THE LUCKY ONES

and the camera flashes, make it look like a dream.

it was november 28, 2012, wednesday to be exact when osang jem yyen and i decided to bring to life our “it’s okay to treat yourself” day. among our 250 something restaurant partners, we decided to go to BANAPPLE, in greenhills. i thought this day would be boring, if not, ordinary. But as i step inside banapple, i suddenly realized that everything is happening the other way around. no exact word can explain what I felt that day, but I know one thing is for sure, it was more awesome than awesome. :D

banapple, AT FIRST GLANCE

AT FIRST GLANCE, BANAPPLE IT IS! :)

Our way to banapple was as easy as living in HELL. Tremendous heat is a welcoming site. And what made it worse? It took us almost an hour before we got ourselves at the café. We reached the place, but still we cannot order. Why? We’re waiting for yyen. It was 3.30 pm that time. While waiting, my peers took random photos. (friends surely know how to spend time waiting.) I was starting to get a bit irritated by the scenario of us waiting in vain while the café’s staff looking at us. I was wondering what was running on their mind that time. Maybe, they wanna ask us if we will order or we went there just to sit and wait for someone. (yung tingin na nakikiupo lang naman ata kami at walang balak umorder. Haha kahiya na kami.)

one of the staff there, gave us the menu, expecting us to order right away. lol

WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU THE MENU, IT'S LIKE ORDER NOW OR LEAVE NOW.

Waiting in there and doing nothing is killing me. So I brought up the idea of ordering our drinks first while waiting. We decided to buy iced chocolate.

UNDENIABLY CHOCOLATEY. :D

Iced chocolate. The taste of it is not exactly what I thought it would taste like. It’s not that it’s not scrumptious. it is. but I was just expecting a bit more from it. I’m a little upset about that. On the other hand, what else could I possibly expect? It’s chocolate. Nothing more, nothing less. I could really say that despite that, iced chocolate is very effective to ease someone’s thirst. :D

Time check, it was past 5pm when yyen arrived. (I almost thought she won’t show up. HAHAHAHA) that’s the go signal for us to order.

thinking that my friends will buy the best seller, i tried a different slice of cake which is the oreo brownie fudge cheesecake.

ONE SLICE OF CAKE  FOR A WHOLE DAY OF FULL SMILES! :)

the very thing which made me decide to try this cake is the oreo on top of it. i was expecting a whole oreo biscuit in the slice but only got the half of it. i was like "whoah. you got me there." and what amazed me also is the almost 1.5 inches icing of the slice. it was aslo sprinkled with pulverized oreo. if you have a poor appetite, be sure to have a partner when you wanna try this cake.

osang jem and yyen go for the banoffe pie, the cafe's best seller.

IF YOU HAVE THE BEST SELLER, WHY CARE FOR THE REST?

banoffee pie. at first look, the oreo brownie fudge cheesecake i bought was more appealing to the eye than the best seller itself. but when i got to taste it, a realization came to me instantly. what i like about this cake is the crispy chocolate on top of it. i like it than the cake it self. lol upon tasting it, i realized why  banoffee pie is banapple's best seller. i tasted something in it and i don't know what it is. maybe that's the secret of it. beauty over mysteriousness. terrific.

yyen doesn't want a cold drink so decided to buy a hot coffee. (old people likes that. HAHAHAHA)

CAFE LATTE BY SIX IN  THE EVENING? YEAH, NOT A WORD FOR IT! :)

4-5 packs of sugar to ease the pungent taste? yyen can certainly do that. the coffee part of the latte was overpowering, which makes it bitter. but it's good. the cafe latte itself was actually tasty. the bitter part was the after taste of it. that's were you will taste the bitterness. maybe it wasn't just really my kind of taste.

we were halfway eating the slices when someone ordered lasagna roll ups. by the time we looked at it, that's the time we made up our mind that we will order the same item.

ADMIT IT. YOU'RE A VICTIM OF THE ITS DELIGHTFUL AROMA! :)

EAT.EAT.EAT. now who wants greenwich's lasagna? HAHA yes. greenwich's lasagna is still better than that of banapple's lasagna roll ups. that's for sure. but of course that doesn't make lasagna roll ups less delicious over others. it's mouth-watering in its own way. :D one order of it is enough to feed 1-2 persons. i expected too much from it, so guess it's the reason why i get a little upset about it.

and there is a particular view in the cafe which made us really happy. somehow we realized that we are part of a big family. here it is.

HELLO! WE DELIVER TWOANYONE! HOW MAY I HELP YOU? :)

we really enjoyed our stay at banapple. our stay there was priceless. we will sure to come back there! :)

SWEET NOTHINGS TO THE ONES WHO MADE US FEEL SO SPECIAL THAT NIGHT! :)

RANDOM PHOTOS showing how much we feel welcomed at banapple. :D

 I'M HAPPY, FREE, CONFUSED AND LONELY AT THE SAME TIME.

it feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes.
it feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight and fall in love with strangers.

SIMPLE BUT SOPHISTICATED.

I'M HAPPY, YOU'RE SAD, I'M SOMEBODY, YOU'RE NOBODY.

GUESS WE'RE ALL TRAPPED IN A CYCLE CALLED LIFE. WHAT ABOUT THAT?

IT FEELS LIKE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, WE DITCHED THE WHOLE SCENE.

YES WE'RE MEAN. BUT YOU, ALL YOU ARE IS A LIAR, PATHETIC, AND ALONE IN LIFE.

to sum of it all, i really enjoyed this adventure with my MEANion friends. this one day millionaire experience of us is all worth it! :) efforts paid off. you will realize that some miserable and magical things are happening in your life right now. you will not see it the way it should be unless you start living your life the way you wanted it to be.

we have each other side by side, we are happy and we are mean because we are the MEANions, and we are THE LUCKY ONES.

now, are you the lucky one? :)