August 03, 2022
Photo from Unsplash by Joshua Hoehne
My cellphone beep and I checked the message. Oh! It's from Gcash.
You have received PHP 1000.00 of GCash from GIFT GIVER 09000000000 w/ MSG: Here's a gift for you. Give time to enjoy yourself on weekend. Your new balance is PHP 1000.00. Ref. No. 5000000000000.
My eyes get bigger, my jaw dropped, I jumped in gladness. Yahoo! I received $20. Gift Giver gave me $20 to enjoy and have fun on weekend, this is so great.
Gift Giver really knows that I seldom have time to enjoy myself. Being a full time mom and a house wife I really need some fun, enjoy myself and have time to unwind.
Since I got married, enjoyment always comes with my family. The family's happiness means my happiness too. When my son have fun it means I have fun too.
On weekend, we will give time to have fun and enjoy ourselves. With the $20 that I have, I am planning to go to plaza, visit a children's playground and have a dinner outside.
We will have our merienda first in the plaza. Eating while chitchatting, seeing different people is another way to relax. We will ordering simple food and drinks for the three of us.
*Fries 3x45.00 135.00 ($2.7)
Milk tea 3 for 100.00 ($2)
Total: 235.00 ($4.7)
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Then, we will go to children's playground. I will let my son enjoy too before the classes will start on August 22. Seeing him with other children enjoy in playing makes me enjoy too. Sometimes I will play with them, I enjoy being with them in the swing, in the seesaw and even in the slide. By doing so, I felt I am so young like them and I remember my childhood days.
Having that kind of moment brings so much fun to me. Even by just sitting on the ground looking at my son having fun with other kids is so fulfilling.
The children's playground is free. So, we cannot spend any dollar for it. When we feel exhausted and hungry and for sure the sun will about to set that time because we can go there in the afternoon, we will go directly to JAPS GARDEN RESTO and have our family dinner. Japs is one of the most known restaurant here in our municipality because of their delicious food and the place is so relaxing.
We will eat or order the following:
*Bihon guisado - 95.00 ($1.9)
Chopsuey - 95.00 ($1.9)
5 Rice - 15.00 x 5 75.00 ($1.5)
2 Buko halo - 95.00 x 2 190 ($3.8)
Total: 455.00 ($9.1)
Having these foods for sure our stomach will be full. We will relax there for a while and will go home full and happy. I will still have $6.2 available after that.
I only put simple things to enjoy because that is how I enjoyed before. I am just a simple woman, we are just a simple family who can have fun in simple places and simple activities.
It is so good to imagine these things. How I wish it will come true. We had our first dinner outside as a family last January. So, I will be glad if I will really received $20 intended for having fun in the weekend. I will always have and bring my family with me to enjoy the moment. When you already have family, it seems that your happiness is not complete without them. So, go out and have fun with them.
How about you? If you will be given $20 to have fun what will you do? Where you will go? Who will be with you?
Thank you so much for reading.
