in sheer ecstasy of the mixture of the many 'laman loob' and hard boiled egg on the consistency perfect porridge.

Experience D- 94%
After arriving at 8 in the morning from last night, I  woke up at 6 in the afternoon (Feb 1). After nights of expenses my mind tells me to eat on Iskomai (a 35 peso dinner place in front of my house), but my craving heart asked me to ask some friends with me. Since I am practically tired of seeing the usuals I asked some of my 'Cherries' friends (Vr, Kat, Lao, Awo) to have dinner with me . We went into this nice place near Claret where I had a delicious Tonkatsu and some Quesadilla on the side. It was a bonus that Kat and JP brought some Pomelos from Davao which I had for dessert, not to mention they also brought tomatoes and red egg! That dinner is so yummy!

When we parted, this time, I decided to be with my favorite couple (Meg and Patrick, hi!). Being the great third-wheel that I am, I offered to give them a treat at Antipolo (since I really enjoyed it there) and I'm sure their love-dovey spirits shall be rejuvenated on the chilling cold as they keep each each other warm. Apparently, they don't want me to be third-wheel cause I might jump on the cliff of jealousy so I invited Goan, and Tope who couldn't come to Experience C cause of academic reasons.

After consecutive times of going into Padis Point (Antipolo) and countless times drinking elsewhere, I must say not until that night that I've truly learned that you should never, ever order cocktail towers. Cocktail towers are practically cocks. They make you believe that they are this majestic skyscrapers but in reality they are simply dicks, the kind that softens when you get too excited. #IYKWIM

Ironically, as our drained spirits were about to quit from the lack of distilled spirits, the out of tune voice of this lady singing breathless nearby awakened us. Then we realized we are beside this KTV bar made out of little 'kubos' as rooms, and without any hesitation we stormed out the place paying for nothing. Maybe the view that I already saw yesterday.

As we entered the place we were surprised that we only had to pay a hundred & fifty bucks for the entire room per hour. And to our surprise the beer prices were the usual ones-- 55 pesos for a 500ml Red horse; my ultimate favorite drink. The night leave us exhausted with us screaming with our lungs (Only one- Patrick), clapping and chanting for the songs that has so many feels on it (Migraine by Tope), supporting Meg on his 'Toxic' and Goan's five octave 'Love on Top'.

Experience E- 96%
I only spent 94 pesos on this yet I had 94 % on the experience-meter. The secret? Cooking. After being so drained financially there is nothing like cooking to save some money. We came up with this Tuna-pasta-white-sauce since it is the one that has most on Tope's kitchen. LOL. The outcome wasn't at all disappointing, in fact, I ate the thing for the entire day. And even I am a lactose intolerant boy I have no regrets at all.

You might say, 96% was too much for merely cooking and it tending to your whole day satiety. Well, yes and no. No, because this isn't the only thing I cooked. And yes, because I actually just found some new thing to cook again. In my 21 years of conquest on this world, I am proud to say I had found the recipe on how to turn into a girl.

Recipe:
1/2 Pack of Marlboro Ice Blast
1    Serving of Tuna Pasta (White Sauce) for dinner after you ate it for lunch as well
1    empty room to facilitate your transformation (roommates were out for the weekened)

and of course the most important one,

1   Book called "The Fault in Our Stars"


In just one night you can feel your chest starting to grow and your balls starting to split. LOL.

Jokes aside, it had been an epic end to my epic weekend. It reminded me of my beliefs that truly life isn't a wish granting factory. And these were the days when I sunk into my bed thinking of our almost feelings of infinity together, but in reality these things are scarce, these things are easily forgotten, and these things certainly ends.

I thank you for being part of this. For being part of this life. And for sharing your existence with me, for free. Kung Hei Fat Choi everyone!