*All photos taken with Globe's iPhone 5c and edited with an iPhone app*
They say that when one falls into pieces, one is actually falling into place. A good ol' habit of mine, when I'm down, is getting lost. Literally getting lost somewhere in the busy streets of anywhere. Most of you would say "Oh no, Zoe! That's dangerous!"
Honey, I'm a blackbelter in Taekwondo who is also trained in 3 other martial arts. I bring a taser with me ALWAYS and I've got the street smarts of a serial killer. I am perfectly aware of the situations that I put myself in. I am a risk taker but I am not asinine.
I walked (IN BRIGHT OPEN AREAS) from my house to Robinsons Ermita one random day (DAY. NOT NIGHT) with just my wallet and my phone. Random brisk walking laa dee daa. I suddenly felt my stomach kicking and screaming so I decided to go grab lunch. In the spirit of "kuripotity" (Being cheap. And yes I made that up. I wanted to make it up) I looked for a cheap place to eat that was at least mildly interesting. And guess what I found... Hohoho
The place is called CHA-a. At first, I thought it was some tea place (Get it? Cha-a? Chaa? Tea? Plus the fact that there were leaves on the logo...) until I saw this sign (below)
A set meal worth P85.00? Hmmm. Interesting....
It looks like this very classy "turo-turo" (Eng translation: "Point point". To point at the food to tell the server what you want to order)
Everything seems normal. You've got your drinks cabinet...
Then your actual "turo-turo"...
The desserts part with your sodas
The food looks lovely, may I add.
My order. Barbeque and veggies.
But something wasn't right...
The meat was absolutely delicious but the taste was weird. Something was wrong yet so right. That was until I saw this sign... (below)
HOLY SHIT.
ITS A VEGETARIAN TURO TURO RESTAURANT.
WOW. SO AMAZE. MUCH GULAY.
THIS PLACE IS A VEGETARIAN KURIPOT'S DREAM. The food was good. It was cheap. AND ITS HEALTHY.
Okay enough about CHA-a, back to my roaming.
I went out of the mall to smoke and saw this weird looking bell. To my surprise, it had Ateneo's emblem on it. Apparenlt, Robinsons Ermita used to be one of Ateneo's campuses.
Tis a pretty awesome thing if you ask me. Kudos to Robinsons for keeping the memories alive *tententennnn*
After my smoking session with myself *loner* I decided that it was time to go home. Unfortunately, my flats broke and it was impossible for me to go back home in the said worn out shoes.
So much for a cheap adventure. I bought new rubber shoes (Thank Jesus for credit cards) and walked back home.
So, have you ever gotten yourself lost in the city? Tell me about it!
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