I’m less on edge today, and finally settling back here at the flat.
Yesterday, on Earth Hour, two of our friends came by to catch up and drink. I cooked my signature dish–fried tokwa–which they liked. We shut the lights, lit candles, talked and chilled out. I like hearing how they were. I liked how it felt, talking to Gyobs after a long while–he gave me news on other people. He wasn’t able to keep himself from telling me about some things that people thought was doing (some talk about me liking someone and doing something about it), and despite it seeming petty and juvenile like some high school thing, I’m glad people are able to find things–true or not–about me while I was away on “hermit mode”. (Man, that sounded narcissistic.)
Highlight of the night was having Raf walk in with his work clothes on. In our circle, people had made a big fuss about him having been unemployed for the past 5 years–since we graduated. And now, well, he’s been a line cook at a European restaurant in Greenbelt for two weeks. It’s great hearing him talking about work, and food. And that he thinks my tokwa is OK.
Gyobs made my weekend by bringing in my Naruto forehead protector–which I had lost last year when I got raving drunk at a Halloween party. I wore it all day today and I’m very pleased.
I made a lot of progress on my woodcarving, and finished off Top Chef Season 1 (my heart goes to Tiffany towards the final moments of the show). I also watched Frost Nixon, which was beautifully done. I didn’t think the guy from Shaun of the Dead could play a role like that of Frost’s.
Anyway. Studies. Two months. Focus.
