Saturday, July 23, 2005
Laking Mcdo
1996: Me and Maita at Mcdonald's DLSU Taft sharing a caramal sundae
Mcdonald's has been a part of my life. I remember my Mama bringing me and my brother to Mcdonald's in Harrisson Plaza during the weekends. It was such a treat! Going to Mcdonald's was a special event for me when I was a kid.
I grew up eating Mcdonald's. It's a good thing I did not turn out to be an obese kid. When I was in college and Mama decided not to get a replacement for our maid who left for the province, she would usually leave us lunch money during the weekends so we can just buy our lunch in Mcdonald's. I would be the one to go to Mcdonald's BF Homes to buy the chicken and spaghetti meal for me and my brother. This would be our lunch almost every saturday and I felt like such a lucky kid! Mcdonald's for lunch!
I also ate at Mcdonald's during my 5 years in college due to a number of reasons. Mcdonald's is near DLSU, the food is tasty and cheap. As early as 7PM, as soon as the store opened, I would hang out in Mcdo with Jas and her classmates/barkada. We would order one large fries which will be shared by the whole group -
para lang maka-tambay kami sa Mcdo ng 'di pinapaalis. Lunch time, Mcdonald's
na naman. While waiting for our
sundo, we would wait in Mcdo. Whenever my classmates would ask me to write their reaction paper or help them out with their speech, they would repay me by buying me a cheeseburger meal.
Now that I am already working, I still love Mcdonald's. I love the cheeseburger, Big Mac, the Chicken and especially the fries. The fries - I can dip this into gravy, mayonaisse, bbq sauce or sundae. One time when I went out with Jas and Bless (both Kulasas and Lasalistas) and one of their girl friends, we went to Mcdonald's in Greenhills to grab a bite after watching Nyoy Volante. I instantly ordered for a Cheeseburger Meal and gravy. I started dipping my fries into my gravy when Jas' friend reacted,
"Fries with gravy? Diba weird?" And I replied,
"Huh? Anung weird? Fries go with gravy. How can you eat fries without gravy?" Then Bless replied,
"Maan, hindi sya La Salle. Hindi nya alam yan."Yesterday, 22 July 2005, I invited Maita to have dinner with me. I told her that I would fetch her then we could go out for coffee since I wasn't hungry. She said that she had to bring Zachary, her son, along with us because she didn't have a yaya. Of course at first I didn't want Zach to go with us because Maita's attention would be divided between me and Zach. Umiral na naman ang pagka-possessive and selosa ko. But since we can't do anything about it, I had to concede. We ended up having dinner in Mcdonald's Greenbelt.
I am already working and earning my own money. I can eat in Italianni's, CPK, Friday's or any other resto in Greenbelt but I ended up having dinner on a friday night in Mcdonald's. It wasn't such as bad thing. I enjoyed the company of Maita and Zach. Maita even said,
"When we were college kids, we ate at Mcdo. Now that I have a kid, we are still eating at Mcdo." I guess we've come full circle.
When I was young, I wanted so much to have a party at Mcdonald's. But it never happened. So if and when I get married and have kids of my own, I'm sure that I'll be bringing them to Mcdonald's also. Truth is, I'm already planning that the birthday party of my kid when s/he turns 3 years old will be celebrated at Mcdonald's.
Maan @ 2:26 AM
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