One fine afternoon at MELs

   As I have been working at home for more than 4 months now, I can already feel some of its disadvantages. For one, no amount of chatting or posting shoutouts compensate for the desire of a face-to-face conversation. In my case, when I suddenly decided to resign from my current job to pursue a freelance career, I didn't think to stop and consider leaving some of my closest friends in the office. As I made a hasty leave in the office, afterwards being caught up in the adjustment period of my new job, it was only recently that I realized that I miss my friends.


  So, how do you remedy this? The answer is plain simple: Go out and meet people every once in a while. As soon as I realized that I missed my friends I immediately grabbed the opportunity of meeting them when a friend issued an invitation to meet, and fair enough, I had a good time catching up with them. Although the group was not complete because a couple of friends were missing, we still managed to have a good time.

     Aside from this, we tried a new place in town called From the kitchen of MEL's cafe and the food didn't disappoint. It was fairly priced and the servings are just enough to satisfy one's palette. The place has a relaxed ambiance and although we had to wait for the food for some considerable amount of time, there were a lot of diversions to keep us busy. The resto offers a game called dodecamino where your analytical skills and patience are challenged and you get to receive some cute stuff when you form some of the shapes they specified. If you don't want to stress yourself out, you can also listen to some good music while reading a bestseller from their book collection or browse through entertainment magazines. For the most part, all we did was talk until the food arrived.


   All in all, we had a blast and I get to relax and meet my goal of meeting my friends. I tagged my oldest son along and thankfully, he really behaved all throughout the outing. At the end of the day, I find myself looking forward to another social activity where I can really interact with people. Although I usually like to be by myself most of the time and I love being a home-based ghostwriter and copyeditor, it still pays to establish some connection every now and then. My friends and I have already planned to meet next month and I'm already looking forward to it.