A heavy Monday lunch!

What luck today !


After a hearty lunch of spaghetti , mac salad , chicken and rice from Greenwich Pizza with the family, I was able to grab two wonderful books: a classic and a relatively new best seller from Grisham... bwaahaha! A cool bargain this Monday for a Greenwich lunch and two good books this noon from my favorite book sale shop...t'was really a great lunch treat!

The lunch was a rare treat since it's been ages since I got to have pizza, chicken and mac salad with rice all at the same time at Greenwich. I think that's what they call the Ultimate Barkada Feast which was good for 4 to 6 people and consisting of double thin crust Ultimate Overload, 4 pcs. Chicken, 2 spaghetti boats , 4 rice and 4 regular softdrinks... what a Feast indeed considering there were only the three of us to share everything ( or finish everything)! Gee whiz , the rice was a redundancy and remained untouched, except for my part, considering the spaghetti and the mac salad extra we got.

The sabbatical from such menu was a choice until this noon because I need to control(manage) my diet particularly those salty, fatty and cholesterol heavy food! Today was an exception because I only had arroz caldo sans the chicken last night; and, the family missed and wanted Greenwich so much ( after a long, long time!) for lunch...ok , you can't win them all to your preferred diet so I had to accede this time!

But I've got to go statio biking later this afternoon while watching NBN Sports to burn all the carbo and whatever fats I loaded this lunch!

Now to the books of future value...





Another big treat was the bargain books! Just imagine: a classic" Robinson Crusoe" and John Grisham's "Last Juror"! I got the Daniel Defoe book for sentimental purposes while the "Last Juror" was acquired to add to my collection of favorite Grisham!

Robinson Crusoe was a childhood fave of mine during my elementary days and how I enjoyed it so much! As a library regular then , I borrowed so many classics like "Gulliver's Travel", "White Fang ", "Muntiny on the Bounty" and what have you for a little bibliophile like me. Add in "The Bobsey Twins" "Hardy Boys" and "Nancy Drew"! The Grisham book , was for selfish reasons as I am now in the process of completing my Grisham collection. This one , I've been trying to look for a long time at a truly bargain price but only had the chance today. Of course , you can still get Grisham books at NBS at a so pricey value so that leaves me with those bargain book shops!

My, my , I can't wait to start reading these "new" acquisitions! LOL!

These are future collectible items!

Believe me...

As for this Monday lunch , it's a rarity ! Rarity for the following reasons: First, seldom that we as a Family take lunch at Greenwich.Oftentimes , lunch is at home. On a few times, it's at Chowking, when we're at the Mall or simply at our favorite batchoy branch. On days when the wife is not in the mood to cook, either we buy our food from my cousin's resto or just take lunch there at affordable lutong bahay!...Secondly, having pizza, mac salad and chicken in one lunch ? That's not only a luxury but really near to impossible as our normal diet is composed of vegetables, fish in either sinigang , grilled or fried( in very rare occasions); and, a touch of extra steaming soup ! Last but not the least, getting hold of two books by favorite authors either for nostalgic reason or collection purpose is one rare chance! Not only do I have more books to read now on top of what I'm presently reading, I can now add new finds for my classic and best seller collections. Soon, I will focus on expanding my Shakespeare pocketbooks- I'm just waiting to get the right finds at affordable prices! Bwaaahaha...

Over and above all these food and books, however , there's nothing like having a Monday heavy lunch treat with loved ones!!

Next Monday , perhaps , we'll go on another rare treat...or maybe next time it's going to be a Tuesday? Wednesday? Looking forward ...

In the meantime, this is your kibitzer signing off for now!