Finally, we were able to relax, watch a movie, and have a great dinner.
I can’t remember when we last had something like this. A date. A very wise man told me that I should set some time each week (or every other week) to take my beautiful wife out on a date, like I did when we were dating/courting/flirting. Nowadays, whenever we would go out, it is usually to run errands, meet with friends, pay the bills, do the grocery, etc. Last year’s timetable was much more hectic (read: toxic), with all the wedding preps going on. So if you’re going to get married, better get one those wedding planners.
Okay, back to the date. Last Saturday, we watched Iron Man. Great movie, fantastic effects, and if you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest you do, totally worth it. I’m currently convincing the wife to get me that Iron Man suit. 
It would be nice to fly like that and fight the bad guys. We bought chips, drinks, and a couple of siopao.
And beacuse I’m jologs, I’ll tell you that we were seated right next to Cheryl Cosim and her fiance, I think, and lo and behold, a member of the Gucci Gang and her boyfriend was seated below us, I forgot her name. On our way out, we saw Carmina Villaruel, Zoren Legaspi, and their beautiful twins. And because we’re jologs, we stayed outside the cinemas to gawk at them, and wait for Cheryl and her fiance to get out so we could get a good look, hehe
We also watched some Afro-Brazillian thing (a festival or something like that) with drums and dancing in the lower level.
We had dinner at the wife’s favorite cafe, Cafe Breton.
All in all, it was a great day of people watching. And it rained really really hard earlier that day.
Hmmm…where shall we go on our next date? I’m thinking Batangas, maybe Canyon Cove or The Farm.
wow, wow, wow! this is super, super sweet. i’ll read more of your posts.
x: Iron Man’s suit, money, lifestyle, and ladies. Sheesh, that’s every guys’ fantasy. I’m sure “the boys” would like to live like that!
grace: Its good to find a new blood. I hopped over and smiled at your blog’s title. Welcome!
Batangas tayo! Snorkeling there was so fun!
Posted by kumareng grace at May 5, 2008, 12:31 pmGlad you liked Iron Man. I wasn’t sure how well Robert Downey, Jr. was going to pull that one off.
I would love to have a date with my husband but we don’t have family near by and it’s not like me to ask a sitter to watch the guys. Maybe one day!
Love your tag line too. I had a framed Desiderata hanging behind me when I worked at a substance abuse clinic. You’d be surprised how many times I had to copy it for people!
By the way, I found your blog through DadGoneMad. I’m the one that posted a complete list of everyone who left their blog link on his Big Big Stars post in a post of my own called Blog Rolling With My Homies over on my blog, so if you want to see it come on over and sit a spell. I don’t bite..…that hard anyway!
Posted by DeeDee at May 7, 2008, 12:08 amWasn’t RDJ great? I went to review this for the radio stgation I worked for and got in my Mini afterwards and realised I was driving like him in the movie.
Found you on the Dad gone mad list btw
Posted by MisssyM at May 7, 2008, 4:47 amI agree with DeeDee, I didn’t know if Downey could do it, but I pleasantly surprised, I thought he rocked.
Posted by heather at May 7, 2008, 7:52 amDeeDee: Lurked around your blog (and added it in my Reader), will comment when I have something worthy to say. I try to live my life that way (the Desiderata way), so simple. Totally respect Max for writing it. I plan go over The List too. You and your husband should find time to go out, even for a few hours. C’mon, nag him already!
MissyM and Heather: Yup, perfect as Tony Stark, can’t imagine anyone else.
hang swit naman!
Even this, I find endearing:
“whenever we would go out, it is usually to run errands, meet with friends, pay the bills, do the grocery, etc. ”
:)
Yes, always make it a point to spend quality time with the wife. Once the kids arrive, well, it’s gonna be doubly hard na. A week turns to two, then, three. But really, what’s important is you cherish the moment, no matter how often or seldom it may be.
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nice. whenever time permits, you should always go back to the courting stage. in fact, ALWAYS make time to go back to courting stage.
and i totally, absolutely, 100%-ly (?!?!) agree with you — ironman rocks! and the stark industries private jet with the ladies and sake… AWESOME!
Posted by x at May 5, 2008, 11:07 am