I am so hungover today. Like actually today, and also on this day two years ago. I guess I don’t really learn lessons well when involving alcohol.

This day started super late. I woke up at 1pm starving. Lucky for me the restaurant that Lionel had recommended, House of Lechon, was not too far from the hotel. This place is delicious. I ordered and ate there as long as I could. I stayed at this restaurant for over 2 hours eating and reading. Great way to start the cure for a hangover.

Next I visited Ayala Mall. Why a mall? Well, I was hungover and didn’t want to do anything, but felt like sitting in my hotel room would be a waste of a day. So I went back to my high school days and instead wasted the day at the mall. But at least this was a foreign mall, so that counts as being proactive. Plus I got a lot of planning done and read at Bo’s Cafe while also people watching.

I’m looking at my calendar and I don’t think I ate another meal after House of Lechon. Instead, I went to the Lanai Bar in the hotel, then went out and started another bender night at El Gecko. It’s a strange bar where girls ask you to buy them drinks. Wait… that’s every bar. Except these girls worked at the bar and partied with you. I guess that’s a pretty good concept to get your patrons to spend more money. Definitely worked on me. I also got along with their live band very well. Drunk James must love bands. Or I subconsciously wish I was in a band.

I also did something incredibly stupid and quite possibly dangerous. I decided that I should walk back to the hotel in my drunken state. I didn’t think the neighborhood was dangerous, but I remember being a little scared walking home that night.